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I don't own the song, "Beautiful" by the Go-gos. Don't worry this isn't a song chapter, it's just mentioned in the middle of the chapter. You'll see what I mean. Nor to I own "Time" by The Rolling Stones.
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Three days had passed since Kor had been defeated and in that time, no one had seen or heard from Jinx or Krane. During their missing the council had made Ashelin the Governor of Haven City, right underneath Count Veger. Daxter had taken over the Hip Hog Heaven bar and was slowly changing it to his own bar, the Naughty Ottsel for the party that was planned that night. The party was supposed to be the night that Kor had been defeated but Jak was far too tired to celebrate then and there so the party had been moved to the fourth night of Kor's defeat.
Jak was now standing outside of the Naughty Ottsel, watching Daxter place the large image of himself on the top of the bar door.
"Wow…it's really…big," Jak said, looking up towards the bar door.
"I know? Isn't it great?" Daxter asked with a large smile crossing his face. "Have you heard anything from Krane or Jinx yet?"
Jak sighed. "No. I'm going to head over to Jinx's place to see if anything has changed."
"Good luck," Daxter said, turning back towards the sign. "Hey! Make sure the lights work before you set that up!" he yelled towards the men who were placing the large Ottsel up.
Jinx opened his eyes to see Krane sleeping face in front of his. He took in the gentle, innocent look on her face before he finally sat up to look around the room. As soon as the blanket fell away from his naked shoulders, he felt the cold wind hit his bare skin. Not remembering losing his shirt, he looked down to see that he was shirtless and there was a small bandage around his stomach.
"What da?" Jinx blinked.
He couldn't remember what happened or how he had ended up in bed with Krane. With a low sigh Jinx crawled back underneath the sheets to warm himself up again when he woke Krane up.
"It's amazing that you're alive," she whispered.
Jinx laid down facing her, and smiled. "Why? I don't remember nothin' 'bout what happened."
She smiled. "You died."
"I what!?" Jinx jumped a bit.
"You did," she answered with a growing grin. "Right in my arms."
Jinx's playful smile disappeared and was replaced by a more serious look with an undertone of sadness. He watched as Krane's left eye puffed up as if she was going to start crying. He brought his left hand over towards Krane and moved it up and down her right arm.
"Don't worry," he said gently. "I ain't ever gonna do somethin' like that again."
"You'd better not!" Krane hissed as she began to cry once more. "You bastard! How could you do something like that to me!?"
Jinx grabbed Krane's arm and pulled her over towards him once more. She began crying in his chest, and grabbing his clothes to make sure that he was really there. Her face rubbed against his chest as he moved his arms around her and held her tightly in an attempt to make her tears stop. After a few moments of silence, Krane gently pushed herself away and sat up.
"What?" Jinx asked.
"I've got go to go the bathroom," she answered.
Krane jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom while Jinx sat in bed, wondering what her problem was.
When Krane walked into the bathroom, she closed the door and locked it. She turned on the faucet and looked at herself in the mirror to see how pushed around her hair was. After taking a look at herself, she hung her head. The vision in her right eye was gone, never to return.
Shit. Krane hung her head. What the hell am I supposed to do now?
The memories of what had happened in the Palace and all through out that day began to run through her mind. The deaths of Sig, Vin, and Overture plagued her mind nonstop, and no matter what she told herself she couldn't stop thinking about every single one of them.
A knocking at the door stopped her thinking for a moment.
"What?" she asked, turning the faucet off.
"Jak is downstairs," Jinx answered from the other side of the door. "He said that he needs to talk to us so hurry up."
"I will!"
Krane looked back into the mirror and sighed heavily. Even though she had been sleeping for what felt like forever, there were still dark bags underneath her eyes, and her skin had a pale coloring to it. Figuring it was because of the lack of food she had been eating, Krane fixed her hair and walked out of the bathroom.
She walked through Jinx's room; grabbing a pair of pants to put over the underwear she was wearing, and a simple white tank top. She slipped into her outfit and walked down stairs to see Jak in the living room, talking to Jinx.
"Hey," Jak said as he turned to watch Krane come in the room.
"You're alive," Krane said, crossing her arms. "I'm impressed."
"Jakey boy here killed Kor!" Jinx grinned. "He's havin' a party to celebrate and wants to know if we wanna come!"
"Don't we have bodies to pick up?" Krane asked, shifting her weight to her right leg. "There has to be thousands of bodies to pick up, and even more to fix around here."
Jak twitched. "We've taken care of a lot of the bodies and we've cleaned things up a bit. I just came down here to make sure you two were up and all right. I didn't come down here to start anything."
