AN: Well hello all you smexy people!

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Well now that I got hose out of the way, I'd like to say sorry for the long wait! My personal life among other things has put progress at a screeching halt *cough Getting Drunk *cough*. But now that I got this final chapter up, I hope y'all will dig it...ENYOJ OLO!

Epilogue: How You Like Me Now?

A Thunderous roar of applause and joy greeted the Vault Hunters as soon as they arrived back at their home base of Sanctuary. They all saw from the ECHO recordings inside of the HUDs of the Hunters, and they all saw Axton finish off Handsome Jack with a knife given by the fallen leader of the Raiders. Axton had the time to wipe off the blood and sweat from his face so he could look somewhat presentable among the other citizens. Handsome Jack is dead, and the people of Pandora are safe from the clutches of Hyperion. The Crimson raiders have won. Mordecai joined in on the cheer as he lifted up his arms and let out a "Whoo!" noise celebrating the victory. Birck couldn't join in with his friend because he was carrying Kurt, making sure not to move him much because of his spinal fracture that occurred when Jack dropped him on his knee. Axton looked around the crowd that were shouting his name as if it were a chant almost. Is this what being a hero felt like? Felt damn good in his opinion. Lilith looked around the cheering crowds that surrounded them as they arrived back in Sanctuary. It felt great to be back at home, it's just that...Roland wasn't there to join them in the applause.

"Hey big guy.." Kurt said clutching his chest "You think you can drop me off at Zed's?"

"Sure thing little man..." Brick replied carrying the injured scientist over to the clinic to fix up his back. Axton followed Brick to the clinic along with Gaige. She wanted to make sure that Kurt was going to be alright and well.

An hour passed as Zed made the last adjustments to the Spinal prosthetic installed on Kurt's back. He ironed out the kinks to the machine and stitched up the skin that was protruding from the sides of his back. Zed took a pair of safety scissors he found in a junkyard to snip the excess stitching from his back.

"Well how is he?" Gaige asked eager to know the disposition of her boyfriend.

"Welp," Zed began "He had two spinal fractures right here," He explained pointing to the middle of his back, which now had a robotic brace bolted to it, "Lucky enough, his spine took most of the impact, so his spinal cord received no damage, as well as his other nerves, this feller right here is lucky he ain't a vegetable.."

"Luck tends to follow him around like a homeless puppy." Axton mused while letting out a chuckle.

"I was able to mend the metatarsals in his back so he could be able to walk with the prosthetic i gave him." Zed explained poking the prosthetic on Kurt's back.

"Metatarsals?" Kurt asked turning his head towards the (Not actual) Doctor.

"Well, yeah.." Zed replied looking at him weird "These little guys right here" he the said pointing to the prosthetics. Kurt scrunched his eyes and looked at Zed with a dumbfounded expression.

"Metatarsals are the toe bones!" Kurt explained sitting up from the table that he was laying face down on.

"Really?" Zed asked in disbelief while scratching his head

"Yeah!" Kurt exclaimed "Aren't you a doctor?!"

"Well...technically...no." Zed admitted looking down.

"So...let me get this straight..." Kurt began holding his hands to his temples "I had a guy operate on the most sensitive part of my body, the spine, who turns out isn't actually a doctor?"

"Well it makes you feel better," Zed replied "I HAD a PhD, but it was taken when I tried to rip out a person's Medulla Oblongata..."

"Why would you do that?" Kurt asked dumbfounded while looking at Zed.

"He had it coming!" Zed said defensively

"Whatever..." Kurt muttered while twisting his robotic hand around, twiddling the fingers, making sure Zed didn't damage any nerves in his system.

"Here...You might want this wheelchair.." Zed offered pushing a beaten-up wheelchair with the front-right wheel missing.

"Nah fuck that.." Kurt said standing up from the table, causing a cracking noise to be heard from his spine, which cued the other Vault hunters to cringe at the noise, including Kurt. He took his hand and placed it on his back like an old man would, then forcefully pushed his spine back into place. He let out a grimace from the pain, but returned back to normal once his posture was fixed up. He rolled his shoulders around and turned his attention towards the commando.

"Well..." Kurt began putting his hand on Axton's shoulder, "You did it man...just like you always do..."

"The fuck you talkin' about 'Me'?" Axton replied cocking an eyebrow "We ALL did it...I mean, shit...I couldn't have done it without you guys," he explained looking at his friends.

"Very humble of you Axton..." Kurt said walking over to Gaige "I think it's high time we celebrated our fuckin' victory!"

"Yeah!" Gaige exclaimed holding up her arm "I am going to get SO wasted tonight!"

"Gaige you can't drink!" Kurt said being the buzzkill.

"Yeah Gaige..." Axton piped in "You have to be 21 to drink here..."

"Oh..." Gaige mumbled looking down at the ground. Axton and Kurt exchanged glances before hysterically laughing after they fooled Gaige.

