I'm baaaack! Yes! Don't hate me! Pleeease! My computer was broken and I had to move and stuff went doooown..BUT it's okay now cause Niomi's back…YAY!
This chapter turned out extremely long but you guys deserve it. My story will not be abandoned..that is ridiculous. I shall move forwards! *strikes a pose*
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This chapter is the best I've done so far I think. I spent a lot of time on it and I've been widening my skills on writing in school and at work so I put it to the test in this chapter changing some styles. But I think it turned out to be for the better. Tell me what you think neh?
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Landing the Zoomer I hopped off and looked around, pulling the coordinate screen from my pocket. I looked at it and sure enough I was getting close.
"Well I could have told you that. It's right there."
I closed my eyes annoyed as I walked on. I stepped over different branches, being careful from falling as I looked up at the barrier.
"Okay sooo…" I looked at the red KG Gate, "How are we supposed to get through this exactly?"
"The pass dumbass." I blinked, pulling out Ashlin's pass and went to the gate lock.
"Well you're rude," I muttered hotly. I scanned the pass and the gate fell almost instantly. I glanced behind me shortly before going through. Reclosing the gate again I looked around.
"We need to hurry. If people find out we're in here we'll never get to that portal," he said. I nodded in agreement, my green eyes glancing around. I walked forwards, looking at the tall light blue Eco Barrier and eventually came to a halt.
"How the hell am I supposed to get around this thing?" I asked frowning. The voice sighed.
"Well if we get in it's a two mile radius till we get to the Warp Gate anyways. Using the Eco energy you have could prove useful IF we work together," he said seriously. I frowned softly, my snake like eyes changing to worry.
I backed up a bit, grasping my arm, "I don't know. What if I can't control it…?" It was quiet before he spoke again his softer.
"I'll be right here," he said reassuringly. The way he said that made me feel lighter and I nodded standing stronger.
"Right. Let's try it." I stepped back some, tightening my gloves.
"Okay. Goggles on and focus. Just like before in the sewer," he explained. I nodded, pulling the goggles over my eyes and breathed out. I felt my eyes change and I clenched my gloved fists, focusing like I did in the sewers.
"This better work," I hissed, spreading my feet.
"Focus, Ki," he reminded as my fists sparked.
Purple came off of me but it didn't hurt, my hair lifting. I kept on, letting the Eco in me spread for the warmth it was. Suddenly it focused all to my fists and I slammed them together, purple electricity around them.
"Ready?"
I nodded and waited for the okay, my body able to withstand it so far.
"Kida!"
"Right-!" I ran forwards before yelling out and slamming my fist hard on the gate. The clash was enough to send anyone flying back but I held my ground, my hair whipping around my face.
The Eco barrier flashed a few times as if it were trying to withstand, the Eco from me fighting back. My boots dug in the dirt and I opened an eye, growling some.
I breathed out, my muscles aching, "I can't-"
"You can! Push harder!"
I shook my head, my knees growing weak as I shut my eyes before hearing an explosion. I screamed lightly, flying backwards before I slammed into a tree, sliding to the ground limply.
"Kida!"
"Oh man, Kida! I just saw through the raider something happened!" I grunted lifting my head as the communicator floated around me. I watched it hover in front of me and could faintly see Vin through the orange screen.
"I'm fine, Vin." I smiled and stood, pushing against it to get it out of my face. I shook my head some, pulling my goggles off of my face to hang around my neck. My hair fell in my face some but I didn't mind. I stepped forwards and looked at the Eco barrier..Or what was..the Eco Barrier.
"It seems like you need practice on control there, Ki. You nearly killed yourself" Rolling my eyes I nodded firmly, the communicator next to my head.
"I broke through didn't I?" I muttered.
"It looks like you did it, Kida!" I smiled in agreement to Vin's voice as the robotic looking screen flew around my head a few times.
"Like I said before, I've put the coordinates into your tracker," I pulled said screen out and saw we only had a little ways to go. My now green eyes looked at the screen again as Vin continued rather frantically, "If you go the route I set in, I can help ya out from here while you do the rest!"
While walking to the warp gate my mind had wandered. And not all of the thoughts were positives. It was more the thoughts of 'what if' if you catch my drift. For example..what if this entire thing was a waste of time and I was never going to get this man out of my head.
"Hey now that's just wrong."
I tsked lightly, climbing down a small hill easily, "Don't start. I hate you being in my head just as much as you do."
If I could see him I would have clearly seen a scowl, "Oh I doubt that. I was there when your whole thing with Jak started." I heard the disgust in his voice and frowned.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I said this outloud, a bite to my tone. The voice huffed very loudly.
"When you slept with Jak!" I blushed bright red, stumbling to a stop and he scoffed.
"Yeah. I was there!"
I slowed my steps for a while, my heart in my ears, and he spoke again, "No need to be shy now I read your mind. From the day you fell for the damn guy to the day you confessed your love to him.."
"You are rude sometimes," I confirmed walking further.
"Sometimes is not the right word, Kida. I'm rude all of the time. You'll figure that out." I shook my head furiously. I put my hands in my hair as my head pounded. The emotions from both of us were effecting me.
