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Four more years later, now the events of Borderlands 3 are happening but there were some differences… Izuku was never told about the war plans. First is, since Troy was the only male Siren, he decided that he would be called a Cerberus, the guardian for the underworld. Because it sounded, quote on quote ‘perfect for a Badass Siren’… of course.
They started as a peaceful cult, wanting the COV and Crimson Raiders living in peace. But every time they sent people to ask this, they were killed. They kept up but making it increasingly obvious that they wanted to peacefully talk. Soon they gave and decided fuck it, this planet is for the psychos.
The Mailwan war, yeah Tyreen and Troy had no hand in this one. Just happened on the same day. Tyreen and Troy stole so many of their guns for fun.
The Maya incident, since Troy has more control over his absorption powers which he named Psycho-Thief. Why he named it that is because, quote on quote ‘it’s very awesome’. Maya wasn’t killed but did lose her Phaselock. This also gave Ava the chance to be told WHY her actions have consequences.
Troy’s experiments, they are very powerful and nearly couldn’t be defeated until the Vault Hunters realised that they had the minds of animals.
The kidnapping of Tannis, the difference here is that Tannis became very curious about Troy and his powers. Mostly about how is he able to live since he’s a man.
The death of Troy, instead of dying normally he turned into strips of red light. Tyreen felt guilty about what her actions has done but she continues for Troy’s honour. Ava still gains Phaselock since Maya was intending to give it to her and the current host of it died. Plus Troy did something to the Universe that affected it deeply but what, I’ll tell ya later.
Typhon himself, he seems to be more intrigued in Tyreen and Troy since they have more powers than they should’ve, well if they didn’t have help. He was more creepy with Lilith, Ava, Tannis and Amara like perverted creepy. During his final battle, instead of Tyreen killing him like normal, she entered a fight or flight mode and seemed very scared of Typhon when he trapped her. So he’s left alive because Tyreen ran, seems like someone was an abusive father… or a very horrible one. What is it with me and this type of shit.
The final battle, the Crimson Raiders reached Tyreen before she was able to pluck the moon out of the sky. Everyone was there and ready to fight… but someone else dropped in and saved Pandora. By knocking the fuck out of Tyreen.
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Izuku was having a rough day, his old friend told him to go kill himself. He almost had his body taken over by living sludge. The Pro Hero, Symbol of Peace, All Might himself told Izuku that he couldn’t become a hero. He was berated for saving someone that tortures him every single day. All Might said some lies about a transferable Quirk. And most importantly Tyreen and Troy won’t pick up.
Now I know you’re wondering why Troy didn’t give Izuku abilities. Izuku desire for being a Quirkless hero burnt brighter than having one. But you know that the candle that burn bright will burn out sooner. Izuku wants to be super-powered then punch the shit out of Bakugou and All Might.
Izuku after a long walk he reached his apartment. Since Alien lives with him, yes Inko was very shocked to see this skag but Izuku explained it was a Quirked animal… thank god for Nezu. Izuku scratched Alien’s chin, she loves it.
Izuku after finishing petting Alien, he went to his room and gagged at the sight of it, seems like he hates All Might now. Hmm I’m noticing a trend of my BNHA fanfics with All Might. After Izuku changes clothes, he takes everything down and since he knows that some of this is worth a lot, he sorts them into ‘donations’ and ‘for sale’. Alien notices his new hate for the hero and decided that she hated him too, Izuku had to stop her from electrocuting the stuff.
As Izuku does this, he finds Troy’s old camera. It’s the same as his newer cameras but this one can’t attack in case of danger. The camera is connected to the other ones so he can see the never seen stuff and Troy doesn’t know that this feature exists. Izuku knows that Troy and Tyreen blocked a lot of stuff on his ECHO so this is his only way to see the best shit.
Izuku decides to see if Troy and Tyreen made any new videos, he doesn’t like what he finds. Izuku watches as Troy and Tyreen kill without a second thought, torture innocents and slaughter towns with a smile. This horrified him, he searches back and back to see what he missed, because these were his closest friends, they would never do this. He becomes more desperate until he scrolls to a video, one that wasn’t meant to be recorded.
