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Summary: Ashelin finds documents based on the Dark Warriors Program. Who is the new Dark Warrior who appears shortly after the documents are stolen? What are the new enemies' plans? How will Jak and the others deal with their new enemy?
"Character speaking."
'Character thinking'
"Dark Jak and Alexis Speaking"
Chapter 9: Secrets hidden
Xentia had been sitting in her dark room for the past two hours. She stared out at the dark-filled sky. She couldn't remember who she was before she was changed into a Dark Warrior.
She was sitting on the small ledge next to her window. She didn't jump or was even fazed by the lightning and thunder that was roaring outside.
"Oh Xentia!" She rolled her eyes before turning her head to glare at Lucas. "What do you want?" He looked offended and raised an eyebrow.
"Please leave." She turned her head back towards the window. He walked over to her and grabbed her chin to force her to look at him. She glared deadly at him.
"What the hell is barking up your tree?" She slapped his hand and shoved him away. "Annoying pests like you. I want to be alone, so leave!"
He grabbed her, but just as he did, she kicked him away and stood. Her eyes thinned at him. He stayed on the ground and snarled towards her before getting up and leaving.
She walked over towards the door and locked it before returning to the window ledge. She looked at her arm. The other mark was placed on her.
She placed her hand on it and sighed. "So, I'm the princess of Bloodshed?" she chuckled to herself. "How interesting."
She moved around her room for the next few hours before she finally went to bed. She awoken later that night to find herself pinned down on the bed. She glared up to see Lucas grinning down at her. "What are you doing? Get off me!"
He chuckled darkly. "Our master knows who you truly are," he grabbed her wrist and pulled it up to show her. "Princess of Bloodshed."
She snarled and struggled, but he held her down. He pinned her wrists above her head and his legs between her legs.
"So? What are you going to do with me?" She questioned. A silent emotion was going throughout her body. Was it fear?
He leaned down and whispered in her ear. "He wants your children…They'd be so powerful considering that you are the Princess of Bloodshed and a Dark warrior. They'd be unstoppable."
Her eyes widen in shock. "No, Lucas, stop!"
He tore each piece of her clothing off as she continued to yell. She struggled endlessly to get free, but it was no use.
Tying her hands above her head, he used both of his hands to roam freely around her exposed body. Then what he did next made her scream and cry.
The endless torture continued on for a few more hours before he cleaned himself up and left her there to cuddle into a ball.
She had managed to fall asleep for a few hours before she woke up to find sunlight glaring at her. She felt pain down in her lower area. At first, she was confused, but she began to cry as the images of last night flashed through her skull.
She quickly got up and wrapped the blanket around her. She stumbled over to her closet before grabbing a suitcase and filling it up with her clothes and some weapons.
She put on the clothes she wore all the time before walking towards the window. She opened it and glanced towards the door of her bedroom. She turned back to the window and jumped out.
"Xentia, come back here!" She turned around quickly to see Lucas running after her. Tears continued to stream down her face as she grabbed two of her guns and shot at him. He yelled out in pain as he fell into the ground. He yelled curses and watched as she ran off.
She managed to escape into the desert. She was exhausted by the time she found the gates to Spargus city. She stumbled past the gates into the vehicle area.
Kleiver turned to glare towards the trespasser before Xentia collapsed onto the ground. Jak and Alexis were called down to see the female.
"It's Xentia!" Alexis rushed over to the female's side and shook her awake. Xentia slowly opened her eyes and looked at Alexis. "Xentia, what happened? Why are you here?"
Xentia closed her eyes and drifted into unconsciousness. She woke up to see herself in a bedroom. She was alarmed. "Xentia…"
Xentia turned her head to see Alexis. Xentia looked away. "What happened? Aren't you supposed to be…?"
"I quit."
Jak stared at her. "You couldn't have 'just quit.'" She sighed heavily. "You're right. I ran away. My own personal reasons."
Alexis picked up her wrist. Xentia stared at her. "You're…" Xentia looked down. "I am the other princess."
Jak's eyes thinned as he stared at the symbol. Xentia looked towards him. "I'm not going to do anything. I never want to go back to his place. I…" she hugged herself. She fought to keep back the tears.
Alexis silently gasped as she placed a hand on her mouth. "Oh…Xentia…"
"You can stay with us. You can become one of the people of Spargus." Xentia looked at him. "Even after everything that I've done?"
Alexis hugged her. "Even after everything you did."
Xentia felt a small smile coming to her lips. "Thank you."