"What is your problem with me!"
"I have to guard an overly beautiful girl for a reason unknown to me! And to make things even better you're in love with someone else!"
My breath hitched and my eyes snapped open. I stared at the ground, halting my movements. It was like it echoed in my mind, the hands in my hair loosening.
"..what..?" I breathed softly. I heard nothing and my chest pinged with hurt but it felt like it wasn't mine. I didn't hear him again and a part of me knew he just didn't want to talk..the other part knowing he didn't mean to say those words at all.
I started walking again when the camera started floating around me. I heard Vin's voice and that brought me back to the objective of what I was doing. I needed that damn jewel.
"It seems like the warp gate is straight ahead. It's up and running too! U-Um make sure you're careful! I fear that I won't have very good connection with where ever you're going through this warp gate, Kida!"
I listened to Vin's words, seeing I was approaching the golden ring. I looked at the orange camera and nodded, pulling off a smile.
"Thanks, Vin." I stared at him through the screen, speaking slowly, "Remember what I said about Jak. It's getting later so I'm pretty sure he will be searching for me soon. I'm sure he'll come to you first."
"Tch.." I ignored the male in my head and continued on with my instructions, pulling out my blue communicator that was given to me by Onin.
"Vin, I need you to record this for me," I stated. The goggle wearing male nodded and pressed a button. I saw the camera flash before the red light shined. I smiled a little, waving some.
"Hey, Jak. Daxter. First off don't be mad. I'm safe. Well..no yeah I'm safe," I shrugged some, "I know you'll have my ass later for this but bear with me. This is something I need to. It's important to me.."
"To us…"
I paused before nodding in agreement, my face serious, "It's important to us." Shaking my head I shut my eyes, "Look I know..it sounds like this is a goodbye message but it's not. I can't really word this any other way without making it sound any more dangerous than it really is."
Looking at the camera again I gave pleading look, "Just try to understand. I need to get to the Ruins outside of town. But before I do that I have to get a special jewel. Onin said that only I will be able to come and go once I get the jewel so don't even think about coming after me."
Vin's voice sounded through and I blinked, "Kida it looks like KG are headed your way! I think they noticed the rift in the gate!"
His voice cut in and out and I looked behind me sure enough hearing gun shots.
I glared, "Shit!"
"Kida, hurry this up!" I heard his impatient voice in my ears and shook my head quickly.
"Vin, when you see I've made it through deactivate the gate," I ordered. Vin came in through the other side.
"You do that and there's no way out!" I looked at the camera again and held up Onin's device.
"Go to Onin. She'll give you coordinates on where I am. I don't think I'll be able to contact you again, Jak. I'm sorry. I-"
"Kida, down!"
I blinked dropping to my hands and knees just as something flew passed my head and slamming into the orange camera. I covered my head from the explosion to the camera and turned seeing more KG.
"How the hell did they get through the Eco Barrier!" I hissed, turning and running. I jumped over some branches and saw the warp gate right ahead.
"Doesn't matter now. Jump!"
I tuned over my shoulder and shook my head, jumping head first into the gate and it stopped glowing, Vin deactivating it just as I said.
3rd Person
"C'mon, Jak. Its gonna be fine! I mean if Jinx didn't know where she was who else really would besides Sig!" Daxter drawled this from Jak's shoulder, his darker blue orbs on Jak's frowning face.
The blonde shook his head, glancing around as he made his way through south town. Something had been off in him ever since Kida left. He didn't feel…at ease. The way she looked when she left, it seemed distant.
"Something's wrong. There's something she's not telling us, Dax." Jak went towards Vin's shop, his tone set. The Ottsel shut his eyes sighing.
"Ki has her reasons." Jak frowned looking at his friend seriously.
"They better be good." The door slid open and he walked in, his arms crossing, "If it's got any connection to the Baron and that kid she'll stop at nothing. You know that."
Daxter frowned shrugging, "What if it's something personal?"
Jak didn't answer that one. He didn't know how. In reality he just wanted to keep Kida safe. Her anger, her personality, everything altered for reasons unknown to him. Although as Keira said he really couldn't be one to judge.
He used to be a mute..now look at him.
Jak's thoughts were shattered when they got to the main floor and saw Vin pacing around franticly. Jak shifted, shrugging some, his blue eyes neutral.
"What's wrong now, Vin?"
Dax leaned over in Jak's ear, waving his finger around his furry ear, "Remember he's a little "woooo" in the head."
Jak chuckled but waved his friend off, waiting for the panicked man to talk. Vin looked over at both of them and almost squeaked, jumping and running around faster.
"I gotta get that tape! Oh wait no she told me to say nothing.! Man oh man this is gettin' really difficult to work with!"
Jak stopped when he spoke of "she" and instantly turned serious, his arms unfolding.
"Vin..what do you know…?"
Dax blinked at his friends tone and then looked at Vin confused. By the reaction to the tech genius he could say Jak was straight on.
"I-I-I don't know what you're talkin' about Jak! Maybe you've got the wrong guy!" Vin frantically said running to the huge screen. He was trying to search for the recording Kida left but couldn't find it.
