Chapter Six

~Chase's POV~

When Rhys screamed, it alarmed Fiona.

"W-what's wrong?" She asked Rhys. Rhys and I were staring at the man. I guess only him and I can see him. Rhys turned around and faced him.

"That's not who I think it is...right?" I asked. Everyone was confused except for the two of us.

"Im gonna need you to do something! What's your name?" The man asked Rhys.

"I-uh.... Rhys" Rhys couldn't think straight but he got his name out. The man looked down and saw that Rhys was from Hyperion.

"Good! You work for me!" He cheered. I face palmed myself. He saw me and smiled.

"And I can see this sweet thing can see me as well," the man said.

"You're a hologram of Handsome Jack," I said.

"You're just going crazy. So...what's your name cupcake?" He asked me. I looked at him with a bored expression.

"Are you two okay? You're both talking to yourselves," Sasha said. Rhys was still in shock and walks up the stairs with Jack in front.

"Chase, stay with them," Rhys commanded. I nodded and watched him walk away.

"So that's the princess' name," I heard Jack say before Rhys left.

"Well, that was weird....weirder than usual," Fiona said. We all went back to the map.

"Computer! Enhance!" Sasha called.

"I don't think it can hear you, Sash," Fiona told her sister.

"That's what it wants us to think," she grinned. They both started to yell enhance.

"Would you both stop?! That's not how computers work! You don't just tell "enhance" at it!" Vaughn snapped.

"Maybe I can pull up a legend." Sasha approached the device and touched it. It zapped her and the device fell to the ground.

"I'm okay," She said.

"Did you break it?" Vaughn asked. He tried to pick it up but it zapped him too. Fiona picked up her piece and I picked up Rhys'. We put them away.

"Let's check out the rest of this place," Fiona said. I checked around where they found the strange device Jack calls the Gortys Project. After that, I went to what looked like a casket.

"Please don't tell me someone's in there...." I said. Vaughn joined me after I said that.

"You and me both," he stated. We both heard something about General Pollux and a sudden beeping noise.

"Do you hear that?" Vaughn asked.

"Yeah. It sounds like it's coming from inside this thing." I knocked on top of the casket.

"So the beeping is coming from over hear," Fiona pointed out. I saw a button that was on the side. I looked at everyone and they nodded.

"Daww. Ugh, okay. Yeah, okay. Was expecting to see that inside," Vaughn said sarcastically. Inside, was a man who looked dead. The beeping was coming from his pager. Sasha clicked it and turned it off.

"There's a retinal scanner over there and we need him," Fiona stated.

"Let's get him out of there," Sasha said and started helping her sister with Pollux's body. They were doing fine until the legs. His legs weren't bugging and they put him down.

"Great," Fiona sighed.

"It's a retinal scanner. We don't need....all...of him," Sasha muttered.

"Let me guess, you want to take his eye out," I said. Fiona and Sasha nodded.

"There's a spork over there. Use that to get one of his eyes out." Fiona got the spork.

"Oh, it's a spoon and a fork!" Vaughn cheered. Fiona approached Pollux with the spork and grabbed his head. Vaughn looked like he was going to throw up at any second. Sasha was trying to encourage Fiona, but failed. She was about to plunge the spoon into the General's eye. Rhys' screamed and it cause Fiona to puncture the eye right in the middle.

"Chase, could you go see what's wrong with him?" Fiona asked through gritted teeth.

"Will do," I said. I headed up the stairs and watched Rhys and Jack.

"Stay still dammit!" Jack said while trying to touch Rhys.

"What's going on up here?" I put my hands on my hips and glared at Jack. Rhys turned to me.

"C-Chase..." Rhys ran and hid behind me, even though I'm much shorter than him.

"Ah, the princess has returned," Jack said and stood in front of me.

"Cupcake and I were just having a conversation," he said. My glare didn't waver for a second.

"I just need to talk to him for a little longer." Jack kept talking but I tuned him out. I took steps towards Jack and he backed up. I shocked him with a small amount of electricity.

"How can you touch me?" Jack asked stunned.

