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Anyways, thanks a lot for the reviews I did get, and I'll thank everyone by name in the next update so you can look forward to that. ::giggle:: A lot more things will be revealed in this chapter, and I love setting things up for later! Anyways,
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After more of Jinx stomping his foot and cursing everything he could, they finally had moved on and were now standing in front of the large statue of Mar Jak had come down to get on his own not too long ago.
"Oooo... Pretty statue," Mog said as he walked over towards the statue.
"Stand back. We're professionals," Jinx said as he too walked over towards the statue and brought out his explosives. "Alright boys, let's blow this sucker sky high!"
Jak blinked. "Wait!...who told you to...? NO!"
The statue of Mar exploded into little pieces, and sending the large head of Mar towards Jak who looked down at it. When he looked back up, Jinx and the others had already begun to walk away.
"That's what we're looking for, the Heart of Mar gem!" Jinx said as he turned around towards Jak. "Thanks for the escort, Blondie. We'll take it back to Krew!"
"Wait!" Jak stepped forward. "What about Krane?"
"I'll find her myself!" Jinx yelled, turning around fully towards Jak. "Don't even bother'a! I'll find her!"
"But—"
"Sorry." Jinx shrugged and laughed sarcastically. "I don't trust no one to do my chores but me!"
"But Krane always does your laundry," Mog said; Jinx twitched.
"Shut up Mog!" Jinx yelled, turning his head to Mog, and then back towards Jak. "See ya Blondie!"
"Let him do what he wants," Daxter said, moving his right hand, dismissing Jinx. "You think he'll find her?"
"Maybe." Jak shook his head. "I hope he does."
Now with nothing to do and wondering when the next race would be, Jak headed over towards the Racing Stadium. He walked into the garage, looking to find Keira but instead found Erol.
"Well, if it isn't the Dark Eco freak!" Erol said with a slight laugh.
"Where's Keira?" Jak hissed.
"Don't worry, I'm keeping a close eye on her. You're the talk of the town, Jak! You give the people hope... how pathetic. I would have enjoyed killing you in prison, but now, it'll be so much more fun to take you on the track, in front of the entire city. I can hear the roar of the crowd now... as everyone sees their hope die..." Erol said as he walked around Jak in a circle. He was about to open his mouth and say more when Keira walked into the garage with the older Samos.
"It's good to have you back daddy," Keira said as she walked.
"Yes, it's nice to be free again," Samos said with a tired sigh.
Erol looked towards Jak and grinned. "You know, Keira LOVES a winner. Someday she'll be MY mechanic."
"Stay away from her!" Jak growled, shooting a death glare towards the orange haired man.
"Too bad she's mine and she ain't goin' nowhere," another male voice said, causing Jak and Erol to turn around.
Walking into the garage was a man Jak had never seen before. He was tall, with bright red, short hair that was pulled back in a small ponytail. He moved up a pair of brown goggles, showing his bright blue eyes. He was wearing a totally brown outfit, a brown jacket, and large brown pants with brown boots.
"What are you doing here Marlin?" Erol hissed as he glared towards the new man.
"I came to check up on my mechanic," Marlin answered as he walked over towards Keira. "How are you Sweetheart?"
Keira smiled. "I'm fine. Thanks for checking up on me I'm fine. Oh, I want you to meet my father, Samos."
Marlin looked towards the older man and began shaking his hand. "So you're the guy I hear so much about! I'm so happy to finally meet you in person! I'm Marlin!"
"It's nice to meet the man who saved my little girl from the Baron," Samos said as he shook Marlin's hand back.
"Saved you?" Jak asked, walking up.
Erol sighed. "I'm going out on patrol, don't do anything to get yourself arrested Jak."
Jak ignored Erol and walked towards Keira. "How do you know this guy?"
"He saved me when we first arrived here," Keira said, looking up towards Marlin who gave her a large grin. "He got me here and made sure I had a job so I'm his mechanic to repay him. Even though he's not a good racer, Erol's the best racer I've ever seen."
"Hey." Marlin twitched.
Jak blinked as Daxter jumped off of his shoulder. "He's not what you think."
"And you're a good judge of character?! HA! Look at you! People say you get angry and...change. Besides, the Jak I knew wouldn't be working for a guy like Krew," Keira answered back as she crossed her arms.
"I need Krew's connections to fight the Baron! Without my... You know what? Do it your way, and I'll do it mine. Just don't come crying to me when the walls fall down," Jak hissed, turning away and left the garage.
"Ah, Jak, buddy... Ha ha. Where you going there pal? Jak? Jak!" Daxter called out.
