Kiri: Hey, peoples! Me again! As you already may know, this is the sequal to Dark Side of the Moon (yes, it's a Pink Floyd album too, I know.) so if you haven't read that story, you'll have no clue whats going on! By the way... I was hooked on Final Fantasy X-2 while writing this, so Jakie's appearance is a bit more like Yuna's now. Just her outfit, thought. Anyways, i'll shut up and letyou all read it now.

Sunspots

Written by Kiriona

Chapter 1: Evil's Sickness

My foot hit the break and the Sand Shark screeched to a halt. I pushed my goggles up to my hairline and jumped out of the vehicle. There it was… the last artifact I was looking for. I picked it up off the ground, dusted it off a little and threw it in the back with all the others.

"Alright!" Dawn, my ottsel partner exclaimed, "last one! Now lets get our butts back home!" I simply nodded and plopped back into the drivers seat. I couldn't really speak, since my scarf was still covering my mouth. Pushing my goggles back over my eyes, I started up the vehicle and drove towards the city.

A lot had changed since my last adventure. Dad and Daxter were alive and well, Uncle Torn and Aunt Ashelin were back and forth between Haven and Spargus. Dawn and I had grown up since then, too. Dawn was becoming a lot like Daxter; loud, obnoxious, you get the idea.

As for me, I was becoming more and less like my old man. I had his attitude, but I didn't look much like him anymore. I'd dropped the whole 'Jak Mar' outfit a couple years back and went for my own style. Now I usually wore a skintight leather tank top that zipped up the front and was short enough to show my belly, but not a whole lot, olive green short shorts and a light blue half skirt that hung over my left leg. Brown half boots, too. I carried my sword at my hip, as well and too semi-automatic pistols. Oh, and I've got piecings now, too. Three hoops and two studs in my left ear and four hoops and one stud in my right.

I parked the Sand Shark in the car yard. Again, I pushed my goggles up and pulled my scarf down. Once dawn was safely on my shoulder, I grabbed the bag full of artifacts and tossed them to Kliever.

"Back already, eh, Jakie?" he muttered unenthusiastically.

"Yep," I answered.

"You're damn right, buddy! We're awesome and you know it!" Dawn exclaimed.

"You're aunt came by here a moment ago looking for ya. Wanted you to meet here out there." Great.

"Right. See ya later," I said quickly before leaving.

Aunt Ashelin was waiting for me just outside. She seemed worried about something, or someone. This was obviously bad news…

"Jakie! There you are!" She said, running up to me. "It's your father. Jak." Uh-oh.

"What about him?" I asked nervously.

"He's been taken to the hospital in Haven City. My heart cracked.

"W-what happened?"

"We can't figure that out, but it's pretty serious," she explained. Silence… "Come on, I'll take you to him." She gripped my arm and led me back out of the city to where her hellcat was waiting for us, along with Uncle Torn, who drove us to Haven City.

It was all happening a bit too fast for me. I had just started accepting the fact that Dad really was in trouble, but before I knew it, I was standing there right next to him. Daxter was there; telling Torn and Ashelin what had happened. I only caught little snippets of the conversation. He was looking around for a gun upgrade… he started complaining that it was getting difficult to breathe… he suddenly collapsed… the doctors said it was something he was fighting for a long time… no one else knew about it… he didn't want us to worry… This was too much for me. Far too much. I mean, only four years ago I saved him and now he's going to die again? Fate has a twisted sense of humor.

I suddenly felt Uncle Torn's hand firmly grip my shoulder. He never was very good at comforting people, but at least he was trying.

"I'm sorry about all this, Jakie," he said. I sighed deeply.

"It's alright, Uncle…" I muttered. Sighing again, I turned and just walked out of the building. I sat on the steps while Dawn stood next to me also trying to comfort me.

"I can't believe this! We just saved his butt four years ago!" she exclaimed, "Now he's going to die again?" She continued ranting and raving about the whole thing and I just sat there.

"You know… " I started, "maybe Seem could give us some advice. It's just a feeling, but it's worth a shot."

"Seem? Are you sure about that, buddy?" Dawn asked, "Well if it makes you feel any better, then lets get out of here." I smiled slightly. I'm not entirely sure why I wanted to confide in one of the monks, but hey, I'll do anything at the moment. I'm a bit desperate at the moment.

Kiri: There ya have it! the first chapter! Not exactly my best work, but it'll get better. promise. Since I already have the first draft hand written, I can tell you guys that some freaky stuff is going to happen here! But I won't give it away. As for right now, reveiw and I'll get to work on the next chapter.