! There's gonna be a little suspense in this chapter. Just to let you know.

I found Jak out like a light on the floor, asleep in the baby's room. I was in tears, still holding up the profile paper of who Derrick really was. I looked at baby Marvin, who was still dreaming. When I turned back to Jak, I noticed he had deep cuts on his face and arms. I kneeled down to him, rubbing his back gently. I spoke softly, "Jak?" He moaned, and put one hand to his temple. He blinked, trying to get his vision back into focus. The first thing he saw was me, and he cleared his throat, smiling, "Hey." I frowned, helping him sit up. "What happened?" I asked in concern.

He looked down, with a disgusted look upon his face. "Derrick came, telling me to lose the race today against Razer. The kid's being paid to do it, and he said he likes it." The blonde said in a saddened tone. I sat on the floor with him, gently tracing the scratch marks on his face, and he winced, just slightly. He also had several slashes like those on his left arm. The slashes on his face were 3 deep, and dark red due to the blood drying on his skin. He put his hand to mine that was on his face, and looked at me.

"That stings."

I ignored his comment, and studied him. "No, I'm talking about how you got these cuts. And.. What?" I sighed, thinking about two things at the same time. I helped him up, and he took in a deep breath, and sighed deeply.

"Derrick has turned against the force. I got outraged and turned into my dark stage and..." He started to explain soulfully, but I silenced him with my hand over his mouth. Jak looked at me and shrugged. "You say light eco powers heal any wound." I suggested, and took my hand off his mouth, and fixed that blonde hair of his.

"Heal yourself, and get ready to race today. Win. Don't listen to our son."

He nodded in understanding and pecked me a kiss, and walked past me. I glanced over back at Marvin, and walked over to his cradle. Jak stopped at the door, looking back at me. I smiled, "He's going to be quite a handsome man when he's a teenager." Jak frowned, "Yeah. With a rotten personality. A lot like your dead friend of yours." He was referring towards Errol. I gave him a sharp look. He crossed his arms, "I know." My heart skipped a beat. "What do you know?" I cautioned. He stepped foreword.

"You've been seeing Errol's spirit ghost thing more frequently."

I cocked my eyebrow, and crossed my arms leaning to one side.

"How do you know this?"

"Being the ere of Mar and having occasional access in communication with the Precursors can be quite useful. What have you been doing down there?"

I looked away, blushing. "We just talk about things." I lied. I'm a horrible lier. He could see right through me, but he still doesn't know HOW I could ever have physical contact with him. He's dead!

"Right." He said, walking out of the room. I grunted, annoyed, and stomped out of the room and waved my arms. "What is that supposed to mean?" I cried.

At the track in the city themed course that day, everybody was setting up for the race. Torn had talked me into racing due to his lectures that just made me feel bad. I had one of the lighter vehicles, with plenty of ammunition gear. So I was all set. As I was shining my wheel, Razer walked up, and leaned on the side armor of the vehicle.

"Are you nervous?" He said smoothly. I paused and looked up at him. "I believe that if you think about something too hard, you'll make the task even harder to complete. So I wipe out all emotion." I said flatly, standing up. He chuckled, standing up straight and walking up to me with his hands behind his back. "Good. That's a good trait to follow as a racer. But know what's going on around you, honey. Or else you can kiss your little butt good-bye." I looked at him funny.

"Don't call me honey." I said sharply. I was sort of offended by the name, just because it was simply him calling me honey. Quite personally, I didn't have much of an interest in Razer. Too old for my taste, since even Errol his younger brother is a couple years ahead of me!

In the mean time, Jak was making sure all his engines were functioning properly. He hit the gas, and made the vehicle go VROOM a few times. The blonde grinned widely, pleased. Daxter was in the back seat. "OH YEAH. We're gonna win, BIG time brother!" He cheered, giving a thumbs up. Jak turned off the engine, and then turned his head over to my direction where he also saw Razer talking to me. My vehicle was a couple cars farther than his. He was standing quite close to me, and I wasn't very comfortable. He tried listening in, but the rumble of other close by vehicles drowned the sound a little. So he decided to check in, and walk over.

