Disclaimer: I don't own any of Jak2 or 3, and I don't own any of the characters other than Trista. Naughty dog owns everything else.
Chapter Five
Wow, this guy was good. Jak scaled the tower with ease, and left a large trail of monsters behind him. I smiled to myself, Torn had given him an easy mission, but I couldn't really figure out the reason he did. Torn usually wasn't that accepting of new people when he didn't know them that well. Just as I was thinking about that, Torn walked over to the small area I was waiting in.
"Well if it isn't Torn. I was wondering, why did you give Jak such an easy mission? I thought you didn't like people joining who we didn't know too well." I was teasing him, I know. Well he deserved it after all. He was such a pain sometimes. Glancing over, I almost jumped when I saw him staring at me.
"I gave him a chance because you asked me too. Besides, you are a good judge of character." Torn crossed his arms and I blinked. Somewhere in there was the nicest thing he had said to me. I shook my head slightly and watched Jak grab the banner.
"Well, looks like I was right, he is good." I said. Then the tower's foundation crumbled, and Jak and Daxter fell. I jumped to my feet, ready to run and help but Torn grabbed my arm.
"Wait." He said. I looked in the direction he was watching and saw Jak sliding down a wire. Within a minute he landed in front of us just as the tower completely crashed to the ground. For a minute, Torn almost looked impressed. He regained his composure quickly enough though.
"Yeah, I guess you guys are in." Torn said. Jak and Daxter grinned at each other and Torn turned to me.
"Let's go. You guys get back to the hideout soon, I'll give you your first real mission." Torn grabbed my hand and pulled me away, and we walked into the city. I was really confused about the way he was acting so I pulled my hand away and stopped him, looking at him directly.
"What's up? You're acting strange. I thought you were mad about that girl." I looked down sadly, I had started to see where he was coming from when he yelled at me and I was feeling bad about fighting with him about it.
"You reminded me of the reason why I quit the guard. I wanted to help people, I felt bad about all those lives that were lost that day. And I guess I got so caught up in getting revenge on the baron, I forgot why I joined the underground in the first place." Torn wouldn't look at me, and I felt like I was starting to understand him a bit better. He is working his hardest to bring peace to the people.
"That day wasn't your fault. I saw you, you tried to get the gate open." I turned his face so he'd look me in the eyes.
"I should have tried harder. I should have done something more." He said, and we continued walking, mostly because some guards had been staring at us, and Torn couldn't afford to be recognized.
"You! Stop!" Crap, a little too late. Torn jumped into the air and grabbed a vehicle, then lowered it so I could jump in.
"Lets go." He said. I smiled as we zipped through alleyways, Torn was always into fast driving. About two minutes later, we landed in front of the hideout and I turned to him.
"By the way, I think you did your best. A lot of people died yes, but a lot of people survived too. Now all we can do is protect everyone else from the same thing happening again." Torn nodded and I followed him into the hideout. I guess that even guys like him have things they regret too.
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