The brunette stepped beside the renegade as they entered the bar once more. Krew sensed their presence and turned with a smirk, "You three are turning out to be quite useful, ey? Mmm, I have another task for you. The Sewers used to be a fabulous smuggling route for me before the Baron installed security devices."

"And before those late night snack runs kept you from fitting out the

front door" the ottsel commented. Krew sneered at the orange ferret.

Audrey crossed her arms in front of her, "I bet you've hatched another 'brilliant' plan in that hungry little brain of yours. So... who or what do we have to shake down, knock out, or blow up?" she smirked haughtily .

Jak stared at her in incredulity. She took the words right out of his mouth word by word exactly. How would she know that though?

Krew had interrupted his thoughts when he spoke again," Well, I need someone to go down and shoot every Sentry Gun in the Sewers, and I'd give you a sweet weapon upgrade if you succeed." He winked at the brunette who in return scowled.

"Let me guess... Dank, murky water? Reeks worse than your breath at an oyster fest?"

The fat mans eye twitched in aggravation.

"Fuller o' Metal Heads than your plate at a one pass buffet?"

Okay daxter that's enough.

Krew emitted a low growl from his throat.

"And of course, weapons more lethal than your 'ever so tighty whiteys!' on a hot summer day?" the man looked about ready to murder," Look, donut hole, why don't WE float around here looking hot and heavy, and YOU go roto-root the pipes?"

"We're not doing anything until you tell us why Metal Heads are trading with the Baron's forces!" Jak growled.

"I should have had you knee-capped, ey?" krew barked. He hauled his machine away from the three, "All I know is that the Baron cut a desperate deal with the Metal Head leader. Mmmmm, Metal Heads need eco, so the Baron supplies them with regular shipments. In return, the Metal Heads Agreed to attack the city just enough to satisfy the Baron's continued rule."

"Yeah, but how long can that deal last?" the blonde asked.

"Well, the Baron is running short on eco, 'ey? And the Metal Heads are short on patience. Baron Praxis NEEDS this war to keep in power. Otherwise, the city would put the true ruler on the throne, wherever that little brat is." The man growled.

"The baron is stupid to think a deal like that will hold." Audrey glared heatedly.

"I'd watch my mouth if I we're you, ey girly?" Krew threatened.

"Daxter, Audrey and I will clear your sewers. And, we haven't forgotten about that weapons upgrade you promised in return." The renegade smirked.

Audrey chuckled darkly and followed out the door.

"Blood suckers!"

"Well, here it is"

They arrived in the middle of the industrial section. In one corner of the street a ramp lead down to into the sewer in which the trio now stood outside of. A faint yet strong odor began to stretch out towards them. Daxter wafted away the smell from his nose," pew yew, it reeks down there! And we have to go in there?" he complained.

"Yup, pretty gross, huh?"

"Yea no kidding" Jak added. Audrey giggled," Well good luck you two." Jak frowned, "Wait you're not coming?"

The brunette smiled softly, "Not this time, I have an errand to run, ill meet you back at the underground when you get the chance, oh and watch out for the metal heads down there!"

Jak and Daxter watched her make her way across the street before disappearing in the crowd.

"Where do you think she's goin'?"

Jak shrugged. Whatever she had to do he'll find out later. The blonde proceeded down the ramp and waited for the heavy doors to open.

(oh no! where'd Audrey go!?)

Having finished the mission, getting a new toy and beating the said toy's record, Jak and Daxter headed back to the underground. Once they stepped in they looked around the room.

No Audrey.

"One of the Baron's mining operations is under attack by the Metal Heads," Torn informed.

"That's not OUR problem." Jak scowled.

"It IS our problem when the foreman's one of the Underground's best informants!" torn barked bringing his hands down on the table, "His name is Vin, and he's just valuable enough to save. Find the warp gate at the Power Station and use it to travel to the Strip Mine so you can rescue Vin's pathetic hide".

Daxter hopped on to the table, "Hey, Tattooed Wonder, how come we get all the crappy missions?!"

"Because I... DON'T... LIKE... YOU!" He emphasized every word with hinted malice, forcing the ottsel to back away. Daxter fell off the table and landed on the floor on his back agreeing nervously," Fair enough...

"Whatever deal the Baron made with the Metal Heads, the city's eco is almost gone, and his time is running out. If we don't get the kid back on the throne soon, there may not be a city left to defend!" Torn noticed the girl wasn't with them," where's your girlfriend?" Jak glared at the ex commander. A slight red tint marked his cheeks," she not my girlfriend and I don't know."

"heh, whatever, get goin'"

Jak took that as his queue to leave.

The renegade and his companion saved Vin from the strip mine and returned back to the power station, leaving the nervous wreck to his devices.

