Ok I have really gotten into this story. I've just been freakin' goin' at it lol. I'll go back for typos and crap later... much, MUCH later. A.T.

We got there only to deal with a communicator that Keira's voice came through. Other than that, we collected loads of orbs and practiced. We even got a couple of power cells. I was having some trouble along the way. Jak came up behind me and showed me some moves. I blushed a lot from the close contact, like when he was right against my back. And I am pretty sure he noticed. He let me practice more by freeing Keira's stupid scout flies. But we got an orb so I'll suck it up. We messed with some Blue Eco and MAN was I fast. I loved the feeling. Not only that, but everything I passed that we could collect came straight to me. We spent a lot of time on Geyser till it was late. We all laid out on the beach. Daxter had already fallen asleep, leaving just me and Jak. Every now and then I would peer over at him from the corner of my eye, seeing how the moon light made his skin practically glow. I went to look again but he was looking at me this time. I blushed deep red and turned my head the other way. I was actually starting to feel guilty for having a one way crush on Jak while I KNEW he liked the slu- I MEAN Keira! Anyway, I was getting a sad, lonely feeling in the pit of my stomach. I almost felt like crying like a big baby till I felt something warm encase my hand. I looked over to see Jak holding my hand in his much bigger one. I looked to his face and saw him giving me a gentle smile. I slowly smiled back not realizing enough moisture had collecting in my eye to let a single tear fall. Jak wiped it away and moved a bit closer so his head was right next to mine. He looked me straight in the eyes and all I saw was care. I rolled onto my side and laid my head on his shoulder, still holding his hand, and fell asleep. The next morning we all goofed off in the ocean for a while before we went back to the sage's hut. Me and Jak landed on out feet but had to duck when Daxter came flying out of the teleporter. Saimos said we did well, but the danger out North was much harder. Daxter, being Daxter, played it off like it wasn't a huge deal. Not like he's going to be the one FIGHTING or anything.

" Ah, they're no problem. We got the moves aye Jak? We'd love to stay and chat big green but we're uh... itching to get on with our adventures."

I just shook my head. Jak looked over at me and smiled from our friends antics.

" Fine fine. Adventure away then. And while you're out 'Adventuring', why don't you make yourself useful? My darn Green Eco collectors are clogged up again. Head out to the far side of the beach and clear then out why don't you. Follow. The Lamps. They'll take you right there. Now. All of you. GET. OUT OF HERE!"

Needless to say we high tailed it out of there. We went down the wooden walkway to the lower level of the hut to see Keira working on her hoover thing. Daxter walked in like he was all that.

" Hey baby! What do you say you and I go cruisin' on this A grad zoomer."

Keira looked at him strange.

" Rule number one. I don't. Date. Animals."

" Aw. You don't know what you're missin'. Heh heh."

Daxter smoothed his ear back just before Jak smacked him in the back of the head. I hid a laugh behind my hand at Daxter's antics. Daxter looked over his shoulder at Jak and growled at him. I would never understand their strange friendship. Keira shook her head at him and turned to Jak, ignoring me completely.

" Listen, if you need something to keep you busy, my father always talked about an ancient precursor pipe line hidden deep underground. Some of these pipes end in vents from which Eco flows freely, and some have been capped off so that the Eco is sealed back. There must be a way to turn the capped vents on. I traced part of the pipe line back to the forbidden temple. Maybe you should look there for some type of switch."

We went all over Sandover Village, doing favors for the locals. We went to the Mayor, Jak's uncle, the crazy bird lady and the sculptor guy. Some of their favors we couldn't really do yet, but we did what we could. It took a lot of work but we eventually got to the beach and unclogged the green sages Green Eco collectors. Along the way, we knocked a huge egg of a little cliff. It turned out to be a baby flut flut bird. The crazy bird lady took it back to the village. We collected quite a few orbs and power cells there too. After we did as much as we could for the time, we went back to the sages' hut. When we walked him he was looking out the window.

" Oh. It's the conquering hero's. Good. I wanted to talk with you three about something serious. There appears to be quite a bit of lucer activity on Misty Island. I can see the bombarding the precursor silo from my lookout tower. If the lurcer's open it up and release the Dark Eco, we could all end up running around looking as ridiculous as this annoying little specimen. Jak. It's time for you to prove your worth. And Scarlet,"

This whole time I had been leaning against the wall while listening. There was no way I was going to let those two go alone. No matter how scared I was. Somehow though, I got lost in my thoughts about the two which turned into thoughts about just Jak. I'm a love sick idiot I concluded. When Saimos said my name I snapped out of my thoughts and looked up to see them all looking at me.

" Seeing as you're so close to these two and more careful, I want you to go with them. But please be careful my dear. Which means you two idiots better watch her and keep her safe."

Saimos had turned to the boys and began telling them about us having to convince the fisherman guy to lend us his boat. The guy isn't really bad… he just reeks! We went to talk to Keira again. I just leaned on the support beam outside and wasn't really listening. When the boys walked out I was in such deep thought again that Daxter had to jump onto my shoulder and snap his fingers in my ear. Jak looked at me and tilted his head, silently asking what was on my mind. I just shrugged and walked ahead of him. I knew Daxter turned to look at him and shrugged. We had to help that lazy farmer with herding his yakcows back into their pen. Those stupid lurcers are just causing trouble everywhere. After we climbed up to a precursor oracle the sage was always talking about. It said that one of us had 'the light within'. I think it was talking about Jak. And surprise surprise. It wanted a crap ton of orbs for the two power cells it had. Man, everyone and everything are so damn greedy. We still had a lot to do so we left. As we walked toward to Forbidden Jungle, I couldn't help but stare at Jak from behind. What did the oracle mean by 'light within'? Daxter saw me and jumped onto my shoulder.

" Hey sweet cheeks you ok back here?"

When I didn't answer he said something that caught me off guard.

" So. You like Jak?"

I stopped dead in my tracks before staring wide eyed at Daxter. My face turned a deep red. So the kid wasn't as oblivious as I thought.

" I KNEW it! But, he likes Keira."

Of course he would bring that up. I looked down at the sand I kicked with my feet. I started getting this terrible ache in my chest a while ago whenever I saw how Jak looked at her. A few times I went to the far side of the beach and cried alone for a while. Daxter pulled on a few strands of my hair to get my attention before I walked into the cliff wall.

" Don't worry beautiful. You've always got me."

I knew he was trying to make me feel better, so I gave him a small smile even though I really wasn't feeling it. We caught up to Jak who was already at the bridge. When we got to the actual jungle it was constant fighting. I was trying not to freak out from the snakes. I absolutely HATE snakes! We came across the fisherman. He told us about the lucer sharks that took a huge chomp out of his boat and were eating up all the fish. He was right in Daxter's face. Daxter looks like a stink bomb just went off in his face. He made us catch fish for him in order to use his boat. It was really tricky but we also got a a power cell out of it which made it worth it. The fisherman was really happy. Gave us free reign of his boat whenever we needed it. After a crap ton of stuff we connected the beams, faced off a big ugly plant monster, and I nearly broke my hand punching loads of lurcers. I was proud of myself, but also in a lot of pain. We went back for one of the oracles power cells before heading to the mayors. We still had to go to Misty Island but Keira told us we had enough power cells for the heat shield on her zoomer. Hard choice. Go to Misty Island now and get it out the way, or go through the lava zone to turn on the teleporter at the next sages' house. That is IF we live.