Jet: Well, here's the next story. This one took me forever to do. And just so everyone knows in this story Jak and Daxter are six and Keira is five.

Penny: Are you just going do a story for every year of their lives before Jak and Daxter go to Misty Island?

Jet: Most likely.

Jak and Daxter: Please don't.

Jet: Too bad, I'm going to.

Jak: Just skip my ninth birthday, okay?

Jet: No way, that's one I'm looking forward to doing.

Jak: I hate you.

Story 3: The Storm

Jak was not sleeping well, he tossed and turned in his sleep as strange images ran through his mind. He saw monsters that ran on all fours, it had blue skin but a good part of it was covered in armor, Jak could see four glowing yellow eyes out of the metal mask it wore over its face. Jak also could see a large glowing gem that seemed to be attached to the monster's head. The monster chased Jak through the blackness of his mind.

As he ran he saw to see a strange symbol; it was a circle with two smaller circles inside it. He ran for it. He was almost there; he reached out a hand to touch it when…

"Jak!" A voice called, "Jak, wake up." Jak opened his eyes to see Daxter looking in through the window, "You okay buddy?" Daxter asked as Jak sat up, rubbing his eye, "You must have been having a bad dream." Jak got out of bed and started to get dressed. Daxter still lived at the fire canyon. Even though he had known Jak and Keira for little more than a year and was now more comfortable being around the other villagers now, he still didn't want any of the adults to take him in, he liked living on his own. Or at least that what he thought he was doing. The villagers gave Daxter ever thing he needed. Daxter still found it fun to steal things from the adults. To him it was just a game and he would give whatever he took back once he was caught. Daxter's teeth had grown back in from when Jak had pouched him… though not exactly straight.

Jak looked around the hut and found a note from his uncle,

'Jak,
The sage and I went to visit a sick friend in Rock Village. We will be back by sundown tomorrow so long as my friend is alright. I know you will be fine on your own and try to stay close to the village and keep out of trouble until I get back.
See you soon, your Uncle.
P.S. Don't let your ugly friend swipe my belongings.'

Daxter was reading the note over Jak's shoulder, "Pff, I'm better looking than he is." Daxter said, walking to the other side of the room and grabbing a few orbs off the table, "Just for that I'm going to take these." Jak rolled his eyes as he saw Daxter stuff the orbs into his pockets. Daxter looked back at Jak, "Come on, let's go get Keira and go to the beach. I'll race ya to her place." Jak smiled; he did love to race and it did help that he was faster than both Daxter and Keira. The two boys ran out of the hut and headed for Keira's.

By the time they got there Daxter was completely out of breath from trying so hard to keep up with Jak. Jak just smiled at his panting friend who looked at him, "Shut… up…" Daxter managed to say. Jak just laughed a little as they walked into the base hut but Keira wasn't there. "Oh no." Daxter said, "If she's not down here she must be help old greeny water all thoughts plants." Jak started to head up the ramp, "You go buddy, I'll just wait here." Daxter said. Jak just shrugged and kept going up.

When he walked into the hut he found Keira watering one of the plants. She didn't seem to know he was there so he just stood there and waited for her to see him. She looked around and jumped, "Oh Jak, you scared me." She put down the watering can and walked over to him, "Where's Daxter?" Jak pointed down.

Keira looked down and Daxter looked up at them, "Hey Keira, Jak and I are going to the beach. You want to come?"

"Sure." Keira said as she and Jak started to walk down the ramp. The three headed for the beach; they played all day long. At one point Keira found a large sea shell, they started to throw it to each other. After a while a sudden drop of rain fell on Jak's head. He looked up and saw dark storm clouds over head, Daxter and Keira also looked up as more water fell, "Come on," Keira said, "We should head home."

"Um Jak," Daxter said, "Can I just stay at your place until this blows over?"

