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CHAPTER 10
Keira's head felt heavy and her hands and feet seemed unable to move, she slowly lifted her head and opened her eyes with a groan, she looked around but all she could see was darkness "Where the hell am I?" she groaned trying to move her wrists only they seemed to be shackled together and chained to the wall, she tried her ankles they too wouldn't break away from each other.
"Well, well its about time you woke up" Came a strong female voice from the other side of the room
Keira grimaced as she screwed her eyes up to see who was talking to her, her head hurt and she felt something dry and sticky on the side of her face "Ashelin?" she inquired
A low light flicked on and she stood arms folded across her body "So you think I'd just let you and Jak live happily ever after did you, you should have known better, tut, tut" Ashelin shook her head as she smirked at Keira
"What the hell are you doing, you wanna kill me?" she yelled trying to wriggle her hands and ankles free
Ashelin laughed "Well you have what I want and as long as your alive I can't have it"
"And you really think Jak will want to be with you after you've murdered his wife?" Keira hissed
Ashelin shook her head "I know I'll have to be patient, wait a few months maybe a year, until your body is found, and I won't even be suspect, I have alibi's, and Jak has so many enemies"
"Your mad, you've gone mad, just like your father" Keira screamed
Ashelin smirked and started towards the door, she reached for the switch and Keira yelled "Jak will tear this place down to find me, he won't stop until he's found me"
"The only thing he'll find is your cold dead body" Ashelin yelled back
Keira laughed "You don't get it do you, Jak and I are soul mates, we've been joined by the precursors, you kill me you kill Jak, we will always be together"
Ashelin frowned and flicked the light off stamping out into a dark corridor.
Jak stood at the prison entrance, he'd got there in record time and waited as the doors opened, he looked in each cell, nothing. "Where now?" Daxter asked
"The palace" Jak growled and headed for the warp gate.
Landing on the balcony of Ashelins room he let himself change from Light to Dark and looked down at Daxter "You stay here" he growled, Daxter nodded and watched as Jak snuck into the room, he could hear Ashelin fidget in the bed in the nearly dark room as he stepped into the room, he could just about make out Ashelins body shape in the bed, breathing coming from her, Dark Jak moved over to the bed and quickly grabbed Ashelin, causing her to shriek as he pinned her to the wall with his clawed hand around her neck "Where is she?" he hissed
Ashelin blinked in the dark "Jak?" she inquired
"Jaks not here at the moment, I'll be acting on his behalf" Dark Jak breathed
Ashelin caught her breath "All it takes is one yell and they'll shoot you"
"Go on then be my guest" he growled
Ashelin opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out.
Dark smirked at her "Oh I see you like it a bit rough, should have known that"
"What are you going to do to me?" Ashelin asked nervously
Dark shook his head "Nothing, you're going to tell me where Keira is and we'll say no more about it"
"I don't know where she is, maybe she got cold feet" Ashelin stuttered the lies out
Dark laughed "She has a head injury, she hasn't just got cold feet"
"Well maybe she fell banged her head and has lost her memory" She tried
Dark let her go and she slumped to the floor "When are going to realise that Jak and Keira were made for each other, no one and nothing will keep them apart, now are you going to tell me where she is or do I have to rip this place down with my own claws"
"I'm sorry, I don't know where she is" she said again
Dark let out a groan "Okay, I'll leave you for now, but I will find her and if I find out you hurt her I will kill you".
Keira looked around the room trying to figure out where she was, she heard a steady dripping in the back corner and her feet felt like they where in mud 'It can't be the fortress, she knows Jak could get me outta there in ten minutes' she thought, her head hurt and she felt sick "Please find me Jak, you did it once before" she cried quietly.
Jak stamped into the Naughty Ottsel "Any luck?" Torn asked
"Does it look like it?" he snapped slumping down in a booth and shook his head "Sorry Torn, I've got a banging head ache"
Torn sat across from him "What did Ashelin say?" he asked
"She's a really good actress that one, but I know she has something to do with this, I just can't kill her because then I may never find Keira" Jak sighd
"You need some sleep" Samos said sadly
Jak nodded "I'll try but I doubt it when my wife and child are missing"
"Keira's pregnant?" Torn asked
Jak nodded and left the bar to go upstairs, crashing into his old room and in to the bed, he closed his eyes "Where are you baby?" he said out loud before falling into a very uncomfortable sleep.
"What will happen if two people are joined as soul mates?" Ashelin asked her advisors as she paced up and down the throne room.
They watched her and sighed "If two people have been blessed as soul mates then they cannot live with out each other, if one dies so will the other"
"How can you tell two people are soul mates?" she asked
They shook their heads "They are tattooed with a band around their ring finger, almost undetectable, its printed so their wedding band fits perfectly over it"
"Looks like I'll have to go to plan b" she stated as Torn marched in she frowned at him "I thought you were off for the rest of the weekend?" she asked
"What have you done with her Ashelin, where is Keira?" he yelled
Ashelin shrugged "I've no idea what you're talking about, I haven't left the city"
"Of course you have, you won't win Ashelin, she has Jaks heart and soul" Torn hissed
Ashelin smirked "Still no idea what your on about, I've other things to do" she turned back to the advisors, smirking.
