As the trio returned to town, they got a message from Krew that he had a proposition for them, and to meet him at his bar if they were interested. As Onin did not yet have answers for them regarding the artifacts and Torn hadn't contacted them for anything, the group decided to investigate, as they had nothing better to do.
When the trio arrived, Krew got straight down to business. "Zoomer racing is the biggest sport in the city," he explained. "Has been for the past six years since personal Zoomer technology became widespread as the means of inter-district transportation. Before that, there was only military grade anti-grav, and even that was clunky and rarely used. Erol is the undisputed grand champion. He's crazy...and dangerous on the track." He smirked. "And he's the Baron's right hand man."
"So knocking him off his championship pedestal will take him down a few pegs and burn his temper?" Jak asked. "Making him easier to fight?"
"While you clean up by taking bets regarding the 'underdog'?" Daxter added.
"You're sharp, fellows," Krew replied with a chuckle. "I like that in those who work for me...but make sure you don't cut yourself with your wits. Such wounds have a tendency to...suppurate." He quickly brushed it off. "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." He tossed the pass to Jak. "Oh, and your racing contract. I acted as your agent, with just a...few trifles for me."
Shining carefully examined the contract. "So...did she include this clause that says the entire contract is subject to her analysis of our first race, at which point she can completely invalidate it for renegotiation directly with the racer?" He gestured to the fifth of twelve pages. "Here in the fifth paragraph?"
Krew snapped his fingers and growled. "That clever vixen..." he grumbled. "She'll only consider you if you can get from here to the stadium in less than three minutes, though. Good luck on that."
Smirking, Jak quickly led the trio out.
Exactly two minutes later, Jak, Shining, and Daxter leapt off the Zoomer they'd rode to the stadium. Entering, Jak looked around for who was interested in hiring them. "Hello?" he called out. "Krew said someone was looking for a race driver?"
"I'm busy right now!" a feminine voice called from the back...a voice that Shining couldn't help but think was strangely familiar. "You must be Krew's new errand boys. Look, I don't mean to be rude - you did get here fast - but I'm not interested in any new drivers just now."
"As long as she's not baking," Shining found himself muttering, though he had no idea why.
The woman apparently hand't heard. "Look, if you really want to race, try taking my prototype jet-board out on the stadium track. Beat the stadium challenge, and maybe I'll consider you for my team."
Smirking, Jak headed for the stadium, Shining and Daxter following.
Shining and Daxter sat back and watched as Jak did all sorts of flips, tricks, and jumps on the jet-board, plainly enjoying himself. "It's just like old times," he muttered to himself as the timer ran out, having racked up a score of 150000 points with his tricks. "Like testing things out for..." His face fell, and he hopped off the jet-board.
Shining frowned as a strange thought occurred to him. "Let's go see what that mechanic thinks about your skills, huh?" he offered.
Nodding, Jak put the jet board back on the rack and followed back, his face down.
As they returned to the garage, the woman behind the curtain whistled. "Wow," she proclaimed, amazed. "I never imagined someone could score that high. I don't have a place on my team for a new racer just now...but you certainly deserve a reward for trying so hard."
Hearing how she mentioned a 'reward' - and seeing the way Jak was practically drooling at the girl's silhouette behind the curtain - Shining's eyes widened. It couldn't be... he thought silently. He decided to test it. "As long as it's not a cake this time!" he called out jokingly.
There was a clatter as the woman stumbled behind the curtain, several tools falling from the shelves. "S-Shiny?" she gasped out in disbelief.
Jak's eyes widened. "...Keira?" he asked, his voice full of desperate hope, and for a brief moment sounding two years younger.
"...Jak?"
Before anyone could react, Keira had stepped out from behind the curtain, but she was different from when they'd last seen her. She was much older than any of them had expected. Instead of looking several years younger than Jak - she had been six years younger, the main reason for Samos original distaste for their relationship - she now looked about his age, maybe a little younger. She also looked more careworn, as though she'd lost hope for a long time...but as she caught sight of Jak, her eyes lit up, and she raced towards him.
Jak could only stare. Before, he'd known she was cute, pretty even. But now...seeing her face light up like that, she was breathtakingly beautiful. He was barely able to raise his arms to embrace her before she slammed bodily into him, her arms wrapped around him as she burst into tears.
