@phaseshiifted | “starter call”
Once the wretched bandits showed their hand, demonstrating that they had the capacity to become child murderers if necessary, Jack thought he had lost the battle. For, try as he might to claim otherwise, were he to watch as his daughter meet demise here such a scene would be...exceedingly detrimental to his fragile state of mind.
So when the unavoidable did occur, his nightmares gaining form and shape with the assumed loss of his precious little girl, he saw red, vision blinded by his own raw fury as he appeared in person before the triumphant bandits, seeking blood. Thinking of nothing but the desire for reprisal, the aggrieved tyrant lashed out, first by eliminating the most significant member of the enemy’s party whilst capturing another. His intervention did not last for more than a few dozen seconds, a simple in-and-out, and yet his actions would speak volumes, gone again as quickly as he appeared with Lilith and his fallen Angel in tow.
Whereas any parent battling loss would progress into acceptance, Jack had other plans. He knew she was special, one of the rare Sirens known to grace this universe at any given time. This fact, coupled with the vast wealth of resources at his disposal encouraged him to find a way to cheat the Reaper, sustain Angel’s life...and succeeded.
Inevitably, he had eridium to thank for this miracle of life, ordering his men to resume injections loaded with the ethereal element so as to keep his own kin in the world of the living. In the grand scheme, his plans to open the second vault remain unchanged - a goal he was closer than every to achieving now that he’d brought the Siren Lilith to heel. But...for just a little while...such plans were suspended. He had a daughter to look after - and would stop at nothing to keep her alive.
