Romeo and Juliet but Borderlands (Handsome Jack x Rhys)

Act I, Scene I

"I hate them so much... We really can't let them humiliate us like that! I ain't gonna take their shit..." A man of the House of Atlas sighed, crossing his arms.

"If we did take Hyperion's shit, we would be plumbers, and we all know that we're too good for that," The man's friend joked, giving off a goofy smile.

These two low-ranking men of Atlas were on a nice walk on this lovely, cool evening after a hard day of gang-rivalry. It was a well deserved walk.

The first man threw his hands up in the crisp night air, "I swear, the next Hyperion scumbag I see, I'm going Sicko Mode!"

A couple of Hyperion men walk down the dark street that the two Atlas men were walking down. The two men gave a look to each other and the second man murmured, "Speak of the devil..."

"Hey, Hyperion douchebags!" The first Atlas man called out, flipping them off, for no apparent reason; he was probably just looking for a fight, honestly.

One the Hyperion men gave a nasty look towards the pair, "What the frick? You wanna go?"

Blake, Tassiter of Hyperion's nephew, walks by, stopping in his tracks at the sight of this tension.

"Ugh, here comes another Hyperion freak," The second Atlas man whispered to the first.

"That's it; lets go!" The first Altas man shouted, taking out his Atlas brand revolver, pointing it at one of the Hyperion men. The second Atlas man does the same and pulls out the same kind of gun, pointing it at the other Hyperion man, ignoring Blake. The two Hyperion men follow suit and point their respective guns at the Atlas men.

Blake sighed and pulled out a Hyperion branded SMG, pointing it between the Atlas men, "Alright, let's break this up. We don't need a fight here."

As if on cue, Vasquez, Steele of Hyperion's nephew, sashayed down the dim streets towards the fight.

Vasquez sneered, rolling his eyes at those participating in the stand off, "What? You really pulled out that gun of your's to fight these low-lives, Blake?" He motioned towards the unesteemed Atlas men and then proceeded to point at himself, fire in his eyes, "Look at the man who is going to kill you."

"Can we please just have peace? You're really giving me a headache..." Blake used his unarmed hand to massage his temples.

Vasquez cocked his gun, pointing it at Blake, "Seriously? You're gonna talk about peace while you're holding me at gunpoint? Come at me, Hyperion asshole!"

Tassiter enters the scene through a nearby alley after hearing all of this racket, "Oh? You're really fighting those Atlas monkeys without me?"

Steele also enters through an alley from the opposite side of the street, her tattoos glowing, "Let's get this show on the road!"

Tassiter and Steele take out their guns from their holsters and point them at each other, faces full of pure hatred.

At the sound of all the yelling at the middle of the night, Vallory, the woman in charge of the land, angrily walks in.

Vallory steps into the scene, giving a look indicating more disappointment than the wife of a man after an outing with the boys at the bar, "Can you douchebags not fight for like five seconds? How many times have I told both of you to just stop?!"

Both sides lower their guns, ashamed of themselves for a split second.

"You know what?" Vallory continued, crossing her arms, "If I see you all fight even one more time, I'll put you all to death."

Everyone audibly sighed at this, wanting a good showdown. Everyone completely put their guns away and started to disperse, leaving behind Tassiter and Blake.

Tassiter sighed, rubbing his neck, "Alright... So, who started this?"

Blake crossed his arms, recounting truthfully of what happened, "Well, servants of both sides started it; they were fighting when I came in. Then that ever so arrogant, short tempered Vasquez showed up and everyone was waving their guns around. Vallory stepped in and stopped everyone from killing each other, thank God."

Tassiter nodded and prompted suddenly, "Do you know where Jack is? I didn't see him in the fight."

"I saw him earlier in the day, but he was kind of avoiding me; he went to his crying spot in the family house. I think he wanted to be alone," Blake answered, stroking his chin.

Tassiter nodded, "Yea, he's been there a lot lately. He's been crying a lot, little bitch."

"Wonder why," Blake said thoughtfully, the Hyperion leader shrugging.

Tassiter sighed, "I tried to ask, but he wouldn't tell me. He's probably on his period or some shit."

Speak of the devil, because Jack walked out of the alley, towards the two.

"Ah, here he comes..." Blake whispered to his uncle.

Tassiter started walking off, "Aight, I'm boutta head out. Good luck getting an answer out of him, Blake."

"Wassup, cuz?" Blake greeted his cousin.

Jack ignored that statement, "Was that my dad going off in such a hurry?"

Blake responded, trying to change the subject, "Yup. So, why've you been so down lately? I'm concerned..."

"Just life..." Jack shrugged, trying to seem nonchalant, "Heh, why would I, the Handsome Jack, be down over something?"

Blake already knew that was a lie based on the expression on Jack's face and his cousin's history of secretly being a hopeless romantic, "Fell in love again?"

Jack caved in, "More like out of love... I love someone, but she doesn't love me back and ugh, I guess I'm really down about it," Jack sighed once more, "Look at my confidence all gone... I think I'm going to go... not cry..."

"Wait, let me come with you. I think you need some company, Jack."

"Oh, alright." Jack capitulated, crossing his arms.

Blake questioned suddenly, "So, who is this chick anyway?"

"Did you seriously just ask me that?" Jack glared at him, "If you wish to know, it's Nisha..."

"Ah," Blake said knowingly, "Well, there's plenty of fish in the sea. I'm sure you'll find someone cuter than her who'll return your love anyway."

Jack crossed his arms, "But I want her."

Blake checked the time, realizing how late it was, deciding it was a good time to go to bed, "Alright, well, I know you'll get over her, so don't be too down in the dumps, ok? That's Atlas's job," he winked, "I'm going to head home and get some sleep. You should do the same, Jack."

The two exchanged good nights and headed to their respective homes.

A/N: Alright! I know this is a little boring right now, but things will pick up and get interesting!I'm trying hard to make this accurate to the actual story of Romeo and Juliet, so I'm sorry if the characters seem a little ooc. I hope y'all enjoyed, though!