What You're Runnin' From

Chapter 42 or Hijacking A Train

song: Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio

"I'm actually so jealous you get all this cheesy pizza to yourself in Sanctuary. We don't have such luxuries in Tundra Express." I mumbled. I was on my third rakk ale and it was getting to my head.

"You wanna live in danger of being blown up by Hyperion basically every single day? We can switch, no problem." Lilith answered.

"Aren't we all in danger of being blown up by Hyperion all the time?"

"Sort of, I guess, bu-"

Lilith was interrupted by her ECHO beeping. She looked at it annoyed and pressed the button to hear her message.

"Lil? You and Nova might wanna come back to HQ, stuff's getting interesting." Roland's voice came from the ECHO.

"Ah, shit. Guess we better go or they'll hijack the train without us." she said and got up. I followed her up to the bar where we paid for our stuff and left.

"What train and who's hijacking it? And why?" I asked.

"Don't tell me you don't know? How can you live with Mordecai and not know about this?" Lilith replied, slightly incredulous.

"I have no idea. Mordy barely ever tells me anything about the stuff he finds out. He's all protective and shit, but I've gotten used to it." I answered.

"Man, Mordy really cares about you a lot." Lilith said.

"He's just protective, because of the Gulag and New Haven, really." I protested, but I could feel myself blushing a little. Thankfully, Lilith didn't see it as she opened the door to HQ. Tannis was downstairs, sitting in a dark corner and intently listening to some white noise from her ECHO. It was a bit eerie to see her like that.

"So what's the deal with this train?" I asked Lilith.

"There was some intel about the Vault Key being transported on a train through Tundra Express. Seemed pretty reliable information, but we didn't have any times or schedules, nothing. Apparently, Roland got a time from some informant yesterday, which was confirmed by one of the data discs you and Mordecai found in that convoy. So we sent the new guys out to do the job. I think they're getting some explosives from Tina." Lilith explained.

"Shit. That convoy seemed a little dodgy, though, to be fair. But I guess if it's confirmed by two sources..." I replied.

"Yeah. I mean, we're pretty desperate here. We gotta take our chances." she said. I plopped down on the sofa in the main room of HQ. There were eight dots on the holographic map this time, the six Vault Hunters, Mordecai and Tina.

"Hey Roland. What's going on?" Lilith asked him and took a look at the map. There was an ECHO connected to a control way back, so we could all hear what was happening. Roland didn't even look up from the map.