Ashelin walked into the cold, damp room she had Keira in the slums, she flicked the light on and looked at Keira sat tied to a chair she walked up to her and smiled "I've decided not to kill you" she hissed
"Gee thanks, why?" Keira asked
Ashelin smiled and placed some water and bread on the table next to her "Now I'm going to untie your hands, don't do anything stupid or I will change my mind" She said while undoing the rope around Keira's wrists, she picked up her left hand and slipped her wedding band up a little, frowning when she saw the tattoo around her finger "It seems if I kill you, I'll kill Jak so I'm just gonna keep you here"
Keira rubbed her sore wrists and frowned "But you still won't get Jak, in case you've forgotten were already married"
"He can get a divorce after about five years without you, but you will have been presumed dead before then so I can make my move" Ashelin smiled
"Jak will never give up on me, besides he knows that if I die he dies, while he's still alive he'll know I am...its only a matter of time before he finds me Ashelin" Keira stated
"We'll see" Ashelin smirked "Now eat up, need to keep your strength up don't we" she chuckled before leaving the room.
Keira looked around the room, it was some sort of cellar she looked up and closed her eyes "If you can hear me Jak, please don't give up hope, please come and get me" she said as tears started to fall down her cheeks.
A week later Jak marched into the Naughty Ottsel and slumped into a booth, he looked around and saw two of Ashelin's advisors sat discussing something, he frowned at Torn "What are they doing here?" he hissed
"Dunno, but they won't have anything to do with this" he said "I wish I could be more help Jak"
Jak nodded "I know, I swear if Keira is harmed in any way, if my child is hurt I will rip that bitch to pieces...I've looked everywhere, where could she be" he snarled
One of the advisors looked at the other eyes wide "Did you hear that?" he asked
The other nodded "She's gone too far, we have to do something" he whispered
"Like what, we tell Jak and he rips us apart for not helping sooner, and if we disobey Ashelin she will have us killed" he said
One nodded "I have an idea, come on" and they got up and rushed out the bar.
Keira heard the door open and lifted her head expecting to see Ashelin, instead she saw two men 'They've come to beat me' she thought. They stepped towards her and one calmly knelt down and undo the shackles around her ankles, she looked at them shocked "Whats going on?" she asked
"We were never here" he whispered "Now go, the small door on the right will take you out into the city"
Keira stood up and swayed a little, steadying herself she thanked the two men and ran out the room, finding the door she burst through it and into the city, she only got a few feet before she had to stop and throw up, leaning on the wall, she promptly passed out.
"I'm only gonna ask you one more time Ashelin, where the hell is she?" Jak growled at Ashelin while stood in her room
Ashelin shrugged "I've no idea, but Jak I could help you, I could take the pain away" she purred moving closer to him, she trailed her fingers up his thigh coming to the bulge in his pants, she started to caress it.
Jak looked at her "Feel anything, a twitch, anything?" he asked
Ashellin frowned and rubbed harder, Jak grabbed her wrists and pulled her hands away "No one can turn me on other than Keira, no one" he snapped and backed away from her.
"But Jak we'd be so good together" Ashelin begged
Jak shook his head "No we wouldn't, what the hell happened to you, we could have been friends, but not now" suddenly Jak comm unit flew out his pocket and Samos' face popped up "Jak, Keira's been found, she's in the hospital"
"I'll be right there" Jak rushed
Ashelin's eyes widened "Thats impossible"
Jak strode over to her and with one quick motion sent her flying across the room "Be grateful that's all I'm doing to you" and in a flash of light eco he was off.
"Mr Mar?" the doctor asked as he stepped out of Keira's hospital room.
Jak stood up "How is she?" he asked
"She has a slight head wound but nothing to worry about, she seems fine, were giving her fluids and I've given her something to get her to sleep" he smiled
"And...what about the..." Jak trailed off
The doctor nodded "The baby is doing great" he frowned "How did you know, Keira didn't know until I told her?" he asked
"Samos felt it" he stated
Again the doctor nodded "You can go in now, she may be sleeping but she hasn't stopped asking for you since she was brought it" he smiled again
Jak smiled "Thank you doctor" he said before moving around the doctor and going into the room, he looked over at a sleeping Keira and quietly sat beside her taking her hand "I love you" he whispered
"I love you too" came her groggy voice, she slowly opened her eyes and looked at Jak "I'm sorry we didn't get our big day"
Jak shook his head "We can do that anytime, how are you feeling?" he asked
"Tired...Jak I have to tell you something" she said
Jak nodded "I already know...about the baby" he smiled
"And...how do you feel about it?" she asked
Jak smiled and lifted her hand to kiss her wedding ring "I feel like the luckiest man in the world, I'm so happy about this, and that your here and safe...what happen Keira?" he asked
"Ashelin knocked me out and held me captive in some sort of cellar in the slums...she was going to kill me until she found out about us being joined so she decided just to keep me there." Keira explained
"I'll kill her...how did you get out?" he asked
Keira smiled "Two of her advisors helped me...and no you won't kill her"
"Okay baby, get some sleep, I love you, when you disappeared..."
Keira lifted her hand and stroked his face "Hey, its okay now, I'm safe, were safe...hold me Jak, let me sleep in your arms"
Jak nodded and carefully got on the bed, wrapping his arms around her, he kissed her passionately before letting her snuggle into him and fall in to a comfortable, blissful sleep.
Okay what do you think, I'm not sure if this chapter turned out as good as I'd hoped, but I hope you like it.
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