trapped..
every time they injected her with more eco she became more powerful.. and yet they always managed to control her.. the metalheads hardly stood a chance against her.. but they were just the appitizers.. Praxis had a mission for her that he knew she would carry out flawlessly.. after all, to kill amonster, you have to send a monster right?
the door swings open..
"Time to leave my dear.. your prey awaits.."
his voice like acid.. I remember this voice...
every thing becomes blurred.. so bright... yet still trapped.. never freed. because to be free, you must have a will to be free.
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"Jak! its about time you woke up.. Torn barked some new order at us.. I convinced him you were out.. we better hurry so he thinks youve been working all this time.." The little red ottsel hopped on Jaks shoulder as he stood up groggily..
"Dax this job has way too many hours.." he smiled as the ottsel made a bad impression of Torn as he ate a doenught
"you know we auttah get a vacation some times.." he took a bite his doenught "we risk our butts every day and still have to deal with that guy" he took another bite, hardly swallowing in between.. "I mean, couldn't the shadow pick a nicer guy to be the one on top?"
"Dax I need to know the mission remember?" he put on his jacket and belt with the multiple weapons he carried..
"oh yea right.. were supposed to check up on the hip hog saloon.. aparently someone new showed up there who has been the messanger from a wealthy customer of lard-ass.. Tess has been seeing him nearly every day and he never orders anything, just drinks something from a private flask.. were supposed to wring some answers out of him.."
"right. guess were going for a drink.."
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"can I help you?"
"persistant arent we? no Im sorry I dont want a drink. Im just here to collect and pay. perhaps later"
"thats what you always say.. why dont you ever order?"
the girl smiled "to tell you the truth, I dont drink alcahol.. it has no point for me. I dont like the tastes and Im phisically incapable of becoming drunk. so there isn't much point in drinking it." she sat at the counter talking with the cashier calmly like they were old friends..
'I cant believe this girl could be doing buisness with Krew.. she seems so nice.. despite her odd features..' Tess's eyes wandered to her ears, which were short and stubbly and curled as if someone had cut off her tips and burned them clean.. but they looked almost natural.. it was so odd.. she tried not to think about it.. "I see. though why would you want to become drunk? most people dont."
the girl smiled like Tess was a little child asking a question too obvious to her.. "Im not authorized to say.. though Im glad for the conversationpiece, despite how small.."
'how could it be that Jak is going to have to get answers out of her?' she just didn't seem at all like all the other messangers, charred and mean, uncaring for those around them and generally gruff and tough.. often hitting on her once they got drunk enough and sometimes beforehand.. she seemed like she could have grown up in a place completely different from here.. she reminded Tess of someone.. but she couldn't figure out who..
the door opened as Jak and Daxter came in.. thats who it was.. she reminded her of Jak.. they even seemed to smell similar.. calm and reserved. serene with underlying threat.. they seemed almost uncanny.. she stood up suddenly and walked cassually right to the door that led to the staircase to Krews apartment above the bar.. "krew, postpone my pickup.. Ive got something to take care of.."
"thats the messenger?" Dax smiled a bit as he saw her figure.. then stopped as he saw her ears.. "what is she? she hasn't got pointed ears.. they are all short and stubby." the girl turned from the doorway and walked calmly right to Jaks table..
"your name is Jak right?"she smiled invitingly, adjusting her glasses on her face..
"yea.. who wants to know?" she smiled and chuckled softly as he had said a joke..
"Im not authorized to say, though I should tell you, I know that by now you are probably assigned to come after me and find out what you want.. but I assure you, you wont. and I would prefer to step outside before we fight since I would not want to soil such a nice bar when I bring you back.. Life means a heartbeat though, so a bit of blood may fly.." she spoke as if she were just asking if he wanted to go to lunch or something.. and it scared Dax a bit..
"fine. how you know I dont know, but if you want to fight, I may as well find my information after you are defeated.." he stood up smiling as the three left the bar.. Tess out of curiousity left the counter to the door to watch..
she was amazed to see that Jak was already unconsious with Dax all over him trying to protect him from the girl as best as he could by the time she had gotten to the door.. "who the hell are you? You arent getting Jak without a fight!" Tess noticed that the girl had streaks of purple lightning around her fingertips just like Jak.. she picked up Dax around the waist without harming him and handed him to Tess who instinctivly held him tightly.. "Tess! what are you -? shes going to take Jak away!" she couldn't seem to hear Dax, just rubbing his head absentmindedly as she tried to comprehend what was going on before her.. and so she stayed untill the girl, with jack in front of her propped up in her hoverdisc waved a short goodbye..
