A/N::: okay the drama is almost done for a while...one more chat and then we start finally with the point of this story. The fantasy stuff comes in! of course drama mixed in with he action....but ya know ' oh and...I totally forgot the doors were automatic...like the Naughty Ottsel...ha ha...sorry '' was thinking about Jak and Daxter 1...where the villagers doors were not automatic...well really they had none. But um...err....one mess up ehehe.
oh and before I forget thanks to shadows-of-flame and 1-1 for their reviews! thanks made me soo happy I wanted to wirte more! (how chapter 4 got dones so quickly.....)
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Torn stood in the elevator as he watched the buttons light up as it told him which floor he was passing. He needed to go have a small chat with his dear friend Ashelin. He figured he should make the rounds and check to see if all his friends were feeling okay. From the looks of it, today was going to be a long day.
The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open, Torn walked out of the elevator and down a very elaborately decorated hallway. He had only really stopped on this floor a few times. Because the only thing that was on their floor was Ashelins bedroom, and was pretty much off limits to everyone. But in this situation Torn felt it was necessary to stop by.
After thirty five feet of hall way Torn came to Ashelins door, reached out his hand and knocked on it a few times. The doors opened and Torn walked in to see Ashelin sitting at her vanity desk looking at herself in the mirror. She had put a blue robe over her dress and she turned around to face Torn.
"Maybe you'd like to share whats on your mind?" Torn asked as he put his hands in his pockets, he leaned up against the wall as the doors slid shut.
"Just a little confused, thats all," Ashelin said as the two of them staid quite for a moment as another clash of thunder roared outside.
"About Jak?" Torn asked finally, Ashelin looked at Torns face, his expression was non existent it was hard to tell how Torn was feeling. Ashelin tided her robe together as she looked away from his face, it's blank stare was making her a little uneasy.
"I suppose so, he looked quite upset."
"Well he just hurt someone he loved, and it seamed, really for the frist time, he did not know how to handle it. You could have been more supportive of him, an encouraging word or two so he did not feel like he lost Kiera..." Torn said as he stopped for a moment really thinking if he should say his next comment. But it was going to come out sooner or later, and it was later, now. "Unless you don't want Jak to make up with Kiera."
"Why would I want that?" Ashelin asked.
"Maybe, so you can hold Jaks hand forever," Torn said and Ashelin stood up from her chair. She was about to protest, but why should she. Torn was right, if she said something that would contradict Torns statement, she would be lying to herself, and to Torn.
"And if I want to?" Ashelin said now in her own defense. Torn Just sighed closing his eyes and looking towards the ground. He knew Ashelin better then he knew his self, and yet she did not see that or understand how he felt.
"Your never going to, Jak has only room in his heart to love one girl, and it's Kiera. The sooner you except that the sooner everyone can have a little happiness," Torn said as he turned and walked out of her room. He did not need to stay and have a conversation when the outcome of it was already quite clear. He walked towards the elevator as he heard Ashelins door open and she stepped into the hallway. He only turned back around when he heard her voice.
"You never know what the future holds Torn, no one does," Ashelin spoken and Torn felt a flame of anger burn in his heart.
"I know one thing, it will never be Jak and Ashelin," Torn said his final comment before he disappeared into the elevator. Ashelin grumbled as she went back into her room to change into her work clothes, she defentily was not going out any where today. Maybe Torn was right, and maybe he wasn't. But right now, just like the sky, it was all cloudy.
Haven City: Near Wild life Sector
Jak had almost reached the old wild life sector of Haven City when he thought that maybe he should have went and brought Daxter along with him. He could use someone to talk to, he just could not bring himself to tell Daxter what happened. Daxter would never forgive him if he knew that Jak had hit Kiera.
The old wild life sector in Haven city had been abandoned a while ago when the Metal heads had infested it, and even when they were all cleared out, the people were hesitant to go back in there. It was a stunningly beautiful place, mainly because it was undisturbed.