Jak nodded as they all started to run. The rain was coming down faster and faster and by the time they reached the end of the beach it was pouring down on them and the wind was howling. All three of them were drenched as they started to climb the now slippery rocks that led back up to the village. When they got up, a flash of lightning and the roar of thunder was heard. Keira jumped and covered her eyes; the boys looked at her, Jak pulled her hand away from her face, "Um…" Keira said, "Maybe we should stay together, my daddy went to another village and I don't want to be alone." Jak and Daxter agreed that they should stay together. They ran for Samos' hut and ran into the lower level. Keira grabbed the blankets off their beds and the kids huddled together trying to dry off. To hide from the wind, they were in Keira's room.

The wind howled and the ocean became very violent. The waves crashed hard on the rocks almost as if they were trying to knock down the hut that protected the three children. The three looked out the window to see the water attacking the other huts as well, "I don't think we should stay here!" Daxter yelled over the wind.

"Why not?" Keira asked, also yelling.

"Because, it's not safe, we need to get away from the water." Jak and Keira just looked at him, "Listen, something like this happened in my old village a few years ago. I remember my dad telling me that when storms get like this I needed to get as far away from the water as I can."

"But where are we going to go?" Keira asked.

"Just come on." Daxter said as he started to run back into the storm, Jak and Keira followed him more to make sure that he didn't get himself hurt.

As they ran Keira looked around, "Where is everybody?" She asked. Jak shrugged. They reached the farmer's hut, "Come on," Keira said, "We should go to the temple. That's far away from the water and its metal- the storm can't get us there."

"NO!" Daxter yelled, completely terrified by the idea of going in there, "We can't go into the forest."

Jak and Keira looked at him, "Well then where are we going to go?" Keira asked.

Daxter looked up at the cliff, "The canyon, we'll be safe there."

"Are you sure?" Keira asked as Daxter started to climb.

"Yeah, come on." Daxter yelled back. Jak and Keira followed him; Jak didn't like this idea and would really much rather go to the temple, be he hadn't missed the terror in Daxter's voice and the three had enough problems.

As they climbed a wave hit the rock and Keira, who was behind the two boys, fell. She grabbed the ledge, "JAK! DAXTER, HELP!" She screamed. The boys climbed down to her and pulled her up as another wave hit them and started to sweep them way. The three hung onto each other; Daxter was holding Keira's arm as tight as he could and Keira had her arms wrapped around Jak's middle, Jak was holding the back of Keira's dress with one hand and was holding onto a rock as the water tried to pull them away. The water fell back and the three were able to breathe again. "Come on!" Daxter said, starting to climb again. Jak and Keira also started to climb wanting to reach the top before another wave came for them.

They got to the top and ran as fast as they could to the fire canyon. The closer they got the more the steam surrounded them. Keira grabbed Jak's arm and called out for Daxter. He yelled back at them and Jak and Keira found him. Daxter ran a under a group of rocks that he had piled up to keep himself dry when it rained, Jak and Keira followed suit. They all sat there, huddled together. Keira looked at him, "Daxter, it would have been better if we had gone to the temple."

"No, it wouldn't." Daxter said. "The forest is a bad place, a very bad place. It's not safe there at all." Jak looked at him; Daxter could see from the look Jak gave him that he wanted to know why Daxter didn't like it, "I don't want to talk about it okay?" Jak and Keira just looked back out into the white mist that surrounded them. The storm went on all day and all night, the three just stayed there huddled together. At a point Jak started to draw in the dirt; a large circle and two smaller circles inside it, he didn't know why but knew he had seen it before- not just in his dreams but somewhere else as well, but he didn't know where. Daxter looked to see what Jak was doing, "What's that?" He asked. Jak shrugged. After Daxter and Keira had fallen asleep Jak swiped back the orbs that Daxter had taken from his uncle's hut and put them in his pockets, then he fell asleep as well.