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"where are you taking me?" Jak now had his hands and feet tied but had no gag nor blindfold.. he was sitting on her hoverdisc floor as she flew around..
"back to Baron Praxis.. where you belong. I was told to bring you back alive." she smiled just as before, like they were best friends..
"why do you take his orders?" again she smiled down at him a moment almost giggling at a nievety..
"because I have no reason not to.. not anymore.. he offers me shelter, he offers me food. I can never go home again.. so I have no reason to hold any prejudices anymore.. I do as I am told.."
Jak was suddenly swept by a wave of pity he did not show in his face.. "he broke you.. you havent got anything more to live for so you dont care.. why dont you escape? make a new life here?" she smiled again a lonely smile though..
"I am cursed.. when I still believed I could go home.. The baron cursed me.. he placed me on a metal chair and locked me in.. then came torture.. and sleep.. he did this so often I cannot remember anymore.. Ive mastered my demons now.. but - it doesn't change the fact.. I will never be seen as what I am. I do not belong in this world.. and the baron has seen to it that now I do not belong in the world I once knew either." she stopped the hoverjet and untied Jaks legs, attaching the rope to his tied hands instead like a leash..
"you know you dont have to do this.. just because you have no hope doesn't mean you can condemn it to others.." she looked to the ground a moment as she waited for him to come down from the hoverjet..
"I just do as I am told.. it doesn't matter who tells me. I dont care anymore so there is no point in fearing. do you not want me to bring you to Praxis? Why?"she cocked her head as the hoverdisc compacted to a pocketsize the moment Jak got off, his hands still tied behind him with her leash and the initial rope..
"Because I havn't given up yet."
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Nik: Well thats chapter one for you. I hope you liked it.. please no flaming.. but constructive critism and compliments are greatly welcome!
every time they injected her with more eco she became more powerful.. and yet they always managed to control her.. the metalheads hardly stood a chance against her.. but they were just the appitizers.. Praxis had a mission for her that he knew she would carry out flawlessly.. after all, to kill amonster, you have to send a monster right?
the door swings open..
"Time to leave my dear.. your prey awaits.."
his voice like acid.. I remember this voice...
every thing becomes blurred.. so bright... yet still trapped.. never freed. because to be free, you must have a will to be free.
~~~~~~~~~~~
"Jak! its about time you woke up.. Torn barked some new order at us.. I convinced him you were out.. we better hurry so he thinks youve been working all this time.." The little red ottsel hopped on Jaks shoulder as he stood up groggily..
"Dax this job has way too many hours.." he smiled as the ottsel made a bad impression of Torn as he ate a doenught
"you know we auttah get a vacation some times.." he took a bite his doenught "we risk our butts every day and still have to deal with that guy" he took another bite, hardly swallowing in between.. "I mean, couldn't the shadow pick a nicer guy to be the one on top?"
"Dax I need to know the mission remember?" he put on his jacket and belt with the multiple weapons he carried..
"oh yea right.. were supposed to check up on the hip hog saloon.. aparently someone new showed up there who has been the messanger from a wealthy customer of lard-ass.. Tess has been seeing him nearly every day and he never orders anything, just drinks something from a private flask.. were supposed to wring some answers out of him.."
"right. guess were going for a drink.."
~~~~~~~~~~~
"can I help you?"
"persistant arent we? no Im sorry I dont want a drink. Im just here to collect and pay. perhaps later"
"thats what you always say.. why dont you ever order?"
the girl smiled "to tell you the truth, I dont drink alcahol.. it has no point for me. I dont like the tastes and Im phisically incapable of becoming drunk. so there isn't much point in drinking it." she sat at the counter talking with the cashier calmly like they were old friends..
'I cant believe this girl could be doing buisness with Krew.. she seems so nice.. despite her odd features..' Tess's eyes wandered to her ears, which were short and stubbly and curled as if someone had cut off her tips and burned them clean.. but they looked almost natural.. it was so odd.. she tried not to think about it.. "I see. though why would you want to become drunk? most people dont."
the girl smiled like Tess was a little child asking a question too obvious to her.. "Im not authorized to say.. though Im glad for the conversationpiece, despite how small.."
