Chapter 50: Cold as the Grave, Aurelia's Demise

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Y/N POV

I travelled to the town that the Bandit from before mentioned. And while there was no sign of the Vault Hunters, it was obvious that the residents of this small town were definitely arming themselves for a coming conflict.

I decided to approach who seemed like the ringleader here, luckily no one seemed to know that I was Aurelia's accomplice. "Hey, you. I need to ask you something." The man turned to me, he looked like a gunslinger. "Hey man, name's Clay, what is it you need?"

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I proceeded to ask "You don't happen to know where some Vault Hunters are located do you? There are four of them

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I proceeded to ask "You don't happen to know where some Vault Hunters are located do you? There are four of them." Clay nodded "Yeah I know them. What's it to you?" I knew I had to come up with an excuse to avoid looking suspicious.

"I'm an ally of theirs. I was dispatched by the CEO of Atlas to back them up." I revealed the Atlas patch which I wore on my arm after being hired by Rhys. Clay  responded "I see. Well, they headed to the Blackbarrel Cellars, located under the Jakobs Estate."

"Thank you." Was all I said in response. I kind of felt bad about lying to this Clay man but technically I still worked for Atlas, this was just a temporary errand I was running for a close friend.

Clay replied by saying "Sure thing. Make sure you help those Vault Hunters give that Aurelia Harpy hell for me." He paused and said "For Montgomery Jakobs." I was angered by him calling Aurelia a Harpy but I was able to let it slide as to not blow my cover.

I returned to my Technical but before I set off back to the Estate I Echoed Aurelia. "Yes, do you have news?" I responded "Yes, good and bad. Bad news is that the Vault Hunters weren't in that town. However, I DO know where they are going."

Aurelia seemed interested now as she asked "Oh? And where is that?" I filled her in on what Clay had told me. "Their heading for the Blackbarrel Cellars, which are apparently located UNDER the Jakobs Estate."

She seemed surprised "Yes, they are, but why there?" I commented "More than likely, that's where the last Vault Key fragment is. And I'm more than willing to bet that your brother and Wainwright will be with them."

A grin stretched across Aurelia's face as she said "Come to the Estate immediately. I believe it's time we deal with the Vault Hunters ourselves. Just like old times." I chuckled a bit to myself "Yeah, old times."

I continued to drive until I arrived at the entrance to the Estate, I walked the rest of the way from there and met up with Aurelia in the entrance hallway. She addressed me "Follow me to the Cellars, I doubt the Vault Hunters will be taking that route given how guarded the Estate is.

Nodding, I followed her through the Estate until we arrived at a door. She turned to me before asking "Well? Are you going to open it and let me through or not?" I laughed a bit at her statement, even though we were best friends she was still stuck-up around me.

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