"Attention all drivers, the Class Two races will begin soon," A computerized female voice said over the intercom.
"Now what are we gonna do?" Daxter hung his head.
"Can you race for my team?" Keira asked, looking up towards Marlin.
"I can't race for you, sorry." Marlin sighed. "I'm already in the finals no matter some people's opinions." Marlin hit Keira.
Keira turned to Daxter. "You'll have to drive for the team, Daxter. We need this win to qualify for the final championship!"
Daxter blinked. "How hard can it be? Just hold on tight and point the thingy where I want it to go, right? And then there's this other thingy that makes it go fast. Fast is good! I can do this. I'm ready to race!"
"Something is wrong," Overture said as he typed away on his computer in his room.
"What?" Krane walked over to his side and looked over his shoulder.
"This Marlin guy," Overture answered. "He was never in the original game. I have no idea where he came from; this game seems to be making up more characters as it goes along. What the hell is this game doing?"
"Don't worry," Krane said, placing her hand on his right shoulder. "Everything will be fine."
"Dammit." He slammed his fists down. "I want nothing to go wrong! We are so close to getting back home! This universe cannot break down! Dammit just when I got things right in our world."
"Right?"
"When we go back, everything in this world will remain the same. Our world will return to normal the moment Kor is dead," Overture explained. "This new man better not have messed things up."
"We'll be fine," Krane said, placing her body into the middle of his back. "I'll do anything to make sure of that."
Overture smiled. "When are you going to return to the Underground?"
"I'm not going to," Krane said, burring her face into his back. "I don't want to go back to the Underground, I want to stay here with you."
"But—"
"You're the one I've been looking for!" Krane whispered, her voice somewhat muffled by the clothing covering her mouth. "I don't want to lose you again!"
Overture closed his eyes. "Why?"
"Because I love you."
He laughed a bit. "You love Schorn in his missing. You cannot just love me for his memories, I am sorry. He had always loved you, which it is hard for me to tell you this now. His feelings are burning away inside of me, but I feel as if you only love him because you missed him so much."
"I…don't know," Krane whimpered out, gripping the back of his shirt.
She felt as if she loved him because of all of the feelings running through her but somewhere in the back of her mind it felt wrong. Maybe she was wrong to say that to someone who only had Schorn's memories and wasn't Schorn at all but she felt as if he had to know. She wanted him to know, why? She didn't know why.
After a long hard race, Daxter had finished in first place and was now in the garage celebrating his win. Tess had been watching and wanted to congratulate her small Ottsel so she walked into the garage to see him with a large trophy beside him.
"Now there's a handsome winner!" Daxter said as he looked at himself in the trophy's reflection.
"You did it Daxter! You helped us qualify for the big race!" Keira said happily.
"Wow little…thing," Marlin said as he patted the Ottsel on the back. "I didn't know that you were built to race! You're amazin'!"
"Did you ever doubt? I back seat drive for Jak all the time," Daxter said with a large grin crossing his face as he turned to Tess. "Hey! When do I get the winner's big kiss?"
Tess giggled. "Maybe later... if you're a good boy."
"Why be with a rat?" Marlin asked as he moved his face next to Tess'. "I've got somethin' to give you Daxter never could."
Tess giggled once more as Daxter jumped up and smacked Marlin away from Tess' face. Marlin decided not to fight and sighed heavily.
"Get away from my woman!" Daxter hissed.
Tess went back to petting Daxter while Marlin walked over towards the wall of trophies and began looking. Meanwhile, Jak walked into the garage, and Keira walked out, not wanting to talk to the blond.
"Hey there, we, ah, showed those Class Two losers a thing or two, huh?" Daxter asked gently, not wanting Jak to bite his head off.
Jak smiled. "I saw. You drifted a little high in the turns a few times, but, you hung in there! I'm proud of you, Dax."
Daxter blinked. "Really?"
"Yeah! You did great!" Jak patted him on the top of his head.
"No! WE did great! Right, partner?"
"Right!"
"So one of these trophy's is yours?" Marlin said, turning back around to Jak.
"Yeah so?" Jak crossed his arms.
"Looks like you're a good racer." Marlin grinned.
"You could say that."
Marlin began walking out of the garage, but stopped and looked back towards Jak. "I want to race you before the finals. When, where? I don't know but it'll be sometime soon."
Jak crossed his arms. "Don't worry, I'll be there."
"I look forward to it."
"Not as much as I do," Jak answered back, trying to get the last world.
"Bye."
"See ya."
"Cut it out!" Daxter yelled.