"HAHAHAH! You should've seen the look on your face!" Kurt laughed pointing to the mechromancer

"Yeah seriously! Of course you can drink here!" Axton said while laughing as well, which caused Gaige to brighten up her expression and smile at this.

"You guys are assholes!" She replied shoving Kurt around. Maya couldn't help but giggle at the practical joke the boys played on the girl.

"Alright! It's settled then!" Mordecai yelled holding up a bottle of whiskey "Let us drink till our asses are drunk!"

"Wait wait wait..." Kurt said holding up his hands "All in favor of getting high as fuck before drinking raise thou hand!"

Unanimously, all of the Vault Hunters (Even Lilith) had their hands up in agreement with Kurts statement. Kurt looked around the room, pleased to see that everybody was thinking the same thing as Kurt was.

"Glad to see were in agreement..." Kurt mused letting off a smirk.

"Alright...let's indulge ourselves with some well-earned benefits..." Axton said walking out of the room with Maya in his arms. He was followed by the rest of the hunters who all made their way back to the base to smoke upon some 'proper good collie'.

"Wait..." Axton said holding up his hand to the rest of the hunters, causing them to shift their attention towards the Commando.

"What up?" Kurt asked limping a bit in the process,

"I...gotta do something real fast..." Axton said racing upstairs. Maya looked at Axton in such a rush, then proceed to chase after him.

Axton reached into his bag and pulled out Handsome Jack's mask. He held it in both of his hands, staring at the mask that belonged to his late brother. He rotated the mask around to view the several cracks, as well blood splatters on it. His face turned immediately grim once more when looking at the connection points that were shattered due to Axton's brute strength. He then put the mask up on his shelf, which had the Giraffe and the other memoirs of his past. He then let out another sigh as he reached at his neck and pulled off the necklace that contained the two wedding rings. He held it in front of his face as the diamonds glistened in the light when it was exposed to it. He slowly placed those two mementos on the shelf along with the others. Axton may be free from the grips of his older sibling, but he mustn't forget what he's lost. He has finally found forgiveness in his life, something he wasn't able to do for a very long time..

"Axton..." A voice said softly behind him, causing him to shift his attention to the woman standing behind him.

"Yeah Maya?" Axton replied looking at the siren with a glum face.

"Are you okay..?" She asked walking up to him.

"Yeah...I'm fine...It's just.." Axton began looking down at the ground.

"I know..." Maya interrupted walking closer to him "I'm so sorry you had to do that..."

"Maya..." Axton replied taking his turn for interrupting the other, "I had to do it...He deserved to die.."

Maya walked up to Axton and slowly put him in an embrace and squeezed his back tighter and tighter, while nestling her head in his neck. Axton responded with gently wrapping his arms around her waist and hung his head downwards on her shoulders. Maya was glad that the revenge situation didn't get to Axton and consume his mind with rage. She could understand why Axton was saddened by Jack's death. No matter how a person could look at the situation, Axton still killed his own flesh and blood. Handsome Jack deserved to die...but...

"It's over..." Axton muttered quietly "Jack's dead..."

"You didn't deserve any of this..." Maya replied pulling away from the Commando

"It's alright...I guess I'll have to put it all behind me.." Axton explained looking down, he let out a scoff then shifted his attention back to the Siren.

"Look at me...wallowing in the past when we should be celebrating!" He said "C'mon...I plan to get properly fucked up tonight if nobody disagrees.."

"Nope.." Maya smirked following him back downstairs.

"So...Who are these two?" Lilith asked looking at the two people with robotic arms.

"Oh..This is Gaige" Maya said pointing to the mechromancer "And this is Kurt" She then said pointing to him.

"So you're Lilith right?" Kurt asked walking up to her.

"Yup...The 'damsel in distress'" Lilith said using her fingers as quotation marks,

"Don't look the part." Kurt mused holding out his hand, which Lilith grabbed and shook,

"So this is...ummm...she's...uhhh," Kurt said looking at Gaige,

"I'm his girlfriend," Gaige interrupted Kurt, causing him to facepalm himself and shake his head.

"Yeah..." Kurt said looking up, looking a Lilith giggle at the two of them,

"Okay! Less talking, more bongies!" Mordecai said pulling out a bag from his back pocket.

It was a symphony of coughs as they took their respectable tokes through the giant glass apparatus provided by the Doctor. Pretty soon the coughs turned into laugher as the vault hunters caught glimpses of peoples faces as they coughed vigorously.

"Shit man..." Kurt mumbled while swaying his head slightly "This's some guuuud shiet."

Kurt's character completely changed from a usually serious, humble man, to your stereotypical California stoner buddy. The kind of guy who would borrow your shampoo, and be nice enough to put it back in its rightful spot, the refrigerator. A man with good intentions, just not executing them properly.

"Whoa..." Axton said stumbling around a bit, "Whoaaaa..."

"So uhhhh, whass goin on..." Gaige mumbled leaning on Kurt's shoulder,

"We's high's whass goin on..." Maya smirked stumbling on Axton, with the stupidest grin smeared on her face. Axton was quite stoned at the same time, as he tilted his head and swayed in a rhythmic motion, following the music that was playing in his head.

