#heliosdownfall

“I’m a one man army now kitten, I’m sure you understand, but hey it won’t matter soon...just..just die already.” The statement was followed by a deep chortle, a pair of heterochromia hues glaring down at a scientist who clawed at the mans hands as she struggled to stay conscious. The male squeezed harder, and soon a loud popping echoed in the silent room, the woman's hand falling limply at her sides. Slowly, the figure stood up, looking down at his hands as he flexed them.

“Never had that happen before...that’s pretty awesome.” The man would sneer as he brushed a hand through his hair. “What is up with scientists and messing with the dead? Never got it.” As the male began to walk towards a computer he’d step on various dead bodies of scientists who had aided in his...revival. It wasn’t until he got to the computer that he’d see a reflection of himself. Handsome Jack, but he had no mask upon his face. Rather it was an opening to circuits and a mess of wires. Jack raised a hand to touch the inner workings of his new body but would stop, not wanting to disturb anything from working properly.  Slowly, the two-toned eyes would shift to the computer as he began to type on the computer, only the topic of revenge fresh in his mind.

“Where the fuck are you.” he muttered, using the coding he had originally made to begin to look for a male known as Rhys. The kid had fucked Jack over, and these scientists had signed his death certificate when they decided bringing Jack back was a good idea. In a few minutes Jack had successfully found Rhys.

“...Opportunity huh? Figures you’d be there kiddo. What a reunion this will be..” he muttered, smiling as he approached his mangled corpse that sat on a autopsy table. Jack would take his mask and clip it onto his face before taking his leave to Opportunity.

It wouldn’t take long for Jack to get into Opportunity, exploiting all the secret entrances he designed while making the city just to get into the main building where his on-planet office had been. To say the secretaries realization of Jack being present would be an understatement, the woman was scared shitless and panicked, alas she was far to slow and met the same fate as the woman scientist rather with a phone cord instead.

Now Jack would slowly enter the room, staring at the back of a chair with a malicious grin as he began to approach. He’d wait for Rhys to say something first, knowing that the male would more the likely assume it was his secretary. Once he had, Jack would begin to laugh at him.

“i, uh, yeah. okay. fair point, that was really forward. it’s just,” he frowned a little. “i get a little tongue tied or i speak before i think? or something? anyways i saw the way you looked at me when you thought i wasn’t looking.” he toyed with his robotic hand as he looked down with something of a shy smile. “and, y’know. you’re cute. what’s the harm? unless, unless of course you’re not into guys and then yeah i’ll totally obviously back off.”

@heliosdownfall

Right now, Jack felt like he had done the damn near impossible. He had been down there somewhere on that hellhole of a planet, in some sort of darkness for what felt like forever. And then he had used this poor, naïve kid sitting in front of him to get right back up into goddamn outer space and back to the top. Because getting to the top was just what he did best.

Being in control of the inner workings of Helios was an amazing feeling. It was like being bigger than life, with eyes and ears everywhere. But, the holograms and the lines of code just couldn’t quite replace having a physical body. He needed to be able to be out there in the field, doing things, choking people, getting shit done. Just like he used to do. Of course, he had a plan for that. He had always had a plan.

And, oh, dear Rhys. Rhysie had been such a gift during all this so far. If he had initially gotten injected into someone’s ECHO eye who hadn’t been obsessed with him, well, things could’ve turned out so much differently. He would’ve still gotten out on top, naturally, but it wouldn’t have been so easy. The kid had gone along with practically everything. All it took was a few promises of grandeur and there they were. Jack kind of liked that, he could empathize with that.

rhys should have expected that. really should have. sasha NEVER would have respected anybody in a corporate suit, and after the way they’d left things - him president of hyperion - and now president of atlas? he had a pretty good guess that she hated him. which kiiiiiind of was a huge bummer since he was still lighting a little candle for her.

“oh, you know. scummy.” he self-consciously fixed at his hair. “rebuilding atlas from the ground up. making some pretty cool tech… maybe some even cooler weapons. y’know, not that you’re interested in THAT.” he remembered how it was like mercenary day for her when she’d found the Silver. “but i’ve taken an interest in more of the medical fields too.”

“And you never thought to call me up to field test them?” She adopted a look of mock-heartbreak, bringing a hand to her chest. “I’m hurt, Rhys. Really.”

She’d be lying if she said she had no interest in getting her hands on some Atlas prototypes. But she’d also be lying through her teeth if she said she’d have even considered taking a call from the CEO of a major corporation - the same major corporation that had shamelessly slaughtered countless Pandorans in the name of making more money. New management didn’t mean much, considering the new CEO had been the head honcho of the last corporation to commit genocide on Pandora until Hyperion had literally crashed and burned.

"will there be... pizza?"