Handsome Jack X Reader

Diamond in the Rough-Part 2

When you opened your eyes, it was dark.

"You need to get up.." you heard someone say. It sounded as if they were far away and whispering.

Sitting up, it took you a while to remember the events that had happened before you had passed out. You rubbed the side of your head where you had felt the sharp pain. Your finger tips traced across to what felt like a metal rim. An echo eye. That had to be it.

Standing up, you took in a brief look of your surroundings. Your vision blurred and it looked like a glitching computer. Then he appeared again. That strange man that looked so familiar, you couldn't say who he was, but you knew his name. He showed no emotion as he looked at you. You stared at him with what had to be a confused look because, his expression changed from natural, to angry. He lifted up his fist as if his intentions were to hit you, but, he put his hand down and turned the other way, falling hard on the ground.

"I'm so sorr-" you covered your mouth quickly. You didn't know what you were saying, nor did you want to say those words. His hands were covering his face as he sat on his knees.

"I had it all back.." he said softly. "My office, my job..., Helios." As he said that he looked around. "All of this!" his voice was sharp with anger and pain. "Was it for nothing?!" he screamed. You backed away afraid that he would attempt to hit you once again. He turned to look at you, but your back was turned, you were walking away.

~~~HOURS LATER~~~

"1 2, 1 2, 1 2 3." you repeated to yourself while walking in a line. You were looking for something you were sure, but you couldn't quite put your finger on what it was. You decided not to question it much and just follow what your mind was telling you.

There. There it was. Through all of the clutter and through all of the wreckage. It was there. Again, you didn't know what it did or what it was even called, but there were less shits to give about the situation. Your legs started to go faster and faster as you were reaching your destination. Memories came flooding back the closer you got to the machine.

~FlashBack~

"CODE RED CODE RED." You head a robotic voice say as red lights flashed on and off in your office at Helios station.

"Damn CL4P-TRAP units probably set a false alarm off again." you sighed as you opened the door to your office and walked out only to be greeted by some clumsy low worker run into you. "Hey whats the big ide-" you stopped in mid sentence.

"Ah, heh, I'm sorry there.. wasn't paying attention to where I was running." you scooted towards him and cuffed his face with your hands and pulled him closer looking into his eyes. A look of "oh my gosh what the hell is she doing crossed his face."

"Your eyes.." you said

"What about them exactly?" he said as you moved in closer. "Look, Miss, I uh, I'm sorry that I ran into you and what not... but uh, I really need to go before my boss sends me out into space." He said while taking your hands away from his face. He stood up quickly and dashed back down the halls.

"Different colours..." You whispered.

~BACK TO REALITY~

You shook your head out of that strange flashback. You stopped your running only inches away from the machine you were searching for so thoroughly in all of the debris.'That man who ran into me that day on Helios...' you thought 'was he..? Nononononono, they look the same but... one was obviously wearing a mask.'

You punched in some buttons onto the keypad you had found attached to the machine and stood back as what seemed to be a door open.

You peeped your head to the inside of the machine. It was fairly big but it wouldn't fit more than six people in it if it had to. It was dusty and dark on the inside but everything seemed to be in tact. On the left of the 'room' was another control pad with a series of blue buttons and one red one on the side. You walked inside and attempted to scan the surroundings with your echo eye, but of course, it didn't work. You grunted and walked towards the control pad. This machine had seemed to bring back some of the memories you had lost. I mean, hell, you don't even know your own name. You didn't even know why you were here, or why you wanted to find this damn piece of junk in the first place. Okay, no, it's not really a piece of junk. Everything seemed to look as if it would work and that it had a purpose. You approached the control pad and looked to the wall behind it to see inscriptions. 'More clues.' you thought. 

Leaning over, you used your echo eye to light up the area. At least that worked. You squinted and read what the words said: 

This machine is to be used if the AI of Handsome Jack were to be found. 

Your mind raced as more memories came back.

~Flashback~ 

The annoying, repetitive sound of your high-heels clicking on the steel floor bellow you as you walked to your boss' office echoed in the empty hallways. When you reached the doors you could hear yelling. Made sense I mean, your boss wasn't the happiest camper. Well, you wouldn't be either if you had to see that hideous reflection every morning. You pressed your ear to the cold door to see if you could hear more about why he was yelling. You aren't really the snoopy type but, gossip is what would get you through the day in this hell-hole. 

"I don't get it John, If you're the one who made these trash cans for robots, then why it is they're stupider than a chicken?!" you could hear him yell.

"It's... Jack.. Sir," Hold up. That voice sounded familiar. You pushed your head closer to the door, but the talking had stopped. At that moment, the doors slid open and you fell, face first, to the hard floor. You could feel their eyes move towards you as you sprung up and blushed yourself off.

"You called for me?" Your eyes drifted from your boss to this so called "Jack." He must have remembered you as well because his facial expression screamed "This crazy bitch again." I smiled awkwardly at him and drew my attention back to the jar-head in the room when he cleared his throat. 

"I'm sorry if I'm interrupting... whatever it is that is happening here, but I need to go. Something about John's creation "CL4P-TRAP" screwing something up." He stared daggers at Jack as he left the room. Before he did so he turned around and said "We'll talk later. Sorry for wasting your time." and just like that, he was gone. You turned to look at Jack and he did the same to you.

"What's a CL4P-TRAP unit?" You asked.

"A mistake." He simple replied while he pinched his nose and turned away. He looked out the window that over looked Elpis, Pandora's moon. 

"A beautiful view, eh?" You said, creeping over his shoulder. 

"A God damn magnificent view." he breathed turning to  you. You two were close to each other. A little too close for your liking so you took a step back and extended your hand. 

"I'm (y/n)." You said, waiting for him to grab your hand and shake it.

"Jack." he said. 

~BACK TO REALITY~

You shook your head. You told him your name... but you couldn't remember what it was. 'Damn' you though. 'Right as I had it, it slipped out of my hands.' You flashed the light on the lettering once again and continued to read the inscription.

This machine is to be used if the AI of Handsome Jack were to be found. If you have found the AI of Handsome Jack, step into the machine and punch in the numbers 1 2, 1 2, 1 2 3, then push the red button.

Is that it? "1 2, 1 2, 1 2 3??" So, those numbers weren't just old rubbish? You bent over to the number pad and punched in the numbers. The door closed abruptly and the machine's lights turned on. It was bright and the walls started to turn. They went faster and faster and it made you incredible dizzy. Your eyes fluttered and you fell hard onto the ground, loosing consciousness once again.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH I FINALLY FINISHED IT. ARE YOU PROUD OF ME MA?! But in all seriousness, I'm sorry for all of this procrastinating, don't mean to do it... just... eh... I'll start the next chapter tomarrow. :) Thanks for reading this far <3