Chapter 5
It was night time when Erol finally came home. I was asleep in bed. He notaced that right away, and creeped into the house quietly with only a few lights on. He checked up on me to see I was there. He sighed happily, and took off his helmet, and uniform only wearing a shirt and some slacks. He creeped into bed without a sound, and automaticly clung to my back side hugging me gently, just settling in. He supported his head under mine. I woke up a little, and held his arms. We then eventually dozed off after a few minutes. He was quite tired, just as I.
In the morning I woke up alone. Erol was in the kitchen working on baked low fat egg rolls. It's my favorite.. Strangely HIS favorite too. I got up for the smell of egg rolls drowsily, and walked into the kitchen. "Morning," I said cheerfully to Erol. I walked over to look at the egg rolls, then at him. Erol playfully grabbed my waist with one hand, and I went down. (It was kinda that dance move you do with the mango or whatever) He kissed me, in a "Good Morning" way. And then he put me back up.
" How was your secret meeting yesterday?" "Oh good good... The big zoomer race is this afternoon by the way." My eyes went wide, "It is? Wow ok!" I ran out of the kitchen and into my bedroom to put on my uniform and everything. Erol put the finished egg rolls on our plates. One for me, one for him. Simple as that. I went back in, and had a simple conversation about absolutely nothing with him that morning, not knowing the horror that came that afternoon.
Once we got over to the racing course, I saw Jak and Daxter. From the way he was scouling, I knew he was not happy at all that I was on Erol's side on this one. But seriously. I'm not interested in competition, unlike Erol. His blood was boiling when he saw Jak! You should've looked at his face! I sat behind him, holding his waist firmly with my body against his back secure. I'm always scared of falling off, you know that. We all got in our positions. Unfortunately, Jak was on the right next to Erol and me. " See you at the finish line.. Dark eco freak." Erol scowled as he put on his ugly mask. I hate that mask, I had on a guilty face, knowing that in this particular race that I was against Jak and the others. Jak just simply shook his head in disapointment, and then looked straight ahead. Baron Praxis did the usual prolouge, bla bla bla bla bla stuff... And the race began! Erol slams into Jak, Jak does the same thing. We get ahead of Jak until he uses one of those rocket boosters. We are dead ahead behind Jak. It's was the second round when I really got nurvis. "JAK IS NOT GOING TO WIN THIS TIME DAMN IT!" Erol shouted angrily. He put on a rocket booster and wizzed by past Jak. Last lap. It's the most tense part of the race. Somehow, Jak finds a shortcut, and goes infront of us. Jak and Daxter win the race!
Erol stopped the zoomer wide eyed. I put my hand over his right shoulder. He then started to get real pissed off when he came out of the shock of losing to a rookie driver. I decided not to say anything because of that he was so mad. For some reason, Erol starts up the zoomer again aiming right at Jak. Realizing to what he was doing I said, "Erol.. Erol honey what are you doing?" "I will not be made a mockery of!" And he went full speed ahead. "No! Erol you're gonna both kill us if you don't stop this! DON'T BE SO DUMB TO THINK WE'RE GOING TO-" "LAONA QUIET FOR A MINUTE!" He yelled, still aggitated atleast. He didn't want to hurt me, knowing how sensitive I actually was. "Erol!" I screamed. Jak dodged, and Erol was heading dead ahead in dark eco. I tried to steer the zoomer away from it, but it was too late. I jumped to save my own life trying to grasp Erol to save his. I fell to the ground unconcious. Erol... Was gone. Or so I thaught atleast.
The last thing I remembered from the accident was that I was in the hospital. " Erol!" I yelled sitting up in my bed. I looked around realizing I was in the hospital. My heart was pumping realizing what happened. My eyes got teary, but all I did was wipe them away without a sound. A nurse came in finding I was awake. For some reason she seemed stunned and ran as fast as she could to get the doctor. They both came in.
" Thank the precursers! She's awake!" The doctor said to the nurse. The nurse looked at me worried looking, "You've been in a coma for a week! Dark eco can sure make a difference in recovery." The doctor nodded.
A day or so passed, and I was able to go home. It was quiet in my appartment. Just like when Erol wasn't there. I felt like doing something special in dedication to the great Krimson guard leader. I walked into my bedroom, seeing Erol's ugly old mask that was broken durring the metal head ambush a long time ago. I also found his handgun. I took them to deadtown and burried the handgun and mask in a shallow ditch behind a brick wall. I looked up and took a moment of silense. I heard Jak walking behind me. I looked at him emotionless for a minute. " I thaught I'd find you here." I looked down sadly, then faced him. " Erol always had trouble controling his anger"
"It wasn't your fault. It was for the better actually." Jak said calmly. I didn't want to say anything. He walked closer, and put his hand over my shoulder. " You're going to live through this, I'll make sure of that!" I just hugged Jak for confort. I've never lost a loved one in my life, and it was near to unbearable. He patted my back knowing what I was doing. " You're my friend Laona. That's why I'm saying, that I'm sorry for your loss." He had me to let go. " See you later." He said lowly, walking away. I got on my knees just looking down. It was just such a dark day.
