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(BUS)Chapter 46: Anomaly
🕑 Added 2024-12-09 16:00:14 +0000 UTC(Third person POV- Jack's office)
"Angel what's the status of those vault hunters?" A plain looking man with brown hair and eyes asked seemingly no one as he was alone in his office.
"They just killed the bandit Nine-Toes but theres a.... complication." The voice of the "Angel" says with clear reluctance.
The mans eyes narrow "Is it the fifth one that came from that Eridian device? What did he say again, Alex?" he asked.
"Yes. As I previously said he claims to have opened two vaults prior to this and has just told the rest of the group about the monsters within the vaults. He also has made it clear that he doesn't trust me going so far as to claim to the others that there was a "manipulative jackass" behind me if I myself wasn't one." Angel said seriously.
"Language!" the man chided sternly before moving on "Hmm, I suppose I should have expected that someone who's opened two other vaults without tipping off the corporations about who they are wouldn't be so gullible. Has he derailed the mission at all?" he asked after thinking out loud.
"Not at the moment but the chances of it happening are going up rapidly." Angel said honestly.
"What are the chances that putting a bounty on him will work?" the man asked contemplatively.
"Five percent." Angel said with a clear amount of surprise.
"What!? How!?" the man demanded in shock.
"I ran an algorithm to determine the chances of success if a bounty was placed on him according to what I have been able to determine of his abilities, personality, weaponry and all known bounty hunters. According to that theres next to no chance outside of luck it would accomplish what you want." Angel said sounding almost impressed.
"How can one guy be so fricken hard to deal with? Send me the data you've gathered so I can see what the problem is." he said and a page opened up on his terminal.
His eyes widened more and more the further he read and he even pinched himself to see if he was dreaming. It was all true though and he couldn't help but gulp anxiously as the possibilities of this information flitted across his mind.
"Are you absolutely sure this is all accurate?" he asked seriously.
"I removed any speculative data. That is everything that is absolutely confirmed to be accurate." Angel said.
"How the hell are you even supposed to plan around something like this!?" the man asked frustrated.
(Normal POV)
"Don't tell me you guys went looking for a vault without actually knowing what the fuck you were even after?" I asked incredulously.
All I got for an answer was embarrassed awkward looks.
"Well fuck all my expectations I guess. Alright new plan, I'm going to do my thing with that corpse over there and then when we get back to Fyrestone we are going to sit down and have a nice long talk about things." I said firmly and nobody objected.
{Human(mutant)
Lifeforce: 1684
Traits: [Athletic body-Common grade]- 700 units, [Virility(three balls)-Rare grade]- 7,000 units, [Buzzaxe expertise-Uncommon grade]- 2,000 units, [Careless-Trash grade]- 150 units}
I was disappointed but not surprised with the traits this bandit had as besides that weird virility trait he wasn't really special at all.
I ripped the lifeforce out of the corpse reducing it to dust as his clothes, gun and shield dropped.
'Yay loot!' I thought happily as I rushed over and picked up the shield and gun.
"Uncommon quality shield and a rare quality pistol, takers?" I asked.
"Give Brick the shield, he's a bigger target." Mordy said and I wasn't going to argue with that logic and tossed the shield to Brick.
"Anything special about the gun?" Roland asked.
"Bayoneted Vladof with a weak fire damage type but pretty standard issue." I said with a shrug after looking over the gun.
"Sell it to Marcus when we get back in town then split the cash." Lilith says and we all agree.
We head out of Skag gully after that and return to Zed who looks about as surprised as he can with that mask on.
"Well I'll be damned, you actually went and did it! You killed Nine-Toes! Unfortunately, he was just a cog in the machine. The real problem is his boss, Sledge." Zed said raining on our parade.
"Why didn't you say that to begin with!? We could have fucking split up and killed both of them at the same time!" I demanded annoyed at being jerked around.
"Easy there! No need to get hostile, I just wasn't sure if you lot could handle it or not. Still I'd say you've got a day or two before Sledge comes down on you so why not check out the bounty board if yer lookin for more work?" He suggested while paying us for killing Nine-toes with a grenade mod and some cash.
"Alright man I think it's time we had that chat now that things have calmed down." Mordy said and I nodded.
"Follow me." I said and walked behind Zeds house and took out my house before pushing the orange crystal button and waiting for it to open up.
Once the portal was open I walked right inside and besides Roland the others didn't hesitate to come in.
"Kinda bland isn't it?" Lilith asked confused as she looked around.
"Why does everyone say that? It's an alien house, be excited damn it!" I complained.
"He's kinda got a point. This IS pretty cool." Mordy said as he looked around.
"Why couldn't we have this talk outside?" Roland asked suspicious.
