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CHAPTER 22
Jak led Marissa to the throne room of Spargus Palace. She looked up and saw her father sat at a huge conference table. Marissa looked at Jak who nodded and she ran to Razor hugging him tight as he stood up.
"Thank you papa...thank you for helping me" she cried
Razor laughed and hugged her back "How could I not help my little girl?!" he smiled looking down at her
Sig cleared his throat and the two sat down opposite Jak "Now as you are aware Jak did offer you protection, but unfortunately we can't just ignore the law" he sighed "However I have one other option to you"
"Which is?" Razor asked
Jak looked at them "Well we can offer you save passage to a city out side of Spargus, the other side of the desert...there's a small village there and it's practically unheard off"
"Can't we just stay here in Spargus?" Marissa asked
Sig shook his head "I'm afraid if you stayed here you might be in more danger than if you left"
"You mean Anya?" she enquired
Jak nodded "She's not very happy with you and you'd have to go to school in Haven which would put you at risk from your mother"
"So the best thing would be for us to leave" Razor said taking his daughter's hand "Don't worry sweetheart we'll be okay"
Marissa blinked back tears "But if mother finds out where we are, we won't have any protection"
"Your mother will not find you...according to sources she's fled Kras City and has gone very far away...besides the village is heavily guarded and only residents get in through the gates" Sig said
Razor frowned "How are we supposed to get in then?"
"I've spoken to the mayor of the village and he's agreed for you to live there" Sig answered
Razor nodded "Okay...when can we leave?"
"We'll have you on a transport first thing in the morning" Jak said
Marissa looked up at him "I'd like to see Taj if it's at all possible" she said quietly
Jak chuckled "He's a little busy fighting off an infection and recovering from being shot"
"And with Lucie, I expect" She said looking down sadly
Jak smirked and nodded "I'll ask him if he wants to see you...but don't hold your breath..." he got up to leave "Now I have to go...I'll see ya Sig and I hope I never see you two again".
Taj hobbled into his bedroom and sunk down into the mountain of pillows his mother had put on his bed. He pulled the covers up around his waist and closed his eyes sighing happily.
Jak walked in and smiled "Good to be home son?" he asked
"I never knew I could miss my own bed so much" answered Taj opening his eyes as Jak sat on the edge of his bed.
Jak chuckled "You do know your mother is in the kitchen making everything you love to eat right now?" he said
Taj nodded "Yeah...she's going to be worse than them damn nurses" he laughed
"So I saw Marissa today" Jak said
Taj looked away and out of the window "I can't believe I could be so stupid as to trust her" he said shaking his head "If anything had happened to mama it would have all been my fault"
"Is that why you were so keen to help, because you thought it was your fault?" Jak asked frowning. Taj nodded "Son it wasn't your fault...these people wanted power and they were willing to stop at nothing for it...they would have found another way" Jak said.
Taj nodded again "So what's going to happen to her?"
"Well Sig has found a small village at the other side of the desert willing to take her and her father...it took a lot of convincing Sig to let Razor go, it was only the fact he helped mama that he has" Jak explained
Taj frowned "I thought they'd stay here"
"You really think they'd be safe here with Anya running around and not to mention Lucie and when Lexa gets older" Jak laughed
Taj laughed "I guess not"
"Anyway she asked if she could see you before they leave tomorrow, do you want to see her son?" Jak asked raising his eye brows
Taj shook his head "I think I've said all I need to say to her, besides I'm still pretty mad at her and I don't think Lucie would like it"
"Where is Lucie anyway? I thought she'd be here fussing over you by now" Jak chuckled
Taj laughed "She'll be here soon"
"So you don't want to see Marissa?" Jak asked just to make sure. Taj shook his head "Okay...you get some rest son before all the visitors start pouring in and your mother tries to turn you back in to a baby" he said getting up
Taj smiled "Thanks dad..." Jak raised an eyebrow "For you know...getting the bullet out...for saving me"
Jak strode back to his son and hugged him tightly "You're my son...I love you and I would do anything to save your life" he smiled.
Anya leaned on the kitchen door frame and watched her mother cooking and making sandwiches "How on earth is Taj supposed to eat all that?" she giggled walking in the room and sitting at the table.
Keira looked around and smiled "I'm sure there'll be more than just Taj eating it...Rio will be round and I doubt we'll be able to get rid of Lucie" she laughed
Anya nodded "I'm surprised she's not already here"
"I'm sure she's on her way" Keira smiled "I'm glad he has her and you Rio"
Anya smiled "So am I...so daddy said Marissa and her father were being shipped off to another village on the other side of the desert"
"Yes...thats the plan anyway...Uncle Sig has to put it before the council first" Keira said
Anya frowned "You mean Razor still might end up in prison and Marissa will have to stay here?" she enquired
"Maybe" Keira shrugged "And maybe you shouldn't be so hard on her...she did help us after all and she was under extreme pressure from her mother"
Anya looked down "How can a mother do that...I mean to use your child like that and then just leave them to die?"
"Some people just aren't fit to be parents" Keira said sadly shaking her head.
