Not the only one
by: Miyoko Sanyu
chapter 2- The Nameless
Jak was looking at a person! Not just a person, but a young girl! Jak could feel the girl tense up from across the room where she had shoved herself into a corner. "Seem's t' me dat' Torn want t' leave me all by me lonsom," Reden laughed a bit. Jak was speechless. Torn was calling her a wepon, as if she were a thing!
Jak walked slowly into the room, and she tried to back away from him. She had her face hidden, and she was hugging her knees with her head down on them. She only had a plain white dress on; it seemed to be long enough to reach the floor if she was standing. Her hair was light blue and very long.
As Jak approached, he did'nt say anything. She was probably hoping that Jak would go away. Jak could tell she had been misstreated in her life. Jak had reached her spot in the corner, and he bent down to her level and tuched her shoulder. She stopped shaking almost immediately.She did'nt lift her head, though.
"What's her name?" Jak asked Reden, who was still in the doorway. "Don' know. She don' talk," he said, "bu' de' Baron jus' call 'er '2E'," he was now leaning on the door frame. "What does 2E stand for?" Jak asked.
"Couldn't say," he said simply. Jak was now lightly rubbing her back to calm her down. Jak looked at Reden. "How do you know she's what Torn asked for?" Jak asked.
"Read de' le'er iffn' ya don' b'leve me," Reden said, handing the letter to Jak.
Reden
I need you to give '2E' to the man giving you this letter.
His name is Jak. He will deliver the wepon safely to me.
signed,
Torn
Well, that's short, sweet, and to the point, Jak thought. He handed the note back to Reden. The girl seemed relatively comfortable (as comfertable as a hard stone corner gets), so he picked her up gently and walked slowly out of the room.
"Come on, Daxter," Jak said. In better lighting he could see she never really saw any light whatsoever "THATS the wepon?!?" Daxter said.
"I guess so," Jak said looking down at her. She had her eyes closed tight; it seamed she trusted Jak, because she was tryng to hide her face in his chest, probably to avoid the light.
"'Ere. Get dis' t' Torn," Reden said, handing a new note to Daxter (Jak has his hands full). Reden opened the hatch for them, and they left.
Since they were'nt too far from the exit, Jak did'nt need any of his guns. It was almost dark, probobly about seven-thirty, Jak thought.
The girl still seemed afraid of what was happening. You would think that getting out of that cell would be a good thing for her, but she was so afraid of them she was actually wimpering. But Jak kept walking toward the exit.
While waiting for the doors to open, Jak whisperd softly to the girl, "Don't be afraid. We won't hurt you." She stopped whimpering and she was'nt shaking so much after that, but definately still afraid.
Now back in the city, Jak put the girl into one of the seats on the zoomer (class 3) and strapped her in. He was going to go back to the base, knowing this was'nt going to go well with Torn. He also decided that he was going to go with the traffic, nice and slow so he would have time to come up with an excuse.
They did'nt see any blocks and it appeared the guards were not on the move for them, or at least not at the moment. It was about an hour later that they arriaved at the base, and the girl had fallen asleep.
"Daxter, I don't think Torn will be too happy..." Jak said.
Daxter looked at Jak and said "I don't know why she's so important," Daxter hopped down from the zoomer as he talked, "lets just hope that Torn's in a somewhat good mood..."
Jak, careful not to wake her up, got her out of the zoomer and he carried her to the base door. Walking ahead of them, Daxter was going to give Torn the note from Reden before he saw the girl. Jak waited a couple of minutes before following him.
Torn sat in the corner of the room, eyes closed, and he said "Set her in that bed." He pointed to a bed (the bunk underneath Jak's)
A-Note - so what do you think of it so far?
PLZ R&R