A/N::: All the drama (fighting....) packed in one chapter well most of it heheheh. Jak is now here! :D
"Torn, Torn come in, can you hear me?" Ashelin spoke quickly into her small circle like object. It had a purple crystal on it as she waited to hear a voice back. She was about to throw the small device when finally she could hear a voice.
"Not really Ashelin, were heading back in....be there in a few moments..." The voice faded out and Ashelin placed the device on the large table in the room she was sitting in. The room was huge, the walls were made of glass and she could see the whole city below her. The newly reconstructed Baron Palace.
After her father died, the city got itself in a lot of trouble when they got a counsel. The counsel had foolish kicked Jak out of the city, banished him, left him to die. After that happened Ashelin become and new Baron so that would never happen to Jak ever again, or to anyone else. Also the city really did not reject her becoming the Baron, they welcomed it. She also was supported by her friends.
Ashelin walked over to one of the windows and placed her hand on the cold glass. She wanted all this rain to go away, if it kept going on like this, the swears would flood and the rivers would over flow. Mainly her fear was the city going under water.
Thats where Torn and his group were out right now, making sure all the pipe lines were clear. Ashelin sometimes felt she worried to much about this city, but she did not want to repeat what happened in the past. Torn told her over and over again that she had nothing to worry about.
His name played tag in her mind as a breath of relief washed over her as she saw the blue hovers heading towards her palace. She really had not had a relationship ever sence she became the Baron. Mainly because of all her worries. But there were two guys she simply could not stop thinking about, Torn and Jak. Pulling her hand off the glass she placed it over her lips and thought about the one kiss she had with Jak three years ago after he saved the city from Cyborg Errol. It had just been once kiss, Jak had went on with his life, he was back with Kiera.
Thats when she started to develop feelings for Torn. He was around more then anyone else. But still, she felt herself wonder sometimes to that one moment with Jak. Ashelin was about to go down and greet Torn when a tapping sound made her turn back around and look at her glass walls.
A surprise smile washed on her face as Jack was hovering by her window. Ashelin ran over and pulled the glass wall open to let Jak in. He hovered into her office as he jumped off his board that Kiera had made for him a couple years back. He shook his head to get some water off him and then he pulled his goggles up to the top of his head.
"Hi Jak, what a surprise.....it's nice to see you again!" Ashelin said as she tried hard not to smile so much as Jak wiped some rain water off his forehead.
"It's only been a day or two sence I last saw you, and I told you I'd bring this to you when I found it," Jak said as he pulled something out of his pocket and tossed it to her. she grabbed it and looked down at the small stone tablet. She had become very interested in a set of ruins a couple of miles away form Haven City. She needed a piece of the stone to analyze how old it was.
"I almost forgot," Ashelin said as she put the piece of stone down on the table as she reached into her back pocked and pulled out a small sack of money. "Here you go."
"Thank you, well I better be going, I'm a bit late," Jak said as he pulled his hover back out and it resumed its original size. He jumped on it and moved towards the window as Ashelin looked at him and reached her hand out not really thinking clearly.
"Wait Jak!" She called out and Jak stopped suddenly, he almost fell forward on his face.
"Yeah?" He asked as he turned around and Ashelin flushed slightly.
"Do you remember...."
"Remember what?" Jak asked as he leaned against the frame of the open glass window. Ashelin was about to answer when the door of the room opened and Torn walked in soaking wet but with a smile on his face none the less.
"Jak!" He called out and Jak waved over at him. "How ya been man?"
"Just good, making a living, it's nice to see you guys again, I'll stop by later promise, but I got to get home before Kiera starts to worry," Jack said as he smiled and waved one last time before he jumped out of the window and vanished from sight. Ashelin did not know weather she should be happy that Jak left before she asked him if he remember their kiss or not. But she was happy to see Torn back and safe.
"Great kid," Torn said as he walked over to Ashelin. "You've been thinking to much again, that look on your face."
"What look?!" Ashelin asked as she blushed deeply that almost matched her hair color.
"Nothin' how about you come with me," Torn said as he extended his arm out to her.
"Where...?"
"Don't worry to much, you'll know when we get there," Torn said and Ashelin smiled. Anything to get her mind off thinking about Jak. She took Torns when hand and the two of them started out of her office and down the stairs. Where ever Torn was taking her, she knew she was going to have fun. There was never a dull moment with Torn.
