Borderlands: The Return Of A Lost King
Everything was cold, purple and painful like when Rhys had fallen back at the physco ring and found the Gortys project and the infamous Handsome Jack. It was only for a split second though, until the Rhys eye's were blinded by a painful white light. Rhys let out a scream as he felt his body being thrusted onto a hard cold surface of tile. Rhys groaning laid there on the tile, his mind a blurry haze of numbness. Tingling sensations wafer in his fingertips, lingering, but not there yet. He'd groan, blinking and regaining his sight and surroundings. His cheek slowly regaining it's sense, he hissed to the cold tile, moving up off the coldness, only to be limp and numb. He sighed and laid there for some moment, regaining and observing his surroundings. Rhys' eye's went wide. Adrenaline running through his veins, similar to when Jack spoke about using him as a meat-suit. Standing on shaky legs, Rhys leaned onto a nearby pot plant. Cursing to himself, Rhys gave his legs a shake and a smack to his head. Rhys walked to the wide open window that he always looked through when he was still at Hyperion, staring down at Pandora.
But Hyperion was gone. Rhys destroyed it. Crashed it onto Pandora, having that fight with Jack, and finally stopping him. What brought him to being CEO of Atlas, what caused him so much pain, trying to gain the position of his once hero. Where his life started and ended. Then why is he looking out that same damn window?
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" What in the-" Rhys was speechless, his body shaking, his mouth agape and his pupils shrunk, he couldn't believe himself. This was the same window he looked through when he had walked with Vaughn to Mr. Henderson's office and meet with Assqez, where he unleashed Jack into Hyperion. He was confused as his stomach churned and Bile began to rise in his throat. He clasped his hands over his mouth, looking somewhere to empty his contents he looked over to the plant. Running towards it. He released his contents in the plant pot. coughing the rest out, he gasping, spitting the revolting aftertaste and wiping his mouth with the sleeve of his expensive sleeve. He looked down and sighed happily. He still wore his Atlas suit that he was able to find. And his Cybernetic arm, shiny and new. He ran his metallic fingers down and under his left eye, his new Echo-eye. Rhys remembered something and reached into his inside pocket. he sighed, and pulled out his old ECHO-eye. Holding the devil himself; Handsome jack. He didn't know why he kept it, maybe a small trinket, or trophy, knowing the almighty Handsome Jack was taken down by him. But still, he couldn't reason why he never once just got over it and destroyed it. He shook his head, and placed it back into his pocket.
He looked around, scared, terrified and confused. First, where in the hell is he? The last moments he remembered was with- Rhys' eyes widened. Sasha! Where is she? She couldn't be here could she? He began to panic. If this was really happening right now and that Hyperion is somehow back into it's hasn't been crashed landed into Pandora and is still in charged by Assqez, he really didn't want to find out about that last one. He growled and lifted his palm. Puling a large map of Hyperion, some files he found in an old Atlas lab or storage unit. His Echo-eye began to gain a signal of his current position. While it began to scan he began to have a perimeter check and hack into Hyperion systems and gain information on his current situation. Like where the hell is he, and how in the hell of a skags ass did Hyperion magically come back. Unless... Rhys mind immediately clicked. The vault. When he and Sasha had entered it, they arrived to a chest, opening it, he was meet with a painful coldness and white light. He lowered his hand, and dropped to his knees. Gaining the information on the Vault, it had such a large energy shock-wave when they opened the chest, it pushed them into what Atlas's data, and based on Rhys' information and knowledge was impossible theory, was that he was pushed into another reality, a timeline. He looked down at his hands.
" Oh god," Rhys stood. " oh, no, no, no, no!" Rhys breathed heavily, hugging himself, the data he was given indeed proven this theory he shook, slowly shrinking back down. He cuddled himself. " No, no oh god please. Please." Rhys eyes watered, he can't be put through all this again. Not when he finally did it. Got His dream down, a girlfriend, stable friends and a happy ending. Were now a crumpled paper tossed carelessly away, awaiting something else to be written down. Rhys cried. " No, not again, Not again..." He whimpered, he didn't hear approaching footsteps until he heard a too familiar voice. " Hey, u-uh. Are you alright?" Rhys' eyes meet a pair of combat boots, trailing up long legs that wore blue jeans, a brown leather jacket and a yellow Hyperion sweater, a muscle build and tanned skin, his face too was a tanned brown, bi-colored eyes and a nice haircut, a flavor savor and really nice looking face-
Rhys stared in horror. Jack himself, in the flesh. But looking more, himself, without the mask.
