I just noticed a typo in the last chapter(s), both were labeled chapter 13, that's not right.. The last one was of course supposed to be nr 14.
That's all I've got to say for today, since I haven't got a new review since last time.

But anyway, I proudly present chapter 15 and 16. Where I can intuduce another of my own characters/animal and one old friend from Jak2. Enjoy, and review;)

CHAPTER 15

A FLUT-FLUT CALLED SPIKE

212. The next week

Cornelius

Kate and I had decided to go visit the flut-flut-ranch.

Getting there without being noticed by the crimson guards proved to be too easy.

We walked trough an old drain pipe by the water slums which led us straight into the wasteland. From there I managed to call Spot, and he took us the rest of the way out to the farm. Much had changed since Kate's last visit; she hadn't been there since the baron took over. But her favourite bird, Tiny Blue, was still there, and still he was the same size though she hadn't seen him in twelve years.

My uncle says flut-fluts have good memory, and it seemed to be true with Tiny Blue.

"He looks even smaller than last time" Kate said as the bright blue bird ran up to her, "But maybe it's just because I've grown"

More birds came up to us to say hi, even Phoenix, who now had grown up to become a big strong bird.

Still there was one bird who kept the distance.

"What's with that striped bird over there? Is he scared or something?" Kate asked.

"Scared? I doubt it. That's Spike. He's been the leader of the pack since Rocko died" I answered,"Though he's not a very good one"

Kate looked curious, "how is that even possible? The only thing an Alfa male have to do is to protect his family and mate with the females. Doesn't he want to protect them?"

"Oh, he protects them alright. Yet he hasn't been very popular amongst the girls. He's taken on this bad habit of fighting the other birds, no matter how old they are or what sex they are" I explained, "He's been like that since a couple of years ago. He managed to run away but Erol (show-off) captured him a few months later. He was very weak, hadn't been able to feed himself on his own. But apart from that he had changed".

"So he used to be different?"

"Correct. He was quite a nice bird actually as far as I remember. But after he escaped he's become more aggressive. Now he can't even go five minutes without trying to get a fight going"

"Poor thing. He must have had a hard time" said Kate, "Does wild flut-fluts fight a lot?"

"Not really. Sometimes they attack intruders or a new leader can chase chicks of the old one away but Spike attacks everyone, even those of his own pack"

"Luckily all of Rocko's chicks grew up before he died" a voice said behind us, my uncle Charlie came with a bucket of food for the birds, "I always make sure I don't mate the old leaders when they're nearing the end of their lives. Though my attempts don't always work out" he looked at Spot and smiled, "But it worked out fine. Rocko lived a bit longer than I was expecting and Spot reached puberty just before he died. And Tiny Blue, even if he's small he's way over fully grown"

Tiny Blue got up and tried to make himself look bigger by making his feathers stand up.

"But you must be hungry after the long trip, do you want to stay for dinner?" Charlie asked.

"I'd love to! I didn't get much lunch today. My little brother got sick and threw up so I lost my appetite" said Kate.

"Little brother suck" I said, "At least that's what Erol always say. I doubt it is any worse than having a big brother though"

As we walked in to the kitchen the birds gathered around the food tray as well. Charlie always fed his birds when he got hungry, that way he knew they would get food as well.

We could se the birds from the kitchen window.

Phoenix was eating as if this could be his last meal, as wild birds usually do. Tiny Blue acted like a baby and spread half his food around over the grass fields, much of this was eaten by the younger birds or Phoenix.

Spike tried to chase the other birds away from the tray and when that didn't work he grabbed a mouthful and ran away to eat it alone.

Spot ate half as much as the other birds, the other half of his food he gave to Phoenix who happily accepted it, (no wonder that bloody bird became so big)

"Do they always do like that?" Kate asked while she was giggling.

"Every single day" Tanya said, she was sitting on the kitchen unit eating birdseeds, "Watch, any minute now Phoenix will walk over and try to steal Spike's food"

And sure enough, as soon as she had said that we heard bird-cries outside and we saw Phoenix running across the field with a pissed of Spike who tried to bite his tail of.

The flut-fluts quickly finished eating, all except Phoenix who was still looking for leftovers, the rest of the birds went back to their daily routine, as for Spike, this meant terrorising the chicks. With no luck of course, the mother was always close by and she called on her sisters and occasionally the chick's father and chased their leader away.

All grades were forgotten whenever a chick was in trouble.

After failing the third time Spike was getting sick of trying.

He yelled at the bird mothers but they only yelled back and chased him even further away.

I was tired of watching, it was the same routine every day, so I went back to eating.

After looking away for just a few seconds I heard a bird cry again and Kate shouted "Tiny Blue!" She was pointing towards the fence where Spike stood with a firm grip around Tiny Blue's neck, the little bird was crying like nuts.

"What's that crazy bird doing?" I said and quickly got up.

"I must have gotten sick of being chased away by angry mothers, so he decided to attack Tiny Blue instead, our smallest adult" said Charlie.

"We have to help him!" Kate said and ran straight for the door, Charlie got up too, and he took a gun out of a closed and followed her.

"This has gone too far" he said to me, "Spike is getting way to dangerous"

I ran after them out the door, I have to admit I was scared.

