Chapter Two

Okay to recap, Jak and Keira had a baby and named her Lilly, Torn and Ashelin had a baby and named him Richard but everyone calls him Rick, Daxter and Tess had a baby and named her Susan but everyone calls her Sue and Rayn took in a baby named Jean who was actually her best friend's daughter. Jak told Lilly everything that happened in every game when she was three months old, and gave her the jetboard when she was five. Haven City hates her. And they found a six year old boy named Danny in the desert and Jak pretty much made Sig take him in. Okay I think that's it, on with the story.

The sun rose over the wasteland, the light began to sneak into the top of the Spargus tower which was the only part of the palace that was not built into the rock. Lilly began to stir as the sun hit her face, she began to wake up, she got out of bed and went to her closet she grabbed her favorite light blue tee-shirt which was a belly-show and her magenta pants which were made to be comfortable in the hot desert climate. She went to brush her hair and put it in pig tails with her bows and finally she put on her necklace, then she got into her light form and walked to the balcony, she looked down: it was a long way down. She gave her wings a little flap she was going to do it this time she knew it she was going to fly. She was just about to jump when…

"What are you doing Sweetheart?"

The five year old turned around, an embarrassed grin on her face "Hi daddy." She said, she was busted again she hadn't even heard him come in. "I was just getting some fresh air."

Jak continued to look at her "Lil, were you planning to jump?"

Lilly put her hands behind her back and looked at her feet "Maybe…"

Jak walked over and picked up the little girl "Lilly you not ready to fly yet."

"I can glide."

"Lilly I just don't want you to get hurt. Can you please not jump out windows?"

Lilly looked at Jak and changed back to her normal form "Okay daddy."

Jak kissed her forehead and set her down "Just out of curiosity, where were you going?"

"To Sig's, to see if Danny wanted to play."

Jak laughed "Lil, he just moved in yesterday."

"I know."

"Well just take it easy on him, I don't think he has had combat training since he was three."

Lilly hugged her father "or have a teacher like I do."

Jak smiled and hugged her back.

A little while later Danny woke up, he got dressed and fixed his hair and then looked out his window, he saw the beach and the gun turret. Then he looked up the cliff and saw a tower with a burning flame sticking out of the rock. He looked at the city streets, he saw all the people- all of them, even some of the kids had what looked like metal sticks. Then Shasta began to bark and Sig's voice came to quiet the dog.

Sig opened the door and was not surprised to find the princess standing there looking up at him, smiling.

"Hi Sig" she said. Shasta sat next to her and nudged his head against her. Getting the message, Lilly began to scratch him behind his ears. "Can Danny come out and play?"

"I think he's still sleeping, Lil."

Lilly looked behind Sig; "He looks awake to me."

Sig looked over "Hey Danny."

"Hi Sig."

"Lilly is here and wants to know if you want to play."

"Play what, where?"

"Outside." Lilly said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But it's hot out there." Danny said, almost in a whine.

"You better get used to it, it's always like this here. Come on I'll show you around the city."

Danny looked at Sig who just encouraged him to go. So Danny followed Lilly. As they walked Danny asked questions about his new home.

"So you're the princess?"

"Yep."

"But isn't that the seal of Mar around your neck?"

"Yep."

"Isn't Mar the guy who built Haven City?"

"Yes" Lilly said rolling her eyes she was beginning to get bored with these simple and slightly stupid questions.

"But then why aren't you the princess of Haven?"

Lilly paused. "…Danny did you live in Haven?"

"Yeah, why?"

"How much do you know about Baron Praxis?"

"Who?"

Lilly looked at Danny, a bit confused "You know who my dad is but you don't know who Praxis was? How long did you live in Haven?"

"Most of my life I think, my mom said we moved there because there was some one after us."

"And you never heard of Baron Praxis?" Lilly asked, letting his last fact go over her head.

"No."

Lilly couldn't believe it: how could someone have heard of her dad but not know his adventures? But she pushed that question to the back of her head "My grandfather was once the ruler of Haven but one day Praxis betrayed him and threw him and anyone that was loyal to him out into the wasteland. They did what they had to in order to stay alive, they built this city. My grandfather was the king and when he died Sig made my dad become king."

"Your dad didn't want to be king?"

"No."

"What about you, if your dad's the king then doesn't that mean you have to become queen some day?"

"Yeah, but… I don't really know how I feel about that..."

Danny looked around "Hey, why does everyone have those sticks?"

Lilly looked around "Those aren't sticks, they're guns." She said as if it really didn't mater.

Danny shrieked: "GUNS!"

"Yeah, almost everyone here has one."

"Why!"

"To protect themselves and their families. We might be safe in the city but outside the gates its very dangerous."