The picture is blurry but the audio is just fine, Troy and Tyreen are sitting in a conference room alone. Troy speaks first. “Ty, we tried everything but they don’t understand.”
Tyreen looks desperate. “But there must be a chance, Izuku always believe that peace will always come.” Izuku laughs bitterly at that, he was so wrong. “We shouldn’t go to war.”
Troy sighs and rubs his face. “Look, no matter what we do, what we say, what we show. They think we are savages that should be put down. They won’t stop killing our people.” Izuku is figuring out some dots.
Tyreen looks at a broken window. “I… I know. But is war the only way to reach freedom?” Izuku hopes for no but knows what the truth is.
Troy puts his robotic arm on her shoulder. “Unfortunately the answer is yes. I am the last guy that wants this but at the end of the day. We must save our people and the Crimson Raiders can either befriend us or become our enemies.” Izuku just cries silently into Alien who has no idea what’s going on.
Tyreen looks down in guilt, she turns around goes to somewhere off camera. Then after a few seconds, the sounds of speakers came on. “My followers, it seems that peace can’t come until we go to war. So I ask of you, to join the war and fight so all of us can live in peace on our planet.” She didn’t have a spark of joy in her voice.
“I wished that this could’ve been solved normally and without death… but the Crimson Raiders decided no!” Rage starts to take over.
“SO WE SHALL WE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT OF PANDORA AND HER GIFTS! WE SHALL DEFEND OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS! WE SHALL LIVE FOR THE HOPE OF A BETTER FREEDOM! WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE VAULT AND WE SHALL REIGN SUPREME!” Izuku is scared because that voice was the one of pure determination and will. And he knows that this won’t end well. Finally the video ends.
Izuku cries heavily, this is literally the worse day of his life. Alien tries to comfort him but she doesn’t know how, so she just pets his hair. After a few minutes of this happening, a beep came from the camera, it seems like a live stream is happening. This is a horrible live stream, it’s showing the end of Troy. Troy is screaming all sorts of insults and statements to the Vault Hunters.
Like. “WE WANTED PEACE BUT YOU DIDN’T!” Or. “YOU ARE HORRIBLE CREATURES THAT SHOULD’VE DIED IN THE WOMB!”
Soon Troy finally died but not before saying. “Izuku, if you can hear this then please… please become a hero that saves Tyreen from these monsters. Izuku, I choose you as my…” Troy fell and died slowly turning into red mist.
Tyreen is standing behind him, sobbing silently. All that’s left of Troy is his clothes and robotic arm. She takes the arm and turns to the Vault Hunters. “You say that you guys help and save the damned and broken… but all I see are monsters that take and destroy.” Tyreen causes an earthquake that sends a bunch of rocks over the Vault Hunter’s heads and destroys the camera.
Izuku is empty, Alien is worried for him so she just lick his hand hoping for a reaction. This puts some emotion into him. Enough to give Izuku the courage to find Tyreen.
Izuku runs around the apartment for food, water and some clothing to keep him alive. He got the items of importance into a big bag. Izuku goes message his mother to see when she will be back but notices a note that says. “Izuku, I’ve been sent to a different area in Japan for work, I’ll be back in a week. I put enough food in the fridge and some recipes for you to try out.” That does explain the extra food he found.
Izuku goes to the Fast Travel with his bag in tow. Until he feels a sharp and sudden unending pain. He falls over with the bag landing safely on his back. Blood came out eyes, nose, ears and mouth. The blood slightly glowed and began to take shape on his body, forming a strange pattern for different parts of his body.
For his arms and chest, the blood changed into sparkling stars. For the legs, belly and lower back, the blood made spirals of all sorts. For the upper back, two canine heads appeared with their claws on his shoulders. Finally, for his cheeks, his freckles turned into Vault symbols.
Alien was very scared, which was apparent by the very loud screaming. The pain soon fade, Izuku groaned as he sits up with the bag sliding off his back. It’s impressive that it stayed on. He walked to a mirror to see what the fuck happened and when he saw his new features, his immediate response was. “God damn it Troy.” Then he passed out.