Chapter 14- The Cut
Kendra woke up in a foul mood and wanted nothing more to make trouble for Jaklin. She didn't know what it was that she was going to do until she saw her that morning. The perfect plan came into her head, all she needed was a pair of scissors and a trap for Jaklin that she wouldn't be able to get out of or knock her out and do it. Jaklin would never see this one coming.
Jaklin was sitting in Tess' lap getting her hair brushed. It was really long and every time Jak would say something about getting it cut Jaklin would cry, so for the whole time Jak has had Jaklin she has never had her hair cut. Tess finished Jaklin's hair with a braid and a purple hair tie.
Jak finally came into the room after taking a two and a half hour shower. There were some things that he had needed to think about and had lost track of time. He smiled at Jaklin as he watched her help Dez onto her shoulder and toddle around trying to find something to get into. Jak just prayed that Jaklin would stay out of trouble for this race. Jak walked over and picked her and Dez up.
"Will you two promise me that you'll stay out of trouble?" Jak said looking Jaklin in the eye. Jaklin giggled at him and gave him the I'm cute and don't get into trouble look. Jak had to roll his eyes. He felt threw the eco that she had said that she would try but couldn't promise anything.
Jak put Jaklin back on the floor and let her go. He watched her for a minute, he didn't want to watch her go but he knew one day that he would have to let her go. He sighed sadly and got ready to go to the next race. Jak really didn't want to go, but there was no choice in it. Daxter jumped onto Jak's shoulder as they walked out of the room, Jaklin was watching and was determined to find out what was going on even if that meant leavening the rooms that they were given.
"What track are we racing on this time?" asked Daxter.
"The Dethdrome," Jak said to him.
"That doesn't sound very fun," came Daxter.
Jak pulled the car up into the pit area and he and Daxter started to do a few last minute repairs and tweaking to their car before the race. Kendra was setting the trap that she was going to get Jaklin with. Kendra laughed evilly as she thought about what was going to happen. Maybe she could even get rid of her some how.
Jak and Daxter were just finishing up making small repairs on the car when G.T. came walking up with his little floating camera thing. He had his usual grin on his face, Daxter often said it reminded him of a corckadog looking at fresh meat. Daxter sneered and went back to work on the car hoping that he would just pass them up, they weren't that lucky.
"Oh no! here comes ol' tin grin himself." Daxter sneered to Jak who shared his feelings on the guy. Something about him just didn't rub him right. Jak watched him carefully as he walked up to him and looked at their car.
"You newbies are finally going to see what I've been talking about all along... What makes this the most watched sport in the world... ultimate speed and complete danger. I hope you didn't eat break- fast this morning, or you'll find it all over your suit later. Ha, ha, ha, haaa…" G.T said to them as he finally got to them, his cheep grin keeping Jak on edge.
"We're not afraid, right Jak? ... Right, Jak? HEY! Say some hero stuff!" Daxter said as he hit Jak in the head with his tail. Jak just glared at him, he didn't feel like talking and he could feel that something was going to happen. G.T.'s little camera floated around the area for a moment while he talked.
"Welcome to one of the fastest tracks in the world. This is the Dethdrome." he announced to the two as if it was something spectacular. Then the camera came back to Blitz.
"Many people have died on those lanes chasing a sad dream. Make the crowd scream for me! Good luck, you'll need it... more than I need ratings." Blitz said to Jak and Daxter as he walked off letting the racers get ready to race.
Meanwhile Jaklin had managed to get out of the living quarters and wander down the hall, she knew that Kendra had gone with Keira to the garage. Though that didn't mean that she didn't have some sneaky little thing planned . In all honestly she was trying to find Dez. Jaklin had looked every where for her but just couldn't find her. So Jaklin resorted to using eco to find her.
Jaklin came to a garage that wasn't the one her dad and the others used. This one was different there were men in the room that she didn't recognize. The three guys were talking to a man in a red coat. He had something in his mouth that made smoke and smelled funny.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" asked one of the guys to the man in red. Red, as Jaklin had dubbed him, looked as though he wanted to punch the guy.
Of course I'm sure, there aren't very many good racers out there any more and Jak looks like he is going to win the whole thing, and Mizo wouldn't like that would he?" said red. The others were silent for a while then one at a time they left. After they left Jaklin came out of her hiding spot and looked around. There were a lot of things that she had never seen before.
Jaklin knew better than to touch any thing though it could get her killed. Jaklin started looking around the room a little more. that's when she noticed Dez's favorite toy all torn up. Jaklin gasped in surprise and picked it up, she was sure that Tess could fix it. She just needed to find Dez and get back before any one knew they were missing.
Something caught Jaklin's ear, she wasn't sure what it was but she needed to find out what it was or it was going to bug her. She rounded the corner and saw Dez all tied up and gagged. Jaklin tipped her head and looked at her funny.