"Why are you giving me racing advice?" I sighed.

I knew Razer was up to something. He just grinned, and lighted a cigarette. After one puff, he spoke, "Oh, I just like to give the inexperienced racers a heads up once in a while." Jak and Daxter came in, putting his arm around my waist, holding me close. I put my arm on his back and leaned my head on his shoulder. "I think she's experienced enough to know what she's doing. She doesn't have to go fast. She just has to stay alive and participate. There's no I in team." He stated in defense. Daxter, being an animal, had a strong feeling he wasn't there just to chat. He was up to something. Razer chuckled.

"My apologies Jak." He said in a stronger French accent.

Shesh. He really does sound like Errol if you listen hard enough.

Razer's green eyes caught on to Derrick, next to Jak's vehicle. Derrick walked casually around the car, and then bent over to unscrew one of the wheels so it'll be unstable. The overly dressed man had to keep us distracted as Derrick ruined Jak's chances at winning. "Just curious, but how's my little brother, Errol doing, Laona?" Jak sighed and shook his head. I frowned, looking down at the ground.

"He's dead." I said lowly.

Razer cocked his eyebrow.

"Oh? How, then?"

At Jak's vehicle, Derrick was almost done unscrewing the right back wheel. He mumbled to himself, "If you don't lose by will, you can always lose by force, father." The surprising thing is, nobody really noticed Derrick messing with Jak's car! Except that is, that over watching tattooed wonder, Torn. The boy finished his task, and put the screws in a sack, and put it in his pocket. He stood up and for just an instant, his eyes met with Torns angry scorching ones, and he turned facing Razer with a wink and thumbs up, then walked off to his car. Razer nodded, and looked at the clock stating when the race was about to start. 3 minutes until starting time. He had to wind it up.

The man faced us again and said, "I'd love to stay and chat , but I have a race to win." Razer walked off, and into his car across from ours. I turned to face Jak, and straightened his collar.

"Jak." I gestured, looking in his eyes. He waited for me to say more, and I did.

"Be careful."

"You be careful, too." He replied in a worried tone.

I gave him a quick kiss, and got in my vehicle. The blonde hovered for a moment, then walked over to his car. Derrick was close by, and he could help but put a wide grin on his face. His face grew pale as he felt Torn kept glaring at him angrily. He turned to look back at him, but his angry expression was too much for the boy. He took a silent gasp and turned around quickly.

JT Blitz announced loudly over the intercom, "Ladies and Gentlemen! The Kras City racing tournament for the Blue Eco Cup for today is about to begin! Racers! Start your engines." Within a seconds time, the track flooded in the sound of rumbling cars, anxious to go wherever their driver takes them. The light turned red, then yellow, then Green, BLAST OFF. The racers were off!

Jak's wheel was able to stay on, but grew wobbly in time. Daxter started noticing how funny it was acting, and screamed to his friend, "JAK! YOUR BACK WHEEL IS ACTIN' KINDA FUNNY! I DON'T LIKE HOW IT'S WOBBLIN'!" But it was no use! His voice was drowned out by cars racing behind him, and their car alone. Jak didn't hear anything but a muffled sound, but he didn't even think it was Daxter. I didn't mention who was racing that day.

There was Jak, Myself, Torn, Derrick, Razer, Ashlin, Rayne, and Kliever. Big competition.

To my surprise, I was in 4th place! Jak was in 3rd, ahead Razer and Ashlin. As we drove in a tunnel, the blonde found a speed booster, and took it. Bad idea. When he sped off, his right back wheel fell off, and his car went out of control. The car tire bounced in front of me, and I dodged it inches away.

WTF was that.

Ahead of me, I saw Jak spedding out of control. Adrenaline started pumping in my veins, along with him, trying to stabilize my vehicle. "Uh oh! Jak seems to be having trouble with his car! No money for the wife and kids tonight!" Blitz announced. The 'No money for the wife and kids tonight' statement aggravated me, and I screamed, "SHUT THE F-K UP." Derrick was in 5th place, and he laughed happily to himself, pleased. Jak was able to keep the car going at about 30 mph, but that wasn't near as fast enough as he could go.

