Jet: Okay, so I've been gone for a while now and that's because I got back into school but for the time being I'm back and I'm going to do something a little different. At one point I thought I of doing a write out of Jak X, mostly because I've never seen anyone do that and I did have some ideas about how to write out the races and give a little more light on some scenes in the game and also dealing with some things that I felt needing to be touch on a bit more in the other game, along with setting up some things for my Lost Frontier write out that I am still working on. I wrote out the first two chapters for this Jak X write out but then I really got into working TLF and then I got back into school so I just stopped. Mostly because I thought I'd be posting TLF by now. But as it stands I still need to write five more chapters at the moment and I've been stuck at that point for nearly four months now. So I thought that because I haven't posted anything in a while I'd put this up and this is where you, my readers come in. I still don't know when I'll have TLF done so here's what I would like to know, read these two chapters and then let me know if you would like to see me do a write out of Jak X if so I will do it. if you don't that's fine I might still end up doing some small stories that I had planed to be chapters anyways but let me know if you would like a full story of that and I will write it.

Chapter 1: Haven City

Jak sat on the beach, staring out at the ocean as the sun set. However, the beach wasn't really the best place to watch it; sitting there he was facing north- but that didn't mean that the sight he saw wasn't nice, in fact the purple and deep blue sky over the calm, clean water was one of the most beautiful sights in the wasteland. However Jak really didn't care much for it at the moment. A month, that's all it had been, one short month since the Day-Star was destroyed. One month since Errol and the Dark Makers had been defeated, since the precursors had revealed themselves. Since Damas had… -One month since Ashelin and Jak had kissed. If you asked him, it didn't mean anything. Jak had been aware of Ashelin's little crush on him but he just brushed it aside, knowing about a small fight her and Torn had had a week before Jak had been banished. The way he saw it was that she was trying to get over Torn or make him jealous, and he didn't really care, plus it was none of his business. There were more important things to worry about than who was dating who at the time, so he didn't think much of it. Until she kissed him.

In the moment, Jak just let it happen; the day had been long and hard on him… harder than usual actually. That day both himself and Daxter had been called to Haven to by Samos, Errol had raised the shields on the day-star and Dark Makers had taken over Haven forest. Once Jak had fixed this problem Ashelin, fearing what Errol would do next had decided that it was time to take him out once and for all and to that she need Jak to help Torn and Jinx take a vehicle with explosives to the Metal-head section of the city to blow open the Dark-maker's strong hold. Then, after confronting Errol at the top of the strong hold and destroying it, Samos and Onin sent Jak, Daxter and Pecker to the catacombs.

However, to get there Jak and Daxter had to fight their way thought the metal-head side of the city; Pecker bailed out when three Dark-Maker satellites ambushed them. At that point Jak thought that this would be his end. But then without warning, Damas came crashing through a wall in the Slam Dozer and smashed the satellites. Thanks to him, they were able to reach the entrance of the catacombs while avoiding not only Dark-Makers, but also missals. Jak stopped the Slam Dozer for just a moment once they were at the entrance to just catch their breath… when a final missal came at them. The Slam Dozer flipped onto its side from the force of the missal landing next to it. Jak and Daxter got out okay, but Damas was not so lucky. Jak saw the king pinned down by the vehicle; there was nothing Jak could do but watch as his father died. And then, just to make matters even worse, Veger had showed up and went into the catacombs; but only after rubbing it in Jak's face that not only had he known that Jak was Damas' son but also that he was the one who had taken Jak from his family in the first place. That was what had really taken a toll on Jak that day, after that it was pretty much the way his life usually was; kill monsters and stop the bad guy from destroying the world.

So after a day like that, it was nice to just have a moment; just to be calm, just for things to be alright. Did he think Ashelin was going to kiss him? No. He was shocked by it; he was the one who had pulled away and he told her that he did not share her feelings, that he loved Keira. Ashelin was able to respect that and the two decided not to speak of it ever again. However, Keira still found out and it didn't take Jak long to find out who had told her.

At a party in Spargus later that night Daxter had gotten drunk and he told her; needless to say, she was hurt. She also hadn't missed that Ashelin had feelings for Jak, but she'd hoped that he didn't return them; but after hearing that the man she loved had kissed another woman- well that was the proof she needed. She went to find Jak, but she saw him with Ashelin and just went back to Haven completely heart-broken. Being that he had been banished and that there was no longer a threat to the city, he wasn't free to come and go to Haven as he pleased, something Ashelin was trying to fix. So he hadn't been able to see Keira, and when he tried calling her to explain, she would tell him that she was too busy or that she just couldn't talk and would hang up before he could say anything. So for a whole month he hadn't seen or spoken to the woman he loved.

