Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

"Krieg and Maya, set up the beacon. The rest of you, get ready for some company." Jack ordered. The Siren and Psycho nodded as they took up position.

"I'm calibrating the beacon, just give me a few seconds." Angel informed.

"Got it, thanks Angel." Michel replied, reloading Belladonna before turning to face the entrance of the town. "Weapons ready, people. They'll be coming any minute now"

"More like any second." Felicity's voice came over the ECHOnet. The Loaders came in soon after. "You'll pay for what you did to me, Jack. You and your Vault Hunter friends will all pay." the AI spat.

"If we had more time, we would have scanned you like you wanted. None of us liked it, Felicity." Michel barked, firing at the approaching HOT Loader. The robot exploded, knocking the enigma back. "Angel, how are we doing?"

"Felicity's fighting me. I'll do what I can, but expect a long day." Angel informed.

Michel cursed under his breath. "You heard her, dig your heels in and get ready for a war!" he shouted.

"PUNDS. OF. FLESH!" Krieg screamed, charging at the approaching GUN Loaders. "COMPUTER GIRL SENT BOOM BOXES!" he warned.

Luckily, it made enough sense to the Siren of the group, who phaselocked an approaching EXP Loader.

"Kick 'em in the Pistons!" Gaige ordered, digistructing Deathtrap.

"One Liner!" Sal cackled, pulling out a second shotgun.

Deciding that was a good idea, Michel reached for Celestial Wrath. "Welcome to my Apocalypse!" he snarled, unloading the SMG with one hand and the shotgun with the other before ducking behind the statue of Jack to reload. "This would be so much easier with my Vibra-Pulse." he complained.

"They've damaged the beacon!" Angel reported urgently.

"Jack!" Michel barked.

"On it!" Jack replied, cloaking and throwing out his Expendable Assets. The beacon was repaired, and the second wave came in. "Son of a taint." the CEO swore.

"Constructors!" Michel called.

Krieg cackled madly as he began throwing exploding buzz saw axes at said robot. "Save some for me, amigo!" Sal complained, leaping into the fray with Michel taking shots with Sinon back next to the beacon. Jack continued shooting his bracelets at the still-approaching Loaders, which were beginning to overwhelm the pair. "Tossing a ballbuster!" Sal shouted.

"Didn't he have the corrosive singularities?" Maya asked, her question answered a second later as multiple bots were pulled back and splashed with acid.

"I've almost got the Fast-Travel ready, I just need a minute." Angel's voice cut through the battle via ECHOs.

"We don't have a minute!" Maya shouted back. "Look out, Badass!" she warned, aiming the Bad Touchshe got from Moxxie at the approaching Loader.

"I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A BADASS IS!" Krieg shouted, charging the giant robot.

"Shit, DT's out!" Gaige called, watching her robot be destroyed by a pair of EXP Loaders.

"Language." Jack chided idly, short-circuiting an ION Loader. "Not sure how that worked, but I ain't complaining!" he laughed, turning his attention to a WAR Loader. "Yeah, Mich was right. I was compensating." he muttered, rolling out of the way of the missiles aimed at him.

"Alright, let's see how you survive this one." Felicity mocked.

"Super Badass! Everyone find cover!" Angel warned. "The Fast Travel is on its way, just a few more seconds!"

"Need a hand?" came a familiar voice. A flash of purple and three familiar figures appeared.

"Sentry Deployed!" one shouted, throwing said weapon out.

"I disappear/ A ghost amidst the combat/ Preparing to strike." came the infuriating haiku before the second vanished.

"Ax, Zer0! Man am I glad to see you guys!" Michel sighed in relief. "Lilith, never thought I'd be happy to see you." he added.

"Never thought I'd be saving you, but Angel says you know something that'll help us beat Blake." Lilith replied, phaseblasting one of the Loaders while pulling out her Combustion Hellfire.

The statue exploded in the next few seconds, and a Fast Travel sat in its place. "I'll have it ready in twenty seconds max." Angel promised.

"You have ten. Felicity's throwing multiple Badasses at us." Jack replied, firing his bracelets.

"It's nine against five, you can manage." Angel huffed, setting to work. More bots fell as Zer0 started taking shots with the corrosive DAHL rifle he had gotten from Mordecai before coming down. Axton fired an AR he had borrowed from Roland, Michel fired his Belladonna, Gaige fired the Torgue Shotgun she had picked out of a stalker pile, Maya continued firing Bad Touch, and Krieg just swung his ax at anything getting close enough. Sal threw a couple grenades, bunching the bots together so they could be picked off.

"Angel, how's it going with that thing?" Michel asked.

"Done! Everyone get to Sanctuary!" Angel ordered gleefully.

"You heard the lady! Everyone get your asses to the Fast Travel!" Michel ordered, grabbing Celestial Wrath from where a lucky GUN Loader's shot had knocked it from his hand. "I'll cover you! Let's get violent!"

"I'll help you out there, Killer." Lilith offered, firing her favorite SMG. Everyone got through, Lilith going after Michel with a nod. "Everyone make it okay?" the redheaded siren asked.

"All alive, thanks." Jack replied, surprised he meant it.

...

"So, Angel tells us you know where the Vault Key is." Roland greeted the Hyperion duo.

"That's his way of saying 'Glad you're alive.'" Lilith translated with an eye roll.

"Right. Look, I'm not gonna lie, we're in a jam here. Sure Sanctuary isn't being barraged anymore, but we still don't have the Key or know when it's gonna be charged."

"It's been what? Two weeks since we came to Sanctuary?" the enigma asked. "It'll be ready in another two. But the more pressing matter is that Blake seems to have located it. And with it, Angel." Michel sighed. "I need to talk to Zed and Tannis about how to keep her alive if things go south in there. Let's hope it won't come to that, though." he added.

"Michel, she's not ready to be taken out." Jack argued. "Removing her from the tower now will most likely kill her. It's too risky."

"And while she's in there, Blake can work on an override to our fail-safes and up the eridium dosage." Michel retorted. "We're damned if we do and damned if we don't. But either way, we'll need help. Between the Wall and the BNK3R, there's a shit-ton of soldiers and robots."

"I can help with that!" Roland offered.

"Slab King, right?" Michel guessed, to which Roland just nodded dumbly. "Yeah, but those bandits aren't going to be enough on their own." he muttered. "I need to do some thinking. In the meantime, I suggest everyone rest up and resupply. Gonna be a long few days." The group dispersed.

And done! Reaching a big battle here, if you couldn't tell. Gotta do a few things, but it should be ready to go before long. So I guess leave a review of what you thought, and I'll see everyone next time!