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CHAPTER 4
Six weeks later the Mar family were settled back into life in Haven City, Anya had had her dark dream just before they'd come back from Spargus and Jak had taken her to the temple for it to be locked away.
Keira was in her garage one Thursday afternoon finishing the improvements to Jaks zoomer when she suddenly felt very weird, she stood up and went over to the stool at the work bench and sat down "Thats weird" she said out loud putting her hand to her head "I feel a bit faint" she looked at her reflection in the mirror and frowned "I don't look ill" she said and then she got a shooting pain in her stomach, she bent over clutching it and breathed heavily as if she was in labour, just as suddenly as it had come it went, she shot up "Jak, somethings wrong with Jak" she breathed and rushed out the door.
A few minutes later Keira rushed into the throne room "Where's Jak?" she demanded
Ashelin looked up from the table she was sat at surrounded by council members "Keira, what the hell's going on, you can't just barge in here?"
Keira got another pain and doubled over in pain "Jak, somethings happened to Jak, where is he?" she panted
Ashelin rushed to her side "What makes you think that, he's on a routine patrol at the pumping station, nothing to worry about?"
"Somethings wrong, I can feel it" Keira said trying to hold in tears
Just then Ashelin's communicator went off and Torns face popped up "Ashelin, Jak's been shot, rouge group of metal heads" he said urgently
Keira gasped "Where is he, where's my husband?" she yelled moving so he could see her
"Keira, I didn't know you where there, don't worry he's been taken to the palace infirmary, he was awake and talking when he left" he explained
Keira turned and ran out the room "Can you call my father or Tess and ask them to get the twins from school?" she shouted before leaving the room and running as fast as she could through the palace to the infirmary.
Keira sat at Jak's bedside holding his hand loosely with one hand while the other stroked his face "Your so beautiful when you sleep" she sniffed "But I would like you very much to wake up now, come on, tell me men can't be beautiful, you know you want to" she teased gently, she sighed and continued to stroke his face, she looked around as someone entered the room, she narrowed her eyes and turned back to Jak "Getting shot doesn't even give you a rest from them two" she spat
Ashelin and Torn walked over to the bed "How is he?" Ashelin asked
"The wound went through his back and out his stomach, missed any vital organs, but caused plenty of damage on its way through, and he's lost a lot of blood, its wait and see" she said blankly
Torn nodded "I'm sorry Keira, I thought the pumping station was clear, it was just a routine patrol"
"He asked you time and time again not to give him any missions that would put his life in danger, but you didn't listen, you had to punish him and give him the crap missions, if he dies...if you make our children orphans...I swear I will kill you, this is all your fault" she hissed looking at him, tears rolling down her cheeks
"How would your children be orphans, you'd still be here?" Ashelin asked confused
Keira laughed, not a happy laugh "You don't get it do you, Jak and I are soul mates, I cannot live without his love, and he cannot live without mine...before the twins were born we went to see the precursor robot in Spargus temple and they joined us as soul mates, always to be together, whether in life or death, we always have to be together" Keira explained "Why do you think he kept asking to be transferred to city patrols?"
"Thats how you knew something was wrong, you felt his pain" Ashelin said shocked "Oh my god"
Keira nodded "If he dies, I will shortly follow, but not until I've killed you" she hissed at Torn "Now if you don't mind, I was having a conversation with my husband" she snapped looking back at Jak "Now where where we?" she said quietly.
Outside the room Ashelin stepped towards Torn and hissed "Did Jak ask you not to send him in to life and death situations?" she demanded
"Kinda, I just thought he was being difficult, that he wanted to be around the city just so he could see Keira whenever he wanted" Torn admitted
Ashelin breathed an angry breath out "God, all you had to do was give him the sweet gigs patrolling the city, and then when something vital came up he wouldn't be able to argue about it, but no, you had to show him who was boss...Keira was right you were still punishing him because Keira choose him over you, and now if he dies...if his son grows up to be half as good a warrior as Jak and he finds out why he's parents died, he'll kill you, if Keira doesn't get to you first" she stamped away before leaving the waiting room she looked back at him "I want every transfer request form that Jak ever put in, on my desk first thing in the morning" she opened the door walking into Sig, she looked up huffed and barged past him.