"Why- aside from the lack of shade and water- what's out there?"

Lilly thought "I don't really know, daddy won't tell me… I know there are Marauders out there and there are sandstorms too, but aside from that I don't know what else there is."

Danny and Lilly walked for a while "So where are we going?"

"Here" Lilly said pointing. Danny looked where she was pointing, they were at the bottom of a long staircase that led to a huge door. "Where are we?" he asked.

"The arena: See, any outsider who wants to live here has to live through three arena fights."

Danny looked up the stair and gulped nervously. "What are the fights like?"

"Bloody from what I heard."

"Heard? You mean you've never been in there?"

"No, daddy said I'm too young."

"How old are you?" Danny asked

"I'm five and a half."

"I'm only a year older then you! I can't go in the arena! I'll get killed!"

Lilly looked at Danny a little confused. "Danny, my dad's not going to let you go into the arena. You wouldn't last five seconds."

"Oh…" Danny said, Lilly couldn't help but laugh at his reaction. "Come on Danny, let's go to the garage. I bet my mom there." So the two kids began to head for the garage. "So where are Rick, Jean and Sue?" Danny asked.

"There probably still sleeping." They got to the garage and sure enough Keira was there working on the Dune Hopper. "Hi mom." Lilly said, getting Keira's attention she turned.

"Good Morning Lilly, Danny."

"Good Morning." Danny said.

Lilly went over to the Dune Hopper "What's wrong with the Hopper, Mom?"

"The engine is shot, literally." Keira looked at her daughter, smirking.

"You can fix it, right? You can fix anything." Lilly said, looking at her mother.

While Lilly was talking with Keira, Danny looked around the garage, the cars all look like they where built for combat. What was out there?

Later on Keira, Danny and Lilly all returned to the palace. By then; Rick, Jean and Sue had all gotten up. Danny looked around; he couldn't believe how big it was. Most of the palace was built into the mountain but the place where they met up with everyone was different from the rest of it: it was more like a big house with lots of hallways and doors. Danny walked to the end of the main hallway and found a long star case, within its center was an elevator. "What's up there?" Danny asked. "My room," Lilly said, "Come on lets go up, everyone is probably up there." They took the elevator and found everyone up in Lilly's room.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Lilly asked.

"Not much, where did you go Lil?" Jean asked.

"Just showing Danny around. You guys aren't going to believe this but he thought he was going to have to go into the arena."

Danny blushed, "Well you're the one who said that outsiders had to!" Everyone laughed at the fact that Danny's face was as red as Rick's hair.

Back in Haven City Torn and Ashelin where having a nice quiet lunch down in the palace's kitchen. Ashelin looked at Torn: "You know, I miss Richard."

Torn looked at her "I do too. But you know how much he loves being with his friends."

"I know, it's nice of Jak and Keira to look after all of them. But still…"

Then one of the palace's guards came up to Ashelin and whispered something in her ear, she looked back him with a look of disbelief on her face.

"I know it sounds crazy but it's true," the guard said "I saw it with my own eyes. I was down under the palace because one of the other guard's said they saw something and I saw… well I'm not completely sure what I saw but is not anything normal."

Ashelin and Torn looked at the guard "Very well," Ashelin said "I'll take a look at it later." The guard bowed and took his leave.

"I think that man needs a vacation. What did he whisper in your ear any way?" Torn asked, going back to his lunch.

"He said he saw a ghost." Ashelin said, slightly laughing at how stupid it seemed.

"The only thing down there is the entrance to the catacombs."

"I know, but I really have nothing better to do today… you can tack care of things can't you?" she asked, tilting her head away slightly.

Torn looked at her "Ashelin, you and I both know what happened down there nine years ago. Don't you think we should call Jak?"

"Torn you don't really think that there's a ghost down there, do you?"

"Do you?"

She looked at him "…He helped raise me…"

Meanwhile in Spargus: Lilly, Rick, Sue and Jean all were in Lilly's room helping Danny adapt to the strange way the group works… in other words Lilly was showing off her eco powers.

"NO WAY!" Danny exclaimed as he saw Lilly change into her light form.

"Believe it Danny." Rick said "She has power. Much more then you or I will ever have."

Lilly blushed, "I'm not that powerful Rick, and you know it."

Danny looked at her "What are you talking about Lilly?"

"I can change and not lose myself when I use my dark power but…" Lilly trailed off a little, humbled, "I'm not as strong as my dad. I can't do any of the things he can. I can't shoot dark eco out of my hands, I can't heal myself or stop time, and I can't even fly. All I can do is transform."

Sue jumped onto Lilly's shoulder "Lil who cares if you're not as strong as Jak, you still have more power than any of us." Lilly changed back and smiled at her friend.

