A/N I OWN NOTHING
"Where have you been?" Brutter said calmly from the couch as he read what looked like a newspaper. He fold it up and looked over at me.
"Before you scold me for being out late I just want to say, I'm sorry." I said holding up my hands in a manner of surrender. He got up off the couch and stalked to me. Every step made me feel smaller and smaller.
"You've been late so much Brutter just don't know what to do anymore!" He said stepping up to me. "Sniff...sniff...Ewww you stinky." He said wrinkling his nose at me. I frowned and lifted a sleeve to my nose and took a whiff. 'Yep I smell awful!'
"I wash other clothes for you. You shower and change." He said pushing me towards the bathroom. I laughed but didn't fight him, a shower did sound nice right now.
I was shoved in the bathroom and the door was shut behind me. I shook my head and started to take off my cloths.
"Here you go! Clean clothes for you!" Brutter proclaimed storming into the bathroom.
"Ahhhh! Brutter I'm not decent!" I screamed grabbing my sweater from the floor and covering my body with it. I picked up my skirt and threw it at him.
"So? Lurker people no mind nakedness. We are free people." He said putting my other set of clothes and towel on the sink.
"What? So like you guys are nudists?" I asked.
"Hmmm yes." Brutter said after a bit of thought. 'Well if my mom was here she would be in heaven cause she loves going in the nude.' To be honest I did prefer to be in the nude sometimes, like when I sleep.
Brutter turned around and walked out the bathroom and shut the door behind him. I turned on the water and let it heat up before stepping under the water. I sighed in contentment as the hot water washed away the day. 'I wonder what my brothers doing?' I though blankly staring at the walls of the shower.
For the most part I've been too distracted to even think of what color underwear I was wearing. Between Brutter, the shop, missions, Jinx and Jak I haven't had much alone time.
"Dinner ready!" Brutter called knocking on my door. 'Looks like I'm not going to get some anytime soon either.' I sighed turning off the water. I dried up in a hurry and threw on my tank top and tights. I didn't feel like putting on the skirt scarf belt and suspenders. 'I'll do it later.' I promised myself as I exit the bathroom.
Brutter had made us meat loaf that night. To say I pigged out would be an understatement. Brutter of coarse took it as a compliment and beamed as he served me seconds.
"So? How's Bella, Russell and Pluto doing?" I asked washing the dishes. Brutter had gone back to his paper at the dining table.
"Oh friends doing well! Very happy to be free. In fact tomorrow Brutter is going to have more Lurker people freed." He said with his nose in the pages.
"Really? Can I help?" I asked enthusiastically.
"Hmmmm." He glanced over at me with a thoughtful expression on his face.
"Please! I want to help free them! Slavery is wrong and I want to help stop it." I pleaded.
"Okay, but be careful." He said looking back to his paper. A giant grin took over my face as I finished the last of the dishes. We got ready for bed and turned off the lights. I wiggled under my covers and stared into the dark.
'Well he did say lurkers didn't mind nakedness.' I thought before pulling off my cloths. With that done I passed out. I dreamt of my family that night, we were arguing over which movie was better Silent hill or Pacific Rim.
I was thinking about my dream last night when Jak and Daxter came traipsing up. Brutter was watching the fish fry at the time and didn't notice them right away but when he did, he got excited.
"Its brother Jak and his little orangey pal. Thank the totem I sees you. You help lurkers once time you helps us two?" Brutter asked looking at Daxter as he drank from our barrel of root beer. He just turned the spout and got under...pig. Whatever it is Dax were talking about.
"Look Brutter we got our own problems to deal with right now." Jak snapped. I narrowed my eyes at him but reined in my comment. They really did have a lot of their own problem but still, no need to be so rude.
"But you know big to do ruckus you cause at dig. I know all caves like back of claw, and Mar's tomb nowhere there! Now metal heads find hidden lurker village in caves! They bite and hurt village real bad. And me lurker brothers trapped like animals. "Brutter said getting a little ticked. Not at them but at the metal heads. If he would have told ne sooner I would have gone down and kicked the metal heads asses.
"Uhhh hello they are animals!" Daxter said batting his eye lashes.
"We no longer evil lurking, bad to bones. Orangey boy. We good now. Metal headers are bad. They is enemies." Brutter said. I walked over and leaned forward towards Daxter. I batted my eyes at him and smiled wickedly before slapping the back of his head.
"They're not animal!" I growled straightening up and giving Jak a death glare.
"Yeah I guess we're all in the same boat now." Jak said tiredly. I nodded in agreement wiped my hands with a wash cloth.
"And this ship is sinking fast, brother." Daxter said adding in his two cents.
"Please save six lurker brothers quick. And Brutter will kiss you foots!" He said holding up eight fingers. I giggled and rolled my eyes as I walked out of the shop. "Where is you going?" He asked.
