Summary: Me and my friends were about to play Jak 2 when a mysterious voice calls us to 'play' and we unintentionally agree. Sucked into the world of Jak 2, my friends and I were separated and even though this is just a game, the danger is still more real than ever. And soon...we discover that it's not only just our lives in danger. JakxOC
chiv-id: Hey y'all! I fell in love with Jak and Daxter, so I thought why not?
Other Stories: 'Cause of us!!
chiv-id: (cringes) ...Well, I'm the writer, so I can do whatever I want. This is actually different from how I usually write, so feedback would be good. BTW: (coughs and talks in deep voice) the names have been changed to protect the innocent. So, no one here has their actual name down. Hmm...Aggie, why don't you start it off first?
Aggie: Oooh, okays-
Disclaimer: chiv-id doesn't own Jak and Daxter. Naughty Dog does!
chiv-id: Some more info here, this takes place during Jak 2 in case you miss it while reading it down in there. Okay, so here's the first chaper of 'Reality's Game'!
Reality's Game
Chapter 1: How It Started
I've always been wishing for a little excitement, you know, something to spice up my life. However, when being chased by a frickin' ass load of KGs with guns blazing and running for my very life through Haven City…I have to wonder, was it really worth it? Not only that, but I also have some stupid destiny I have to fulfill that involves me and my friends stopping this weird other world being from messing up the universe along with the Metal Heads, which means we have to team up with the game heroes, Jak and Daxter. I have to say…I've had so many better days than this…
Maybe I should start at the beginning? My name's Sam, and it all started when I was invited over at Zeke's house to hang out with all our friends as the last real get together. My friends, Tom and Aggie, who are dating, weren't gonna be around for much longer, seeing as Tom had to go to college and Aggie was going on a college trip herself. Dani was going through some harsh times with her family, so her time with us was pretty short since she had to go though a court case to decide who'd she go with after the divorce. Not only that, but Zeke himself was pretty busy filling in for the Senior who graduated, now officially becoming the new tech guy at school, not to mention the other various activities like martial arts and orchestra class. What can I say? We're all pretty multi-talented in our own way…
"Dude, we're playing in the room with the big screen, right?" I asked him over the phone, packing up my PS2 and games.
"'Course!" he replied, "Are you bringing your games?"
"Hell yeah! And guess what?"
"What?"
"I'm also bringing Black and Jak 2! God, when I watched this one cutscene, it was effing hilarious! Did you know that-"
"Hey, don't spoil it!"
"Shut the eff up noob, I wasn't gonna spoil it! Anyway, gotta go, we're leaving right now! Is everyone there already?"
"Yeah, Dani brought some brownies and pop-"
"Oh shit, please tell me she didn't eat a brownie yet?"
"…Why?" he dragged it out and I moaned.
"She seriously goes sugar crazy," I told him, slinging the bag over my shoulder, "You wouldn't believe how crazy! Had her over for a sleepover once and she ate a whole container of brownies…never again."
"Uh…I can see why…" In the background, I heard Dani cackling as she began getting hyper and creeping everyone the hell out.
"I'll get over there as soon as I can, and until then…good luck," I offered him, turning off my cell phone, "He's seriously gonna need it if he's gonna get her to calm down…" I jumped in my Tom's car, Aggie giggling after I told her about Dani's sugar rush.
"Step on it! We're the only ones who can save them!" I hollered, Tom pulling out of the driveway and on to the street, "Hi ho Silver!" We all cracked up after that as we raced towards the highway to get to Zeke's house. By the time we got there, everyone was practically freaking out because Dani was bouncing all over the place.
"Dani! Calm down! I don't want to have crazy on your crazy ass!" I shouted at her, "Aggs, get her right, I'll get her left!" We both tackled her and became a mass of giggling girls as we rolled on the floor trying to get her to stay still.
"No more sugar for Dan-Dan?" she asked in a ridiculously crazy voice.
"No more sugar for Dan-Dan," I repeated, shaking my head as Aggs helped me pick her up, "Seriously, I don't think your heart could take it."
"Hey, are we gonna play or what?" Blaze asked, another one of my friends. He got grumpy when he didn't get the measured amount of game play per day.
