~Chase's POV~

"Look. I know you're super pissed, but we've got the Gortys thing and it's gonna get us a Vault that is worth way more than ten million bucks just like we told you," Vasquez said. Fiona and I watch Vallory pick up the metal ball.

"Everything is fine. We're fine!" Vasquez said. Vallory examines the object over and over again.

"So this is what all the fuss is about," Vallory spoke up.

"Yeah...yeah, that's our little moneymaker," Vasquez stated. She turns around and faced him.

"Oh. Then I guess I don't need you anymore."

"What? No!" Vasquez shouted. Vallory pulled the gun out of Vasquez's grasp and shot him right through the stomach. I gasp and covered my eyes. I saw Fiona shrink away too.

"I guess I won't be needing any of you." Vallory loaded her gun and aimed at Fiona.

"Wait!" I shouted. Vallory ignored me and fired. The bullet sped towards Fiona. Out of nowhere, someone jumps in front of Fiona and stops the bullet with a shield. Then, she throws it and knocks all the enemies out and pushes Vallory back. She drops the metal ball. Vallory pulls out a knife.

"Not here!" August yelled. Vallory retreated to the truck.

"Just wait," she said and August sped off. The woman standing in front of Fiona turns and faces us.

"Are you idiots?! I'm trying to help you!!" She screams.

"So...you're not here to kill us?" Fiona asked.

"Yes!" She yelled.

"Thank you, Athena," Fiona said. Sasha and Fiona went to go talk to Athena. Rhys was messing around with the metal thing. I sat on my knees next to him.

"Anything?" I ask.

"I don't even know how to turn it on," he answered.

"Let me try." Rhys passes me the metal ball and I roll it over to see if anything looked like an on switch. Something that looked like a button grabbed my attention. I pressed it and a voice starting talking to us.

"Initiating Gortys startup sequence. Energy Chassis required for Vault of the Traveler Protocol. Loading coordinates for Energy Chassis," the voice said. Then, the metal ball changed into a small robot.

"Gortys....activated. Happy birthday." The voice stopped.

"So this must be Gortys," I said. The little robot looked up at me.

"I'm Gortys! It's nice to meet you!" Gortys said happily.

"Oh....my....god...." I mutter.

"What's wrong?" Rhys asked me.

"This robot is so freakin' cute!" I cheered.

"Thank you! You're not bad yourself. Meow," Gortys said.

"You're friend is crying. Is he crying because he's happy or sad?" Gortys asked. She was looking at Vaughn.

"He's crying because he can't blink," I said.

"Maybe we should get him some eye drops or....something," Rhys said. Gortys greeted Loader Bot who was standing g next to Rhys. Fiona and Sasha heard her and walked over with Athena.

"So this is Gortys," Sasha said. Gortys then told us how Athena killed all of the employees of Atlas and that each facility was working on a piece of her to speed up the process.

"How do we find a vault with this small thing?" Fiona asked.

"In order to find the vault, I need my upgrades first!" A sphere appears above Gortys' head which has a direction pointer in the middle.

"My first upgrade is...uuuhhhhh.....thattaway!" Gortys pointed.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" I asked.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Gortys cheered. She grabbed Vasquez's leg and tried to pull him along. We were all shocked at what was happening.

"Come on, sleepy head! Up and at 'em!" She said.

"Um...Gortys? He's not feeling so...well," Fiona improvised.

"Y-yeah! He's having some...stomach issues," I added. Gortys looked at the bloody hole on Vasquez.

"Oh! I see! Well, let's go!" She let go of Vasquez and went to the caravan. We all followed her. Once we got in, Gortys asked us something.

"Does this thing have a radio?"
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I look out the window as the scenery passes by. Athena's driving and Fiona is throwing cards at the paralyzed Vaughn. Sasha was stretching and Rhys headed up to the roof. We've been traveling for awhile now. Gortys has been giving us directions to her upgrade. More days past and now snow covers the ground.

"So, we passed through the desert and now it's snowing. That's totally possible..." I say. Fiona laughed at my reaction. Rhys was now driving and looked worn out. Jack took the opportunity and stuck his hands through Rhys' body to freak him out.

"Agh!" Rhys screamed and Fiona looked at him like he was insane. I smacked Jack.

"Princess, you have an amazing arm on you! You should hit people more often!" He said. I was about to hit him again but he went back into Rhys' head.

"Thanks, Chase," Rhys said.

"No problem. Let me drive for awhile. You look like you're about to pass out," I said. Rhys smiled at me and gave me the wheel.
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Days fly by and we still haven't made it to Gortys' upgrade. Athena was leaning against the door and I was sitting on the couch. Jack fazed in next to Rhys.

"Hey, kid. Ahh, just checking in, don't wanna distract you from the victory lap you're probably taking now that Vasquez is dead, but, uh...you haven't told Athena about me at all, have you?" He asked. Rhys glanced at said person.

"No, and I don't plan on it," Rhys replied.

"Okay! Great. Good. So just...keep that frame of mind. Cause if you do tell her, she'll just cut your head off before you can even explain yourself. Not exaggerating. She really, really doesn't like me." Jack looked at Athena. I was curious the whole time Jack was talking.

"So, kiddo-"

"Stop calling me "kiddo." Please," Rhys said and cut off Jack.

"Who are you talking to?" Athena asked.

"Uh. I..." Rhys couldn't bring himself to say Handsome Jack.

"Rhys talks to himself a lot. I do as well," I answered for him. Rhys looks over at me. When I saw him looking, I smiled.

"And the princess just saved Rhysie's ass," Jack laughed. Rhys heads up the ladder and to the roof. I watch as he disappears.

"I hope he's okay."