Blondie. That's what Jinx called him, and goldilocks. And pretty boy.
Her hands shook now as she headed back to Spargus, was it fear from having someone be so close. she could feel the ghost of his breath on her skin still and it scared her as much as it had stolen her breath away.
It didn't matter though, no the kid had his own shit to deal with he didn't need the headache that would come from being with a broken girl.
No she would do what she had been doing for the past few months and before her brain registered it she had dialed Lunas communicator.
"Perfect timing. I'm just heading your way now. 30 mins out"
"Perfect i'll be arriving then" the line went dead. They didn't need to drag out the conversation anymore than that.
The desert ruins had been empty. Except for her hidden spot a little bunker for when the storms hit though it was unusable to anyone that was not a sage for only channeling eco could open it.
Well usable to almost anyone.
Lexis back dug into the wall the second she entered but only for a second as she flipped them around pinning the blue haired pixie like girl against that same offending place.
Those small hands roamed over flesh pulling away cloth, the daintiness of them not triggering the memories more than the shadow of a half remembered dream that she forced them to be in the light of day.
Even when she was knocked to the ground to the blankets that covered the floor it was no more than a ghost of a ghost.
The pain of her ass hitting the floor more comforting than the gentle hands for any sort of gentleness could not be trusted for long. There was always pain in the end when someone pretended that you were more than a lay.
The bites on her thighs thrilled her senses the fingers digging into the left behind marks making her toes curl further as her back arched off the floor.
It was only later when the sadness washed over her as she lay back in her rooms at the palace that she wondered what it would have felt like to be with someone that loved her entirely.
How much time had passed.
How long had she been breathing fresh air not confined to a cell.
Almost a year. No over now.
It had been almost a year since the Baron died betrayed by the metal who had been Kor all along.
Almost a year since all traces of the children she still searched for disappeared and Torn gave her the excuses that they both knew were shit. He knew nothing but that the young version of the shadow took him somewhere that he would be safe.
Lex knew that it had been nearly four months since she last talked to him until that morning. If you could call a few clicks coming from the other side of the line talking.
It didn't take a genius to realize what was going on when Damas beacon went off. An device was online and attractive.
She had already been out with the old man and Kleiver when it had started and jumped back into the passenger side as Damas took off across the desert.
How long passed? hours?
She begun to think that they would not find anything in the sands when Damas slammed on the brakes hard and swung himself out of the vehicle before it even fully stopped. 10 feet away...something orange…
She ran across the distance coming up behind Damas. "Jak" she knew that mop of blonde hair anywhere and Daxter...well he of a kind. As for that red thing.
Pecker. How her great great aunt hadn't killed that bird was a mystery but she supposed Onin had her reasons.
Damas nudged the boy with his foot and he groaned, not dead yet. "Looks like we've found some live ones. Ah-huh, barely." He leaned over inspecting the boy and Lexi bit her lip knowing it was not her place to say anything.
"Here's the beacon we were picking up" he lifted it out of the boys hand and grabbed the front of his shirt". Who gave you this?" It was no use though for while his eyes opened they rolled back into his deserts heat having almost claimed him already. " We'll take them with us! Let's move! I smell a storm coming" there was no argument as Kliever loaded them into the vehicle and she stood there in silence.
Lexi could feel Damas's eyes upon her watching her closely though he said nothing as they loaded back into the vehicle.
In fact the ride was strangely quiet…...and it her. "Yes"
"What"
"Spit it out already." He snorted at her impatience just as he always did.
"You know the boy"
"Sort of"
"Sort of" she could feel the raised eyebrow despite Damas keeping his eyes on the desert in front of him.
"Not like that. He was one of the underground one of the best. Jak was the one that took down Kor."
"That boy took down the metal head leader."
" i know it sounds unbelievable but my brother is not one for tall tales or undeserved praise."
"True. He has head..for a haven city noble. So this... Jak he would be useful."
"Very useful"
"Hmmm" silence fell once more as Damas turned thoughtful and Lexi smiled crookedly knowing already that the king of Spargus mind was already working out what to do with their new find.