"Oooohhhhh boy..." Salvador slurred feeling slightly woozy,

"Ooookayy.." Axton added "Less head to Moxxi's for a couple of drinks...Or maybe more..."

"Kay..." Maya grinned with her eyes closed.

"I'll catch up with you guys.." Lilith piped in "I just gotta...do something," She explained walking up the steps, leaving the others to go to Moxxi's, except for Mordecai. He looked at the steps as Lilith slowly made her way up them. He felt a shove on his back as Axton pushed him towards the steps, much to his disliking.

"What the hell!" Mordecai whispered, making sure Lilith wouldn't hear him,

"Talk to her..." Axton whispered pointing to the ceiling, then turning around to walk to Moxxi's.

Mordecai looked at the door that Axton just exited from, to get drunk at Moxxi's bar. As much as he disliked Miss Moxxi for the right reasons, he wanted nothing more than a drink. He still couldn't believe that she dumped him for Handsome Jack, the man who imprisoned Pandora and spread his dictation across the planet. Mordecai then spun around and looked at the stairs that led to the upper part of the HQ. Mordecai knew exactly why Lilith was up there. She remembered what was lost during the battle for Pandora, their Leader, Roland. He slowly made his way up the steps to check on his friend. Mordecai found Lilith sitting on one of the chairs next to the computer, holding Roland's beret. She was just staring at the insignia that was on the hat. She was tearing up at the sight of the beret that was in her hands. If he was still alive, they would be together for sure.

"Hey.." Mordecai said, causing Lilith to snap her head towards the Sniper who caught her attention. She quickly wiped the tears from her face and gave a fake smile.

"Y-Yeah?" She stuttered fixing her hair a bit.

"Just came here to see what's up." Mordecai said walking up to her, pulling up a chair and sitting across from her.

"Oh...okay.." Lilith said letting out a sigh, while twiddling her fingers.

"Nice Night huh?" Mordecai said, trying to start an idle conversation, only to get a simple reply,

"Yeah..."

Mordecai and Lilith both looked their different ways, not looking at each other, nor talking to each other. Until Mordecai finally spoke up while shifting his attention back to the Siren.

"Lil', I'm not going to act like I have no clue what you're going through..." He stated looking at her Hazel eyes, "It's okay to be sad..I miss him too..."

"DON'T" Lilith snapped glaring at Mordecai's polarized goggles.

"Lilith, it's alright...We killed him...It's over.." Mordecai explained hunching closer to her. "Roland's been avenged.."

"...Then explain to me something..." Lilith began lifting up her head to Mordecai's level "Why was I the only one who lost anyone...? Riddle me fucking that!" She yelled tearing up..

"Lilith.." Mordecai tried to say, only to be cut off again.

"Goddamnit Mordecai will you open your fucking eyes and realize that Roland's dead?!" She yelled with some tears coming from her face.

"That wasn't your fault..." Mordecai said trying to calm his friend down.

"I should have never gone to the facility...I should have fucking listened..." Lilith said hanging her head down, covering her face with her hand. Mordecai let out a sigh and put his hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay Lilith...That wasn't your fault." Mordecai said again comforting her,

"Just." Lilith sniffled with more tears coming from her eyes "You have no idea what being alone is like. A Siren. A Freak. Being a fucking outcast. And the ONE FUCKING Thing!" She gritted, holding out her index finger with tears coming from her eyes "That happens good in my life leaves me! Because of a FUCKING COWARD!"

"Lilith!" Mordecai snapped "I DO know what it's FUCKING LIKE!" He yelled, panting in frustration glaring at his shocked friend. Mordecai couldn't remember the last time he was this mad at Lilith. He and Lilith usually got along very well, hell, they ALL did.

"I know..." He whispered calming down.

"...How?" She asked quietly,

Mordecai let out a sigh and looked back at the siren.

"Lilith, remember when I told you and Roland about when I was 'Demonios Mano'?" He asked,

"Yeah, fastest hands on Pandora...why?" She said looking at him,

"Well, before that...I...Was a Slave.." He admitted looking down a bit.

"W-what?" She whimpered looking him in disbelief,

"I was a child laborer, I was a prisoner, forced to do work for my whole life. My father would always get whipped, beaten, cut up, and burned. My mother...would always get raped...whipped, and bludgeoned. While I could only stand there and fucking watch.." He said gritting his teeth "Then one day... They decided my mother was no use to them anymore...they killed her, slit her throat on a post like a fucking pig..."

(AN: The Italics are the flashback, and the normal font is Mordecai narrating it he flashback.)

"NOOOO! MADRE!" The young Mordecai screamed looking at the sight of his dead mother, tied up to a post, with her throat slit.

"NOOOO!" Mordecai's father yelled looking at his wife getting gut. He kept on yelling that, until the slaved owner who killed his wife walked up to him. He pistol whipped his father across the face so he would stop yelling.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" The slave owner screamed at his father with a Hispanic accent pointing a gun him "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He stared at his father while holding the gun, he spoke again "I will kill you! And then I will drag you out of FUCKING HELL! And kill you again!"