Sig shook his head and went over to Torn "He asked you for city patrols, do you know what you could have done?" he said low and angry, Torn nodded, Sig sighed angrily and went into the room.
Sig sat next to Keira and smiled slightly "He looks so small, so young" he said
Keira turned to him and smiled "The only good thing about this is I get to ramble on about nothing without him telling me to shut up"
"Jak would never tell you to shut up, he loves your voice, god he loves everything about you" Sig laughed slightly
Keira nodded "Your right, when he's had enough he usually just kisses me and changes the subject, I wish he'd do that now" she said sadly
Sig gently rubbed her shoulder "I know cherry...how about I take the twins back to Spargus with me, just for a few days?" he offered
Keira looked up at him "Would you Sig, thank you, thats one less thing I have to worry about, well two?"
"No problem, do you have a spare key so we can get them some things?" he asked
She gasped "Oh shit, I didn't even shut the garage door, I totally forgot"
"Tess told me Samos took care of it" he laughed slightly
Keira nodded "Thank god, they should have enough clothes in Spargus already, but they might want to get some toys and things, daddy and Tess have a key"
Sig nodded and got up "Jaks a fighter, he'll be just fine" he said reassuringly.
Two days later Keira still sat at Jak's bedside "Come on honey, wake up...if you don't wake up right now I'll go get the twins and have them jump on you" she threatened, he didn't wake, she sighed "Oh Jak its not suppose to be like this, were supposed to grow old together to watch our children grow, to watch our son take his throne and our daughter kicking ass on the race track, see them get married and have children of their own, it's not supposed to be like this" she cried moving on to the bed and wrapping her arms around him, carefull of the tubes and wires coming out of him and his stomach wound "I love you Jak, please don't leave me" she sobbed into his chest "Please, whoever's listening don't take us from our children, from our happy lives" she begged
She heard the door open and got off the bed, wiping her face she looked around and down, she saw Daxter and Tess coming towards her and jumping on a chair "No change?" Daxter asked sadly.
Keira shook her head "No change" she confirmed
"Sig brought the twins back" Tess said "You really need to go see them" she said sadly
Keira nodded "I know, but what if he wakes up and I'm not here" she said
"I'll be here and I'll call you the minute anything changes, they need you Keira, their upset, confused" Daxter said
Keira nodded "Where are they, the ottsel?" she asked
"Your father took them to your place" Tess said
Keira nodded and stood up leaning over to kiss Jak "You can wake up without me just this once handsome, but don't be making a habit of this sleeping for days nonsense" she teased.
Keira walked into their apartment and was greeted by her children running towards her, she knelt down and opened her arms out for them pulling them into a tight cuddle "Hello my babies, I've missed you" she said trying to sound as normal as possible
Taj pulled away "Where's daddy?" he asked
Keira took a deep breath and got up taking her children to the couch, she sat them down and knelt in front of them "Daddy's a little poorly, he's sleeping at the moment" she said
"Where is he?" Anya asked
Keira sighed "He's in hospital, being looked after"
"Can we see him?" She asked
Keira shook her head "Wait until he wakes up, you know how grumpy he gets when he gets woken" she smiled
Taj nodded "Is it the dark eco mama?" Taj sniffed
"What do you mean?" she frowned
He took a deep breath "Well when I used dark eco, afterwards it made me feel tired and poorly, has it made daddy feel poorly because he has more than me?" he asked
"Possibly, we'll just have to ask him when he wakes up...now Grandpa is going to look after you until Daddy gets better, because I have to look after daddy, so I want you two to be good, ok?" she smiled
They nodded and said in unison "We will mama"
Keira got up and kissed each of her children "Why don't I put you to bed before I go back to daddy?" she smiled
They nodded and jumped off the couch "Can we sleep together tonight?" Taj asked taking his sister's hand
Keira nodded "Of course, come on" she led them into Anya's bedroom, and put them both in the bed, tucking them in she sat on the edge "Now is there anything you would like me to tell daddy?" she asked
Anya looked around and pointed "You can take him my elephant, daddy likes elephants and my teddies always make me feel better when I'm sick" she smiled
"Just tell him we love him mama, and he has to wake up soon because I need to learn how to ride a jet board" Taj smiled
Keira smiled and kissed each of her children "I will honey, now get some sleep, I'll call you in the morning, and be good, no arguing ok?"