("Why are you all tied up like that?") Jaklin asked, Dez unable to answer just gave her a look that said its not like she intended to wake up tied up to a small pipe. Jaklin rolled her eyes at Dez.
("Give me a minute I'll get you down.") Jaklin said to her as she walked over. Dez's eyes widen and Jaklin had a bad feeling about what was going to happen.
Kendra laughed evilly as she jumped from a box that was behind Jaklin and hit her on the head with one of her mothers tools. The only thing Jaklin saw was black, Dez started crying when she saw what happened to her friend. Kendra pulled out a pair of scissors and Dez started to scream even though no one could hear her.
Jak was entering the final lap when his vision darkened and swam causing him to swerve, Daxter knew something was wrong right away. Jak was dizzy and felt like he wanted too throw up. The more he thought about it the more he realized that it wasn't he who was feeling that way it was Jaklin. He began to panic. Tess was also panicking she couldn't find the girls again and was hoping that they hadn't gotten into the car again.
Kendra took Jaklin's braid and cut it off as she laughed. She then left the scissors, Dez, and Jaklin where they were and took Jaklin's braid and laid it right in front of the living area. In his state of panic Jak floored his car to the finish line and didn't wait for the other he left Daxter to collect their money and told him to get a ride with the others.
Dez finally got free though it cost her a lot of her fur and crawled over to Jaklin. There was a small amount of blood on the back of Jaklin's shirt from where she had been hit on the head. Now that she was able to cry out loud that is what Dez started to do. Unfortunately she attracted some unwanted attention. One of the guys from eailre had come back.
"Well, well what do we have here?" asked the guy as he reached down and picked up Jaklin by her ankle, Jaklin wasn't able to keep her eyes open for very long. Jak made it back to the garage and stumbled out of the car Keira was looking at him in worry.
"Jak are you ok?" she aked him.
"Jaklin where is Jaklin?" he said in a panicked voice.
"I don't knew you'd have to ask Tess, Kendra and I have been here the whole time," Keira said truthfully if only she knew what her on child was up too. Jak stumbled out of the room and headed back to the living area. There in the door way he found something that scared the living shit out of him. He knew without any shadow of question that it was Jaklin's hair, Tess had braided it this morning.
Jak was now fully panicking and didn't know what to do. His breath quickened as he leaned in the door way. Did some one kidnap her? Was it this Mizo who did it? There was no letter of ransom but that could come later. Was Dez with Jaklin now or was she with Tess? Terrible thoughts started to peek in his mind. Tess came flying around the corner and saw Jak.
"Oh my god Jak are you ok?" she asked.
"No Jaklin where is she?" Jak asked desperately. Tess looked at Jak with a sad look on her face.
"I haven't seen them since you guys left I did find this though in the hall way." Tess said as she held up Dez's favorite toy torn to pieces. Jak held out Jaklin's braid to Tess with a look of utter fear. Where were the babies at? That is all Jak could think of for the moment, he sank to his knees with tears streaming down his face. A sharp high pitched scream was hear from down the hall.
"Dez!" Tess gasped jumping onto Jak's shoulder, Jak took off running down the hall and to the garage that the scream originated from. Jak didn't waist anytime barging into the room. The only thing Jak saw was a semiconscious Jaklin being held up by the leg of an unknown man. Dez was on the floor biting the mans leg.
Jak lost it then, there was nothing holding him back. In one savage snarl Jak went dark and charged the man who was holding the most precious thing in his life. Some how the man side stepped him and dropped Jaklin on the floor. Dark was torn, kill the man who must have hurt his child or make sure she was ok.
Without further thought dark was next to Jaklin in a heartbeat. Jak was back in control in a mere seconds. Gently he reached down and picked her up and looked her over. Dez made a squeaking noise and got his attention. When Jak looked up he noticed something a tool that Keira used when he got up with Jaklin still in his arms and looked at it, it had her name on it.
Dez also pointed out the place where she had been tied up. Jak frowned but why would Kendra want to do this to her? Jak picked up the tool and walked back to Keira's garage. Keira was busy looking for one of her tools she knew that she had let Kendra play with it but where did she put it. She noticed Jak with something in his hand.
"Where did you find that?" she asked holding her hand out for Jak to give it back to her.
"Give me a good reason I should give this back to you or have you not noticed that this tool of yours has Jaklin's blood on it." Jak said looking Keira with anger. Keira was caught off guard by the accusation.
"How do you know its her blood Jak and why would I hit her with it?" Keira said slightly angered by what Jak was saying. Jaklin made a noise as she came to. Her head was spinning and her head was light and it hurt. She could hear her dad and Keira talking.
"How did you get her hair cut anyways, I thought she wouldn't let anyone get near her with the possibility to cut her hair." Keira said looking at Jaklin's short hair. that's when Jaklin noticed the braid of hair in Jak's hand and started to cry. She hurt all over and wanted to go to bed but she was more upset about her hair being cut than anything.
