From Hell (A Love Story)
FROM HELL (A LOVE STORY) Mayumi Hirtzel Disclaimer: This is an unlicensed work of fiction. Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and all associated characters, names, and places are owned by Gearbox Software, LLC. No copyright infringement intended. Any resemblance to any actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All original characters and places are owned by the author, with respectful acknowledgement of the universe created by Gearbox Software. Copyright © 2015 Mayumi Hirtzel All rights reserved. ISBN: 1508990476 ISBN-13: 978-1508990475 For my Wednesday girl. CHAPTER ONE Far From Home Axton really should have known better than to stick his nose in somebody else’s business, especially when that somebody was outnumbered six to one, by a circle of dirty, rough-edged scavenger rats, all of whom Axton’s NCO instincts screamed as “hostile.” But knowing better had never been his strong suit, and that was a Dahl Army uniform on that groaning form in the Andromedan dirt, of the same style and cut as the one Axton had ditched less than three days ago, when he’d snuck off that hauler freighter from Euboea. He might be a deserter, now, but camaraderie counted for a lot. And, he’d never liked bullies. The alpha leader of the rats - a big, gray-haired veteran with more scars than actual face - kicked the trooper in the belly, his heavy boot making a dull thudding sound Axton could hear from ten meters away. “Hey!” Axton shouted. “Didn’t your momma ever teach you to play nice?” Scarface swung his attention Axton’s way, along with 1 Mayumi Hirtzel the business end of his scattergun.
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