The next nine months flew by. She didn't wear the stuff that other Spargus woman did. She just wore a black dress. She spent most of her days sitting on top of the rooftops and staring at the water.
As the months went on, Alexis and Jak had noticed how large Xentia had become. Xentia wasn't proud of it, but she wouldn't dare to destroy a life.
She sighed heavily as she walked back towards the palace. Life in the desert certainly was different from the life she had been used too.
She usually spent her time talking with Sig. Before she knew it, she had fallen in love with him. She never said anything to him about how she felt. She didn't to be rejected.
She made her way into the palace and towards the living room where she laid sprawled out on the couch.
She felt her water break. She grunted in pain and called for help. Sig and Alexis were the first two to appear. Alexis, as well as female doctors from Spargus stayed with the struggling female all night.
After many hours of screaming, gasping for breath, and pushing, a baby girl was born. She had a small mark similar to her mother's on her forehead.
Sig had walked in and smiled towards Xentia who held the baby female. She looked up at him and smiled back. "She's beautiful." He took a seat next to her.
Alexis had left silently with the doctor to leave the two alone. "She is…It's just a shame that she'll never know her father."
Both were silent before Sig spoke up. "I can help. I can be the father of the baby." She looked towards him.
He was holding a gift that was wrapped up. She looked towards him with a small blush. "I've been meaning to tell you something for quite some time now."
It was that night that she learned that he loved her too. When she opened up the present, she was surprised to find a diary. "Just in case you wanted to record your life and then show it to this child one day."
She hugged him and whispered the same words that he had told her a few moments before. "I love you too, Sig."
From that day forward, they had began to parent the child as their own. However, neither one of them knew something terrible was going to happen very soon.
Alexis giggled as she ran around Spargus City. She had been running away from Jak. Xentia was sitting on a rock, watching the two fool around. She held the sleeping child in her arms.
The princesses didn't know that they were sisters. Maybe me and her are sisters? She thought silently. Most likely we are. I just wish I knew who I was before I became…this. She looked at herself then towards the baby she carried.
"Something wrong?" Sig stood beside her with a big grin. She looked up at him. "Nothing is wrong. I just wish I knew who I was." He raised an eyebrow in confusion. "You are Xentia."
"No, I know that. I was someone else before I became this Dark Warrior. I have no memory." Sig crossed his arms across his chest. "The only place I'm sure you'll find that information is at the dark Warrior lab. Do you know where to look for files? Do they keep any?"
She was silent before answering. "They do. I know where to search for the files too. Lucas and I were shown around the lab."
He cleared his throat. "Maybe you should sneak into their base and find you files?" She looked up at him. "I can watch the child."
She looked away from him. I want to find out who I am. She looked down at her child. She deserves to know who her mother truly was a human before she was changed into this monster.
"Alright, I will be leaving tonight. I do not want you to tell Jak or Alexis where I am going. If Alexis follows me, she could be putting herself in great danger." Her eyes thinned. "They only want us to create children for their 'armies' of absolute terror."
He nodded slowly towards her. "I promise."
They both had sat there and watched as Alexis continued to fool around with Jak. It was nice. For the past nine months, they hadn't been attacked by anything or anyone. One would forget that there was going to be a war.
That night, a shadow was seen running off from the palace. It leaped onto the rooftops and ran across them until the person got in front of the gates which left the city.
The person looked around, making sure that nobody was following the person. The person removed its hood until it revealed that it was Alexis. She sighed heavily and jumped into the shadows when she noticed Xentia making her way out of the palace.
She had a black cloak on. She looked back towards the palace. "Please take care of her."
She looked towards the city gates and run off towards them. She stopped at the gates and looked around. "You can come out, Alexis."
Alexis bit her lip before walking out. "What are you doing out?"
"I should be asking you the same thing."
Alexis looked around. "I normally leave the palace at night for fresh air." Xentia raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? I'm going to be gone for a day or so," she began to leave. "Don't you dare follow me."
Alexis blinked a few times in shock as Xentia left into the desert. She looked around before silently following Xentia. There was no way she was letting this mother get herself killed.
After what seemed like hours, Xentia stood in front of a large building. Alexis quickly placed her hand on her mouth to silence her gasp.
Xentia was looking around before taking out two guns. She jumped into the darkness and looked around once more before shooting at what looked like security cameras.
She quickly rushed in. Alexis tilted her head. Just what was she doing? Was she breaking into her old home?
She stayed there for what seemed like an hour or so. Xentia jumped out of the window, breaking the glass in the process. She rolled onto the ground. Alexis saw Lucas standing at the window.