Then the door to Lilly's room opened and Jak and Keira walked in. "Hi mom, Hi daddy, what's up?" Lilly asked.

"Lilly, Rick, Sue, you three are coming with me." Jak said casually.

"Why, where are we going?" Sue asked.

"Haven; I'm taking you two home." Jak pointed at Rick and Sue.

"Come on Jean, I'm taking you home." Keira said. Jean got up and followed Keira out of the room.

"What about me?" Danny asked.

Jak looked at the boy, "Go home, Sig probably wants you back before it gets too late anyway."

"Oh, Okay." Danny said "See you guys some other time then."

About three hours later Jak, Lilly, Sue, and Rick all exited the air train "Why is it always so cold here?" Lilly asked, quickly putting on her sky blue jacket.

"It's not that cold here, Lilly." Sue said to tease her friend. Lilly glared at her.

They went to the Naughty Ottsel, as they walked Lilly couldn't help but notice that a lot of people gave her dirty looks; Jak too saw the way that people looked at his daughter. It wasn't fair, she was just a five year old, she had never done anything to anyone and yet Haven City had a clear hatred for his little girl. But that was the whole reason why they all hated her: because she was his daughter. Even though she was a member of the House of Mar by birth and therefore the rightful heir to the Haven throne, the city didn't care; as far as they were concerned she was a little freak. Lilly walked closer to him, he put his hand on her shoulder, she looked up and smiled at him… she was safe and she knew it. Her father was her hero, he always had been and always would be.

They all got to the Naughty Ottsel "Mommy, Daddy!" Sue exclaimed happy to see Daxter and Tess again even though she hadn't be gone long. She tackled Daxter, who really didn't care, he was just happy to see his little girl again. Rick saw his parents and went over to them. Lilly looked around: more people, more dirty looks. She made a move to be closer to Jak, but he had moved so she looked around and saw him talking to Ashelin she shuffled over to him.

"Ashelin, what do you mean there is something near the entrance to the catacombs?" Jak asked as Lilly walked over to him.

"I don't really know what's down there, but it's… You have to see it for yourself. I was down there and I couldn't believe it."

"Daddy what is aunt Ashelin talking about?" Lilly asked.

"There's a ghost under the palace" Rick said "and my mom thinks that it's your grandpa."

Lilly looked at her dad, he had told her about her grandfather but every time Jak talked about him he got sad. Lilly didn't know how her grandfather had died but knew that Jak only had found out who he really was when it was too late and that her grandfather hadn't known the truth ever. "What are you going to do daddy?" Lilly asked.

Jak looked at her "I'm going to see if it is him."

Torn looked at Jak "Jak, don't tell me you actually believe in ghosts."

"Ghost exist Torn, I've dealt with them before." Jak said looking at Torn.

Lilly grabbed Jak's hand with both of hers "Can I come too? Please?"

"Of course you can, Lil." Jak said, looking back at his daughter.

Jak lead Lilly out of the Naughty Ottsel, she turned and waved good bye to her friends. Lilly held Jak's hand, too scared of the people looking at her to let go. "Daddy," she asked, "Why do the people here hate me?" Jak looked at her; what was he supposed to tell her? That Haven city hated her because she could channel dark eco? No, he couldn't. "It's because your different and to most people different is scary." Jak said. That would do… for now.

"But back home no one is scared of me." Lilly said.

"Yes, but back home there are real things to be afraid of…" Jak paused "Here the people have always been safe from the outside world, so anything that's different scares them."

A small family walked by, a little boy smiled and waved at Lilly. Lilly was about to wave back when the mother of the boy yanked his arm, "Keep away from her." The woman looked at Lilly who was confused and Jak who had a look of disgust "Why the shield wall doesn't keep out eco monsters is beyond me." The mother dragged the boy away.

"Am I a monster?"

Jak looked at Lilly he could see that she was trying not to cry. He knelt down "Lilly listen to me, you are not a monster or a freak. You are my little girl."

"But that lady-"

"That lady doesn't know you. All she knows is what other people have told her."

Jak hugged Lilly "Just don't listen to people like that, you know who you are and that is all that matters." He let her go and wiped the tears that had fallen onto her face, then he picked her up and put her on his shoulders and went to the palace.

When they got to the palace Jak put Lilly back on the ground and led her to an elevator. It took them down beneath the palace. Once it stopped Jak and Lilly got off. Jak looked around, it wasn't all that different from the last time he was here, the only real difference was he could see was there was not a wreckage to fully bring back the memory of the last time he stood there. Lilly looked around; there was grass growing inside a building, there where big rocks and a huge hole, she went over to take a look at it. She looked down as best she could but she couldn't see the bottom "Lilly be careful you don't want to fall down there." Jak said. Lilly ran to him "Is that the catacombs daddy?" Lilly asked. "Yes, that is the way into the catacombs Lil." Jak said.

