Author's Note: Sorry for the long delay for this chapter. Every time I had finished it an error occurred with the document, which made every single thing I typed either just a ton of spaces, or a ton of squares. And college courses didn't really help either, but I digress. I'm glad to finally post something again.

"What's the matter Sugar?" asked Moxxie as she sat down across from Devon. "It's not often that a newcomer arrives. Even rarer for someone to come here for the first time and not try to flirt with me."

Devon looked up at the sultry bartender and smiled weakley. "Sorry, I never was good at flirting. Besides I'm trying to digest an offer made by Tannis."

"That quack acts all high and mighty. She is even worse than me sometimes when it comes to sex." Moxxie laughed.

"She wants me to move in with her so I can be her assistant. She tried to seal the deal by stripping." Devon chuckled.

"She is different. I always make it clear when I'm interested in getting into a bed with someone, or somewhere else that is just as sturdy." Moxxie purred, leaning towards Devon.

Devon leaned back, and nervously laughed. "I'm sorry, I don't think I've introduced myself. I'm Devon, and I will be working for Marcus."

"I've heard about you, and I'm sure you've heard about me." Moxxie giggled.

"Moxxie back off!" barked Mordecai as he walked into the bar.

"Can't get over that I'm taking an interest in someone that isn't you?" Moxxie sighed as she got up.

Mordecai scowled as he passed his ex-girlfriend and slid into the seat next to Devon. "How you doing man? Sorry about that Badassasaurus incident in the simulator. Tannis's idea."

"She explained that to me." Devon laughed. "You have access to the codes for the simulator right?"

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Mordecai yawned.

"I want to create a test area in the simulator and I need the codes to construct enemies to use as targets." Devon stated. "In exchange I can give you a sniper rifle that will be one of a kind."

"Heh, sure man. Gimme you ECHO id and I'll grant you access to the commands." Mordecai nodded.

Before Devon could write down the numbers, Axton burst into the bar and looked to Mordecai. "We got Hyperion in the city!"

Sitting in the cramped prison cell in Marshall Friedman's office was a woman wearing a Hyperion blazer over a black v-neck, showing her cleavage, and heart tattoo on her left breast. She calmly brushed her dirty blonde hair away from her eyes and looked at the woman staring at her.

Maya quickly grabbed her and brought her into the office before any Raider could see her. The woman was bold to come here on her own, and to come unarmed was incredibly brave.

"Who are you?" Maya asked.

"I am just a Hyperion employee who was given access to the codes for Sanctuary and was coming to invite anyone who was interested to join an event being sponsored by our company." the woman said with a slight smile.

Something about the woman's demeanour was familar to the Siren. Maya tried to identify, what made her feel like she had met her before. Before Maya could ask any further questions Axton burst in with Mordecai and Devon in his wake.

"How did Hyperion get in our city?" Axton shouted.

"How did you find out about her?" Maya snapped.

"I saw you drag her in here, back to the issue at hand. How did she get here?" Axton growled.

"If I may interrupt," the woman interjected, "I was given the access codes by a resident of Sanctuary. He gave his permission to come here."

"Who?" asked Mordecai.

"Scooter, the town mechanic." the woman replied.

"I'll go get him." Devon sighed as he walked out the door.

"Do that." Axton nodded. "Now who are you?"

"An entertainer." laughed the woman.

"I'm not entertained." Mordecai commented.

"I'm not here to entertain right now. I'm here to invite you all to a little event that will be going on in couple of months." the woman chided.

"What is your name?" Maya sighed, her patience beginning to wear thin.

"Scoot!" shouted Scooter as he entered the building. "Well you came here right quick!"

"I got Scooter." Devon called as he followed the mechanic. "I see he recognizes her."

"Scooter, it's good to see you haven't changed your wardrobe." laughed the woman.

"Scooter who is she?" Axton growled.

"This is my older sister Scoot. I'm named after her." the mechanic explained.

