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justawriterofthings · 9 months ago

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POV: This takes place right at the beginning of the pre sequel. The reader gets separated from Jack.

Just a lil quicky from my archives. I've got a bit for this oc character written but its all in the setting of Tales From the Borderlands with my sweet Rhys

if you think you see mistakes, dont mind them pls

You hid out in Jack’s office when Dahl took over. It was the only place on Helios they couldn’t break into and you were thankful for that since they were killing Hyperion employees without batting an eye. “Y/N, are you okay?” You heard Jack in your ear and you let out a sigh of relief.

“Yeah I’m okay. I made it to your office in one piece.” You reassured him.

“Okay good. But you can’t stay there.” He sounded out of breath then he was talking to someone. “Great, you must be the new vault hunters I hired. I’m Jack.” He greeted other people.

“You hired vault hunters?” You asked, unsure how they were supposed to help with Dahl taking over Helios.

“We need the extra muscle.” He defended, then you heard him getting shot at and your connection went dead. Desperate to get to him, you ran to the fast travel machine. But you knew if you turned it on you risked getting killed and the office getting taken over, plus you had no idea where he even was. So you headed to the front of the office. The CL4P-TP units were pounding away on their computers and paid no mind to you whatsoever. You peaked out of the front door of the office and saw a few Dahl near the middle of the expansive room setting up barriers and placing ammo boxes everywhere. You didn’t stay in view long before you moved back towards the fast travel machine.

“Babe. Y/N. Are you still there?” Jack’s voice was out of breath but he was coming through loud and clear just as you started heading towards the fast travel.

“Are you alright?” You asked, trying to stay as calm as possible.

“Yeah, I’m good. I’ve got the vault hunters with me. We’re making our way to the moonshot terminal. I locked the office up so you’re safe there.” His breath was shaky like he was running.

“I’m heading to the fast travel. I’ll meet you there. I can shut it down remotely when I reach you.” You were anxious to get back to him. For a few seconds he didn’t protest. It was like he was processing what you had said to him before he flat out told you no.

“No way, princess. If they get to you, or manage to get into that office?” He trailed off but it was too late you had already left for the receiving bay. When you got there you could hear the shots being fired and you quickly worked to lock his office back up. It didn’t take long for you to finish and when you had you could hear one of the moonshot cannons coming up. It was after it opened you saw a small group of people step out.

“You must be the vault hunters.” You let out a sigh of relief when you realized they weren’t Dahl soldiers. But then you got worried. “Where’s Jack?” You asked, even you could hear the panic in your voice.

“He’s down there. The lift wouldn’t work so he sent us up to dislodge whatever is in it.” A taller man with what seemed to be cyber parts answered you.

You walked over to the lift to see half of a loader bot jammed in it. After a few good, swift kicks you finally got it out and watched the lift descend to get Jack. Waiting, somewhat patiently for it to come back up, you completely ignored the vault hunters around you who had been looting everything in sight. When he finally made it to the top you couldn’t even wait for him to exit the lift before running over and wrapping your arms around him. “I thought I told you to stay in the office?” He sounded amused instead of the angry you thought he would be. “And miss all the fun?” You didn’t let him go, but held him out in front of you. You heard the small mechanical cough from the CL4P-TP unit so Jack moved your arms and went over to continue what he was doing before for you ignored his wishes and showed up. “This should get us all off the station.” He mumbled as he turned the power on, allowing them to get ammo from the dispenser.

“Hyperion Scum!” You heard a yell come from above you. “Right after you kill this guy!” Jack yelled from his position at the consol. You pulled out your pistol and fired a few shots, but so did the others. You weren’t sure who managed to get him with everyone shooting at once, but the Dahl soldier went down shortly after. You then moved back over to Jack, getting an uncomfortable vibe from the group of new comers. “Why did you hire them again?” You asked Jack as he worked. “You’ll see.” Was all he said as he continued to type out the commands for the moonshot. You watched on as he informed the Vault Hunters about the moonshot, then he looked over to you and nodded his head towards the entrance. “What?” You asked, knowing full well he wanted you to get in with them but that wasn’t going to happen. “Babe, please.” Jack sounded desperate. “Fuck that. No. There’s no way I’m getting in that before you.” You put your foot down.

“Someone has to send it.” He knew he wasn’t going to be able to go with you. Then you heard the Dahl soldiers getting closer. “Y/N, get in.” He yelled and you listened. “I’ll meet you down there.” He called before shutting the doors so you were trapped with the vault hunters. The little Claptrap unit was the only one you actually felt you could get along with. The others all looked, like they wouldn’t be fans of you. So you sat in the back of the moonshot as it made its descent. You could feel the container speeding up and you had a horrible feeling that the landing would not be fun. You moved from the corner to the middle and noticed the eyes of the other passengers, some small nods, then they followed suit. The little robot didn’t quite get it at first, but did as everyone else did.

The landing was more of a crash, and it was rough. When you snapped out of your daze you heard a female’s voice call through to the inside of the container. “You alive in there?” Her accent was thick.

“Yeah, we’re all good.” The woman wearing the cowboy hat called back. “Great. Now when you open the door, you’re going to want to hold your breath so we can get ya to an O2 station.” She called. Then the tiny robot immediately opened the container. The vacuum taking the door abruptly into space. “Hurry now.” The woman from before called, she ran back towards where you assumed she had come from and you all quickly followed her.

You felt like your lungs were going to explode. Mentally pleading that the O2 station was nearby. You could see from the corner of your eye that everyone else was struggling too, except the Claptrap unit. What you wouldn’t give to be a robot right now. “We’re almost there.” You could hear the woman call from ahead of you, and you could see a large building, hoping that was the one she was taking you to.

When you finally reached an oxygen filled environment you took in the largest breath you had ever taken before. The pain in your chest was still there and your head was pounding, but you were breathing. “I’m Janey Springs.” She finally introduced herself after saying a few things you couldn’t catch since you were more focused on air. You felt some eyes on you, but ignored them while you gained your composure. The rest of the group was doing much better than you and had been talking with Springs. You were only here because of Jack anyway. You had no real mission except to get back to him and you had a feeling they were meant to do more.

You hung out with Janey as the Vault Hunters went and ran some errands for her. “So you’re not a Vault Hunter, you’re….” She trailed off waiting for an answer. “Hyperion.” You answered, leaving it at that. She didn’t prod, which you were grateful for.

It wasn’t long before the Vault Hunters came back with Oz kits. Wilhelm, the one with the cyber upgrades even brought you back one. “Thank you.” You nodded after he handed it to you, refraining from using any of the usual pet names since he did scare you slightly.

Everyone gathered in her main room, the large window overlooked the moon’s surface. It was quite beautiful and you managed to get lost in the scenery, completely ignoring the briefing Janey was giving about the next mission.