This chapters going to be full of drama. Enjoy. :puts her fists up: you'll understand what that action means after you read the chapter hee hee. Thanks for the reviews everyone and I'm glad my paragraphs have gotten easier for you guys to read.
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Chapter 11
"I don't get it. It was fine yesterday", Torn complained as he banged the small radar against his hand.
Sweat trickled down along the ink engraved on his face as he growled in frustration. Ashelin sat next to him, rolling her green eyes as she watched him. They were stopped at a red light. She crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Torn, you can get another one"
Torn turned to her in shock as if she was asking to replace his mother. "This is my personal radar Ash. It's the best one out of all the ones we already have and you know it"
She shrugged her shoulders, "True. Well it wouldn't be broken if someone hadn't knocked if off his nightstand last night" She raised a brow at him, accusing him with her gaze.
He grinned mischievously as the light changed green and he hit the gas. "Well maybe I wouldn't have knocked it over if a certain woman didn't come barging into my room and pushing me against the wall. All you had to do was ask and I would've been all yours" He winked at her.
She brought her hand under his chin to caress it. She leaned toward his ear so she could whisper, "You know I like to do things roughly"
His smile grew wider as he nodded in agreement. They parked in front of Keira's garage to see the garage door half open and the yellow light streaming onto the sidewalk. It was quiet and there didn't seem to be any sign of her. Torn and Ashelin slipped under the garage door.
"Hey Keira, you here?" Torn called out as he searched the empty garage. Everything was neat and clean. That had meant that it hadn't been touched all day. That was something abnormal for Keira. He turned to Ashelin who also shared a look of concern.
"Yeah, I'll be down in a sec" Keira called out from upstairs. They heard her stepping out into the hall and the jingling metal of her keys as she was locking her apartment door.
Torn took out the radar from his pocket as he began to speak, "Listen I just stopped by to see if you could fix this radar. I dropped it yesterday and I was wondering if you…wouldn't…mind…" His sentence was lost when Keira had revealed herself from the dark hallway that lead upstairs.
Torn and Ashelin's jaws dropped at the sight. It was like a scene from a movie when she emerged from the darkness. Their eyes followed the painted pink toes wrapped in her white high heels, up her slim, shapely legs and to the white elegant dress that embraced her. Her back was bare and the collar line was very low. The rhinestones sparkled along with the silver flower pins complimenting her turquoise hair. She had changed her hairstyle and combed bangs over to one side, using the clips to hold each side. Around her delicate, pale neck lay a thin white gold necklace with a teardrop diamond. They stood staring at her, stunned by her appearance.
Torn hesitated to continue but Ashelin nudged him with approval to say what was on both of their minds. He stuttered, "W-wow Keira. You look-you look amazing"
She ran her hands down her dress to straighten it. She wasn't used to dressing this way but it felt good. She looked up at Ash and Torn's astonished faces and smiled with her clear glossy lips. "Thanks"
Ashelin couldn't resist prying, "Where did you get such an expensive dress and necklace"
"It was a gift", Keira replied as she looked through a small white pocketbook hung over her shoulder, double-checking that she had everything. "Oh and the radar, I'm busy tonight but I'll be sure to look at it tomorrow. Leave it right there on the table" She pointed at the garage table and as soon as she heard a loud honking outside, she grabbed the garage control to open the door fully before throwing the control to Torn. "You guys can close the door for me right? I gotta go"
They continued to stare in shock and their eyes grew wider when they saw the red and black Havoc V12 parked in front of her garage. Razer threw the orange glowing cigarette onto the concrete before stepping out of the car. They watched his sly grin form as he held out his hand to Keira walking towards him. She smiled and put her hand in his so that he can lift it in the air and turn her around so that he can get a look at her. Her dress swirled as she turned in the air lead by Razer. She looked like an angel dancing under the moonlight.
Razer brought his lips to Keira's knuckles, "I knew I'd make you shine. You look absolutely stunning" Razer's gloves and trench coat was off. He wore a shirt identical to the one he wore the night before except this time it was white. He had black slacks and still wore his gold chain and watch. Wherever they were going, it must be someplace really nice.
Ashelin and Torn stood speechless at what they were witnessing and Razer's unfamiliar look. Their jaws still hung as they watched Razer open the door for Keira to enter his car and as he drove away. He flashed them an arrogant smile and a wave before he drove off. Once he was gone they finally let their mouths close and their eyes blink.