He stared out at the ocean; the last of the sun's light was fading away now. He ran his hand through his now even shorter hair, just thinking; he had to talk to her, he had to fix this, and there was only one way to do that. He stood up and started to head for the city gate, this had gone on long enough and he had to talk to Keira. He was tired of waiting for Ashelin; he knew another way into the city.

Jak reached the monk temple and walked inside, he didn't acknowledge the monks that bowed to him as he walked past. He came to an elevator that took him down deep below the temple. At the bottom he found a vehicle waiting for him; he didn't bother to think or care how it had gotten there, seeing as the last one he had taken from this location had crashed. He walked up to it and held his Seal of Mar to it, activating it. He got in and sped down the path before him. In no time he reached the end and jumped out. He walked over to the elevator and it took him up into Mar's old eco mine. Once in the mine he walked over to a large busted-down door and stepped onto a lift that took him down. When it stopped he walked off and came across a large gap. He simply changed into his light form and flew across it. He reached the other side and got onto yet another elevator which took him up into the city. Thankfully this part of the city was still, for the most part, empty. Aside from the last of the Metal-heads, there were a few Freedom League guards. Jak needed some cover, he didn't want the guards to know he was here; they would just arrest him and him fighting them would not do him any favors. It would just make it harder on Ashelin to get him free access to the city.

Jak ducked into an abandon apartment building and started digging through the rooms. He found an old black jacket and put it on, it had clearly once belonged to a much bigger man but that fact didn't bother Jak. Aside from not wanting to draw too much attention to himself, winter was starting to set in and Haven city was cold. The young wastelander was glad to have a warm coat. He walked back out into the streets and headed for the New Haven sector. As he got closer he pulled the hood over his head and walked to Freedom HQ.

The Freedom Head-Quarters was not only used a base for Ashelin and the guards while the palace was being rebuilt, but it also served as a shelter for many people, Keira was one of them. Jak reached her room and knocked on the door. He stood there, waiting for her to open it. It was getting late; he hoped that she was home and awake. Finally the door opened to reveal Keira in a sea-foam green night gown, "Hello?" Keira asked timidly.

"Hey." Jak said, taking off the hood so she could see his face.

"Jak!?" Keira nearly yelled in surprise, and then quickly going to a whisper, asked, "What are you doing here? Do you realize what will happen if someone sees you?"

"I don't really care, we need to talk. Can I come in?" He asked. Keira sighed and stood aside letting him enter.

Jak sat down on the sofa, taking off his jacket and Keira sat in a chair, "How did you even get here? Why are you here?"

"The same way I did last time. As for why; I've already told you, we need to talk."

"What's there to talk about?" She looked away in avoidance.

"The reason you've been avoiding my calls over the last month."

She looked away from him and started to play with her hair, "I told you, I've been busy."

"And that's a load of crap." Jak stated, "You've been avoiding me Keira."

"Not completely, I've been helping my father with a project."

"Oh yeah?" Jak said, not really believing her, "What exactly is this project?"

"My father and I are trying to rebuild our old hut."

Jak just looked at her, a bit stunned, "The old hut? Out in Dead town?"

"Yeah…"

He just looked at her; Dead Town was not a safe place to be, Metal-heads hadn't been the only things living there. But he didn't say this, instead he said, "You still were avoiding me."

"Why would I be avoiding you?" she asked still not really looking at him.

"Because you don't want to talk about what happened between me and Ashelin."

She looked straight at him, "You're right, I don't." She got up and started to walk away from him, "Whatever is going between you and Ashelin is none of my business. I… I just want you to be happy."

"Then please, let me explain."

"You don't need to, I get it." She forced herself to smile, still not looking at him, "I was a little hurt when I heard that you and Ashelin had kissed and yes I wish it had been you to tell me and not Daxter but… I get it, we're friends and that's all we can be; especially with what you are."

Jak just stared at her from where he sat on the sofa, "What I am?!" He asked unable to keep the shock voice.

Keira realizing what she said put a hand to her mouth, "Jak, I didn't it like that."