It's strange, but even after seeing tons of metalheads and occasionally crimson guards die in different ways I was more scared than ever for what would happen to that little flut-flut. Tiny Blue was on the other side of the fence but I heard him like he was right next to me. He screamed and cried for help, but who could help him? His mother, Katja, looked at him nervous, but she was still busy protecting her last chick, a four months old female named Lucy. I didn't want to see this, we were too far away! We would never make it! I closed my ears and heard screaming, but soon I heard other birds scream as well, the same sound I had heard before, when Erol and I was standing in front of the fire wall separating us from the wild flut-flut-pack. I opened my eyes again.

Phoenix was standing right in front of Spike, who was still holding Tiny Blue, and kicked his foot in the ground.

Could it be? Was Phoenix trying to challenge Spike for leadership?

Spike hissed, it sounded funny since he was still holding Tiny Blue in his beak.

This didn't look very good, Phoenix might be born in the wild and ate twice as much as the other birds, but Spike was older and stronger.

"What's Phoenix doing?" asked Kate "Is he trying to save Tiny?"

"Possible, at least he is" said Tanya.

Spot came running and as he passed Spike he grabbed his older brother and dragged him out of Spikes beak. Spike hissed again but before he was able attack Spot, Phoenix bit him in the neck. Spike turned towards Phoenix but once again he was bitten, this time both Spot and Tiny Blue grabbed his neck and pulled him over.

Spike was furious, he got up on his feet quicker than Phoenix eats his food and turned to attack the brothers.

He never got to them, another bird grabbed his tail, and this time it was no other than Fluffy. Spike turned to face the newcomer but as he did that Spot and Phoenix attacked him from behind again.

"Would you look at that, Erol's flut-flut might stand a chance" said Charlie, "Spike might be the strongest bird at the ranch but Phoenix has got strong allies"

It looked like every bird fitted for fighting threw themselves into the fight.

Even some of the mothers came to join, leaving the chicks to seek security with us.

Katja led the herd of angry mothers and went for Spike like a pack of hungry wolves.

"Me have to stop this before we loose a bird" Charlie said and ran towards the birds.

He shouted and yelled at the birds to make them move away; soon he had managed to scatter them all, except three of them.

Tiny Blue was on the ground, too injured to walk, same story with Spike, Phoenix was still holding on to his neck.

"It's over spitfire, leave him" Charlie said to Phoenix, the wild bird seemed reluctant to leave but soon he joined the others, as I watched how the other birds greeted him it became clear to me that the herd had a new leader.

Kate ran up to Tiny Blue.

"Poor dear, are you okay?" she asked. Tiny Blue twittered weakly and laid his head on her knee. "We better get them both indoors" said Charlie "And I'm afraid Spike would have to be put in an own enclosure, there's no way we can put him back with the herd now". The other birds had taken few or no damage at all. Phoenix had a rift on his neck but he would live. Katja had lost many tail feathers; she was now trying to comfort Lucy, even though she was still looking at Tiny Blue.

Uncle Charlie carried Tiny in to the stable and Kate and I helped carry Spike into a box where no other bird could get to him. It wasn't very hard; the beaten leader was too weak to even move. Spot, Phoenix and Katja followed us in to the stable. Katja even managed to open the door in to Tiny Blue's box where she ran in and laid down next to her son.

Lucy came in after her and lay down at the other side. "That little bird's got a good family; they are probably beginning to realize Tiny Blue will never be a real adult.

"I can't believe Spike attacked him like that! Tiny Blue was defenceless!" said Kate, "I know some birds attack chicks when they want to mate with their mothers but Tiny Blue didn't have a mother there to protect him, Katja mated tons of times after his birth right?"

"You're right Shara, its strange" said Charlie, "It appears Spike simply like to kill"

I looked over to the box where Spike was, he was already beginning to recover and raised his head and glared at me.

"Why are you doing this?" I wondered.

CHAPTER 16

A NEW FAMILY-MEMBER

212.

Kate

I didn't come home until late that night, mom was busy changing Jak's diapers when I came in but I couldn't see Jake anywhere?

"You're late" said mom, she wasn't angry, just surprised, "Did you have so much fun you forgot time?"

"Something like that" I answered, fun's not exactly the word, I added in my head but I didn't say it out loud, "Where's dad?"

"At work I guess" mom said, "He'll be home soon… I think he hear him"

Sure enough, someone was opening the door and soon Jake, my stepfather, came in the door to the living room with a large cardboard box in his hands.

"Hi dad" I said, giving him a hug, "What's in the box?"

"Just a little thing I got from a guy at work today" he answered, "You remember mr. Rock right? He had a little dog you loved so much".

"Yeah, Kiki was so adorable" I said.

Kiki was a crocadog, a dog breed that looks like a mix between dog and crocodile.

"And guess what? She's got puppies" said dad and opened the box.

As soon as he had opened it a tiny green and yellow pup jumped out.

"Aren't dogs like that aggressive?" mom asked while lifting Jak of the table.

"No, not unless they are trained to be" dad said and petted the puppy's head. It barked happily and waged his tail.

"He's so cute dad! What's his name?" I asked.

"I figured you could give him one" dad said, "He's our dog now, so I hope you and your brother will look well after him"

"As soon as Jak learns to look after himself" said mom.

I could hardly believe it, my own dog! Well, he wasn't really my own, but he belonged to my family. Not many of the neighbours had any pets; few of them could actually afford it since the baron raised the taxes.

"I think I'll call him Crocket" I said.