A/N: I got a HUGE headache right now but I'm still typing for some stupid reason. I'm not smart enough to take some pill to take the pain away. I got my braces put on to day. Yes, I'm going into 9th grade and is going to be a fence face for two whole years. They HURT! Anyways, I got little to say. I don't own anything for Jak2. Please R&R.

WRTD: I will tell you later in this chapter how she got away with being older with her parents and you will see Jak some time. He does see Roxie sometime, but they don't really speak to each other till the end. And I was going to have that Roxie and her family dies so it would be real sad. That was going to be my tragedy. But I got a better ending in my head, so I changed quickly. The ending is real sneaky. Mwahaha! Thanks for the review!

Chapter 4

"Daxter!" Roxie yelled over the roar of the zoomer. The fuzz-ball was clinging onto her neck and was not ready to let go. He kept yelling and was starting to give Roxie a headache. "Get off!" she yelled to him. "You're choking me and I can't get us out of this mess if I die!"

Daxter stopped yelling and gained his senses. He jumped down to Roxie's lap and muttered a sorry. He noticed that she was pretty good on the zoomer. She was having trouble using the gun on her zoomer and turning at the same time. The zoomer went sideways when she turned a sharp corner and she almost slammed into a building.

Daxter looked behind them and saw Erol on a cruiser like theirs and gaining speed fast. In no time at all he was right beside them. Roxie looked over and gasped. The wind blew into her face sharply and her long hair whipped in the wind. She had to shake him off to get away from the Krimson Guards now.

They blasted into a section of Haven City that had lots of people and zoomers and both of them almost crashed into them. Roxie went one way after braking quickly. Erol had to turn another way and search for her in the flood of zoomers. They were going down if it was the last thing he did.

"We got to get rid of him!" Daxter yelled up to Roxie as she gained speed. "Look out!" he yelled as they almost slammed into a light post that was at a corner of a bridge in the section of the city. Roxie turned sharply and hit her leg into the light post with a grunt of frustration. She felt the hard metal hit her leg and shoot a pain through her ankle. In two seconds it glowed green and the pain went away slowly. No one noticed it because it was so quick.

Roxie winced and saw out of her the corner of her eye Erol fly around her on his zoomer. He fired at her and she ducked to get out of the way of the lasers. She got out of the place as quickly as she could and Daxter got up to her shoulder so he could get a better view around him and so that Roxie could lean down to gain more speed.

"Hold on, Dax!" Roxie yelled and a sly smile spread across her lips as she glanced evilly at Erol.

"Why?" Daxter asked with confusion. He was too late, though. Roxie slammed on her brakes and before Daxter could get a grip on her shoulder, he flew off and into the air. Erol flew right by her too and grabbed Daxter by the back of his neck.

"That was not planned," Roxie muttered while quickly trying to catch up with them. "I'll just sneak up on him and take him down by surprise," she said to herself and turned a corner to go another way.

"Tell me where the girl is!" Erol barked out at Daxter as he dangled the creature out by only his tail. The ground flew by them that only showed bridges and water.

Daxter gulped and said, "I have no idea what the heck you're talking about!" He really hoped Roxie would come soon to his rescue.

"You will tell me now or I'm dropping you to your death," Erol demanded. He flipped up his mask and glared at Daxter with his hard eyes. "You know how to swim, right?"

"What do you think?" Daxter yelled while struggling to get out of the grip. "For half otter of course I can swim. You're not that bright, are you?"

"Just talk!" Erol hissed.

"You are one seriously crazed up fruit loop," Daxter said with a touch of pretend boredom to his voice. "I'll never tell you where the girl is even if I knew where she was." Daxter looked around with worry and said, "Speaking of girls, where is she?"

"Right here!" Roxie yelled and she slammed her zoomer into Erol's. There was a screech as metal collided with metal. Sparks flew around and Erol had to back away so his zoomer would not blow up.

"Where did you come from?!" he asked in total confusion. She had surprised him when she suddenly came out of nowhere. They were both side-by-side on the zoomers. Erol slammed back into Roxie's zoomer to try and get her knocked off. Nothing worked.

