At first being in the palace was welcoming for both Ajay and Jason, but over time Pagan made it clear that they weren't to be leaving for a long time. If they'd try they were both promptly stopped by foot soldiers. That made things between the duo a little less than pleasant, and it was all Jason's fault. When helping Ajay in the arena he didn't have the time to think of his feelings towards the prince, but as soon as the two of them were forced to stay in the palace Jason could think of nothing else as it was his job to stay near Ajay at all time. Jason has been trying to distract himself by finding something to do, but it only worked for so long. Constantly he was thinking of Ajay. How much of a sharpshooter Ajay was, how cunning and fast he was, and of course how damn hot Ajay was. All of his forcing its way into Jason's mind and invading his every thought, and then, of course, he remember his hallucination. Yeah, there was no denying it: Jason was downright attracted to Ajay Ghale. This wasn't like with Liza or Citra, no, to Jason it felt like it was something more, but there was nothing he could do about it. Like Pagan, that crazy psycho, wouldn't approve if the two got together or if Ajay even felt the same way about Jason.

"Are you just going to stand out here all day?" Came the snarky voice of Bhadra. The young girl came out on to the balcony to join Jason. Thanks to Ajay, a couple of days back, Pagan allowed Bhadra to be trained in combat with the other soldiers. Though it was clear that Bhadra was not comfortable with fighting alongside the royal army as she was raised to be Golden path, she still seemed excited to learn better combat than what Sabal was giving her. Which was nothing.

"How's training?" Jason questioned her as he leaned against the railing of the balcony.

"It's fine, Paul says I have what it takes to be a Hunter in the future, the commander thinks I'll be better as a foot soldier."

"What do you think?"

"... I don't know..." She responded softly as she looked down at the world below them. Jason watched her for a moment before sighing out as well. Jason then gave an apathetic shrug then reached into his back pocket to pull out a pack of Kyrati Royals. The package was funny to him as it just showed a picture of Pagan with no normal warning labels on the package at all. Jason looked down inside the package four little cigarettes remained in the package. Well, now three remained. Jason wasted no time to light up his cigarette.

"Should you really be smoking?" Came Ajay's voice. Jason almost wanted to run away but he just couldn't bring his legs to move at all. Ajay came out on to the balcony and gently patted Bhadra's head. "It's not good for your health."

"Eh, I stopped caring about my health a long while back," Jason shrugged with a smile on his lips. Jason then made sure to take a nice long drag of the cigarette to prove his point to Ajay. Ajay only chuckled back in response to Jason. Jason felt his heart skip a beat, not from the smoke, but from hearing Ajay laugh a little. Add that to the list of things Jason was finding Ajay attractive for. Ajay leaned against the railing of the balcony and looked out at Kyrat. Bhadra gave a sudden sigh.

"Well, I have to go back to training now I'll talk to you guys later," With that she quickly took off, leaving Ajay and Jason alone. Jason stood there thinking of an excuse to leave Ajay, but his mind was drawing blanks. Jason brought his cigarette up to his lips again, took a drag, before stomping the rest out.

"Well-" Jason started but Ajay suddenly cut him off.

"I want to wipe out the Golden Path."

Jason blinked in surprise before leaning against the railing of the balcony like Ajay was. "I mean, I think we all do-"

"They're weak one good push would get rid of them for good, but dad won't listen to reason not after what happened," Ajay ran his fingers through his thick black hair as another sigh escaped his mouth.

"Well..." Jason paused for a moment. What could he tell Ajay? Jason felt conflicted: on one hand a part of him wanted to tell Ajay to just sneak out if he wanted to get rid of the Golden Path, hell, Jason wouldn't mind shooting a few of those pricks himself. But then the other part of him realized that if they snuck out then Pagan would most likely kill Jason the moment they got caught. "... I'm not sure..." He admitted rubbing the back of his head. Ajay didn't respond to Jason right away, instead, he just looked out at Kyrat with a small smile on his face. Jason swallowed an uneasy lump in his throat as he took a daring move and moved a little closer to Ajay.

"So, where did your father go this morning?" Jason changed the subject in an attempt to get rid of the awkward air surrounding them.