I slowed down next to him, with my vehicle close. Not too close, because sparks were flying every which direction. He turned to face me. I had one hand on the steering wheel, and had one arm out to assist my partner. I kept an eye on both him and the road.

"Jak! Abandon ship! Drive in me and hang on!" I yelled.

He nodded, and both Jak and Daxter jumped in at about the same time. I sped up quickly, because Torn drove ahead of me. "Everything ok, you two?" Torn asked roughly over the radio. I took the speaker and pressed the button.

"Yeah. Shaken but not stirred. Do you want some fries with that shake?" I grinned.

Torn laughed, "Not right now! Kinda busy."

Jak was sitting in the back. It wasn't meant for holding people, but it worked. Daxter was in there with him, holding onto the bars closest to him. The blonde did the same thing. "I tried telling you your back tire was acting weird, Jak! You didn't hear me." Daxter stated. His friend shook his head.

"I need to listen better."

Suddenly, I hit a speed boost and Jak held on tighter from the sudden burst of energy. Up ahead of me, Razer was still in first place. We were now in 5th place, but then someone took out Razer, temporarily, with a peace maker blast. Now Ashlin was in first. "Go baby go!" Torn cheered for no reason. Ok, now Ashlin is in first, Rayne second, Torn third, and us fourth. As we came out of the tunnel, the sun's light filled my eyes, and I winced. Still watching the track, my arm traveled to the back seat where Jak and Daxter was. I kept on finding Jak's head. He did nothing, wondering why I was touching his head. I found what I was looking for, and grabbed his goggles. When I swiped it, he turned to look at me and said, "Hey!" When I put them on, I said, "I need something to protect my eyes. You'll get them back in a few minutes." I grinned. He sighed, and turned back.

Astonishingly, I managed to boost up past Torn and now Rayne and Ashlin were my competitors after a few tries. We were near the finishing line, too. I started to panic, and kept the boost going until I ran out. The funny thing is, when I skidded across the track, I get more boosting fuel automatically! Since my vehicle was so light, it started to jump a little. That worried Jak and Daxter. The little ottsil looked down at the track. It was very blurry, since we were going at least 200-300mph. We went past Rayne in a second after. Now it was just me and Ashlin. She was far ahead of me, but I got close enough to see her. Jak decided to assist me.

"Use your ammo to blast her!"

"Won't that hurt her?!"

"No! The blast isn't real! It takes her into another dimension, and sets her farther back in the race!"

Ok so I was in 2nd place out of sheer luck?! How ironic. Anyway, I hoped he was right as I shot out my missiles. She dodged one, but didn't miss the other 3. She was out. The green line was in visual. Jak gently took my head, and kissed the top of it. "I love you, ya know that?" He smiled. "Love you too, hun." I said. I was sorta focused on winning, so I wasn't very enthusiastic. I saw Razer in my back view window. He was grinning, anxious to get ahead. The finishing line was getting closer and closer. Daxter said outa nowhere, "HIT THE GAS BABY!" I did, and all my muscles tightened up. The steering wheel grew shaky, but Jak was there holding it with me. I close my eyes.

Razer shot out a missile, and I dodged it. One hit us, and I hit the gas even harder after that! Razer's expression grew angry. He knew he had lost since we were so close to the line. A few seconds before we crossed the finish line, Blitz announced, "The winner is, Laona! 1st place!" We still drove on when we crossed the finish line.

"Ok stop stop stop stop!" Jak panicked.

I hit the breaks, and the car creaked, and the back part of the vehicle stood up, almost 90 degrees from all of the momentum. We were going pretty fast, what do you expect? My muscles were still tense. I couldn't budge as the car landed again with a bounce. The crowd still cheering, Daxter jumped up and waved, blowing kisses as if he was the one that won the race. My hair was frizzed, and Jak's goggles slipped off.