"My mom said it was the stork, but I don't really believe her," Roxie answered with a smile. She grabbed Daxter and pulled him away from Erol. He was not about to let his prize go and hung onto Daxter's tail with a firm grip.

"Let go, freak!" Roxie yelled and tried to get Daxter free. Erol smiled and flipped on his mask. He flew away from Roxie and she had to fly towards him to keep hold of poor Daxter who was dangling five yards above the ground.

"Tell me where the girl is!" Erol yelled as he yanked on Daxter's tail and it sent Roxie almost off her zoomer. Her head slammed into Erol's shoulder and she winced. With a disgusted look on her face she shoved him away and got seated back on her own zoomer.

"Yew!" she yelled while sticking out her tongue. "I can't believe I touched you! I'm going to die!" she yelled over dramatically with a loud moan. Daxter tried to kick Erol away, but nothing was working. He was stuck in a tug-a-war with Erol and Roxie and he was the rope.

"So sorry to cut off your death moan," Erol said with cockiness in his voice, "But you might want to let go." He pointed ahead and Roxie saw that she was going to slam into a light poll again.

She had to let go of Daxter so she could turn, but that was a big mistake. Roxie slammed on her brakes and turned just in time to see Erol drop Daxter into the water with a cold laugh of triumph.

"I don't know how to swim, Roxie!" Daxter yelled while dropping. Erol took out his pistol and aimed at Daxter. Roxie jumped off her zoomer and landed on Erol's and almost slipped off. Erol fell off and shot the air instead of Daxter.

Erol grabbed the railing on a bridge to keep himself out of the water and his pistol fell into the water with Daxter. With a scream Roxie fell off the zoomer and hit her head on the railing of the bridge. Erol tried to grab her to keep her from falling but failed.

Roxie was knocked out cold and fell into the water with a giant splash. She started to sink and Erol just watched in silence. He was breathing heavily as he crawled up over the railing. That was the end of the girl and her pet. No trouble from them and he could get down to busyness on finding the kid.

Thunder cracked above right after a flash of lightning. It was the perfect way to end the teen's death. The rain sprinkled down and Erol turned away with no amount of pity in his eyes. He cleared the area away of people wondering what had happened. He ran his fingers through his red hair and jumped back onto his zoomer and drove away.

There was a gasp from the waters below the bridge and a fuzzy head popped up above the water. Daxter coughed up water and only had seconds of air before sinking back down underwater. He was carrying Roxie in his small hands and was doing a very slow job of returning her to the surface. There was a glow of green underwater for a few seconds, but no one noticed it.

He finally made it to a platform that lead into the water and he dragged Roxie to it. He pulled hard and finally got Roxie's whole body out of the freezing water. Daxter glanced around and saw that Erol was gone. Worry was still in his eyes, though. He looked down onto the lifeless body of Roxie and panic flashed through his body.

"C'mon!" he yelled. "You got to still be alive! Somebody get over here!"

He heard a gasp from on the street and a woman ran beside Daxter. "What happened?" she asked while looking over Roxie with worry.

"She hit her head and was under the water for a long time," Daxter said while clutching his head. "I don't know if she is still alive! Help her!"

"She still has a pulse," the lady said. "But I think she is just fine. She did not hit her head too hard and you will just have to pump the water out of her stomach and she will come to quickly." The lady got up and ran off to get away from the storm. "Good luck!" she called before disappearing in the crowd.

Daxter frowned. "Yeah, thanks lady," he muttered sarcastically under his breath. "You were a ton of help." He turned back to Roxie and started to push on her stomach. After a few pushes water started to spurt out of her mouth and she started to move.

Roxie sat up on the platform with Daxter on her stomach. She coughed and the water in her mouth splattered all over Daxter's face. He frowned and an annoyed sigh was heard from him. He swiped the spit mixed with water off his face with a paw and looked back to Roxie.

"That was fun," she muttered in only a whisper, but Daxter could still hear her. The rain came down harder and they were the only ones out there. She held her head with one hand and winced.

"Hit your head there real hard," Daxter said with a slight smile. "You okay, kid?"