Jak went flying threw the rain as he had his goggles back over his eyes as he was zipping past the few citizens of Haven city who were bold enough to be walking around outside today. A flash of lighting went off and Jak turned his head quickly as it disappeared. This weather was going to get a lot worse before it got better.
He turned left causing the water on the streets to splash upwards and hit the side of a building. Jak flew by the Naught Ottsel, he was considering visiting Daxter later in the day if it was not to busy. Tess threw a fit when Jak went to goof around with Daxter when the Bar was crowed. And sence it was raining outside there might be a fewer amount of people and Jak could have a chat with his friend.
With one jump Jak was back on his feet walking towards his house. He grabbed the door and pushed it opened as he stepped into the warmth of him home. Jak pushed his goggles up as he looked as Samos was approaching the front door as Jak was about to shut it.
"Hold the door my lad, I'm heading out for a visit with Onin and Pecker, I'll be back, well when ever," Samos said and Jak nodded as he watched Samos hobble slowly out the front door. Jak then turned around but before he could a set of arms flew around his neck and he almost fell over, for the second time that day.
"Welcome home Jak," Kiera said as she kissed him on his cheek as she let go of him so she would not get herself completely wet.
"Hey Kiera...."Jak said but his welcome was cut short as Darron walked out of Jak and Kiera's room holding her notes rolled up in his hand. Jak fell silent as Kiera lost her smile as well. She had been hoping Darron would have been gone before Jak came back. Unfortunately he was just a few second away from leaving.
"There you are Jak, quite a lady you got here," Darron said as he tapped Kiera on the head with her notes as he walked towards the door. "Thanks for the notes Kiera, I'll look them over, so we can discus them tomorrow at work, see you later cuttie."
"Yeah, right," Kiera said as she crossed her arms, she was kind of scared to look up at the expression on Jaks face as Darron left the house. Daxter had been slightly wrong when he thought the money would stop all of her and Jaks fights.
"What the hell was he doing...in our bedroom?" Jak asked and Kiera sighed as she walked over and took a seat and their dinning room table slash living room couch.
"Looking over notes I drew out about my new hover..." Kiera said. "He was spouse to be gone before you came back, I lost track of time-"
"What the hell is going on?"
"Nothing!" Kiera said "He was looking at the notes I made! You saw they were in his hand!"
"In our room?"
"Yes! Why is that so hard to imagine?" Kiera asked, and put her hands to her forehead, now that she thought about it, why did she let Darron into her bedroom? She should have just taken the notes out and let him take them home right away. But she got so into explaining the properties, and how it was going to be shaped and how fast she could make it go.
"Kiera thats why we have this room, who was that any ways?!" Jak asked, not that he was angry that there was a strange guy over in his house. But he did not like the idea of a strange man in his bedroom, with his girlfriend.
"One of my racers! Sence you wont race for me any more I needed a new racer, and well Darron was very willing to help me out!" Kiera said as she stood up, she did not want to fight again, but it was to late, the fight had already started.
"Oh yeah and what are you offering him? The same thing you were offering me?" Jak scolded and Kieras mouth dropped open as she wanted to walk over and slap Jak across his face for making such a comment. Her eyes teared up, crying was not going to help her, it never did.
"No! I would never cheat on you with another guy! Unlike you, you unfaithful little worm!" Kiera said harshly, she wished she had somewhere she could hide all by herself. So the both of the could cool off and have a normal conversation. But this house was so small there was no where she could go to be alone.
"Why do you always have to bring that up?" Jak yelled as he turned half way away from Kiera.
"Because your the one who kissed Ashelin, you always make it seam like I'm the one who would run off and be unfaithful but you Jak you are the one not me!" Kiera said as she walked over to him so they would be face to face once again.
"How many times do I have to explain this to you, she kissed me..."
"And you gladly let her! You know I don't have to listen to this, or you for that matter, why can't you just be happy," Kiera said as she was about to turn around and leave when Jak grabbed her arm. The next moment flashed by so quickly the two of them had no time to think before their actions played out.
Jaks grip had been a lot tighter then normal. So Kiera turned around sharply, only to get a flash of Jaks dark side, the side the dark eco had created. She took her hands and shoved Jak backwards and off of her. A dear mistake, for Jak not thinking to clearly as he would have been if the dark eco had not risen, he slapped Kiera across her face.