Ashelin turned to Torn with a serious expression on her face. "This isn't good"
Torn nodded, "Let's find Jak"
Torn threw the radar on the garage table and pressed the control button to close the garage door. He threw the control on the table as well as they slipped out while the door was closing. They sat in the car and gave each other a determined glance. Torn stepped on the gas as they headed toward the Naughty Ottsel.
After a fifteen-minute drive Ashelin and Torn had arrived. They parked in front of the bar and barged through the doors to find Jak sitting at the bar. His shoulders were slumped and he huddled over a blue mug of black coffee. His blond hair was damp and stuck to his head as if he just finished taking a shower. Daxter was replacing napkins in one of the metal napkin holders and Tess was sweeping the surface of the bar counter with a small broom. They all turned to see the concerned expressions on Ash and Torn's faces when they walked in.
"Jak we need to talk" Ashelin spoke first and Jak perked his head up to see what all the excitement was about.
"Yeah we just saw your mechanic driving away with Mizo's ex-scum" Torn pointed at the doorway as if Razer was there when he spoke. He cringed as he said this. They both stood behind Jak, Ashelin with her fists on her waist demanding an explanation.
"So you're just going to sit there?" Ashelin's eyes were wide at Jak's blank reaction.
Jak turned back to his coffee so that he could take another sip of the steaming black liquid. He stared at the mug in defeat as he spoke, "I already told her that it was fine for her to date whoever she pleases"
They both gasped in horror and then anger. Ashelin grabbed the back of Jak's collar, causing him to turn to her, "What are you crazy! You're going to let Keira date some criminal that has tried to kill us all before! What is wrong with you! I've never seen you act…act so…weak!"
The last of Ashelin's words made Jak wince his body in pain. He brushed her hand off her collar and sternly answered her, "What the hell am I supposed to do? She was with him last night too so that obviously means that there's no space in her life for me anymore. Besides…he can offer her a lot more than I ever will"
Daxter felt the need to jump in as he threw the white napkins onto the bar. He was getting angry and he walked up to Jak, stomping his way to him. "Ok! First of all yes she was with him last night, however after Razer kissed her-"
Jak turned to him and cut him off, "What! He kissed her?"
Daxter put his hand up to his mouth to shut him up. "As I was saying after Razer kissed her goodnight it was your name she said to herself after he left. Yours! Not his! Comprende?"
"That doesn't mean anything" Jak's brows furrowed as he stubbornly stared down at his coffee.
"And Razer offer her more than you? What are you nuts? He can give her all the pretty diamonds she wants but you're the one that supposed to be with her remember? Back in Sandover before I turned into…into-" Daxter looked down at himself, "this! A precursor, and you were still mute I knew the perfect way to piss you off and that was to tell you that someday when we grew older I was going to have Keira all to myself. And what did you do? You beat the crap out of me and why do you suppose you did that huh?"
"I was just being overprotective. We were kids," Jak mumbled.
"No Jak! It's not because you were just being overprotective. It's because you knew no one would take care of her as good as you. There was no way you was going to let her be with anyone else but you. What the hell happened to that!"
"I grew up" Jak stood up from the bar and faced the exit.
Daxter called out to him, "She friggin loves you, you damn idiot and you're just gonna let her go just like that!"
Jak spun around and yelled at the orange ottsel standing on the bar, ""If she did she wouldn't have stopped leaving me food in the fridge, she wouldn't have stopped wearing my shirts and she'd be with me right now instead of that asshole Razer!"
"Did you ever think that she was just doing that to get your attention mister hero, mister I'm never home because I must save the world" Daxter screamed back at him but it had no affect. Jak turned again to walk away.
"Where are you going? You can't just run forever! It's Keira for God's sakes! If you don't go and get her Razer said he was going to present her with some kind of offer tonight. She could be gone forever if you don't stop her!"
Jak stopped for a second and when Daxter was done yelling he continued to advance toward the exit without a word. Suddenly Jak heard a growl unlike he had ever heard before. It seemed that Daxter had discovered his animal instinct and without warning the ottsel pounced on top of Jak's head. Tess screamed for Daxter to stop but he had already attacked Jak.
"That's it! You've really pissed me off!"
