I do not own any Jak and Daxter characters. Although I do own JJ and Isabelle. And a few others from other stories.
Chapter 12
Keira stood looking around her now empty bedroom. The hut in New Sandover had been finished and all a part from a few boxes had been moved there. She wasn't looking forward to emptying them, after three years of living in Spargus they'd acquired a lot of things, not to mention the boxes and boxes of toys and clothes that belonged to the children.
She sighed and wandered over to the window overlooking the city. Keira smiled remembering the first few weeks she'd spent here. Unable to sleep she'd spent hours looking out over the city. Watching the leaper lizards sleeping soundly and the weary wastelanders returning home after a night guarding the fort.
FLASH BACK
Keira sat in a comfortable chair looking out over Spargus City. She shivered and wrapped a blanket further around her shoulders as she listened to the steady breathing of Jak in the bed in the middle of the room. She looked across at him and smiled at the peaceful expression on his face. His arm flung off the side of the bed and the covers tangled around him.
She turned back to the window and looked up at the sky, the eternal fire of Spargus casting a warm orange glow over the city.
Keira heard a grumble and looked around at her fiancé sitting up in bed and rubbing his eyes looking around the room confused. His eyes landing on her and a smile spread across his face "Everything okay babe?" he asked flinging his legs over the side of the bed and reaching for his shorts that had been discarded rather hurriedly earlier that night.
Keira smiled "Everythings okay honey I just can't sleep"
Jak frowned and stood up pulling his shorts up, dragging the cover off the bed and walking over to her. He pulled her up and sat down in her space before pulling her back to his knee and wrapped his arms around her waist as his head rested on her chest "It's really beautiful out here at night" he breathed "You haven't slept well since we got here Keira, do you wish you were back in Sandover?" he asked looking up at her.
Keira smiled and ran her fingers through his hair "It's just going to take some getting used to that's all...and I wouldn't want to be anywhere without you"
"If there was a way we could have stayed there then I would have done it Keira" Jak said
Keira nodded "I know...and I do love it here...and JJ has settled in so quickly it's like he's lived here all his life" she giggled
Jak smiled and looked back out over the city "I wish none of this had happened, I wish we'd never gone through that damn rift...I wish we'd just stayed happily, in love in Sandover"
"Jak they needed you, if you hadn't gone through that rift then the world wouldn't be safe for future Mars to grow up in" Keira smiled
Jak nodded "I know but still"
Keira looked out over the city "I feel sorry for the poor lepers...why can't they be put away at night, like in a stable or something"
Jak laughed and looked up at her "You were just sat here thinking about lepers?" he asked
"Yeah...look at them they must be cold...what are you smiling at?" she asked frowning
Jak shook his head "Just how amazing you are, so caring and sweet...after all the evil, dark things I've seen I forget there's still people like you around"
Keira smiled and stroked Jak's face before leaning down and kissing him gently and resting her head into the crook of his neck "I love you Jak" she whispered.
Jak grinned and pulled the cover up around her before pulling her closer to him.
An hour later Jak looked down at a sleeping Keira and smiled before moving some hair out of her eyes. He kissed her forehead and carefully got up carrying her to bed, laying down and climbing into bed next to her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her to his chest. He sighed happily and whispered "I love you more than anything in the world Keira, and I am going to love more every day of my life" he said before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep again, keeping his arms tightly around Keira.
END FLASH BACK
Keira wiped a tear away and smiled as she heard a pair of small foot steps behind her. She looked around and smiled at JJ "You okay honey?"
JJ frowned "Why are you crying?" he asked
She shook her head and walked over to him crouching down to his level "I was just thinking about when we first moved here...do you remember?" she asked
JJ nodded his head "I remember...but I'm glad we're going back home"
Keira smiled and hugged JJ "Me to sweetheart"
"Do you think that lady will take me to see some birds like Aunt Rosa did?" JJ asked
Keira laughed and looked up as Jak entered the room "I'm sure we can ask her" she let go of JJ and stood up "Whats up?" she asked Jak
"Samos as come to take the kids to Sandover while we finish up here..." he looked at her closely "You okay, have you been crying?" he asked frowning
Keira looked down at JJ "Why don't you go see grandpa?" she said
JJ nodded and left the room as Jak continued to look at Keira "Well what is it?" he asked
"Nothing I was just thinking about the first few weeks here...how I had trouble sleeping and you'd hold me until I fell asleep...I'm going to miss this house, we've had some great times here" Keira smiled
Jak breathed out a sigh of relief before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards him "I thought it was something bad for a minute" he said hugging her to his body.
