I don't own Jak and Daxter or any of it's characters, I only own Krane, Schorn, and Overture.

Wow, I need to update this more. I'm almost done with it on my other computer so hopefully this will be done soon so I can start on the second part. Yes there will be a second one :giggle: so look out for that. I can't wait to post newer chapters because of the new characters! Ignore my ramblings.

Enjoy!

The group of Jak, Jinx, Krane, and Daxter walked into the Underground to see that most of the bunk beds were taken. Krane began walking towards the back of the HQ when they met up with Torn.

"My clothes are in the laundry room," Torn said, moving his hand backwards with his thumb pointed out.

"Thanks." Krane nodded.

She led the group to a door barely noticeable among all the clutter in the room. Krane opened it to a flight of stairs, and went down it with the group following behind her. The room downstairs was small and dark with two washers and two dyers sitting against the wall.

"Just take off what you want me to wash," Krane said as she walked over to a small pile of clothes and began to sort them out.

Jak slipped his shirt of, leaving him in a simple white tank top. He took off his pants as well, revealing his pure white boxers. Daxter giggled a bit, he hadn't seen his friend like this in years.

"That's it." He sighed. "Thanks for washing them; I've got a big day ahead of me tomorrow."

"What are you doing?" Krane asked, while taking apart the laundry.

"I have to go see Onin and then we're going pay the Baron a visit." Jak grinned.

"Yeah! We're gonna kick his ass!" Daxter jumped up and swung his right fist.

Jak's really the hero of this game. She thought to herself. But is this the final battle? I know the Baron is the boss so this has to be the last fight.

"Here." Jinx threw his clothes into a pile as well, leaving him with a gray tank top and blue stripped boxers.

Krane stood up. "Why don't you get some sleep Jak? I'll have everything done for you when you wake up."

Jak yawned. "Thanks. I'll see you in the morning."

Jak walked back up the stairs and closed the door while Krane grabbed the nearby light bulb and turned it on so that she could see. After that, she turned to Jinx.

"Can I have your top?" she asked, holding out her right hand.

"Sure."

Jinx moved forward and slipped out of his tank top. He tossed it towards her, and she caught it only to turn away and slip off the shirt she was wearing. Jinx sat there and watched as her old shirt came off, and she placed his on when he spotted the same small object on her shoulder. Wanting to know what it was once and for all, he got up and walked over towards her.

"Is this it?" Jinx asked, grabbing her shoulders so she couldn't move.

"My tattoo," she answered with a deep sigh.

Jinx grinned. He finally got to see it and the more and more he looked at it, he discovered it was a date of some kind. He thought about it for a moment, and the date tattooed on her back was two months before they met.

"What's dat for?" he asked, hitting her on the back.

"It's the date I came here," she confessed, pulling away from him.

Krane walked over to a small box where she sat down and began to slip her shoes off. Once she was done unlacing them, she kicked them off and sat back for a moment.

"It's there to remind me of my goal," she continued.

"Goal?"

"No matter what I'll get back home."

Jinx shook his head. "Why do you wanna get home?"

"Because."

Krane stood up and slipped her pants off, showing that she was wearing blue boxer briefs. She walked over to the pile of clothing that was already there and looked through it until she found her original clothing. She looked through her pockets in her original pants and took out the disc that held her world.

"No matter what," she began, "I will get home. Even if I have to die trying…I'll get home…and fix everything."

Jinx walked towards her and grabbed her shoulders tightly. Wondering what was wrong she turned around to face him.

"Why the hell do you wanna get home?" Jinx asked, looking straight into her eyes.

"Because that's where I belong," Krane answered simply. "I don't belong in a place like this."

"Come on!" Jinx shook her slightly.

"What's wrong?" Krane asked, looking away from Jinx. "You've known from the first day that I wanted to get home! Why are you acting like this is such a surprise?"

Jinx stood there for a moment, arguing with himself. After looking at her for a few silent minutes, he pushed her away and took a step backwards. Krane looked back up at him in wonder and confusion, but instead of saying anything back to him, she stepped back as well.

"Haven't I made this place seem like home to ya?" Jinx asked in a low whisper.