Jak caught his goggles before he hit the ground, and put them back on his head. I eventually loosened up, looking at him. I stuttered, "D-did we win?" Daxter leaped on the blonde's shoulder as he jumped out of the car. "No Razer won. YES we won, honey!" He cheered. I smiled straightening my hair and leaning back on the seat. I closed my eyes. I won a big race. I don't even race that much, yet along win!

Razer skidded across the track, and stopped behind us. He jumped out, and started ranting curse words in French as robots took his vehicle. I jumped out, and the robots took ours as well. Everybody else stopped around us.

"How'd your tire come lose in the first place?" I asked, curiously. Jak stared blankly at the sky. "I don't know, but I think I have a hunch." He said, looking back at me.

"I can explain that." Torn said coming in, holding Derrick's arm tightly. The boy gritted his teeth in frustration. Jak looked at Derrick, and put his hands on his hips. Torn continued as he caught our attention, "I saw him unscrewing bolts out of your wheel while you were talking to Razer."

"You can't prove that." The boy sneered angrily. Torn glared sharply at him. "Oh yeah?" He snapped, taking out the sack of screws and bolts out of his pocket. He took one out as he let go, showing everybody, and still keeping his eyes on him.

"Explain this. They match Jak's car. Cheating is foul play, Marvin. You're old enough to understand that!" Suddenly, the boy whacked the screws and bolts out of the older elf's hands.

"My name is Derrick." He said dryly.

I looked at Torn. "Wait.. You know he's.." I questioned. He nodded. Derrick looked at me funny. "You know?" He asked. I nodded, and Jak crossed his arms. Marvin.. erm.. Derrick, glared at Torn. "You told them!" He accused. Torn cocked his eyebrow.

"No I didn't."

"Liar!" He spat.

Tattooed Wonder was about to bite his head off, until I said, "Actually, Jak looked up your file and we found out from there." Derrick froze, glaring at both of me and Jak. The blonde changed subject, still thinking about his vehicle.

"You work for Razer. I understand now why he was talking to Laona. He was trying to get me to come in, so he could distract me from when you messed with my car." Jak explained.

Derrick began to panic, and walk backwards, stepping away from us. Torn gave him a look saying he better not run. He ignored the warning, and sprinted. "HEY!" Torn shouted, chasing after him. We followed quickly, but then Razer hovered down in a hell cat and picked him up before we could get a chance. Something fell from his back pocket. From afar it looked like a big coin. When it landed, Jak saw it was his seal of Mar! He picked it up, and put it in his pocket Torn faced me.

"I'm sorry we couldn't get him." I shrugged, "You tried. Thanks for being supportive." I smiled. He nodded his head, and walked off.

Razer looked down at the city in his condo, disapointed. He kept his hands behind his back as he spoke calmly, "That boy's wrench wife is also a problem, Derrick. I want you to take her out."

Derrick had his head bowed down, still looking at his ally. "That wrench wife of his is my mother, Razer." He stated. Razer faced him, and looked at him coldly. "You're saying that because Laona is your mother, you will not obey my orders?" Derrick looked away and cleared his throat. "I didn't say that, sir." Razer's rage started to grow as he walked toward the boy. "Do as I say, and you'll live. Opposing me is a fatal choice to make when you're poisoned." Derrick nodded. "As you wish." He said smoothly. Razer put one hand on his head. "You're like a son to me, boy. Loyal. I appreciate this kind of bondage." He grinned.

"So how am I to kill her?" Derrick asked lowly. Razer put his hand down, and took something out of his sleeve. A small murarder's dagger. The boy looked at it in awe. "I'll have the antidote with me tomorrow. Kill her then. If you're fortunate enough to come across your father, termanate him too, will you? I don't like his tenure." Derrick took the dagger, and took it out of his sheeth. Sharp enough to cut paper in a light brush of the blade. Now that's sharp. He nodded, and Razer said, "Now go back into your quarters. Sleep tight." He laughed, as his apprentice walked out of the room.

:: horror music playing:: Ooh this is getting good! Just a little spoiler for everyone... Errol's comming back soon!! OMG this was such a long chapter. I got up at around 4 in the morning, and NOW I'VE JUST FINALLY FINISHED AT like, 6:30 in the morning. (I'm in the Central time zone

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