Ain't no rest for nopony

I turned around to face the source of the sound. There he stood, sword drawn and Bloodwing sitting on his shoulder. He was thin and wore a mask, and you could see the barrel and stock of the sniper rifle on his back and a holstered pistol on his belt.

"Who are you?" He asked. It was clear that he was alert, but he knew that I was no bandit.

"A friend." I answered. I laughed a little in my thoughts.

I've always wanted to say that.

"How cliche. Why should I trust you?" He continued.

"Well, let's start with the fact I haven't shot you yet. And the fact that Claptrap isn't hiding in fear."

"Oh come on, Mordecai, give the guy a break! It's rare we find people who don't shoot us on sight." It came from Roland, who had just emerged from Doctor Zed's house. The first place I looked for the Skag. It was clear that they had arrived while I was searching. Roland was a soldier, however, he deserted to search for The Vault, an ancient portal, rumored to contain tonnes of treasure.

Mordecai sheathed his blade. "Alright, but only because we have the upper hand no matter what."

"Well, now that my friend doesn't have a blade aimed at ya, could you tell us a little about yourself? And more importantly, why you're here?" Roland asked. I couldn't blame him, it was only fair that I told them a little about myself.

"Well, my name's Casper and I have no damned idea how I got here."

"I had a feeling you didn't come here by yourself. You don't look like an adventurer, no offense." Roland said, laughing a little.

"I'm surprised he's still alive." Mordecai said, dryly.

"To be honest, so am I." I answered chuckling.

Alright. So, if the vault hunters are here I'm at least not completely fucked.

"Hey, Mordecai, what's taking Lilith and Brick so long?" Roland asked, confirming that all 4 of them were here.

"If I knew I would tell you."

Suddenly, the sound of something flying past could be heard. I looked up to see a faint rainbow trail.

What the.. Couldn't have been Bloodwing, that thing doesn't produce a rainbow trail.

No matter how hard I tried, I could only think of one thing..

Casper, get your mind out of the gutter, that's impossible. Yet.. I'm standing right here, on Pandora.

"What the hell was that?" Asked Roland, clearly shocked.

"Not often we see rainbows around here, that's for sure." Remarked Mordecai calmly.

Then the sound of a vehicle breaking could be heard.

"That's gotta be them." Roland said, quickly forgetting about the now gone rainbow. And while they had now turned their heads towards the entrance, I continued staring up, thinking.

"Yeah, it's gotta be. Bandits don't normally use the brakes." Mordecai said, oblivious to his own joke.

"Yeah, good point." Roland said chuckling.

And in walked Lilith and Brick, in all their glory. Lilith was a siren, with the ability to phasewalk, jumping into another dimension for a brief amount of time. Perfect for flanking attacks. And then there was Brick, the berserker, with fists of steel and a fondness of explosions. They provided a nice contrast to each other, Lilith with a SMG in her hand and Brick with a big barrel of 'Fuck you!' in one hand, carrying it like it was weightless. While Brick looked fine, it was clear that Lilith had taken a beating, with quite a few cuts and bruises.

"Woah, Lilith, you alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine Roland. You don't have a spare medkit, by chance?"

"I sure do." Roland answered, and I, who had finally stopped looking up, gaped as a medkit materialized in his belt, ready to be used. He threw the kit to Lilith who quickly got to work.

"Casper, you look like you've seen a ghost. What's wrong?" Asked Roland, who had just turned to face me.

"That medkit just materialized in you belt.."

"Oh, that? That's just digistruct storage. Comes with your the ECHO HUD." He replied casually.

"Interesting."

"So, what happened out there, Brick? Did you piss off a few Skags too many?" Asked Mordecai.

"Well, you could say that." Answered Lilith. "Remember when that bandit runner rammed us off the road and immobilized the runner Brick and I were driving? Well, a dozen or so Skags had gathered around the nearest Catch-A-Ride and we had to fight our way through. Brick punched an Alpha Skag to death, it was really quite impressive."

"Doesn't explain why you looked like some sort of failed laboratory experiment." Roland cut in.

"Well, I got flanked by one of the really big ones, a 'Badass' as it were."

"And survived? You should consider yourself lucky!"

"Maybe I should."

Once again the sound of something flying could be heard, but this time it was Bloodwing. I looked confused at Mordecai.

"I asked him to find whatever made that rainbow trail."

"And only find, right?"

"Of course." Mordecai answered. Roland flinched.

"What is it Roland?" I asked.

"Nothing, except that I just got reminded of that one time where Bloodwing nearly pegged me to death..."

"Hey, that was an honest mistake! We had spent the whole day fighting Crimson Lance and then you come sneaking up to the campsite in the middle of the night!" Said Mordecai defensively. "You should just be happy that I didn't blow your head off.."

Suddenly, a blur whizzed past the 5 of us, leaving a rainbow trail, and this time followed in close pursuit by Bloodwing.

"Is that what you call 'Only finding', Mordecai?" I asked. I had noticed a few features on the blur, namely a rainbow tail and what looked like a cyan body.

It can only be her. Rainbow Dash. But how? Probably the same way I got here, which I'm still confused about.