When Jak heard Torn say something odd was spotted around this area he was hoping that it was not another group of Metal heads. Thats one thing he really did not want to deal with at this particular moment. Jak held up a small pendant and the doors to the old wild life sector started to pull open slowly. He enter the area and smiled, the rain had done wonders to this place. Thought the flowers were budded up so the rain would not kill them, the trees were large and the grass was as green as it could get.
He got off his hover board, and started walking threw the mud. Nothing seamed out of the ordinary, then the thought came to his mind that maybe Torn had made it up just so he would have something to do. Not that he minded to much, Torn was just trying to be helpful. Jak walked across a fallen tree trunk, though there was no strange activity going on he still wanted to be here, just to look around.
Jumping off the platform to the one under it he headed towards a batch of flowers that were not budded. He leaned over them and thought he would take a few to Kiera. If he did not take then they would drown with all this rain, saying they were not closing. He got down on his knees and started to pull a few of the flowers out of the ground.
He stopped for a moment as he saw what the flowers were covering. Thats why they were open and taking all the rain in themselves. They were protecting another kind of flower, Jak had never seen this kind of flower before. He ripped the rest of the smaller flowers out of the ground and gazed upon the deep purple flower that, before he ripped the other flowers out, was completely dry.
This flower had two rows of petals, Jak brushed his fingers against them and they were so soft. It was like running his fingers across someone's face. This flower was absolutely beautiful. Kiera would love it, not only it's beauty, but maybe she could figure out what type it was.
Jak reached into his pouch on his belt and pulled out a small container, he put some of the little white flowers down on the bottom, he was going to put this purple flower in next then cover it with the rest of the white ones. So it would be kind of like a surprise when Kiera saw it. With that finished he took out his pocket knife and the blade popped out. There must have been a reason why the white ones were protecting this one. He did not want to much rain to get on this lovely flower.
Cutting the stem a few inches from the bud he turned and put the flower in the container and then finished putting the white flowers over it. He pushed the lid back on the container and slipped it back into his pouch. He would have started to head back towards the city but something stopped him.
The ground grave a violent jolt and Jak was knocked off his feet as the ground started to shake more violently. Jak rolled down and fell into the small river as the ground continued to shake. Haven city had not had an earthquake in about three hundred years, well thats what he records stated. And back then it was more like Haven village.
Jak spit some water out of his mouth as he surfaced the water and grabbed onto the side of the river bed and a few seconds later the ground stopped shaking. Sence he fell into the water this was the frist time Jak go to look around and see how much damage the earthquake had cause this second of the City.
His mouth hung open as trees had toppled over and there was a giant crack in the ground. This section was of the city was in ruins. Jak ran up and grabbed his hover board and jumped on it as he went shooting out of this sector. If the earthquake had caused this much damage to the wildlife then the city was sure to have felt the effects as well.
Upon his leaving the steam the spot that used to hold the purple flower started to ooze out black goo, and as it touched the grass near it, the grass shriveled up and died.
Jak speed threw the city looking at buildings and people as he past. some of the houses had caved in, people were wounded. His eyes went sky ward, the Baron's palace was still in tip top condition but the windows on the top floor were broken. He expected that much to happen, sence that palace was the newest thing in the city it was reasonable for it still to be standing and undamaged.
Like the houses that were caved in, some of these places were years old. One of the oldest places, just recently redone for his own personal pleasure, was Daxters Naughty Ottsel. He had to go check and see if Daxter and Tess were all right.
He swerved past a few fallen buildings and turned quickly, he needed to find a fast way to get to the Naughty Ottsel. He then snapped his figures as he remember the short cut Daxter had shown him. Jak turned down an alley way and zoomed threw it, he would have made it threw just fine if he did not find himself stopping and gazing at the end of alley way.
There growing out of a crack in the ground was a large think vine. It was growing rapidly as it started to curl it's self around the building. Jak hovered over to it and touched the vine, it's rough texture was pumping slightly as if it had a heart beat.
