Corad: I live...heh heh heh...ya, school returned for me last Monday, so my free time to update was ripped away and thrown in the trash. But I'm updating now seeing I haven't in quite a while...I hope ppl forgive me somehow. I was looking at the number of stories beside Jak and Daxter in the game category menu thing today, and saw that there's 999 stories...almost a 1000. I mean, wow. Heheh, I'll be partying when it goes over 1000 stories, coz we'd be up to a four digit number! Anyway, thankyou to the reviews and to everyone else who is reading this. This is a late update, and I apologise for that. I just hope this next bit is ok for you all. Please try and enjoy!

Don't own Jak and Daxter or Skytha


Chapter 32 – Unanswered Questions

"Hey there Tess," Jak said loudly, after walking through the gun course door. Tess turned around, and laid down the gun she was polishing on the floor. "Hello boys. What brings you two here?" she asked, wandering over to the two. She eyed them expectantly, before remembering the new gun. "I know…you're here for that weapon, right?" she asked, and Jak nodded. "Ok, well follow me…" she said, turning around and walking through the two course doors.

Jak followed the blonde Ottsel to the back of the course and stopped suddenly when a new gun looking thing was thrust up in his face. "Here, this is the shell launcher. I've made it especially to kill great numbers of enemies. Just shoot it, and a small bomb will fly out. Once it's hit something, it'll produce toxic gas, and suffocate anything within 15 meter diameter of it. Sound good boys?" she asked, a small smile planted on her face.

Jak looked at the sleek handle and neck of the new gun, and pointed it at something. "Um, before you do that, take this. It will stop you suffocating too, and can act as armor too if you really want," Tess said suddenly, rummaging around a few boxes at the side of the course. She pulled out a full-face mask, painted black and silver. "It looks pretty cool, huh?" she asked, handing it to Jak. Jak took hold of his new mask, and looked into the two eye holes. They had black tinted lenses, which would help Jak maneuver around the wasteland without his goggles. He smiled widely, and placed the mask over his face, strapping it to his goggles.

"This is pretty great," he said enthusiastically, realizing there was a small gas mask fitted inside it. From the outside it looked like a normal mask, but on the inside it was more. "I designed it so enemies wouldn't catch on. They'll look at you wearing this, and haven't a clue that they'll be suffocated to death," Tess said brightly, handing a smaller version of the mask to Daxter.

Jak picked up the new gun, and looked at Daxter, who was admiring himself in a nearby mirror hanging on the wall. "When ya ready, have a practice with it," Tess called, before running out the course. The doors closed behind her, and Jak once again admired the job done on the weapon. It was painted to match his mask too he realized after glancing up at the mirror himself. "Hey Dax…reminds me of some killer robot film," Jak laughed, as the Ottsel scurried up his shoulder, and gripped onto the pad tightly.

"Ready!" he shouted, before shooting the gun once. The two watch as a small, golf ball sized bomb was shot out the end, traveling to the far end of the course. It hit the wall, and sent black gas spreading all around it. "That was good," Jak said in awe, removing his mask and placing it beside his foot on the ground. Both watched as the black gas thinned out, before eventually disappearing altogether.

"That could come in handy Jak, wiping out all those metal heads in the wasteland," Daxter said, removing his mask too. Jak turned to his friend and grinned widely, handing his gun down to Daxter who took it for a quick look. Tess began approaching them again, her paws on her hips.

"So, a success?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in Jak's direction. "All I need to do now boys, is turn it onto a mod to attach to your morph gun. That should be done fairly soon, so just come back tomorrow or something. I'll be in here like always," she said, leading the way out the gun course. Daxter and Jak thanked Tess, before heading for the exit.

They stepped outside, and looked around the almost quiet port. "Seems kinda odd, doesn't it?" the ottsel asked, but Jak shrugged his shoulders and began walking back to the bar. He couldn't care less about how odd the city seemed at the moment. He knew he'd be the one to save it anyway. "So, what are we gonna do for the rest of the afternoon?" Daxter said loudly, nudging Jak in the side of the head with his paw.

"Dunno Dax….we could just laze about, or we could harass Erol for a bit of fun," Jak mused, a small grin appearing on his serious face. "Jak, I thought you hated that guy," Daxter said quickly, and Jak burst out laughing. "Of course I hate him! It'll just be funny to see him cower again…" Jak finished, and kept his mouth shut while they approached the Bar again. The door opened up, and the two went in, to see bullets flying off the walls and ceiling.

"HEY!" Jak shouted, running into the centre of the room to stop Skytha and Erol having a shoot out. "Stop it or you're both outta here!" he yelled, rage forming in the pit of his stomach. They both ignored him however, so Jak pulled out his own gun, and set it to peacemaker. "You asked for it!" he cried, aiming the gun at the ceiling. He shot out a peacemaker bullet, which hit the roof and spread an electrical energy throughout the bar.

