Back again to hear a story of immense fortune and unthinkable perils? I have some time

The borderlands of Pandora were told to contain mysterious alien treasures traves filled with advanced technology and incredible power

Vaults is what the people called them and to seek out one was to earn you the title of Vault Hunter at least by me

You could say Handsome Jack was one such explorer though his methods could be seen as somewhat unsporting

He ran the corporation of Hyperion and died trying to claim Pandora as his own

History's attention is fickle my friends it will remember those pirates like Handsome Jack but forget the adventurers who risk it all for less Oh obvious rewards

Stories, Legends, those are much better at getting at the real spirit of things

Stories remember both sides of the tale

We then cut to Pandora at a place called "Property Junction" where we see a Man holding a tracking device

Rhys Strongfork- Former Hyperion Worker

Rhys walks around the area of Property Junction as he looks around

Rhys: Fiona? Zane? Dave? Mike? Nathan? Zach? FL4K? Moze? Amara? Come on we can work this out guys

Rhys then turns around to see two people wearing masks on their face

Rhys: Fiona? Zane? Is that You two? What is going on is their a radiation leak I don't know about-

The second Person then hits Rhys in the face with the stock of a Hyperion Shotgun before the first person wraps a rope around Rhys before the second person starts to drag Rhys

Rhys wakes up to see he's being dragged

Rhys: what's happening right now?

???: We ask the questions

Rhys: Alright then do you mind having you two ask who you are?

The second Person stops dragging Rhys

??? #2: tell us about the Gortys project then

Rhys: is that what this is about?-

Rhys then gets punched in the face

???: answer her question and she won't hurt you

Rhys: Okay okay fine! If I can remember it started back on helios

Helios Space Station- after the events of Borderlands 2

Rhys (Narrating): I guess it all started with a promotion see I'd spend my entire career up at Hyperion so I suppose that makes me the bad guy in this story, and Handsome Jack he was the baddest guy of them all and I just wanted to be like him but a few stabs in select backs a new haircut and the help of a couple friends I was on my way to get the promotion that was gonna change my life scratch that our lives for the better

We then cut inside of Helios where we see Rhys and his best friend Vaughn walking down the halls of Helios

Vaughn: so what's the first thing you're gonna buy? I know what Henderson is making I do his payroll

Vaughn- Your Best Friend! [The Money Man!]

Rhys: I'd figure we'd start with lunch it's a good place to start

Vaughn: that I'm going for as well bro but later we're meeting with Yvette she booked us a table

Rhys: Wow that's actually awesome of her

Vaughn: I know right? But hey good luck getting that promotion man

Rhys: No worries I'll get it when I'm done talking to Mr Henderson

Rhys and Vaughn then do a Roman style handshake before Rhys enters the office of Mr Henderson to see Mr Henderson's chair turned backwards with the front facing the window and the back facing Rhys

Rhys: Mr Henderson?

??: have a seat Rhys I'll be with you in a moment

Rhys then approaches the desk but sees a name on the desk saying "Hugo P. Vasquez" before the chair turns to reveal Vasquez

Vasquez: thought you were expecting Mr Henderson?

Vasquez- Your Hyperion Nemesis

Vasquez: you look surprised to see me Rhys and If I was in this situation like you something else would happen

Rhys: Where's Mr Henderson?

Vasquez: he....... shall we say Slipped Out but you're going to be reporting to me Rhys but I know that you still want that promotion of yours

Rhys: Oh thank God I thought I wasn't going to get it for a second-

Vasquez: Shut up I didn't finish, But this is about more than that Rhys it's about your future here in Hyperion look you want to know why I'm in that chair and you're not? For the exact same reason North is North why the handsome guy changes the girl and why every spaceship in the universe is shaped like a fork, it's destiny Rhys and men, real men like me make their own and you can hold a grudge to me anytime your thoughts are staying in your head bit but bad things can happen when you swim against fate

Rhys: so?

