Hola!! It's been years since I updated this (or so it seems) sorry to those of you who have been reading this. ::ducks from books and a few sharp objects thrown at her head.:: eh he anywho, I'll try to update more frequently, I've just been swamped with HW recently. Peace!

Chapter 10: Undercover?

Back in Haven City

"Dang it!" Klia said slamming her fist down on the bar.

Ashelin, Tess, and Keira jumped back a little she had broke her silence that had preceded since Ashelin had told them that Jak had been banished 2 weeks ago, during that time she had only spoken to when spoken to.

"Why did we have to find that cursed ring!?!"

"Calm down Klia." Samos said calmly.

"Clam down? Calm down!" Klia yelled angrily at him, "How can I calm down when I know that if we had never found that ring we would never be here! Jak would have never been changed the way he has! He, he wouldn't have been banished to a vast wasteland where he's probably already dead! And the last thing I ever said to him wouldn't have been, 'You just don't want to admit that you're wrong!'" Tears were now streaming down her cheeks. "And we would know where Talon is! We would still be with our families! This isn't were we belong!"

"Not so." Samos said in the same calm and understanding tone, "If we had never found that ring, you would never have known Jak, Keira, or I."

"What do you mean?" Tess asked.

"I mean," Samos continued, "This is our time. Jak was hidden in the past so that he would gain the skills needed to face the metal head leader and save our race. He is the one and only heir of Mar. I went back with him to watch over him. Therefore if that ring had never been found Gol and Maia would have opened the silos back in time, and all would be lost in the first place."

"Heir of Mar?" Klia asked through her tears, "But how?"

"Jak is the heir of Mar?" Ashelin asked, "He was that kid?"

"Yes. It would appear that the 'Grand Council' has banned the rightful King to their city." Samos replied almost laughing.

"That still doesn't make up for the fact of what I said to him, or that he is probably dead." Klia replied sobbing.

"Don't worry about Jak, I'm sure he's fine." Samos said reassuringly.

"Yeah," Keira said trying to cheer Klia up as well as herself, "Jak's gotten out of a lot of tough spots I'm sure he's fine!.... He's got to be."

"That's not good enough." Klia said getting to her feet, "I'm going to go find him."

"Whoa. Hold on a second Chilly Pepper." Sig said putting a hand in front of her. "The Wastelands are a dangerous place, there's miles of nothingness. You can't just run out there by yourself and expect to find what it is you're looking for." He paused a moment and then stood up as well cocking his peacemaker and smiled at Klia, "Which is why I'm going with you."

Klia smiled up at him and hugged him , "Thanks Sig."

Sig then turned his attention to Keira, "What about you Cherry? We could use someone who knows their mechanics out there, you never know how long transport will last."

"Lets get going!" Keira replied hopping off of her stool.

"You three can't be serious." Ashelin said shaking her head. "If you're caught by the patrols you could be banished too."

"It's not that hard to get around them and out of the city." Klia replied placing a hand on her hip with a tone that told everyone that she had done this several times before.

"I'm not talking about the city patrols, I'm talking about the Wasteland patrols. Ever since we've caught wind of the rebel armies there have been double pounder patrols around the city, it's also to make sure that the ones who have been banished don't try to come back and kill who ever got them thrown out." She told them walking past them and then turning back to them placing her hands on her hips.

Keira folded her arms across her chest and shifted her weight from one leg to another. "So what you're saying is it wouldn't be a problem if we had clearance!" She said snapping her fingers.

"Or you could just take the transport that's heading out tomorrow." Torn said from the doorway. "The 'Council' has decided to send a shipment of green eco to Spartus to bribe them for information. There is a guard team of 6 going with it. There is also a special shipment of eco ore that might need some special protection, and we could use a mechanic on the way. I'll be leading it personally so you shouldn't run into to much trouble, that is if you 3 are up to it."

"We'll do it." Klia said determinedly.

"Good. Meet me over at the Fortress at 7. Here's a pass card." Torn said tossing each of them a deep red pass that said Krimzon Guard in the black Precursor lettering. "Those passes will get you in any area in Haven City, including out of it."

All 3 of them nodded examining the passes.

The next morning 7 o'clock

Klia slid her pass through the slot by the Krimzon Guard's Fortress door and watched it slid open. Her, Keira, and Sig entered the door and walked door a small hallway looking around.

"Follow me." Torn said coming out of an adjacent hallway in front of them.

Klia looked back at Kiera and Sig who shrugged, and they followed him in silence.

They soon entered into a room that was filled with Krimzon Guard armor and weapons. There was also a man in there who didn't look to be much older than 21with wavy silver hair streaked in brown, amber eyes, and covered in plenty of tattoos.

"This is Hooru, he's our weapons specialist, he also does all of the tattoos." Torn said gesturing towards the ones on his face. "All the Krimzon Guard have them, they are identifying marks."

Hooru smiled at them and waved.

Klia looked at Torn raising an eyebrow and shifting her weight from one leg to another.

Hooru then scribbled down something on a pad of paper and handed it to Torn.

Torn read it and then looked up at them, "He says he's been working on an eco bullet prototype. He's been hoping someone would try them out."

Hooru nodded and smiled pointing to a black case in the corner.

"Here's the barrel upgrade for it." Torn finished tossing it to Klia, who grinned.

Keira raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to ask a question, but Torn answered before she could get the question out.

"He's a mute." Torn said.

The boy smiled at them one last time, and then turned back to his work.

"Oh...." Keira said softly looking down.

"We need to get the Eco loaded and then we can head out." Torn said heading for the door.