Jak and Daxter dodged the sparking current that flew past them, but Skytha and Erol collapsed on the wooden floor, panting for air. "That's better. What the hell were you thinking!" he snapped, putting his morph gun back into its sling, and glaring at the two other elves. Erol looked up from the ground, and sat up, clutching his ribs. "She just started shooting at me. What am I meant to do…let her kill me?" Erol said quietly, reaching for his fallen gun.

"Maybe if you had died out in the wasteland, I wouldn't have to kill you now," Skytha muttered, also sitting up. She picked up her own gun and stood up, flicking brown hair out her face. Jak glanced at them both, before walking over to Skytha. "Maybe if you head upstairs and just stay up there a bit. Keep your distance with Erol, ok?" he said gently, and she nodded, still eying Erol in loathing. She walked past Jak, and Daxter ran up to her to show her the way to their room.

Once they were gone, Jak rounded on Erol, who had returned to his booth. "Why the hell did you guys have a shoot out? I leave for 10 minutes and come back to find you to killing each other! Show some maturity next time!" Jak hissed, striding up to Erol. Erol sniggered darkly, his eyes burning in anger as he glared up at Jak.

"She started it. Going on about killing her friend…I killed no one out in the wasteland…only metal heads which strayed to close to me, or that wolf thing that attempted to eat me alive…how she can say I killed her friend. Do us a favor Jak, and let her go to that prison…seeing Ashelin's ruling it now, it can't be as bad as when Praxis controlled it," Erol said softly, averting his eyes to his bandaged wrist.

Jak walked over to the bar and sat down on a stool, resting his head in the palm of his hand. "Erol, I don't care if she started it. She needs to be able to trust us…both of us. If you're going to fight her, then she will never give trust or friendship to us. Please, don't ever attempt to kill her again," Jak murmured, his mind racing at what Erol had said. If Erol had only killed metal heads and a wolf out in the wasteland when he was in his cyber form, then Skytha must be…

"Erol, I'm going to go talk to her. Stay put down here will you," Jak said, leaping up off the stool and running up the stairs. He found Skytha lying on his bed, arms over her head. Daxter was sitting in his own basket, glancing worriedly at her now and again. "Hey Daxter. Go keep Erol under control down stairs for me, 'Kay?" Jak whispered to his friend, before making his way over to his bed.

"Hey, are you ok?" he asked gently, sitting down beside Skytha. She pulled her arms away from her face, and sat up, forcing a smile. "I just need some time on my own. So much has happened today…over the past few days. I just want it all to end," she muttered, wiping at her eyes. "You're welcome to stay here you know, with me and Dax. Erol won't be a problem anymore. I had a chat to him," Jak murmured, looking to Skytha with a smile on his face.

"Thank you. I want to leave and go home, but I can't. Not till I find him," she said, making Jak raise an eyebrow. "Find him? Find who?" Jak asked, sounding concerned now. Skytha laughed a little, and looked up into Jak's eyes. "My older brother. He came here a little while ago…I haven't seen him since, nor heard of him. I had a hunch he came here," she replied. Jak nodded to show he understood, and patted her lightly on the back.

Skytha tensed a little, but kept her smile planted on her face. "If you need anything, ok, I will be downstairs. Can I ask you something though…your friend…were they a…wolf?" Jak asked, pausing before he said wolf in fear of alarming her. Skytha shot her glance up at Jak instantly, and Jak could see her struggling to answer. "It's ok if they were…but that would make you…"

"Jak, please, just leave me…I need to be alone, so go…" Skytha said quickly, and Jak felt she didn't want to reveal anything to him. Not until she could trust him that is. "Ok, I was just asking…please, think nothing by it. Call if you want anything Skytha," he said gently, before leaving to go downstairs. He was halfway down the stairs when his communicator in his pocket began beeping, and he answered it, finding it to be Ashelin requesting to see him.


Corad: Oh, Ashelin...who's a crazy hen?...errrr...(does nervous eye thing) Yeah, we've got a chook named after Ashelin...also have one called Praxis...boy that hen is a pig. Anyway, I hope you liked that update. We sort of found out about Skytha...a little bit anyway. Jak is confused, Daxter is blissfully unaware and Erol is being a pain in the butt downstairs. Perfect setting lol. I don't think we've seen much of Ashelin for a while...come to think of it, when was the last time we saw Keira...or Samos...or...Onin...?... (X files music kicks in) maybe someday they will come back. If you wanna review, then that's cool. If ya don't, then that's also cool. I don't know when the next chappie will be up, seeing that dreaded school-a-hol is back...but bear with me till the next update. I'll see yas later!