Krane sighed. "Sorry Jak, I'm just stressed out about…things."
"Ya know what, Krane and I are gonna show up at that party!" Jinx said, patting Jak on the back. "It'll be a great chance for all of us to get back togeth'a again! Besides, we gotta get out anyways!"
"Fine," Jak said with a smile. "It's going to be down at the old Hip Hog Heaven, Daxter's got the place and he's going to open it to the public tonight."
"Can't miss that!" Jinx laughed a bit while he walked back into the kitchen. "You want anythin' to eat Jakey boy?"
"Don't eat anything Jinx makes," Krane whispered, as she walked over to Jak's side. "He can't cook at all."
"Really?" Jak asked with a laugh.
"Follow me into the kitchen, I'll make you something you can eat."
Krane walked forward, leading Jak into the back of the house where the small kitchen was. Jak walked into the kitchen and stood near one of the counters as Krane looked through nearby cabinet and while Jinx looked through another cabinet. Krane was the first to find a small bag of food, which she brought out and held towards Jak.
"Sorry, I can't find anything else," Krane said as Jak took the bag. "Jinx hasn't has a chance to get the shopping done."
"Me?" Jinx asked, looking towards Krane. "Why do I gotta do it?"
"Because I have to cook it," Krane answered without missing a beat.
"It's no big deal," Jak said somewhat defensively. He felt like he was starting another fight between them and that was the last thing he wanted to do.
Krane reached out for a small plate sitting on the counter and as she moved her hand down to grab the plate, she missing and grabbed the counter instead. Jak looked at her strangely as she moved and tried again only to miss.
"You need help?" Jak asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No." Krane looked away and crossed her arms once more. "So what time do you want us to show up at Krew's old place?"
"Around eight," Jak answered.
"We'll be there," Jinx said as a large smile crossed his face once more.
Torn and Ashelin were at the Palace, looking at the damage that had been done by Jinx and Krane's actions. The guards that hadn't run away after the Baron had died were cleaning the place up while Torn took a small break and sat down on the throne.
"What time is it?" Torn asked towards Ashelin.
"Seven," she answered. "It's almost time for Daxter's party."
"Your transport is ready, m'lady." Brutter's voice said over Ashelin's radio.
Ashelin brought the radio up to her mouth. "Thank you, Captain Brutter."
"Yous are very welcome!" Brutter said as the radio transmission died.
Ashelin turned her head back up towards Torn. "Come on... we'll be late for the party at Daxter's new place."
"I've got so much work to do. Besides, it's not my thing," Torn answered with a low sigh.
"Ten hut!" Ashelin demanded, causing Torn to instantly stand. "As the new governor of this city, I order the Commander of the New Krimzon Guard to escort me to an official function. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir! I mean, yes ma'am! I mean..." Torn blinked, trying to think of what to call her.
"You can start rebuilding the city tomorrow, we've done enough work already. Tonight, we get to celebrate with our new friends. Besides, tough guy, I'm dying to see you dance," Ashelin said with a sly grin crossing her face.
Torn laughed a bit. "Not likely."
"Come on," Ashelin moved her head towards the door, "let's get out of here."
To tell the truth, Torn didn't feel like doing anything. He didn't want to go the party, he didn't want to dance, and he didn't want to see his friends. All he wanted to do was go back to the Underground and relax. He didn't want to do this; he just wanted to close his eyes and dream. Something was bothering him too much to do anything, something that involved someone he had lost many years ago.
The Naughty Ottsel. What was once the gang Lord's bar now belonged to a small orange rat that had finally opened the bar to the public. The inside had changed greatly to a normal looking bar with new décor all around the room and everyone sitting at the bar: Torn, Ashelin, Tess, Jak, Samos, the Croco-dog, and Onin and Pecker.
As Daxter and Tess handed out drinks, Krane and Jinx walked into the bar, surprised at all of the changes.
"Wow Dax," Krane said in awe. "You've really changed his place around!"
"I have to say that you have!" Jinx said as he too looked around in surprise. "You made this place easier on the eyes! Way to go!"
"Oh yeah? Check out the new decor!" Daxter said, pointing to the door.
Krane and Jinx turned around to see a large Metal Head trophy hanging over the door, the same Metal Head that Krane had seen the day she had been brought into this world, the head of Kor.
One. That's one sign that I should return home. Krane thought as a phony smile crossed her face.
"Oooh...What a big trophy!" Tess said with a giggle.
"As if size matters?! I bagged that bad boy myself, baby!" Daxter said, sticking his furry chest outwards.