In the morning I woke up alone. Erol was in the kitchen working on baked low fat egg rolls. It's my favorite.. Strangely HIS favorite too. I got up for the smell of egg rolls drowsily, and walked into the kitchen. "Morning," I said cheerfully to Erol. I walked over to look at the egg rolls, then at him. Erol playfully grabbed my waist with one hand, and I went down. (It was kinda that dance move you do with the mango or whatever) He kissed me, in a "Good Morning" way. And then he put me back up.
" How was your secret meeting yesterday?" "Oh good good... The big zoomer race is this afternoon by the way." My eyes went wide, "It is? Wow ok!" I ran out of the kitchen and into my bedroom to put on my uniform and everything. Erol put the finished egg rolls on our plates. One for me, one for him. Simple as that. I went back in, and had a simple conversation about absolutely nothing with him that morning, not knowing the horror that came that afternoon.
Once we got over to the racing course, I saw Jak and Daxter. From the way he was scouling, I knew he was not happy at all that I was on Erol's side on this one. But seriously. I'm not interested in competition, unlike Erol. His blood was boiling when he saw Jak! You should've looked at his face! I sat behind him, holding his waist firmly with my body against his back secure. I'm always scared of falling off, you know that. We all got in our positions. Unfortunately, Jak was on the right next to Erol and me. " See you at the finish line.. Dark eco freak." Erol scowled as he put on his ugly mask. I hate that mask, I had on a guilty face, knowing that in this particular race that I was against Jak and the others. Jak just simply shook his head in disapointment, and then looked straight ahead. Baron Praxis did the usual prolouge, bla bla bla bla bla stuff... And the race began! Erol slams into Jak, Jak does the same thing. We get ahead of Jak until he uses one of those rocket boosters. We are dead ahead behind Jak. It's was the second round when I really got nurvis. "JAK IS NOT GOING TO WIN THIS TIME DAMN IT!" Erol shouted angrily. He put on a rocket booster and wizzed by past Jak. Last lap. It's the most tense part of the race. Somehow, Jak finds a shortcut, and goes infront of us. Jak and Daxter win the race!
Erol stopped the zoomer wide eyed. I put my hand over his right shoulder. He then started to get real pissed off when he came out of the shock of losing to a rookie driver. I decided not to say anything because of that he was so mad. For some reason, Erol starts up the zoomer again aiming right at Jak. Realizing to what he was doing I said, "Erol.. Erol honey what are you doing?" "I will not be made a mockery of!" And he went full speed ahead. "No! Erol you're gonna both kill us if you don't stop this! DON'T BE SO DUMB TO THINK WE'RE GOING TO-" "LAONA QUIET FOR A MINUTE!" He yelled, still aggitated atleast. He didn't want to hurt me, knowing how sensitive I actually was. "Erol!" I screamed. Jak dodged, and Erol was heading dead ahead in dark eco. I tried to steer the zoomer away from it, but it was too late. I jumped to save my own life trying to grasp Erol to save his. I fell to the ground unconcious. Erol... Was gone. Or so I thaught atleast.
The last thing I remembered from the accident was that I was in the hospital. " Erol!" I yelled sitting up in my bed. I looked around realizing I was in the hospital. My heart was pumping realizing what happened. My eyes got teary, but all I did was wipe them away without a sound. A nurse came in finding I was awake. For some reason she seemed stunned and ran as fast as she could to get the doctor. They both came in.
" Thank the precursers! She's awake!" The doctor said to the nurse. The nurse looked at me worried looking, "You've been in a coma for a week! Dark eco can sure make a difference in recovery." The doctor nodded.
A day or so passed, and I was able to go home. It was quiet in my appartment. Just like when Erol wasn't there. I felt like doing something special in dedication to the great Krimson guard leader. I walked into my bedroom, seeing Erol's ugly old mask that was broken durring the metal head ambush a long time ago. I also found his handgun. I took them to deadtown and burried the handgun and mask in a shallow ditch behind a brick wall. I looked up and took a moment of silense. I heard Jak walking behind me. I looked at him emotionless for a minute. " I thaught I'd find you here." I looked down sadly, then faced him. " Erol always had trouble controling his anger"
"It wasn't your fault. It was for the better actually." Jak said calmly. I didn't want to say anything. He walked closer, and put his hand over my shoulder. " You're going to live through this, I'll make sure of that!" I just hugged Jak for confort. I've never lost a loved one in my life, and it was near to unbearable. He patted my back knowing what I was doing. " You're my friend Laona. That's why I'm saying, that I'm sorry for your loss." He had me to let go. " See you later." He said lowly, walking away. I got on my knees just looking down. It was just such a dark day.