Hey all, sorry it took me so long to update... Here is Chapter 9

Caden was fighting the second of the three trials to gain her citizenship to Spargus and to be Wastelander. Damas had helped her enough to fight with her bad arm. She fought her hardest and was slowly winning. An alarm sounded and Caden watched as lava spewed from holes on the platform she was on. Caden made her way to another platform as the lava lapped at her heels. The marauders had the same idea and tried to black her, but to no avail. She pushed them into the lava and waited for more enemies.

Jak raced in to the arena in time to see Caden get to safety and fighting more marauders. He looked over to see Damas smiling proudly. Jak jumped from the platforms to Damas balcony.

"She has been doing well, Jak." Damas announced, "Caden has been using her weaknesses to gain an upper hand. She also conquered her greatest weakness."

"And what would that be?" Daxter asked, "Her greatest weakness?"

"Trusting others. Kix made her rely so much on herself, it was hard for her to realize that she needed help from us, as we need her help."

"How is that her weakness?" Daxter questioned.

"Think of Jak. Having no way to really communicate on his own. Being locked away for two years, which Pecker lightly explained what happened. You rarely lean on anyone that you don't know. Jak had you, Daxter and Caden had Kix."

"I guess that makes sense. She won't need Kix anymore…"

"Kix got himself and however many of the 'Tribe' killed. A little bit of what he did to the others." Jak explained, making notice that he didn't want to go into it.

Damas nodded and went back to watching Caden fight. A marauder just got the better hand and hit her from behind. Caden rolled out of her falling and stood up to fight off the last few.

Her nearly sightless eyes narrowed. She remembered what Damas had told her about listening to her surroundings and could tell where the last few were. Smiling, she lunged at one marauder, knocking him to the ground. Caden then spun around and kicked the last one into the lava.

Damas nodded his approval while Jak and Daxter cheered and clapped. Caden looked up and smiled before returning to the platform and going in front of Damas.

"Good work, child. Now claim your second piece of your token." Damas said, "You are one step away from being a true Wastelander."

Jak smiled at Caden and she looked to all of them. She took the token and added it with her other piece. The girl looked at her prize for a long moment before looking back to Jak.

"I guess Kix is gone, right?" She asked, "Somehow… killed?"

"He did it to himself, kid. Tried to save his machine and got caught in his own creation." Daxter said, half proud. A look of disgust swept across Caden face before she fled from the men's' sight. Damas was about to jump after her before Jak's hand went up.

"We need to tell her what happened." The once hero said, "We were there…"

Jak concluded and quickly raced after the girl in flight. Damas sat in wonder as another contestant went in front of Damas to prove themselves worthy.

Jak didn't have to go far to find her. Caden sat on the rail of the stairway leading to the arena. From Jak's angle, he could tell she was trying to hold back tears. Daxter had taken offence to them risking their lives to save more with no reward and once again, couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"Listen here, Caden. We endangered ourselves, once again, to save a shit ton more people who will never thank us. We saved your hide from Kix ever lying his disgusting, filthy, KG hands…"

"My brother deserved none of that! You don't speak that way about him, ever." Caden burst out, "Why do you think I went along with him? Why I believed him? He was my brother, and like you, Jak… I had no one else."

Jak was seriously taken back, "He…he was your brother? Why didn't…"

"Would it change anything?" Caden asked, "The answer is yes. If you knew, you would be more after him or worse. I know he deserved to die they way he did, but you never saved me from him. If I recall, you saved me and the 'Tribe', which I knew. They are all dead. I have no one Daxter. You have Jak and vice versa."

Jak tried to calm down the frantic girl. Putting Daxter on the glass box, he made his way to Caden to reassure her.

"Caden, we can be…"

"Don't you finish that sentence, Jak. I don't want this family. Some dysfunctional world that will always be in war. No one will ever thank you for anything. You are a freak, an outcast that is also the bitch boy…"

Caden was quieted by Jak's hand across her face. Daxter was now complete silent. Jak stared in disbelief at what he had done. He wanted to forgive, but the words never exited his lips before Caden went for the box and ran away. Jak looked at his hand, why made him do that? The darker side, he rationalized.

"Come on, Dax." Jak said, grabbing Daxter off the ground. The made their way to the garage to stop Caden before she was gone, but it was too late. Her bike was gone. One tear slipped for Jak's eye, he had caused this.

Caden was lost to them. Lost in the Wastelands with a power that no one knew about. Jak had no idea what to do besides tell Damas. Hopefully, Caden would be safe enough to survive out on her own.

Weeks went by, Jak had gone back to his way of life. Being the 'Errand boy' that he was for Damas and Torn. Things seemed to go back to a state of normalcy; Errol reeking havoc amongst Haven City and Damas needed Jak to prove himself.

Jak was on a mission with Sig, who he had remet in his third trial to become a true Wastelander. They were going to raid a Nest of metal heads, which they had done a few days earlier.

"Damas said that they have seen new 'residence' here that we need to exterminate." Sig explained. Jak nodded, just wanting to blow up something. Daxter was having his usual fun with Sig's guns.

Smiling towards his friend, Daxter smiled back. He had been helping Jak as much as he could with Caden's disappearance. Torn had not seen anything, nor as Damas known of where she could be. They had checked the abandoned city and the Temple and any hidden areas in Haven City and turned up nothing. Samos was furious that they had lost such a great artifact. Samos also saw Jak's darker side, which made Jak hide away even more.

Though Samos knew he was out of line, he never would admit that to Jak and requested they try to keep an eye out for Caden and the glass box. Jak agreed to that and went back along his way.

Back into the present, the Gila Stomper entered the Nest once again. Unlike before, the Nest was completely dark. They could see the stones of the metal heads, which Daxter took out easily. Sig rolled his eyes and prayed for his life.

In one of the rooms, Metal Heads swarmed over their 'leader' as she waited for him to return for her…

Okay, that was the last chapter of this story. If you want me to do another story with this idea... plz review the last few chapters and tell me.. .THX!