Marlin walked into Hip Hog Heaven with a happy attitude running through his body. He walked with a slight jump, and as he wandered into the Hip Hog, Sig stood up, slamming his glass onto the table.
"What the HELL are you doing here?!" Sig barked. He moved his Peace Maker towards the younger looking man.
"Hey, hey, hey! Calm it down buddy! I'm just here to check up on ya!" Marlin said, moving his hands into the air to show he was unarmed. "Nothing big!"
Sig lowered his gun. "Dammit boy don't come in here like that and give me a scare! Makes me nervous every time I hear your damn name!"
Marlin grinned. "Yeah I know, my name is like that."
"Boys," Krew said as he floated over towards them. "If you're going to argue take it outside 'ey! Unless you're gonna fist fight, then I'll have to charge hehehe."
"Get your ass outside." Sig moved towards the front door.
The two walked outside to see that it had started raining. Instead of heading out anywhere, they moved against the front of the Hip Hog's front wall, watching people walk by. After a long silent pause, Sig sighed.
"What are you doin' here Marlin?"
Marlin giggled a bit. "I just came to try out for the races."
"But you're a horrible driver." Sig blinked.
"I passed the other tests so they moved me right up." Marlin looked up towards the sky. "All I had to tell them was how I was in the Kras City races and they let me pass one test. I got second but who cares? I'm in."
"You're going to be competing against my main man Jak," Sig said as he leaned against the wall and slid down. "Are you going to try and win?"
"Maybe." He shrugged. "I don't got nothin' to work for, what's it matter? I'm just here to make sure you're okay."
"We'll I'm fine." Sig sat back up. "So there isn't any reason for you to be here."
"Calm down." Marlin shook his head a bit. "I'm not here to take you back to Spargus or anything so just relax. I just wanted to check up on you. Damn what's wrong with me doing something like that?"
"Because you're a back stabbing bastard."
Marlin twitched. "Ya gotta do what you gotta do to get through this world."
Sig shook his head. "You ain't got no shame."
"I never regret anything I ever do," Marlin said, returning his eyes to the sky. "I've only had to regret one thing in my life, but from then on I promised myself that I would never regret anything else. I think I'm sorry for what I did to you…but I'm not sure."
"Damn you annoy me." Sig looked away.
Marlin sighed heavily. "I'm gonna race your boy, and I'm going to try my best to beat him."
"Look," Sig stood, "Jak deserves to win. He's been workin' his ass off to do this, give him a break."
Marlin pushed himself away from the wall. "You're the one that said I was a bad driver, why are you worried?"
Sig stood back up as well. "I'm just concerned that's all, not worried. I don't get worried remember?"
"Not really." Marlin turned away, allowing the rain to hit him, and fall down his body. "Doesn't this rain remind you of something?"
Sig blinked. "What?"
Marlin turned back around to Sig as the rain picked up and now poured down his body. The smile crossing Marlin's face was one Sig couldn't forget, and a smile that had been on Marlin's face when they first met five long years ago. Sig opened his mouth to speak and say what the rain reminded him of when Marlin shook his head.
"When it smells like this, and looks like this how could you forget a day like this?" Marlin said.
"Marlin." Sig looked away.
Marlin shoved his hands into his pockets. "I'll see you soon Sig, I've got a racer to find in this big lonely city."
"Dammit!"
Jinx ducked behind a wall as a group of Krimzon Guards shot back at him. Bullets flew by his head as he tried to catch his breath. He had been down around the Palace looking for Krane and had tripped an alarm, sending the guards after him.
The rain falling down the building slipped down Jinx's shirt and into his pants but he ignored the cold feeling. He kept moving his arm towards his face, trying to wipe the water away from his face.
Shouldn't have come alone dammit. Jinx thought as he reloaded his gun. I'm actin' like a dumbass over this shit. Should'a asked Blondie to stick around.
"Come out with your hands up!" a KG said with a click of his gun.
"Shit."
Jinx moved against the wall and turned the corner. He fired three quick shots, causing three men to fall, one bullet for them each. Happy that he had nailed each one of them, began to relax.
"You're going to jail!" another KG yelled.
"Still alive?!" Jinx hissed. "I thought I got you all!"
Jinx repeated the first move of moving around the corner only this time the KG was standing against the corner. The KG placed his gun against Jinx's stomach and fired without a second thought.
"Shit," Jinx whispered.
His body fell forward and landed on the guard who just simply pushed him onto the ground. Jinx moved his hands to his stomach and felt a hole there, and a warm, sticky substance leaking from it he knew as blood.
Jakey boy. Jinx thought, closing his eyes.
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