"You won't get away this time." Xentia stood and glared at him. "Oh? Then try to catch me." She then darted away from the building. He jumped out of the window to follow her.
Just as he passed the rock that Alexis had been hiding behind, she put out her foot to cause him to trip. Xentia looked behind her to see what happened and saw that Alexis jumped away from Lucas. "You are foolish to have come here!"
Alexis closed her eyes and extended her arms before the wind flew around her to cause her hair to change pink. She balled her hands into fists. She made a quick swipe which caused the wind to slam Lucas into a nearby rock. She opened her eyes and grinned evilly.
He grunted form the pain, but went after her. He tumbled in front of her. Alexis looked up to see that Xentia had shot him in the legs. "Let's go!"
Alexis' hair and eyes changed back to their original color. She shook her head before jumping over Lucas and after Xentia.
Lucas watched as the two fled. He grinned dangerously. "You have no idea what I put on you, Xentia." He slowly got up and limped into the building. "You're leading me straight to wherever you have been hiding."
When Xentia and Alexis thought that they were safe in the clear, Xentia glared at Alexis. "I told you not to follow me!"
"If I hadn't he would have captured you and probably rape you again!" Alexis snapped. "It doesn't matter. They are after you because they know that you are the other princess and that you are the second female Dark Warrior!" Xentia growled.
"You told them…?" Alexis whispered. Xentia shook her head. "No," she looked at the files she had. "Someone that is hiding in Spargus told them. I'd never tell them."
Alexis looked at the files that Xentia held. "What are those?"
"Files that will tell me who I was before I was changed. I don't remember anything." Xentia replied. The two made it back to Spargus City in the afternoon. Xentia quickly rushed into her room to read the files that would unlock who she was.
Jak wasn't happy with Alexis for vanishing over the night. She spent the day ignoring him. Sig was spending his time with Xentia and her child.
It wasn't til later on that Sig had brought Jak and Alexis together to listen to Xentia. Sig looked towards Xentia, wanting to know why she called all three of them.
Xentia sighed heavily. "I read these documents and what they contained was very informative. Have you ever heard of Doctor Mary?"
Alexis spoke, "I did. She set me free and gave a dress to me." Jak and Sig looked at each other and nodded. "Yes, we both went to get Alexis and she was the one performing the Dark Warrior program on Alexis. Although, she hated it and didn't fight with us to set Alexis free. Why?"
Xentia closed her eyes. "That is who I am." She opened them to see the shock on the faces of the three people. "I am Doctor Mary. After you left with Alexis, the doctor who was with me turned me in to the boss. He used my Dark Warriors program against me and changed me into this."
"Mary…?" Sig whispered. The small gentle looking Doctor? The one who didn't refuse to give up Alexis?
"Yes," she sighed. "My true name is Mary." She watched as Alexis blinked a few times. She seemed frozen. Jak and Sig also seemed in shock. "Then…their experiments…"
"Completely changed my look and attitude, yes." Xentia said. "Should we call you Mary or Xentia?" Jak asked. Xentia looked away. "Call me whatever you like."
"Do you know how thankful we are to you?" Sig asked silently. She looked at him. "It's thanks to you that we got Alexis out. If she had stayed there, who knows what could have happened to her."
"I promise I'd save you…" Alexis whispered. Everyone looked towards her. She was staring at the grund. Her hands were balled into fists in front of her. Her face was covered with her hair. Jak frowned when he noticed that she was crying.
"Alexis," Xentia started. "No!" Alexis looked up at her. Xentia took a step face from seeing how Alexis allowed the tears to stream down her face.
"I failed! I should have found you earlier!"
"Alexis, they got me as soon as you left. It wouldn't have mattered either way." Xentia watched the girl ran out of the room. Jak looked at Xentia who sighed heavily.
Jak sighed and placed a hand on Xentia's shoulder. "All these times that you were fighting…I would have never guessed it was you, Mary."
Xentia looked at him. "I did not remember. However, as soon as I saw you and Alexis, I was so ever curious to why I somehow knew you."
Jak gave a weak smile. "I'm going to go and see how Alexis is. She was pretty determined to find you and save you. I'm sure this…is a very huge shock to her." He turned and left without another word.
Xentia turned her head to Sig. "What about you?"
She looked down to her child. "Now don't get me wrong," he began as he walked over. "I would have never thought that you were Mary. You look nothing like her."
She chuckled silently. "They used my knowledge against it with a few tweaks. Me and Lucas are the result."