Jak snapped back to his thoughts as Kiera screamed and fell on the ground. Jak was stunned for a moment thinking about what he just did as Kiera lay sobbing on the floor holding her right cheek. She did not move at all she just lay on the ground sobbing as she realized what just happened. For the frist time, Jak had hit her and not as himself but as Dark Jak, which hurt a lot more.
"Kiera...oh my god, I'm so sorry," Jak said as he dropped down to his keens were she was laying. "I didn't meant to, Kiera...."
"Go away..." Kiera sobbed. "You....you hit me!"
"I know...I swear I did not mean to...I "Jak said as his voice started to fade away.
"I saw that you jerk! Get away from me!" Kiera quickly got to her feet and ran towards the bedroom door. She pulled it opened and slammed it shut as Jak sat and listened to her sobbing from behind the shut door. He hit the ground with his fist and tried to think over and over again, why had he lost control. How could he have struck Kiera?
Jak got to his feet feeling the tears coming to his eyes. He ran towards the front door and pulled it open. Jak ran out into the rain and towards the Barons palace. He needed someone to tell him to do something, he needed to think. How did this happen, why did it happen, and more so why did it have to be Kiera that he hit.
His thoughts were jumbling together like a twenty person hover crash. His foolish actions might have killed the only person he ever loved.
Barons Palace
Torn had quickly changed into a pair of dry clothes as Ashelin went and changed into anything besides her work outfit. As Torn reached the main lobby of the palace he should've figured taking his time would have proven to be more useful, because Ashelin was surly taking her time getting ready. He looked down at his clock, he had been waiting here for more then twenty minutes.
With a small yawn Torn went and sat down on one of the waiting chairs as he looked up towards the ceiling. He could only imagine how Ashelin was going to look like when she finally came down. She was always stunning in his eyes. Ever sence she commanded him to go to the Naughty Ottsel after Jak saved the city the frist time, he had fancied her and hoped one day they could have a relationship. However he felt like he lost her after Jak was banished from the City.
However she was slowly coming back now that peace has lasted more then a year. He jumped to his feet as he heard the elevator beep, he had done this for the last twenty minutes thinking it was Ashelin. When a man came out of the elevator he fell back in his chair and sighed. She was going to kill him with anticipation.
Torn shifted in his chair uneasy then scratch behind his ear as he waited for the sound of the elevator being. He sat up, anyone who was watching Torn would think he was waiting to use the bathroom as much as he was moving around in his chair. Finally the Elevator beeped again and once again Torn was on his feet brushing at his change of clothes to make sure there was not a wrinkle in sight.
His wait was no in-vain as Ashelin finally stepped out of the elevator. She was wearing a lovely red dress with a cut all the way up to her left side, showing her leg as she walked. The top was thin straps and a 'V' cut top. She smiled as she walked over to Torn who let his huge grin do all the talking.
"So let me guess, your taking me to the Naughty Ottsel, and I'm way over dressed?" Ashelin asked and Torn could not help but laugh a little as he nodded his head showing that her guess was absolutely correct. She looped her arm in Torns as they started to walk towards the exit of the Palace.
"If there was any other place in town, but Haven City is lacking in the entertainment department," Torn said and Ashelin could not help but to agree with that one. She had no idea why the hot spot in town was an Ottsel Bar. She might not have enjoyed her date so much with Torn if she was not friend with Daxter and Tess. Their trips to the bar were always fun.
The two of them walked towards the door when it came flying open for them. Both of them were quite shocked when they saw Jak run threw the doors dripping wet and looking like he had not slept in a while. Torn and Ashelin looked at one another, it had only been thirty minutes sence they last saw him. They were extremely surprised to see him back so quickly.
"Hey Jak, whats the matter kid, look like you just saw a ghost!" Torn said as Ashelin let go of his arm and he walked over to Jak putting his hands on his shoulders.
"I need someone to talk to...I should have went to Daxter...but...I dunno what to do..." Jak said as he collapsed into Torn, Torn patted him on the back. Ashelin walked quickly over to the two guys and put her hand on Jaks back as well giving it a soothing rub.
"Tell me what happened kid?" Torn said as Jak regained his balance and put his hand on his face.
"Kiera...I....I...I hit her..." Jak said and against her will Ashelin let out a small gasp, she then slapped her hand over her mouth so it would not happen again. She knew Jak already felt bad and her sound effects would not help him out in any way.
"Why?" Torn asked more soothing then anything else.