Keira smiled and hugged him back "I hope I don't have trouble sleeping again"
"I'll just have to hold you until you fall asleep again won't I" Jak grinned
Keira nodded "You always hold me"
"I know" he whispered
Keira sighed "We should get going" she said without moving
Jak nodded but didn't move either "Yes we should"
"Really we should get moving...the sooner we get there the sooner we can start getting things sorted...I want the kids rooms sorted" Keira giggled and looked up
Jak nodded and looked down at her "Just stay here a minute..." he smiled and cupped her face gently "Do you have any idea how much I love you?" he asked
"Well if it's any where as near as how much I love you then I think I do" Keira smiled
Jak shook his head "I would die for you Keira...you and the kids"
"No you don't Jak Mar...you have to stay alive otherwise I wouldn't be able to live" she frowned
Jak smiled and leaned down to kiss her before whispering "I love you more than life itself Keira and if I had to I would lay my life on the line for you"
Keira smiled and leaned up pressing her lips to his softly.
Jak stood in the middle of JJ's new room and looked around "Not to bad" he said smugly
"You really should stop talking to yourself Jak" came Ashelin's voice from the door way
Jak spun around and glared at her "What are you doing here Ashelin?"
"I came to see if you'd thought about our offer" she said looking around the room "Not bad...who knew you were handy with a paint brush as well as a gun" she smirked
Jak chuckled going over to the paint pot and resting the brush on top "We wanted to get the kids rooms sorted first, at least then they'll have somewhere to sleep"
Ashelin nodded and leaned on the window ledge "So have you thought about my job offer?"
"Yes I've thought about it and I am willing to accept but there will have to be a few conditions" Jak said smiling
Ashelin raised an eyebrow "Like what?"
"Firstly your going to have to get off that window ledge before you become stuck to it by the wet paint you're sat in" Jak chuckled
Ashelin shot up and turned her neck around to try and see what mess had been made "Geez Jak...you couldn't have said before I sat on it?!" she yelled
"Where's the fun in that...and you can see I've just been painting" he laughed
Ashelin tutted "So the other conditions?"
"Oh yeah...well I will need proper facilities to train these guards...I can't train them out in the middle of the village...especially with my own two children running around the place...and gun fire out in the open...not a good idea" Jak began as Ashelin nodded "And I want to be home in time for dinner with my family every night...Sig made sure I got home to them so I expect you to do the same...and under no circumstances...no matter how much she moans and whines and how much she begs you...Keira is not to be anywhere near...got it?" Jak said firmly
Ashelin nodded "Okay to most of them...but this Keira thing...she's already working on proto-type vehicles and gun mods she's even designed a gun turret like the one in Spargus"
"I know...I don't mind her designing and building guns and vehicles because let's be honest she's the best around...but I do not want her near any live ammo...what if one of the trainees miss fires and hit her?" Jak shook his head "I can't risk it Ashelin"
Again she nodded "I understand...but how do I stop her trying out the guns she makes, she has to test them?"
"I'll test them...or Jinx or Torn" he said
Ashelin nodded "Okay...but you do know she's been on the gun course?" Jak's eyes widened and he glared at Ashelin "You did know right...she told me she'd tell you" she said shaking her head
Jak shook his head "When was this?"
"Just after Bell was born...she was pretty good as well you know" Ashelin smiled
Jak chuckled and shook his head "That girl has never, ever done as she's told..." he turned to leave "I need to have a word with my wife Ashelin, lay down a few rules...I'll see ya"
"Yeah like she's going to listen...and we'll sort the other things once your settled in" Ashelin called behind him.
Jak nodded and waved as he left.
Jak found Keira sat on the beach watching JJ and Isabelle play in the water. He stood in front of her hands on his hips and looked down at her frowning.
Keira looked up and gulped "Uh-oh...am I in trouble?" she asked playfully
"Were you ever going to tell me you'd been on the gun course?" he asked sharply
Keira giggled "It was only once...I wanted to see if I could do it...and I did, you just ask Tess or Ashelin...I was pretty good"
"I don't care if you beat all the high scores I don't want you with a gun" Jak snapped
Keira shrugged "I only wanted to try out some of the guns...get a feel for them and it was after that that I made them improvements that you loved"
"Still Keira it's dangerous" he said sitting down next to her "I couldn't bear it if something happened to you...you do know some of them dummies fire back?" he asked wrapping his arm around her.
Keira nodded "Yeah...I found that out the hard way...so who told you...Tess or Ashelin?"
"Ashelin but she thought I knew...you told her you was going to tell me" Jak frowned
She reached up and stroked his face "I was fine Jak and it satisfied my curiousity...I won't do it again"
"You better not" Jak said firmly
Keira snuggled into Jak's embrace "I love it when your all protective and masterful"
"Well I can't risk anything happening to you and I would keep you wrapped in cotton wool, locked in a bullet proof box and kept in a dark eco cell if I had to to keep you safe" Jak smiled
Keira laughed and kissed him gently on the cheek.
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