Daxter wrapped his body on Jak's head as he beat his fists on him. Jak tried to grab him but he was too fast. Daxter slithered down his neck and clawed his cheek. Jak let out a small screech of pain as a crimson line formed on his cheek. He tried to punch the ottsel on his face but he had already wrapped his legs around Jak's neck so that he could grab the back of his hair and pull as hard as he could. Jak's head jerked back in pain as the ottsel pulled at his blond hair. Then Daxter climbed up to his ear and clamped his teethe down as hard as he could and Jak yelled out. Tess was still screaming at the two best friends to stop fighting. Jak tried to pull the biting ottsel off of his ear but he wouldn't let go. The blood trickled down his ear and he kept trying to pull.
"Arrgghh Daxter!" Jak had finally reached his boiling point and once Torn and Ashelin saw the electricity flickering in his soon to be black eyes, they jumped in to separate the two.
Ashelin punched Daxter on the head hard enough so that he let go of Jak's ear. She then wrapped her hand around his thin neck to restrain him. Torn grabbed Jak from the back, holding back his arms to prevent him going at Daxter. They both struggled to get at each other as Torn and Ashelin held them back.
"You asshole! Do I have to fight you just to knock some sense into your hard head! Once she's gone that's it! No more mechanic! No more hoover board upgrades! No more mint chocolate chip ice cream! If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't have made it through half of these adventures of ours! If she didn't love you she wouldn't have done all she did for you and I bet even now she's waiting! Last night when you left she told me she loved you! You Jak! You're just never around and it's you that's giving up, not her!"
Each of Daxter's words hit Jak harder and harder as he went on. He slowly lost his strength to fight as he listened and the anger in his face melted away. His eyes widened and trembled at the understanding of everything. Torn felt his body relax and released him.
"She-she said that…that she lov-" he stared at the floor in shame and Ashelin released her deadly grip around Daxter's neck.
Daxter dropped to the floor and walked up in front of Jak to look up at him. He nodded to him, "Yeah Jak. She's all yours. She's always been. You just lost each other on the way somehow" Jak stared at the floor in deep thought as Daxter continued showing a side of him that no one had ever seen in the usually loud sarcastic ottsel, "Can you really be happy with yourself knowing that she's with someone else? Do you really think that's gonna make her happy after all these years when you were all she's ever known? Can you live with that?"
Finally after a long moment of silent suspense Jak looked up at everyone's faces, staring at him and waiting for a response. He looked down at Daxter, "No! I can't live with that!" He flashed Daxter his hero smile and Daxter smiled widely.
Ashelin put her hand on Jak's shoulder, "So go get her tiger" Jak looked around the room to see everyone smiling with approval.
Jak nodded, "Alright! I'm going! I'm gonna get her back no matter what!" and cheers erupted in the bar. "Ash, Torn, do you know of any other mechanics in these parts?"
Torn looked confused, "Well yeah but not as-"
"I know that but the best you could find is good. I'll need you to take my car there and I'll tell you what to do. Can I borrow your vehicle tonight while you guys do that?"
"Of course", the three walked toward the exit before Jak turned back quickly to give Daxter a thumbs up.
"You're the man Dax!" and they all walked out the door.
Daxter crawled up to the bar and plopped down next to Tess. He sighed from exhaustion before grinning. He cleared his throat, "Ya see I knew a little beating from the good old Orange Lightning would knock some sense into him" He returned to his usual humorous self again. Without warning Tess grabbed the ottsel's head and pulled him to her. She crashed her tiny lips against his and his ears fell as he melted in her arms. When she released him, he looked as if he were in a drunken daze. "Wha-what was that for?"
She smiled at him, "For everything that you did just now"
He whispered, "Well I guess that precursor wisdom is finally kickin' in"
She giggled. "You're my hero Daxter" and she grabbed him for another kiss. The two ottsels stood on top of the bar, lost in their moment.
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WOOH so Jak and Daxter had it out! It couldn't be too much of a fight because after all, Daxter is an ottsel but I tried. So now Jak's going to find his girl but why's he taking his car to another mechanic? What's going on with Razer and Keira and what's this special offer he's going to make her. Will Jak make it in time? Dun dun dun stay tuned!
Hope you liked the TornxAsh romance. I'm thinking of writing my next fic on that pairing so lemme know what ya think.
