The Legacy of Janovah

Author's note: I do not own anything about this fanfic except the plot, Franerik, the Precursor City, Janovah, Dash, Kat, Rin (unfortunately), and Teiroth.

Chapter III

We arrived at the door of the Sewer with Torn.

Torn: You probably have nothing to worry about. But just in case, I'll keep in touch with you over the communicator.

Torn handed me a walkie-talkie thing and I pocketed it.

Torn: Hey, I'm probably wasting this, but here's a little peashooter if things get ugly.

He tossed me a morph gun, loaded with scatter-gun ammo. I read about these in Kleiver's weapon catalogs.

Janovah: Thanks...
Torn: Look, I'm leaving now. Good luck.

He walked away. Then Daxter nudged me and winked, so I smacked him in the back of the head.

Daxter: WAIT! You gotta gun! What do I get?

We made our way through the sewers.

Torn: We're picking up movement, be on your toes.

Movement? What happened to "You don't have anything to worry about."? We continued trekking, until a voice came that sent a chill through our spines.

?????: Not so fast, girls.
Janovah: Who's there?
?????: Your worst nightmare! You will not defile the power of the precursors so easily.
Dash: SO WE FIGHT!
Kat: Oh, he's going to KILL us!
?????: I'm not going to kill you.
Kat: Y-y-y-you're not?
?????: No, HE IS!

He being a giant large jawed monster, covered with fur, and had claws longer than his toes.

?????: You seem frightened. Is my Teiroth too scary for you?

The Teiroth approached, stopped then charged. I raced away, for it was I he was charging at. I got onto the ladder, thinking I was safe until Dash charged up her fire whip. But then I felt pain beyond my worst nightmares, I felt his claws slash my back, and I screamed, lost my grip on the ladder, and tumbled to the ground in agony.

Torn: WHAT'S GOING ON? IS JANOVAH OKAY?

I realized my communicator had fallen out of my pocket when I fell, and the Teiroth attacked it. We were doomed. But then I saw Dash's whip miss face by inches and hit the Teiroth's face and it roared.

Dash: BACK! BACK YOU HORRIBLE BEAST! I HAVE NO FEAR!

She whipped the Teiroth, so it tried to bite her, and at the right moment, Kat shot the Teiroth in the neck, and it crumpled and died.

?????: NEXT TIME YOU WON'T COME OFF SO LUCKY!

I sat up, and felt blood trickling down my back, it still throbbed, but it didn't burn as it did.

Dash: That looked like it hurt.
Kat: I thought you were a goner!
Dash: Okay, let's try this again.
Daxter: Eh, you okay, Jan?

I nodded and stood up, my legs shaking. Up ahead we saw the power box, with a switch. Who hides power boxes in sewer, anyway? I pulled the switch, and we climbed the ladder out, and Torn was there waiting for us.

Torn: What happened? Are you guys okay?
Dash: We had a run-in with some creaton, and he sicked his Teiroth on us. Jan took a hit, it not as bad as it looks. We got the power box though.

I was too embarrassed to say anything.

Torn: I was afraid you were dead or something.
Daxter: Aw, Torn's starting to care! Torn in Janovah, sitting in a..OW!

Torn had smacked Daxter. Not surprisingly. We returned to the Naughty Ottsel, where I put bandages on my wounds, and Dash, Kat, and Daxter went to the gun course to see Tess. I was alone with Torn. Out of nowhere, I started crying. I mean, like really BAWLING.

Torn: Hey, what's wrong?

He put his hand on my shoulder, sort of intimate-like.

Janovah: It's just I'm so confused. This happened so fast, and I looked like a wimp in front of my friends and you.
Torn: I've never known anyone from an ARMY who took on a Teiroth and lived to tell the tale. Besides, you took on that robot all by yourself!
Janovah: That was a total FLUKE! If Seem hadn't shown up I would have been toast.
Torn: You're smart and brave, kid. And really, really pretty.

WHOAH. Easy there, tiger. I smiled.

Janovah: Are you coming on to me?
Torn: Well, at this point I'm just surprised you haven't punched my face in, out of all the girls who've dumped me.

I laughed.

Janovah: Mmm, not much luck in that department, huh?

We laughed, and for a moment, he got really close, and his head sort of skimmed mine. But then we were interrupted (figures) by Kleiver on the communicator.

Kleiver: Yo! Lord Sig wants you back at Spargus NOW!

His head disappeared, and Torn and I looked at each other.

Janovah: I guess I have to go...I hope we see each other again.
Torn: Me too. You know, would you ever want to come here, for like, forever?

I smiled an intimate smile.

Janovah: I'd like that.

And just as I was soooooo sure it was going to happen, Torn turned away, and I knew that was my queue to leave. And I did. I went to the gun course.

Janovah: Dax, Kat, you guys. It's time to go.

Dash and Tess had downtrodden looks. I smiled.

Janovah: What? You guys are coming too! But if anyone else comes we're going to have to start putting people in the trunk.

We loaded up in the buggy, and we were off. But I could not get my mind off Torn. I came to a reasonable conclusion.

I love him.