Bed of roses
By shadows/of/flame
Chapter 3

Light at the end of the tunnel

If you enjoy my fics, I have 2 other Jak and Daxter ones - a yaoi, check out my first yaoi ficlet - Can't fight the twilight, and a TxK called Karigoya yabureme.
Anyway, enjoy this chappie!

'Heres the next major event... my first suicide mission...'

Torn coughed as he pulled himself out of the tiny hole, blood splattering his clothing from various wounds.

"This is suicide!" he growled, ripping off his helmet to get some fresh air.

Praxis had sent them to the Strip Mine to kill some Metal Heads that were disrupting the cities eco supply, and someone had caved in the tunnel Torn had been working in. It had taken him 3 hours to get out, and now he was standing, covered in green and blue eco, and pissed off.

"Praxis set us all up!" Someone else groaned as they pulled themselves from a nearby hole.

"Cheer up everyone! Theres a banquet on tonight to celebrate our first mission - and the Governers Daughter will be there!" someone yelled.

There were several wolfwhistles, and cat calls, as if the men were already preparing themselves for her.

"Whoever gets her first wins everyones respect, and 10 Precursor Orbs!" the first guy yelled.
Everyone agreed, but Torn secretly thought they were wasting their time.

"But... If we get caught with her, we get submitted to Dark Eco treatments!" Torn exclaimed.

Everyone fell silent.
"You're a bullshitter, Tattooed Wonder. Just shut up, and get moving!" Errol sneered.

'This was one of the worst parts of my career - working with Errol. He was the lieutenant in charge of all of us, and then I became Commander... more about that later. When I quit, he became the Commander... I wonder how they liked being bossed around by him?'

Everyone murmured their agreement, and they waited for Vin to activate the Warp Gate so they could go back through to the city.

But Torn was bored out of his skin, and he climbed up the rockslide up to a small ledge.
There were several eco wells there, and he ignored them to something else more in his favour.

A Warp Gate.
That was turned on.

The only thing that crossed Torns mind as he jumped in was "Where is this taking me?"

-

"Get up! Now!" a female ordered, and Torn felt a gun pressed to his neck.

"Why are you here? What are you doing in my bedroom?"

Torn choked, small amounts of air entering his windpipe at different times.

"There was a warp gate... I was sick and tired of waiting for Vin to activate the other one, so I decided to see where this one led... I'm sorry!" Torn gasped, closing his eyes and waiting for the bullet to embed itself in his neck.

But it didn't come.

She set him upright, and ordered him.
"Look at me!"

Torn raised his eyes, and saw she had red hair, tattoos and...

She was the Governers Daughter.

Torn gulped, but kept eye contact.

"Ahh... one of Errols men, I presume? Judging by the fact you were taken to the best KG tattoo artist, you must be in his squad."

Torn blinked at her remark. He loved his tattoos, sure, but no one had ever commented on them.

"The best?" Torn scoffed, "The guy that took me said that..."

Ashelin started to laugh.

"Oh you mean Atian? Hes full of it. He was in the worst squad - he doesn't want anyone to know, so he lies about it."

Torn smirked slightly.
"Were you going to kill me?"

Ashelin growled.
"I still can, if you don't shut up."

Torn kenw he'd be dead if he answered, so he shut up, and focused on the red head.

"Its time for the banquet... I want you to escort me there." Ashelin said, going into her wardrobe, and coming out with a sleeveless red dress on.

"Sure..." Torn stammered, taken away by her beauty.

'And that was the first thing that stung me... Why did I ever fall for her? That was my biggest mistake ever.'