Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your day is wonderful and full of amazing presents and food! I love food. :3
Enjoy this special! Sorry that it's short. I've been extremely busy lately.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Jak and Daxter trilogy. They belong to their rightful and respectful owners.
It was a rather festive time of the year. The Metalheads had retreated, Mai and Makoto had agreed to allow peace for two weeks and all captives/hostages were released. A bundled-up Ko, covered in bandages and new scars, was currently strolling down the peaceful street in the Port, drinking down some liquor she'd bought at a nearby store. Her brown eyes were still skeptical, darting around at every scream or yell. Her body was stiff and tense, and this was why she was resorting to alcohol; she was too stressed and tense.
And she just loved alcohol altogether.
Everyone around her kept reminding her that Christmas was nearing, and she knew this very well, but she didn't want to acknowledge it. She hated Christmas, that much was for sure, and she was not looking forward to this upcoming Christmas. A sigh escaped the eighteen year old, followed by her looking around.
Many children were chasing each other in the streets, laughing and giggling. They all wore fluffy coats and gloves, but no boots due to the lack of snow. As Ko neared them, they all halted and stared at her with wide, innocent eyes. She ignored their looks, taking another swig of her drink. "Hey missy," a small voice called, trailed by tugging on her green jacket. Ko looked down, and met the wide, green eyes of a boy with light brown hair. "Is it true that you killed an entire district?" he asked.
Ko's eyes widened, followed by her eyebrows knitting together. "No…where did you hear that?" she murmured, voice emitting a cloud in front of her appalled face.
The boy pointed towards a small apartment building. "Ma and Da were talking about it earlier," he told her. "They said that you're a bad person and should be put in jail."
Ko swallowed roughly, turning away from the boy. She strolled away, head hanging and mind calculating at a fast speed. The eighteen year old released a sigh, and took a large swig of the liquor, declaring that she would not be celebrating this cursed Christmas.
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Ko was frustrated, not that she wasn't like this all the time, but today…her frustration was above all of her limits. She had woken up to finding that she'd forgotten to take out one of her earrings, resulting in her having to pull it out of the skin behind her ear. Next, the shower water was cold, and she had to sprint down the Freedom HQ hallway with only a towel covering her in order to get some clothing since someone thought it'd be funny to snatch her pajamas. To make matters even worse, the café she always stopped at had a malfunction with the coffee maker, resulting in her having a coffee-less morning.
Oh, and she had a massive hangover. That was the grand winner of her frustration.
As she sat at a table in Mess Hall, she contemplated on how to get a mission from Torn today. Ashelin had ordered her to take a break for the two weeks, and look at how the first day ended up. The red head had told her that there would be consequences if Ko went to Torn for a mission, and the dark look that had appeared in Ko's friend's eyes had been enough to convince Ko to follow the order.
But she now she didn't care about the consequences. Ko wasn't planning on dealing with Daxter, or with the young girl they found on the streets named Yoko, because she knew that despite her good nature, one of them was going to end up severely injured.
The blonde groaned, resting her head on the table while wrapping her arms around her head. She knew that she should've been heading to where Torn was at the moment, but the sharp pain in her head was disagreeing with the thought. In fact, it was screaming out disagreeing comments at the moment, causing her to bite down on her lip in pain.
"I told you to not get drunk," a chastising voice sighed, followed by a weight being applied across the table. Ko looked up very slightly, meeting familiar green eyes. A small noise came from the back of Ko's throat, followed by the teenager resting her head back on her arms. "Ko-"
"Listen, Ashelin, I decided that since I honestly have nothing better to do, I might as well get drunk as heck. I mean, the whole city thinks that I destroyed a district, so there's no point in being sober, especially if I can't change their minds by doing a mission," Ko hissed, frustration flaring. She looked up and met Ashelin's unsurprised eyes.
"What about Christmas?" Ashelin asked.
Ko snorted, rolling her eyes. "In case you haven't noticed, the only family that I have alive is insane. There's no point in Christmas!" she snarled, anger bubbling to the surface. "I'm dying thanks to the Tainted Eco, my siblings are insane, and the whole city hates me! There is no Christmas for me." The eighteen year old ended her rant, breathing heavily as she glowered at her friend.
Ashelin frowned at her, crossing her arms. "What about your friends?"
Ko cringed, looking away. A redness appeared on her tan face. "I-I hadn't thought about that…" she trailed off, sighing.
The red head rolled her eyes. "Tomorrow is Christmas, and I expect you to arrive at the Naughty Ottsel in the morning, and if you don't…" Ko made the mistake of looking up, being greeted with a dark look in Ashelin's green eyes. "There'll be severe consequences…"
Ko nodded hastily, desperately wanting to get that dark look away from her. When Ashelin finally decided that Ko was smart enough to know that severe consequences would probably leave her out of commission for a month, she smirked and strolled away.
Ko groaned, slamming her forehead on the table. "Crap."
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When she woke up the next day, on Christmas day to be exact, Ko realized that she'd overslept. Her eyes had opened, being greeted by the dull gray ceiling, and realization crashed down on her. A few curses had escaped her as she flung herself out of bed, automatically grabbing clothing from her drawers. The eighteen year old sprinted down the hallway into the showers, taking a cold, fast shower that only lasted for three minutes.
She struggled into her clothing, somehow managing to get into some skinny jeans. She realized that she'd accidently stolen them from her roommate, but immediately declared that she did not give a single, flying crap. Ko fought into a red t-shirt with some cartoony reindeer that had a red nose on it as she brushed her teeth, searching for some socks. Once she had the necessary clothing on, she sprinted back into her room, pulling on a grey coat and a brown scarf. She pulled on some sneakers, and sprinted outside.
As the eighteen year old ran through HQ, she gathered strange looks. At one point, one male officer yelled out a degrading comment to her, earning a nice middle finger to the face from the stressed and panicking teenager. Of course, when she reached the outdoors, she realized how far she had to go. A groan escaped her, and she realized that she just didn't give a crap. There was no way that she was going to suffer severe consequences today.
So, she stole a zoomer.
And broke the speed limit.
This was followed by her bailing from the vehicle when she neared the Naughty Ottsel, resulting into the zoomer being shrapnel and for her to land in the cold lake.
A few profanities and coughs escaped her when she pulled herself onto the metal walkway. She shook her head, ignoring the many strange and undignified looks she received from many passing citizens. The teenager sprinted into the bar, eyes wide and breathing uneven, expecting to be greeted by many laughing and familiar faces, but only to be greeted with an abandoned, quiet bar.
As it turned out, a note on the bar table told her that they all got extremely drunk the night before and had massive hangovers.
…Ko made sure that she would intensify those hangovers when she found them.
And possibly make them in head concussions.
I hope that you enjoyed it!
Now, unfortunately, I have some bad news. This story may go on hiatus due to the fact that I had the storyline for this story on a USB that I lost in a locker room at school. I'm extremely sorry, and I feel terrible, but I'm trying my best to write the chapters, but school is becoming extremely stressful and this week has been busy. But don't worry, I'll try as hard as possible to get chapters written and updated.
But, I deeply apologize if this story goes on hiatus. I'll put up a notice if it does. Once again, I apologize if this does occur.
Merry Christmas! ^_^