He folded his arms across his chest. She sighed heavily and placed her hand on the child. "They don't care about Lucas, really. They want him, me and Alexis for two reasons." She looked to Sig.
"The boss wants the new improved male Dark Warrior to create a child with the new female Warriors. It's a plus to them, but a negative for us, that Alexis and I are princesses." She looked back at her child. "They will be after me and this child. They want me so that Lucas can…"
She fought back tears. "So that he can rape me again and cause a child to come alive." Her hands went into fists as she continued. "I've seen what they have done. They did create more Dark Warriors for both genders. The males rape the females. The scientists take those pregnant females and lock them in a tube filled with some sort of liquid."
She looked at him. "This liquid enters the females system and puts them in a trance of some sort for the next nine months. Once the child is born, they put it into another tube. My sort time there showed me that this makes the growth process of the child quickly make it into an adult."
"This is valued information." Sig said. She nodded. "It is. I was disgusted with what I saw. I didn't see everything that they do. I was caught in the process. I managed to get my file and escape."
Sig took a deep breath. "Oh my god…"
"From what I'm guessing, they aren't creating anymore Dark Warriors from normal humans. They're using the baby Dark Warriors that have been already born." Sig walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "We won't let them get you."
A small smile crossed her features. She hugged him. "Thank you. I have a terrible feeling something horrible will happen." She looked at her baby. "If I am to die…please take of Blossom."
"So, you chose a name for her?" Xentia chuckled. "Alexis' codename inspired me to call this beautiful girl 'Blossom'. She will blossom into a beautiful flower."
Sig smiled. Both remained in each other's arms for a long time before Xentia broke away. She looked at Sig. "Thank you for everything Sig."
The two stayed in that room, watching the newly named baby. Sig watched Blossom longer than Xentia because she had fallen asleep.
All the information that he learned was something that Jake needed to know. He managed to get a guard to get Jak down there.
When Sig explained everything to Jak, he only stared at him then towards Xentia. "So, what you're saying is…if they capture Alexis or Xentia, they'll have some male Dark Warrior rape them? Lock them in a tube filled with some kind of liquid for nine months, take the baby, stuff them in a tube, and then the male will rape the female again?"
Sig nodded slowly. "That seems to be the process. From what I'm getting, they aren't satisfied with all the females and males that they have there. They want Alexis and Xentia because they are the princesses. Their offspring would be dangerously powerful. That is, with an endless amount of training."
Jak was scared. Very very scared. What could he do? He obviously had to protect the two. How?
"Are they safe here?" Jak whispered. Sig blinked a few times before looking to Xentia. "I think so. If it was the city, they'd be easy bait. Here, they'd be harder to find," he looked back at Jak with confidence. "And harder to get too."
He nodded a bit. "What a load full of information."
Sig nodded towards his statement. "You aren't kidding. Anyway, where is Alexis? How did she take things?"
Jak frowned a little. "She was very upset and blamed herself that Mary had become like this. I finally got her to get to sleep."
Sig sighed. "Things from here on now will certainly be different."
"You aren't kidding." Jak looked at the sleeping child. "Has she named it yet?"
"Yes, she named her Blossom."
"Blossom, eh?"
"She said that she named her that because she knows that her baby girl was going to blossom into a beautiful flower. For all I know, she certainly will." Jak chuckled.
"You should propose to her."
Sig turned bright red. "Propose? To Xentia?"
"You like her! Don't deny it!"
"I know I like her, but propose!"
Jak chuckled silently at his friend's slight blush and embarrassment. "It's just a suggestion."
Sig sighed heavily and looked away. "You certainly are a pain."
"Why thank you. That makes me feel wonderful."
"When is Daxter and the others gonna visit? Have you gotten any word on them?"
"Daxter is staying behind to stay with Tess. She was badly injured when Lucas attacked the Naughty Ottsel. Further injury was avoided thanks to Alexis."
Sig nodded slowly. He didn't say anything more when Xentia groaned and turned on her side. Sig stared at her sleeping face. She looked happy and peaceful when she slept.
A small smile spread on his lips. He shook his head and turned to face the grinning Jak. "Shut up."
He chuckled and stood. "Look, I have to go and keep an eye on Alexis. She basically cried herself to sleep and I'm worried that she's going to do something funny."
Sig nodded. "Okay. I'm going to stay here and keep an eye on these two. After all, we could be attacked at any moment."
Jak left without another word. He was going to double the guards just in case. Sig was right. They could be attack at any moment.
