Answers to MissEcoFreak the dark ottsel questions: Hum, I have no idea how I missed that...Ashelin being called governor and all I'm so sorry :D lol I'll go back and change that ASAP :D ehehe see how much I pay attention lol thanks for pointing that out Oh and for the Crimson Guards/Freedom league, I started writing and planning the story before I got started on Jak 3 (had to wait for X-mas to open it lol)....I might go back and change that as well...but I like them red ;; , oh and also I did not want them blue...cause well..there are another set of guards that don't belong to Haven City and they wear blue...lol. But with the Ashelin thing I'll change that :D cause its important that I get her tittle right X3 But thank you so much for your questions!
(ehehehe I found time to update! horraa cutting it close though XD)
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"Kiera!" Jak yelled as he ran on the ruins of his house. He started moving boards around and pieces of glass in a desperate search to find her. Daxter jumped off Jaks shoulder to look around in the other parts of the house. Daxter was really hoping for some reason she had left the house. He was not as strong as Jak was so he really could not help moving things.
That little disappointing though sparked another into Daxters head. He may not be able to move the boards but he cloud easily climb under them. Daxter went under one of the boards and started to squeeze threw some others as he made his way further and further under the rubble. Daxter heard Jaks continue to cry of Kieras name as the only light in the day was starting to fade away quickly as Daxter kept moving deeper.
"Kiera if your under here please let me know!" Daxter called out as the way down was blocked so he had to turn to the right to keep going. It was quite cold between the wet wood and water kept dripping on his head. He was about to turn around and go back up to Jak but he stopped for a moment, he thought he heard something. "Kiera! It's Daxter!"
Daxter fell silent again as he moved towards the direction he thought he heard the sound. He stopped moving when he saw something stuck in-between two boards. It was a pillow, or part of it. Daxter took it in his hand and thought about early that day when Kiera was fluffing it. And if she was any where in this house, she would be on her bed.
A sudden urge hit Daxter as he spun around from where he was standing. There she was, or what he could see of her. Kieras hand was sticking out between some boards as Daxter was hesitant to move towards her. He did not want to put any more pressure onto what was already on her. He turned and started to tunnel back up threw the wood. Jak would have to move the boards to free her.
"Jak!" Daxter called out as he was almost back to the surface. "Jak! I found her she's over here!"
Jak ran over to where Daxter crawled out of and Daxter lead Jack to the spot he figured was almost exactly over Kiera. Jak quickly started moving the wood and Daxter helped out as much as Jak needed him to. Jak propped up some more wood as the other pieces he moved started to slide around a little.
Finally Jak saw what Daxter had seen, Kieras hand. He lifted the piece of wood out of the way as more of her arm could be seen and the gashly cuts she had obtained from the earthquake. More frantically then before Jak moved the rest of the wood off her. She was battered and bloody. Jak bent down and picked Kiera up cradling her as gently as he could.
Daxter jumped upon Jaks shoulder as he could see his buddy was starting to get choked up. Daxter crawled over on Jaks other shoulder so he could be near Kiera's face. Daxter reached out his hand and touched her neck, waited for a few moments then turned and smiled at Jak.
"She's still alive, but she wont be if we keep standing around! The closet place is the Naughty Ottsel and I'm sure if Torn is still there he'll have some kind of med kit...." Daxter said and Jak nodded as he went running back towards the dock where he left his hover board. Daxter held on tightly to Jak as he gazed at Kieras face. She was not going to make it if they did not hurry up. Thats why Daxter did not mention the hospital to Jak. Tons of wood had fallen on her, Daxter did not feel she would make it that far to the hospital, definitely in this cold weather.
Daxter jumped off Jaks shoulder as they were about to reach the Naughty Ottsel as he scurried inside where he hoped Torn would be. Daxter hopped up on the bar and looked at Tess who was messing with that butterfly who had taken clam to her shoulder. And a smile appeared on Daxters face as he saw Torn sitting at the end of the bar. Daxter ran past Tess with out saying anything as he grabbed onto Torns shirt.
"Med kit! We need a Med kit! Well Kiera needs it! She was still in the house when it collapse! Hurry Torn hurry!" Daxter yelled and Torn looked at him funny before he fully understood what the ottsel was trying to say. Torn got to his feet as Daxter let go of him falling to the floor when Jak came running in still cradling Kiera. Tess did not need to be told anything as she ran into the back to get a bed ready for Kiera. "All right everyone out! Bar is now officially closed!"
