Chapter Twelve: Tiffany's Point of View

So Tiffany never learned how to drive properly, not that she needed to.Our lesson was cut short by Samos, who had finally found his stolen cruiser. We got told off BIG time for that. The paint was scratched off the sides from where I couldn't see, so we had to leave Jak and re-paint it.

Once the cruiser was as good as new, Samos wasn't through with us... "Girls, I'm very disappointed in you!"

"We know," we said in unison. This was the fourth lecture of the day, and it looked like this would be the longest. Someone shoot me...Again. "Therefore, I've decided that since you can be such dare-devils, you can go on your first mission alone."

"WHAT! We don't know how to fight! Not to mention our lack of weapons. Jordan, you never told me we'd have to fight!"

"What did you expect! For this to be like Animal Crossing?" Ugh, what's the point? She always wins. "Fine, you can stay here..." She looked hurt at first, but still, shedidn't want to give up the fight. "Okay, I will... But don't go alone!" Michael stepped out of the Naughty Ottsel. "What's all the noise for?"

"Michael! My main man! Good to see ya'!" He jumped as I put my arm around my shoulder. "How would you like to fight side by side with your best bud?" Mike stared at me. Please don't say no. Please don't say no! "Okay."

"Huh?"

"I said okay." Sweeeet. "Well, where are we going?"

"To the old mines. I may have figuired out a way we can save Jordan. You must get the Precursor Stone, it's probably the only way we can call the Precursors."

"Save her from what?" Oh, crap. I forgot to tell Tiffany! What should I do?

Just come clean. She's your best friend! Do it. "Uh, Tiff. You know these Dark Powers? Well, they'll eventually...Um. Eventually..." I gulped and barely whispered the next two words. "Kill me."

"WHAT!" Hm, I think she's upset... "You mean to tell me that these things are just gonna' get worse and worse!"

"Don't sweat. Samos says he's found a cure!" She hung her head and went back into the bar. Michael and I turned in the oposite direction and headed for the mines, my thoughts fixed on saving my life while trying my best to help others at the same time...


Tiffany's Point of View...

"I can't believe my best friend in the whole world is gonna' die..." I knew she looked okay, but inside, she was like a ticking time-bomb. It'd been an hour since they left, and I was beginning to get worried. I remembered all of those times in the sixth grade that we shared together. Everywhere I went, she would follow, mainly for her own protection. Vulnerable as she was, she proved to be a good friend, and a goof ball.

And now she's changed so much. It's like the Dark Powers ate the real Jordan and put a miniature Jak inside of her. What happened to the small and squirrely Jordan? When she hit that funky lookin' tree, I wasn't really amazed. I just thought that it would make her feel better if she felt stronger, which she was actually. She's proud of her powers, and there's nothing I can do about it... My best friend is a murderer. She told me what she had done as soon as she escaped jail the first time. What killed me was the next time she did it, she didn't care. It's like she's blood thirsty for revenge. I know she'll do anything to get to that dude...Vegan? Or was it Viper? Whatever...

"Tiffany!" What the?... "Tiffany!" I suddenly remembered the high pitched voice. Michael... "Tiff! It's Jordan!" He rushed through the door of the saloon, without Jordan. Once he caught his breath, he looked more like he had been laughing instead of panicking. "Heh heh!" he chuckled. "Where's Jordan?"

"She, haha! She was, tee hee. She's back at the-ha! She's back at the mines! Hahahahahahahaha!" He went down on the floor almost crying. "You have to come see!" he panted. I rose from my stool and followed him to the mines...

It wasn't the most pleasant trip. Michael was so wrapped up in the hilarious thing that Jordan had obviously done that he forgot how to work the cruiser, so I ended up driving. And the only noise I heard was, "Hahahahahahahaha!"

After about thirty minutes, we finally reached the mines. "She's, haha! Over there!" He pointed to a large and dangerous looking machine. At the very bottom was a gigantic magnet, and stuck to it was none other than my best friend, struggling to free her braces from the clutches of the "dreaded magnet". I couldn't contain myself any longer...

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! SO THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE LAUGHING AT! Hahahahaha! How did this happen! Hahaha!" Jordan stopped her struggling and started to scream jibberish. "Gah may odda he-uh! I'b tuck! HEEEEEEEEB!"

It was no use, we weren't listening. Instead, Michael and I rolled around on the ground laughing our heads off, that is, until Jordan found somthing within her reach. "OUCH! What was that for?" She'd thrown it at Mike, who looked like he would throw the metal shard back at her. "Oh, come on Michael, wait until you can fight fair..." When we had laughed the joke unfunny, I sat by her side uncomfortably close to examine how she had gotten stuck while Michael told the story...

"Well, when we got here, everything was quiet. Then, this HUGE metal head pops out from behind the magnet. She was about to attack it when it flipped the switch inside of it. Next thing you know, she was screaming that her mouth hurt. Suddenly, she fell on the ground and started to slide towards the magnet. But before she got stuck, she managed to shoot this awesome beam, killing the Metal Head instantly!"

"Where were you that whole time?"

"Over there where she told me to go." He pointed a a crate far away from where the fight took place. "Thuddup," Jordan mumbled. "She said 'shut up'," I said sarcastically. Michael crossed his arms. "I say we leave her here, go get Jak, and he can use her for target practice!" I rolled my eyes and tried to feel around her braces. Jordan was obviously uncomfortable with me so close to her, so she slapped my hand away...

"Jordan, I didn't want to do this but... Mike, get me a screwdriver..."

"WHAAAAAA! Doe, Tiany, doe! Gah ge Chak!"

"Sorry, Jordi." Michael handed me the screwdriver that he had found lying on top of the crate he hid behind. "DOOOOOOOOE!" Mike held her arms behind her back as I started to unscrew the brackets on her braces...

Two hours went by. I still hadn't removed her braces. Even though she was quiet, I could tell she was in horrible pain. I hated to do this to her, but we had no choice. We'd managed to make it through without damaging her teeth so far. In fact, they looked perfect. She had to get them removed in a few weeks anyway...

Within the next hour she was free, and hurting. She clutched her mouth as so as the last bracket came out. "Ahhhhhhh." I put my hand on her shoulder and led her out of the mines with Mike following close behind.

Luckily, Samos was able to kill the pain. Unfortunatly, she fell asleep two minutes later. Since we didn't get it today, we had to go back to the mines again tomorrow for the Precursor Stone. The next morning I knew I would have to apologize. I didn't on the way because I knew she wouldn't be able to hear me over her moaning. I know one thing, I won't be a dentist when I grow up...

The next chapter will be back to my point of view!