"He mentioned something about needing to go to the prison. Some American CIA agent got caught trying to take down Yuma's men in the mountains," Ajay explained softly as he finally moved from his spot on the railing. Jason watched Ajay move into the sunlight. It gave Ajay an angelic glow that made Jason's heart flutter in his chest as he watched as Ajay moved back inside, the glow almost following him the whole way. Jason turned his head away and looked at the mountains off in the distance. The sun was just getting ready to set behind the mountains. "Hey." Ajay suddenly spoke causing Jason to turn around and look at him. Ajay had his back against the door and his arms crossed over his chest as it seemed he was thinking about what he wanted to say next. Finally, after a few moments of silence, Ajay just shrugged. "Do you want to watch a movie?"

"A movie?"

"Yeah. I mean, we're stuck here under dad's orders. Might as well make the best of it." Ajay gave another shrug in response.

"Oh... uh... okay..." Jason smiled a little at the idea of watching a movie with Ajay, maybe it might calm Jason's feelings down.

"Cool, follow me."

Doing as he was told Jason followed Ajay. Soon, Ajay and Jason were both in Ajay's room. Jason felt almost awestruck at Ajay's room. It was nice, of course, it was nice he was a prince. The bed had the finest silk blanket that money could buy. Jason grew up in the lap of luxury as well, but nothing like Ajay. Jason knew that almost everything in Ajay's room must have cost someone an arm and leg. "Let's see..." Ajay grunted as he squatted down to look at his movie collection under the TV stand. "Any preferences?" Ajay questioned towards Jason.

"...Mindless action?" Jason shrugged and Ajay chuckled in response.

"Of course... how about Avengers?" Ajay suggested as he grabbed the movie.

"Sure."

Jason stood there as Ajay put the movie into the DVD player before plopping down on to his bed. Ajay noticed that Jason was still standing there and promptly padded his hand against the empty spot on the bed. "Don't be a stranger I don't mind if we share a bed." Ajay calmly told Jason. Jason, on the other hand, was having a mini-heart attack. His heart was absolutely racing, his hands were shaking, and he was trying to keep calm about the whole thing.

'You fought pirates, you can sit next to Ajay!' He thought to himself as he slowly sat down on the empty spot. Ajay got comfy before pressing play on the remote. The movie started up, and Jason honestly wasn't really all that into it as his eyes often drifted to Ajay. Ajay never noticed this as he was just watching the movie as normal. About half-way through the movie, Jason's eyes drifted over to Ajay once again and this time the prince was fast asleep. Jason watched him more than he was watching the movie at this point. He watched as Ajay's breathing was slow and rhythmic as he looked at peace. Over time, Jason felt his own eyes droop down as he was also starting to get tired. He honestly wasn't aware he fell asleep with his face right next to Ajay's.

It wasn't until Ajay shook him awake did he even realize he fell asleep.

"Wha-?" Jason jumped up and quickly wiped his mouth for any drool. The TV had been turned off and Ajay was now standing over Jason.

"Did you invite people to Kyrat?" Ajay questioned sharply.

"What? No!" Jason shook his head. "Where'd you get that assumption?"

Ajay took a radio out of his pocket and turned the volume up for Jason to hear the broadcast.

"I repeat! My name is Riley Brody, I request clearance to land at the airport! I am running low on fuel and I have a passenger with me!"

"... Oh, fuck..." Jason jumped from the bed quickly.

"If you didn't invite them I will give them permission to shoot the plan-"

"No!" Jason yelled quickly before running his fingers through his hair in a frantic matter. "I didn't invite them! trust me, but that is my brother! Don't shoot down the plane!"

Ajay gave a tsk before bringing the radio up to his mouth. "This is Ajay Ghale. Let the plane land, but detain the passengers for the time being."

"Roger, your majesty!" Another voice spoke on the other side. Ajay rolled his eyes at the 'your majesty' part.

"You! We're going to the airport!" Ajay demanded to Jason who nodded vigorously.

"Yeah, no doubt! But, uh, how? Your dad won't let us leave! if we try the guards stop us!"

"My dad's not here, plus this involves us now, more importantly... your brother just gave us a reason to leave. C'mon, gear up." Ajay actually seemed happy at this notion. That was enough to make Jason happy, but also fearful. If something happens to Ajay, Jason knew he was going to face Pagan's wrath.