"I know how to heal this," Roxie said and squeezed her eyes shut. After a few seconds her whole body glowed green and the scares on her body slowly went away and the bump faded on her head. Daxter stood on her stomach with a look of shock planted on his face. She was flowing with green eco.

She opened her eyes and flashed her friend a smile. "Did I tell you that the green eco never leaves my body when I'm in teen mode?"

"You're just full of surprises," Daxter muttered while shaking his head and helping Roxie to her feet. "Maybe that is how you survived that long time in the water. If not you would be swimming with the fishes by now."

Roxie thought about it then nodded in agreement. She looked down to her friend and his fur was all wet and that he looked like a drowned rat. The water they had fallen in was real cold and the rain was not making it any better. He started to shiver a little as they walked away to get shelter from the rain.

"Daxter," she said with a bit of concern in her voice. He looked up at her and was shivering so hard it looked like an invisible hand was shaking him around. "You're shaking!"

"Yeah," he said with teeth chattering, "I'm a bit cold...and hungry. Let's get something to eat."

"That would be good," Roxie said while shivering a bit herself. After all the adventure that day all the animal was worried about was food. She guessed that was just Daxter. "I a ton of money. We can go somewhere nice if you want."

"Nah," he said with a shrug but you could not see it because he was shaking so hard. "Just some place with okay food and a heater." She nodded and he quickly followed her to a small wooden stand outside but with a tarp to keep the rain out. A lurker was inside mixing different foods and such. (a/n: I'm saying that Daxter had seen Bruter before because he did not look all that surprised to see Brutter the first time you meet him in the game.)

"Are you sure this is a good place to go?" Daxter asked his friend as she walked up to the wooden stand. "And what is that lurker doing here?!"

"No," Roxie whispered to Daxter. "He is cool. He knows my secret and I work here sometimes. He pays me good. His fish burgers are perfect. You have to try one!"

Roxie walked up to the stand and Daxter followed slowly behind her. When the lurker saw her he smiled real big and he looked real happy to see her there. Roxie sat down with Daxter and he kept a sharp eye on the lurker fellow. They were the only ones in the stand because no one was out because of the rain.

"Little teen girl!" the lurker exclaimed haply. He gave her a great bear hug and it looked like he was squishing her bones, but she seemed to understand him. "You not work in long time. I missed you."

He let her go and she gasped for air. She gave him a warm smile and said, "Brutter, I was gone for two days. I've been busy with my hundred other jobs as a teen. You still pay me the best, though."

"Who this?" Brutter asked while pointing to Daxter with a fuzzy purple index finger.

"Name's Daxter," Daxter said while eyeing the lurker suspiciously. He winced when he saw the lurker about to slap him. Daxter opened his eyes when he felt nothing and saw that the lurker only wanted to shake hands. With a slight hesitation Daxter shook hands with his old enemy and muttered, "Nice to meet you." The giant handshake from Brutter shook him around. Roxie just tried to hide a snicker.

"Orange fuzzy friend," Bruter said when he saw Daxter shiver. "You need blanket. Both of you." He knelt down and pulled out two thick green blankets and gave them to his two friends with a giant smile. Daxter wrapped his around him and gave a tiny smile. Roxie draped hers around her shoulders and quickly felt the warmth of it.

"Could you get us two fish burgers, Bruter?" Roxie asked while taking out a few wet dollars from her pocket.

He gave the money back to her and said, "On the house. Keep money." She smiled and nodded. She slipped the money back in her pocket and turned to Daxter. Bruter went right away on cooking their food and he left the two to talk.

"When did lurkers go nice?" Daxter whispered to her.

Roxie shrugged. "I don't know what world you came from, but lurkers have been always been nice. They are like big stuffed animals. They might not be all that smart, but I think they are cool. I can't believe they are being treated like slaves right now."

"Let me tell you now, sister," Daxter said. "I've never met a nice lurker in the country. Maybe in the city they tamed them or something."