As everything became clear, Maya realized how the woman was familiar. The tattoo was the same as the one both Moxxie and Ellie shared. Her face was similar in structure to Moxxie's, and her hair was the exact same color as Scooter's.

"My name is Scooter, but I go by Scoot, so my brother and I don't get confused. I figured that by hiding my name I might give a little surprise."

"It almost got you shot." Axton grunted.

"Well I'm glad you showed restraint. It's a quality that I wish most of my family exhibited." Scoot replied with a smile.

"I like her. Hyperion or not I like her." Devon stated bluntly. Scooter gave Devon a look that would make most people shudder in fear, but Devon paid no heed to the mechanic.

"I think I've seen you before honestly." Scoot said noticing Devon. "You have been a pretty big deal in the ECHO broadcasts around the big civil systems. Wanted for a business assassination."

"I worked for Tediore for half my life, and he was only in charge for a year. If anything I restored order to that company by offing that college hotshot." Devon argued.

"You have a bounty. Tediore didn't set it on you, but you are wanted for evading arrest." Scoot laughed.

"Hey, you're on the right path to become a Vault Hunter now." Mordecai chuckled.

"Back to the reason why I wanted to come to Sanctuary," Scoot interrupted, "I'd prefer to give this announcement to all the Vault Hunters."

"We'll go get them." Mordecai sighed grabbing Devon. "We'll meet up in Moxxie's bar."

At the bar Moxxie was overjoyed to see one of her daughters come to see her. Lilith and Brick sat with Mordecai in a booth while they waited for the arrival of Salvador and Zer0. Axton stood in the doorway looking for his fellow Crimson Raiders while Maya and Krieg passed the time with the slot machines. Gaige and Devon were drawing plans for an upgrade to Deathtrap that would make it so the android could cloak like Zer0.

"The only thing that we need is Zer0's cooperation." Devon sighed.

"Why not try to replicate the biological cloaking mechanism of the stalkers?" Gaige suggested.

"That'd work for a living subject, but we need mechanical for a machine. Maybe we should just focus on a nuclear deployment." Devon groaned.

"Sorry for the wait. Sal and I wanted to train. We killed Jack... again." Zer0 apologized as he entered the bar with Sal in tow. Axton followed behind the pair.

"Now that everyone is here, I guess I can start my little offer." Scoot nodded. She took a deep breath and then made her speech. "Vault Hunters, Heroes of Pandora, Crimson Raiders, Number One Badasses. These are titles that are applicable to you all. I'm here to offer the chance to add a new title to that list, 'Pandoran Speed Demon.' Hyperion is sponsering a race in order to build up funds in order to rebuild all the damage done by our former leader Handsome Jack. The race will be comprised of six races. Each one testing the mettle of the driver, their ability to adapt, and their skill behind the wheel. If you enter and win then you can earn not only the title, but also a supply of Hyperion goods, including tools, weapons, and discontinued merchandise. Are any of you interested?"

There was a pause before Axton stood up. "Sign me up. I always had fun drag racing with the Runners, this'll be fun."

"It's a team event." Scoot added. "You must have at least one driver, a gunner, a mechanic, a crew manager, and a sponsor."

"Sign me up for gunner!" Sal shouted jumping up next to the commando.

"I'm down for designing weapons for the vehicle." Devon laughed.

"I'll build you a vehicle that will kick ass and get you some!" Scooter shouted joining the crew.

"I'm going to help with the building so it has some safety features." Gaige volunteered.

"I wanna be the manager of you huggabutts!" Tina shouted from a booth in the corner. "I'm sure Mr. Torgue would be thrilled to join us in this momentous event." she added.

"Sounds like you have all the necessary parts of a team. Don't worry about giving the list now though. The event is still being planned. This is just a little sneak peak so you will have an advantage in the race. We will host the event in three months at the earliest." Scoot informed.

While everyone began to talk of plans for the races, Zer0 grabbed Devon and Lilith and snuck out to the TVHS. Zer0 gave Lilith a copy of his ECHO recording of the event and had Devon follow him into the simulator so that he could develop tools to stop the escaped convicts.