"Yes you have but…" Krane sighed once more.

"I don't want you to leave," he interjected.

Krane moved her hands to her chest, and brought her hands together to form a fist. She remembered when a childhood friend of hers had moved away and how upset and desperate she was when he was leaving. Was Jinx feeling the same way she had when her friend left her?

"I'm sorry," she finally said.

Jinx turned away and sighed. "No biggie."

"This is going to take awhile, why don't you go upstairs and get some sleep?" Krane moved back towards the washing machine and began putting clothing.

"I'll go get you something to eat, I'm hungry as hell." Jinx walked towards the bottom of the stairs, and turned back around to her. "I'll be back sweetheart."

Krane smiled. "Thanks."

When Jak woke up the next morning there was a pile of clothes sitting at the end of his bed. He began getting dressed while Daxter slept, and once he was done he woke his small friend up. Daxter hopped onto his shoulder after whining for a few moments, and they walked out towards Onin's tent in the bazaar.

A few hours after Jak's leaving, Torn walked down into the laundry room and found Krane sleeping on a few of the boxes with Jinx sitting up against the boxes, asleep as well. He sighed, he didn't want to disturb the two but the mission he had was perfect for the two of them.

"Jinx!" Torn called out. "Krane! Wake up!"

Jinx jolted up and shook his head. "Dammit! I hate it when you do that!" he growled.

Torn grinned. "Hurry up and wake your girlfriend up."

"Ssh!" Jinx hissed. "Don't go around sayin' shit like dat!"

"Huh." Torn crossed his arms. "Well wake her up, there's something going on around town and I need you two to bring Kor and the kid here. They're down at the Port, waiting for you. Don't let the KG stop you or take the kid."

Jinx stood. "Right, right. It'll get done."

"Hurry it up."

Torn walked back up the stairs while Jinx turned around to Krane and began shaking her until she opened her eyes. She sat up and looked around as she moved her arms and legs out to stretch them.

"What?" Krane asked gently. "Do we have a mission?"

"As usual," Jinx answered as he stepped into his shoes. "What else is new?"

"Where?" Krane asked, as she too stepped into her boots and began lacing them up.

"Down at the Port." Jinx stood up. "Gotta pick up the geezer and the brat."

Jinx and Krane drove down to the Port, Jinx driving the zoomer they had found while Krane looked up towards the Baron's tower in wonder. By then it had begun raining but that didn't stop Krane from looking up towards the Palace.

Are you up there Jak? She asked herself. Are you fighting the Baron yet? Are you winning? Please win.

Jinx suddenly stopped the zoomer, and Krane came back to reality to see that they were parked in front of the transporter. Kor was standing there, trying to keep hidden from the KGs walking by while the small child looked around at all of the zoomers flying by.

"Where did you two go?" Krane asked as she and Jinx walked over to the two.

"The Wastelands," Kor answered, dusting a bit of sand off to prove his point. "Things are getting worse out there, I fear for the future of the Wastelanders."

"Anyway," Jinx sighed, "we gotta get a zoomer for this group 'cause we ain't walkin'."

"Too dangerous," Krane said as the small child ran over to her side. "We can't let you two get hurt on the walk over."

"Understandable." Kor nodded in agreement.

"Why don't you go find the zoomer?" Krane asked towards Jinx. "I can stay here and watch these two in case anything happens."

Jinx really didn't want to leave Krane alone, after all her nose was still injured but he doubted something like that would weigh her down too much in a fight. He just didn't like the fact that he would be leaving her alone when there was a warrant out for her head.

"Don't worry," she insisted as she gently petted the small boy on the head. "The faster you go now, the sooner you can come back."

Jinx sighed. "Don't go around doin' anythin' stupid while I'm gone."

"I won't." Krane smiled.

With something telling him to stay, Jinx left feeling uneasy. Krane in the meantime turned back to Kor while the child clung to her and looked back towards Kor with unease in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Krane asked the child, bending down to his level. "Are you hungry or something?"

"The boy's a mute, he won't speak back to you," Kor said, looking around.

"Has he always been that way?" Krane asked, trying to make conversation.