"That's because that portal shuts off any active signals and tech that tried to pass through it. A precaution against spying through our echoes." I said honestly.
"You can get spied on through your echo!?" Lilith exclaimed in horror.
"Not completely, no. But just like how you can talk to others through the device if hacked someone could listen in to anything being said in earshot of it. I am pretty sure this "angel" person is piggy backing off our echoes to talk with us which means they could hear everything said outside of here. This conversation isn't the sort of thing I want getting out though so while I feel like I can trust all of you with it that person is an entirely different story." I explained seriously.
"Awfully fast to trust us isn't it? We've known each other for what like four hours?" Roland asked confused.
I laughed "Oh please you guys, and girl, are so about as straightforward as it gets to understand on a personal basis. Bricks good so long as he has food, loot and violence. Mordecai's fairly laid back but gets things done when it needs doing. Lilith is playful but a bit cocky and knows when and how to handle business. You Roland are even easier to trust because you act like a glory seeking but stern soldier." I said with a grin and Brick and Lilith both laugh.
"He's got you there!" Lilith said with a smirk and the dark skinned man looked like he wanted to argue but couldn't since I was right.
"Fine so what's your story then?" Roland asked getting straight to the point predictably.-
"Well gather round and listen up because boy do I have a story for you!" I said dramatically as I started to tell my tale.
I started my tale on Baal three where I woke up with a spotty memory and only a gun and shield on me. I then moved on to the cave that held the first vault in it and how I fought through the Seraphs and finally reached the vault. I talked about how I opened the vault and fought the Colossus that came out that was dumber than shit. I spoke of entering the vault itself and gaining my siren powers along with the logs left by the creator of the sirens. Lilith seemed the most amazed and also surprised by that part.-
I talked about how I got my house and some guns from the vault and how after I left the vault itself got familiar with my new powers. I explained how my powers worked and all of them looked at me in amazement as I explained how I was actually fourteen(set the date of my birthday for the day I arrived) and it was only due to my powers that I looked as old as I was.-
"Worlds most dangerous fourteen year old." Brick joked but nobody disagreed with him.
Anyways I then moved on to my run in with Clay. Mordy and Lilith both snickered at the encounter(not that I could blame them). I talked about the meeting with the old man and hellish experience of the six months of schooling that followed.
"Hold up if you are so smart why the hell are you hunting the vault? Couldn't you just invent some stuff and get rich that way?" Brick interrupted confused when I explained my intelligence rating.
"And miss out on all the excitement? Not for all the fucking money in the universe!" I said seriously.
From there I moved on to my hunting on Eden six. I talked about my dragon egg that was in another room(had to physically stop Brick from rushing to it in excitement). I then moved on to talk about my time on Athenas and with Maya who Lilith was excited to hear about as another siren. I talked about my travels across that world and stumbling across the cave with the dead Eridian and the vault key for Athenas. I narrated my fight with the bug and the loot I got from that vault before glossing over everything after that until it came time to mention how I had a copy of Maya's powers that made Lilith flip her lid.
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Alexander Drake
Lifeforce: 166,405
Integrated Traits: [Gun expertise-Uncommon grade], [Clever mind-Rare grade],[Enhanced senses-Epic grade]X2, [Omega body-Rare grade]x4, [Supreme armored hide-Epic grade]X2, [Bone regeneration-Uncommon grade], [Corrosion resistance-Uncommon grade], [Energy projection-Epic grade]x2, [Superior vitality-Epic grade],[Flame breath-Uncommon grade],[Regeneration-Epic grade], [Disease resistance-Epic grade],[Amphibious lungs-Uncommon grade], [Thermal sensing-Uncommon grade], [Water resistance-Common grade],[Active camouflage-Epic grade], [Eridian engineering expertise-Mythical grade], [Quick thinking], [Efficient lungs-Rare grade]x2, [Fire resistance-Epic grade], [Elemental body(fire)-Legendary grade], [Shock resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Energetic sustenance(shock)-Epic grade]X2, [Radiation resistance-Epic grade]X3, [Energetic sustenance(radiation)-Epic grade]X2, [True omnivore-Rare grade], [Biometallic bones-Epic grade],[Elemental body(shock)-Rare grade]X2,[Quick thinking-Rare grade], [Hyperflexibility-Rare grade], [Strong circulation-Epic grade], [Minor spatial awareness-Epic grade], [Buzzaxe expertise-Uncommon grade], [Siren(Phaselock)(Altered)-Mythical grade]
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Comments
Christian Jeffress
Thanks for another fun and entertaining chapter. Something that might be fun, have him do at least one super long range sniper shot just to scare the crap out of the puppeteer in the background.