"Onin says she doesn't know who has a bigger head. Him or you!" Pecker said. Daxter twitched.
"Get over here Jinx!" Torn called, patting the seat beside him.
Jinx walked over to his long time friend and began talking to him as if nothing had happened. After a few seconds of talking, Jinx noticed that Krane hadn't come to side down next to him. He turned back around to see her still standing in the same spot, looking up at the large head of Kor.
"Krane!" Jinx called. "What are you doin'?"
She shook her head. "Nothing."
"Get your ass over here!"
"Don't talk to me like that!" Krane hissed as a blush crossed her face. "All you have to do is call me over!"
"Alright, alright!" Jinx said playfully. "Come here Krane."
Krane stepped over to the bar and sat down. Tess walked over to her and gave her a small drink. She reached over towards it, and missed it once more only this time; Samos caught a glance of it. She reached once more, and this time managed to grab the drink.
"We must not forget Vin and all the others who sacrificed their lives to defeat this evil and protect the child," Samos said, getting everyone's attention once more.
Jak opened up one of his hands, revealing the Seal of Mar. "I still can't believe... that little boy was me. Better times, huh?"
Krane looked over towards Jak. "You've got to tell me that story sometime."
"Later," Jak answered.
Keira moved closer towards Jak. "You miss him, huh? You know, the kid grows up to be a handsome hero!"
Keira looked longingly towards Jak but instead of moving towards her, Jak looked back down at the Seal of Mar and sighed deeply. As Krane watched, her heart began to pound away in her chest. Keira and Jak didn't try to kiss like they had in the original game. Something was wrong.
Shit. Krane looked away from them. The timeline has been messed up. Overture… what the hell am I supposed to do now? Wait…if I go home…maybe things will go back to normal.
"Hey! That's enough for you, lady. I'm cuttin' ya off!" Daxter said, pointing to Onin.
Krane looked back up towards Daxter and saw that he was pointing towards Onin who was pouring drinks down her throat. Daxter jumped on the counter only to be shot down by Onin with a blue shot from her fingers.
"Trust me, she gets real mean when she's like this!" Pecker said towards Daxter's fallen body.
Daxter jumped back up to see Onin moving her fingers around. "What'd she say?"
"Something about rubber tubing and certain parts of your mother... you don't wanna know," Pecker translated.
Suddenly the front door opened and a large figure walked into the room, shrouded in darkness.
"Agghhh! A Metal Head!" Daxter screamed as he pointed towards the figure.
The figure moved into the new lighting of the bar and finally gave the figure's true identity away. It was a man they thought they would never see again, Sig. Krane's eyes lit up as she saw Sig and then she remembered that she knew he would come back.
Why couldn't I remember that when I thought he died? Krane thought as she looked away from Sig. I've studied this scene so many times but…I couldn't remember Sig coming back. Am I that attached to this world?
"Sig!" Jak and Daxter said together.
"You okay?!" Jak asked, jumping up to see Sig and check him out.
"You cherries didn't think some nasty breath, giant sized lizard was gonna keep me from the biggest party in town did ya?!" Sig said with a gentle laugh.
"I knew you were too tough for 'em, big guy!" Daxter said, hitting Sig on the back of his leg.
"My life is ever so perfect! My life has been a bed of roses! And you might think I'm crazy so what if I am?" Krane sang as she moved her small, empty glass around.
It had been about an hour since Sig had come back to reveal that he was alive and in that short hour, Krane had managed to get drunk. Jinx has asked Tess to stop giving her drinks but it was too late, Krane's face was a bright red color and she was laughing and singing loudly.
"Beautiful is all I see when I look at me! Beautiful!" Krane sang as she wrapped her arm around Jinx's neck.
"Maybe you should take her outside," Torn said with a laugh. "Or maybe even home."
"Yeah I think you're right," Jinx said as he wrapped his arm around Krane. "Come on Krane, let's go home."
Jinx moved Krane away from the bar and began to take her outside when they bumped into Jak, Daxter, Samos, Sig, and Pecker standing outside, looking towards the sky. Krane stopped walking for a moment and looked towards the group.
"Hold on Jinx," Krane said, causing him to stop walking.
"You saved the city and more, my boy! Metal Kor and his menace are history, and somewhere out there, an ancient race has begun again," Samos said with a large smile on his face.
Jak sighed. "I'm just glad to be back home."
"Yeah? Well, rest up. We've got a lot to do and so much time to do it in!" Samos tapped his stick down onto the cement.
"Don't say 'time!' The Rift Ring was destroyed, remember?" Jak asked, looking towards the older man.