He pulled his hand away from it quickly as he went past it and looked out at the docks. Vines were growing out of the water, not only were vines growing out of the cracks that the earthquake had made but other assortment of plants that were all very strange. Jak then went on towards the Naughty Ottsel. It still appeared to be in decent shape. Daxter had done some pretty fine work to the place. But he still needed to go in and check on his best friend.
Jak walked in the door and saw the customers today were climbing out from under their tables and grumbling about the earthquake. He then saw Tess peak up and over the bar counter.
"Tess!" Jak yelled as she stood up completely and smiled slightly as Jak ran over to her. "Are you okay? Where is Daxter?"
"Right here buddy..." Daxter said as he hopped no top of the bar as he brushed off his fur. "That was bad, talk about your party buster."
"Thats not the worst part...there must have been some kind of plant growing under Haven city, come on you gotta take a look at this Dax," Jak said as Daxter finished grooming himself as he jumped on Jaks shoulder. The two of them ran out of the Naughty Ottsel, the whole dock was almost completely covered with plants now, but the rain was starting to lighten up a little.
"Whoa, there must have been a jungle under Haven city..." Daxter commented as Tess walked out of the bar as well and looked out at the docks water which now looked like a swamp with all the plants growing out of it.
"Oh! whats that pretty light!" Tess called out as she started running towards the edge of the docks.
"Tess, hun, becareful!" Daxter called after her as Jak ran behind Tess. She bent down on the ground and moved some of the plants out of the way. She gasped happily as a golden and crimson butterfly came out of the plants. It's wings were magnificent, the wing spand of this bug had to be at least a foot long. But the most amazing thing about the butterfly was that it was letting off a stunning golden glow. As it fluttered around in the rain, small dust fell off its wings, it glittered brightly as it fell and landed on the plants under it.
"What a bug!" Daxter called out as the butterfly looked at Daxter, and then fluttered and landed on Tess's shoulder. It fluttered it's wings slightly as Tess giggled and got back to her feet pointing to the butterfly.
"I think it likes me Daxter!"
"Yeah well thats all well and good, as long as its not a boy," Daxter commented and Jak smiled. "You better go inside before your little friend drowns....."
"Thats why she was hiding, silly me I forgot butterflies don't like the rain," Tess said and with a pat to Daxters head started back towards the Naughty Ottsel.
"Look at that Dax, where the butterflies dust landed, the vines growing another part..."Jak said as he watched a sprout pop out of the side of the vine. Daxter crossed his arms as he looked down at the moment of the vines, it looked like somthing was being pumped threw them.
"Let me get this straight that little bug...caused all this?!" Daxter said scarcestly.
"Well...I don't think thats the only one," Jak said as he bent down and Daxter jumped off his shoulder. Jak took a part of the vine in his hand and moved it to the side. The vine thudded to the ground as butterflies started to flutter out of where they were hiding and to find a new place to hide and get out of the rain.
Daxter looked around the whole dock in aw as the all the vines started to light up. There had to be hundreds of butterflies, the glow must be a call, or warning to the butterflies that were out in the rain. The glow lit up the water, but as it lit up the water it cast a long deep shadow further down. Something was moving around the water, like a large sea snake.
"I don't even wanna know what that is!" Daxter yelled as he jumped on Jaks back hiding behind him as the butterflies glow died down and the shadow was completely lost to the darkness of the water. Jak and Daxter turned around as they heard the sounds of hovers approaching.
Torn jumped out of the one that was in the lead and headed over to Jak. Daxter waved at him and was not really expecting Torn to wave back. When ever Torn got that look on his face, it normally meant he wanted Jak and Daxter to do another one of his crappy missions.
"Do you have any idea whats going on?" Torn asked and Daxter snorted.
"If we knew that buddy, do you think we'd be out in the rain looking at this stuff?" Daxter asked and Torn ignored his comment.
