HNG: Wow! Someone likes mah stories! Lol. Anyway, here's chapter two ) enjoy. I really haven't played on Jak II in a while, so forgive me if any names or dialogue is wrong, because I find Jak II a lot harder I tend to play on Jak 3. Meh. Enjoy anyway D

"Jak I hate this stupid mission…" Daxter whined on Jak's shoulder.

"Yeah, but we wanna see the Shadow, right?"

"Right."

"So that means we have to do this mission."

"But retrieving a tattered old flag? Come on Jak, even you know that's old stuff..."

"Just be quiet Dax…" Jak hissed, and went through the iron doors, the cogs rolling out of place. Jak punched what small creatures came and tried to attack him, and made his way around the murky water towards the tower.

Back at the Freedom HQ, Torn, Tess and Cat were planning to get some men some new safe houses considering their old ones had been found.

"I think they should be in the yellow district…" Cat murmured quietly.

"They should stay in this district, where we can have close contact with them." Torn quickly shot back at her.

"Yeah, but if they're in the yellow district, the KG won't suspect they are there." She replied, keeping her voice calm.

"Who's in charge here..?" Torn asked, lowering his voice.

"The Shadow." Cat replied smirking.

"I mean out of us three…" Torn said bitterly. Cat thought quietly and about fifteen seconds later, she replied.

"Tess." Torn frowned at her and gritted his teeth, as both girls went into fits of laughter.

"This is no time to be laughing, we need to sort out these guy's safe houses before the KG get there." Torn grumbled, as both girls calmed down, still with a frequent giggle popping out.

"Ugh…you two just try and find a safe house for them and I'll go check on the newbie's…" he groaned, walking out of the base. Both girls sat in silence.

"He really needs to get himself a girlfriend or something…" Tess whispered as the pair fell into fits again.

Meanwhile at the old part of town, Jak and Daxter stood proudly at the top of the tower, Jak removed the flag and hit it hard off the ground, a victory for Jak and Daxter…almost. The tower began rumbling and the ground below them crumbled and they fell onto some fabric, which catapulted them into the air, Jak slid down the wire, while Daxter fell onto the wire, and to what I would say, which caused extreme pain. Jak landed on the ground and propped the flag up, as Daxter fell miserably beside him. Behind them the tower fell to the ground into the murky brown waters.

"Alright… I guess you guys are in…" Torn said mesmerized by the tower falling down behind them.

Torn turned around and left the old part of town, his eyes glued on the ground. He kept on walking and crawled out of the small ditch that led to the door. His hands sat contently in his pockets as his eyes were still examining the path just in front of his feet. He looked up and saw a figure in front of him. He stopped quickly and reached for his gun.

"Don't bother Torn…" He recognised the voice.

"Cat." He moved his hand away from the gun and folded his arms. "Why are you here?"

"Show you the new places for the safe houses." She grinned rummaging through her bag. "Ah ha. Got it." She handed the parchment to Torn as he began scanning the map.

"Decent places. Glad you stayed with my idea." He smirked lightly.

"Yeah well I'm not totally selfish…"
"You know that's a lie." Torn grinned as they both laughed quietly, followed by a silence. "You should go back to the Base, you even said yourself you're not a fighter."

"Yeah…I know." Cat turned around on her heel and climbed back into the Zoomer and started the engine. "Don't you want a ride back?"

He shook his head slowly. "I'm okay with walking." Cat nodded and drove away. He walked slowly back to the Freedom HQ, arms folded and his hands underneath the opposite arm in an attempt to keep them warm, the sun had already set, no wonder it was cold. Most people were going back to their homes now. He trudged through muddy puddles. The water supply was still cut off. Getting back to the Freedom HQ, he sat down on his bunk and lay down, as one leg lazily hung off the side of the bed.

"Aw what's wrong Torn? Some-bunny got a bite fwom the wuv bug!" Tess cooed from her bed on the opposite side.

"No!" Torn spat at her stubbornly. He hated the idea of being in love with Cat. Wait. Who said he was? This was all wrong. He blocked out the thought and grabbed a pillow and hid his face with it, slowly falling to sleep.

"Jaaak! Slow down damnit!" Daxter wailed as they sped through the city (of what they could get too) on a Zoomer. A grin was plastered to Jak's face as he turned corners quickly, the sun began to rise. "JAAAAK!" he turned the zoomer off, causing it to hit the ground. "Ugh…I think I'm gonna puke…" Daxter moaned.

"Do you think we should go back to Freedom HQ now?" Jak asked.

"Yes… but let's walk…yes…." Daxter whispered and Jak gave a small chuckle.

"I'll drive safely."

"No-no-No-NO NO!" Daxter screamed as Jak drove around the corner slowly to Freedom HQ. They walked in and the two girls were carrying on, throwing random objects at each other. They stopped as they came in, still giggling lightly.

Daxter looked over at the blonde one and winked, he turned to the blue haired one and was about to do the same when his jaw dropped. So did hers.

"Cat!"

"Daxter!" they both called each other's names at the same time. Jak turned around upon hearing the name of his sister. The three of them stood gob smacked. Jak threw Daxter off his shoulder and hugged Cat as hard as he could.

"I thought I'd never see you again." Cat whispered quietly as tears began forming in her eyes.

"I thought I'd never see you again!" He chuckled lightly pulling away, as Torn came through the door.

"Save emotions for later, both of you. Jak. I need you to go to the pumping station. The Baron has cut off the city's water supply in an attempt to destroy the Underground; civilians are dying because of him. I need you to go there and turn the pipes back on."

"No problem-o! Baby!" Daxter smirked jumping onto Jak's shoulder. Jak gave Cat one last hug and walked out of the door, their fingertips just touching.

"Tess, I've got a mission for you too." Torn mumbled quietly.

"Ooh! For me!" She jumped to her feet and clapped her hands.

"You know Krew?" He asked her.

"I need you to go under cover in his bar, find out some information."
"Great! Come on Cat!" She said happily.

"Cat won't be coming with you Tess."

"What?" her smile fell

"She's a good thinker, and all the information she's gathered while being here may come in useful."

"Oh…alright..." Tess was sad, and didn't do a good job of hiding it either. "See you soon Cat. Good look with him…" She laughed lightly and left.

"Jak! Dating Cat! This is horrible! Completely horrible! She can do better than him, I know she can…why am I even bothered? I don't like her…I don't like her…I…I…more than like her…I think…is that why I'm so bothered? Oh I don't know…just forget about it…I can't…she's just sitting there innocently, she studies, she laughs. She's there for everyone…except me…" Torn thought miserably as Tess left. He began writing some information for future missions and when the Shadow would be here next. Cat, on the other hand, had no idea that Torn felt similar to her.

"Stupid Torn…sending my best friend away…but he needs the information…but why didn't he send me? I like him. But I don't think he likes me. He never has. Never will."