"Ok mama, we love you" they said together
She smiled "I love you too" she got off the bed and went to get Anya's purple elephant teddy, took one last look at her children and left the room
When she'd left Anya turned to Taj and said "Do you think daddy will be alright?" she asked tears starting to well up in her eyes
"I don't know Anya, but I think its a lot worse than him just being tired" he sighed sadly forcing his own tears away
Anya sniffed "Do you think he might...might not ever wake up?" she asked
Taj looked at her and smiled "Daddy is the strongest person in the world, I'm sure he'll wake up" he said hugging his sister
"Poor mama, she will be so sad until he does wake up" she said
Taj nodded "I know, that's why we have to be extra good, so we don't make her any sadder" he said
Keira wiped a tear away as she listened to her children outside the door "Its worse than that, my babies" she whispered, going into her bedroom and looking around "I'll take him some clean clothes, and picture of him with the twins" she said to herself picking up the framed picture but her gaze landing on the one of her and Jak on their wedding day, she let tears fall out her eyes as Samos came in, Keira smiled sadly at him wiping her face "Thank you for looking after the twins daddy" she said sitting down on the bed
"My pleasure sweetheart, so any change?" he asked
Keira shook her head "Not really, I mean his wound is nearly healed but its the other damage, the loss of blood" she took a deep breath and rummaged in the bag on the bed, she pulled out a book and held it up " When I was pregnant with the twins I was so afraid I would die giving birth to them, like my mother did, so I started this book, its like a journal of our lives, it tells them all about their parents and their royal blood, I want you to give it them if we should die" she stated
"Keira my girl, I'm sure..." Samos started before he was interrupted
Keira held a hand up "I have to be prepared for the worse daddy...now I want Jak and I to be buried together, and I want the twins to go live with Sig in Spargus" she told Samos
"I can look after the twins" he said firmly
Keira shook her head "Daddy you will still be an important part of their lives, you could go too, but I need them to live with Sig, he can teach them about their heritage and they'll be nearer to the temple, also I want Daxter and Tess to be in their lives aswell, Anya will need a strong female role model"
Samos nodded "Okay, what do I tell them when they ask why their parents died?" he asked
"You tell them the truth, that the KG commander wouldn't give their daddy a break and sent him out on dangerous missions which caused him to get shot, causing him to die, which in turn caused me to die" she said angrily "Now I should get back to Jak" she said getting up and picking the bag up along with Anya's teddy "Thanks again daddy" she smiled weakly as she left.
Keira walked back into Jak's hospital room, Daxter was curled up on Jak's chest while Tess just sat and watched him, Keira sat down next to her "Is Daxter alright?" she asked quietly
"I don't know, he was talking to Jak, and then he got mad and started shaking him to wake him up, and then he got really sad and curled up in a ball and hasn't moved since" she said worriedly
Keira nodded and poked Daxter softly, he looked up "Sorry Keira, I thought it might wake him" he said getting up and moving next to Tess
"It's ok, anythings worth a shot" she smiled "You should get off, I'll call if there's any change"
Tess nodded and grabbed Daxters hand before he could argue, knowing Keira wanted to be alone with her husband.