The slave owner turned his attention towards the child that was looking at him.

"Take the child and his father, put them both in a cage...I will deal with them later.." He said signaling two of his pirate workers to apprehend the boy and his father.

"Now rot in that fucking cell.." The slave owner said coldly to the father to"Tomorrow we will slit your throat on the same post like your wife...your child will suffer the same fate...in due time.." He said walking away from the cell, woven from bamboo, primitive, yet strong as stone.

Mordecai and his father were tied up and gagged with a cloth, hanging on the cages like slabs of meat hanging on hooks in a factory. Mordecai looked at his father as he fidgeted with the bindings that held him up from the cage. Finally, he broke himself free from the cuffs that held him on the cage. He took off the rag that was tied over his face too.

"Hijo de puta..." He muttered while rubbing his wrists. He crawled over to his son and untied him from the post.

"Are you alright?" He asked while untying his son from the cage.

"I think so papa.." Mordecai replied taking off the rag on his mouth, rubbing his wrists.

"We have to escape..." His father said putting his hand on his sons shoulder "They cannot harm you like they did with your madre...you deserve better..."

"How?" Mordecai asked looking at his dad,

"Follow me...stay close Mordecai." He replied sneaking over to the gate of the cage, untying the the binding that held the door together. He slowly opened the door, checking his surroundings. He looked to his left, and looked to his right.

"It's clear, let's go.." He whispered motioning to Mordecai to follow.

"My father was hellbent on trying to get me out of the compound. He thought I deserved better. I don't know if he was right or not..."

"Stay close..." He whispered sneaking around the compound. They came across a few guards and dogs who were sniffing out the area. Thankfully, they managed to sneak past the guards that were inspecting for runaways.

"Grab that map..." His father said pointing to the paper on the table that showed the general area of the jungle setting they were in. They were coming out of the compound, sitting down near a tree stump just outside of the prison.

"Papa.." Mordecai began "Where are we gonna go?"

"Away from here..." He answered "Any place is better than rotting in this prison... I promised your mama I would get you out of this prison...you are a gifted niño Mordecai...you deserve more than-"

BANG

"PAPA!" Mordecai screamed as he saw his father collapse on the ground with a bullet to his neck. He put his hands on the bullet wound, to try and stop the flow of blood coming from his neck. His father struggled to try an make out a word, but was gurgling on the blood coming from his mouth.

"You little sneaky bastards!" The slave owner mused putting the gun into his holster.

"PAPA! PLEASE!" Mordecai yelled trying to stop the bleeding.

"M-Mordecai..." His father coughed looking at his son, gagging out some blood.

"R-Run..." He muttered rolling his eyes into the back of his head, falling on to the ground, leaving Mordecai to deal with the slave owner.

"You heard him niño, run! Tell ya what, since I'm such a sport, I'll give ya a head start. 10 Seconds." He explained pointing his pistol into the jungle. Mordecai looked into the jungle, then looked back at the slave owner.

"What, You fuckin deaf?! GO! RUN KID!" The slave owner yelled firing a shot in the air, prompting Mordecai to scramble up and sprint into the jungle.

Mordecai ran as fast as he could, trying to escape the compound and the grasp of the slave owner. He heard barks and gunshots from the behind him as he fled into the forest. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder as a bullet lodged itself into it, causing Mordecai to collapse momentarily on the floor, but then getting back up to continue running. He had to keep on moving, no matter what. He felt a second pain, this time a bullet grazed his head, leaving a large gash on the right side of his face. He clenched his head as he continued to run into the dense jungle.

Finally, the firing ceased, the dogs stopped barking, and Mordecai could see the flashlights used by the pirates turn around and presumably walked back to the compound. Mordecai collapsed next to a tree, curling up in a ball, sobbing to himself in the pouring rain.

"I was cold...scared...alone..."

Mordecai just cried to himself in the pouring rain, thinking about what he's going to do for the rest of his life. He was a fugitive. A slave. What could a slave possibly amount for something? He felt like a worthless piece of garbage. He thought he was better off dead.

"But then...I saw her."

Mordecai heard a slight screech come from beside him. He looked up to see a vulture-like bird was perched on a branch directly above him. Mordecai's initial reaction was terror, as he stumbled around on the ground to try and escape the sight of the bird. The creature glided down from the tree and landed next to Mordecai. It slowly made its way to the boy who was crawling slowly away. Mordecai stopped crawling and leaned against a tree. This is where he would die thinking to himself as the bird met Mordecai's gaze with its own blood red eyes. The bird stared at Mordecai for a minute, the walked over to the right side of the boy. It looked at the bullet hole that was inside of his shoulder. The bird lodged its beak into the wound and grabbed the bullet inside of the boy. It slowly pulled out the bullet, causing Mordecai to yelp in pain. Mordecai turned his attention to the bird who had a bullet inside of his beak, and blood covering his feathers, due to the removal it performed on him. Mordecai was hesitant at first, but slowly moved his hand towards the bird. The bird responded by nestling its had inside of his hand, rubbing its face around his palm, letting off a slight squeal of happiness.