"So you come from the country?" Roxie asked. "That is real far away right now. I've never been out of Haven City because of all the Metal Heads coming in. My dad is thinking on getting teleported to where the outcasts go in the dessert. If those Metal Heads get through the wall and come into the city my dad said we are leaving in a heart beat."

"Metal Heads?" Daxter asked with total confusion. "What the heck are those?"

Roxie gave him a sideways look and thought he was just joking around with her. "I don't know what kind of twigs you chew on in the country, but everyone knows what a Metal Head is. Just change the subject."

"Fine," Daxter said with a bit of annoyance. "How did you get the whole teen act past your parents anyways?"

"It has only been around five months with this form," Roxie said. "I told you before that for a year they told me to not talk. For around seven months I wished for my voice to come back. My parents pretty much left me alone for a long time when they told me I would not have my voice back, so when I got that green ego it was real no big deal because they were never around me from noon to five."

"That's funny," Daxter said with a smile. "And what was that whole thing with tons of jobs?"

"I had nothing to do when I was in teen mode, so I just picked up tons of part time jobs around Haven City," Roxie said. "With you it has been a lot more fun than before. I wonder what your friend is up to?"

Daxter went silent and just watched Bruter cook up their meal. "He got captured by those Krimson Guards and I want to save him but..." He faded off at the end. If he went to go find Jak he would have to leave Roxie. But he had to leave. Jak needed help.

"Look," Roxie said. Daxter looked up to her. "I've been thinking about it and I know your friend got captured by the Baron. And...I want to help you bust him out."

"Really?" Daxter asked slowly. This girl did not even know Jak and she wanted to help him get out of prison. She could be risking her life. "You're even more crazy than I thought you were."

"I'll tell the details why when I get changed back into kid form," Roxie said and saw that Bruter was done with their food. "I say we bust him out tomorrow when I'm in teen form because I will not get hurt that way."

"That would be cool," Daxter said with a smile. He was really jumping for joy inside. He was so happy she would help him. Jak would be out of jail in seconds. Things were looking up for all of them. He saw Roxie smile too as she took her plate of food.

They both picked up their fish burgers at the same time and glanced over to each other. With giant bites the two sunk into their meal with empty stomachs. Roxie was right. The fish burger was perfect. They nodded to Bruter and he just smiled at the two famished teens.

In the middle of a bite Roxie asked Daxter, "I thought you said you could not swim before Erol dropped you." She chewed her food and swallowed before going on and trying to look proper. "How did you carry me to that platform if you could not swim?"

"You got to understand how I work, kid," Daxter said and took a bite. He said some more with his face full of his meal. Roxie tried to follow but the food in his mouth was mumbling everything up.

"Daxter," she said with a hint of annoyance to her voice. He stopped and looked up at her. "I know how you work with you food right now. You try to talk and eat at the same time. It is not working, so swallow and start over." He stuck out his tongue at her and it had some chewed up food on it and was attempting to disgust her. To his surprise she did the same with some chewed up food on her own tongue.

Daxter then swallowed his food while glaring up at her and did a fake proper act. He took a napkin and patted it over his mouth and smoothed it over his lap. "Pardon my manners, miss Roxie," he said sounding like Jak's uncle and Roxie tried hard not to laugh at his actions. He was pretty good at being proper. "But as I was saying, if you thought I could not swim in that water you would jump in and save me and fake drown so that evil man, Erol, would leave. It was so very dreadful."

Roxie could not hold it in anymore. She burst out laughing and saw a smile come to Daxter's lips. "That was a great act," she said through giggles. "Where did you learn that?"

Daxter shrugged and said, "I liked to cheer Jak up sometimes and just got most of it from his uncle. Jak thought it was funny whenever I did that act. So how long till you switch back to kid form?"

"Around an hour," Roxie answered. "Let's head home. The slums are a little ways from here, so by the time we get there I will be back to little form. I could maybe help my mom cook dinner."

"Then let's go," Daxter said.

A/N: Okay, these braces are going to kill my mouth and I hope they stop sometime soon. If any of you have had braces tell me now if they keep hurting. I'm sorry for the extra long chapter. Tell me if you like the long chapters. If you don't like them I can change them real fast. Thanks! Please give a review!