Chapter 5: Daxter gets a faceful
Music: White Hot by Black Flag

"Love me
So I can feel the pain
Of not having made a mistake
Love me
So I can crawl into your oven
And begin to bake
Love me"

Mood: Depressed
Disclaimer: Writers lie, just like your parents.

"Whew! Being a biiiiiiggg hero sure makes you thirsty," Daxter said, walking over to the water pump on the wall. There was a disgusting rumbling sound, and then Daxter got a face-full of muck. I had to bite back a laugh when he turned around all disgruntled and covered in mud.

"The Baron turned off all water to the Slums," Torn growled. "He's willing to risk innocent lives, just to destroy the underground." I hadn't realized how much Torn cared about the people. His tough guy exterior may actually have a softie in the middle. Now that was a funny thought. Then again, Katie did try to tell me this when I first met her... "I shouldn't be surprised. I've seen his evil before," he paused, "While serving in the Krimzon Guard." He turned to look at Jak, Daxter, and me, and Jak and Daxter both gasped, "That's why I quit."

I could feel the air in the room slightly tense between Katie and Torn as she leaned against the wall, trying to be casual. But she seemed far from it; usually she would be talking more. She struck me as that kind of person.

"You were in the Krimzon Guard? Huh. That explains your… charming sense of humor," Jak chuckled, I guess he couldn't sense the awkwardness. It was then that I realized that Torn's eyes were trained on me. Fuck. I hadn't reacted when he gave us his 'news.' I was letting my guard slip. I couldn't let people know I knew what is going to happen and what people were going to say. I glared daggers at him, hoping that it would help, and he just shrugged and looked away.

"My friend in the Guard tells me the valve to turn the water back on is located outside the city, at the Pumping Station." Krimzon Guards have friends? I saw anger rise in Katie's eyes at the mention of his friend, while she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Outside the city?" Jak asked, "What about the security walls?"

"What about the Metal Heads? It ain't no petting zoo out there... peeps be getting deep sixed!"

"Find the large drain pipe in the north wall. It'll take you outside the city to the Pumping Station. Get to the main valve and open it. If you survive, the slums will be indebted to you. If not, maybe we'll have a touching moment of silence in your honor." Torn said sarcastically.

"I'd like to give him a 'touching moment,'" Daxter said, smirking. I held back another laugh. I'm sure Torn wouldn't appreciate me laughing at that, seeing as how the room was still slightly tense.

As we were walking out the door, another voice came, "Good luck! And don't die!" I sighed. Katie had too much faith in us. I think I liked her better when she was nearly growling in the corner.

Katie's POV

"Good Luck, and don't die!" I yelled after them, and I meant it. I really liked Maddy. She and I could be really good friends if she would let her guard down. She may seem like a hard-ass, but I could tell she was actually a nice, caring person. Anyone could see it in the way that she looked at Jak.

He, on the other hand, was a piece of work. I could usually read people well, but he was harder.
The only thing I figured out about him was how much he cared for Maddy. The two would gravitate together like two satellites, always finding a way to touch each other some way or another. He, too, had that look in his eyes when he looked at her; that soft look, that possessive look, that loving look. You
could tell he would do anything for her if she asked, and you could also tell that she didn't realize it.

They were only sixteen or seventeen, and I wondered what had happened to them to turn them from teenagers into such bad-asses.

Speaking of hard-asses, here comes mine. Mine. I still shivered at the thought. Torn was mine. Torn and I hadn't been together long, due to his trust issues, but I got past them. I hope.

"You actually think they are going to survive?" Torn asked, and I sighed. He didn't really hate them, he was scared of them. He had seen how powerful they were.

"Of course," I replied.

"Why?" He questioned.

"You saw what those two did to those KGs. They whooped their asses."

"Whatever. I hope they don't come back. Those three can only bring trouble to us.

"We've already been over this, trouble is good." I replied exasperatedly.

"Not with those two it's not," Torn replied, "They'll bring us trouble, and we don't need trouble, Praxis does."

"Don't be such a jerk, Torn. Those two can help us a lot. Besides, bringing trouble to Praxis is bringing trouble to us either way."

"Those two are monsters, and I don't want you near them, they could hurt you."

"Oh you don't want me near them, do you?" I asked heatedly, "So you get a say in what I can and can't do." I hated when guys tried to tell me what to do. I don't care if it was out of concern; I was capable of taking care of myself. I would have voiced my opinion on Ashlin, but chose not to.

Like I said, trust issues. If he had them with me, I didn't want him to think I had any with him.

Torn started to say something, but I cut him off, "So, according to you, they are too dangerous for me to even be around?"

"No, it's not that, it's –"Torn began.

I cut him off, "That I can't defend myself against the big bad monsters?" I questioned again.

"No, it's –"

"Is it – " I started, but this time, he cut me off.

"Will you let me finish my damn sentence?" Torn roared. I shrunk back, and waited for him to continue. I just didn't like thinking that he thought I couldn't defend myself. It just set me off. "Those two were made by Praxis," He paused, as if waiting for me to get it, but I didn't.