Lilly went over to the big rocks and began to climb on them, Jak watched her for a little bit and then turned to look back at the catacombs and was shocked by what he saw. It was his father, Damas the former King of Spargus, but he was pale, but not so Jak could see though him. Jak couldn't believe it "Damas?" Jak said, not really believing what his eyes were showing him. Damas smiled "Hello Jak."

Jak walked up closer "How is this possible? Your…" he trailed off.

"Dead?" Damas said finishing Jak's sentence. "I don't know how, but I feel it's best not to question it." He said putting a hand on Jak's shoulder. Jak was amazed that Damas could touch him; his hand was cold as ice.

Damas looked at him, just smiling at him. Jak knew what he wanted to tell him but now that he could he was having a hard time finding the right words.

He finally managed to find the right words "Damas, listen, you remember what you had told me to do right before you…" Jak paused, "…you died?"

"I asked you to find my son." Damas said still smiling, "And, did you?"

"Well… this is going to sound crazy but… I'm your son." Jak knew it sounded unbelievable and he didn't expected Damas to believe him.

"I know." Damas said.

Jak looked at him in shock, he had not been expecting that "You know? How?"

"Pecker told me. I admit I didn't believe him at first but after he explained everything I believed him."

"When did he tell you?"

"Not long after your first arena match."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I wanted to but Pecker told me I couldn't. I hope you can forgive me."

"You're my father, how could I not?"

Lilly was hiding behind a rock just watching, she didn't want to interrupt; she couldn't really hear what they were saying but that was okay.

Damas saw her but he didn't know who she was. Lilly, knowing that he had seen her, hid herself behind the rock "who's there?" He asked.

Jak smiled and walked over to where Lilly was hiding "Lilly, it's all right. Come out and meet your grandfather." Lilly came out and Jak picked her up and walked back to Damas.

"Who is this?" Damas asked, looking at Lilly.

"She's my daughter, Lilly; Lilly say hello to your grandfather." Jak said.

Lilly looked at Damas, "Hello grandpa."

Jak put her down. Damas knelt down to get a better look at her "You're my granddaughter? Well you're just a little beauty."

"Thank you, everyone says I look like my mom."

"Really? But who do they say you are that most like?"

"Him" Lilly pointed to Jak, Damas looked at him.

"Really, what makes them say that?" Damas asked, looking back at her.

"Because I can…" she stopped. She didn't want to tell him that she was a channeler. She looked at Jak. "It's alright Lil." She looked back to Damas "Because I can channel eco."

"So you are powerful, little princess."

Lilly giggled, "No one calls me 'princess'."

"Oh, really?"

"Well you can if you want."

Damas smiled and went to touch her check but found that he couldn't, he went though her; she shivered, "Grandpa your cold."

Damas just smiled and stood back up; he couldn't believe that Jak was just about as tall as he was, Jak was just shorter by an inch or two. Damas knew that he was not going to be able to stay much longer. Jak could see the hidden sadness on Damas' face "Dad, are you alright?"

Damas looked at Jak "I must leave soon."

"What?" Lilly asked, she didn't want him to go.

Damas looked at her "I can't stay in this world long, I must leave."

"But you'll come back, right grandpa?" Lilly asked trying not to cry.

"Lilly are you crying?" Damas asked.

"No." Lilly said quickly, wiping the tears from her eyes, "I don't cry, I'm not weak."

"Lilly, crying is not a sign of weakness, don't you ever hide your tears." He paused, "I will come back, I don't know when, but I will."

Damas looked at Jak with a weak smile "Good bye." He said as he disappeared.

"Good bye, father" Jak said.

"Bye grandpa." Lilly said as tears running down her face.

And just like that he was gone. Lilly turned to Jak "No one is going to believe us, will they daddy?" Jak didn't say anything he just ran his hand though Lilly's hair.

This part is done and I can't believe how long it took. The reason why I had Damas be a ghost is because One: He is one of the best characters in the series and his death scene was the only one in the whole series that made me cry. Two: I didn't think it was fair that Damas never knew that Jak was his son so this way I can say he did know (take that Veger). And if you think about it and watch Damas closely you will find that he sometimes has a hard time looking at Jak. And seeing as Jak doesn't look anything like Damas we can assume that Jak looks more like his mom who is never even mentioned in any of the games. Or pay attention to what he said after Jak's second arena fight. And just so everyone knows, I have no clue when Damas will show up again but believe me he will. Keep an eye out for the next part.