When they left Keira turned back to Jak, pulling the teddy and picture out her bag, she placed them on the small table next to the bed "Anya wanted you to have her elephant teddy to make you feel better" she smiled taking his hand and sighed when he didn't respond "Please Jak, just open them beautiful eyes that I love so much, come on do it for me..." nothing happened "Right here's the deal, I've just upgraded your zoomer, put a couple of turbos on it, if you wake up I'll let you use them...and I'll let you do whatever you want to me, whenever you want...and I will do that thing you love, whenever you want...so big guy, do we have a deal, all you have to do is wake up" she tried still nothing, tears started falling down her cheeks "I've told daddy I want the twins to live in Spargus with Sig if we should y'know...please Jak, god I love you so much, this hurts so much, stop it Jak, stop it right now" she begged "This can't be the end, it's not right, please, you promised you'd never hurt me, but this hurts so bad" she sobbed as she rubbed her cheek on his hand.
She slowly calmed down and fell into half a sleep, just as Jak opened his eyes and looked down at her, he smiled weakly "I don't break promises" he whispered "I love you too"
Keira heard his voice, she frowned, was she dreaming, she slowly opened her aching eyes and lifted her heavy head she looked straight into Jak's beautiful eyes "Hi there pretty girl" he whispered
"Jak...your awake...I should get a doctor" she started getting up but Jak grabbed her hand
He grinned "Don't I get a kiss first?" he asked
She smiled "Of course" and she practically jumped on top of him and kissed him until she thought her lungs might burst "I've missed you so much" she smiled tears falling down her cheeks
Jak smiled and wiped them away "Maybe you should get a doctor now, this drip in my hand is killing" he joked
Keira laughed and jumped off him running out the room.
A while later Jak was sat up, all the tubes and wires had been removed and Keira sat snuggled into his chest "I thought you were getting the twins to come jump on me?" he asked
"You heard that?" she asked looking up at him
He nodded and smiled "Yup, heard all of it, and by the way, I'm holding you to that deal you offered" he chuckled
Keira laughed "Oh yea, when do you wish to start?" she purred kissing his neck
"Well there's no one around" he breathed just as the door burst open and the twins ran in.
Keira laughed "Looks like you'll have to wait big guy" she giggled as she got off the bed so the children could jump up into their fathers arms.
"Daddy, we missed you" they yelled happily
Jak laughed "Me too" he chuckled hugging his children
"We were scared you'd never wake up daddy" Taj said looking up at Jak, tears rolling down his face
Jak smiled and wiped his face "Why would I not want to wake up to my wonderful family?"
"You really made mama sad, you shouldn't have done that" Anya frowned at him
Jak looked at Keira and smiled "I'm really sorry about that, I shouldn't have made mama sad" he mouthed 'I love you' to Keira
She smiled and looked towards the door as the doctor came in "Right you two, back to bed, you can see daddy in the morning"
"Are you coming Mama?" they asked as Jak kissed them goodbye
Keira shook her head "If you don't mind, I thought I'd stay with daddy?" she asked
"Okay mama, we're glad your happy again" Anya said as she walked over and hugged her mother "Can I have my elephant back now?" she asked
Jak grabbed it and cuddled it "Oh but I want to keep him"
Taj giggled "You can't have mama and Anya's elephant daddy"
Jak laughed "Okay, you can have your elephant, if I get another kiss and cuddle off both of you" he smiled
They went to him and hugged him, he kissed each one on the forehead, handed Anya her elephant back and watched as they walked towards the door with Samos "I love you" Jak shouted happily
"We love you too daddy" they yelled back happily waving.
