Helpless - Handsome Jack × Reader × Rhys

Part 1

* Em POV *

  Working at Hyperion wasn't exactly the best job. But it had to be better than being down there on Pandora. My father had always told me that I need to do whatever is necessary in order to live a happy life.
Do I feel guilty living a luxury up here while an entire planet is suffering below me? Of course. Sometime I think I could just go down there and help the people of Pandora, then I realize that if I went with them that I would be just as helpless. So I stay up here, for my sake and theirs.

Here in Pandora, I'm Vasquez's secretary. I've only seen him twice, and both times he acted like I didn't even exist.

I'm sure he's better than Handsome Jack, though. I wasn't around when he ran Hyperion, but I've heard a lot about him. He was horrible. He killed for fun, tortured the innocent, and treated his crew like they were dirt. People around here seemed to look up to him, crazy enough. And if they didn't, they hated him. But either way, everyone here respected him.

And the name 'Handsome Jack' was absolute non-sense. Before they were taken down, there were giant posters of Handsome Jack on the walls, everywhere. And not one time did I see one and think 'hmm, he's so handsome', because he's not.
 
"Girl!" I jump from my desk at the shout in my ear.

I want to say my name is Emily. But I don't.
I stand tall, but instinctively cower away immediately as Vasquez made eye-contact.
 
"Yes sir?"
 
"I've been yelling for you for the past 5 minutes."
 
"I'm sorry sir, what did you need?" I cower away a little more, easily intimidated by his deep, although douchy, voice.
 
"I need someone that's easily expendable."
 
"Okay, well sir, I can call the prison to see if they have an-"
 
  "No! You. You're expendable. You're also pretty boring. I allowed you to be my secretary because you have nice boobs but you're just so boringgg."
 
  "B-but sir... please"
 
"No buts, you're going to be bait for a little mission of mine."
 
"S-sir. I can assure you that I will be less boring, please"
 
"God! Shut up! Just meet me at the dock in five minutes or I'll send someone to shoot right between those.. beautiful.. breast of yours."

He walks away and leaves me stunned. I'm going to die. He's gonna use me as bait to get past a Pandora monster and I'm gonna get eaten alive. But I still head towards the dock, thinking I had a better chance at running from a Pandora creature than a Hyperion guard.

As I reach the ship dock, about 10 guards are loading Vasquez's ship with crates. Most likely weapon crates, to fight whatever we're heading to. Vasquez sees me and motions a guard to bring me over to them.
 
"Vasquez is requesting you."
 
I nod, my eyes filmed with tears.
 
"Good luck." He whispered.

I was shocked. Hyperion guards are heartless and would happily kill anyone if ordered.

I looked him in the eyes and I saw genuine worry.  But before I could question him, I was being shoved into the ship by Vasquez's right-hand guard.

I sat in the front seat, awkwardly trying to not look at Vasquez, as I was facing directly at him. The ride to Pandora was too quick. And the whole time, I noticed that one guard continuously glancing at me. He didn't seem to fit in. He seemed off.
When we landed, Vasquez nodded towards the guard that has been watching me. The guard immediately stood, marched towards me with no eye contact, and added handcuffs around my wrists. I look at him in a panic and he slightly loosened the cuffs. I think I even heard a mumbled 'sorry'.
He led me out of the ship first, then the other 9 guards, around Vasquez. We were, without a doubt, in a bad place. At this point, I couldn't tell if I was going to get torn apart by a psycho or a Kraggon.

As I looked around, the scenery was dry, and unbearably hot. I instantly noticed the sweat dripping down all parts of my body and wanted to wipe it off. But it was kinda hard, with the handcuffs. We all walked in silence at a average pace. I couldn't tell where we were heading, until I saw a white building, not too far into the distance.