[Chapter 37]
"It's my two favorite gals!" He said and then sees (Y/n) and grins, "Oh shit man, it's my three favorite gals!!" He said and pulling her into a hug, she hissed softly and bit her lip, he took notice and quickly pulled away, "What happened? Did I hurt you?" He asked as she smiled reassuringly.
"No, just hugged a bit too tight. Y'see I'm still healing from a gun wound from a few days ago." She said as he nodded.
"Oooh, my bad." He said as she waved it off, he smiles, "Well it's good to see you're still breathin', (Y/n). And you two," He looked at the sisters, "Come to see your old sponsor, huh? How go the races?" He asked, "I know you sure like goin' fast, haw haw..."
"Oh, Scooter..." (Y/n) sighed with a smile and shake of her head.
"Wait no! Not like you're a fast woman or-Aw shoot." Scooter stammered frantically, "Uhh, like, racin's just in your veins... is all... I'm sayin'... I'll shut up." Fiona looked unsure before putting on a smile.
"Scooter! Great to see ya. Just an absolute pleasure, every time I get to see your face. Jus—mm!" She hummed while clasping her hands together with a hum and smile.
"Go onnnnn. Hahaha! Nah, you don't have to go on. I know my face is as appealin' as a dead dog somebody whacked a few times with the tire iron til it popped but anyway it's great to see you!" Scooter said enthusiastically as the sisters looked at him in a bit of shock at how descriptive he went into it but (Y/n) only smiled with a soft chuckle, "So, what can I do you for?" He asked as they all walked into the garage and (Y/n) sat down in the nearest chair and holding her stomach to soothe the stinging pain, "Not sayin' that I wanna do you or nuthin'! Uh no! It's j- Well, not that I'm sayin' I wouldn't neither! Uh will one-a-you like open your mouths and make with the wordin' so I can- I can shut... mine? I mean, my uncle always said, 'Never open your mouth.'"
"We need your help. Vallory's after us and if we can't equip the caravan with a rocket and fly to Helios, we're all dead." Fiona explained, "And (Y/n) needs her own rocket too since she's going ahead of us first and help hack into Hyperion's systems." She added and (Y/n) nodded.
"Y'all need me? Oh MAN! I've always wanted to be somebody's knight in shinin' armor, savin' all their lives and whatnot." Scooter said.
"Well, you're not quite—" Fiona started before Sasha interrupted.
"—Ah ah ah ah. Just let him have this." She said.
"IMMA BE A HERO! WOO!" He shouted excitedly.
"Yeah! You go, buddy!" (Y/n) cheered from the side.
"That all sounds great- only problem is fundin'." Scooter said, "I mean, I still have that one person ship that (Y/n) sent me all them years ago from Helios for me to work on so she could use that to get there. But the caravan..." He scratched the back of his head.
"Naw, don't worry about it. Vallory will pay for whatever we need to get to Helios, get the Gortys piece, and get out." Sasha said, "And the one person ship for (Y/n) is fine if it means it'll save us money."
"I understood exactly half of those words! Let's do this!" He said with a grin as he walked over to his workbench before stopping and turning around to look at them, "Oh, wait. When I said... that there was only one problem. I meant... that there were two. Cause look, I know a lot about cars and I know a lot about engines. But rockets are right outta my purview." Scooter explained as a woman walked out, "But my business partner knows rockets like you wouldn't believe, but she's uhh... she's a little out a' sorts." (Y/n) looked over at the woman as she hammered something and her eyes widen.
"Uh oh... That's not good." She mumbled quietly.
"Ahh, dunno if she's in much shape to help with the rocket stuff. She's been like 'at since she heard 'bout a couple Vault Hunters nabbed her girlfriend out in the tundra." Scooter said rather sadly.
"Athena?" Sasha asked.
"Oh, you know Athena? Man, small world." Scooter said with a smile, "Yeah, (Y/n) knows her too. Athena basically taught (Y/n) how to fight an' stuff."
"Yeah. We were there when it happened... Fiona was the last one with her." Sasha said.