"I'm going to free our Lurker brothers." I waved him off and followed Jak. We got onto a double zoomer and was off.
"How did you know?" Jak asked turning the corner. I had no clue what he was talking about. After a few seconds he stopped the zoomer and asked again. "How did you know?" He looked at me and I stared back at him for a minute before figuring it out.
"Oh um...well you see...Theirs one!" I was filled with relief as I pointed out a hellcat with a lurker in the back. Jak looked to where I pointed and perused it. I flipped out my gun and took aim at the driver.
I wasn't thinking when I took aim and fired. I've been so used to just shooting to kill with the metal heads that I just did the same to the KG. I shot the guy in the head instantly killing the guard.
My eyes widened as I watched the Hell cat drop down. 'No, no no no no no NO!' "NOOOO!" I screamed as tears stormed out of my eyes down my cheeks like they were battlefields.
Jak switched hover zones and Daxter climbed off and opened the cage door. The lurker instantly busted out and ran to the zoomer grabbing Daxter along the way. 'I just killed someone! What if he had a family or kids? Oh my god what have I done.' I started to shake as I covered my face with my hands. The only indicator that the lurker was on was the sudden sift of the zoomer.
"Let's got drop this guy off buddy!" I hear Daxter say. 'Keep it together Jack. Just ignore it until the mission is over. Have a breakdown after.' I though whipping away the tears.
We drove to some sort of tunnel and dropped off the lurker at some sort of pipe near the walls of the city. No matter hard I fought I just couldn't stop the tears. Jak looked over at me with a stern face but instantly soften and looked away.
"Hey? What's wrong with you?" Daxter questioned me. I looked down at him and my lip trembled. I didn't trust my voice so I shook my head and looked away.
The next one we saw Daxter pulled out the Blaster gun and shot the guard driving the hellcat several times killing him. My eyes opened in that moment. This world really wasn't like mine. Death and war ruled over the lands.
It didn't help me though, it just made me feel home sick. I wish I could just go electrocute myself and go home or jump into some portal. Knowing that it was impossible made me feel even worse.
I jumped off the zoomer not waiting for Jak to switch zones. I stalked to the downed hellcat and released the lurker from its cage. It nodded at me and I nodded back as Jak pulled up beside us. Once again we brought the freed lurker to a pipe.
This repeated itself four more times. Each time I would get a grunt or pat from the lurkers I would help free. Jak drove us away until the guards stopped perusing us.
"You never answered me." Jak said while we were we hiding in an alley way in the slums.
"Wha...ohh. um well I know what people think of you. I know you have heard them say it. As far as the loser thing, I knew Errol would be at the HHHS. I didn't want to chance his words getting to you." I said staring up at a building.
"Was that your first time killing?" He asked after a bit making me look at him.
"Human? Yes it was." I said. I don't know why but I felt ashamed of myself. I didn't want to be weak yet my fuck heart and conscious was getting in my way.
"its okay sounds shitty but you'll get used to it." Daxter said trying to make me feel better and he patted my shoulder. It didn't help.
"Back where I live, we didn't kill people without good cause. Every life is sacred, only if someone did something that really deserved death...it's still hard to do." I said honestly.
"You never told me where you lived... Wait I thought people don't live outside the city walls?" He asked me with confusion all over his face.
"What If I told you I went through a portal?" I asked. 'What the heck he doesn't have to know I'm from a different world.'
"You mean like a rift gate?" Daxter interjected.
"Yeah..."
"So you really are like us." Jak said
"I guess." I said with a shrug. Jak stared at the steering wheel for a bit before looking back to me.
"Don't feel bad about killing the KG they would do the same to you without batting an eyelash." Jak spat out. It was hard not to wince at the anger in his voice, or judge him for being able to kill so freely. If it was a game it would be fine but...it's not. At least not anymore.
"I'm sorry for being so weak." I said dropping my head as fresh tears littered my face.
"You are NOT weak. You just have a good heart and you're from a time where blood shed isn't as often." Jak grabbed my arm and scrunched down to look at my face.
"Thank you..." I said getting off the zoomer.
"Don't worry about it. Your one of the strongest people I know." Daxter said as I walked away. I turned around and gave a halfhearted smile. I immediately slinked my way to the shop.
"What wrong?" Brutter asked his face visibly fell. I didn't answer until I reached the counters.
"Nothing Brutter just...need some time alone. Can I go home early?"
"Okay...Brutter see you at home." He handed me the keys and hugged me over the counter.
"Thanks." I said as he released me then started walking home.
Once home I threw the keys across the house and started to sob as I made my way to the shower. I turned on the water and striped down. I stepped in and sat down under the water.
I didn't think about anything, I just cried until I was tired. I got up and threw on my tank top and tights not bothering to dry off and flopped onto the couch.