Once again I do not any Jak and Daxter characters. I do however own Taj, Anya, Rio, Lucie and Marissa.
CHAPTER 19
Jak rubbed his eyes again as they began to feel heavier by the second. He studied a map of Kras City and pointed to a position on it "So how do we get in?" he asked.
"From what we can gather and the scouts we've sent out the place is heavily guarded...a small army can only be used to describe the amount of armed men outside that building" Torn said
Jak nodded "And the inside?" he enquired
"No idea" Torn shrugged "The best we can hope for is a bit of inside information"
Taj stepped towards the map and frowned "What if you use your invisibility power dad...we could distract the outside guards while you snuck past them?" he asked
Jak looked at Torn "That could work...but it uses a lot of Dark Eco and if I run out and there's nowhere to fill up..."
"No dark eco vents within radius" Torn confirmed
Jak smashed his hand on the desk "Damn...okay what about if these two go in... their bodies produce it like blood they don't need a vent, only occasionally if they need it in a hurry or something"
"What if Keira's severely beaten, unable to walk?" Torn whispered
Jak nodded "They'd be able to carry her but I wouldn't want them seeing her like that and neither would she...okay.." he thought again for a minute before the throne room doors crashed open and four blurs rushed in.
Lucie and Rio ran up to Taj and Anya while Daxter and Samos rushed over to Jak.
"I'm sorry boss they just slipped past...and the green one hit's really hard with that stick" Erol said panting and rubbing his head
Jak chuckled slightly "It's fine" he turned to explain the situation to Samos and Daxter as Rio and Lucie stood in front of Taj and Anya.
"What's going on?" Lucie asked
Taj looked down "Marissa's mother wants control of the crime scene in Haven City and she has kidnapped our mother in order to use her as a bargaining tool"
"Oh my god" Gasped Lucie
Anya nodded "We know where they are, we just have to figure out a way to get in"
"Why don't they just give her what she wants...it's not like it will affect us all that much" Rio asked
Taj glared at him "It will when one of us comes to rule this city...and besides my father hasn't got that power, he can't get that for them"
Rio nodded and looked over at the map. He frowned and stepped forward "So is it guarded inside and out?" he asked
"We don't know about the inside...we can't get in or see through walls" Torn snapped
Rio nodded "Well what about if someone invisible got in...scoped the place out and then just left...that way you'd know what you were up against and also you'd have a slight idea of where you were going once you got inside"
Jak's eyes widened and he looked up at Torn "Would that work?!...course it would work...well done Rio" he grinned slapping his back and turning towards his children "So who wants the job?"
"I do" they both said stepping forward
Jak laughed "Only one...I think Anya will be quieter and quicker and Taj is more likely to be distracted and blow his cover"
"But what about me?" Taj snapped, Lucie grabbed his hand and he squeezed it.
Jak nodded "You will wait...what have I aways taught you?"
"To be patient...a good warrior knows when to face his opponent head on and when to wait for the right time to strike...but dad I feel so useless" Taj moaned.
Jak smiled and rested a hand on his son's shoulder "Son, you will be needed soon enough".
Razor walked back into the room Keira was being held captive and looked up at the skylight above head. He reached for a long stick and gave it a good shove, it opened slightly and he put the stick back down.
"What are you doing?" Keira asked
Razor grinned "I am saving you...I am going to call your husband tell him how he can get you and then I am leaving for Spargus City...and I expect refuge and my daughter there"
"But what if someone else comes in before Jak gets here?" Keira asked
Razor shrugged "I'm putting my life on the line for you as it is...if someone else comes in with orders from Rayn, then there's nothing I can do"
"Aren't you putting your life on the line for your daughter...just as any father should?" Keira frowned
Razor frowned "Just remember what I said and I would keep your eyes closed until you hear your husband's voice" he snapped before leaving the room.
Keira looked up at the sky light, closed her eyes and said a silent prayer.
"Right...we all know what we're doing?" Jak asked as he stood in the fort garage of Spargus City surrounded by wastelanders and KG and his son and daughter. They all nodded and Jak nodded back "Okay...I'm going to see my two youngest children and these two need armour, guns and ammo" he said nodding in the direction of his children. He couldn't look at them, he knew he was putting them in a dangerous position and he hated himself for it.
"What about us?" Asked Lucie suddenly
Taj grabbed her hand "I don't think you can help with this part Luce" he said sadly
"But what about...I mean...we could look after Damas and Lexa, keep them distracted" she offered
Jak nodded "That's a good idea...come with me"
"Can I just have a minute with Anya please?" Rio asked
Jak nodded and waited impatiently.