"Then I don't know, maybe you could... talk to Janey, let her know what's what. Set her mind at ease if you can." Scooter said as the sisters walked over to Janey and he walked over to (Y/n).
"Has it been bad?" (Y/n) asked Scooter quietly as he stood by her side.
"It hasn't been that bad, she was pretty upset when she heard about Athena bein' taken away. Do you know who took her?" Scooter asked as (Y/n) looked at him, grimacing and shaking her head as she looked away.
"No, I was unconscious during the whole thing." She said softly, it was a half of a lie and Scooter could tell that it was, he chose that it's better not to know.
"Ah, well, that's a shame." He said with his arms crossed and she nodded. They listened in on their conversation as Fiona decided to tell Janey the truth. "So, we never really got a chance to talk the last time you was here." Scooter said, "Heard you sacrificed a lot to keep Handsome Jack's legacy live on and such."
"Yeah."
"Ma and Ellie told me it was 'cause you loved him. And Lilith got angry about it and like disowned you or somthin'." He said and she grimaced, nodding a bit.
"Yeah..." She said quietly, "But it's fine now. Lilith and I reconciled back at Sanctuary, we settled our disagreements. And, he's been dead for 4 years so..." She shrugged and looked down at her hands, "I'm still not really done grieving."
"Man, I remember when you used to hate the shiiit out of that d-bag." Scooter said.
"Heh yeah. After he got himself killed, I wanted to hate him for leaving me behind, breaking our promise, throwing such an important and life changing job onto me so suddenly. But I couldn't bring myself to because I loved him so much." (Y/n) said quietly, sniffing a tear fell, "I still do now and it never stops hurting."
"Yeah, I know that feeling. But don't worry, man. It'll get better soon, I promise yah." He said with a smile down at her in which she returned and they hugged one another gently.
"Thanks, Scooter." She said as he hummed in response. They soon pull away and decide to listen to the girls' conversation as Fiona decided to tell Janey the truth, in which she appreciated. Scooter walked over to them with a smile.
"Hahaha, this kinda awkward. Change of subject. These nice ladies, and (Y/n) over there you remember her," Janey and (Y/n) look at each other and both give a soft smile and wave before Scooter continued, "want us to build a rocket for 'em. Whaddayasay?"
"I don't know if I got the parts." Janey said.
"Psh, sure you do! C'mon! You just gotta—"
"—I just want to know one last thing and then I'll see about the rocket. Did she... say anything about me? Before they took her?" Janey asked, "The way she acted, sometimes I didn't even know if she liked me."
"She told me to pass on a message. She said she loves you." Fiona said in which surprised Janey.
"She did? I-oh, goodness." She said all flustered and smiled, "Okay. Oh wow." Janey smiles brightly at Fiona, "Young lady, you are gonna have yourself a rocket." She said, "And once I'm done building it and fixing up that one person Hyperion ship for (Y/n) to use, I'm gonna grab every gun I can carry, I'm gonna drive out of here, I'm gonna rescue my girlfriend, and I'm going to marry the piss out of her. I'm in."
"You go girl!" (Y/n) cheered as Janey smiled at her.
"I can probably build you something that'll break atmo, but beyond that, you'll want a mechanic on board to make sure it doesn't explode on you." Janey said as she walked away.
"Oh man... that sounds like a job for the Scooter-man if I ever heard of one." Scooter said with a grin of excitement, "And considering it's a dream of mine to catch a ride into space and all that... It would be like just-just wow! Whaddayasay, ladies?"
"You've already done so much—" Fiona started.
"Deal." Sasha said.
"Okay, I heard one of ya'll say 'deal' so let's go with that! Woo! Up top, space buddies!" Scooter cheered as the sisters turned around to walk away.
"Ugh." Fiona groaned.
"Hey, I'd rather deal with him for a few hours than be stranded up there with a busted engine." Sasha said.
"Yeah. I guess. Fine..." Fiona sighed. (Y/n) can't help but smile as she leaned her head back to stare at the ceiling. She was gonna go back to the place where her new life started all those years ago and ended up being ran off of. (Y/n) wasn't sure if it was dread or excitement that bubbles within her, but maybe it was both.
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