HNG: Heylo. I am back again. Heh. So this is the third part to Jak II, the half you never knew and I hope you enjoy it. drools
Anyway, this one has a bit language in, so watch out. I also made some bits up… and I can because:
a) I'm the author
b) Its a fan fiction. Duh! Lol
Days had passed, and tension was growing between the two elves, as Jak and Daxter came back frequently for missions, they acted if the other wasn't there; Cat and Torn had gone almost a week without saying a word to each other. They arrived again one morning.
"Jak, I've got a mission for you." Torn stated as Jak walked up to the desk. "I need you to get four men to new safe houses…and…" he paused, looking around the desk. "Uh…" he grumbled quietly to himself, still raking around his desk.
"What's happened, Tattooed Wonder? Has stealing grass from a Yakow become too difficult?" Daxter grinned at him as Cat coughed a laugh, she looked at Torn he gave her a light glare.
"What're you looking for?" Jak asked, trying to see if he could spot it.
"It's the map with the new locations…the ah… safe houses…" he kept on pausing as he spoke, and began looking underneath the desk. When he rose to his normal position he nearly gave out a shriek. Cat was standing right in front of him.
"I had the map…you gave me it back the other day…" She said quietly pushing the map into his hand and taking a seat on her bed. Nodding lightly he handed it to Jak.
"Get them there as soon as you can. It should take roughly half an hour for each man, longer if the KG spots you."
"BUT THAT WILL TAKE US MAYBE TWO HOURS OR MORE!" Daxter whined.
"Yeah? So I suggest you keep the KG away if you wanna be home early." Torn smirked as Daxter whined.
"Come on Dax; let's get these guys a new safe place." Jak murmured walking out of the door, waving to Cat as he left.
"I can't stand this anymore…I need to find out if they really are dating for definite…it's killing me…" Torn said to himself mentally. "WAIT! No it's not…I don't care…not one teeny tiny…ugh…I'll just ask." Torn looked at Cat as she moved a strand of her blue hair behind her ear.
"C-Cat..?" he stammered as she looked over at him.
"Oh my god…he's actually speaking to me…" she placed her notes on the bed. "Yeah?"
"I wanna a-ask you something but…I-I'm afraid you'll take it the wrong waay…" he held on the 'a' as he spoke. She raised her right eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" Cat was clearly confused.
"I was just curious…are you and Jak dating?" he mumbled very quietly, almost silent.
"What?" she asked again.
"Are you and Jak…dating?"
"What! Speak louder Torn!" She raised her voice very slightly.
"GODDAMNIT! Are YOU and JAK," he said 'you' and 'Jak' very loudly and gruffly. "Are you two dating?" he practically shouted it.
Cat raised her other eyebrow and let out a small giggle. "Why would I date my brother?"
"He's her brother? God I feel like such an ass." He thought miserably.
"Listen, Cat…if I've been a jackass this past week I'm sorry…" he grumbled walking back to his desk and began sorting things again.
"Did he just apologize?" Cat stared blankly at him and picked up her notes and began scribbling on them. "Thank you." She continued writing and whispered so quietly that only a fly whizzing past could only catch a bit of it. "I think I love you…" she never looked up; her eyes were glued to the paper as she wrote more. Torn had lip read her and his face was bright red with embarrassment.
"Cat…" He began, feeling the temperature from his face. "I-I-I just lip read you…and…did you just say…" He was cut short by Cat looking at him horrified.
"I said 'I think I love you'? Uhm…yeah. I said that. I'm trying to work on a song…POEM…yeah…" She avoided further eye contact and the conversation died there.
Tess was doing well getting information from Krew. Jak had been offered a few jobs by Krew and he did some. One of which Daxter wasn't too pleased about. Hunting metal heads wasn't his favourite thing. They went hunting at the pumping station with a guy named Sig, who was kind enough. A great and funny guy, him and Jak got on sometimes.
Weeks later, the friendliness between Torn and Cat had vanished. They spent days together, as Cat sat in Torn's arms, as they whispered words of love to one another.
And you'd believe that right now? It was a lie, of course. Torn had to go out on a mission, and considering Cat had almost burnt down the HQ once in the past when he went out, he had to take her with him. It was a disaster. They were stranded, in the forest, and, at the minute, in water.
"Torn…" she swam over to him. "Wait…please." She spoke between gulps.
"This was all just a dumb idea." He hissed, crawling out of the water, and turning around to drag Cat out.
"You're telling me…" She mumbled.
"It was your fault…" Torn spat at her.
"My fault? My fault?" She asked, gob smacked that he was blaming her.