"So…?" I questioned.

"Praxis. The same Praxis who wants to destroy the Underground, just sent two of the city's most powerful creatures our way without even lifting a finger."

"They escaped from his prison cell after being tortured for two years." I protested to whatever he was getting at.

"So they say," Torn began, but that's when I got it.

"You think they are spies; Praxis's spies." I stated.

"Exactly," Torn growled.

"They are so obviously not spies!"

"What make you say that?"

"One: they took down the Baron's Banner without even a look. Two: they already know where the Underground is, they could have already told Praxis about it, but they haven't. Three: you can see so much hate in both Jak and Maddy's eyes when you even speak about Praxis. Four –" Torn cut me off.

"Alright, alright, I get your point. They could just as easily be spies as not."

"But they're not," I urged him.

"But they could be, and that's why I'm going to keep a close eye on them." I sighed, knowing that was the best I was going to get. When I said he was a hard ass, I meant he was a hard ass. I reached over and pulled him close, giving him a light kiss, barely grazing his lips, but Torn seemed to want more, and I willingly obliged, leaning into the kiss, and opening my mouth, allowing his tongue in. We battled for dominance before he finally won.

Our tongues danced a dangerous tango of passion, as I tangled my hand into his short cropped hair. I moaned as he laid me down on his desk and lay on top of me, his dark eyes even darker with desire. I ran my hands up his chest, feeling the hard abs that were there. He trailed his lips down my neck, kissing a soft spot on my neck that he knew I liked, I moaned and he groaned, squirming underneath him, then shifting his hips against mine, pressing his obvious arousal into me. I moaned again, and pulled his lips back to mine before attacking them with fervor.

His hands reached down and grabbed my right leg hooking it around his waist, grinding his centre into mine. I trailed my lips down his neck this time, kissing and licking until I got to his soft spot; he moaned a gravelly moan, grinding into me harder. I began to feel a warm rush in my tummy, building higher and higher, dangerously, and I knew it was time to stop.

Torn and I hadn't ever gone this far before, and I didn't want to yet. I knew it was embarrassing, being in my twenties, never have done anything with anyone, but I just couldn't. Call me a drama queen, but I needed to make sure I was with the right person. I just had to find the will power to stop.

"Torn…" I said, but I came out as a moan, and he took it as an invitation to run his hand down my body, stroking my leg. "Torn.. we've- we've gotta st-stop." I forced out.

"Why?" he demanded huskily, and I could feel his warm breath on my lips, teasing me.

"C-caussee." I said in a drawn out moan as he thrusted his hips into mine forcefully, at just the right angle that hit one spot that made me nuts, before I pulled away from him. I unhooked my leg from around his thigh to remove the temptation slightly, because one more move like that and I would attack him.

I looked up at him, with swollen lips and I presumed my hair was flung around us wildly, seeing as how it had come loose from its hair tie. I then finished my words, "'Cause I think Tess is coming."

He chuckled at my statement, as said girl walked in, took in our positions, widened her eyes, and walked back out, shaking her head.

Guess we shouldn't get carried away in a relatively public place.

"Ahh, those are Metal Heads!" Daxter yelled as said monster ran up to us, murder prominent in its mechanical eyes.
"Thanks for that, Dax!" I yelled in response, after taking out the third Metal Head. After leaving the underground, Jak, Daxter and I stole cars and flew our way over to the Pumping Station. When we walked in past the clicking doors, the first thing I noticed was the smell. It reeked there.

Jak and I ran to the moving pistons, jumping up, and killing the frog like things that were up there. When they died, they shed Dark Eco, which Jak and I seemed to attract; it flew right towards us, and my body kind of absorbed it. I didn't feel any different, it just kinda disappeared.

We made our way around the mountain, killing Metal Heads and collecting their orbs, and killing frogs and foxes.

"Watch out!" I yelled as Jak jumped over an electrical surge. I could tell he wasn't going to make it, and when he touched the blue electricity, I could see it move throughout his body, shocking him. He jumped backwards, where I steadied him.

"That's it! Maddy, I'm riding on your shoulder!" Daxter said, jumping from Jak's to mine. He fluffed out his fur, which was smoking slightly. I had to bite back a laugh at the sight of him. Jak was grinning at me with his hair standing up and one of the lenses of his goggles cracked. He looked so funny I just had to reach over and hug him. When I did, I felt a jolt of electricity shoot down my spine, and not the same kind Jak and Daxter just went through. It felt like how it did when I used to touch him, before he changed.

Jak was looking at me oddly, and I knew he must have felt it, too. It gave me hope that we could at least go back to some semblance of how it used to be. I smiled at him before continuing on up the mountain, Daxter burrowing into my hair to hide from the wind. "I need to be up here more often" I laughed.

Not but five minutes later we reached the valve, after taking a winding path to the top. "Ahh, the valve," Daxter said, jumping down from my shoulder. "Allow me." His attempts to spin the valve were small and futile, I chuckled as he strained to turn it, and Jak, who was casually leaning up against the pipe, hit it, and it twisted, sucking Daxter up into it too. We watched – and heard- as Daxter made his way down the pipe, back to the bottom of the mountain.