The customers started to get out of their seats and heading towards the door. Torn came back in with his med kit as Daxter was ushering the last of the people out. When the bar was clear Daxter shut the door and then headed into the back with the rest of the group. Jak was carefully laying Kiera down on the bed and Tess had brought a bowl with hot water and a rag.
Torn had taken a stool from the front and brought it back in this room so he could sit by the bed and wrap her wounds carefully. He ran his fingers over her body checking for broken bones and try to find if there was any bruising, because she might have some internal bleeding.
The room was quite as Tess was washing the blood away and Torn was wrapping up her deep cuts. Jak paced back and forth as he turned and watched Tess and Torn from time to time. Kiera had not moved at all sence he brought here hear, and she was barley breathing. Daxter was also extremely nervous as he watched and waited for Torn to tell them what the damage was.
Finally Torn turned his head away from Kiera and towards Jak and Daxter. Tess then put the cloth back in the bowl of hot water as she waited to hear the news as well.
"Come on, tell us..."Daxter said a little edgy and Torn did not appear to have good news.
"Both of her arms are broken, the bones in her left ankle are shattered and she has brusing almost everywhere. We need a doctor here, I fear she might have obtained internal bleeding. Her wounds that are showing are not to serious and I think she has a mild concussion...." Torn said and Jak dropped down to his knees next to the bed and put his head down on the mattress and started to sob lightly. Daxter crawled over on to his back and started to pat it lightly.
"I'll go, to the hospital and see if a doctor can come over here," Tess said as the butterfly lifted off her shoulder and went to sit on the table near the bed as if it knew she was going to be going outside in the rain. Tess walked over to the closet and pulled it open. She took out one of her blaster rifles and loaded it. Daxter looked at Tess and she smiled brightly at the look Daxter was giving her.
"Babe why the hell do you need that?" Daxter asked.
"Just incase they give me lip," Tess said as she slung it over her shoulder and headed out of the room.
"What a woman!" Daxter growled slightly.
"What a woman indeed," Torn said with less enthusiasm that Daxter had. "Couldn't Samos heal some of her wounds....?"
"Yeah where is the old green guy at any ways? He was not in the house was he?!" Daxter gasped thinking they might have left Samos under all the rubble as well. Jak stood up and wiped his eyes as he looked over at Daxter.
"Samos left to see Onin and Pecker," Jak said as he took in a deep breath and looked over at Kiera, frist she was hit and now this. How much more could she go threw, Jak walked past Torn and took Kiera's hand. He had to make it right again for her. He kissed her hand gently then turned to Torn. Torn might have a point about Samos.
"Come on Dax we need to find Samos, Torn could you stay here with Kiera, I don't want her to be left alone," Jak said and Torn nodded.
"Hurry back Jak, I got a bad feeling, something very strange is going on in this city," Torn said and with out another second Jak and Dexter started out of the room and towards the door of the Naughty Ottsel. Torn took Kieras hand and patted it gently. She had to wake up, or Torn feared they might lose one of their best warriors, and if the city was indeed in trouble, they were going to need Jak....and Daxter.
Governors Palace
Ashelin was shaken badly when the earthquake had hit. She was back sitting in the room with the glass walls. She had hid under the table but that did not really help her at all. Glass had been flying everywhere, when the earthquake had started. She had been cut by the flying shards of glass and the wind was especially strong up this high. But what frightened her the most was when the earthquake had passed and she got out from under the table.
Along with the wind, this high she could see the whole city. And she stood in horror as she looked at the collapse buildings, and some of them started to fall as an aftermath. She watched the citizen running around, for help or for shelter. And of course she watched the vines start ripping out of the ground.
Though she had all the power anyone could ask for, she felt completely powerless standing up on this tower looking down at everyone. What hit her the hardest though was when she was walking around this room taking in all the damage that was done by the earthquake, she did not see the hospital. It must have fallen to the ground as well.
She put her hand to her head and was happy Torn had put in some emergency stations around the city if anything was ever to happen, because those back up stations were now the only source of medical attention the citizens could get. She took one of the toppled over chairs and turned it up right. She had lost her little communication beckon when the windows exploded. Ashelin sat down in the chair and sighed heavy, how was she going to tackle this problem.
Before she could start to think about it the door opened and one of the lobby workers entered what used to be the glass room and walked over to Ashelin. She looked up at him as he had a really worried look upon his face.
"Ashelin, some weird lady just came in the building. She said she wanted to meet with the Queen of this place, so I'm assuming she meant you. It's well, really odd, could you please come...now..." He said a little shaky and Ashelin got up. The tone in his voice made her run to the door and towards the elevators.