"I don't know, we were fighting about Darron....and I hit her," Jak said as he looked down at his hands as if he had just murdered Kiera in cold blood instead of just hitting her.
"Darron?" Torn asked this time his Tone changed to completely confused. He never heard of anyone named Darron in this city ever sence he started working in the Crimson Guards.
"This racer for Kiera. He was over at our house...oh what does it matter I hit her I hit Kiera!" Jak said and Torn put his hands on Jaks shoulder and held him still with a ferm grip. "Not only that...but the dark eco in me...was the driving force of the hit...."
"You turned into Dark Jak...and then hit her?" Torn asked his voice back to worry. "Is she okay?"
"She's not dead if thats what your thinking," Jak replied and that made both Ashelin and Torn sigh with relief. "She's hurt though, I hurt her badly both mentally and physically even if I did not hit her that hard. She hates me..."
"Jak I don't think she hates you," Ashelin said softy as she put her hand on his shoulder next to Torn's.
"Would you hate me if I hit you?" He asked Ashelin and she never respond to that question.
"Lets not worry about that at the moment, as long as the both of you are okay, relax here for a while, let Kiera cool down and then you got to go back and talk to her....Jak I'm going to ask you something and you need to answer very truthfully okay?" Torn asked and he lead Jack over to the chair in which a few moments ago he had been sitting in.
"okay..." Jak said a little confused like Ashelin who had not followed the two guys, instead she staid where she was standing. Was this the driving force that would brake Jak and Kiera apart forever? She had not followed Jak and Torn because she felt guilty about the thought that had crept into her mind. When Jak had asked her if she would hate him if he hit her, she though, No. Also she was hoping that Jak had hit Kiera so hard that she would never forgive him, and Jak would be free.
These feelings were horrible, she was friends with Kiera, how could she think such an awful though. But still as she stood there thinking about how bad the thoughts were, she still wanted them to be true. She wanted Jak to free, and maybe they could have a chance together. And if Jak hit her, she would not get mad she would hit him back.
"This Darron guy, are you jealous of him?" Torn asked, and Ashelin looked up, thats why Torn had told Jak to be truthful.
".......I.........I am....I must be..." Jak said softly and Ashelin did not hear what he said at all. But Torn heard and he smiled just a little. At least he knew why Dark Jak had showed it's ugly face in the middle of their fight. Jealous was a dark emotion and most likely feed off the dark eco that was still in Jaks body.
"Its okay buddy everyone gets jealous, you need to tell Kiera that you felt this emotion and she'll understand, it's not all your fault Jak, you have a lot of bad stuff in this body of yours, and it's not your fault it's there," Torn said and Jak shook his head.
"It is my fault, I lost control, I should have...-"
"Jak, you can't control everything, just chill and go talk to Kiera, you both need time to think," Torn said thoughtfully and Jak finally mustered a smile. He was right, Torn was right and Jak knew it.
"I need something to do, a small mission or something, I can't think just sitting around," Jak said as he stood up from his chair and Torn stood up as well.
"Well today on our scouting we picked up some strange stuff coming from the old wildlife section of this city, I guess you could go check it out to see if anything's going on over there. Also, there are some nice flowers, pick some up for Kiera," Torn said as he patted Jak on his shoulder once more. "Everything will work out fine kid!"
"Thanks Torn, dunno where I would be with out you," Jak said as he ran past Ashelin with out saying good bye and back into the rain. Ashelin's shoulders dropped as Torn walked over to her. He looked pleased for helping Jak out but Ashelin was sad to see him go. He was going to patch things up with Kiera and there would never be a her and Jak it would always Jak and Kiera.
"Are you read to go..."
"I'm sorry Torn, on second thoughts, I have to much work to do, I need to stay here and finish it up," Ashelin said and ran off towards the elevator.
If Torn had been the one pumped with Dark Eco and not Jak, it would have been him at this moment who would turn into dark Torn. Because like Jak he was jealous, the 'thinking' face he had dubbed for Ashelin, was not her thinking face, but her Jak expression. He was jealous of Jak, and how much Attention Ashelin gave to him.
But no matter how jealous he was, Jak would always be one of his best friends.
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A/N:: Don't get mad at me because I made Jak hit Kiera! It will all make sence when my 2 evil people come around! so don't get mad at me just yet eheheh. I love jak just as much as anyone else...if I did not I would not be writting this story '
Chapter 3 coming soon. The trouble starts...like the action and what not XD