Jak turned his attention to the doctor as Keira sat on the bed next to him, he wrapped his arm around her and held her tighter "So whats the verdict doc?" Jak asked
"It seems although the bullet missed any vital organs and went straight through, it still caused plenty of damage on the way" he explained
"But I have light eco in me, that should have healed me?" Jak asked
The doctor nodded "Thats what it did, but because the damage was so bad it had to shut your body down in order to do it...you lost a lot of blood Jak, do you remember what happened, or how long before you were out before they brought here?" he asked
"I went on a patrol to the pumping station, I had to take a trainee with me, he was supposed to be watching my back while I went to ahead to clear a group of metal heads, one got me from behind, I just remember the pain and the blood, I don't remember anything after that until Torn was stood over me, and I was being rushed here...and then my beautiful baby, talking to me, crying and I wanted to wake up and comfort her so badly but I couldn't, my eyes just wouldn't open" he finished turning to look at her and smiled sadly
Keira smiled and stroked his face "I love you" she whispered before kissing him gently
The doctor smiled "Commander Torn said he was trying to get hold of you for ten minutes...your lucky you have the eco in you, the amount of blood loss in that amount of time would almost certainly have killed you"
"So I'm okay then?" he asked
He nodded and smiled "If love could save you I'm pretty sure you would have woken up the minute your wife turned up, I don't think I've ever seen two people as much in love, it's quite heart warming...anyway yes you should be okay now, you seem to be fully healed"
"So when can he come home?" Keira asked
The doctor laughed "Maybe tomorrow, I'll let you know in the morning, now I'll let you rest, Keira you should rest aswell"
"I'll only rest when I get him home" she smiled
He nodded and went to leave "By the way, there's a key to lock this door on this table" he winked taking the key out of his pocket and placing it on the table next to the door "Just keep it down" he smiled leaving the room
Jak grinned "I think we made a deal Mrs Mar"
Keira laughed and got up to lock the door "What else did you hear?" she asked picking up the key
"I heard how you said we had to grow old together and watch our children get married and have kids of their own, and I have to tell you, Anya may have to be a nun" he chuckled
Keira laughed and walked back over to the bed getting on straddling his waist "Is that so..." Jak nodded as he sat up and pushed his hands up Keiras top "What else?" she asked running her fingers through his hair
"Well Daxter started yelling at me, told me if I didn't wake up he would never speak to me again, and then threatened to kick my butt" he laughed
Keira pulled her top off and got off the bed to take the rest of her clothes off, getting back on top of him, once he'd pulled the covers back and removed his shorts, he ran his hands up her body and sighed "God I missed you" he breathed kissing her skin
"I love you Jak, don't ever scare me like that again" she hissed
Jak smiled "I won't...but I think you scared Torn more than I scared you" he chuckled
Keira lifted his head up and looked into his eyes "I mean it Jak, I felt it, when you got shot, I felt it, the pain...and it didn't go away until you woke up"
Jak kissed her "You felt it...like physical pain?" he asked
She nodded "Yes, I was doubled over in pain"
Jak held her waist and flipped her over so he was above her "I'm so sorry baby, I swear I will never hurt you again"
"You better not, otherwise I'll hurt you" she threatened stroking his face
Jak smiled and leaned down to kiss her again.