"You know, my momma used to read me bedtime stories about Mar when she'd tuck me in. She'd give me a nice glass of warm yakow milk... and my little Poopsy bear," Sig said as he too looked out towards the sky.
Daxter blinked. "Bedtime stories? Warm milk? Poopsy bear?! Buddy, ya just blew ya image!"
"I've got a feeling we'll meet Mar someday. He may be closer than you think," Samos answered with a sigh.
"Mar," Krane whispered.
"You're the designated driver!" Sig teased as he threw Jak the Ruby Key.
Jak caught the key and laughed. "Oh no...I am done with adventures. Besides, you'll tell us before something happens next time, right Samos?" Samos didn't answer. "RIGHT, SAMOS?"
Pecker flew up to Jak. "Aarrk! You never know what the future may hold."
"Wait... you know something, don't ya feather breath?" Daxter asked, looking up towards the hovering bird.
Pecker flew down to the ground. "Who? Me? Ah...no...We're just, ah...guessing, right Samos? Today...tomorrow...Only time will tell!"
"No! You're gonna tell... RIGHT NOW! Aggghhh!" Daxter yelled, jumping onto Pecker at the end of his sentence.
"AAGGHH! Why you little... AAARRR..." Pecker groaned as he began to fight Daxter back.
The two began to fight one another, and rolled around in a large ball of fur and feathers. Jak laughed as he watched the scene play out in front of him, while Samos stepped out of the way to make sure he didn't get tied up in the fight.
"Oooh, dirty fighting! Dirty fighting!" Daxter hissed.
Growing tired of the fighting, Sig bent down and picked the two up by their tails, ending the fight.
Samos laughed. "Jak, my boy, the future awaits!"
Fireworks began to go off in the distance, filling the sky up with lights and filling the night air with loud booms. Jak looked up towards the fireworks and let go of a small sigh, hoping that nothing else would go wrong now that he had saved the world.
"Come on," Jinx whispered. "We've got to get you home."
A few feet away from the Naughty Ottsel and Krane had begun sitting once more. Jinx laughed as he listened; surprised that he had never heard the song before.
"Time is on my side!" she sang. "Time is on my side, yes it is! Time…is on…my side."
Krane stopped laughing and stopped walking. Jinx stopped walking as well and looked over towards Krane to see that she had her head down. Fearing that she was going to throw up, Jinx led her over to the side of the port. But instead of throwing up, Krane sat down, moving her legs over the side of the edge.
"What are you doin'?" he asked, standing beside her side.
"Sit down."
She patted the floor beside her right side. He did as told and waited for her to say something else.
"Ya know," she said, looking up towards the sky, "you can see the stars really easily here."
"I know a place where you can see 'em better," Jinx said as he began to move his legs. "You wanna go there sometime?"
"Yeah," Krane said with a dreamy tone behind her voice. "Let's go the day after tomorrow, I'm gonna have a major headache tomorrow."
"Drink too much," Jinx said gently.
Krane laid down on the ground. "That's your fault. That's something you taught me."
A large group of fireworks began to go off again, filling the air between them with some sort of conversation. Jinx looked up towards the fire filled sky and let go of another sigh that the loud explosion covered up.
It was strange, they hadn't said anything about what they felt for one another but they could tell that they were thinking about it. They knew that the other was thinking about what had happened before the blow up of the Palace but the both of them were too nervous to talk about it at all.
Krane, on the other hand, soon left her thinking about Jinx and had begun to think about going home. She had messed up the timeline and now had to do something to put the timeline back in order. The more and more she thought about it, the only solution she could come up with was going home. Going back to fix the timeline, and allow it to fix itself.
"Hey," Jinx whispered. "Do you want to go on the date?"
"When?"
"The day after tomorrow?"
"You mean when we're supposed to go to that place you were talking about? With the stars?" Krane asked.
"Yeah."
Krane blinked for a moment, and then smiled. "Yeah, why not?" she answered. "We haven't been on a date for two years!"
"It's been awhile," Jinx answered, crossing his arms.
Krane sat back up, placing her weight on her hands. She sat there with Jinx, watching the fireworks light up the sky over and over again. After a few more explosions, Jinx moved closer towards Krane and took a big breath inwards.
He was so nervous to do this little thing, but he knew that if he did this little thing, he would be able to get to sleep without regretting anything. He hated sleeping with regrets through his mind, and he didn't want to end such a fun night like that.
Slowly, Jinx moved his hand towards Krane's without her noticing. His hand came closer and closer towards hers until he finally managed to place his hand on the top of hers. The moment they touched, she giggled and moved her hand a bit, to let him know that she knew.
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