Balance of opposing forces.

Checkered future

As you landed in the dust with a loud thud, you could feel a tug and looked down to see daxter grabbing your wrist as if his little body could hoist me off the ground.
"He's gone" he yelled with pain is his voice.
            You didn't process what he said. His voice was a blur in the pounding in your head and the loud engines you could hear. Fear took over you as the wind and smoke came off of huge aircrafts frying over you making you choke. "W-what" was all you stuttered out
          "They took him" he said still shaking means pointing down the ramp next to you. You just managed to get your vision right when you see jak being hauled away by men in deep red uniforms. You began to get up trying to forget all the noise and pain in your body to get to him "no" you heard from daxter as he was on all fours behind you "we can figure this out later but if they take you I'll have no one to help figure this out"
"Where's Samos and Kiera" you said while still walking in the direction of Jak
                    "My hope is like us and alive somewhere, my other theory is they are ending up like Jak, so stay and help me fix whatever mess that precursor junk put us all in." Daxter said while his eyes didn't leave Jak either.
                You looked at daxter then back to jak. You began to discard what he said and walk at a fast pace to get to Jak as you seen a tank like hover craft float down in front of them. " please!!" You heard daxter yell , and that broke you knowing daxter didn't break he was always tough or acted like he was but then it hit you he was letting his friend go so he could save him later. This wasn't a goodbye. You hit your knees as you watched the door slam shut. He never even seen you.
                       You watched the craft zoom off. Daxter walked beside you. " what now" you said with anger and desperation laced in your voice knowing you could have been with Jak right now but also knowing he was right you'd been gone by now to god knows where.
                                 "we find our family" he muttered not sure if you'd hear but you did.
       
           ~ time skip a year ~

           After living on the streets for 6 months and searching no stop you seemingly almost giving up. Y'all sat in a dark ally with a small fire ,backs against the wall "he's dead" you said darkly as daxter jumped at your dark words he wasn't ready to admit to himself yet. "Why would you say that" he said defeated.you knew he was tired of looking too. Everyday he looking in prisons and places to be snuck in to with his small form. While you would trek through town in shops and street asking everyone you came across if they seen or knew a man like Jak, but to no avail.
           "It's been 6 months, there is no way he's alive, while I was asking around in town I got offered that job at the infirmary. I'm tired of living like dogs waiting for some miracle that isn't going to happen. I miss him more than anything but I don't know what we are meant to do starve to death." You said the last part in barley a whisper not knowing if he caught what you said. "I won't stop. You can get a job and make a place for yourself and give up but I'm going to keep searching." He rambled on " and besides Jak will need a place when I find him and it's be nice for me to have a place to crash when I'm not looking." You chuckled trying to clear the air and lighten the mood
                 "Do you think he's still out there" you said "undoubtedly" he said after a moment of thought
             "Why did they want him and not us, they completely overlooked us" you looked at him as the fire made him look even more red than he usually was. "we may never know." He chuckled. He was always the worst one to be around in dark times with his terrible humor.

      ~6 months later~
  
           Being a doctors assistant was easy work to you. Never a dull moment you could say that much. You had a purple three seater hover craft andYou had got a small apartment on the outskirts of the city that daxter would stay at 5 or so times a week it was easier that way after growing up with the sound of the ocean and a light breeze the hustle and bustle of a large city was over stimulating.
                 Many mornings you thought you had woken up back there and it was all a memory but sadly the dark reality would set in and drag you back to earth.
     You imagined every time you would meet with that boy late at night when everyone was asleep to go to the beach because Samos would never let him out of his sight for more than an hour at a time.
 
                                   ~Flashback ~

  You waited under the bridge for what felt like hours. You'd been there waiting for the mute boy who you couldn't admit had grown to mean so much to you.
  Then you heard his bare feet on the bridge and then he flipped and landed right beside your sitting position. He smirked when you jumped at his sudden appearance. He held his hand out and you looked at the dark brown fabric woven through his fingers and reached out as he pulled you up and to his side.
          Without a word you both took off to the water without missing a beat like every other night y'all met. You both stopped at the edge with just your feet in the water. You felt him slowly grab your hand. You looked at him and you knew he had something to say. "I know." Is all you said and you did, over the years you knew he wanted to tell you he loved you as much as you loved him and that you were scared of the future and what it would bring ,but until the future came you could continue to enjoy the waves and breeze of the water. Jak tapped you and pointed. You looked at him in confusion and then looked where he was pointing only to be shoved into the ocean with a splash.
                    When you came back up with a gasp. You just looked at him as he had the biggest smile he could muster ,you began to laugh hard as well and wiped the water from you eyes. You held your hand out for help and he obliged only for you to pull him in. While he was down soaking wet fighting the waves you jumped up and ran with all you might only to feel hand wrap around your waist and pull you down. Y'all rolled around laughing and smiling. You landed on top of him after awhile of running and wrestling and swimming away from each other. You looked down at him his blue eyes showing the reflection of the light of the moon. His smile gone and showing something more serious. He slowly raised his head as I began to lower mine as we were inches apart from him saying everything he wanted to with his actions.
        "What is going on here" they heard someone yell
They doth jumped but not off of each other as his grip only tightened on her upper arms. It was home to her to be in his grasp.

                              ~ flash back end ~

You huffed out a breathe at the memory smiling at what warmth it brought you. You'd see him again and have that feeling of certainty in your life. If it was in this life or the next you didn't care but you'd have it again.
             With the thought of him still fresh on your mind and strength to get up you made you way to the washroom to get yourself ready for work so you you have another day of hoping to hear good news from daxter when you returned home that night.