He'd rather be safe than sorry.
When the next day came, everyone was wary. Alexis had left to roam around the city. She'd hope to find the person who would have told those people who she was.
She placed her hands on her hips when she saw Davi sitting down on the beach. "Well, hello, Davi. I haven't seen you around here for some time."
Davi looked startled and turned to see her staring at him. "Oh, Petal! I didn't notice you!"
"How could you? I was behind you."
"Well…Err…"
She raised one of her eyebrows. "Those tentacle things haven't attack us for about nine months now. I wonder why."
"You probably scared it off."
"Where were you? Jak said you complete vanished after that monster went away."
He looked like he had suddenly turned pale. He was fumbling around with his fingers. "Is there something that you would like to tell me?"
He jumped onto his feet. "No!" he quickly said. Alexis stared at him strangely. He looked around nervously. "Sorry…I'm just nervous. I think someone is after me."
"Like who?"
He shrugged. "I don't know." He sighed heavily. "I still have to get you something. Something to give you as thanks for saving our city."
"Would you like to come with me to my house?"
She nodded. "Sure."
She had no idea who he really was and what he was after. She had no idea of the fate that was about to fall onto her.
She followed him quietly to his house. She was worried to why he was acting funny earlier that day. She believed him…somewhat.
When they got to his house, he opened the door for her and smiled. They spoke a little while he made tea. The topic somehow came up to dresses.
"Dresses are certainly beautiful." He said with a smile as he served the tea. Alexis nodded to agree. "They are. A friend of mine gave me a dress some time ago, but it's gone missing. I wonder where it had gone."
He shrugged. "I bet it looks beautiful. Whatever the case, I do hope that you find it soon."
The two sat at the table and continued to talk. Alexis had finished her third cup of her 'tea' before becoming tired. She stood slightly only to place her hands on the table. "Whoa now," he said as he walked over to her.
"I don't understand…" she quickly sat down and put her hand on her head. "I'm suddenly so tired…"
He placed his hands on her shoulder. "Rest now."
"No…I have too…" she didn't finish her sentence as she closed her eyes slowly. Before she closed them completely, she saw the man changed into the person who had been after her.
"Sleep now, my beautiful darling…" He grinned wildly as she fell into a deep sleep. He placed his hand on her cheek and leaned in before kissing her. He pulled away. "My love, we'll be starting our life real soon, but first I have to capture a traitor."
He dressed her up in the dress that Mary had given her. He held back his urges as he stared at her. He looked out the window to see that everyone was leaving for the arena. He chuckled evilly.
As soon as everyone was gone, he carried her towards the gunner that was at the beach. He grabbed two poles and some rope before walking back over to her. He placed them firmly in the ground before tying one end of the rope tightly to the pole.
He picked up Alexis and tied the other end of the rope tightly and firmly around her wrist. He repeated the process again for the other pole and wrist.
He looked around before spotting a man leaving his house near the palace. He rushed over and stopped him. "Sir, I have a request. Bring this letter to a woman named Xentia."
The man gave him a weird look, but he took the letter and quickly left. Mendall went back to Alexis and placed a hand on her cheek. "Soon, my love, soon."
He took out a remote controller. "Once I capture that traitor, I'll be taking her and you back home. Then we'll start our family. Our children will be the most powerful beings on this planet. We'll rule this worthless planet together…you as my queen. It'll soon be your title anyway, my dear princess of Disaster."
He quickly went into and shadows and waited. He watched as Xentia quickly made her appearance. She gasped. "Alexis!" she ran over and tried waking the female up. "Alexis, wake up! Alexis!"
"Ahh, the traitor."
She turned to see Mendall as he walked out of the shadows. "I never thought we'd meet again," He bowed. An evil grin spread across his face. "Oh princess of Bloodshed."
"Mendall."
"Did you really think you could escape me? I'll let that brat of yours live. That's fine. You'll be making more children for me. You and my sweet princess Alexis." She stood in front of her before taking out two guns.
"You aren't touching her! You may have poisoned me, but you will not do the same thing to her!" he chuckled darkly. He leaned against the wall. "Your hero and hers won't appear this time to save you."
An explosion was heard. Her eyes went wide in disbelief. His evil laughter filled the air.
"They are finally gone! Those pesky heroes are dead!"
"SIG!"
-gasp-
Oh no! What happened to Jak and Sig? What will happen to Xentia/Mary and Alexis? Is this finally going to end with them being nothing more than children bearers? Continuing reading to find out!