THEMAKEROFLIGHT:well, here we are again, I hope you didn't stop reading when I used that cliffhanger, but I had to do it, its in my nature as an annoying idiot, but no more cliffhangers from now on, her we go, chapter 6.

CHAPTER 6: THE LIGHT OF LIFE

Keira's vision swam and swirled before her eyes, endless waves of colour washed over her. She could see nothing but shapes and shadows, as her consciousness became stronger, the shapes began to order themselves, she could now see something that looked remotely like Jak's face, and her daddy's a little further away, and an unfamiliar face. She thought who it could be, and she thought she could remember it now, like a dream of a dream, somewhere she had not been for years, somewhere...peaceful.

The people around her bed were talking, as she emerged from her stupor some more she could understand their words.

"So what is wrong with her, she just fell, I can't think why." That was daddy, he seemed to be directing the question at the third person, who answered.

"I have looked through all the books on things like this that I could find, and they all seem to point to an ancient precursor legend, a theory that even the great ones forgot, they call it the light of life. It means that when a person comes of age (A/N: Keira is actually eight in jak1, ten in jak two, eleven in jak 3, and 14 in jakx, so thats what I mean by her only just coming of age, its also the reason Jak hasn't merried her sooner.) a certain eco can be consumed by their body, the existense of this eco is widely disputed by the precursors, but aparrently during great battles this eco is awoken and finds a host, and everyone who dies in that battle will die painlessly, and in extreme cases, this person can stop death without harming herself, the precursors tell that once during the last battle against the metal-heads, their army had such a being, but she was inexperienced and tried to take on too much. The strain was too much, and she died, and all the precursors she was keeping alive died with her."

"So now Keira has this gift too does she?" Asked Jak.

"We beleive so, with my many years experience as a sage, I have learnt one thing, and thats be open to anything." Said Samos.

"Now what I want to know is what was in that kiss between the two of you."

Samos looked sad and akward, he looked down at his apparently sleeping daughter, and said, "Keira never knew who her mother was. I told her she died when she was younger. But that was just because I couldn't bear to tell her the truth.

Keira sat up in bed and made everyone jump by suddenly yelling. "WELL SHES AWAKE NOW SO YOU'D BETTER TELL HER!"

Now it was the other persons turn to speak. "Keira, I never wanted to leave you, I had to go north, I had had a vision that the metal-heads were coming south, and had to go to stop them, the only reason you lived your whole life without a mother is because I left you when you needed me most, I am sorry...my child."

And now everyone stared at everyone stared at the woman, not quite knowing what to say, Keira just stuttered for a while. "I..I..I don't know what to say, I need some space for a second. No wait, Jak, you stay here."

The two sages left, leaving Jak and Keira alone. "I know how you feel, I grew up not knowing my father OR mother. you get used to the knowledge eventually."

"Thats not what I'm worried about. I"m uneasy about this so called gift, so it means that I take the pain of anyone around me, including the enemy, well thats a lot of use isn't it."

"Well Shorine said that with proper training you could learn to control your power and only save the people you want to."

"AND HOW AM I MEANT TO TRAIN, JUST SHOOT SOMEONE AND HOPE I SAVE HIM, IS THAT WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND JAK, IS IT?"

"Well while the rest were talking I devised a way to train, you could use me to practice on."

Keira looked as if she was about to be swallowed by a metal-pede. "I couldn't do that, I just couldn't watch someone do that to themselves, and especially you Jak, I just love you too much for my own good."

"Oh theres no dabate about it, we need this power of yours to help us fight the metal-heads, and I'm going to make sure that when we use it a) we don't bring back the enemy, and b) it doesn't hurt you to do it, now you only seem to react badly to large scale death, so this won't hurt you too much." He said, and shot himself in the head.

Keira scremed, not in pain, for her gift was enough to bring him back in an instant, but at the sight of seeing her loved one do that to himself for her sake, she didn't have time to fear much, because he sat right back up gasping and said. "That was brilliant Keira, there's not even a burn mark from the blaster, now, again, and killed himself again. This continued for several hours before Keira told him to stop.

"Thats all I can take of seeing you murder yourself. I think I can do it now, I'm ready for the battle.

on an offshore oil rig in the Cataenas Ocean

The young man on the rig was dying, a storm had swept through but seconds ago, he had been sheltered by the drill, eco was pouring out of the top, spreading throuout the bowels of the ship, soon it would reach his vantage point, and death would come for him, he consigned himself to his death, he wasn't afraid, he was almost happy, his life had been a misery, growing up in the slums in Haven, his mother dying when he was six, and he never knew his father, the young mans name was Meaelan, his hair was yellow with a green tinge at the end, he had often been told he looked like the great hero Jak, but he didn't like that, it just meant he was a bit like someone everyone knew, not himself.

He could now see the dark eco pouring out of the hatch into the section he was in, he knew it was coming and despaired, but he saw something in the sky, a strange, celestial-blue light, coming closer, he could see its form now, and was amazed at what he saw. It was Jak, king of Haven city, coming to save him, he dragged himself to his feet, the dark eco burns all over his body aching at the effort, he yelled to the man, trying to catch his attention, he didn't need to, Jak's keen eyes had spotted him a long time ago, he sped down at over 100 miles an hour, he slowed down as he came closer, and yanked the mans hand just as the eco began the nibble at his shoes, but the man was safe, he was being carried back to his home, he was safe...he was safe...he was...

THEMAKEROFLIGHT: and with that we see the introduction of Maealan, he will play an important role in this story and its sequel, so watch carefully.