After that the two of them took a couple of standard AK-7's, Kukri's, and health syringes, they were ready to go. Jason felt worried as they made it to the palace door where two soldiers were standing guard. The two guards chuckled once Ajay approached. "Sorry, but strict orders from Pagan min, you are not allowed to leave the palace."

"Yes, I'm aware. Listen, we have visitors at the airport and we need to get to them." Ajay put it plainly to the guards.

"I'm sorry, you cannot leave."

"It's my brother," Jason spoke more smoothly. "I don't know why he's here, but we need to find out before he gets hurt. We don't want to risk a transport in case the Golden Path takes them as hostages." It wasn't too much of a lie. There was a high risk of the Golden Path taking Riley as a hostage and Jason didn't want his brother to go through that again. The two guards looked at each other before back at the duo.

"Look, if we let you out Pagan will kill us, your highness." One guard spoke with a bit of a whimper in his voice.

"I'll vouch for you so that doesn't happen, you have my word, soldier."

"Just... don't get hurt..." The soldiers stepped to the side allowing the duo to leave the palace. It was literally a breath of fresh air as a relief fell over Jason. It may have been night time now, but he didn't care. Even Ajay seemed a little more relaxed as he looked at Jason.

"I'm driving." Ajay tapped Jason's shoulder as he ran to the first truck in his line of site. It was truck with a turret gun on the back. Jason didn't care, he didn't really feel like driving as his mind was actually starting to spin a little. Getting in the passenger seat next to Ajay, Jason looked out the window as he so many questions. 'How did Riley find out where I am? Who's the passenger? is it Liza? Oh, god if it's Liza... she might not take well to Ajay... They can't be here!'

"Listen..." Jason found his voice as he looked over to Ajay. Ajay took his eyes off of the road to look at Jason for a few seconds. "I don't want them here. I might talk to them for a few minutes, but after that I want them gone. Have the people fill the plane and get them out of here by any means necessary."

"I agree-"

"You agree?"

"We don't have time for tourist, Jason, we are in the middle of a civil war. They don't need to be here. So, tell them what you need to, and get them off this island before the Golden path know they're here. It's for the best."

"...Thank you."

"No problem, you're my friend... There's just one problem..."

Jason couldn't stop the sigh from leaving his mouth. "There always is. What is it?"

"The airport is in the south which-"

"-means the Golden Path are more of a threat." Jason finished Ajay sentence slowly. "... fuck..."

"Hey, don't worry. The Golden Path haven't gotten their hands on it yet, and besides, it's closer to the north anyway."

Then there was silence between the two of them as Jason felt the wind flow through his hair as the truck went high speed down the road. "So... I take it you just up and left? and that's why your brother felt the need to come all the way here?"

"Heh, that predictable?" Jason questioned back as he rested his head on his arm.

"You strike me as the type that would do that... just leave." Ajay responded, before quickly adding, "Not that that's a bad thing. I mean I'm sure they would have tried to stop you if they would have known you were going right into a civil war."

"Again."

"Yes, again."

The two of them chuckled a little before the silence followed again. Jason took to tapping his fingers against the dashboard of the car before grabbing the radio out of his pocket. "I wonder if Hurk is up. Maybe he could keep them safe while we're driving, seems like it's gonna be a bit of a drive."

"Yeah, that's a good idea."

"Hurk, are you there?" Jason spoke to the radio. There were a few seconds of crackling silence from the station before Hurk actually responded.

"-Get out of here! Oh, hiya, Jason! What's going on?"

"How close are you to the Kyrat airport?"

Another few seconds of crackling silence before Hurk responded. "Uh, if my map is correct... I should maybe three, four miles away from it? Why?"

"Listen, we're going to give you clearance to enter the airport. My brother is there with one of my friends. I want you to keep an eye on them, it's gonna be a while before we get there."

"Oh, okay! You can count on me, Jason!"

With that, the two lines went dead, and quick as a whip Ajay had his own radio in his hand already radioing to the airport. "This Ajay Ghale here. There's going to be a man, Caucasian, goes by the name of 'Hurk', I am allowing him clearance to the airport."