"We'll were pretty sure the butterflies are whats causing the vines to grow, maybe thats why there was the earthquake as well? The vines braking threw the ground and all..." Jak pointed out, as the last of the butterflies found a safe place out of the rain.
"It's not only vines and butterflies Jak," Torn said as he turned and looked at the city. "Other strange things have been appearing on our radars and there is no explanation for it. One of the largest vibes was coming out of this water..."
"There is something big and nasty in that water..." Daxter said.
"You saw it?"
"Not really more like and outline of a shadow," Jak translated Daxters comment to Torn.
"Did you find anything in the wild life sector?" Torn asked and Jak had almost completely forgotten he had went over there, sence the earthquake, then the vines and now weird shapes appearing on their radars.
"Only this flower," Jak said as he reached into his pouch and took out the container that held the flower. Daxter and Torn waited as Jak pulled the lid off. The three guys turned their head in disgust as a strong strange odder came out of it.
"What nasty flower did you pick up? The sewage special?" Daxter complained as he put his hand in front of his nose as Jak tried to fan the odder away.
"I never saw this kind of flower before, so I picked it up," Jak explained as he dumped the container over into his hand. The only thing that came out was the purple flower. Jak narrowed his eyes, he pondered what happened to the other flowers he had put in there as well. The purple flower wriggled in his hand, which made Jak jump slight and drop the flower on the ground.
The guys watched the flower and as the rain hit it, the flower stared to shrivel and die. Jak took the container and scooped the flower up and put the lid back on top. Water did kill it, that would explain why the other flowers were over it. But it did not explain why the flower was moving and letting off that weird odder.
"That sent, I've smelled it before....has either one of you ever smelled burning flesh?" Torn asked and Daxter looked over at Jak then back at Torn.
"Not flesh, but of burnt Metal heads, yep, smelled that," Daxter said and Jak looked down at the flower.
"You mean the flower is letting off the smell of burned flesh?" Jak asked and Torn nodded telling him he was right in his guess. Jak frowned and was kind of glad that he had not taken this to Kiera frist before finding Daxter.
Then it hit him, Kiera!
"Oh no..."Jak said.
"Whats wrong?" Torn asked before Daxter could.
"Kiera! She's home all alone!" Jak said as he got back on his hover board.
"I'll check in with you later Jak!" Torn called after Jak as he speed off with Daxter holding onto his jacket for dear life.
"Torn you gotta take a look at this!" One of the Crimson guards called out and Torn turn his head and headed over to his trooper. "look right in there!"
Torn narrowed his eyes, but there was no need to, for what was there was so stunning it was hard to miss. A beautiful white horse was prancing in the rain. With and amazing set of hair, but there was nothing more amazing then the horn that was sticking out of its head and the small sparks that were shooting out of it. As the horse danced around Torn felt peaceful inside, and realized it was not a horse at all, but a unicorn.
It did not take Jak and Daxter to long to make it to Jaks house. Because they both noticed the white door with the odd tree painted on it. However, that was the only thing really left of the house. Jaks house and all the other houses around it were rubble. Jak and Daxters heart sank as they saw some people looking and stepping on the rubble of what used to be their homes.
"Kiera...."
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A/N:: Yeah 2 chapters today...cause I might not get to post a chapter tomorrow...cause I'm going to help my teacher clean her class room. No I'm not a teachers pet lol, I T.A for her and she is a great teacher. I never was in her class...just in her advisory and TA. must think I'm crazy for going to school on my vacation...I am however lol :D I'm getting paid for it ' Also I have chapter 4 complete so if I finish early tomorrow or wake up early I'll post that as well.... :D any who...
Woop End of Chapter 3! I'm moving along nicely with this story. Okay the weird Fantasy stuff starts popping up, it will be explained later why and how. . The fighting wont start I believe until chapter 5 or a little later. But in chapter 5 you'll understand why there wont be much fighting tell a bit later, there is a reason. Also one of the new people show up in chapter 4 leaving Ashelin out of a job.