"Jak..." she whimpered, clinging to him like a lifeline. "I thought...I thought you were dead..."
"For a while, I thought I was, too," Jak whispered back. "I...I thought I lost you..."
Gesturing with his head, Shining led Daxter out of the room, giving the pair some privacy.
"Where...where have you been all this time?" Keira finally asked, not moving from the embrace.
"Been stuck in the Baron's cells the past two years," Jak murmured back. "Getting pumped full of Dark Eco."
"That's awful..." Keira whispered, idly stroking his back. "But...what about the other four?"
"Huh?" Jak asked, confused. "What do you mean?"
"Jak...I've been stuck here, with no word from any of you, and no sign of Daddy...for six years..."
Jak was stunned into silence. At long last, he pulled her into a tighter embrace. "...talk to me..."
Awww. That's adorable.
Wait, six years? I thought it wa a two year gap. Did I just remember wrong?
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No, you remembered right.
This was my way around the plothole of Keira being one year younger than Jak and Samos daughter, but not being present as her younger self in Jak 2.
She arrived four years before everyone else.
6755375 thats the trouble with time travel...just about anything can and usually does happen...
That reunion scene had me thinking of when Dot saw Enzo (Matrix) when he was older.
6755385 Well-played.
so... Keria has something to do with the Civilian Personal Zoomer vehicles.... after all, she's been in Haven for 6 years and before then, only the military like the Krimzon Guard had them. either ways, she managed to survive Haven for 6 years, much longer than Daxter did, if the events of his game happened off-screen. Odds are, their Samos may have had something similar happen to him; for all we know, he hasn't even arrived yet. It's not easy; those that have been spit out of the streams of time far and near each other.
This was a great chapter. Was kind of wondering how the first encounter with Keira would go. Also like the time difference you did with them.
Another enjoyable chapter. Good job.
Let's see... Samos, Jak, Daxter and Shining... Who am I forgetting? WHO IS THE FIFTH AND MISSING LINK?!?
In reality, I am not sure if I'm forgetting someone or if that was a typo... Could be either one, honestly.
You gonna retcon them getting the other gun mods from J3 to now?
6756358 that's what I thought too when I first read that but its talking about years not people
6755385 IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!
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Hmmm... Nice work around. I like it.
6 years?
since your doing games i got one for you a double combo try doing dishonerd and the dlcs for daud in it as well
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Three things.
One, suggestions for new stories should go on my user page, unless the comment also includes something to do with the story you're commenting on.
Two, I have never played dishonored, and I don't have an interest in that game genre.
Three, I have no idea what pony you're suggesting because the name's likely misspelled.
6757256 ah ok also it wasent a pony name dauds a game character u interact with twice in the game and has two side dlc one just after the games intro the other after a key moment in the game so i ment it as instead of the usual one pony added you use 2 for both corvos story (the main) and dauds two dlc storys the knife of dunwall and the brigmore whitchs and both endings for every misson and story was wat i ment
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6759683 For the love of all Evil SPELLCHECK YOUR POSTS. I know English isn't everyone's first language, it wasn't mine, but by Darkness I'm not even sure you're trying to type in English or not. It's like you're trying to mix English with txt talk and slang. All that's doing is making a terrible mess. First of all 'text talk' is usually annoying as fuck if it's not an actual text on a phone. Secondly use chrome or firefox. Both have spellcheck built in. It will help.
6759706 the only text talk is u in stead of you the rest is normal talk or just short for downloadable content
6756358 Kiera's not asking about people. She's asking about the other four years.
Looks like Keira got sent through time and space. But I'm glad she's reunited with our heroes, especially since Jak is so happy to see her. But the poor girl, been alone for 6 years..... Jak just might find himself dragged into her room before he realizes what's happening.
6755566 Would be hilarious to have Samos pop out and find he's the young one compared to the rest of the cast. Not likely, but it would be funny.
6760534 Even better; he just got there. The fact that he shows up and sees the group he might say, "What did I miss?" or "...oh." (The later was a quote from Arin from Game Grumps. Is it still racist? No clue.)
Love the reunion.