Vasquez: the very point of what I'm saying is that look out the window

Rhys then looks out the window to see Mr Henderson's corpse

Vasquez: Couldn't time that better but this promotion is gonna take you out of the way of other people's destiny as well as your own path that's why I'm promoting you to-

Vasquez then hears something beeping and he realizes it's from his phone which he calls

Vasquez: Wait there one moments Rhys, *into the Phone* August Hey! I know I'm gonna buy the Vault key I just need to get a lot of money first Alright? Okay I'll be there with 10 million dollars Bye!

Vasquez hangs up his phone

Rhys: *to Himself* August? A Vault Key? 10 Million Dollars? What did Vasquez do this time?

Vasquez: sorry about that it was just a friend but I'm promoting you to Assistant...... Vice........ Janitor

Rhys: What? Are you kidding me? I did hard work only to get the spot of Janitor?!

Vasquez: Assistant Vice Janitor is what you are now but if you have anything to say go ahead say it

Rhys: You can't humiliate me like this, I quit

Vasquez: I wouldn't do that the only way you're quiting is the same way that Henderson quited

Rhys: ...............

Rhys then starts to walk away

Vasquez: Oh and you're dismissed!

Rhys rolls his eyes as he exits the office to see Vaughn

Vaughn: what the hell was that? He can't do that to us!

Rhys: he just did

Vaughn: no this can't be happening

Rhys: I'm Finished Vaughn I'm finished there's blood in the water and everyone can smell it including those Vault Hunters who killed Handsome Jack

Vaughn: no they can't unless you don't quiet down we can figure something out it's not that bad-

Rhys then kicks a trash can

Hyperion Announcer: Senior Vice Janitor Rhys to Sector D451 for trash cleanup because that is your job to clean trash with your bare hands.

Rhys: Oh Shut up Announcer!

???: Rhys, why are you cleaning up trash?

Rhys then looks to see Yvette

Yvette: I thought you were getting a promotion

Rhys: Henderson is dead he's dead Yvette

Yvette: what? Are you sure?

Rhys: Yeah I mean you can ask him yourself he's floating outside In space!

Vaughn: it was that prick Vasquez he threw Henderson out into space and demoted Rhys

Yvette: so does that mean you're not buying?

Yvette- Your Other Best Friend [Requisitions and Lunch-Leech]

Rhys: doesn't matter I don't care about it

Yvette: I was trying to light up the mood

Vaughn: Well Vasquez Is going to pay I know it!

Rhys: actually I think we can ruin his career, Vasquez set up a deal on Pandora for a vault key meeting with someone named "August"

Yvette: a Vault Key?

Vaughn: so that's why he got the promotion the only thing Hyperion cares about is more then money its Vault keys

Rhys: Yeah but we'll need ten million dollars right now to make the deal

Vaughn: Hold please *transfers 10 Million Dollars to Rhys with his glasses* Done.

Rhys: I'm not gonna lie that was impressive

Vaughn: I'm in accounting ten million dollars is chump change but we'll have a Vault key in no time!

Yvette: Alright then you boys got it figured out I'll be at the lunch table alone so see you guys

Vaughn: Wait Yvette you know we need Transportation, and Clearance you're a Requisitions master we need that stuff.

Yvette: stealing from people on pandora is fine but stealing from Hyperion is bad

Rhys: look Yvette we're all in this together one of us moves up we move up as well

Vaughn: Yeah like what Rhys said

Yvette: fine I'll let you guys withdraw the cash then get you clearance to Pandora and issue the car that Vasquez is using

Rhys: don't forget we still need a loader Bot if there's trouble

Yvette: Yeah yeah I'm fine with it

Rhys and Vaughn walk away as Yvette grabs her Hologram phone and calls someone

Yvette: Dave? It's Yvette, yep Rhys and Vaughn are going for the Vault key, alright just keep those two safe bye now

The screen then cuts to black as we cut to Pandora where we see a Member of the Zaford Family digging something until his shovel hits something metal

Zaford Boy: Oh! That's something I heard!