The silver haired male started mumbling to himself about insufficiency in his computer to help the girl and suddenly Jak was standing behind him.
"Vin. Tell me what you know..now." At the growl Vin spun quickly, leaning back against his computer and looking for an escape.
"I, uh, don't know what to tell you Jak!"
Daxter jumped down on the computer stand next to Vin's hand. He wagged his tail along with his finger, standing at a slanted pose with his hands on his his hip.
"Well first off, you can tell us where she is! Then you can explain to us why you're not allowed to tell us!" he yelled this stomping his foot.
"Hey, Jak. Daxter."
Jak's blue eyes shot up to the large screen at the sound of Kida's voice. Daxter blinked, stepping back a few times and saw the caramel colored girls upper body. She started speaking and all three of them stared.
"First off don't be mad. I'm safe. Well…"
At her pause Jak raised a green brow and saw she thought about it, looking around the area that seemed like a forest. Then she nodded and looked at the camera again surely. "No yeah I'm safe," Kida shrugged some, "I know you'll have my ass later for this but bear with me. This is something I need to. It's important to me.."
Daxter frowned worriedly at her words, seeing she grew a bit sad. Glancing down she looked at the camera, nodding again, "It's important to us.."
Jak looked at Vin confused, "Who's 'us'?"
Vin shrugged holding up his hands, "Don't ask me! The entire time it's like she was arguing with herself. She kept yellin' random stuff outloud! But by my readings and everything else she gave me she went all by herself."
Jak frowned looking back up. This message worried him. It worried everyone in the room for it sounded like she was doing something that would seriously effect..everything.
Jak watched as she shook her head some and shut her eyes for a moment, "Look I know..it sounds like this is a goodbye message but it's not. I can't really word this any other way without making it sound any more dangerous than it really is."
Kida's green eyes shinned as she looked down at all three of them from the large screen, her orbs pleading.
"Just try to understand. I need to get to the Ruins outside of town." Jak and Dax looked at each other, having the same idea of where it was before Kida spoke once more, "But before I do that I have to get a special jewel. Onin said that only I will be able to come and go once I get the jewel so don't even think about coming after me."
Jak's blue eyes went wide just as Dax's as they yelled in unison, "Onin!"
Vin jumped some, nodding and pressing rewind on the message, "Y-Yeah! She mentions Onin a lot actually. Said something about a special job."
Jak watched Vin rewound the tape some and the orange Ottsel snapped crossing his arms.
"THAT'S why she went to see Onin earlier!" Jak merely nodded, listening intently as Vin pressed play.
"Onin said that only I will be able to come and go once I get the jewel so don't even think about coming after me."
Jak tsked at that and Dax sighed. Kida knew them well.
"What jewel is she talking about?" Jak shook his head, not being able to answer Dax's question.
Vin's voice sounded through and Jak looked up again along with Dax and the owner to the frantic tone.
"Kida, it looks like KG are headed your way! I think they noticed the rift in the gate!"
Kida's attention spiked and she swiftly turned around, her dark hair flying around her. Jak shook his head frowning and Daxter shrunk back in fear, his ears laying flat. For them it was as if they were watching a scary movie. Gun shots were heard and they all watched as Kida narrowed her snake like green eyes.
"Shit!" The girl shook her head quickly, speaking demandingly.
"Vin, when you see I've made it through deactivate the gate."
Vin looked down sadly and Jak frowned, thinking the same words Vin had yelled at Kida, "You do that and there's no way out!" Kida focused on the camera again and held up a blue device.
"Go to Onin. She'll give you coordinates on where I am." Jak nodded and Dax sat up as if she could see them both. Kida suddenly sighed, staring straight at Jak.
"I don't think I'll be able to contact you again, Jak. I'm sorry. I-" Everyone watched as Kida blinked and suddenly ducked a bullet hitting the camera straight on before it blew up.
Vin and Dax jumped some but Jak remained still. It seemed as if he were in shock. If she hadn't of ducked her head would have come clean off..
Dax put a hand on his friends shoulder and frowned worriedly.
"J-Jak..?" Said man merely nodded at Vin.
"We'll be back. Try and contact her through this communicator as much as possible," he ordered lightly.
Vin nodded quickly, hooking the device to the large computer. Jak turned and headed for the exit causing Dax to get confused.
"Where are we going?" Jak looked at him and shook his head gently.
"If she waited till now to tell us this, it means it's something she has to do on her own. That's not going to stop me from making sure she's safe and alive."
Dax nodded in understanding as Jak hopped on a one seated Zoomer. Jak looked over his shoulder for a moment before spinning and heading to the Bazaar.
"We do what Kida told us. Onin first. Once we track her coordinates there we can give them to Vin," he explained. Dax started to get it and smiled some.
"Then we can get to her location and track to see if there's a way to get her a wrap gate!" Jak smirked a bit at the fact Dax had caught on and looked forwards again.
"Yeah.."
Dax frowned seeing Jak's face faded and voiced the blondes thoughts.
"Unless Kida doesn't want to be found.." Jak shut his eyes for a moment.
"Then we'll go to the ruins…"
Y-Yeah…it's um…is another cliffhanger….
*gets shot*
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