Krew had called Jak from the communicator and asked them to come by. The communicator, no bigger then a cell phone really, was pocketed away just in time to see a running, out of breath, female run towards them with a goofy grin on her face.

"Took ya long enough'," Daxter scowled, hands at his hips. Audrey sucked in a deep breath,"he- sorry-about that. I had to do something, but I'm back! What I miss?"

"Not much, were about to go see krew"

"Ugh, again?" She sighed. Jak chuckled and dragged the whining girl back to the bar.

"I have a proposition for you, Jak. Racing is the biggest sport in the city! Erol is the undisputed grand champion. He's crazy and dangerous on the track. Haha. My kind of guy." Krew chuckled, " Only a fool would dare race against him, 'ey! And that's where you three come in. A client of mine is looking for a fast driver for her racing team. Here's a security pass to get you into the stadium section." He handed Jak the pass, krew took out a packet of paper from behind him, "Uh, and your contract, with just a few trifles for me. I've ah, already signed your name to save time, mmmmmnn."

In an instant, Daxter reached for it and started reading aloud," We the racers hereby agree to give Krew all proceeds from race earnings, endorsement fees, broadcast royalties, syndications residuals, vehicle sponsorships, mall appearance fees, collectible card assets, fast-food tie-ins, use of likeness rights, talk show deals, clothing lines, all print rights including book, novella, comic, pamphlet, tickertape, neon sign and bathroom graffiti designs..."

As he spoke, Jak started to feel lethargic, but still kept listening. Audrey had leaned into the blonde resting her head on his shoulder dozed off. Daxter turned a page on the contract, took a deep breath and started reading Again, "Toy rights, shoe lines, mood rings, game rights."

"GAME RIGHTS!?" He screeched, waking the other two up in a startle.

Daxter brought his attention back towards the contact and continued, "Vitamin endorsements, city kickbacks, movie deals, and of course, all death and dismemberment accident insurance claims…"

"Heh heh heh... we can work out the tiny details later." He laughed," If you can get from here to the Race Garage near the stadium in less than 3 minutes, my client said that she would consider letting you drive for her team. Make me proud, mmmm!"

Jak waved him off and they stepped outside.

The cold brisk air slapped them awake. Audrey yawned and stretched while Jak grabbed a zoomer.

Just as the female was about to get on behind him and idea popped into her head," hold on a sec"

She looked up above her and waited until a similar zoomer came by she leapt into the air and grabbed a hold of one of the panels. She swung herself up effectively kicking the driver off his seat. The man ran off in terror lucky for her.

Jak chuckled at her," what, you don't trust me?" "Psh, please, Jak. Don't make me laugh. You drive like a speed demon and nearly crashed us into a building" she stuck her tongue out; "let's make this a race shall we?"

"Alright, what terms?"

The brunette thought about it for a moment," Winner gets to drive from now on"

"And, the loser?"

"Loser has to pay for the next meal"

"You're on"

"Hey don't I get a say in this?!"

"No" "no"

The ottsel pouted and grabbed on to his best friend's shoulder tightly, "alright! On my mark!" Daxter shouted.

"Get set!"

He looked between racers with a big grin.

"GO!"

The two flew off in a blur. They passed between buildings and tried to cut each other off. They had made it into the 'better' part if the city with Audrey in the lead. She looked behind her shoulder and laughed at the receding Jak, "better hurry up jakkie boy!"

They flew atop the water way bridge. Jak smirked and disappeared under the bridge. Audrey looked back again only to see he wasn't behind her "Oh yea!" She took this as a victory sign and whooped.

"Hey sweetheart!"

"wha-?"Confused, she looked around her but she didn't see the owner of the voice or his partner.

"Down here!" the voice echoed.

Audrey glimpsed below her to see the orange ottsel waving up at her with a smug grin on his face. Jak was in the water way cutting corners and gaining momentum.

"Shit!"

She picked up the speed nearly knocking into a kg. Jak changed hover zones as they both headed to the end of the bridge effectively cutting her off and taking the lead, "NO!" he heard her shout. They took a sharp right and jerked a couple other turns. The stadium was just a few feet away from them. Audrey speed up and the two were head to head. The brunette was surly going to make it there first, but of course fate had other ideas. A large truck like zoomer crossed her line of vision and she immediately cranked the breaks and jerked away before crashing into the vehicle. Jak went ahead and crossed the finish line.

"whoo! Oh yea were bad!" Daxter yelled out victoriously. A minute later Audrey came up with a scowl on her face, "whatever, that was a foul!"

"Was not! We won fair and square" Daxter pointed challengingly.

"No way! A damn truck nearly killed me!"

"aw too bad! What'cha gonna do about it? huh?"

Audrey jumped off the zoomer and lunged for the rodent only to get caught by the winner," hehe, take it easy munchkin…"

"MUNCHKIN!?" she screeched, "did you seriously call me munchkin!?"