The Zaford member digs all the sand up to see a metal chest which he opens

Zaford Boy: Haha! My pops will be very proud of me! Yes!-

The zaford boy then gets shot in the head as his body falls to show that a bandit had killed the Zaford Boy

The bandit then slowly approaches the chest and looks inside it

Bandit: Jesus Christ-

The bandit then gets hit by a projectile which is a car as the people in it were Rhys and Vaughn as Rhys was driving the car

Tales From The Borderlands Episode 1: Zer0 Sum

Starring

Troy Baker as Rhys

Chris Hardwick as Vaughn

Keith Szarabajka as Rudiger

Lewis Tan as Dave Holland

Laura Bailey as Fiona

Nolan North as August

Norman Hall as Felix

Erin Yvette as Sasha

Cian Barry as Zane Flynt

Zehra Fazal as Amara

Joel McDonald as Captain Flynt

Michael Turner As Zer0

Ian Sinclair as Baron Flynt

Jason Topolski as Bossanova

Sungwoo Cho as FL4K

Marissa Lenti as Moze

And Sola Bamis as Yvette

Rhys keeps driving the vehicle as Vaughn was dancing to the music until Rhys looks and sees a skag on the road which he hit with the car as it screeches to a halt

Vaughn: What the hell was that?! Jesus Christ thank God it wasn't a ugly person!

Rhys: don't worry Vaughn it's just a skag they breed like hostile rabbits down here

Rhys then starts driving the vehicle again as they drive through a bandit infested town

Vaughn: I don't know maybe doing this was a bad idea

Rhys: look we find the world of curiosities then make a deal with this "August" then get the f#ck out

Vaughn: right but just to say I was wondering what's gonna happen next if this deal goes south

Rhys; well I'd call in a loader Bot and that loader Bot is also containing two weird guys I've never seen before followed by immense bloodshed that happens

Vaughn: Well I'm assuming that won't happen

Rhys stops the car as he and Vaughn get out of it

Rhys: There's a bunch of people here that's for sure

Vaughn: Yeah but we need to figure out where the World of Curiosities is

Rhys: maybe that guy over at that skag cart will help us

Rhys then approaches the person that's at the Skag cart

Rhys: Excuse me, me and my friend are looking for the World of Curiosities you know what it is?

Vaughn: Yeah it should be around here

???: Well I could say one thing are you two Lost? And besides what are you here for?

Rhys: Well we're here for a simple business deal we just want to know where the World of Curiosities is

???: If it's a business deal then what's in that case your friend is holding?

Rhys: he's holding a Experimental Atlas Drone in that case we needed to make a deal with someone

Vaughn will Remember That

Vaughn: Yeah it's got cool technology we were here to make a deal after all

???: Right.......

The man then looks to see the Hyperion tag on Rhys' shirt

???: You're part of Hyperion then? I guess you are the fellas that Vasquez sent hold on

The man then grabs a old Atlas helmet covered in white as he whistles as a few bandits come out of buildings and look at Rhys and Vaughn

??: You shouldn't come here that's the only way you'll die

Vaughn: Rhys, the loader Bot call it

Rhys: right

Rhys then presses some buttons on his robot arm and calls a loader Bot to their location

???: You know what we do to Hyperion guys like you two?

Rhys: Well no but I just want to say a word Yippee Ki Yay Motherfucker

???: What?

Then all of a sudden a loader Bot lands on and crushes a bandit to death which makes the town go quiet

Rhys: And I was right Say Hello to My Little Friend!

The loader Bot then activates and start shooting at the bandits

Vaughn: Yeah! Suck it you bandits!

The loader Bot keeps shooting at the bandits until it gets shot by a Nomad holding a shield

The loader Bot then shoots a Rocket at the Nomad which kills him

The man then whistles again as a bandit gets onto a roof and shoots a Rocket at the Loader Bot but it dodges and the loader Bot shoots its machine gun at the bandit killing him

Vaughn the breathes in relief only for The man to punch him in the face and grab the case from him

???: thank you!

The unknown person gets into the car and starts driving it away unbeknownst to him Vaughn put handcuffs onto his wrist and the case as Vaughn starts getting dragged by the vehicle

Vaughn: Rhys!!!! Help Me Buddy!

Rhys: God Dammit! Loader Bot go get the car!

Loader Bot: sure thing

The loader Bot starts to run towards the car as Rhys follows only for a bus full of bandits to stop in front of them and start shooting at them

The loader Bot jumps over the bus as Rhys jumps into a alley and he gets tackled by a bandit

Bandit: I'm gonna cut you into the next generation!