"Then what did you mean?" he asked, the shock in his voice almost turning to anger.

She looked at him with a sad look, "I mean you're a prince." she sighed, "You're the prince of Haven city." Jak just looked at her whatever anger he had felt was now gone. "Not only that, but even if people here won't admit it, you're a hero. And what am I? I'm… no one, I'm nothing. I'm good with mechanics, but there's really nothing else to me. You deserve better. I've always hoped that you'd chosen me but…" She trailed off, turning away from him.

Jak just stared at her, unable to believe what she had just said, "Keira…" he said, "do you know me at all?" He also stood up and walking over to her, she looked at him. "Yes, technically I'm a prince." He laughed a little, "But that's just a title, really it means practically nothing to me. This city doesn't seem to care about it, why should I? And you," he took her hands in his, "you are so much more than just a 'mechanic'. You're the smartest and kindest person I know. If anything, you deserve better than me. You're so much more than just my friend. Nothing can change that."

Keira stared into Jak's eyes and embraced him and he held her tight "But… what about Ashelin?" she asked, pulling away from Jak just enough to look at him.

He laughed a little, "That's what I've been trying to tell you for the last month. That kiss between us, it meant nothing. Long story short, I had a… really bad day. And I had just taken out the terraformer and Errol and Ashelin was there and I swear; I didn't know she was going to kiss me. I just got swept up in the moment. I know that's not an excuse. And as soon as I came back to reality I pulled out of it and-"

Keira covered Jak's mouth with two fingers to stop him from rambling any further, "Stop talking." She said, laughing, taking her fingers away from his lips "The fact that you came all this way, that you snuck back into the city, just to tell me all that is more than enough." Jak smiled and pulled her into another hug. "So… how are you going get back to Spargus without getting caught?" She asked.

"I… didn't think that far ahead." He said, scratching the back of his head.

Keira started to laugh, "So I guess you'll need a place to sleep tonight."

"No, I should find a way back." He pulled away from her, "The longer I'm here the more likely someone will find me. And if they find me sleeping in your apartment… well, it just won't be good."

"So you're leaving?" She asked.

"That might be a good idea." He said, pulling on the jacket.

"Oh."

Jak looked at her and then grabbed her hand, "Come with me."

"What?"

"Come with me. Keira, I can't keep sneaking back in here to see you; someone will find out, especially once the stadium sector gets rebuilt I'll never be able to sneak in. Please come with me."

"Jak… I don't know, I mean- I've only been to that city once and I wasn't even there that long."

"Keira, just come out there with me, stay with me a few days, please, I miss you."

"But aren't there rules? Am I even allowed?"

"Don't worry about it; Sig's not going to care."

"Sig? What does he have to do with any of this?" She asked, confused.

"He's the king."

Keira blinked, even more confused, "King? When did Sig become a king?"

"Ah… about a month ago." Jak said, sadly.

"… What happened to the old king?" Keira asked, seeing the sudden sadness on Jak's face.

"He… died, saving me."

"Oh…" Regretting touching a soft spot, she said, "I guess a few days wouldn't hurt."

Jak smiled, "Great, you coming makes getting back to the wasteland much easier."

"How?"

"Because now we can just take the air train."

"Okay then." She started to walk to her room, "Just let me get dressed and packed. I should probably leave a note for my father." Jak nodded as she closed the door to her bedroom. He sat back down on the sofa with a content sigh; this had been a very good idea.

Keira walked back out of her room, now dressed in her usual attire, she had a backpack that Jak could only assume was filled with clothes. Before she walked over to Jak she walked into the kitchen and scribbled a note for her father telling him that she was going to stay with Jak for a few days. Then she walked over to the door where Jak was waiting for her. She grabbed a purple jacket out of the closet and pulled it on. Jak almost laughed. "What?" Keira asked, zipping up her coat.

"I just don't get it." He said as he pulled open the door.

"Get what?" She asked as they started to walk down the hall.

"It's almost winter; why do you still dress like its summer?"

Keira shrugged, "Well if we're going out to the wasteland then I should have something a bit lighter. Besides, I don't really like baggy closes."

