Psycho
Chapter Eleven
Krieg stared at the ruins in front of him, not wanting to believe they were actually here. His thoughts were spinning out of control as he considered every possibility, but everyone, save one, made no sense. Maybe the vault was part of his mind, it may just be a nightmare, but how would these ponies have made the connection. Maybe it was just coincidence, but it was too perfect. Perhaps it was all... real... Krieg fell to his knees. If it was real, this world was in extreme danger.
"So will you tell us more about Pandora? More about Jack? More about the vaults?" Celestia asked.
"I... I... I suppose I have no choice... but somethings are better seen than heard..." Krieg grunted. Celestia got the hint and lowered her horn. Krieg placed his forehead to the tip and closed his eyes.
"Gaige! Where is Krieg!?" Maya asked in a controlled panic.
"I... I don't know! I got hit by a mortar shell and woke up out here! I don't know where he is!" Gaige replied in a much less controlled panic.
"We were all transported here by Lilith, there is no excuse for him to not have been!" Axton ranted. "Damnit! Now we're one short..."
"Calm down, I'm sure where ever our psychotic friend is he is doing fine." Salvador chuckled.
"I don't think so guys... look..." Gaige frowned as she pulled out a burnt Echo device along with a newer one, with a vault symbol drawn on it's face.
"Wait... is that..." Maya hesitated.
"Yes... it's his..."
The five vault hunter's stood in silence as they thought about the worst. Then a voice spoke through their Echo's.
"I know you're angry at me right now, but..."
"ANGRY!? YOU GOT MY FRIEND KILLED YOU BITCH!" Gaige screamed into Krieg's Echo.
"..... I'm sorry.... but there isn't much time, I'll explain everything. Just get to the fridge."
"You think we are gonna just trust you again? After all that!?" Salvador raged into his Echo as well.
"....."
"You have a lot of nerve to try to comm with us again Angel."
"Krieg is alive."
Silence
"What?" four out of five vault hunters asked at the same time.
"After watching him give up his Echo to Gaige I knew I could use him somewhere else to stop Jack. So... I altered Lilith's warp for him, and sent him to a nearby planet."
"So... he... isn't... " Gaige calmed down as a soft smile covered her lips.
"But you can't do anything for him yet, Jack is planning to follow him after he get's what he wants here. Right now, you five need to get to the fridge so I can get you back to Sanctuary."
The five vault hunters looked at each other, all but one exchanging smiles. They all turned to the fifth and watched him. Zer0 stared back as his face plate glowed red.
" ;D "
"That's how you got here then..." Celestia commented, the scene of the flying city fresh in her mind.
"I guess the siren overloaded and accidentally sent me here... Go figure I was wrong..."
"Or maybe she knew something, maybe she sent you here to get help?"
"I doubt, Lilith may be smart on the field but she isn't wise enough to predict something like that."
"Lilith is this... Siren?"
"Yeah, she really is something else... Shame Roland got her first... She was a fire from what I heard." Krieg smiled.
"So... what exactly is a Siren?"
"I don't know exactly, some kind of magic warrior lady. Only six of them in the universe I think, or was it seven... Either way, I only know two."
"You know two out of six of these Sirens? From what your memories tell me, they may rival my sister and I in power..."
"It's a good thing they are on our side then... so to speak... If you would, I do have one last question to ask..."
"If I have the answer, it is yours."
"If I was warped here by a Siren, why am I sane? Well more so than usual."
"I'm sorry?"
"On Pandora, I had little to no control of my body. Or even my mouth, I would tell him to say thanks and Nipple Salads would come out... or something like that..."
"Nipple... Salads... ummm"
"Yeah... I know... You know what could have gave me back this shred of sanity back?"
Celestia thought for a moment on the question.
"Perhaps it is the peaceful nature of this world? I have often heard of mentally disturbed ponies being exposed to nature and it's beauty. Some cases they have returned to a milder state of sanity. Maybe you are a rare case." The alicorn answered.
"Maybe... well, lets get out of here... I heard bad things about whats behind vaults..."
Celestia prepared the spell to teleport them back to above ground, but before she had cast it, Krieg stopped her for a small moment. He knelt down and picked up a rock on the ground that glowed with an ominous purple glow.
"Eridium..." he whispered.
They both vanished from the cave, reappearing on the balcony from before. Celestia was about to fly off when she noticed the rock he had in hand. Krieg stared at it for a moment, then gave it to Celestia.
"What is this?"
"A rare ore that was found on Pandora after the vault opened. Very valuable."
"Is this a gift?"
"A warning... This is what Jack is after..." Celestia's eyes grew as she held the rock in her hoof. She felt the power of the small rock, she felt that if she used it her powers would increase immensely. Instead she handed it back to Krieg. "Destroy it, I don't want it falling in the wrong hands."