Rhys: Oh yeah? Then Yippee Ki Yay Motherfucker!

Rhys then punches the bandit in the face with his robotic arm which sends him flying into a wall

Rhys: Yeah! Take that You Bandits!

Rhys then sees a Nomad holding a Shotgun

Nomad Bandit: die filthy Hyperion Bastard!

The Nomad shoots his shotgun at Rhys but he dodges but falls on the floor as he starts to crawl away

Nomad Bandit: I will rid this world of Hyperion! And No One will stop me in my journey to murder every last Hyperion Worker there is on this Planet! Now Stay Still and Die!-

The Nomad Bandit then gets stabbed in the back by two Hologram claws before the claws go upwards and cut the bandit's top half into splits as the bandit's corpse falls down to show a man with those Hologram claws

???: And Zane Flynt Scores Again!

Zane Flynt- Operative in Action

Rhys: who the hell are you!? Don't kill me!

Zane: easy Brother I'm not here to hurt you, Your friend Yvette sent me

Rhys: Yvette? Why did Yvette send you?

Zane: to keep you and your friend Safe Brother now get up

Zane then helps Rhys up

Rhys: Thank God you saved me you got a name?

Zane: it's Zane, Zane Flynt

Rhys: Okay then, Thank you Zane but I still need to find my friend Vaughn he was being dragged by a expensive Hyperion car

Zane: don't worry my other friend is keeping him safe, follow me!

Zane and Rhys then climb a ladder to a balcony as they look over the railing

Rhys: Vaughn! Vaughn where are you?!

Zane and Rhys then look to see the same man with the Atlas helmet as he takes it off

Rudiger- Kill Em and Grill Em

Rhys: what did you do with Vaughn?

Rudiger: how should I know? Your Bot tossed me and him out! Now stand Still and Die!

As Rudiger was about to strike with his cleaver, Zane blocks the cleaver with his claw

Zane: no one is killing my friend here!

Zane then deflects the cleaver which gets thrown into a Bandit's head

Rudiger: now I gotta say that was Impressive-

Rhys then kicks Rudiger towards a pole which falls down to reveal a sign saying "World of Curiosities"

Rhys: that's all I wanted to know! We could've avoided all this!

Zane: look the loader Bot is holding the car!

Rhys: Loader Bot Put down the car!

The loader bot then puts down the car as Rhys fixes the weapons as the loader Bot starts spinning and shooting at the bandits until it stops

Zane: Bloody Hell! That's fantastic brother!

Rhys: Yeah where the hell is Vaughn?

Zane: he's inside the World of Curiosities shop over there come on!

Zane leads Rhys to the world of Curiosities shop as they get inside

Rhys: Wait what about Loader Bot?

Zane: he can't fit inside buildings you need to have him evacuate or self destruct your choice

Rhys: Dammit, Loader Bot Evacuate!

Loader Bot: Evacuating now.

The loader Bot then flies away as Rhys leans against a wall and sits down

Rhys: I'm scared of what happened here all me and Vaughn wanted to do was purchase a Vault key and that happened! Besides I never seen you on here before Zane

Zane: that's because I'm from the future you idiot

Rhys: the Future? What Future?

Zane: the future where you became CEO of Atlas

Rhys: Me? CEO of Atlas?

Zane: Yeah, after Atlas was just nothing you founded Atlas and built it back up that is when you get attacked by Maliwan and its CEO Katagawa Jr.

Rhys: Wow that's a promising future anyways where's Vaughn?

Zane: he's further into the shop, he's at the front, Hey Shade! I got the other person here!

Slience was heard

Rhys: Who's Shade?

Zane: He's one of the Second Vault Hunters friends during their trip in Oasis looking for treasure

Rhys: seems reasonable

Zane and Rhys walk further into the shop where they see a hallway which they go through but some lights turn on to show Bewm from Borderlands 2

Rhys: Who's that?

Zane: that's Bewm Not to be confused with his brother Boom he was the first mate of my brother Captain Flynt

Rhys: who names their son Captain?

