Crimson Lance Reborn (Borderlands x Male Crimson Lance Reader)

Chapter 8: The End of Ned

Y/N POV

It seems I had made a mistake. Problem was I didn't know whether I underestimated the Vault Hunters or whether I overestimated Dr Ned's Zombie army.

You see, ever since the Vault Hunters arrived in Jakobs Cove, me and Dr Ned have sent waves upon waves of Zombies and a whole manner of other creatures at them. However no matter how many Zombies we sent at them, they always overcame them.

And that leads us to where we are. The Vault Hunters continued to kill more Zombies and even exposed Ned to the Jakobs Corporation, with that we were forced to retreat to the old Lumber Mill.

Now I was beginning to lose my patience, true I agreed not to send assassins and Lance soldiers after the Vault Hunters after they aided my plan but I never said anything about Zombies. And Ned's incompetence lead to him being exposed and us being forced to hide here, all we had to protect us inside was a few Zombies and one Psycho Zombie.

Image of a Psycho Zombie:

Now all that was left to do was wait for the Vault Hunters to inevitably show up. I was beginning to grow impatient as I placed my hands over my eyes and let out a frustrated sigh before saying "This is getting infuriating."

Ned turned to look at me as I removed my hand from my eyes and said "If your Zombies weren't so weak, the Vault Hunters wound have been dead ages ago!" Ned looked somewhat insulted "Hey! If you'd bothered to tell me about how tough these Vault Hunters were, I may have chosen my Zombies more wisely!"

I sighed again before saying "Whatever." Ned spoke in a confident tone when he said "Those Vault Hunters won't get past the hordes of Zombies that are between both us and them. No need to worry yourself."

He went back to broadcasting various threats and taunts of the Echo to the Vault Hunters as I just sat down with an annoyed look on my face. Eventually we heard the sounds of gun shots down the hall and we knew the Vault Hunters were now in the Lumber Mill.

Soon all four of them came into the room as Dr Ned walked towards them saying "You smell like popcorn! Now I'm pissed!" He then stopped and flipped them off.

Image of Dr Ned's intro:

I then walked up and slowly loaded my pistol before saying "Sorry, nothing personal." I looked up and grinned at them.

'Colonel' Y/N Knoxx

(Totally 'un'trustworthy.)

Without any further conversation, the Vault Hunters pulled out their weapons and opened fire. I got behind cover and so did Ned who was now brandishing an SMG. We fought the Vault Hunters for quite some time and the shield I bought from that Vending Machine when I got here was holding up quite well.

However while I was able to hold out for  a while, Ned wasn't. He ended up being shot down and his corpse now lay sprawled out on the ground. At first I thought it was all over but no. It wasn't.

Suddenly a hole in the floor opened and a large hulking creature emerged. He turned to the Vault Hunters and exclaimed "It's not over yet!" He then submerged back into the hole. The Vault Hunters seemingly forgot about me and jumped into the pit to fight Undead Ned.

Image of Roland vs Undead Ned:

I decided to use my teleporter to escape once again. My attempt at revenge through Zombies had failed miserably, it wouldn't take them long to kill Ned once again. But before I left I sent another Echo to them.

"Have fun Vault Hunters. I trust we'll meet again soon."

Author's Note: Here's Chapter 8 and the final chapter in the Zombie Island of Dr Ned segment. I hope you liked it and thank you for reading.