Your Guardian Angel

Chapter 11: Who Knew?

Jenny shivered slightly as she walked with Jak into the throne room. Damas wasn't there yet so the trio walked over and sat by one of the pools. Daxter jumped in and started swimming in the cool water. Jenny sat at the edge and after pulling off her boots and socks, dipped her feet in the water.

"You know Jak out here you're going to get hot with that long sleeve shirt" Jenny stated. She'd been wearing a pair of dark shorts and a blue tank the day of the trial and she'd been wearing the same thing for the past 3 days.

"What do you want me to do? Run around naked?" Jak smirked over at her and the brunette just rolled her eyes.

"No, come here" Jenny ordered pulling one leg out of the water and onto the sandstone step the two were sitting on.

Jak sighed then scooted closer. Jenny pulled out her knife and sliced through the material of the shirt. The sleeves pooled around Jak's wrist until he pulled them off.

"Hey look, now we got some material to make Daxter shorts!" Jenny laughed holding the sleeve up in front of Daxter.

"Nah, I'll just go naked" the ottsel replied then dived under the water.

"Course you will" Jenny muttered leaning her head on Jak's shoulder.

It was early in the morning and they group hadn't been up for very long. Maybe fifteen minutes? Jenny wondered when she would start throwing up and then be harassed by Dax afterwards. There was a moment in her stomach and she jumped up running towards the dark pit beside the lift.

After emptying her stomach she stood up, wiping her mouth and walked back over to the other two. Jak looked at her with concern but she just smiled and winked. They hadn't told anybody about the baby, it was their secret.

"You okay, Jenny?" Daxter asked popping his head above the water.

"Yeah, Dax, I'm fine" Jenny smiled at him as she sat back down.

"You sure?" Jak asked wrapping his arm around her waist.

"Positive"

"Okay," Daxter said as he swam closer to Jak and Jenny "I feel like I'm missing out on an inside joke here. Tell me! I know you two are hiding something from me!"

"Think we should tell him?" Jenny asked smirking looking over at Jak.

"He'll find out eventually" Jak shrugged looking back at his ottsel friend.

"Tell me!!!" Daxter whined, almost shaking with curiosity.

"Fine, but you have to promise you won't tell anybody OR anything" Jenny said crossing her arms.

"Nice" Jak whispered in her ear.

"Thanks"

"OKAY!!! Just tell me!" Daxter was now shaking with excitement as he looked between the two.

"Pinky Promise" Jenny held out her pinky and Daxter locked his with hers "Good and if anybody/thing finds out we know which ottsel to kill. Only Jak and I know and about to be you. I'm trusting you with this Dax, we don't want anybody to know just yet."

"Don't worry if it means that much to you two to keep it secret it safe with me!" the orange rodent saluted.

"Thanks Dax," Jenny pulled the ottsel into a hug "Now don't scream or anything please?"

"'Kay"

"Daxter… I'm pregnant!" Jenny said smiling.

"Really? So I get to be like what?" Daxter said grinning at Jak and Jenny.

"Uncle Dax" Jenny laughed scratching him under his chin. Jenny tossed the rodent back into the water and laughed lightly.

"So… neither of you ever told me what happened to you in the desert. How'd you two get so dehydrated and why is Dax even here? He didn't get banished did he?" Jenny questioned looking between the two friends.

"No, Dax and Pecker were hiding out on the Air Train. They decided to come with me," Jak sighed as if in frustration "Though I still have no clue were that bird is.

"But we'd been walking for a long while. Pecker was the first to lose it then Daxter. I was carrying both of them when I collapsed" Jak finished looking over at Jenny.

"Interesting, I was only walking for an hour before I found a rock and fell asleep in the shade" Jenny shrugged as Daxter began to speak.

The orange rat was swimming on his back as he spoke, "Ahh… I love water. Oh yes, its so good. Desert bad."

"Well, you've come back from the dead have you," Jenny jumped at the sound of Damas' voice behind them "And my monks were ready to pray for you. I am Damas, King of Spargus."

Jak raised an eyebrow, "Spargus? Wait no one lives outside Haven's walls… not a whole city!"

"Yes, we ARE the forgotten ones. Haven City's refuges thrown out and left to die just as you were," Damas said walking down the few steps towards them "But now that you have been saved, your life belongs to the people of Spargus. And we will use it well if it's worth anything."

"Hey! That sounds like a bad deal!!!" Daxter whined as Jenny gulped eyes wide.

"You are in no position to deal," Damas argued, his voice rising "Out here everything is either useful or dead weight. Prove yourselves worthy or the desert will be your grave."

"You need to work on making a better first impression" Jak growled standing up. Jenny stood up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder. After looking back at her he seemed to calm a bit.

"Ha ha ha! In the unforgiving Wasteland, we value strength and survival above all. We will see where you stand soon enough! Complete your training, then enter the Arena. Only the bravest crawl out and are allowed to stay in Spargus. It's quite simple really" Damas said turning and walking away.

Daxter jumped up onto Jenny's shoulder as he spoke, "And what happens to those that don't crawl out?"