For the first time in his entire life, Mordecai actually felt happy. A child that was born into slavery had little taste of what happiness was. Sorrow, pain, and loneliness were all that accompanied a person when they would pick at the rocks, scoop the dirt, or be a persons sex toy. Mordecai felt like the bird was a sign..that everything was going to turn out alright for him. He felt like he could make something out of himself. This bird was willing to help him, be his companion, the only thing he could ever trust. He would make it.

"Bloodwing..." Lilith whimpered after hearing the story about how he met his companion.

"Yeah..." Mordecai mumbled. He stood up and opened up a drawer and pulled out a poster, then handed it to Lilith. She looked at the poster that said:

WANTED

"The one who got away"

Fugitive

Runaway

Reward: $5000

The picture showed a little boy, about the age of 9 or 11, wearing a cut up shirt, with a worn down pair of jeans to match that. His face had a mixture of sadness and hurt along with the cuts and bruises on him. The picture was of Mordecai, when he was a boy.

"Mordecai...I..." Lilith tried to say, only to get interrupted.

"It's alright Lil'..." He said "I know what it's like to be alone..I know you're scared...hurt...and feel neglected...I've been there before..."

Mordecai slowly took off the bandages that were wrapped on his head, rolling it around into a ball to reveal himself. His hair was tied up in somewhat of a dreadlock fashion, tied up in a ponytail-esque style. Lilith looked in horror at the hideous scar that ran from the right side of Mordecai's head, all the way down to his eyebrow.

"Oh my god..." She whispered looking at the scar.

"Lilith...I don't know if you realize it but...You and Brick...are all I have left.." Mordecai explained, putting his hand over his goggles, slowly taking them off. Lilith has never seen a more beautiful pair of eyes in her life. They made hers seem dull and pointless. His eyes had a cyan/turquoise mixture to them, which could honestly piece through Lilith's soul if she stared at them any longer, yet she couldn't help but stare at them. Lilith has never seen Mordecai's actual eyes in her entire life, and she's glad she got a chance to.

"Without you...I see no reason to live anymore..." he said looking at Lilith.

"But...What about Moxxi?" She asked prompting Mordecai to scoff,

"What about her?" He retorted "You think I still have feelings for the same woman who dumped me for the asshole who killed Roland as well as Kurt's father?"

"Wait..." Lilith said "Kurt's...dad?"

"Yeah..." Mordecai responded "He was shot in the back...and died in his son's arms.."

"Oh my God...I didn't..." Lilith said looking down, mentally kicking herself for acting so selfish and like a bitch.

"That wasn't the only person..." Mordecai said looking down a bit

"Who?" Lilith asked looking up.

"You know that stuffed giraffe Axton carried around?" Mordecai asked

"The same one on his shelf? Yeah..what about it?" Lilith replied, causing Mordecai to sigh.

"It belonged to someone very special to him..." He said

"Who was it..?" Lilith asked again, Mordecai shifted his attention back up to Lilith,

"His son." He said, causing Lilith to gasp and widen his eyes when he said that.

"I...I...don't..." She stuttered, but then collapsing on her knees, sniffling and covering her face. She had no idea that Handsome jack murdered Axton's own son, as well as Kurt's father. It made her seem like her tragedy was no tragedy at all.

"It's okay to be sad Lil'..." He said quietly rubbing her back

"Will...you leave?" Lilith asked looking up,

"Fuck no." Mordecai stated "I will never leave your side...You're not in this fight alone...We're with you Lilith.."

With that said, Lilith lunged into his arms, hugging him tightly, feeling Mordecai's arms wrap around her. She couldn't have asked for a better companion than the drunk sniper himself. Lilith has never met another person who truly knew what it was like to be all alone, until Mordecai came around. Roland wouldn't want her to wallow in the gutter for all of her life. She was glad Mordecai was there for her, couldn't have asked for anybody better.

"I'm...sorry if I was..." Lilith mumbled

"Nah..Don't worry about it, I understand," Mordecai replied pulling away from the embrace.

Lilith smiled at the sight of Mordecai's eyes once more,

"You have the most beautiful eyes, ya know that?" She said putting her hands on her hips

"Don't get used to um.." Mordecai smirked putting on his goggles,

"Yeah, or else I'll be put under some spell." She joked letting a small laugh.

"C'mon, let's go celebrate our victory!" Mordecai said to his friend

"Yeah..let's!" She replied following Mordecai down the steps and out the door.

"Hey! Ho! To the bottle I go.

To heal my heart and drown my woe.

Rain may fall and wind may blow,

But there still be many miles to go.

Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain,

And the stream that falls from hill to plain.

Better than rain or a hot fresh pie...

Is a mug of beer inside this guy!"