Zane: don't know don't even want to know

They then walk to the second display this time displaying Sledge from Borderlands 1

Zane: that's Sledge, he used to be a friend to my other brother Baron Flynt that is until he died

Rhys: interesting

They walk to the third display which shows a man in a tropical outfit with glasses on and a fireworks in his mouth

Zane: Great he's doing this now

Rhys: Who's doing what now?

Zane: That's Shade he's pretending to be dead and displayed so he can scare people

Zane then punches the man named Shade in the chest which causes Shade to wheeze a bit

Shade: Okay you got me there Zane!

Shade- Weird Name for someone with glasses

Shade: Anyways I hear this Hyperion kid is here with his friend for the deal well Follow me.

Zane and Rhys then start to follow Shade as he opens a door to the next part of the shop

Shade: now anyways I hope you two do your business well

Rhys then looks around only to see Vaughn

Rhys: Vaughn!

Vaughn: Rhys!

Rhys: you son of a bitch!

Rhys and Vaughn then do a Roman style handshake

???: So these are the guys we're dealing with?

Rhys then looks to see a Tough man wearing a mask over his face as he glares at Rhys but over his shoulder were two other people

Rhys: so you must be August I presume?

???: that's my name

August- The Guy with the key

August: these two here are Sasha and Captain Flynt He's Zane's brother

Sasha: What's up?

Sasha- One mean lady (don't cross her)

Captain Flynt: I still can't believe I'm still alive but thank God we can get this deal over with

Captain Flynt- You know who this guy is

August: so is Vasquez coming?

Rhys: Well he's just the middle man the puppet you're dealing with me now

August will remember that

August: Well I guess as long as you got the money one Hyperion Bootlicker's are as good as any other Hyperion guys you got a name?

Rhys: Yeah it's Rhys just put in the words R, H, and Y, followed by a S

August: Cool name anyways let's do this deal show us the money

Rhys: No I know how this works out first you show us the merchandise then we show you the money

August: Alright then if you say so.

August then grabs a case and puts it on the table and he opens the case to reveal a Vault key

August: this Gentlemen is a Vault key it can be used to open any vaults on this planet but now you show us the money-

Captain Flynt: Wait! I have a bad feeling about this

Captain Flynt closes the case

Captain Flynt: You Hyperion guys seem suspicious Vasquez was supposed to do the deal not two Hyperion people

August: look Captain we're almost done

Zane: Yeah brother just let it go

Captain Flynt then grabs the case

Captain Flynt: The moment that these two Hyperion guys entered they had a dumb attitude on their face! I know it! They want the Vault key and they wouldn't show us the money!

August: Captain just calm down give us the case and continue with this deal

Captain Flynt: August you do know Vasquez is not with them! If you give them the Vault key what happens next? You know what I'm sorry just I had this bad feeling from the start

Captain Flynt hands the case back to August

Captain Flynt: Let's just get the deal done with then get the f#ck outta here

Rhys: Yeah we still got a deal August

August: actually I'm sorry guys I just think we need to call it off until things are square again come on Sasha and Captain

August, Captain Flynt, And Sasha then start to walk away

Rhys: August Wait, you just don't know it yet

August: Know what?

Rhys: you can't see that one day maybe ten years from now maybe ten months maybe tomorrow you're gonna think back on right now and scream to the stars for mercy of death just so you'll not have to live in the wondering of what could have been "What if I had seized that chance by the throat, what if I had beaten my fears, taken what was so rightfully mine? What if I had won?"

August: *starts crying* I'm am a winner, Rhys, I'm am a Winner!

Captain Flynt: I'm honestly surprised by that,

Zane: me too brother I thought that was fantastic!

Vaughn: Rhys my man!

Rhys and Vaughn High five

Captain Flynt: Hey Sasha do I get a high five as well?

Sasha: you know what Sure

Captain Flynt and Sasha high five

August then opens the case and gives the Vault key to Rhys

Rhys: I'm am the king of Convincing Baby!!!!

???: What a load of Bullshit!

