I do not own anything, except my own mind, but I'm slowly losing that too.
CHAPTER 6
Jak paced up and down inside the Naughty Ottsel, his hands clenched into fists at his sides, anger and hate in his eyes as they flashed to black every now and again. Torn and Samos sat watching him concern etched on their faces "Calm down Jak, we can sort this out" Samos said calmly
"How the hell am I supposed to calm down, that bitch is forcing me to marry her...I'll sort this out, I'll go into that palace and let Dark out to play, let him rip her to pieces, and then raise that damn palace to the ground...thats how I'll sort it" Jak growled angrily
Torn shook his head "They'll just kill you Jak" he said
"I don't care" he snapped
Samos stood up "No you might not care but Keira will, would you really want to put Keira through that?"
"No" Jak whispered calming slightly and slumping down "But what can I do, can they really force me to marry her?" he asked
Torn nodded his head "Your not twenty-one yet Jak, officially the council has control over you until you turn twenty-one, they have the final say on this"
"What if I just take the throne and banish Ashelin?" he asked
Samos shook his head "When two people our fighting for control, the council votes on who they want to rule...thats why Praxis had your father attacked, he knew he couldn't win the vote so he got rid of him..."
"And Ashelin has them councilors in her back pocket, not the same way Praxis or Veger had, she has other charms" he hissed
Jak slumped a little more "How the hell am I gonna get outta this then, I love Keira, I want to be with her, I need to be with her...you saw the state of me when she left, I can't marry someone else, I just can't, my heart won't let me"
"Jak, if this was a life or death situation, if Keira was going to be killed unless you married Ashelin would you do it, would you do it to save Keira?" Samos asked
"Of course" Jak said straight away
Samos nodded "So maybe you have to think of it like that, think of it as if your saving her life"
"Yea, because we know what Ashelin is capable of and we know she 'll go to any lengths to get what she wants" Torn continued
Jak shook his head "I'll only even consider it if it's the last option, there has to be another way".
Kai led Keira in to her hut and sat her on the couch, she still clung to him, the tears had stopped but the sobs and sniffs still shuddered through her body.
Kai pulled himself away from her and looked down at her tear streaked face "I'm so sorry Keira...Jak will come back to you, I just know it" he whispered
"He won't she's won, there's nothing he can do" she sniffed
Tess came in and stood in front of Keira hands on her hips "Don't you dare Keira Haigi, you know Jak will do everything he can to get back to you, not to marry Ashelin, he loves you and only you" she glared
Keira nodded and sniffed "This is so unfair, haven't we been through enough"
"I know honey, I'll make some tea, why don't you take a shower and get into bed" Tess smiled as Daxter came in with Spud and Ayr.
He smiled sadly as he saw Keira get up "Urm Keira, where do you want Jaks things?" he asked
Keira turned to him "I'll take it" she smiled weakly before going into the bedroom.
A while later Keira sat in bed wearing one of Jaks shirts, she pulled the collar up and breathed in his scent, she sighed as a tear rolled down her face and she watched the stars outside the window, she noticed how dark it was and frowned "The porch light is usually brighter" she said to herself getting out of bed and creeping to the lounge door, she saw Daxter and Tess curled up asleep on the couch while Kai sat asleep in a chair, she went towards the door and opened it, looking up at the light she frowned, reaching over and flicking the switch, the light came on and beamed across the porch, she turned to the three sleeping bodies in her lounge "Who turned the light out?" she yelled making them all jump and wake up
"I did" Tess said sleepily and innocently
Keira glared at her "Don't you ever, ever turn that light out, that light is for Jak...if Jaks not here then we leave the light on for him, got it" she hissed
"Keira calm down, it's just a light" Kai said
She spun around to look at him "It's not just a light, leave the damn light on" she yelled and marched back into her bedroom
Kai turned to Daxter and Tess "What the hell is so important about leaving that damn light on?" he snapped
"Keira always left a light on for Jak, even back in Sandover she wouldn't turn the light out until she saw Jak wave goodnight to her from his own hut and turned his light off" Daxter explained, as he got up and went cautiously into Keira's room.
Keira glared at him "How could you let them turn the light out?" she hissed
Daxter jumped on the bed "I didn't notice, I was asleep"
"How can you sleep when all this is going on?" she snapped
Daxter shrugged "Have you tried calling him yet?" he asked quietly
keira shook her head sadly "I didn't bring a comm unit with me when I came here, I was just using the pubic one in the bar to call daddy and Tess...they'll probably be intercepting his calls anyway" she said just as Daxters unit began to buzz in his back pocket and it jumped out, Jaks face popped up and Keira grabbed it "Jak, whats going on?" she cried
"I'm trying baby, we're trying to figure something out, try not to worry" Jak smiled sadly
Keira sniffed "I miss you so much Jak, I love you so much"
"I love you too baby, just wait for me, I miss you too...listen I've a feeling I'm being tapped, I can't really say much, just leave that light on for me" he said
"I will Jak, I love you, and I always will" Keira breathed
Jak smiled "I love you too, more than anything in this world" and he hung up.
Keira burst into tears and turned over so her back was facing Daxter, Daxter patted her shoulder gently and moved off the bed and back into the lounge.
Tess smiled at him "Did I just hear Jak?" she asked
"Yea, he didn't say much, just that he loved Keira and he'd figure something out" Daxter said jumping up into Tess' arms
Tess nodded "How is she?" she asked
"If this can't be sorted, if they can't be together, I don't think either will survive" he sighed.