Kurt and Axton were singing on top of the table as they clanged their mugs and chugged the beer down vigorously, almost falling off the table. The room filled with laughter after that drinking song was finished up by the two. Marcus was laughing and applauding along with the rest of the people inside of Moxxi's bar as that song was finished up. Mordecai and Lilith walked in to join the rest of the party, and they were glad they did. The party was insane, and for good reason. Brick was stumbling over some tables, eventually knocking one down because he was so drunk. Tina was spinning around on one of the barstools to see how fast she could go. They even saw Salvador take a hit from a joint, then drink straight from the bottle of, then letting it all out in one big cloud.

"Two Rakk Ales, Moxxi!" Mordecai said taking a seat at the bar with Lilith by his side. Moxxi looked at them both with a stingy eye, then grabbed two beers and gave it to the both of them.

"Here. Enjoy." She stated then walking to a different place of the table, to serve another patron.

"To us!" Mordecai said holding up the bottle

"Yeah! To us!" She said clanging the glass then taking a swig with Mordecai.

"Whooooooo!" Gaige yelled stumbling over Kurt "I'm quite drink..."

"Yes you are.." Kurt said, equally as tipsy as her.

"Hooooo..." Gaige said grabbing on the Kurt, desperately trying to keep her "Thosssss whiskey shots'll FUCK you up!" She giggled a bit and leaned on Kurt.

"Sheesh...Think I had like...3 mugs of beer at lease..." Kurt said looking at the girl. They both stared at each other with their glassy eyes, until Gaige spoke up.

"Soooooooo," She slurred "Wanna have some fun?" She said trailing her finger down his chest, which caused Kurt to blush profusely and look at the Mechromancer.

Kurt looked back at Gaige and said "Uhhhhhhhh, I really shouldn't..."

In a split second Gaige was pinned to the wall as Kurt passionately kissed her, not daring to take his lips off of her. How did they end up inside of the Crimson Raiders Headquarters? Well, a LOT can happen when you have a wee too much to drink and are near the girl you love dearly. Kurt began to trail his lips down her neck, while she yelped in excitement at this, and ran her hand through his hair. He had a firm grip on her thigh, which was covered with a stocking, torn from some sides. This was easily the best night of their lives, they are able to party hard, and get to spend time with each other, alone... Gaige trailed her hands down his body slowly moving them over his chest, going down, and down, and down, until she reached his belt, which she grabbed a hold of and proceeded to tug on it, until she was stopped by Kurt's hand.

"Uhhh, Gaige...I'm not sure if I should.." Kurt whispered hesitantly

"C'mon Kurt..." She pleaded "You know that I love you!"

"I know...but," Kurt replied "Do you think we should do something like this?"

"Yep." She replied sternly. Kurt looked around for a second, making sure nobody was in vicinity at this certain time.

"First time?" He asked looking at her

"Yeah..." She mumbled looking away

"It's gonna hurt." He explained looking at her

"I don't care, as long as it's with you." She explained kissing him again.

"...Alright," He said hoisting Gaige up so both of her legs were in his arms, "Don't say I didn't warn you.'

Kurt slowly moved his hand to his belt and unclasped the fitting on it, allowing the pants to slightly fall down, revealing his member to the mechromancer.

"Oh my god..." Gaige said in awe of the size.

"Yeah...And it's all for you.." Kurt said seductively as he ripped a hole in her stocking, where the two legs would meet up with the waist. Gaige didn't care, she was so excited about this to do anything but wait in anxiety for it.

Gaige felt it slowly enter inside of her. She never felt a pain like this before, it was a mixture of hurt and pleasure taped up in one package. Kurt began to slowly thrust in a rhythmic pattern, making sure Gaige wouldn't be hurt by his member, after all, she wanted to enjoy this moment, not regret it due to the pain it caused. They were enveloped into another kiss as Kurt tried to silence the shrieking Gaige was giving off during this whole shindig. She's never felt so in love in her entire life, she's finally found somebody that cared for her and actually could relate with. Sure there were those high school crushes and the "OMG Bobby is SOOOO CUTE" text's she would send her BFF's, but this was different, this was Kurtis Thatcher, a man she didn't like, she loved him. The climax was coming, she could feel it in her bones. She was grasping his neck as well as his back tighter and tighter, until finally it happened. She shrieked his name in pleasure as Kurt pulled it out and orgasmed on her body, shooting the white liquid on her body, making sure he didn't get any in her organ. They just weren't ready for something like that, they needed more time. As the panted and panted in sweat and pleasure, Kurt carried Gaige to her bed and slowly put her down. He put his pants back on and layed down on the bed with her.

"Holy fuck..." Gaige said staring at Kurt."That was amazing..."

"Yeah...it was.." Kurt said still breathing heavily from the excitement.

"Soooooooo.." Gaige said twirling her hair

"What?" Kurt asked letting out a small chuckle

"Do you love me?" Gaige asked, which caused Kurt to smile.

"Fuck yeah.." He whispered as he pulled her in for another kiss.