The boy chuckled," well you're not exactly tall to call you otherwise" he pointed out. Audrey fumed and crossed her arms in front of her. It was true. Standing at 5'2' compared to Jak's 5'8 she was on the small side.

"That's right folks, Audrey's a sore loser AND a midget!" Daxter took delight in teasing the girl, as he continued on with all sorts of nicknames. Audrey stepped on his tail earning her a death glare and line of profanities her way. She looked away as if innocent and whistled a tune. Jak rolled his eyes and patted the girl on the back, "not bad though, you gave me a run for my money" "seriously?" she perked. "heh, yea. Maybe next time will go at it again and I might just let you win" he chuckled as he began to walk away.

Audrey gaped," let me win!? Might!? Jak you get back here!" she ran after the running renegade with a fist in the air.

"Alright, alright, calm down, there's enough to go around" Audrey called out as she stirred the huge pot of stew with a ladle.

The children were gaining anxiousness in the line as they waited for their meal excitedly; "alright-y, here you go," she took the child's bowl and filled it with soup before doing the same to the next.

A plump woman with graying brown hair in a messy bun next to her smiled fondly at the young girl, "thank you so much Audrey, you've been such a big help around here, I can't thank you enough for all the trouble we've put you through"

"Don't mention it Priscilla. It's no trouble at all," the brunette smiled at the woman. Audrey volunteered at the haven orphanage in the slums. She started not long after her arrival in haven when she spotted two children out in the street with ragged clothing and dirt on their sad faces. She had asked them for their parents but they said they didn't have any.

They had no place to go, so she took them back home to Osmos' shop and got them cleaned up. The old man gave her directions to the orphanage and she wounded up helping out every chance she could.

"How's the new job, the one you've been telling me about?" she asked as she grabbed for more utensils and passed them to the children. She had a slight British accent in her words.

Audrey paused and cleared her throat, for a moment she had thought of Jak and the underground but Priscilla and the children couldn't know, so she lied instead, "oh, um great! It's been pretty good. Pays okay, but I'm not complaining." Priscilla smiled, "as I always say, any money is good money!" the women stated, "heh yea" Audrey chuckled nervously, "so anything new?"

"Oh the boys have been getting into a fuss about some man they call a 'hero' or what nonsense" she huffed.

Audrey raised an eyebrow, "a hero? Where are they getting that?"

Priscilla looked around and leaned in closer, "There was a breakout at the prison recently, a man and the baron is going out and about to find him. Apparently the same man blew up a section of the Crimson guard security unit. It's supposed to be some kind of rebellious act against the baron of some sort, eh, what do I know?"

"Really? That's daring" Audrey commented as she watched the plump woman pick up a bin of dirty dishes.

"Stupid is more like it! He is going to get us all killed." She whispered harshly to the brunette so the kids wouldn't get riled up. Audrey nodded, "has there been anything else?" she whispered back.

"They say a woman has been seen with him but they can't be sure. They say this man is dangerous, sweetie I'd be careful if I were you. Don't stay out at night for too long. Whoever the man is, he is bad news." with that said, Priscilla left behind the kitchen doors leaving Audrey to think about the conversation.

"Thank you again Audrey! And please come back any time. the children love it when you visit" Priscilla held Audrey's hand affectionately. Audrey couldn't help but smile back, "don't worry, I'll be back soon, promise!" Audrey waved at the boys and girls crowding around the doorway as she walked away.

So the baron is looking for her now. This made things more interesting and more troubling. He can't find out who she is. Who knows what would happen. What if he did find her and somehow made a connection to the orphanage. No. she can't let him do that. She needed to be more careful.

Audrey sighed in frustration. Life just kept throwing things at her face. She pulled out her communicator and checked the time on the corner of the screen, it was 4: 45 pm.

Jak was probably done by now since she left almost two hours ago. She cursed herself mentally and began to jog back to the entrance of the sewer. It took her 10 minutes to get there just in time to see Jak and Daxter on their way.

(Author's note)

hey everyone! i'm back! i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

so we found out what Audrey likes to do in her spare time so that's a plus.

now to those of you who review (btw your awesome!) i know i havent gotten around to replying to you but dont get me wrong, ive tried! like a hundred times. in my author's notes i write a reply to each one of you but everytime i try to submit the damn document online my internet freezes up and everything gets erased which is why i like to keep this note as short as i can because the internet is going screwy and my computer is old :/

but i really like to thank you guys and i will try to reply soon as i can.

im really glad you guys like the story and i'm updating as fast as i can.

angelnieves1656: i am planning to make this story go into the third game and possibly the fourth. i believes that when everything is going to spice up even more so watch out for that ;) and i dont want to give too much away about the 'oil like' substance found in Audrey world but you are heading into the right direction and im planning to get into more detail about that in the story as it progresses.

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