"Hurry up!" Ashelin yelled at the guy and he ran into the elevator as well. "What was she like...?"
"I think it's best...if you just see her...for yourself," The guy said as he looked at the buttons on the elevator and then pushed the button that had a number '6' on it.
"What are you doing?"
"The lady asked to go to the Throne room...and well floor six, is kind of like that, so we sent her there," He said as he was starting to get really shaky and Ashelin was starting to get really worried. She looked down at her belt, she had her blaster pistol and wondered if she was going to have to use it.
The elevator stopped and Ashelin got off, the guy however staid on and he disappeared as the doors shut. He had been pretty shaken so she really did not mind that he did not want to look upon this woman again. Ashelins mind ran wild on her only trying to imagine how the woman would look. The main thing that came pooping into her head was Cyborg Errol, that guys face gave her nightmares.
She reached the very elaborate doors as she took hold of the handles. This room was not a throne room, but if anyone came to meet with the Governor they would be held in here. Ashelin pushed the doors as hard as she could and they started to open slowly. She walked into the room and was rather taken aback by what she saw.
Upon the high chair on the platform high above them room was the woman. That chair as Ashelin remember, she never sat in it because no one really called for a meeting with her. She thought it was kind of foolish that they even built the chair up that high. She would have had to yell down at anyone whom she was trying to talk to.
But the woman was sitting in the chair now. And next to her was a very skinny man holding a book. And down the stairs in two evenly straight lines were what appeared to be her guards. But the men were not wearing armor, they were all each holding long blue staffs. In fact all the guards were wearing long blue robes that covered their feet. Their hair was all pulled back into a pony tail and they all had on the same stone expression.
"Is this the Queen of this city I look down upon?" The woman asked, her voice was heavenly. She stood up from the seat and Ashelin finally got a good look at her. There was nothing scary about her at all. She was stunningly beautiful. Her hair touched the ground as she stood up and it was a shimmering white color. Her skin was extremely pale, but fair none the less. Her lips were a deep blue that matched her eye color. She was dressed in a white dress that was so complex, and it sparkled when she moved. On her head was a silver tiara, that wrapped into her hair and down her forehead.
Ashelin could hardly find her voice as she looked at the woman. No wonder the man was so shocked, the womans beauty was powerful. And Ashelin felt a strange and strong power within that woman that went depper then surface appearance.
"Well, I'm not a Queen exactly, I'm a Governor!" Ashelin called up towards the woman, obviously the woman had never heard of a Governor before, she turned towards the skinny man who was standing next to her. Compared to her this man was nothing. He was almost bonny as if he ate nothing. His hair was brown and like the guards was pulled back into a pony tail. He was dressed in a light blue outfit that looked like something a priest would wear. And on his head was and odd looking hat.
"Is a Governor, Higher then a Queen?" She asked as she started down the steps, one elegant step at a time. And as she moved Ashelin could see she was not wearing any shoes. Also she could see the womans arms clearly and she noticed that tattooed on her arm in a dark blue were symbols that looked like the ones on the piece of stone Jak had brought her this morning.
"Hold on my highness I saw that word in here somewhere," The man said as he flipped threw the book as he walked after the woman. "Ah I found it, no no my Queen, a Governor is not higher then a queen. Compared to a Queen a governor is like an owner of a bar!"
The man bowed to the woman as she smiled gently and waved her hand at the man telling him he could back away from her now. As the woman walked down the steps, each set of guards she passed turned and faced down in the direction she was walking. So if Ashelin tried anything funny they would be ready to attack.
"If you are not the Queen, my dear, then who in this silly little city is?" The woman asked kindly as she kept on walking towards Ashelin who found herself frozen. She did not fully understand why should could not move and bearly speak in the presents of this lady.
"There is no Queen, it's just me..." Ashelin said as the woman finally reached her. She reached out one long slender arm and placed it on Ashelins shoulder. She shudder as if she had just went outside into the snow. Which was not common at all in Haven city saying they lived near a desert.
"Well now you have a Queen, I Chasmin the Ice Queen, shall rule your little city for you," She said and Ashelin was going to protest her request but she found herself getting colder and colder as if she was locked in a freezer.
Ashelin pulled away from the woman and fell down on the ground rubbing her arms trying to get warm. Her teeth started to chatter as Chasmin towered over Ashelin and waved her hand as a small blue orb appeared in it. She lowered it and it floated in front of Ashelins face. She then started to feel her body warm up as the skinny man ran over to where his Queen was standing.
"Now you know why she's the Ice Queen," He said and Chasmin waved her had at him. "The most powerful woman on earth."