"Sheesh..." Axton mused hearing from outside the door, "Can't say 'Get a room' now can I?"

"Nope," Maya replied, holding Axton close to her body. Axton and Maya walked through the streets of Sanctuary to see all of the drunk people stumble around the city, celebrating their victory over Hyperion. It was truly a celebration of the night. Nearly every citizen of sanctuary was shitfaced drunk, even Sir Hammerlock, who was constantly rambling about something called a 'Bonerfart'. Axton and Maya continued to walk through the streets until they came across the edge of the town. They were just looking up at the stars, which were glistening every so brightly with their mysterious twinkles and such.

"All in a day's work huh?" Axton said holding Maya in his arms,

"Quite.." She replied looking at the stars.

"The monk's used to tell me that the stars represented each of the Order's power. They told me that the stars were all fallen brothers who died for the cause." Maya explained looking at the glistening lights, she paused for a minute,

"What a load of bullshit." She finished, which caused Axton to laugh out loud.

"And that's why I love ya!" Axton said laughing from the comment Maya made.

Axton continued to look onto the stars, until he heard a beeping come from the back side of him. He scrunched his nose in confusion and reached for his backside and noticed the light he installed himself was going off on his ECHO device. It was the strangest thing he's ever seen, the only person who could activate the beacon was...

Maya. Axton looked over to see the Siren he held in his arms was holding out the ECHO, pressing the button that Axton installed. Axton let out a smirk as well as a small chuckle at the sight of this.

"I need you..." She said putting away the ECHO.

"So do I..." He replied pulling her in for a passionate kiss under the stars.

7 YEARS LATER

Axton was walking through a rather nice house, hearing a slight sizzling from the kitchen. He tiptoed through the house until he heard the sizzle getting gradually louder. He tried not to make too much noise as he was walking around to try and find the source of the sizzling. As he made it to the kitchen, he laid eyes upon a woman with blue hair, wearing his t-shirt and a pair of light-blue panties. He simply couldn't take eyes off the woman who was cooking breakfast for him.

'Bacon...' Axton thought to himself while smiling. His eyes began to slowly trail downwards as he heard the woman speak up,

"So how long have you been staring at my ass, Axton?" Maya asked not shifting her attention towards the commando. Axton let out a small laugh,

"How'd ya know?" He asked looking at her

"Shadow gives you away, and I thought you were military trained for this kind of stuff? Sloppy Axton, sloppy indeed..." Maya said looking back at him, using her spatula as a finger, moving it in a scolding fashion, while smiling at him.

"Almost as sloppy as you bacon cooking skills?" Axton replied smiling back at her

"Oh, shut up," Maya scoffed "Stupid little things won't cook properly..."

Axton then walked up to Maya, and wrapped his arms around her, softly grasping her hands while smelling her scent she gave off on her neck. She was a little surprised at first, letting off a little gasp, but settled down after figuring out Axton's body was touching hers. She found pleasure in this, as she rested her head on his neck.

"It's like this..." Axton whispered in her ear moving her hands shifting the slabs of meat around on the pan. He began to move in a rhythmic pattern, almost as it was a waltz. He moved a hand through her hair, stroking it while smelling it. He kissed her neck that sent shivers through her spine. Maya then turned off the stove that was cooking the bacon, she spun around and pulled Axton in for a passionate kiss.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"What the fuck?" Axton said pulling away from the kiss. He stormed towards the door, grabbing a Thatcher arms shotgun that was given to him.

"Maya, take the kid, and hide." Axton ordered pointing to the door that led into the bedroom. Maya nodded and walked into the room behind her, leaving Axton to deal with the intruder.

Axton walked up to the door, he let out a breath and opened the door pointing the shotgun at the person at the door.

"Alright Motherfucker! You picked a wrong day to...Kurt?" Axton asked looking at the man at the door, with his hands up.

"See you haven't lost your touch Ax.." Kurt mused looking at his friend pointing a shotgun at his face. Kurt was wearing a button-down shirt, with glasses that were hung over the neckline. He was wearing a pair of tan trousers. Axton could see the 'Thatcher inc.' Logo that was pinned on to his shirt.

"Jesus Kurt! You nearly gave me a fucking heart attack!" Axton laughed pulling in his friend in a slight embrace "So to what honor was bestowed upon me to have the owner of Thatcher Industries come to my door?"

"Just to say hi that's all.." Kurt explained scratching his head, "Where the fuck you've been for 5 years?"

"Living my life.." Axton smiled looking back into his rather nice home.

"Axton! Who was at the...Kurt!" Maya said in excitement as she saw who was at the door. Thankfully Maya put on a pair of pants so she could greet the person standing there.

"Hey Maya! Good to see you again!" He said hugging the Siren, the pulling away.

"Oh, not often we have the richest man in the galaxy at our doorstep!" Maya mused looking at Kurt.

"5th Richest," He interjected holding out his hand to show his five prosthetic fingers, "As well as the youngest Trillionaire!"

