Hello. Thanks for the reviews. I am happy, once more - . Ya, sorry about not updating -.- I was busy ((laaaaaazzzyyyy)). Everyone deserves a second ((fourth)) chance, right? No? Fine. There was also that hurtful writer's block. They should make some sort of pain reliever for that o.O. It was terrible. Every time one of my friends asked about the story, I tossed ((hurled)) pillows ((silver wear)) . Ah well. Oh , and yes, I'm sorry about all the grammatical errors. I had like two seconds to go over it, before I scurried my hind-end to my neighbor's house to update. Let us carry on.
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I breathed in the foul air of Haven city, with my head pressed against Jak's back. The zoomer cut through the air at an average speed. Jak was tired and didn't feel much like being his normal self. Me either. Not only was I tired, but I was a bit sad, though Jak didn't seem to notice. But that was probably much better. If he were to find out that I did things with Errol to distract him, he wouldn't take it the way I wanted him to. Jak was the kind of person who saw many things in black and white. He wasn't much of a second chance-type person.
But that wasn't his fault, since the world bestowed nothing but anger at the poor guy. No one chooses their life, and Jak didn't have an easy one. Misery constantly was around him, and inside him. Dark Jak was his alter ego and he probably wouldn't leave anytime soon. Or ever. But friends like Daxter ((who was up front with Jak)) and Keira kept his feelings in line. I hoped I did the same, because I was lucky to even be by his side. Not the other way around. His life was hell. His friends were good ones. And that was all he had.
I smiled and pulled closer to him, his hair tickling my forehead. He slightly turned his head and eyed me questioningly. I tilted my face up so my chin was on his back, and showed him my smile. His deep blue eyes got softer and I could tell he was smiling back. He blinked in an acknowledging way, and turned back to face traffic ahead of him.
Before I closed my eyes again, Daxter's little head popped out ahead of me, next to Jak's waist. I laughed to myself. He just stared at me. So I abruptly stopped laughing and squinted back at him. He squinted also, in an evil little way. Popping one eyebrow up, I couldn't help but laugh at him. Then, something clicked in my head.
Before Dax sat back up, I beckoned him back with me. His face returned to normal and he clambered along the side of the zoomer, and in between Jak and I. I pulled back a little to allow him some room. He press his back against Jak's and his feet were propped on my legs. I leaned forward and whispered so that Jak couldn't hear,
"Now tell me what's goin' on between Ashelin and Jak."
"Well, Ashelin decided to get carried away while Jak was drinking and flirt with him", he started.
Suddenly, the zoomer jarred and Jak yelled at someone. The streets were UNBELIEVABLY full today. This made the game look like The Middle of Nowhere, Iowa. It was like Christmas time in New York down here.
"Anyway", he continued, "Jak wasn't THAT stupid, so he told her to back off, being a bit grouchy at the time since you were gone. And in fact", he leaned in closer, "He told Ashelin that he pissed because Errol had taken you.
"Ashelin said that he was obsessive with you and that he left no time for she and Torn, and I. Which-, "he said defensively, "wasn't true."
I nodded, "And?"
"And so Torn decided to ask Ashelin to leave. He was afraid that Jak might transform in the middle of the Naughty 'O. He WAS pretty angsty."
I rubbed one of my ears, "I see. Is that it?"
"Pretty much", he replied, "Don't think I've been in the best mood either."
"Aw, poor baby", I said and patted his head.
Green fumes suddenly rose in the air. Dax and I looked ahead of us and realized we had enter the Metalhead area. I groaned and propped myself up, watching to make sure none of them were following us. Daxter had Jak's gun ready, just in case. Although we ran into no troubles through the whole disgusting trip.
We had come to activate the astro-veiwer. Jak switched off highfly mode and we dropped a few feet above the ground. We all slid off, Daxter mounting Jak's shoulder. The slope led up to the mechanical door which slowly began to operate. Jak shot an advancing metalhead just before we walked in. The disgusting green fog slowly disappeared and the ground was overtaken by healthy emerald grasses, an occasional flower popping up every few feet.
The scene beyond the rock wall next to them was completely different in mood. Another fog had rolled into the forest, and misshapen black creatures sprinted around us. Not to mention annoying floating ones. I held the scatter gun Jak had given me a long time ago on my hip.