Jak's eyes flashed black at her for a moment and Keira took the tool out of Jak's hand and walked away with it into another room. Tess walked up and noticed Jaklin crying and figured it was about her hair. Jak squatted down for a moment as a small dizzy spell came over him. Kendra managed to sneak back into the garage. Jaklin slipped onto the floor and tried to get away from Jak.
Tess walked up to Jaklin and looked at her, all Jaklin could do was whimper at Tess as if she was asking her why her hair was short. Tess smiled at her and ran her fingers threw it. Tess knew just what to say to her to make her forget that her hair used to be long. Tess couldn't help but smile as the plan came into her mind.
"Jakie look at your hair!" Tess exclaimed making Jaklin start to cry again. Jak looked at Tess in dismay.
"Tess please," Jak wasn't able to finish what he was going to say because Tess held her hand up. She knew what she was doing.
"You got a hair cut just like your daddy, it's a little longer than his but it looks just like it" Tess said happily to Jaklin. At that very moment Jaklin stopped crying and looked at Jak who was still squatting next to the car. Jak looked over at her and noticed that she was thinking about it.
("Short hair like daddy?") she babbled, then she smiled and squealed happily. Jak sighed with relief that she wasn't upset any more. Tess smiled and took Dez back to the living area. Daxter showed up not long after that asking what had happened. Jaklin was looking at the car on the other side when Kendra made her presents known.
("So how do you like your short hair?") she teased her. Jaklin didn't say anything.
("You look like a little boy now") she said laughing, how ever she didn't get the response that she wanted from Jaklin.
("Its ok that I look like a boy it just makes me look more like my daddy!") she said happily. Jak didn't know that Kendra was even in the room when some one in a red coat came into the room. Jak recognized him as the guy who had thrown the butterfly knife at Daxter in the bar.
"Next time you and your thugs want a fight, maybe you should pick on someone your own size." Jak said with venom in his voice.
"My, my, I finally get to meet the great racer, Jak." he said with sarcasm. Jak narrowed his eyes.
"And…" Daxter said to him.
"And what?" he asked Daxter looking a little confused.
"What about me?" Daxter asked suddenly not wanting to be forgotten.
"Oh yes, your that loudmouth storyteller from the bar. But Jak… Jak, Jak, Jak. Your reputation precedes you. Oh, but I'm forgetting my manners. My name is Razer. Maybe you've heard of me? I work for Mizo. Eventually every one dose." he said amused at the way things were going.
"I'm from out of town." Jak said. Kendra was standing there looking at Jaklin wandering what was going to happen next. Jaklin wouldn't fall for something twice she was to smart for it. Kendra remembered something about Jak that may be true for Jaklin. They could never turn down a race or a bet.
("I bet you couldn't beat me in a race on a zoomer.") Kendra said to Jaklin. This statement made Jaklin raise her eyebrow. Now she decided to drop the baby act.
("A zoomer, get real. As tall as I am I wouldn't be able to get on one but you couldn't beat me with your eyes closed. You have to use a weapon to get me down") Jaklin said to Kendra.
"Yes, you are, aren't you? And you're showing up my boys on the track out there. don't make me put on my goggles and show you how its done. You wouldn't live long enough to see me cross the finish line." Razer said to Jak.
("My mom has been making some mini zoomer prototypes for me and my brother we could use those in a race around this building. That is if your not scared. If you lose… Dez has to hang out with me for three weeks. If I lose… you can keep my prototype mini zoomer. What do you say or are you scared I'm gonna show you up?") Kendra said.
"I'm ready whenever you are,"
("I'm ready whenever you are.") Jak and Jaklin said at the exact same time. Kendra smiled evilly she knew that she would win.
"Ok, I'm sure well match up soon enough. The race of the century, eh? In the meantime, watch your back. I've heard someone arranged a few surprises this time out." Razer left laughing. Kendra had already left, when Jak turned around and picked up Jaklin and walked back to the living room. Jak healed the back of Jaklin's head and it only took a few minutes before she passed out in his arms. She could only hope that Dez wasnt going to get mad at her for making a bet like that with her in it and not knowing about it. Jaklin knew that she could win the race. For now she would just rest her head hurt and she just wanted daddy to snuggle with her.
Jak sat on his bed looking at a sleeping Jaklin and prayed to every god there was that she would be protected from any harm that would come to her. Jak knew that if something bad like this ever happened again that he wold lose his mind. Jaklin was everything to him, he would not be able to stand losing her in any way shape or form.
Jalin would like to thank every one who reviewed the last few chapters. She would also like to thank NaruXHinaSamXFred for the awesome pic of Jak and Jaklin on :).
("THANK YOU!") Jaklin waves at every one.
"there would have been cookies this time to but some one ate them all." Jak looks at Jaklin, who gives the innocent look.
("I didn't do it!") Jaklin said even though there are cookie crumbs on her shirt.