Vault Hunters [Borderlands, Zer0/Handsome Jack X OC]

Chapter 3 ~ Zer0's Greatest Challenge

Now, just as every story has its middle and end, the beginning is just as important!

Our beginning begins in... Breakback Vale? A place that you need a gun, no matter what. Between Hyperion bounty hunters and GODliaths, it's not a very nice place to be. Even I don't go there.

However, when a transport shuttle is knocked out of space by the Hyperion Corperation, it's like tradition to end up in dangerous environments.

However, in dangerous environments, it is also common to run into Vault Hunters.

And our hero, the woman aforementioned... did so.

Now, we all know Zer0's thirsts. Blood, challenge and gore. And Zer0's greatest challenge was meeting the woman he now loves... at least, loves enough not to shoot in the head when she starts to humorously mock him.

What she did before was simply a personal joke between the two.

Now, let's begin... a different tale of the bad asses we know. A tale of friendship, loyalty, love, and of a mother returning to save her daughter.

Now, this may not seem like a tale that you'd expect to be badass, but a woman with Moxii's charm and Zer0's skill is rare. Of course, Moxii is better. She is my ex-wife after all... and I miss her. Slightly.

This tale of 'love' cannot be described as anything other than.... badass...

As Eva exited the shuttle that was embedded in the ground, she realized she was in major trouble. She was bleeding slightly, and had a throbbing headache.

GODliaths prowled the area, slowly coming towards Era and the shuttle, curious. Eva ducked down. Should a GODliath see her, she would be dead. One GODliath accidentally bumped into another, which caused this GODliath to go into extreme fury. He punched the 'attacker's, sending him flying into another GODliath.

"YOU DIRTY MEAT-SACK!" The GODliath screamed, ramming into the one thrown. Era shook her head in disgust. She hadn't missed Pandora at all. She wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for her daughter... and Jack building Opportunity. When she heard of the project, she realized that Jack must be ready to awaken the Warrior. Yes, she had been there when he declared he would bathe the planet in fire...

She needed to save her Angel, even if it meant walking through the halls of Hyperion and having to play Jack's love for a while. Even though the thought sickened and terrified her, she swallowed the bile rising in her throat as one GODliath remained.

It trudged towards her at great speed, still pissed off. She shuffled backwards, attempting to get away from its line of sight. However, she was in for imminent failure.

"EVEN STARS MUST DIE, LITTLE GIRL!" He ran at her, ramming into the hull of the shuttle as she managed to roll away just in time. "LET YOUR BLOOD MIX WITH THE BLOODS OF MY VICTIMS!"

Terrified, Eva bolted from the shuttle, ignoring the pain hammering her left leg. She racked her mind to think of who could possibly help her. Jack's ex, Moxii, if she was still alive. Janey Springs, if she was on Pandora rather than the moon. Who else, who else... there was Marcus, if she could find him. No doubt there would be a shop in a town where he resided. He tended to move from shop location to shop location.

"COME BACK HERE!" The GODliath yelled, speeding up. It was steadily gaining. Eva needed to stop thinking about who could help her and start thinking about how she could help herself.

A song began to play.

Welcome to the hotel California~

"What a perfect goddamn time for that song to come on." She muttered.

Such a lovely place

She was running for her life, and their anniversary song had come on. It was her favourite song, and the song she and Jack had first danced to at their wedding.

Such a lovely face

"WHAT IS THAT?!" The GODliath roared, pissed off about the sudden onslaught of sound. He pounded his fists together.

"Plenty of room/At the Hotel California/Any time of year..." A voice, which was extremely loud, was singing along to the equally loud music, yet nothing was on the horizon.

And then it came, like a pedophile to a six year old's birthday party.

A reign of dust just in her view. A lone dune buggy blasted through the rock and sand, towards her.

A man was in it; she couldn't see his face, but he seemed to be wearing armour of some sort along with a strange helmet of which design she had never seen the likes of, even with her time at Hyperion. And Eva had also married the Handsome Jack; hosted some of his projects, too. Needless to say, he never kept things from her because she was valuable and she already knew everything about his past anyways.

But, then another thing caught her attention. Over 10 GODliaths were running after his car; the GODLIATH chasing her had finally caught up to her, and raised his arm to strike...

This was it. Her mission was over before it even started...

And the sounds of gunfire echoed all around her.

The GODliath laid on the ground, blood seeping out of every bullet hole.

The vehicle stopped and tore through three of the following GODliaths, causing the others to turn on one another in rage when hit.

A firm hand gripped her wrist, and the man in the strange suit pulled her up, placing her in his lap and stepping on the gas pedal. The ride got bumpy, as the dune buggies weren't exactly praised for their safety... in fact, the exact opposite.

He wrapped one arm around her, driving forwards, exiting the area. The sand and stone morphed into grass and wetland.

He slowed the car to a stop, and stared at her. At least, Eva thought he was staring at her. His mask was pointed downwards, in her direction.

"And who might you be/You don't look like Hyperion/Assassin, maybe?"

Wait.

Did this guy just speak in haiku?