We then cut back to the present as we see Rhys who is still being dragged until he sees Fiona, Zane, FL4K, Moze, Amara, Dave, Zach, Nathan, and Mike who are tied up as well

Rhys: Well look who decided to show their face I was about to get to my favorite part you know when you come in and you ruin my life, you no class scheming Pandoran Scum!!!!

Fiona: Nice haircut you lying Hyperion jackass

Mike: Hey Fiona don't insult Rhys he just got here

Dave: Mike shut up man you didn't do anything

Mike: how about I punch your face and make you shut up?! How does that sound!?

FL4K: enough you two

Fiona then kicks dirt into Rhys' face

Rhys: Hey stop kicking dirt in my face!

Fiona: I'm trying to get it into your lying mouth!

Fiona- Con Arist (also You as well)

Rhys: Okay then! Mission accomplished!

????: your turn Fiona

Fiona: on my side of the deal? Seriously you could've asked me that earlier

??? #2: Hey Shut the Fuck Up! You don't know to need to know is that the definition of insanity is the exact same fucking thing, also I'm not a She! I'm a Fucking Man!

Dave: Jesus he almost sounds familiar to Vaas Montenegro from Far Cry 3

??? #2: what was that David? You say something?

Dave: No

??? #2: Okay, So Shut Up!

??? #1: Hey don't be harsh on our friends here

Mike: you know we all could tell you our story considering the fact but let's have Fiona tell her story

Nathan: Shut up Mike you still sided with Jack

Mike: that was from a past timeline you jerk wanking fucker!-

??? #2: Hey! Shut the Fuck Up! Alright!? Let Fiona tell her story then you can continue talking!

Zach: he's one Serious guy I'll give him that

The second unknown man then grabs his pistol and shoots Zach in the shoulder

Zach: Ahh! Oh Motherfucker!

??? #2: You want to say that again? Shut up! Let Fiona talk

Fiona: Hey don't hurt my friends!

Rhys: am I'm even your friend?

Fiona: Shut up Rhys

Rhys: Oh You shut up!

Dave: Hey You want us to stay here and be mauled to death by Rakks? Let Fiona tell her story

Fiona: fine what the Hyperion scumbag forgot was that the Psycho Ganglord named Bossanova burst in

We then cut back to where Rhys is holding the Vault key only for them to hear a vehicle

August: what the hell is that?

Zane: that's a bandit vehicle say Rhys who was that guy you kicked to that sign?

Rhys: I don't know he didn't tell me his name but his name was Grease Face or Rudiger

Zane: that's what I though because now we got Company!

Then vehicles burst through the walls as everyone gets sent to the ground

Dave: Wait Wait wait

We cut back to the rest of the group again

Dave: how does that make sense to that?

Fiona: Alright then I'll start from the beginning

Mike: She's a pretty girl I'll give her that.

Dave: I thought you were dating Nisha

Mike: and I thought you were dating either Moze or Siren Chick here

Moze/Amara: Hey!

Nathan: Great another one of these again Besides I never fell in love with anyone during my journey

Zach: that true?

Nathan: I'm a Goliath do you not know that Goliaths can't get girls?

Zach: I was just saying man

Mike: I thought you already were dating Maya

Nathan: Mike shut it

Dave: this is getting confusing with all this nonsense

Rhys: did we all forget about Fiona's story!?

Zane: We kinda did since these hollands are arguing

Mike: Hey blame Zach or my dad for that matter he's the one who raised me and Nathan

Zach: that is until I didn't know Nathan was a Goliath

Nathan: Well next time know that

??? #2: Shut the Fuck Up!!!!!!!! All of You! No more! We let the story continue! Or I'll shoot you all and kill you!

??? #1: No! We need them alive for the rest of their tales

??? #2: fine then Jesus

Fiona: anyways now can I tell my story?

Mike: Yes go ahead Fiona

Dave: Mike if you make any flirty comments to Fiona I will punch your teeth out

??? #2: If you do that I'll untie you but we still need you here for the tales no?

Nathan: Why is this suddenly a talk show?

Moze: you guys hear that music?-

The screen stops as a word on the bottom corner says "To Be Continued" as it was showing a skag jumping onto Nathan while everyone except the strangers were in fear

To be Continued