Borderlands: The Girl And The Ghost

chapter One: SO much for a great day

'oh man! Oh man oh man! This week is going to be off the Hooook!' cried the excitement in the young Vault Hunter's head. After weeks of constant fighting against Hyperion, and showing not only the people of Pandora, but her seven best friends in the universe her awesomeness, mind blowing power, intelligence, handy work, and most importantly her mighty POWER OF ANARCHY!..and..stuff, Lilith, one of her closest friends and her leader was letting her go on vacation! This was incredibly surprising! I mean, a week, alone and not doimg the usual Vault Hunter stuff! As soon as she finished packing her bag though she noticed the red headed siren stood waiting for her at the doorway of the Mechromancer's bedroom. Gaige grinned at her and squealed in glee as she wrapped her arms tightly around the older woman's waist.

Lilith only chuckled at the Mechromancer's reaction, she frowned as she patted the teenager's head 'Damn it I know this is wrong to do to her, but it has to be done' the Siren thought sadly in her head. Looking up, the Anarchist only smirked at the Firehawk. "What's up lil? You're not gonna miss me THAT much are you?" she awaited lilith's reaction only to have the same frown petrified across her lips,she took in a deep breath mustering up courage, Lilith wanted to kick herself right then.

"Look..Killer...I need to tell you something before you go off" the Siren looked away from the young mechanic and straight at the door as Axton, an ex dahl soldier and her friend when it came to mechanics, and brick, or better known as "The Slab King", walked to the doorway behind Lilith. She looked back at the young girl and knelt down onto her knee. "The three of us were talking about your vacation and.." she was interrupted by Brick almost immediately "Zero is babysitting you while on vacation". For about ten seconds all of Sanctuary jumped in surprise as they heard the blood curdling scream of the young anarchist from the Crimson Raider HQ.

Now for those who do not know, the assassin is not the person you want around, especially if you're Gaige. She and Zero have also had a lot of problems with one another, such as the time Zero left a defenseless Mechromancer to dodge a barrage of bandit fire while he used the distraction to move ahead, honestly! Who does that!? But she hates him even more for the time he interrupted her on her daily ECHO updates and said so many embarrassing things she had been discussing with Maya. And now she was going to spend a week, with him, and only him. "You can't be serious right now, right guys? I mean, this is only a joke right!?". Her fellow Vault Hunters only looked at one another for a moment and with the same guilty expression across their faces.

She...was so...FUCKING PISSED RIGHT NOW!!

That's when HE stepped into the doorway, his helmet projected a frown. It made sense though, after all he despised the bratty tom boy since day one. Now he was being forced to watch over her for a week ALONE!? Why hadn't he heard about this when eavesdropping on Lilith? The Assassin folded his arms and turned to face the groups leader. "Why not Maya?" he said in the cold, lifeless tone which the group had become so accustomed to over the time which the group had been together.

Lilith looked at the...whatever he is, and sighed. "Maya is going with krieg to some place..." she looked down at the floor and bit her lip "shit...where was it she said she was going?" She looked back up at Zero and placed her hand gently on the side of the glass dome which masked the ghost underneath and raised herself up with her toes to be at level with him. "Please Zero...it's only for a week."

The Assassin groaned audibly and delicately pulled her hand off his helmet. "Fine, I'll accompany her on ...'vacation'." The siren smiled and patted where she believed his cheek to be. "Thanks killer." She turned back to see Brick whispering to the young Vault Hunter who covered her quivering lips with the palm of her robotic limb. The Vault hunter group's second sniper merely shook his head. He knew these next few days would be some of his less satisfying, and worst of all Zero hadn't even the slightest clue as to where the young, naive girl would have to (forcefully) drag him.

He gave a long sigh as the schoolgirl and the Slab King stood up. Gaige never glanced over at the 'Number' as multiple organizations had become accustomed to calling him. She waved her metal finger at him and yelled "come on loser...let's go already!" A visible slouch could be seen. In his back as he followed the energetic brat.

This is gonna be a long fucking week...

Hi everyone, author here. I'd like to thank you for reading this weird story of mine and if you enjoy it I will be posting regularly (Or try to at least). Anyway, thank you guys again. Peace.
Chapter Two: "The Train Going Nowhere" out now