Ch12

When I finally reached the stadium with my super speed, I went into Kiera's part of the room and was shocked to see that she wasn't around. "Um... hello? Kiera? Where are you?" I asked aloud, hoping nothing bad had happened to her. "I'm in the bathroom..." Kiera said from behind the small door that held her rift rider. "Is this a bad time?" I asked. "No... I'm almost done... there..." Kiera sighed as she flushed the toilet and I heard her washing her hands.

When she came out of the bathroom, I could tell instantly from behind the curtain, that she was completely naked, save for a large towel on her head. "Er... can I talk to you from this side?" I asked. "That's what I was planning on. I'll put some clothes on soon, don't worry," Kiera said. "Okay... there's something that I... need to confess to you, hon..." I frowned, about to spill the beans about my secret. "What is it?" "You know my partners in the Underground and with Krew?... It's Jak and Daxter..."

I could hear her head bump on the dresser from behind the curtain and knew that she had been surprised. "What?! W-Why didn't you say anything then?!" she exclaimed, poking her head through the curtain to show her hair was still wet but drying because of a floral patterned towel. "Because... I... I think I... um..." "You... you what? Spit it out!" "I... love him..."

Kiera's face went pale for a minute, but then she simply sighed and retreated her head into the curtains again. "So... he's been on these missions with you then?" "Yeah... and you're helping him right this minute as he's in Haven Forest using your Jet Board..." "But... why not just confess first thing? It's not like I'd have been angry at you..." "Well... because I have a lot more in common with Jak... we're both dark eco experiments... we both come from different worlds... we both find Daxter annoying at times... and we even shared a kiss..."

"What?! You KISSED him?!" Kiera asked with a shock. "For a whole minute... said it was his first actual kiss... is that true?" "I...I... Yes..." "If you don't like it, just say the words and I'll stop working with him... it's just that I wanted to have a romantic moment with someone who isn't related to me for once... can you understand what it feels like to be branded as a criminal from birth? To be injected with Dark Eco for two years straight?"

"I...Is that what happened to Jak?" "The only reason he hasn't gone berserk for a while is because I'm helping him keep his cool so he doesn't go feral... whereas Malice on the other hand... well... you know how bloody things can get when she comes out to play..." "Yeah... that scene just yesterday when you attacked the guards? It was brutal... something I never expected you to do..." "But it wasn't me... it was Malice." "Can we get back to the topic of why you want to steal my boyfriend from me?"

I breathed in deeply and exhaled sharply at her question. "If I wouldn't be helping Jak right now, I don't think he'd ever have been able to make it this far... and... I'm going to tell him now... tell him about your real location..." "You lied to both of us?" "Yeah, yeah... I know I let my romantic antics get the better of me... just please... don't be pissed at me because I hid the truth... I just wanted to know what true love actually means..."

I left her with that and went off to find out where Jak and Daxter went to. "Jak? Where are you? I need to talk to you about something important... okay?" I asked into the device. "I'm heading off to the bazaar area to find some information. What's this about something important?" "I'll tell you when I get there."

When I did finally arrive, thanks to me using a zoomer instead of super speed, I noticed that the bodies of several dead Metal Heads were strew across the pavement and Jak was stumped by Ashelin's speech and how she didn't say thanks for helping her defend the citizens. "Jak? What the hell happened here?" I asked, trying to act it out as best I could. "A Metal Head sneak attack, but we handled it... now... what's this about something personal we needed to talk about?" "It's about Kiera... I... maybe kinda fibbed about her identity a bit..." "What do you mean?" "She's... my employer at the track... and I told her about my feelings towards you..."

Cliff hangers just suck don't they?! Don't worry none! I'll get another chapter up in no time!