I do not own any parts of this story except for the Characters: Janovah, Kat, Dash, Rin, Sli, Ome, Sam, and Pim. I only own the Environments: Franerik, Forgotten Lands, and the plot.

JAN 2: The Crisis

ACT 1

third person...

A little baby girl desperately tries to walk on the carpet in a large room...she falls and begins to cry, and a man-her father-rushes over.

Jak: There, there, little face, I'm here...

She's Janovah, heiress to the throne of Haven City...

Jak: Shh, I won't let anything happen to you...There's no such thing as monsters.

Jak, Mar, whatever his name may be, held his daughter on high...

Janovah Takes Over...

That is my only memory of my father before recently...There's no such thing as monsters..." He was wrong...

Flashback

Torn and I were alone, in the cabin...on a bed.

Janovah: I can't believe it's finally over...
Torn: Yeah.

He touched my face...his hand was warm and comforting. The quiet was seemingly peaceful, besides the ordinary sounds of birds outside, and the air conditioner, all going in harmony. It was very good-I listened carefully while Torn stroked my face. Then he turned my head and kissed me on the mouth. We fell back on the pillows of the bed...My heart was going berserk with pleasure...I loved Torn very much. He was on top of me...he then turned my head started kissing my cheek and throat...I was beginning to shake with excitement...but then I felt fear...A memory that flowed back...the night Rin had me pinned...it was terrifying...Torn started undoing the buckles on my shirt...

Rin: I will have my way with you!!!

I remember how he had raped me...it was painful. It was like I was back there...It was then I realized I was not there...But with Torn...

Janovah: NOOOO!!!

I pulled myself up, terrified. I rebuckled my shirt.

Torn: Jan...What's the matter?

He reached a hand out to touch my shoulder...I leaped away.

Janovah: Don't touch me!! Don't ever touch me!!
Torn: Jan, it's me!!

I buried my face in my hands. I took deep breaths...I felt a familiar warm hand on my back.

Torn: It's Rin, isn't it?

I nodded.

Torn: He didn't do anything to you, did he?

I kept breathing slowly, trying to find the music of the birds and AC...I did and I calmed down...

Torn: What did he do?

His hand went from my back up to shoulder, very firmly.

Torn: It's not fair to leave me hanging...He took it too far, didn't he?

I nodded again...I turned back and hugged him, mainly for my own comfort. The embrace was warm and full of love...

Returns to present scene

Not that I can say the same right now. That was over a year ago...Before they came for me.

Flashback

We were outside Freedom HQ, it was barely two weeks after we defeated Veger. Dash, Kat and I were watching the reconstruction of the city...for a third time. It was then that time seemed to have gone still except for me...then I saw them...strange purple and blue creatures.

Janovah: Who are you?

My voice was caught in an echo. I felt light and faint...I remember hearing stories about Dark Makers...these must be what they are.

Creature: We have come...for you.

The place seem to spin...everything was in suspended animation and I fell, and it all went black.

Returns to present scene

So I am awaiting something...some 'procedure'. In this cold room on a metal chair...

shifts into Third Person

Janovah lay there, on the metal chair, feeling light headed and somewhat sick...a door opened on the far side of the room and two dark makers stepped into the room. One went to a console, while the other went to the side of the chair.

Dark Maker: Do not fear us, Denzian.

The Dark Maker put a mask on Janovah's face and she went to sleep...

Meanwhile...Right outside that room.

Daxter: Can we make this quick, this place gives me the willies!
Dash: Shh, I think Janovah is in there!
Kat: What are they doing to her?
Dash: I'm going to open the door, prepare to battle.
Daxter: Oh, I don't like Dark Makers.
Dash: Oh come on, Guys, Janovah is in there and they're doing god-knows-what to her.
Kat: Shh, I hear something...
Voice: Dark eco injections complete...ready for phase two.
Dash: Not today. You ready?
Kat: Let's get them!
Daxter: Think happy thoughts...

Then Dash kicked the button and the door sprung open.

There stood the two dark makers, things going across the screen of the console...

Dark Maker 1: Intruders!!
Dark Maker 2: Kill them!

But Dash, Kat, and Daxter had already sprung. Dash used her fire whip on Dark Maker 1 while Daxter distracted. Kat used her skillful techniques of dodging to destroy the other Dark Maker. Then they all rushed over to the metal chair...

Dash: Janovah!!
Kat: Please, Janovah wake up!

Dash gestured at the mask over her face.

Dash: She's been gassed.

Then Dash removed the mask.

Dash: She'll be awake in a couple of hours. It's Bioxygen, I can smell it.
Kat: Bioxygen?
Dash: It's a sedative, very powerful.

Then Daxter hopped off Dash's shoulder on to Janovah's stomach. He stared at the restraints over her wrists.

Daxter: Now I have to figure out how to unlock these..

But Kat was already on it. She shot each lock once with her pistol and they blew off.

Daxter: Or...you could do it.

Dash gingerly lifted Janovah from the chair...her body was cold and limp, a sign she had been under Bioxygen for too long. Dash placed a hand to a vein on her neck. Her pulse was very sluggish. She wrapped Janovah in a blanket, because at the rate her body heat was dropping, she would be dead within hours.

Dash: let's get out of here.

They snuck out through a ventilation shaft and the hangar where their ship was.