"Not bad...Not bad at all.." Axton said looking at his friend. He then shifted his attention slowly downwards, then his face turned grim when he looked at his legs.

"How's the knee?" Axton asked looking back at him, Kurt let out a sigh and dropped his smirk.

"Hurts..." Kurt explained moving it slightly "But it could be worse..."

"Is that what you said about your arms too?" Axton asked letting off a smirk

"Glass half full, Axton" Kurt replied moving his finger around in a scolding sense.

"How's the finger?" Kurt asked pointing to Axton hand. Axton lifted it up to show Kurt the robotic ring-finger that was surgically implanted with a cybernetic limb. Kurt took note of the ring that was on the only flesh part of the finger, which was little to none at all.

"It works...That's all that matters..." Axton said moving the prosthetic around, then dropping his hand down.

"So how's Gaige?" Maya piped in trying to lighten up the mood, which Kurt was glad to do so.

"She's doing awesome! Just graduated college with a Summa Cum Laude. She's very excited about it!" Kurt explained rubbing the back of his head.

"Wow! Wish I could see her..." Maya said looking down a bit, which caused Kurt to chuckle a bit.

"Well..." Kurt slurred, cueing Gaige to walk from beside Kurt into Maya's view. Gaige wasn't wearing her punk attire, but a pair of jeans as well as a red shirt with some band name printed on it. She wasn't wearing her goggles, and her hair was done in one ponytail this time around, although it still had that same disheveled look to it.

"Hi Maya!" Gaige said looking at the Siren, Maya let out a little squeal and hugged the girl tightly,

"Gaige! It's so great to see you! Congratulations on the award!" Maya said pulling away from the embrace.

"Thank you!" Gaige piped, excited that somebody commended her for the award.

"Well, well," Axton said pulling Gaige in for a bear hug, glad to see her again, "Nice of you to drop by Gaige!"

"Ya kiddin'? I wouldn't miss seeing you guys for anything!" Gaige explained walking back from the bear hug she was given. Just as she pulled away, she heard a little voice say from inside the house, as well as footsteps.

"Daddy!" The kid said as he ran up to his father's arms, prompting Axton to scoop up the kid in his arms.

"Hey buddy! You come to say hi to our friends?" Axton asked looking at his kid.

"Goodness, you've been busy..." Kurt mused looking at the kid.

"Kurt. This is Isaac." Axton said showing his child to Axton.

"Well," Kurt said looking at Axton's son "Hello there! You gonna be big and tough like your Daddy one day aren't ya?"

"Yeah!" Isaac said in excitement, which caused Kurt to chuckle a bit.

"He's soooo cute!" Gaige said as her heart melted at the sight of their child.

"Well.." Kurt said scratching his head once more "I better get going, gotta business to run and such..."

"Of course! Gotta take this little guy to school anyways.." Axton said looking at his son.

"Oh, by the way...how are you guys doing on money?" Kurt asked looking at him while pulling out a checkbook. Axton and Maya exchanged glances, before Axton finally spoke up.

"Uhhh, I think we're still doing good on the 5 Billion you gave us.." Axton admitted nodding a bit, along with Maya.

Kurt allowed a smile to come across his face as he looked upon the happy family that was standing next in front of him. They didn't need money to make themselves happy, they had each other to thank for, and that's worth more than all the money in the universe. He moved his hand outwards, the in the hand-shaking fashion. Isaac reached over and shook Kurt's hand gently, which he made sure he would squeeze too hard.

"Well...Nice seeing you again..." Kurt said pulling his hand away "Hit me up, I wanna buy you a beer Ax.."

"Of course...See you around I guess.." Axton replied calmly looking at the young couple before him.

The two turned around and walked up the sidewalk that led to Axton and Maya's house. As the two walked away, Gaige turned her attention to Kurt.

"They had a kid..." Gaige pouted, which caused Kurt to widen his eyes in disbelief as they walked away.

Axton and Maya looked at the two walk away to live out their lives with each other. They were happy together, and it showed completely. Maya let out a sigh and said to Axton,

"They are so goddamn cute together.." Maya said looking at the two walk away in the sunrise.

"Yup...C'mon Isaac, get ready for school." Axton said to his son, as he let him down on the floor, and let him run into his room.

"Are you taking him today?" Maya asked looking at her husband

"Yeah..." Axton answered walking into the house.

"Good it'll give me time to prep.." Maya explained walking into their bedroom.

"For what?" Axton asked looking at his wife as she walked into their room, she spun around and smiled at him.

"You'll see..." She said seductively as she slowly crept back into the room, closing the door. Axton let out a little groan of excitement as he figured out the rest in his mind. He was well off, had a nice house, had a hot wife, and a beautiful child, what more could a guy ask for?

Axton turned his attention to mask that belonged to Handsome Jack himself which was framed on his wall. While he's learned to forgive himself for his own past, it can't harm him to keep several mementos of them. He walked up to the mask on the wall and stared at it for a few seconds. He let out a smile and said looking at the mask,

"Well John...How you like me now?"

THE END

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