"Torn found him that way, yes." Kor moved to face Krane and moved his stick out so that he could balance his weight on it. "My back is getting worse and worse, I think that going to the Wastelands will soon be impossible for me."

Krane looked the small child in the eyes and gave a sigh, feeling bad that he couldn't talk at all. As she looked into the child's eyes, she saw something there. It was something she couldn't make out but it was something important, something that was crying out to be noticed by others but hadn't been. Staring to grow a bit creped out, Krane looked down and saw the amulet around the child's neck.

That's the sign for the House of Mar! She thought, gently touching it. What is the kid doing with something like this?

"Where…did he get this?" Krane asked out loud.

"I don't know," Kor answered, rubbing his beard. "We found him wearing it so he might be the next in line for the throne in the House of Mar."

Mar… Krane thought. This child is an heir…I think I'm getting closer and closer to my goal! I just have to find this child's parents and I'll be able to get back home!

"So you don't know—"

Krane was cut off by the sudden noise of an alarm ringing. She covered the child's ears as the alarm grew louder and louder.

"There's been a break in at the Palace!" a nearby KG said over his radio. "Arrest anyone who fits this description, 'young man with light hair, blue tunic, and a rabid orange rat on his shoulder'!"

Jak and Daxter! Krane moved Kor and child behind a wall while KG's walked by, looking for anyone that fit the description. Shit! What the hell did they do!?

"Hey you!" a KG's voice called.

Krane looked to her right to see three KG's coming her way. She drew her gun quickly and began shooting them down when more and more began to come towards her in waves.

"She's the one the Baron's been asking for!" one KG yelled to the others. "Arrest her and bring her to the Baron immediately!"

"Krane!" Jinx called as he brought down a large zoomer, crushing a few KGs. "Get in!"

"Right!" Krane yelled back.

She ran over towards Kor and the child and led them to the zoomer while she shot the KGs coming from all sides. Once Kor was in the zoomer and the child was sitting on his lap, she realized that there wasn't enough room for her to fit in without weighting the zoomer down. The more weight placed on the zoomer, the slower it would go.

"Go now!" she yelled, backing away from the zoomer.

"What!?" Jinx reached out for her but couldn't reach her. "Get in this piece of shit NOW!!"

"Go!" She moved her right hand back, waving him off. "There's gonna be too much weight in it! Just leave without me! I'll be fine!"

"I ain't leavin' without ya!"

Jinx began leaning out of the car, trying to reach the woman who was standing a few feet out in front of him but he couldn't reach. He moved his fingers, trying to get closer but just couldn't make those extra inches. Guards began grabbing his hand and trying to pull him out but he ignored them, and just tried to reach Krane.

"Shit!" Krane turned around and shot the guards surrounding Jinx. "Look this is our mission and I will NOT let us fail!!! Take the kid and Kor! I'll be fine!!"

"But—"

"GO!"

Jinx sat back in the zoomers driver's seat and even though something was telling him not to go, he stomped his foot down on the gas and took off. Krane watched as the zoomer took off, back towards the Underground and smiled. Their mission had been completed, and she knew that Jinx would take care of those two.

"Get her!" a KG yelled.

Krane felt a large KG man jump on her back and pin her to the ground. Her arms were then pulled behind her, and she felt a cold pair of handcuffs wrap around her wrists. The guards pressed her face down against the ground but she didn't fight, not wanting to injure her nose anymore then it already was.

Jak and Daxter had finally made it to the top of the Palace, and walked up the roof only to be stopped when they came across a glass window. Jak looked down inside to see the throne room of the Palace with the Baron and Erol looking towards a large hologram of a monster Jak had never seen before.

"I've told you, I'll have more Eco by week's end. We'll transport it directly to your nest, as promised!" the Baron said to the hologram.

"A deal is of no value if you can't deliver, my dear Baron. I grew impatient with your puny gestures. Give me the agreed upon Eco soon, or the deal is off, and your precious city will pay the price!" the monster said before it vanished.

"He's toying with us! All he sends us is a recording?! Let me lead an assault on the Nest before it's too late! I can take him!" Erol said with anger as he turned to his Baron.