Rio crossed the space to Anya as she was handed a piece of armour. He grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him "I don't want you to go" he breathed
"It'll be fine, my father will not let anything happen to me and I have a beacon" Anya whispered
Rio nodded "I know but still don't want you to go" he cupped her face "I love you Anya Mar" he whispered
"I love you" she smiled before pressing her lips to his.
Jak coughed and Rio looked up, giving Anya another kiss before letting her go and following Jak and Lucie out.
Jak walked in to the throne room of Spargus Palace and was instantly greeted by his two youngest children running towards him. He crouched down and held his arms out to them "How are my little prince and princess?" he asked
"Daddy where's mama?" Lexa asked
Jak smiled "She's a little busy at the minute baby girl...you can see her soon"
"Why is Rio and Lucie here?" Damas asked
Jak looked around at Lucie talking to Tess while Rio laughed at something Tex said "Their going to play with you...something very important has come up and I have to take Taj and Anya to sort it out...now will you be good for Lucie and Rio?" he asked
Lexa nodded "I like playing with Lucie" she beamed before kissing her father's cheek and running off.
Jak looked at Damas "Son, what's the matter?"
"Is mama okay?" he asked
Jak nodded "Of course...mama will be here to see you very shortly" Jak smiled before hugging his son "Now you go play"
Damas nodded and ran off just as Jak's comm unit started to buzz.
Jak rushed into the fort garage "Well?!" he asked
Kliever stood a side to show Razor stood leaning on his racer, smoking "He's come looking for refuge"
Jak walked briskly over to him "So you want refuge...where is my wife?"
"I couldn't just bring her out with me..." he snorted "There's a skylight in the roof of the room Keira is being kept...I have opened it slightly you should be able to get in from that...if you can get up there.." he explained "You will have to keep the guards distracted on the outside and then there's Rayn, as soon as she knows somethings going on she'll go for Keira"
Jak nodded "Will she go for her if she doesn't see me there?" he asked
Razor shrugged "It's hard to tell...now where is my daughter?" he demanded
"You don't see your daughter until I have my wife..." he chuckled "Should have told us all that over the comm unit...now we have you and your daughter...not much of a warrior are you" Jak nodded and Kleiver grabbed Razor and dragged him out the garage.
Jak turned back to the rest of the army and his children "Right new plan".
Jak stood in the shadows of a huge building in Kras City, he turned to his children "Right...so I fly up and go through the skylight"
"As soon as we see you land on the roof we attack to front of the building" Anya said
Jak nodded "I'll only have minutes to get your mother out before someone comes in to that room...you think you can handle this because I can always call it off and go in myself?" he asked
"Dad...you're barely holding it together as it is...you can't do this alone...we can handle this" Taj said firmly
Jak nodded and quickly pulled his children in to a hug "Remember to stay in dark form until all enemy is down...if you get injured in dark form it won't be as severe" he felt them nod "And remember that I love you and if there was any other way..." he trailed off
"We know daddy" Anya said "We love you too"
Taj stepped out of his father embrace and frowned at him "Now go get our mother back before we have to kick your ass too" he ordered
Jak chuckled and saluted him before changing into light form and ascending into the air.
Taj and Anya watched as their father landed on the roof of the building and crouched down out of sight. They turned towards the front of the building, scanning the area and seeing various members of the KG and wastelanders scattered around. Taj grabbed his sister's hand and squeezed it "You ready for this little sis?" he asked
"Ready as I'll ever be big brother...Love you" Anya said taking a deep breath
Taj squeezed her hand again "Love you...now lets go get our mother back"
Anya turned to look at Taj a dark smile arriving on her face as her eyes turned black "This is going to be fun" she growled as Taj nodded and grinned back before they charged towards the front of the building.
Jak opened the skylight and looked in, his eyes took a minute to adjust to the darkness but he could soon see Keira's small frame strapped to a bed.
He frowned and floated down to her.
Keira's eyes shot open at the brightness suddenly in the room and she gasped "Jak...you've..."
"Ssshhhh...I haven't got long" he rushed, pulling at the chains around her wrists "Did they hurt you?" he asked frowning as the chains refused to move
Keira shook her head "No but Jak..." she looked towards the door as the key was shoved into the first lock.
"Shit...cover your eyes baby" Jak growled as a flash of dark eco shot out of him and towards the chains smashing them open and then he did the same with the chains around her feet just as the door swung open.
Jak quickly returned to light form and scooped Keira up into his arms before ascending quickly back up to the sky light.
Taj and Anya stood in front of the building surrounded by dead bodies and blood. Taj panted and looked towards Anya "You okay?" he shouted
"I think we got them all" she yelled back turning to face Taj
He turned to Kleiver "Kleiver, all good from your end?"