Jak lay on his bed his arms behind his head, he closed his eyes and thought of Keira, he couldn't think of a way to get out of this, he'd been in the worst situations and yet he'd always found a way out, but this he saw no way out. Suddenly he jumped up and ran out the door an idea forming in his mind.
He crashed through the bar door and ran straight into Sig "Sig what are you doing here?" he asked
"Torn called me and told me what was going on, I came to see if I can help" Sig answered
Jak nodded "I'm glad you have I've had an idea..." he walked to the booth Samos and Torn sat in and slipped in, Sig next to him "...what would happen if I took the throne of Spargus?" he asked Torn
Torn shrugged "I guess if you was king of Spargus then you couldn't be forced into doing anything, you would have your own rules...but Jak your still not twenty-one?" he said
"That doesn't matter. in Saprgus if he's eighteen, he's legally an adult...even if it did, with his parents both being absent he would be under my guardianship until he took the throne" Sig said
Samos nodded "So, what does this mean?"
"Well, I seem to remember I was a banished from Haven City, I'm only allowed to stay because of Ashelin, the council didn't want to let me back in, isn't that right Torn?" he asked Torn nodded "But I am a citizen of Spargus, Sig could demand that I return to Spargus" he smiled
Sig nodded "I could demand my best wastelander back"
"So I'm off to the palace to let that bitch know her plan hasn't worked" Jak grinned getting up and marching out with Sig close behind.
Jak flew up to Ashelins balcony and landed softly on his feet turning back to normal he opened the french windows and stepped in, he could hear Ashelin in the lounge area of the large room, and went out to her.
He stood at the door and watched as she moved about, frowning at her as she swayed around humming to herself "Feeling pretty proud of yourself aren't you Ashelin?" he hissed
Ashelin spun around and stared at Jak, her face broke into a smirk and she crossed her arms across her body "So what if I am, I always get what I want?" she said
Jak grinned and moved into the room "I think you might be disappointed"
"How so?" she asked
He moved to a chair and sat down "Well I've few options for you...one you can just forget about this, I can go back to Keira and you can sort yourself out...two I can take the throne, after all I am the true heir, the council cannot stop me doing that"
"I think they can?" she barked
Jak shook his head "They can't I have Mars blood in me, there's nothing they can do, I can take the throne, and have you banished...and then there's option three...I could let dark out to play right here, right now, rip you to pieces and explode this place, before you could even blink"
"You can't do that, they'd kill you" Ashelin said glaring at him
Jak nodded his head "Your probably right, but I am not marrying you, it's a good job I have another option, one that you cannot do anything about" he grinned as a knock came on the door.
Ashelin went to open it and was faced with two council members and Sig "Whats going on?" she demanded
"Well King Sig has just pointed out to us that Jak is a citizen of Spargus and not Haven, his father was King of Spargus at the time of his death which makes Jak the king" one of the councilors said
Jak got up and walked towards Sig "I'm not the king, but I am over eighteen which in Spargus law makes me old enough to look after myself, and even if I weren't King Sig would be my guardian, not you" he smirked "Now if you don't mind I'm going home to the love of my life." he laughed and stalked off.
Jak walked up to Keira's door and smiled when he saw the light on, he opened the door quietly and saw his three friends asleep in the lounge, Kai awoke and sat upright, opening his mouth, Jak smiled and held a finger to his lips, Kai nodded and settled back down. Jak reached over and flicked the porch light off as he crept into Keira's room, closing and locking the door behind him, he quietly took his clothes off and looked at Keira's beautiful face sleeping, the moon light dancing around the room, he gently pulled the covers back and got into bed, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her to his chest.
Keira jumped when she felt herself being pulled into someone, and then she smelt him, felt him warm body and strong arms around her, she looked up, tears lined her eyes "Jak..." she blinked "...is this a dream?" she asked
Jak slowly smiled and shook his head "God I hope not" he grinned
Keira sat up "What happened?" she asked
"I just pointed out to Ashelin that I was in fact a citizen of Spargus and I was banished from Haven, she hadn't reinstated me, she must have forgotten about that bit" he smiled cupping her face and stroking her cheek with his thumb.
She closed her eyes and leaned her face in to his arm hand "I was so afraid she had you, so scared she'd never let you leave" she whispered opening her eyes.
"Keira, I would never marry her, I was prepared to unleash Dark on her if need be, I probably would have been killed for it, but it would have been better than marrying her" Jak smiled
She shook her head "Don't say that...I couldn't bear it if you died...I love you Jak"
"I love you too Keira...now can a guy get a proper welcome back?" he smirked
Keira grinned and got on top of him straddling his waist, he started to unbutton the shirt she had on and he smiled "Is this my shirt?" he asked
She nodded "I wanted to feel close to you, to smell you" she breathed as the last of the buttons was undone, and his hands travelled up her body and started to play with her breasts "What do you think?"
"I think that's the sexist that shirt has ever looked" he breathed as his lips moved to meet hers
Keira giggled "I think it looks better on you" she purred as her lips met his in a deep, slow, sensual kiss.
I'm sure if I'm happy with this chapter, let me know what you think. And no Ashelin is not finished yet.
As ever let me know what you think and thanks for reading. X X X X