"Yeah, if you hadn't been distracting me." He growled, not daring to look at her.
"Oh you selfish…" she gasped a few times. "BASTARD!" She threw a bit off weed from her hair at him. "You can never be wrong can you?" she pulled herself out of the water considering Torn had turned away from her.
"No, that's not true, I've made mistakes, but this time it was your fault." He shivered as the water seeped through his red dreadlocks; he peeled the weed off him and dropped it on the ground.
"B-b-bastard!" she chattered, holding onto her arms. It was near nightfall, and they had few resources, and it was cold. Very cold.
"Don't you start with me, girl! If you weren't so clumsy we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Oh so I'm clumsy now!"
"Uh, lemme think. YES! You nearly burnt down Freedom HQ!"
"That was an ACCIDENT!" She got to her feet. "If you weren't such a turd you would've noticed that by now!" she stormed off into the jungle, leaving Torn by himself.
"I don't know why I even liked her…she's so annoying…" Torn snatched some twigs and a few logs and began making a fire. Rubbing the sticks together for some time a small ember appeared in the darkness surrounding him.
"Where am I? I wish I hadn't left…but it was his fault…he will never take the blame…" Cat fell to the floor shivering. She couldn't take it no more. She was cold and alone, she let out a quiet wail and began sobbing. Every few seconds coughs replaced the sobs as she curled up on the floor. She felt herself being lifted up and carried. She didn't care who it was. She just wanted to be taken away from this horrible feeling. Soon she could feel warmth surrounding her. She forced her eyes open slowly to see a man with red dreadlocks hanging over his face.
"Torn?" she asked. "Why'd you come for me?" she asked bitterly leaning up.
"I wasn't going to leave you to be taken by what ever and who ever was out there." He smiled softly.
"Why does it feel like nothing that happened before? Where has all this anger gone?" Cat returned the smile, and stared at the fire, loving the warmth. She shuffled slightly towards the fire. She felt warm around her back as well. That couldn't be right…unless…
Cat turned her head to see Torn with his arm around her. Unsure what to do she smiled lightly and wrapped her arm around him. Sitting close kept each other warm. After about fifteen minutes, they laid down, Cat's head on Torn's chest; they never looked at each other or spoke, just stared at the fire.
"Alright, we'll go on a rescue mission as soon as we can, we need to find them." Tess stated, she was determined to get them back. "My mission with Krew can wait, this is important."
"Ahh…leave him out there, tattooed wonder probably likes it…" Daxter grinned, lying in his hammock.
"Cat is out there too." Tess brow fell onto her eyes.
"What!" Jak jumped to his feet and grabbed his blaster. "We're going now." Tess smiled.
"Glad someone sees some sense in it."
"Indeed, come along chilli peppers, lets go save some asses." Sig grinned, picking up 'Peacie'. The four left The Hip Hog Saloon, where Tess was 'working' at the minute, and made their way to the forest.
The two hadn't budged; they occasionally glanced at each other.
"I remember why I like her now…she's sweet, cute, and will always be there for you. I never realised that she cared."
"Cat?" Torn raised his head a little.
"Hm?" Cat looked at him. He gave a hand signal as if he was about to get up. She slid off him and looked at him.
"Forgive me…please." He murmured as Cat looked puzzled.
"For wh-" The words were barely out of her mouth when Torn pushed them back in, pressing his lips firmly against hers. He pulled away softly and found that the only place where he could look was the ground.
"I'm sorry Cat…" Torn grumbled, his gaze meeting hers. "I really shouldn't have…" he waited for her response, which he didn't expect. Wrapped her arms around him and kissed him with passion, pushing him to the ground. Torn rolled over so he was lying on top of her. They broke away for only a few seconds. Only smiling lightly at each other. Torn leaned towards her again, but was interrupted by a crack in the bushes. Torn jumped to his feet, holding one of Cat's hand as she stood behind him, her other hand on his shoulder. Torn drew his blade and pointed it fore ward, ready to do what damage he could to who was there.
"Hello Cherries, you need a ride home?" Sig grinned upon seeing them.
Torn sighed heavily. "Damn Sig you nearly gave me a heart attack…" Cat smiled lightly as the pair followed Sig to the cruiser. It was dark, no one could notice their fingers entwined, with a small grin on their faces, they dropped hands as the came into the light of the cruiser.
Daxter's jaw dropped. "Torn, why do you have the same colour smudge on your face that's on Cat's lips?" he quietly asked, but loud enough for everyone to hear. The group stared at Cat and Torn, both thinking alike.
"We're screwed."
Thank yoh for reading, please review, I love reading them. Peace out XD
