A/N: Here it is!! The last chapter of my first story! I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully I will be able to publish the second one soon. Thank you to all my faithful readers and reviewers. I love you all!

Chapter 17:

The Finale

So maybe I was a damsel in distress. In the short time I had been here I had successfully fell in to the sea with a man-eating lurker shark, tripped into a box of dark eco, and now I had been kidnapped by Gol and Maia!

I had been violently drug to the top of Gol and Maia's citadel, in front of the door that concealed the rift ring and rider. I knew that when Jak realized what had happened to me he would come for me almost immediately. But that did nothing to calm my nerves.

Because if Jak was angry or worried about what had happened to me it could possibly make him reckless, and from experience in playing the game I knew that the citadel was the last place one should be reckless in.

At first, I couldn't understand why Gol and Maia would want to kidnap me. I mean, what would they really gain in keeping me away from Jak? He was the hero. I was more of a tag along girlfriend with enough experience in fighting that I could defend myself. Never mind, scratch that. I couldn't even defend myself, obviously, if Gol was able to drop a bag on top of me and capture me.

It wasn't very long after they had tied and gagged me, though, to briefly explain for their mad way of thinking. Apparently they thought that if they could distract Jak long enough by his concern with me, that they could surprise him and get rid of him once and for all. I just hoped that Jak had enough sense to keep his guard up when he did find me.

So I sat uncomfortably contemplating all these things when I felt the building shake very violently. I knew that Gol and Maia's machine had been activated and Jak was on his way to the top of the citadel. I watched as the as Jak was raised up by the elevator and saw his look of surprise and relief when he saw me.

Jak ran up to me his eyes literally screaming reassurances to me. I shook my head violently and just in time he turned around and narrowly missed an attack from the precursor machine. The machine flew over to the other platform across from us and looked at Jak with expectancy. To my relief Jak ran towards it instead of me and began the fight for the safety of the world. Samos and Keira followed almost minutes behind him.

"Jessica!" Keira came riunning to me and began undoing my binds and releasing me from my gag.

"Are you okay?" Samos asked.

As soon as I was able to speak I answered, "Yeah, I'm fine." I turned my attention to Jak who was literally fighting not only for the safety of his and Daxter's lives, but the whole world.

When it seemed that all hope was lost suddenly a bright white substance appeared near Jak—light eco, the counterpart to dark eco. As soon as we realized what it was I could see Daxter talking very quickly—trying to decide what was more important, turning himself back, or saving the world. Of course, finally with a look of defeat on Daxter's face, Jak absorbed the light eco and destroyed the precursor machine and Gol and Maia.

All of us began to celebrate and right before Jak was able to join us, the other sages turned up to give Jak enough praise to keep his head enlarged for a lifetime. After all the words of wisdom were given Jak quietly pulled me off to the side.

"Are you alright?" his eyes asked.

"Yes."

"Good," he said. "Jessica…there is something I want to tell you."

"Go ahead," I coaxed him.

Well, it's…just, ummm," he struggled for the words. Finally, a look of confidence came over his face. "I love you."

I blushed but answered him immediately, " I love you, too."

Jak came close readying to kiss me. I expected Daxter to come between us, but instead I felt the touch of Jak's lips before I could even respond.

After a few seconds I could feel and awkward silence and broke off to see everyone looking at us, smiling. Jak turned around and just shrugged it off. He pulled me closer and gave me a more exhilarating kiss than what he's ever given me before. I could hear Daxter catcalling.

Finally, I pushed away from him in time to hear Keira enquire about the large door.

"It seems to me that in order to open the door we need about 100 power cells," she said.

"Oh, no. Here we go again," Daxter complained.

"No, actually between Jak and Jessica we actually have enough to do it." Keira opened her bag and all the power cells we had collected flew to the door. (Don't ask me how I came up with that, I couldn't think of any other way to get the power cells there…)

The door opened and a blinding light shone from behind it.

"By the Precursors!" Samos exclaimed.

My heart sank. I had almost forgotten what came next.

The End

A/N: I hope you liked it. The second one will be out asap. Again thank you to all of you who have supported me in my story. I appreciate all of you reviews. Look out for Jak 2: The Renegade and His Lover, the second installment to Jessica's journey.