Rhys let out a terrified scream, tripping over himself and stood on shaky, stuttering steps. " Hey! W-Wait, hang on!-" Rhys screamed again and ran the opposite direction of Jack. That same voice, and weird smug always looking expression. But no matter what, Jack truly scared Rhys, Rhys always thought of that n the big boy bone, but apparently, just the appearance of Jack, made Rhys run for the hills. Rhys ran and ran, using his cybernetic arm to guide him. Showing him where to go. Jack tailing behind, to close for his liking. Running into the casual worker, frightened but curious and fearful. " HEY!" The jack called after him. But a bodily instinct told him to run away from this danger. Apparently facing a giant creature from a vault cannot compare to Jack. Feeling himself pat more and his lungs burn he gritted his teeth and headed to the cafeteria. According to the time now--11:58--rush-hour will begin and will be a good distraction. Rhys had so many dang thoughts in his head, his head might as well explode. He wonder why isn't Jack shooting him in the head? Why Jack looked so damn young and hand- And why is he chasing after him? Rhys looked back to see Jack puffing, his eyes hinting tiredness but determination. He looked forward and yelled out, loud enough for the chasing jack too hear. " Leave me alone dammit!" He didn't initialize on his voice cracking. He didn't realize until now how tight his throat was, and how it hurt to speak. But pressed forward, glancing to the time, 15 seconds until rush hour. reaching a sharp corner, he turned sharply and using his cybernetic arm, it helped turn more easier and sharper. Gaining a few steps more from Jack, he saw the large hall and center of Helios, and saw a large amount of people scarring out of their stations. Smiling and finally able to lose him, he crashed into a person, sending him half stumbling, and was taken in by the crowd of people. " Sorry!" He yelled out and caught the eyes of the person he accidentally bumped into. The man replied. " Hey! dude come on..." He paused, and stared.
It was him. The lanky, tall and smart cyber-ware employee of Hyperion.
They both stared at one another, the crowed around Rhys, parted, occasionally bumping his shoulder. The other Rhys too looked surprised and frowned with squinting his eyes. " Wait, do I know you-?" " Hey, kid! Wait up!" Rhys, attention snapped to the Jack, more question in his head filled his head as the Jack pushed through the crowd, apologizing, not like any Jack he'd seen do before. " Sorry!" He yelled out and ran with the crowd. Head spinning and he felt like crying. He ran over to his small secluded spot he usually sat with his friends. And breathed heavily. He was going to have a goddamn heart attack if this shit keeps coming up. Rhys caught his breath and shrunk more with his environment and everyone, his clothes some what looked similar to everyone else's But more expensive and fancier looking. He hid his arm as best he could and eyes. Since his eye was screaming for attention when it was glowing that bright gold. He let out a loud sigh as he didn't see any Handsome Jack. He ran his metal arm through his hair. He really needed to get off Helios and to anywhere else but here. He looked everywhere, it looked exactly like any other day when he was here. He thought about the memories with Vaughn and Yvette, having nice lunches, gossiping and having a nice old chit-chat-
" Rhys? Damn, what are you wearing? That looks expensive. You going out with someone special?" Rhys tensed, hearing the similar voice of his female companion; Yvette. Rhys coughed and hummed. " U-Uh, y-yeah! Kinda..." He turned slowly and looked at his friends with pained eyes. Vaughn, wore his nerdy style, completely a different to older more swol looking Vaughn, who was piratically a leader too all these bozo's here. And Yvette, his most horrible yet his hoping companion. hey really have changed over the small span of those years. He swallowed. " Whoa! Dude, you're like, holy Jesus! A new Echo-eye and arm! Damn, this girl must be somewhat of a gal, or you are just overdoing it man!" Vaughn replied. Rhys laughed, maybe he might be able to ask them if they've seen Sasha. " Yeah! It was with this really nice chick. She um, wore this type of steampunk style, so uh, yeah. Um.. she has a . Hat?" A loud his of the sound of the intercom woke up. Rhys groaned, this better be not some weird prank asshole Assqez- wait, Jack still existed. So that means, Vasquez wouldn't be CEO, and he saw himself still working as a nerdy dude. With a pained and wide eyed stare he looked at the large screen, showing that to familiar, haunting face. Handsome Jack. Smiling and chuckling. Then turned into a scowl.
" Alright, all of you idiots here with Cybernetics, come to my office if, I've seen on one of my cams that my dear... Guard was chasing one of you losers to the cafeteria area.. Oh and Tim, sweetheart, we need to have a word, immediately. Alright ciao suckers."
Rhys, was eternally fucked. Both ways.
lol I'm working on it.
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