Your Guardian Angel
Chapter 9: Surprise, Surprise
Jak and Jenny continued to walk across the roof top to the Air Train. Chaos erupted down below. Metalheads and KG bots roamed to the city, attacking the FL and terrorizing the citizen.
The two were pushed into the back of an Air Train behind Count Vegar and Ashelin. Ashelin looked back at them and gave them a sort of half smile. Jenny smiled back lightly.
Suddenly there was a large blast and the entire palace shook. The driver lifted off quickly as the palace collapsed. Jenny's eyes grew wide as she stared out the window. The palace was destroyed along with half the city.
She gulped looking over at the wide eyed Ashelin as a FL cruiser pulled up beside them. Torn stared through the window and seemed to relax when he saw Ashelin standing in the center of the Air Train.
Samos was with the commander and he seemed intrigued by the base of the palace. Torn flew down closer as the Air Train flew over the city wall.
Jenny stumbled forward out of the Air Train. A guard shoved the brunette forward with his gun and she nearly fell to the ground. Jak was being held back in the Air Train as they dumped Jenny. Ashelin followed Count Vegar out of the Air Train.
The count stopped as Jenny was jerked around to face him, "By order of the Grand Council I herby banish you to the Wasteland for life!"
Jenny heard Ashelin growl as the governess stepped forward and unlocked the cuffs around her wrists, "How can you do this to them! They're only teenagers!!!"
Ashelin slipped a beacon and a large bag into Jenny's hand. The brunette looked up at her blinking as Vegar spoke.
"Teenagers that have been transformed into monsters!" Vegar replied. Jak, Jenny, and Ashelin all growled at him.
"That wasn't our fault! It was the baron's idea to make Super Weapons out of humans!" Jenny snapped, her fingernails piercing the skin of her palms.
Ashelin hesitated as she went to go get in the Air Train. After a second she moved and leaned down to whisper something in Jenny's ear.
"By the way, early this morning I went to see what the babies were. It's a boy and a girl!" Ashelin said smiling.
"That's great! A little Ash and a little Torn! How cute! I can't wait to see them!!!" Jenny smiled widely at Ashelin then looked down at the bag and beacon in her hand.
"I managed to get your weapons back and that beacon is so Damas can find you," the red head explained then wrapped her arms around Jenny, pulling the girl into a hug "You better NOT die!!! I need a babysitter!!!"
"Don't worry, once I find Jak in that desert city we'll find out a way to get back in the city," Jenny said, pulling back "Now go before the drag you back into the Air Train."
Ashelin shook her head then walked back towards the Air Train. Jak was still wide eyed as the door closed and Jenny waved to him. The brunette continued to wave until the Air Train was out of sight. She sighed and plopped down in the sand, opening the bag.
Ashelin was right, all her weapons and holsters were in the bag along with her scarf and goggles. Jenny quickly understood why Ashelin had put those in the bag as a gust of wind carried sand into her face. After coughing for a bit she put her goggles over her eyes then wrapped the scarf around her neck. She pulled it up so that it was covering her nose and mouth.
After strapping on her weapons, Jenny stood up and looked around.
'Sand… sand… a cactus… sand… a rock… another cactus… sand… sand… sand…' she thought as she turned in circles.
'Did you get sand?' Kala asked sarcastically.
Jenny snorted then started walking, 'Are you sure you should be going that way?'
'Why not?'
Kala laughed and made Jenny shrug.
"Don't do that!" Jenny shouted as she tucked her hair into her back of the scarf.
'What? This?' Kala made Jenny shrug again.
"YES!" Jenny laughed as she continued to walk. Kala laughed so hard in Jenny's head it made her head hurt.
Jenny wiped the sweat from her forehead and plopped down by a rock in the shade.
'How long have I been walking?' Jenny asked Kala.
'An hour maybe' Kala answered.
Jenny sighed, "Maybe I could just take a nap…"
Yawning, the brunette laid her head against the rock and dozed off to sleep.
There was a grunt then something beating against Jenny's shoulder. She snapped awake, pulling out her pistol and pointing it at whomever had woken her. She suddenly gasped, letting her gun fall out of her hand and into the sand.
A group of men surrounded her. None of them she recognized and all had large guns strapped to their backs. They all wore goggles and scarves along with heavy metalhead armor like Sig's.
Jenny quickly grabbed her pistol off the ground also pulling out the other. She scanned the group around her pointing the gun at all of them. None flinched. One stepped forward and Jenny snapped both guns towards him.
"Who are you people?!" Jenny demanded, narrowing her eyes at the man in front of her.
"We're citizens of Spargus. Damas sent us to find out where the beacon signal was coming from" the man stated and Jenny quickly but her guns away. The man's voice sounded so familiar.
"Damas? I know him! Take me to… uh… Spargus! NOW!" Jenny demanded stomping her foot down in the sand.
The man nodded, "Fine. But if you draw your weapons at us again we'll let the metalheads have you."
Jenny nodded and followed the man towards a large car. She smiled widely at the large vehicle. Jenny thought she'd never see another wheeled vehicle for the rest of her life and there were three in front of her.
"You seem interested in our desert vehicles" the supposedly leader of the group said raising an eyebrow at Jenny.
"Yeah… I didn't always live in Haven. Where I used to live the only vehicles we had were wheeled. I never knew I'd see another one in my life!" Jenny said running forward to examine the vehicle.