"Rodger, your majesty! We'll keep a lookout!"

Both of them put their radios away before watching the road. For a good while, Jason wondered if Ajay was going to talk at all for the rest of the ride as he was being awfully quiet, but after about ten minutes of pure silence between the two of them, Ajay finally spoke. "Say... they won't leave with you. What would you do?"

"What?" That question came out of left field.

"They refuse to leave without you... would you go with them?"

"Psh. No. I don't want to go back... do you want me to?"

"What? No! God no..."

More uncomfortable silence followed. Jason silently tapped his fingers against his leather boot unable to think of anything in response to Ajay. So, for the rest of the ride to the airport was pure silence. The guards let them in with little to no problems and pointed them to where they detained Riley. Hurk was already waiting outside.

"Hiya, buddy!" Hurk ran and hugged Jason in a bone-crushing hug. He even managed to lift Jason up a few centimeters off of the ground. Jason gagged at Hurk's smell. Jason didn't even want to describe it. Hurk set Jason down and immediately went to hug Ajay. Before Hurk could wrap his arms around Ajay, several guns were pointed at him. All from nearby soldiers. Hurk backed down in a millisecond.

"Stand down, men!" Ajay ordered. Hesitantly the guns were lowered. "Hi, Hurk. Good to see you again." Ajay offered a simple handshake to Hurk, who accepted that.

"Uh, yeah, your brother is in there, with some chick, neither are happy about the situation," Hurk explained to Jason.

"Yeah, well, I'm not too happy about this either, trust me... and it sounds like he did bring Liza..." Jason muttered the last part out loud.

"Who's Liza?" Ajay questioned as Jason grabbed the door handle.

"My ex." Was all Jason said as he opened the door and slipped on it.

"You!" With literally no warning he was violently slapped across the cheek by an angry Liza Snow. "What is the meaning of this? All of this!"

"Liza, calm down..." Riley came over and pulled Liza away from Jason as gently as possible. Jason groaned as he rubbed his stinging cheek before looking at the two of them. They both looked rather flustered, Liza's brown hair was incredibly messy as it looked like she's been frantically running her fingers through it. Riley's clothes were disheveled and his hands even seemed to be shaking. "It'll be alright..." Riley reassured her. Of course, they were both nervous, they were given permission to land and then basically got kidnapped again, maybe detaining them wasn't such a smart move.

"What are you guys doing here? How did you even know I was here?"

"How?" Riley gave a bit of a scoff. "You were always terrible with computers, Jason..." Riley avoided Jason's gaze as he started to stare at the ceiling of the small building they were in.

"Jason..." Liza grabbed him by his shoulders before suddenly hugging him. "Come home. Please, this lifestyle it's not healthy. I don't want to hear that you got shot... please..." She practically begged as she nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck. "Stop trying to recreate Rook Island."

"Jason... come home. Mom's asking about you. She's getting better... come home, she doesn't want to lose another son." Riley whispered softly to him.

"Liza... I understand your concerns... yours as well, Riley-" Jason sighed and proceeded to push Liza off of him, not hard enough for her to fall down, but just enough so she'd let go. "But I'm staying. I'm sorry, this is the perfect job for me."

"Huh," Liza huffed bitterly. "What is it that you do here, Jason?" She asked in an irate manner.

"I'm a bodyguard."

"A bodyguard?"

"Yeah, for the Prince."

"This little island has a monarchy?" Riley piped up in his confusion.

"Yes, you don't want to piss the king off, he might shove a pen in your eye..."

"Then why are you here?!" Liza stomped her foot at him. "Remember the last crazy guy that would kill you for looking at him wrong! Jason! Stop recreating Rook Island!" She practically screamed the last part of him before running her fingers through her hair and actually pulling on it. "God! Just come home-"

The door opened and Jason welcomed it as it quieted Liza down. Jason looked over his shoulder to see Ajay. Instantly, Jason noted the worried look on Ajay's face. In Ajay's hand was his cell 's heart pratically skipped a beat at the look on Ajay's face. "Ajay, what's wrong?"

"The palace was attacked... Jason... Sabal took Bhadra..."