Chapter 9! Thank you if you reviewed or are planning to review. It means the world to me to know that people like my stories so thank you to all! Sorry for not updating in so long, ive been busy.
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"Maddy!" Kiera yelled as I walked into Samos' hut. "Where were you? We were so worried! But Jak made it seem like you wanted to be left alone." She roughly hugged me.
"I'm sorry, Kiera, I just needed a night alone to, ahh, think." I said awkwardly. I inconspicuously glanced around and saw Jak in the corner of the hut, hiding in the shadows. I looked back at Kiera and said, "Oh, umm, we didn't get the Power Cells from the mayor, I'll go get them."
"Ok." Kiera said curiously. She could tell I was avoiding something.
As I was walking to the mayor's house I realized how weird this was going to be; adventuring with Jak and Daxter, while trying to not look at Jak twice.
As I walked into the mayor's house he said, "Oh, what a wonderful sight! I thank you! And the entire village will thank me. You have restored power to the village and guaranteed my re-election! And for that, my girl, you've earned a Power Cell!" He was practically leaping with excitement, and I could see his flab jiggling. "So you uh, want to make a contribution? Goooood... A sizeable one, I hope." He paused and looked over to see how many precursor orbs I was holding. "Yoo! Yes, this is a sizeable contribution! Why, I just hope this Power Cell adequately represents my gratitude." He looked me up and down.
"No, thank you, for the Power Cell, I mean."
"Oh, you're quite welcome, young lady!" He had been inching closer to me the whole time, so I turned around to walk away.
When I did, I felt his hand smack my ass, and I screeched. "You perve. . ." I started before I was cut off by the scuffling by the door and I saw a very pissed off looking Jak standing there. 'Oh this can't be good.' I thought as I saw him fly towards the mayor.
"Hey! You little bastard! Get off me!" The Mayor yelled as he was pinned to the ground by Jak.
"Jak get off of him!" I yelled and walked up to him and started tugging on his shoulder.
"Yes! Listen to the little slut!" The Mayor growled from under Jak.
"Are you really one to be insulting me now?" I asked, royally pissed. This wasn't how the game went, the Mayor couldn't die. I didn't know if he did if it would have any affect whatsoever on the game, but I couldn't take the chance. "He could kill you with one twitch of his hand." Jak slightly moved his hand and the mayor flinched.
Deciding to ignore the perverted mayor, I went back to trying to get Jak off of him. "Jak. Please don't hurt him. He didn't mean anything bad." I said softly. The death glare I shot the Mayor completely contradicted my gentle I slowly started stroking Jak's arm where my hand was. "Jak, please get off. Please." I said tenderly, gradually tailing my fingers until they were stroking his cheek, and moved into his hair. My hands were out of my control now. They wouldn't stop.
I marveled at the texture of his incredibly soft hair that was in the shape of a flame. I felt him lean into my hand, and took my chance. "Jak, sweetie, get off." The endearment slipped out unconsciously. "Come with me. We'll go through the Lava Tube, and start our adventure with Daxter." He slowly got off the man underneath him. The Mayor got up and huffily brushed himself off.
Shooting on more glare at the mayor I took Jak's hand in mine and walked out the door, him following suit. I loved the sensation of his hand in mine; they fit like a key in lock.
Maybe Jak and I were meant to be together. Everything seemed to lead to it. Especially the psychic connection.
I looked at Jak, and the look on his face broke all resolve I had. He had a look of pure innocence, like everything in the world could hurt him, yet nothing at all. He was opening himself up to me, showing me everything, and I couldn't help but be touched by it. I felt the tears threatening to come to my eyes, and tried not to let him.
I couldn't hold myself anymore; I leaned in and surprised him with a soft kiss. Nothing special, but I could feel a spark. When we both leaned back I saw him grinning at me.
"So are we official now?"
"I think we are." I said smiling back at him.
O.o.O
"I'm driving this time." I stated boldly. Jak and Kiera both looked at me like I was insane, so I felt the need to clarify, "Last time Jak drove I just about hurled."
