[Chapter 16]
(Y/n) turns around and is met by the Crimson Raiders standing there a few feet away. They all smile and she smiles softly back as she hurried over to them and hugged them, they all hug back in a group hug as she notices Roland wasn't there and she bites her cheek.
"I'm so glad you're okay." Lilith says as they all let go of (Y/n) except for her.
"Me too." She says as they pull away, "So much has happened."
"Yeah, let's tell each other about everything that happened when we go back to Pandora. C'mon." Lilith says as she took her hand and starts to walk with the others. (Y/n) doesn't move and Lilith loses her hold on her hand. "(Y/n)? What's wrong?"
"I... I can't go back with you guys... I have to stay here..."They all look at her in confusion.
"What are you saying?" Mordecai says as he walked over to her.
"I'm saying that... I can't go back to Pandora because I'm the new CEO of Hyperion." She breathed before holding her breath as she watched their reactions.
"What?!" They all shout and she winced and nods.
"I'm sorry."
"How though?!" Lilith asks as she held (Y/n)'s shoulders.
"Because in Handsome Jack's will, one of the things he added on it before going to the Vault of the Warrior was that the next head of Hyperion was to be handed down to me if he were to get killed." They all blink and look at her in shock before Lilith furrowed her brows together.
"Why would be do that?"
"Because..." (Y/n) pauses as she hesitated, murmuring in a soft voice, "We were together... I was in a romantic relationship with him." Their jaws drop in absolute disbelief. Lilith only stares hard at (Y/n).
"You... You and that arrogant asshole were together romantically?" She growled as (Y/n) nodded. Lilith scoffs in disbelief, "Do you have any idea what he's done?"
"I do."
"You obviously don't, (Y/n). I can't believe you would be in any kind of relationship with him!" Lilith says as the guys stayed quiet. (Y/n) starts to get irritated as her hands clench to fists.
"I know what he has done. And I didn't want to interfere."
"He killed Roland!" Lilith shouts in anger, "He destroyed the Sanctuary and killed almost everyone there!"
"You killed his daughter." (Y/n) snaps.
"He kidnapped you and held you here against your will! And you were in a romantic relationship with him! That's Stockholm syndrome!" Lilith says sternly, making the young woman pop a pulse and trying to hold back from lashing out.
"You don't understand what he's been going through, Lilith."
"He's killed thousands and hundreds of Vault Hunters like us and like you! How could you?!"
"Because I loved him!" (Y/n) shouted as tears formed and threatening to fall, Lilith looks at her with semi-wide eyes, "I was in love with him and he loved me! I loved you all as my family but I didn't want to choose sides because I loved both! I know what he's done in his past but after getting to know him better on a personal level, I couldn't help but love him. Jack was an very unstable man who couldn't differentiate between his form of love or what love really was since he struggled to be a good father for Angel. He took care of me and let me have some of my freedom, he let me stay in contact with you guys despite how much you guys hated each other. He taught me new things and showed me new things that I could never have had or had the knowledge of when I was on Pandora. Jack opened my eyes to a new world beyond the galaxies where humans there aren't barbaric and they try to resolve their problems. Now," (Y/n) starts after a intake of breath and anger boiling within her, "I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying here and I'm gonna do my part and fix the things that I can fix. I will continue Jack's legacy but my way, without killing others and controlling people through fear. I'm gonna do better than what he did and do it right. Just you watch. So you either support me on this or just leave." (Y/n) snapped as she stormed off back to the desk and stood behind it with her arms crossed over her chest. They all look at (Y/n) in shock before Lilith scoffs.
"Unbelievable..." She grumble as she walked up to the desk and taking something out of her back pocket, "You know what, fine. You stay here and we'll leave. We come here to rescue and free you from this hellhole, take you in for years and this is the thanks we get." She growled as she tossed the item on the desk with a clatter and starts to walk off.
"I didn't ask to be saved, Lilith." (Y/n) snapped, "And you all chose to take me in and none of you still haven't told me what my parents were like. Because that's all I wanted to know." She growled as Lilith clicked her tongue.
"Whatever, and when all of this goes to shit, don't bother crawling back to us."
"Fine." (Y/n) scoffed as she kept her back turned on them.
"Tch, lets go, guys. She's a lost cause." Lilith says as she opens the door and walks out. Brick and Mordecai look up at (Y/n) with sad expressions as Mordecai walked up to the desk, taking something out of his pocket and gently placing it down on the desk with a soft clink.
"Don't listen to, Lilith. We'll be more than happy to take you back in if everything doesn't go right." Mordecai says gently and Brick nods. (Y/n) looks down as some tears fell.
"I know... Thanks..." She says quietly and the two nod.
"Guys!" Lilith shouts from the end of the hall.
"Don't be a stranger." Mordecai says as he and Brick start to walk out, "And good luck." Was the last thing he says before closing the door. (Y/n) stands there in complete silence before turning her head to look at the two items on the desk. There laid Jack's mask that Lilith tossed and next to it was Jack's dog tag necklace she got him. She feels a lump form in her throats as more tears fell and picked up the mask, a few tear droplets fall onto the mask as she then picked up the necklace. (Y/n) holds the items close to her chest as she took big shaky breaths. After a moment of silence, she reached up to wipe her tears away, sniffing as she placed the mask and necklace into the drawer with the ECHO recorder. Closing the drawer as she took calming breaths and slipping into the desk chair. Composing herself as she sat straight in the chair and pulled up a holographic screen and pressing a button. She takes a deep breath before speaking.
[...]
"Hello to all employees and residents."
Everyone on Helios stop what they were doing as they listen to the speaker.
"As you may have heard and to everyone's sadness, Handsome Jack is no longer with us."
Employees stand in the halls and offices as they listened, Courtney sits in a cafe as she listened and Timothy leaned against the wall of the halls as he listened.
"Today is a sad day and we mourn his death with a great deal of grief. He died doing what he longed to do, to unleash the Warrior and bring peace to Pandora. He met his demise by the hands of Vault Hunters."
The Crimson Raiders get on a ship that took them back to Pandora as the announcements went on, Lilith scoffing and stepping inside. Mordecai and Brick listening closely while they still could before their departure.
"But would Handsome Jack want to grieve over his death. Technically speaking, yes and no. No because he wants us all to keep our heads up high and make Hyperion a better company than it was before. He would want us to do our part and help reach the goals he wished to achieve. So let us all do our parts and make our world, our galaxy a better place!"
Everyone starts to nod in agreement and cheer for a better future. Everyone getting hyped up for a new beginning. Timothy smiles and nods, feeling proud.
"I promise you that we will do better than when Handsome Jack ruled Hyperion. Doing more good than bad in order for others to support us. We will change everyone's point of view of Hyperion and show them that we're better and more awesome than what they say we're like! Handsome Jack made this corporation extremely successful and well known. And we will continue to keep Hyperion like that and let his memory live on!"
More and more continue to cheer and chant. A smile graces her lips.
"I will do everything and anything I can to make our lives better. As your new CEO and manager, I look forward to working with you all for years to come. And as Handsome Jack's successor, since not all of you know my actual name, call me Red Eye."
A/n: This is it! The final chapter! Oh my god, I can't believe it's over already. I feel like this book was short and I finished it so quickly. I feel kinda guilty for constantly updating this book instead of my other books but for some reason, this fandom is like a drug for me. But I hope you guys liked this story for how it is. And if you thought this is the complete end. Well, it's not. I'm planning on making a sequel for this story so keep a lookout. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this journey and I hope to see you in the next adventure!
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