Jak and I quickly jumped down to the bottom, just in time to hear Daxter say, "Jak, heellpp." He was stuck in the tube that usually shot out the water. "Maddy… help?" We watched as the water lightly trickled from the pipe, and waited for the inevitable with smirks on our faces. "Please, help?"

I walked to the right a bit and twisted the wheel, the rusty screech hurting my ears. I saw Daxter's head pop out, then his arms, and then he tried pushing himself out, and got shot out with the water. A grinning Jak squatted down, and opened his mouth to say something, but Daxter held up his hand. "Don't say it. Don't. Even. Chuckle. Next time, you turn the valve." I was full out laughing by the time Daxter blacked out and we had to wake him up, and I kept trying to hold back laughs, but giggles kept escaping me.

We walked out of the pumping station with a woozy Daxter on Jak's shoulder, and I pulled out the mini map Korr had given us. It had a small icon telling us to go right. "What's that?" Jak asked.

"I don't know. Let's go check it out." I responded, jumping up to a small one seater. "Race you," I said with a wicked grin.

"You're on!" He said with a mischievous look in his eyes. "One… two… three… GO!" We took off, flying higher and lower, avoiding KG's and the civilians. Just then, Jak pulled ahead of my, using his Zoomer to jump over a building. I dropped my Zoomer low, so it was skimming the water, speeding up. On the water, you didn't have to run around people and dodge Zoomers and KG's. Jak lowered his down next to mine on the water. I swerved around a pole, before going back to him so we were nose to nose.

"I'm so going to win!" Jak yelled.

"No way! I'm so going to beat you!" I said as I brought my Zoomer back to people level, just as we were approaching a building. Jak came up too, but went one higher, so he was up with the other Zoomers. I looked up for a second, to see if he was a head, and felt a slight jerk to my car. I looked back down and saw I had hit a Krimzon Guard. I grinned slightly, 'Oops…' I heard Jak's laughter as he brought his Zoomer down next to mine. If we were normal civilians, that would be slightly bad, hitting a KG, but Jak and I were wanted criminals, so it didn't matter. The KG didn't even seem to recognize us.

"Pull over!" A Krimzon Guard yelled, but Jak and I weren't going to. We shared a smile before speeding even faster, ditching the guards. Our race was still on. We were almost to the building now, and with just a few more yards, I would win. Suddenly, Jak pulled ahead, and his Zoomer hit the wall.

"Yes! I so won!" He yelled."I told you I would," he said with a smirk. I parked my Zoomer only milliseconds later. I sighed in defeat. The KG's had already given up the search for us, determining us lost, even though we were in plain sight with an exploded Zoomer smoking in front of us. Precursors, Krimzon Guards are clueless.

"What's my reward?" Jak asked huskily, sauntering up to me. My breath hitched in my chest as he backed me up against the wall, before reaching over and tangling his hand in my hair.

"Ok ewww. I'm, umm, just going to go inside…" Daxter said, hopping off Jak's shoulder and running inside quickly, shaking his head as if to clear water from it.

"Whatever you want," I said in a breathy voice, completely ignoring Daxter. I cursed in my head, I sounded really girly.

He pressed his lips to mine, and I couldn't resist the urge to bring my hands up and tangle them into his hair. I loved his long hair, he had such perfect sex-hair. He trailed his hand down to my waist, then back up, repeating the circuit, and making me shiver all over.

"Jak…" I said in a breathy moan, knowing we shouldn't be doing this in such a public place.

"I still love you Maddy," Jak said spontaneously. I sucked in my breath. I hadn't been very sure of it recently, this being the most intimate contact we had had in a long time.

"I love you too, Jak." I said. He then proceeded to attack my lips with his. Why couldn't we ever have normal kisses? All of ours were so passion filled, leaving me lustful and wanting to jump Jak's bones.

He was so passionate, that I couldn't help but return his kiss. Startlingly quickly, Jak's hand were up my shirt, and mine were in his hair still, holding his face to mine in our dangerous passion filled kiss. He pulled his right hand from my shirt, dragging it down to my left thigh, and bringing it up and hooking it around his waist. I used back as leverage so I could hook my other leg around him too. I gasped aloud when I felt his arousal hit my centre, him grinding into me, lost in a flurry of passion. Not that I was complaining about our lusty kisses, that is.

"Jak." I moaned out throatily.

"I've missed you so much," He said, his rough voice rougher than usual, and I shivered at the sound of it. "I thought I had lost you." I knew he wasn't talking about physically because I would be there for him the whole time; he meant emotionally. With both of us turning into what we did, we both turned into two different people. Even if we had been soul mates back in Sandover, we mightn't have been here. But, if I wasn't wrong, I don't think our feelings had changed too much.

And that gave me hope, for me, for him, for us, for the future.

A/N: Thanks everyone, for waiting for me, again… Im sorry :(

xMonster