Sup guys? Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Borderlands. Enjoy the 800-word chapter. I don't own Borderlands; Gearbox and a few others do.

(Pandora, 4 years before Borderlands 3)

Pandora wasn't a place for people who were sane. Pandora was a place for bandits, murderers, thieves…. People who thought with their guns and fists and weapons.

That was why nobody batted their eyes when a shuttle crashed on Pandora…. If anything, it made them want to loot the crash site.

But it also was enough to draw the attention of the people who while not heroes… Wouldn't let bandits loot the ship if it gave them something they could use.

This was how Zer0 stabbed a Psycho before Brick threw a Bruiser into a rock.

Brick cracked his neck while they walked through what was over a dozen bandits. He turned to see Mortdecai leap out of another car.

The trio walked towards the shuttle; the bandits were no match for a Vault Hunter. It was common knowledge to know that.

"So… What do you think is on this thing?" Brick asked, Zer0 said nothing and Mortdecai climbed over the wreckage.

"This is an Atlas shuttle. I don't know what shot it down though…" Mortdecai said before Talon cawed and something moved in the wreck.

"Someone survived that crash?" Mortdecai asked, something slightly moved.

It was then Zer0 moved towards the figure and slightly pulled it out.

It was a kid… A teen, no younger than 16.

"A freaking kid? Where the hell is his parents?" Mortdecai asked, he frowned and then realized Zer0 had pulled him from the cargo hold.

And there was blood on the windshield or what was left of it. Brick and Mortdecai shared a look.

"Damn it… Kid's parents are dead…I can't tell if it was the crash…" Mortdecai muttered, Zer0 pulled the teen out of the shuttle wreckage only to notice he had a Jackal SMG in his hands.

Zer0 wanted to question why an Atlas shuttle had a Dahl Submachine gun with him.

But he didn't care, he carried the kid towards the car and gently put him into the seat before wondering what would happen next.

"We have to bring him to Sanctuary." Brick said, he always had a soft spot for kids… And no kid would survive Pandora… People like Tina…

He actually wondered how the teenage explosive expert would react to seeing someone around his age.

But Brick wouldn't let the kid die, even if he wasn't a hero, he wasn't that heartless.

Mortdecai went to say something and then sighed and took his seat in the car while the trio roared towards Saturday.

The Crimson Raiders would be able to get the supplies of the shuttle… The kid needed them more right now.

"You see he has a SMG in his hands? You think his parents were soldiers?" Brick asked, Mortdecai looked at the gun which the boy continued to cradle like it was a toy.

Perhaps the kid did know better and could survive on Pandora. He looked at it and saw the weapon was modified, it was a custom weapon.

He wondered if the teen owned the weapon and guessed it probably belong to his father.

Well, the Jackal was his weapon now, Brick went to look at the weapon and teen while the buggy continued to travel towards the city of the Crimson Raiders.

"Those Bandits killed his parents, there was blood in the cockpit and those bullet holes were clearly from the bandits." Mortdecai stated, Brick looked around and he sighed.

"What are we going to tell the kid when we get to Sanctuary? He's going to wake up soon and you know he's going to freak the hell out…" Brick said, Mortdecai said nothing and sighed before he nearly crashed the buggy into the desert.

He turned to look at Brick who looked at the teen. He took the Jackal SMG and put it next to the teen before he settled back into his seat.

"We need to go and we need to get there fast…" Brick said before Mortdecai sighed and punched the gas so they could be at the city as fast as possible.

They continued to shoot through the sand like a bullet out of a loaded gun and the teen started to groan.

A sign he would wake up soon enough.

Author Notes

Phew, first chapter done! I want to point out this story will be following Borderlands 3 but will slightly different… A lot different, actually. Next chapter will be on Sunday or so next week and will show the teen in Sanctuary, will show his name and show him meeting the Crimson Raiders and Tiny Tina. Until next chapter or so. Lighting Wolf out!