"You sure you want this to be a secret?" Lilith asked through the intercoms of the simulator.

"Yes." Zer0 bluntly replied.

"Go ahead and bring up the first contact." Devon yawned.

Lilith complied to the request and fast forwarded the recording to when Dirge and Artemis attached. The two prisoners just as Zer0 remembered from their days on the prison ship.

Dirge was in his mid-twenties, with short cropped black hair, and blue streaks throughout his hair. He wore a white shirt under a black hoodie with the sleeves torn off and a red "03" painted on the front. He had black torn pants, and headphones around his neck. His weapon, "the Bass Cannon" was interesting to Devon. It harnessed a single note and amplified it to an extreme volume causing the massive shockwave that had shot Zer0 back in the ambush.

Artemis was in her mid-twenties as well. She wore a pair of goggles as a headband to hold her brunette hair out of her face. Devon noted they were Atlas magnifying lenses, and scanned them so he could Digistruct a pair later. She wore a black cloak, made of a material that wasn't recognized by any of the three investigators. Under the cloak she wore a simple black shirt and camoflagued pants. On her belt were several pouches, and a sheath. She had cybernetic gloves that were also Atlas tech. They could create plasma weapons, and what was most evident was her bow she had used to attack.

"These two were your friends right?" Devon asked the assassin.

"Yes. Now they are not. I could not tell them the truth. Kronos interfered." Zer0 muttered. "Next encounter."

"You could say please." Lilith growled through the intercom.

"Please." Devon called up to the Siren.

Lilith found a problem as she skipped to the part where Zer0 had been pinned to by the hulking Aegis. The prisoners' leader, Kronos was there, but his enforcer was not.

"His shield was a prototype of Pangolin's right? Maybe they have a cloaking protocol that keep them hidden in recordings." Devon offered.

"Then we can only record Kronos." Zer0 stated flatly.

"I liked you better when you talked more." Devon muttered as he began taking notes on the man in front of him.

Kronos was older than the pair before him. He was early to mid thirties, and had blood red hair. He was decked out in all black. Black shirt with a red "11" printed on it, and the sleeves torn off. He had the same black pants a prisoner would wear. He only had one weapon, and that was his staff. Devon was curious about it. He scanned the staff with his Gauntlet and was shocked by the feedback coming from it.

"This staff has Eridian technology!" he shouted. "The readings match the same as Eridian weapons, the ones that made Atlas such a powerhouse. I need to reconstruct this!"

"Do it, we can find out how he managed to break through the Phaselock." Lilith ordered.

"I'm trying to, it'd be easier if this guy would let go of it." Devon muttered.

"Play it live." Zer0 requested drawing his sword. "Devon stand back."

As Devon backed away Lilith activated the simulator causing the stillframe of Kronos to come to life, only to be cut down from behind by Zer0 who appeared. The Zer0 that had been next to Devon dissapeared revealing he had been using Decepti0n. The staff rolled to Devon's feet, which were shaking.

"There you go, bring it with you. We're done here." Zer0 stated.

Lilith began to shut down the simulator as Devon collected what he had gathered. He picked the staff up and noticed it had carvings all over it, but were not visible. He assumed the carvings were the Eridian language, which meant he would have to go back to Tannis in order to learn about it. He gritted his teeth as he exited the building and headed back towards the doctor's home.

"Devon where are you going with the staff?" Lilith called.

"Tannis. If it's related to the Eridians she would know about it. Although I don't really want to go by myself." Devon sighed.

"I'll hold your hand don't worry." the Siren laughed following the newest citizen of Sanctuary.

"Are there any empty houses that I could move into?" Devon asked as they walked.

"Only one that is free is close to Scooter's garage. The resident shot herself, but the house has been cleaned." Lilith answered.

"I don't care if it was where Jack was conceived as long as I don't have to live with Tannis." Devon shuddered.

"You already have the mindset of most the residents of this city." Lilth laughed. "You're going to fit in just fine here."