"I choose who and what to touch, when to touch." I stared at him. He tried to touch me but his hand went right through Rhys and I.

"Very interesting!" He cheered. I was confused at his reaction.

"Sweetheart, you and me will be unstoppable!" He started walking towards me and I was walking back. Rhys and I walk too far back and he hits his head. Jack suddenly vanishes. He still had a hold on my shoulders.

Rhys took another step back and ended up running into the railing. He lost his balance and went over the railing. He still was still holding on to me and took me with him. We both screamed at the same time. Rhys landed on a computer and I landed on top of him.

"Are you both okay?" Vaughn kneeled next to us.

"I don't know...why I'm still...conscious..." Rhys said while sounding winded.

"What's wrong? You two look like like you've seen a ghost," Vaughn said. Fiona and Sasha were waiting for us to answer.

"Something like that..." I replied. Vaughn helped me off of Rhys and I helped Rhys up.

"We saw Handsome Jack," Rhys said.

"W-what do you mean?" Vaughn asked.

"He was standing right in front of us," I answered. Rhys looked up at the sky.

"Oh, I must be pretty out of it. I'm seeing stars....shooting stars...." Rhys said in a weird tone.

"Moonshots!" Fiona said.

"Moonshots? Oh no, moonshot!" Sasha said. Then, Loader Bot looked over the side and saw us.

"Loader Bot! Hey, Loader Bot!" Rhys got Loader Bot's attention. He got us out and we ran to the caravan.

"Hurry up! We need to get out of here!" Sasha yelled at Rhys who was the last one. He jumped in and Sasha slammed the door behind him. Sasha got behind the wheel and drove us out of the Atlas facility.

"We can't go to Old Haven like this! Head to Hollow Point Sasha!" Fiona said. A moonshot hit right behind us.

"Let me drive," Rhys said.

"And why should I?" Sasha asked.

"Because I know where the moonshots will land," He said and grinned. Sasha stared at him hard. She finally gave up the wheel.

"Just keep us alive until the charging is done for the boosters!" Fiona ordered. Rhys dodged one moonshot after another. He ran over something that was super bumpy. I landed on my back and struggled to get up.

"What are these things?!" Sasha said as flying creatures hit the windshield.

"I can't see!!" Rhys complained. He turned his head to Fiona.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but, Fiona, help!!" Rhys begged. Sasha tossed her a gun and she started shooting the windshield. I felt a rumbling and looked out the back of the caravan that's missing.

"Guys! We have a huge problem and its on four legs and is huge!!" I said. They all turned around and saw what I was talking about.

"What the hell is that?!" Rhys freaked out.

"Rakk Hive! It's a Rakk Hive!" Fiona said sounding nervous.

~Rhys' POV~

A huge monster is behind us. Another moonshot hits us and we lose a back wheel. We spin out of control and skid to a stop. The monster jumps in front of us and stops. It was waiting to charge at us.

"We don't have the right weapons to kill that thing!" Sasha said. I looked up at Helios and saw another moonshot incoming.

"I've got an idea!!" I watched as the booster finished charging.

"Hold on!" I shout and press the boost button. The monster charges at us and the moonshot is closing in. Luckily, the moonshot hits the monster and we went right under it.

"Good job, Rhys!" Chase praises. I give her a thumbs up. Suddenly, a moonshot hits us from behind and I fly out of the driver's seat. I grab the edge of the counter and hold.

"Hold on, Rhys!" Chase reaches me and extends her hand out.

"I can't reach!" I yell. She takes another step towards me.

"If you come any closer, you'll get dragged out, too!" I shouted at her. She doesn't listen and keeps approaching.

"Rhys! Chase!" We hear Vaughn yell. We hit a bump and his grip slips. He flies back and I grab his hand. I lost my grip as well. We almost fly out of the back but Fiona grabs my foot. I see Chase trying to do something with her hands.

"What are you doing, Chase?" Sasha asked.

"Working some magic!" She said and smiled. My shoe slipped off my foot and Vaughn and I fly out the back. We both look at the caravan and see Chase dive after us.

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