Headsh0t

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It was dark. The siren took a small step forward without looking down in this purple, stinking liquid. She had enough of all this. Axton and Salvadore were dead, killed by Handsome Jack. And all she could think about now was him, the assassin, the only person on Pandora that ever got so close to her.
She cursed while she kept fighting through the slag around her feet. He wouldn't take him from her. She wouldn't let him. Suddelny the end of this dark tunnel came closer to her, almost like she demanded it to. Maya rushed through the exit and stopped. There was blood. So much blood. And it wasn't red. It was black, just like the essential liquid that ran through his veins.

Zero.

"No!"

She awoke in her small, dark room in the headquarter of the vault hunters. Sanctuary. It was all right just a stupid, bad nightmare. Axton was alive just like Salvador and...Zero. She breathed, laid her head in her hands and tried to focus on the reality. 'Just... Don't get mad. There are enough psychos walking around out there...,' she silently thought by herself.

This wasn't the first nightmare she had since she came to pandora, but the first that included her teammates. Maya sighed. Why was she dreaming stuff like this? She wasn't afraid of Handsome Jack or loosing her companions. She knew how strong they were, why would she believe, Jack could have any chance?

"Fuck...," she murmured, cuddling back in her pillow. It felt so real. She really thought she had lost them and was immediatley at the point to also lose Zero...

Maya opened her eyes again and stared at the ceiling. The assassin had been on her mind since the last time they spoke and he had told her, that he... Yeah, what exactly did it mean? It had made her kinda feel special to him. Maybe he did feel something for her. She just still couldn't figure out what it was. In combat he always got her back. She trusted him with her life and he also protected her whenever she was injured or distracted. So... What exactly was it? The kiss? This one time they made out? Or his strange commentary on this whole leaving-pandora-topic?

"Zer0...," she sighed and tried to calm down. Her dream showed her what her true fear was. And she didn't really like to know about this now. Maybe a bit more sleep would help her to find some rest.

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"You're here, but your mind / is elsewhere. May I ask what / worries you so much?"

Again it was the assassin, who noticed her absence first. Axton and Salvador looked at her - puzzled.

"Are you all right, girl?," the commando asked.

Maya looked back at them in confusion.

"Yeah of course. I'm fine."

Axton shrugged and Salvador laid down to find some sleep. The commando took a branch and played with the fire until it also started burning and he quickly threw it back in the flames.

"I'll also take a nap," he said.

Maya watched him go farther away. He knew about Salvadors snorring so it was understandable that he wanted to get as far away from the unnerving noise as possible.

It was silent again while Maya watched the gunzerker with a concerned look. He surely would snorr loud enough that she wouldn't be able to find much sleep. But to be honest she didn't really care about it. Sleep hadn't been much restorative in the last few days. The nightmare came back as soon as she closed her eyes. She was tired and thanks to her inattentive state she already got some injuries and was forced to stand back in their last fight. Even if she didn't want to she couldn't deny that she needed some rest.