The rain had stopped by morning and the sunlight was shining through the bit of mist that remained. They all crawled out of tight space they had been in all night. They walked back to the village and found it a mess. The wind had been blowing so hard last night that many of the trees were up-rooted and dead fish littered the shore, there was even a dead lurker shark and the farmer's hut was flooded. The kids all climbed back down and started to walk through the water that now covered the ground. They climbed up to higher ground and started to walk around the village. It was a mess. Looking at the fisherman's dock, they could see that the water had raised a considerable amount; the entire lower deck was under water and many of the huts had holes in their roofs. And still, just like last night, there was no one around. Jak looked at Keira who looked a little scared and then she took off running for her hut, the boys followed her.

She ran into the upper level of the hut, "Daddy?" She asked allowed, no answer. Keira ran back out of the hut, "Daddy!?" She called again, more worried now, "DADDY, WHERE ARE YOU?!" She yelled. When no one answered her she started to cry. Jak walked over to her and put a hand on her back. She looked at him, "Jak, where is everyone? Daddy said he would be back by morning but where is he?" Jak didn't have an answer for her, she hugged him, "Jak, I'm scared." Jak just hugged her back, neither Jak nor Daxter knew what to do.

The three of them walked to Jak's hut and they all sat down on the floor. It was quiet and then the mooing of yakcows could be heard. They looked out the window to see the villagers and the farmer's yakcows walking out of the forest. The three kids smiled and ran out to meet them. "There they are." The fisherman said and the kids ran.

"Where have you three been?" The bird lady asked, "We thought that storm swept you all away."

"We were at the fire canyon." Keira said, "Where were all of you?"

"We went to the temple." The sculptor said, "Look little dudes, when a storm that bad comes, you need to go to the temple, it's safer than the canyon. You all got luckly last night."

Jak and Keira looked at Daxter who looked at his feet, "Well…" Daxter said, "well at least we're all safe right?" he said. Jak and Keira looked at each other and then smiled, they were safe and that was all that mattered.

The Farmer lead his yakcows to the flooded pen and then the mayor looked at everyone, "We better start cleaning up." He said. Everyone got to work, Keira helped the sculptor to fix the broken roofs, Jak and the fisherman and the mayor worked on moving the fallen trees away from the village; or rather Jak helped the fisherman move the trees while the mayor 'supervised'. And Daxter, the farmer and the bird lady worked on cleaning up the smaller debris.

As they worked Samos and Jak's uncle returned to the village. When Keira saw her father she jumped off the roof of the fisherman's hut and ran to him, "Daddy, you're back!" She said as she hugged him.

Samos held his daughter, "I'm so glad you're safe."

Jak ran to his uncle who ruffled his hair, "Sorry I was gone so long, Jak. But the sage and I couldn't just leave Rock village looking the way it did after that storm."

"The blue sage was very glad to have our help." Samos said, "But it looks like Sandover still needs a bit of work." They got to work.

Later that night Jak and his uncle were sitting outside their hut eating dinner, "So I heard that you, Daxter and Keira weathered the storm all on your own." He said. Jak nodded. "Well I'm glad none of you were hurt, but next time you need to go to the temple, I know that everyone –myself included- has always told you kids to stay out of the jungle and that the temple is forbidden but there are times where the rules must be bent. Understand?" Jak nodded again. His uncle smiled, "Good, now it's late, off to bed with you." Jak got up and started to walk inside when he stopped and reached into his pocket, he pulled out the orbs he had taken from Daxter the night before and handed them to his uncle, "Your friend take these?" Jak nodded and his uncle took them. Then Jak walked into the hut and went to bed.

Jak: My life is not some form of entertainment.

Jet: You want to tell that to the people at Naughty Dog?

Jak: I would if I could.

Jamie: These are some very good stories dad.

Jak: Jamie? What are you doing here?

Jamie: Reading, man Sandover was never like this when I was growing up there.

Jet: Metal-Heads?

Jamie: Yep.