"Your just being moodiest," Chasmin said as she put her hand to her face as her pale cheeks were turning a slight pink.
"You can't just walk into Haven city and demand to be queen!" Ashelin said finally finding her voice to speak out against this woman. The Queen lifted her hand and formed it into a fist rather quickly and the heating orb disappeared. Obviously this had been the frist time anyone spoke against her and she did not like it at all.
"You are not a Queen there for you have no power over me!" Chasmin yelled as she threw her arms down to her side and she lifted off the ground. Her eyes went from dark blue to a glowing light blue as the room changed from the nice wood room, to covered with ice and snow as Chasmin let off a small blast of energy. Ashelin fell backwards into the doors as she was with the energy.
Chasmin landed back on the ground, none of her guards nor the skinny man had been effected by her power. Her eyes went back normal and her hair settled down once again to sleek and shinny. Ashelin looked up at the woman and it seamed her anger had just washed away.
"This city is just fine the way it is miss, I don't even know where you came from!" Ashelin yelled and The Ice Queen was tired of hearing Ashelins lip.
"This city, Haven City, was named after my mother, Queen Haven Elisabeth Chasmin Talibert, This city is mine and I'm taking it back (shall be explained later in the story), because Govornors have no power over Queens," Chasmin said repeating herself and Ashelin remembered the stone Jak had brought her once again, that ruin, what did it have to do with this woman. "And this place is ugly, Vector, gather everyone who is in this place and take them to the top floor, it's time for the Ice castle to return don't you boys agree?"
"Right away my Queen as you say!" The Skinny man nodded at least ten times before he disappeared. Ashelin gasped, he had disappeared right before her eyes. The guards started down from their post and circled the queen so Ashelin could not get to her.
"Watch this Governor Ashelin, as my castle is about to come back to life...." The Ice Queen spoke and her voice was back being just as heavenly as before. Ashelin went to stop Chasmin from what ever it was she was planning but the guard closet to Ashelin stuck out his staff and ropes shot out of it and bounded her body. Ashelin feel back in the snow and all she could do was sit and watch as Chasmin started to float in the air.
But this time she went higher up and a light blue beam shot down and hit her body, they light spread as wide to the end of the guards backs. Sparkles appeared in the light as Chasmin closed her eyes and arched her back as the light started to get brighter. Ashelin turned her head away for the light, it had had gotten to bright to look at, and she felt under her the ground started to move again.
Was it Chasmin who had caused the earthquake early? She was not exactly positive but the walls around her started to change shape as Ashelin felt herself moving upwards along with the Guards and the crazy woman. Ashelin rolled over onto her side so she could sit up. She got to her feet but these ropes that the man had shot at here seamed impossible to get out of. She staid still and waited for the ground to stop moving once again.
outside
Jak and Daxter stopped where they were as they gazed upon the Governors palace as the ground started to shake once again but not as violently as before. There were not to far from the Naughty Ottsel as the palace started to transform.
"Holy crap..." Daxter spoke out loud at the though him and Jak both shared. They watched as the palace ripped and tore, how it was expanding and growing taller. The iron and wood that had been used for it was now turning into a gray stone. The windows shattered and turned into stain glass ones instead.
A decoration that really grabbed their attention was the snow that was appearing on the stone walls, and the icesickles forming around the window frames. As the palace stopped moving it more looked like an old fashion castle, there was even a draw bridge.
But something else happened and left Jak and Daxter in aw, the rain was now coming down much more slowly. This new palace had frozen the rain and now it was snowing down on the city. Jak looked around as the butterflies started to come out of hiding and their golden glow turned blue, and the crimson on their winds also turned to lavender color.
The vines had stopped rapidly growing, they were just moving slowly, but faster then normal plants as they were still wrapping around buildings. The water in the docks was started to get a thin layer of ice over it, and everyone in Haven city was now trying to find a place to get out of this weather.
Torn walked out of the Naughty Ottsel and looked at the new palace that had formed and his mouth dropped opened as he noticed the quick change in weather. Looking at the palace he wished Tess would hurry back with a doctor, he had a feeling Ashelin was going to need a little bit of help.
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A/N::: Okay...no fighting yet but a made Ice Queen use her power. However she's not the only new stranger to appear in Haven City. The bad guy will appear a few chapters from now. Chasmin seams nice enough well unless you tick her off.
There is a fight that takes place in chapter 5, and it will help explain why there wont be any big battles tell Jak and Daxter find something.....new... also another fantasy creature is going to come in chapter 5...wanting a little Ottsel snack... X3