The next morning Keira watched as Jak got dressed "You sure your ok...nothing hurts?" she asked looking at him concerned
"I'm a little stiff...but that's normal for when your around" he chuckled flashing her a sexy grin
Keira tutted and started packing his stuff away "It seems so unreal that this time yesterday I was making plans for our funerals" she shook her head
"What kinda plans?" he asked sitting on the bed to put his boots on
Keira shrugged "I started this journal for the twins before they were born, I was a bit worried I might die giving birth to them, like my mother did...and I wanted them to know who we were...anyway I told daddy I wanted us buried together and I wanted the twins to go live in Spargus with Sig, so he could teach them about their heritage"
Jak reached for her hand and pulled her to his lap "I love you, do you know that?" he whispered
"I love you too, your my life" she whispered back kissing him
They were rudely interrupted by Ashelin and Torn walking in, Jak looked up and frowned "Can't a guy even get a rest when he's been shot and in a coma for three days?" he snapped
"We wanted to see how you are" Ashelin said as Keira got off Jaks knee and finished packing his bag
Jak smiled "I'm fine, I may need some time off though, and that rookie that was with me, needs extra training" he said
"Jak, why didn't you tell us about you and Keira being joined, if I'd known I never would have sent you out there" Torn said
Jak laughed sarcastically "I asked about a million times to be kept in the city, I put request after request in, but you just said I was needed on the front lines, you would never have believed me anyway" he said
Ashlein shook her head "You should have told us, we'd never have forgiven ourselves if you'd died and left your children parentless" she said sadly
"Don't worry Ashelin, because forgiving yourselves would have been the least of your problems once Taj was a warrior and found out what happened" Keira snapped closing the bag
"So can I quit the stinking KG now?" Jak asked
Torn shook his head "Your welcome to hand your notice in, but I just want you to know I am truly sorry, and if you decide to stay, you'll be strictly on patrol in the city, and combat training...I would like to keep you as a member of the KG, you are the best guard we've got"
Jak nodded "Okay, here's the deal, I do city patrols only, the stadium sector at least once a week, no weekends, only combat training, no live ammo training, and defiantly no front line, not unless a war breaks out, and I get to race for Keira's race team,...but I'll have to discuss it all with my family before I commit to anything, I will not put my wife or children though this again" he said firmly
Torn looked at Ashelin who nodded " I'll get a new contract drawn up, when do you think you'll be back at work?"
"He hasn't even got home yet" Keira snapped as the doctor walked in
Jak shrugged "You'll have to ask the doc...when do you think I'll be fit for work?" he asked the doctor
"I'd give him four weeks to recuperate and light duties for a least a month after that" he smiled, Ashelin and Torn nodded and left "Right, you seem to as good as new, I've brought you some light eco, I'm sure you must be running low, I'd like to have your blood pressure and temperature took in about half an hour, and if alls well you can go home" he smiled handing Jak the small tub of eco
Jak opened it and his body immediately soaked it up "Ah, that's better, thanks doc" he held out his hand and the doctor shook it
"I'll be back shortly" he smiled and left the room
Jak turned to Keira "What do you want to do for the next half hour?" he asked grinning
"Not that..." she giggled "...how about a nice little cuddle" she yawned
Jak laughed and led down on the bed opening his arms for her, she snuggled in to his chest and sighed "I'm sorry I couldn't hold you back when I was asleep, I wanted to so much"
Keira looked up and stroked his face "I know, its okay, hey if you'd got shot earlier you could have given them them demands sooner" she laughed
Jak laughed and kissed her head "I'd rather not get shot to get what I want though".
Jak and Keira walked into their apartment and was nearly knocked back through the door by two very excited children "Were so a happy you home" they cried happily
Jak laughed and looked around at Samos, Daxter. Tess and Sig stood smiling at him "Whats all this?" he asked
"The twins wanted to throw you a party" Samos explained
Daxter laughed "And we all like a good excuse for a party" he yelled happily
Jak picked the twins up and sat with them on the couch "Now tell me about what you did in Spargus with Uncle Sig?" he asked
They started chatting happily while Jak listened with the biggest smile on his face.
JAK : How come I never got to beat the crap outta Torn in Secret Love and in this one I've been shot?
BELL : Dunno, just felt like writing it, you should be grateful I let you wake up
KEIRA : (Walks in with two very dirty children) They found some muddy puddles to jump in
JAK : (Laughing hysterically) They need a bath
ANYA & TAJ : NO!
JAK : NOW!
TAJ : No, and you can't catch us. HAHAHAHAHA
Taj and Anya run off, Jak and Keira chasing after them.
There you go, hope you enjoy, thanks for reading, and let me know what you think, the good, bad and ugly, but don't be too harsh, because it might upset Jak and you don't want to do that.