'how could it be that Jak is going to have to get answers out of her?' she just didn't seem at all like all the other messangers, charred and mean, uncaring for those around them and generally gruff and tough.. often hitting on her once they got drunk enough and sometimes beforehand.. she seemed like she could have grown up in a place completely different from here.. she reminded Tess of someone.. but she couldn't figure out who..
the door opened as Jak and Daxter came in.. thats who it was.. she reminded her of Jak.. they even seemed to smell similar.. calm and reserved. serene with underlying threat.. they seemed almost uncanny.. she stood up suddenly and walked cassually right to the door that led to the staircase to Krews apartment above the bar.. "krew, postpone my pickup.. Ive got something to take care of.."
"thats the messenger?" Dax smiled a bit as he saw her figure.. then stopped as he saw her ears.. "what is she? she hasn't got pointed ears.. they are all short and stubby." the girl turned from the doorway and walked calmly right to Jaks table..
"your name is Jak right?"she smiled invitingly, adjusting her glasses on her face..
"yea.. who wants to know?" she smiled and chuckled softly as he had said a joke..
"Im not authorized to say, though I should tell you, I know that by now you are probably assigned to come after me and find out what you want.. but I assure you, you wont. and I would prefer to step outside before we fight since I would not want to soil such a nice bar when I bring you back.. Life means a heartbeat though, so a bit of blood may fly.." she spoke as if she were just asking if he wanted to go to lunch or something.. and it scared Dax a bit..
"fine. how you know I dont know, but if you want to fight, I may as well find my information after you are defeated.." he stood up smiling as the three left the bar.. Tess out of curiousity left the counter to the door to watch..
she was amazed to see that Jak was already unconsious with Dax all over him trying to protect him from the girl as best as he could by the time she had gotten to the door.. "who the hell are you? You arent getting Jak without a fight!" Tess noticed that the girl had streaks of purple lightning around her fingertips just like Jak.. she picked up Dax around the waist without harming him and handed him to Tess who instinctivly held him tightly.. "Tess! what are you -? shes going to take Jak away!" she couldn't seem to hear Dax, just rubbing his head absentmindedly as she tried to comprehend what was going on before her.. and so she stayed untill the girl, with jack in front of her propped up in her hoverdisc waved a short goodbye..
~~~~~~~~~~~
"where are you taking me?" Jak now had his hands and feet tied but had no gag nor blindfold.. he was sitting on her hoverdisc floor as she flew around..
"back to Baron Praxis.. where you belong. I was told to bring you back alive." she smiled just as before, like they were best friends..
"why do you take his orders?" again she smiled down at him a moment almost giggling at a nievety..
"because I have no reason not to.. not anymore.. he offers me shelter, he offers me food. I can never go home again.. so I have no reason to hold any prejudices anymore.. I do as I am told.."
Jak was suddenly swept by a wave of pity he did not show in his face.. "he broke you.. you havent got anything more to live for so you dont care.. why dont you escape? make a new life here?" she smiled again a lonely smile though..
"I am cursed.. when I still believed I could go home.. The baron cursed me.. he placed me on a metal chair and locked me in.. then came torture.. and sleep.. he did this so often I cannot remember anymore.. Ive mastered my demons now.. but - it doesn't change the fact.. I will never be seen as what I am. I do not belong in this world.. and the baron has seen to it that now I do not belong in the world I once knew either." she stopped the hoverjet and untied Jaks legs, attaching the rope to his tied hands instead like a leash..
"you know you dont have to do this.. just because you have no hope doesn't mean you can condemn it to others.." she looked to the ground a moment as she waited for him to come down from the hoverjet..
"I just do as I am told.. it doesn't matter who tells me. I dont care anymore so there is no point in fearing. do you not want me to bring you to Praxis? Why?"she cocked her head as the hoverdisc compacted to a pocketsize the moment Jak got off, his hands still tied behind him with her leash and the initial rope..
"Because I havn't given up yet."
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Nik: Well thats chapter one for you. I hope you liked it.. please no flaming.. but constructive critism and compliments are greatly welcome!