Anya nodded "Where are Damas and Lexa?" she asked
"Daddy took them down the beach...didn't want them jumping all over Taj" she smiled
Anya stood up "I'll go see them and maybe send daddy home and you can have an hour or so to yourselves" she smiled
"I could do with his help actually" she said looking around the messy kitchen
Anya frowned "You and daddy are okay now aren't you mama...I mean you're not mad at him any more are you, because it really wasn't his fault"
Keira smiled and walked over to her daughter holding her arms out to her and drawing her into a tight hug "Daddy and I are just fine and I know it wasn't his fault...I was just upset and angry and your father is the closet person to me so I took it out on him"
"So you still love him?" Anya asked
Keira laughed and lifted Anya's face "I love him more than I ever did before and I'm sure tomorrow I'll love him even more than that"
"Good" Anya smiled "That means you'll get all embarrassing again" she laughed
Keira nodded and laughed "Of course...one of the pleasures of being a parent is being able to embarrass your children"
Anya laughed and moved out of her mothers arms "I'll remember that for when I'm a mother" she grinned "See ya mama" she said leaving the kitchen and going out the back door.
"Hi handsome" Lucie said cheerily as she entered Taj's bedroom with a tray full of sandwiches and two drinks.
Taj looked up from the book he was reading and beamed "Hey beautiful...what's this lot?" he asked
"Your mother sent them up" Lucie smiled placing the tray on the dresser, going over to the bed and sitting down on the edge "So how you feeling?" she asked
Taj nodded "Yeah I'm okay...but I think my mother is trying to fatten me up"
"She's only looking after you" Lucie said
He nodded and took her hand "I know and I love her for it...when I think about what could have happened" he looked away as anger flashed in his eyes.
Lucie reached up and turned his face back to look at her "Everything is going to be okay now Taj...I promise"
"You can't make them kind of promises Lucie...I know you're only trying to help but you never know what's around the next corner" he sighed "And while we have this blood in us, then we always have to be on the look out"
Lucie smiled "Well I wouldn't have you any other way Taj Mar and no matter what happens I'll be with you to support you...that I can promise"
"I am proud to be a Mar" Taj grinned
Lucie cupped his face gently "I love you" she whispered
"I love you" breathed Taj before crashing his lips to hers.
Jak came up behind Keira as she washed the dishes at the kitchen sink and wrapped his arms around her waist before kissing her neck softly "Anya said you needed my help" he breathed
Keira giggled "I wanted your help clearing up but I've nearly done it now"
"Good timing then" he chuckled as she turned and kissed him "So how's the boy?" he asked letting her go and sitting down at the table.
Keira dried her hands on a towel and walked over to Jak sitting on his lap "Lucie's with him"
"Are you sure that's a goog idea?" Jak asked raising his eye brows
She shrugged "They can't get up to too much with his injuries...it's only for a couple of days and then I'll get him on the couch and maybe you could start taking him for walks and things"
"He'll need his exercise...so maybe in a week or so" he nodded
Keira ran her fingers through his hair "I remember after you got shot...the week after you got home I found you on the jet board course"
"And you yelled at me" Jak smiled "And then I made love to you on the course"
Keira grinned "Yep...maybe that's where Damas was conceived"
"Maybe...it's been a while since we made love there" he smiled
Keira nodded "Well maybe when we take Taj for his check up at the hospital next week we could leave him with my father for an hour or two"
Jak looked up and grinned "God I love you...I love being with you and talking to you...and everything you've given me" he sighed "When I thought I might lose you...even after I got you back...I.."
Keira turned his face back to look at her "You are never going to lose me...ever...we are one, always"
"And forever" he breathed resting his head on her chest
Keira smiled and stroked his hair "And even longer than that"
Anya smiled as Rio wandered up and sat next to her on rock over-looking the ocean "Your dad said you had Damas and Lexa?" he asked
"Their in the ottsel playing with Tex...Aunt Tess said she'd watch them" she smiled leaning in to him as he wrapped an arm around her.
Rio nodded "I thought you'd be out of it for a couple more days yet...I was looking forward to being allowed in your bedroom again" he chuckled
"I very much doubt it" she laughed
Rio kissed her deeply before pulling away and smiling "I love you Anya Mar, you, dark, and light"
"You've never met dark and light" Anya smiled
He shook his head "Doesn't matter I love you which means I love all of you"
"I love you" she smiled
Rio leaned over and kissed her again she hung her arms around his neck and pulled him in deeper.
Keira wandered in to Taj's room and smiled at him sat reading "Lucie gone?" she asked
"Gone for a breather" he grinned
Keira frowned "Just because we're giving you a little lee way because you're injured don't take advantage"
"I won't mama" he smiled
She smiled "Good..now take your pills" she said handing them to him and a glass of water "So you and Lucie?"
"I love her" Taj smiled putting a pill in his mouth and washing it down with a gulp of water "Really love her"
Keira smiled and sat on the edge of the bed "Well I'm glad you finally sorted your head out"
"So am I...would you and dad have fallen in love if you'd met when you were my age?" he asked
Keira nodded "Your father and I would have fallen in love if we'd met at Lexa's age"
"Dad said that" he laughed before popping another pill in his mouth and taking another swig of water
She smiled and took the glass off him "Just don't go making me a grandmother just yet"
Taj's eyes widened "I won't, we won't...we haven't even talked about that mama"
"Well it would be a good idea to talk about it don't you think?" Keira asked
He frowned "Why?"
"Because you love her and she loves you...it's only natural" she shrugged "Now get a little rest before dinner...will Lucie be joining us?"
Taj nodded "I thought I'd come down for dinner and we could watch a movie"
"If you feel up to it" she smiled leaving the room.
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