Daxter yelled right in my ear, "Look out!" I flinched and slid away from my spot. A small blast of dark eco cracked the ground next to me, and I glared hatefully at the creatures around me. They swayed around, sending up their shields.
Almost out of nowhere, the small projector that the others contacted us through whipped in front of us. We kept running and shooting. Torn spoke on the other end, "Jak, Jinx is here."
"Oh great, what does he want from me now?", He replied in a deep tone.
"He doesn't want to see you", said the commander's raspy voice, "He wants to see Kirsten…er…Chloe?"
I glanced at the little mechanism strangely, "Chloe?" I had never heard of a Chloe in the Jak series. Torn acknowledged, "Ya, he says that's your real name."
I stopped in my tracks, "Wha-?" But I was rewarded with a flare of eco in my side. I stumbled and tripped clumsily. Jak held out his hand and pulled me back up.
Torn demanded, "Just get to that Astro Veiwer and head back. We'll talk about it later." The device disappeared after a moment. I repeated, "Chloe?"
Jak shrugged and suddenly shot down a dark winged creature. We separated on both sides of a large tree trunk and laid down a joint attack. Then, he jumped onto a stationary gun and began to fire at the large strange-looking plants on the forest walls. I fended off the monsters around us. The purple thing began to lightly wane in protest. He ran in the opposite direction to quickly reach another. I called out,
"Look out!" A large adversary knocked Jak off his feet in one quick blow. I ran over to his side but he seemed to do fine on his own. He looked at me, "Go distract them, so I can get to the shooter!".
"Okay!", I had to yell because of the commotion the surroundings caused. I jumped over a boulder and sprinted nimbly across a bridge. I glanced back and realized most of them were following me anxiously. I stopped and so did they, covering themselves behind clear screens.
Jak was running behind them, and slid behind a large rock. Then, I spotted him taking the long way around the forest, a few adversaries on his tail. But most of them were around me, occasionally trying to fire dark eco at me. I continued to run, but opposite this time, away from the cannon.
They turned around in confusion, but followed nonetheless. There were probably about 5 of them, not counting 3 airborne ones. There was no way I could run away forever. I turned a corner and dived in the water, my figure shooting through the bottom of the river. I raised my face above the surface and peered behind me. The creatures were all gone. I cursed and kicked my legs as quick as possible. I reached up and pulled myself aboved the water. Standing up, I pulled out my gun and ran in the opposite direction, trying to spot Jak.
I rounded around a few trees. Jak was shooting the cannon as quickly as he could. The black adversaries were shooting him down. Kneeling down, I carefully aimed. I leaned back and fired. Bullets were fired persistently and I hit my targets. Jak hopped off the platform.
"Was that the last of them?", I asked. He nodded and I followed him. All of the creatures slowly began to disappear. He led me to the bank of the center pond, where the tall metallic pillars were rising in a calm manner. I looked at Jak. He smiled and grabbed my hand. I leaned my head on his shoulder, "Is it all almost over?". I knew the answer to my own question, but that didn't matter. He replied quietly, "I hope so, Kirsten." I sighed in a tired manner.
I dreaded the thought of having to leave after these gaming scenarios were through. It was the beginning of the end and I had made up my mind. I wanted to stay. I didn't want to go home. Home was boring, and my life was sad most of the time, due to my limitations. But here, I was with someone I loved and everything was amazing. I don't think I could ever get ahold of myself if I returned to Earth. My stomach clenched and I buried my face in Jak shoulder. He looked down at me slightly confused, but didn't ask questions. He stroked my hair, all the way to my waist, where it ceased.
The moment got to me and I wrapped my arms around him quickly, as though he were leaving. This time he was puzzled, "What is it? Are you okay?"
I squeezed tightly, "I don't wanna leave. Ever"
"You don't ever have to, baby."
I looked up at him, my eyes slightly brimmed with hot tears. He leaned down and kissed my lips softly, as though he were afraid he would hurt me. He pulled back only a little, his eyes staring deep into mine, "If you ever have to leave, I'll just have to change the circumstances, hm?"
At that moment, tears started to pour from my blue eyes. But I grinned happily and even giggled a little.
After a moment of trying to recover, he looked at me, and tilted his head forward in a concerned behavior, "Alright? Are you going to be okay?"
I stared at him, soaking in his features once more. My face was red and stained. I then nodded slowly, "Let's do this". He smiled and kissed my forehead.