"Patience, commander. No one has ever penetrated the Metal Head Nest. You know that! I've seen what comes of such foolish plans." The Baron answered as he touched the metal half of his face. "No! Strength is their weakness... We play helpless... We train them to eat from our hands, and then," he turned to Erol, "Move forward with the plan! Tell Ashelin to up her patrols. I want that Tomb found!"

Erol rolled his eyes. "But your daughter has not been... agreeable."

The Baron looked away. "Agggg... I'll see to that problem. One way or another."

"Ashelin is the Baron's daughter?" Jak asked, looking over towards Daxter.

"And find that child! If you'd spend half as much time looking for that little brat as you spend flirting with that mechanic girl, we would have pinned his royal ass to a wall long ago!" the Baron roared.

Meanwhile Daxter felt a strong sneeze coming on. He tired to hold it back once and moved his paw to his nose which held it back for the moment.

Erol nodded. "As you wish. With enough persuasion, I'm sure our spy will—"

Daxter couldn't hold back his sneeze anymore and let it go all over the window. Erol heard the noise and looked up, holding his gun upwards.

"What was that?!" Erol yelled.

Jak had pulled Daxter over to the side of the glass window and managed to hide behind a metal stud. He was about to scoot down the stud when his ears caught something else, the sounds of doors being slammed open.

"We've found her!" a KG said as he dragged Krane into the room.

"Excellent!" the Baron said.

Jak peaked over the stud he was hiding behind and saw Krane in the arms of the KG. Without a second thought, he crawled down the stud and began walking on the roof as fast as he could in order to save Krane.

"What?" Daxter whispered.

"Krane's down there," Jak whispered in answer. "We've got to save her."

While Jak was walking along the roof, Overture appeared before the Baron and pointed up towards the roof, reminding the Baron of his prediction.

"Erol!" The Baron looked towards his solider. "You know what to do; I have other business to take care of."

The Baron walked away and through a large door on his left. The guards that had brought Krane in left, leaving only Krane, Erol, and Overture.

"Why the hell have I been brought here?!" Krane yelled, backing up from the two men. "What the hell do you want!?"

Krane looked around at the two men as Erol walked over in front of her. Her eyes then spotted the round object around Overture's neck and recognized it as one of the discs that she had used back in her world.

"Why do you have that?!" Krane screamed. "That belongs to Schorn! What have you done to him! Why did you take that from him!?"

"Erol, will you please give me her disc?" Overture said without emotion behind his voice.

"No!" Krane backed away. "You're not taking it!"

Erol snapped his fingers and another guard came into the room. Krane looked over at the guard to discover that it was Schorn, the same one that had come through the Rift Gate with her. He walked over to her, and from behind, grabbed her arms and held her still.

"Stop it!" she screamed. "Schorn please!! Don't you recognize me!?"

Erol walked over to Krane and stepped on her feet so she wouldn't be able to kick him. He began patting down her legs until he felt the square object containing the disc that Overture wanted.

"STOP!" Krane threw her head back.

She could feel all of her dreams and hopes coming down in just a few moments. Everything she had been working towards for two years was crashing all around her, breaking and crumbling into nothing. She could never get home now, she was here forever. Everything was over.

With a smile on his face, Erol took the protective covering with the disc in it out of her pocket and moved his hand back for Overture to take it. After Overture had taken it, Erol looked back towards Krane only to have her spit in his face. Disgusted, Erol wiped his face, and punched her in the face, aiming for her nose in particular.

"Take them out." Overture turned away from Erol. "Let Krane go and you know what to do with Schorn."

"What?" Schorn asked, looking up towards Erol. "What's going on?"

"Don't worry." Erol smiled. "You'll know in a few moments."

Schorn dragged Krane out of the room, her feet dragging out in front of her while Erol followed. Krane looked up towards Overture who looked back at her to see her eyes watering heavily, and her nose bleeding down onto her shirt once more. He didn't know whether she was crying from the loss her mission, or from the pain coming from her nose.

"I'm sorry Krane," Overture whispered. "This is for the both of us."

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