"That is a stupid reason." Jak said as they walked into the streets. Keira just grinned. Not wanting to draw any attention to themselves they didn't say a word as they walked to the other end of the city. As they did, Jak noticed that there was a lot of construction going on. This wasn't all that surprising seeing as now that all of the Metal-heads had been killed or run out of the city and all the KG bots had been fully destroyed. But still the construction seemed a bit strange to Jak like they were trying to rearrange the city to make the streets wider for some reason, he didn't know why and he really didn't care.

To get from New Haven to the Port, going through the Slums and the Industrial section with all the construction, on a zoomer would have taken the average law-abiding person about four or five hours. If Jak was driving, it would take half that and if Jak and Keira had taken the subway, even less. But it wasn't like Jak could get a zoomer and the subway was way too public; someone would notice him and if the subway was going to attract too much attention- his light form surely would. So the only choice they had was to walk, which would take them a little over six hours.

Six long hours of walking not one of them said a word; in fact they barely made eye contact at all. Jak had his hands shoved into his pockets to try to keep them warm. They walked past the Naughty Ottsel, which also seemed to be under construction, this was even less surprising. Not only had Torn turned Daxter's bar into a temporary base for the freedom league while the war was going on, but also the sign had been damaged when Jak had used it as a decoy for a missile that was chasing him. Jak also had a feeling that Daxter wasn't the one paying for the repairs. Seeing as there was work being done on the bar there was most likely no one but Daxter and Tess there, seeing as they lived in the upper part of the building. Jak elbowed Keira a little and then motioned to the bar. She looked at it and then back at him, "You sure that's a good idea?" She asked. Jak shrugged and started to walk in, with Keira following him.

They walked in and found the bar empty. It seemed that Daxter was not only having the outside of the bar fixed but it seemed that he and Tess were having some remodeling on the inside done as well. Jak and Keira walked to a door near the counter, Jak taking off his hood as they went. He tried to open it but found that the door was locked. He knocked. After a little while they heard the lock click and the door opened, and then Daxter appeared behind it. He looked up at his friends, surprised to see them, "What are you two doing here?" He asked.

"Nice to see you too, Dax." Jak said, crossing his arms.

"Sorry, I just wasn't excepting anyone, thought you were the contractor. How did you get in anyways?"

"The door." Keira said.

Daxter scratched his head, "I thought I locked that."

"Little early to be closing up, isn't it?" Jak asked sarcastically as the three of them walked to a table.

"Ha ha." Daxter said as he jumped up on the table, "I can't deal with people while the whole place is under construction."

Keira looked around, "Speaking for which, how are you paying for this?"

Daxter smiled, "I'm not, Ashlein is. I don't know if she's just taken advantage of the fact that the city needs to be rebuilt, but there's a lot of construction going on here."

"We saw." Jak said.

Keira looked at Jak, "What do you think she's up to?"

"I don't know, she didn't say anything to me about it."

Daxter looked at Jak, "So Jak, what are you doing here and how did you get here?" Jak and Keira smiled and they filled Daxter in. The Ottsel smirked at Keira, "Finally got over that did ya?"

Keira just smiled and then asked, "Where's Tess?"

"She went to bed." Daxter sighed.

"What's wrong?" Keira asked.

"I just don't know if she's happy, being an Ottsel and everything. I mean I'm happy she is; now things don't seem nearly as weird and she says she's glad about it, but I don't know."

"I am happy." A new voice said. The three looked over to see Tess, who just last month had been an elf and was now an ottsel.

"Tess," Daxter said, "I thought you went to bed."

"I did," she said walking over to the table. She tried to jump onto it but being that she was still adjusting to her ottsel form, was only able to grab onto the side, "But I couldn't sleep." She added as Daxter helped her onto the table.

Keira looked at her, "Is there something bothering you?"

"No… I'm just still trying to get used to the fact I have a tail." She said looking at it.

Daxter smiled, "Believe me, you will. It took me a few months to get used to it."

Jak looked at his friend, "Really?"

"Yeah well, after the whole thing with Gol and Maya I didn't really have a choice did I? There was no way to change me back so I had to get used to it. I'm just happy to have pants back."

Everyone laughed. Keira looked at Daxter and Tess, "As good as it is to see you guys," she looked at Jak, "We should get going." Jak nodded as they got up.

"You're leaving already?" Daxter asked.

"I'm not supposed to be in the city, remember?" Jak said.

"Yeah, I know."

Jak pulled up his hood as he and Keira walked out of the bar, they reached the air train and got on, it took off and headed for the Wasteland.

Jet: On to chapter 2