"Yeah, a few flesh wounds but nothing a bit of green eco can't fix...you short poppies did good...no sign of life" Kleiver called back.
Taj breathed a sight of relief and started to change back to his normal self. Anya started to do the same but just as Taj had slipped his breast-plate off she saw it. A flash of metal "Taj...nooooo!" she screamed
Taj turned "Wh..." his eyes locked with hers, but before he could finish the bullet flew towards him and hit him in the chest just above his heart.
He dropped the breast-plate and fell to his knees clutching his chest as another gun shot rang out and Kleiver stood over the man's dead body.
Anya arrived next to Taj just as he crumbled to the ground and his head landed on Anya's lap "Please god no...please Taj" she wailed stroking his hair with one hand while the other began to channel light eco and she pressed it to the wound in his chest "Taj, please don't leave me...you can't leave me" she cried, tears flowing down her face and mixing with the blood oozing out of his chest. She rocked him as the wastelanders and KG gathered around them. She looked up and straight into the eyes of Sig "What do I do uncle Sig?" she sobbed
Sig shook his head and looked on helplessly as Anya continued to press the light eco into his body.
Jak landed on the ground and placed Keira firmly on the ground before stepping back from her and changing to his normal self. He smiled "God I've missed you" he breathed grabbing for her.
Keira smiled and looked around "What happened?" she said as she looked over at the circle of KG and wastelanders
Jak frowned "Where are the twins...Sig?" he called over
Sig turned around and nudged Torn who stepped out-of-the-way along with Jinx.
"Oh god no!" Keira gasped as she saw the figure of her daughter cradling her son "Please no" she said before running towards them Jak following closely behind.
Keira arrived at the opening and looked down at her daughter. Anya looked up "He won't wake up mama...I tried channelling light eco and a little green...b...but...h..h...he won't wake up" she sobbed as tears rolled down her face.
Keira fell to her knees and held her arms out for Taj. Anya reluctantly handed him carefully to Keira as she began to cry and rock her son.
"Anya, what happened?" Jak asked in shock
Anya stood up and wiped her hand across her face leaving a trace of blood "We...w...we were done and...t...t...oh god..." she screamed and crumbled once again to the floor.
Jak looked around for answers. Kleiver stepped forward "We were done...they all seemed dead or at least unable to lift a gun...but one of the bastards shot and just after Taj had changed out of dark form and removed his breast-plate"
Jak nodded and knelt next to his wife. He felt around the wound and began to channel his own light eco in to him.
"It...d...d...doesn't work d...d...daddy" Anya sniffed
Jak nodded "The bullet is still in...I need to get it out"
"No Jak...you are not going to cause my little boy anymore pain...just get him to the hospital" Keira demanded
Jak shook his head "The bullet needs to come out so the wound can start to heal...if he was only just changing from dark form when it happened it's possible it's become infected with dark eco and we need to get it out before it gets worse"
Keira shook her head "My poor baby boy"
Jak moved towards Keira and gently took him out of her arms. He looked up at Sig and nodded at Keira. Sig nodded and gently lifted Keira up before leading her and Anya away. Jak looked back down and pulled the knife out of his boot "Right...Kleiver hold his arms...Torn, Jinx his legs" Jak said
"You sure about this Jak?" Torn asked
Jak nodded "I need to get this bullet out before it infects his entire body...he's barely breathing and he needs it out" he looked back at his sons bloodied face and saw the pain etched into it "God what have I done to you son?" he whispered closing his eyes and hugging him before placing him on the ground and positioning the knife at the sight of entry.
He felt carefully around the puncture wound until he felt the bullet and then after taking a deep breath he pushed the knife into his chest, opening the wound up and sliding a finger down in between the knife and the skin. He felt around for a minute before his finger latched on to something and he pulled it free and out of the hole in his sons chest.
Keira and Anya stood looking at the back of the wall of wastelanders and KG. Anya sniffed into her mothers shoulder as her mother watched dazed. Suddenly they heard a gasp and darted towards them.
Keira pushed her way through the crowd and looked down at Jak cradling his son "Jak?" she asked
Jak looked up "I got the bullet out but it's too soon to tell if he's been infected, but the wounds starting to heal with his light eco already" he looked around "Where the hell is that hospital transport?" he shouted
Torn stepped forward "Two minutes" he said as Keira knelt next to Jak and he handed his son to her.
Keira smiled as Taj's eyes opened "Hi there baby boy"
Taj managed a weak smile "Good to have you back mama" he said before falling asleep again.
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