Damas smirked as he looked over his shoulder at the trio, "It will be as if we never found you."

"I was afraid of that" Daxter gulped as Jenny turned around and headed towards the lift.

Jak followed behind Jenny and stopped her before she reached the lift, "Jenny stay here. I can handle this by myself."

"Jak I'm not helpless. I can take care of myself" Jenny tried to jerk her wrist away but instead was pulled to Jak.

"Please? I don't want you getting hurt" Jak stared at her with pleading eyes.

Damas was still standing in his place watching the couple. The corner of his lip pulled up as he watched him.

Jenny stood on her tip toes and kissed Jak on the cheek, "Sorry, honey, I'm not going to sit on the side lines. I can't let you have all the fun, now can I?"

Jak rolled his eyes and climbed onto the lift with his fiancée. Jenny smiled as she leaned against him and looked over his shoulder at Damas. The Sand King finally let a smile form and Jenny smiled back before the lift disappeared from his view.

Zan was waiting for the three outside the lift, "Good morning you three. Jak, long time no see!"

"Zan?! What the…" Jak stuttered looking at the dark haired man in front of him.

Jenny smiled as Jak stared in shock.

"Jenny forgot to mention to mention who rescued her from the desert?" Zan laughed as he shook his head.

"Yeah… well something's popped up and I kinda forgot to mention it to Jak" Jenny said laughing with her friend.

"Who this?" Daxter asked, looking confused.

"Our friend from prison we thought I killed, Zan. He's Torn's big brother" Jenny explained looking up at Daxter who was still perched on her shoulder.

"I'll explain what happened later," Zan said turning "Right now you two are going to face the Arena. Good luck."

"It can't be that hard if you got past it, Zan" Jenny joked pushing him lightly.

"Whatever," Zan fell back to walk beside Jak "Congratulations, Jak. Jenny told me about the engagement."

Jak just smiled and let his hand slip into Jenny's, "Yeah?"

Zan nodded, "She also told me about Torn and Ash and that she's the God-Mother."

"God-Mother? She didn't tell me that" Jak smirked looking over at Jenny who just smiled widely and laughed.

"Yeah, Jak, I'm the twin's God-Mother" Jenny said as the group walked past many sandstone building.

Jenny looked around at all the people walking on the cobble stone streets. They were all armored and carried some sort of weapon. Daxter shied away from anyone who looked at them. Jenny just narrowed her eyes at them.

Jenny reached down to her ankle and pulled out both knives, "Ya know Zan, these things really come in handy at times."

Zan looked over and automatically recognized his old weapons, "Yeah they do," Jenny moved to hand them back to Zan but he shook his head "You keep them, I don't need them."

Jenny sighed and slid them back into her holsters.

"Did Torn give you those?" Zan asked smiling lightly.

"Yeah, he gave them to me when I was on babysitting duty" Jenny smirked lightly as Zan led them up many stairs towards a large coliseum like place.

Zan nodded then stopped at the top of the stairs, "Go to the right and through the door. There will be a column that will take you down to the start of the course. Complete the course and another column will take you up to King Damas."

The trio nodded. Jenny smiled as they walked through the door and into the Arena. A blast of heat hit her as she walked to the edge of the platform. A large pool of lave filled the bottom of the Arena. This wasn't just a battle coliseum it was a volcano.

Daxter gulped behind her as she turned to look over at the platform behind, above, and to the side of the one she, Jak, and Dax were on.

"Hail all citizens of Spargus! Welcome to the Arena of death. Where we get to watch other people wet their selves in fear! These halls will once again test three newcomers, each fighting to prove there worth to stay among us. Let's hear it for Jak, Jenny, and their obnoxious talking animal!" a familiar voice called to the audience.

"Pecker! There you are. Where were you?" Jak questioned turning around to look at the monkaw.

Pecker let his wing fly out in front of Damas' face and the king looked irritated, "Damas says, I am to be his new councilor. He says my wisdom will serve him well," Pecker flew down so that he was looking over the edge at the trio "Oh yeah… Damas also said that ahh… you three are likely to die in the Arena today and he hopes your death is very ahh…"

"Will you stop that," Daxter snapped glaring at the colorful half monkey half bird "Damas can talk for himself!"

Damas rolled his eyes as his violet ones connected with Jenny's green/purple ones, "He is right. You will most likely die. And yes Pecker is my new advisor."

Pecker hopped down to the platform and spoke to the trio, "Unlike you, some people appreciate my talents…," the monkaw motioned to Damas then leaned towards them as if whispering "It beats working for a living. I saw a few of the fights earlier. Not a pretty sight!"

Daxter growled from his perch on Jak's shoulder, "Why you little…"

Pecker just ignored him, "Let the games begin!"

Jenny shrugged her shoulders and smiled, "Who knew?"

The trio stepped onto the column as metal platforms rose from the lava and formed the course. Jenny raised her eye brow and smiled.

'This is to easy!' she thought laughing lightly.

'Yea think?' Kala responded also laughing.


Me: Well there's chapter 11. I have a feeling this story is going to be longer than A World We All Live In. But anyways for my usual closing… till next time!!!