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Maya could feel her chest pounding. Maya knew she didn’t feel the same. Lilith was straight, after all. Even if she wasn’t, Lilith wouldn’t settle for a vault hunter.
But that’s not why she was here. Maya knocked lightly at the Crimson Raiders HQ door and was greeted by Patricia Tannis.
“If you’re here for eridium, I’m all out. Lilith used up the last of it.” Lilith, just her name made Maya’s heart jump. She tried to compose herself.
“I’m not here for eridium Tannis,” Maya said in irritation. “I have a job that the raiders might be interested in.” Tannis returned to her research table covered in old ECHO logs and eridian blueprints. As Maya was ascending the stairs, Tannis interrupted.
“Oh, I almost forgot,” Tannis reached under her table and pulled out a small safe. In the safe was a small piece of eridium. “give this to Lilith. It’s the last bit of eridium I have, and she’s been begging for it.” Maya grabbed the eridium and ascended the stairs once again.
Upstairs Maya was greeted by Brick. “Hey, Slab,” Brick began. “I got a lead about a rival bandit gang in sawtooth ca-” “Not now Brick. I’m busy.” Maya interrupted.
After Maya somehow got past Brick, she could see Gaige fiddling with Deathtrap’s parts. When Gaige looked up from her tinkering Maya waved at her.
“Hey, Maya,” Gaige said. “Salvador and I are going out to clear a Hyperion outpost, want to join us?” Maya hesitated. “Sorry, Gaige. Ellie’s got a job in The Dust, I’m seeing if anyone’s free.” “What about Zer0?” Gaige asked, “Or Axton or Kreig?” “They’re all at Tina’s playing Bunkers and Badasses,” Maya said in the most cynical voice she could muster. “Say hi to Salvador for me.” Gaige nodded her head. “See ya, Maya.”
After the confrontation with Gaige, Maya could see Lilith leaning on the balcony. Maya approached her and was going to ask Lilith if she wanted to go with her to The Dust, but Maya froze. Lilith took notice of this quick.
“Hey, you alright?” This broke Maya out of her trance. “Uh-um, yeah I wanted to know if you were doing okay. We haven’t talked a lot after what happened to Roland.” Lilith was silent for a while.
“Losing Roland wasn’t the hardest part. The things Jack did to me, He did more than just use me to charge the vault key. He-He,” Lilith stopped. It didn’t matter, Maya already knew what she meant. Maya had just lost all sympathy for Jack, what little she had left for him.
“I’m really sorry Lilith. I didn’t mean to bring up anything.” Maya said, on the verge of tears. “It doesn’t matter,” Lilith said. “Do you have any jobs, anything? I really need to take my mind off of this.” Maya stood up. “I do actually. Ellie said she needed some help at her junkyard.” Lilith’s eyes lit up. “Alright! We’re gonna have to take the fast travel system though.”
Just at that moment, Maya remembered the eridium Tannis gave her. “Here, this is all I have,” Maya said handing Lilith the eridium. “Holy shit,” Lilith said. “I guess I owe you one.” Lilith held her hand out. “Hold on to me, I’ll try not to teleport us into a bandit camp.” At this point, Maya nearly fainted.
“A-Alright. Are you sure this is safe?” Maya asked. “Last time you teleported me off the edge of Sanctuary, and the only reason I survived is because Deathtrap was able to grab me.” Lilith smiled. “I have no idea.” Maya gave one last wave to Gaige before being teleported to The Dust.