Fire's Child
Chapter 7- Water Games


Jak quickly grew to love Jay. He could tell that she deeply cared for him, not just as a sister, but more as mother. But not a mother stuck in the toddler era. She would care for him as a mother would care but she would talk to him as sister. They even began having heated discussions and debates.

Even with all the things she was doing, like circus rehearsal (she refused to give that up) and going over reports with Torn, Jay still found plenty of time to spend with Jak. They mainly talked of Jak's younger years, and Jay showed off some of her tricks at Jak's insistence.

At the moment, they were in Haven Forrest. Jay was doing psychic reading on Jak and showing off her psychometry skills. She was supposed to be scrying for the

other experiments.

"The gift is mine and I'll use it however I like." she told him.

"You don't care much for other peoples' opinions do you?" commented Jak.

"I don't care much for other people." was her reply.

Jak was rather taken aback. 'Doesn't care'!? She seemed so caring, especially to the younger generation.

"They always seem to disappear or let me down when I need them the most. I've learned not to fully trust them." was her explanation.

"Do you trust me?" Jak asked her.

"Hell no!"

Jak took no offence. He knew it must be hard for someone to let people into their

lives when they had been disappointed so many times. Instead, he picked her up and threw her into the river, plain and simple.

Jay screamed in shock and was soon silenced as she hit the water. Jak jumped in and submerged before Jay could figure out what was going on. Jay surfaced and looked around.

"Jak!" she called out.

Meanwhile, Jak was swimming underneath the water (obviously) and slowly made his to Jay. He crept up behind her and threw his arms around her waist. He heard her scream again and surfaced, laughing.

"You prick! I hate you!" She splashed him, he slashed back.

This went on for a while, splashing, yelling obscenities and trying to drown each other. Although Jak was stronger, Jay was swift, even in water. That was until Jak accidentally threw a handful of mud at her head.

"Arghhh!!! It's in my ear!!! Get it out!!!" she screamed. This was purposely melodramatic, for she leapt out of the water and began running around in circles.

Jak was struggling to stay afloat as he laughed at Jay's reaction.

"It's not funny!!!" her yelling at him only made him laugh harder.

After Jak got out of the water and Jay washed out the dirt from her ear they lay on the grass, staring at the clouds.

"Jay?" Jak whispered.

"Yeah?"

"What happened to our mother?"

Their short conversation was cut short by the sound of Jak's communicator radio thing.

"Yeah?" Jak answered.

"Jak," came Torn's voice. "We need you at headquarters. Get your ass here immediately."

"Yeah, my ass'll be there in a few minutes."

"Well tell it to hurry." and the connection was cut.

Jak slowly got to his feet and glanced at Jay.

"Aren't you coming?"

"He didn't ask for my ass." she replied

Jak gave a small laugh.

"I'll be there in a little while." she reached over and tapped his shoe.

"Ok." he reluctantly left her.

She seemed odd all of a sudden. Almost claustrophobic-like. Ever since the

mention of her mother.

Something must have happened. Something bad. He thought.

He didn't want to think about it, but it had always been at the very back of his mind.

Her mother, his mother was dead.

It was a horrible thought but he could find no other explanation fro her not being here. He would have thought she would have been looking for him, with Jay, and they would have found him much sooner. She also might have abandoned them but after seeing the picture she did not come across as someone who would do that.

She must have died. Why else would Jay suddenly feel distant?

He heard a faint splash. He just hoped she would be ok.


I always melodramatically scream when I get something in my ear. Trust me, it's not a very nice feeling. Speaking of melodrama, all the good things in life stem from drama class. Well, all the funny things in life anyway. Like; one time (in drama class) we were doing an activity where we had to make up a short play containing the words "Shh, someone's knocking.". So we were getting all our props ready and I was mucking around, jumping on the 'TV'. Next thing I know, I fall through the TV. It was hilarious! But ended up with a swollen leg and a big chunk of meat got taken out coz I scraped my self when I fell through. Oh well…

Luck and Love,

Anita