She popped the hood of the car up and stuck her head in, "Wow! It's even built the same!!!"
"Calm down, Jenny" the man laughed walking forward.
"How'd you…" Jenny trailed off as the man pulled off his goggles and scarf.
Jenny's jaw went slack and her eyes began to water. She stopped breathing as she fell onto her butt. The man laughed running his hand through his dark brown hair, his green eyes sparkling in the night.
"Jenny breathe!" the man gasped falling to his knees beside her and shaking the girl's shoulders.
Jenny sucked in a breath, "I… I thought I… killed you!!!"
The man smiled, "Naw, the baron just told everybody that and dumped me out here."
"ZAN!!!!!!!!!!" Jenny flung herself at the man pulling him into a bone crushing hug.
"Surprise, surprise!" he laughed lightly, smiling widely.
"WAIT TILL TORN FINDS OUT YOU'RE ALIVE!!!" the teenager squealed, tears running down her cheeks.
The rest of the group of men stayed back and started talking, ignoring the two people.
Zan pulled back and smile at Jenny, "How is my little brother?"
Jenny smiled widely, "'Bout to be a daddy."
"Really?! So Ashelin's pregnant?!" Zan's smile grew as he sat down in front of Jenny.
"Yeah already four months along. She's having twins! A boy and a girl!" Jenny squealed, still on an adrenaline high.
"How'd you find out?" Zan asked curiously, raising his eyebrow.
"Ash told me before she told Torn… I'm the twin's god-mother" Jenny said smiling.
"So how are you and Aaron?"
"Uh… you could say we didn't work out…" Jenny trailed off looking away.
"What'd he do?" Zan asked, a slight hint of anger in his voice.
"He… uh got drunk. I was trying to get him to stop and he attacked me. I… accidentally shot him" Jenny confessed looking up at Zan after she finished.
"Good. So what about Jak? How's he doing?" Zan asked eyeing the engagement ring on Jenny's finger.
Jenny looked down at the ring also, "He's good. We're engaged."
"Wow! I've missed a lot! You killed Aaron, Ash and Torn are starting a family, and you're getting married to pretty boy!" Zan laughed standing up.
"Yeah not to mention the baron is dead and the Metalhead Leader has been destroyed" Jenny muttered standing up also.
"Well I knew all that. By the way… way to go! You and Jak kicked serious ass!" Zan said, clapping the girl on the back.
Jenny stumbled slightly, "Thanks. Do you know Sig?"
"Yeah, Damas' right-hand-man!"
"Yeah well I found out he's my real father" Jenny said as Zan led her around the side of the large car.
Zan turned around to face her, "Your Virginia and Sig's daughter?!... Wow! Didn't see that one coming!"
Jenny laughed slightly as Zan helped her into the vehicle. The rest of the men climbed into the back of the vehicle Jenny was in or in other cars parked nearby. Jenny grinned looking over the controls. It seemed to work like her grandpa's bull dozer.
"Hey Zan can I drive?" she questioned after she was seated in the passenger side.
Zan thought about it for a second, "I guess."
"YEAH!!!" Jenny slid over into the driver's seat, waiting for Zan to climb in.
'Okay left pedal is to turn left, right pedal to turn right, middle is to stop completely. Once you put it into drive it automatically starts moving forward at the speed it's set at' Jenny thought going over the instructions her grandfather had given her when she was learning how to drive the dozer.
'You sure you know what you're doing?' Kala asked hesitantly.
'Yes'
Jenny found what looked like the speed switched and pushed it half-way to the top then turned the key. Luckily, Zan had left it in neutral. She sighed and slowly switched it to drive, letting the large vehicle ease to speed.
She looked forward keeping a foot on the outer most pedals to turn. The men in the back seemed nervous as she drove over the sand in the directions Zan pointed out. Jenny slowly pushed the speed switched up, keeping one hand on the steering wheel.
She smiled over at Zan who smile back at her. Jenny could still barely believe he was alive.
Jenny continued driving through the desert until she saw the large wall around what seemed to be a city. There was a large metal door that Zan pointed to. She slowed the vehicle down as she neared the door. It eased open and the cars filed into the large garage.
Jenny parked in one of the empty spaces. Zan climbed out of the vehicle, along with the other men. Jenny jumped out and walked around the back to Zan.
"Great driving, squirt!" Zan said ruffling her long hair.
"HEY!!!" Jenny complained moving away from him and smoothing her hair out.
Zan just laughed and wrapped a brotherly arm around her shoulders, "Aw, come on Jenny! Have a little fun!"
Jenny stopped and let Zan walk ahead of her then ran forward, pushing him and making him stumble forward.
"Hey!" Zan complained pushing Jenny slightly once he regained his balance.
"What?" Jenny asked innocently, pouting.
"Oh don't give me that face!" Zan whined, looking away.
Zan sighed and wrapped his arm around Jenny's shoulders again.
"Zan?"
"Hmmm" he muttered back looking down at Jenny.
"You're such a sucker for puppy dog faces!!!" she laughed as they walked down the desert city streets.
"Haha! Very funny!" Zan growled pushing Jenny away.
The brunette continued to laugh all the way to the palace that was in the center of the city.
Me: Wow I'm just full of surprises in this story! Well till next time!!!!!