Kiera laughed and said, "All right; if that's alright with you Jak." She looked over at him and he nodded. "Ok, so you three remember, when you get to the Blue Sage's lab, hit the warp gate button, and that should turn it on for me and Daddy to get through." She paused and then looked around. "Oh, and the Lava Tube is hot, so I've put out a couple of balloons filled with hot water to cool you down."
I walked over to the Zoomer and threw my leg over and got positioned correctly, and then I remembered Jak was going to be sitting on this, too, so I scooted forward. He walked over and got on behind me, looping has arms around my waist. I couldn't help but feel a small tingle and when I looked back at him he was grinning.
Looking forward I put my foot on the pedal and hesitantly pushed down on the gas. The machine surprised me by lurching forward and then stopping.
"I thought you said you had driven one of these before, Maddy!" Daxter said.
"I said we had them, not that I had driven one!" I said before putting my foot on the pedal again, and zooming forward. I quickly got the hang of it and was soon maneuvering my way through Lurkers, dodging Dark Eco boxes, and hitting water balloons. I loved the speed, and I could see why Jak loved to go so fast.
And there it was; just ten yards infront of us was the Zoomer Pad. I was so happy and said a quick, "Yeah!" before I heard the "Beep!" of the heat monitor. It was telling us we were about to over heat and explode.
"This can't be happening." I moaned out loud before I threw all of my weight into my right foot to push the pedal. We shot forward faster than I had thought possible. Just as the beeping reached its maximum point, I landed on the Zoomer Pad.
I let out an astonished "Yeah!" and stumbled off the piece of overheated metal and tumbled to the ground until I was sitting with my legs crisscrossed. "Well, that was … fun?" I said questioningly.
"Let's not let her drive again, eh Jak?" Daxter said before jumping off Jak's shoulder to, presumably, empty the contents of his stomach.
After getting over my spell of dizziness, I stood up and walked over to Jak. "Well lets go." I said.
He looked at me and suddenly he pulled me into a bone crushing hug, and I felt him plant a small kiss on top of my head. "You did so well." I heard inside my head.
"I almost killed us!" I protested.
"But you didn't, and that's all that matters." He said before pulling me into a kiss that made me lose all the breath I had so recently regained.
When I pulled back I saw an incredulous Daxter standing two feet in front of Jak and me. "So you two are a . . . thing now?" He said slowly, and I flushed a tomato red. Jak just nodded proudly and took my head before pulling me towards the blue sages hut.
Daxter jumped on Jak's shoulder and started staring at me. His stare obviously said, if you hurt him, I hurt you. It was palpable that he cared for Jak immensely. I nodded to show him I understand and he looked away with a satisfied look on his face.
When we reached the Blue Sages hut, we walked in and it looked like a hurricane had touched down inside.
We walked over the button and I jumped up and down, using all of my weight to push the button that didn't want to be pushed. Jak walked over as I got off and jumped once and the button pushed. "You're bigger than I am." I said, being playfully sulky.
Suddenly, Samos the Sage popped out of the Teleportation ring. "Woah! I don't think I'll ever get used to that teleporter tingling sensation." He shook himself off, "Hey! It looks like the Blue Sage threw a party!" He said incredulously.
"Oh my! Rock Village is on fire!" Kiera said while looking down at the small village.
"One HECK of a party!" Samos said enviously and I chuckled against my will.
"No, no! I mean Rock Village is being bombarded with flaming boulders!" She said while pointing to the diminutive town. "Oh! But it looks like the Blue Sage is working on a levitation machine to move them! Assuming it's opertational, we're gonna need Power Cells to fuel it! I guess you three will have to find some more." She said, finally looking away from her telescope where Daxter had been not so discreetly staring at her butt.
"We'd better take a look at his notes. Maddy, go check on the villagers, then come back and give us an update. And those two with you." He jabbed his thumb over his shoulder. It made me happy how he seemed to refer to me as the leader, but I knew Jak was.
"Well, let's go boys!" I said as I walked out the door, wiggling my ass as I went.