"Okay, it's either Jak 2 or Black first, who wants Jak 2?" Automatically, I raised my hand along with a whole other bunch of people, "And who wants Black?" Only Tom and Peyton rose their hands for this, being the gun freaks.
"Jak 2 it is!" I yelled, pumping my fist in the air as I smirked at Peyton, "See, told you elf dudes win over gun maniacs."
"Whatever," he said in a monotone emo voice. Peyton's been somewhat emo lately because I told him that I didn't like him in that special way…turns out he's been crushing on me since the beginning of high school, but I see him rather as a big brother than anything, or a really good friend.
"Okay, let's hook this bad boy up," I said with authority, "Uh…Zeke, a little help here buddy?"
"Yeah, sure," he laughed, "First of all, that's the port where the DVD goes…" He always was the techy, even if he didn't look it. Zeke was really tall compared to my short stature, me being the shortest one there. Maybe I should give a little info on us: Zeke, Peyton, and Dani had brown hair, Blaze, Tom, and I had black hair, and Aggie was the odd one out with dirty blonde hair. Zeke and Blaze were the techies, Peyton was the average jock dude, Dani and Aggie were the awesome hyperactive girls, Tom was the big brother who looked out for all of us, and I was the girl with a thousand faces. One day I'd be all happy, the next overcast, it really depended. Oh, and Peyton, Dani, Aggie, and me were 16 while Blaze and Peyton were 17, Tom and Zeke actually 18.
"Shut up, dude, I knew that," I muttered, handing him the cords. Did I mention that I had a rather short temper?
"I vote for cookies!" Dani suddenly shouted, everyone turning to look at her, "Sorry, sugar rush still on…" I laughed at her.
"Dani, you're such a ditz!" I said, but in a funny kind way, not a mean way. I always tell her that when she's sugar high.
"All right, all plugged in! Let's get this show on the road!" Zeke announced, rubbing his hands together and turning on his big screen T.V.
"I envy you, this T.V. is kick ass!" I said, Zeke scrolling down to activate the PS2.
"Whoopee," Peyton muttered with an emo look. I think he might be jealous of Zeke, since I actually hung out with Zeke more during this summer.
"Shut up, it's starting," I hissed at him, getting the controller ready. I seriously hated when Peyton turns into an all-out asshole just to make everyone feel as miserable as he did. It's a bad habit…and one that I fucking hate. When Daxter turned on the sign, I was about to press start when the power went out.
"The fuck?" I said, breaking the silence that lasted for a few seconds, "Dude, did you pay the electric bill?" Suddenly, thunder roared above us and made me and the girls scream, automatically covering my mouth.
"…No one heard that," I warned them when I heard sniggers. Suddenly the light was back on and we cheered, but a bolt of lightning and another large boom echoed and the power went off again.
"Mother eff! What now?!" I said, everyone else keeping calm. While the lights were off, the screen came back on and it was snowing…the bad kind.
"Okay, I have watched too many scary movies to know what's gonna happen next," Blaze said, "If a little girl comes out of the screen, run like hell!"
"Shut up, that was just a movie," I told him, "Stop being a scaredy cat!" Another bolt of lightning made us scream, but Blaze and the other guys yelled out in terror, too.
"Hah, now we both have something on us," I said triumphantly, but suddenly, the controller began to vibrate. Blaze, Zeke, Peyton, and me were all looking at the controllers, confused as to why it was vibrating when suddenly the T.V. turned a dark purple. We all dropped her controllers and backed away, unsure of what was happening. In the light, I saw Aggie clinging to Tom, Blaze and Peyton pushing their backs against the couch, Zeke clutching the wall, and Dani hiding behind me.
"Would you like to play?" asked an eerie voice, all of us flinching at it. I swear it was like Saw or something.
"Oh shit, this has horror movie written all over it," I said, "Everyone, get the hell out now!"
"Now who's the chicken?" asked Blaze, smug but scared.
"Shut the eff up, noob!" I yelled at him, "This is so not the time for this! Quit playing around!"
"The game begins…bwahahahaha!" the voice's laughter sent shivers down my spine, and I was guessing everyone else had the same feeling.
"Wait, we didn't even want to play!!" Blaze screeched, his voice breaking. I decided to take this opportunity to try and run, and I began to edge towards the door when Zeke attempted to turn off the T.V.
"Z-man, no!" I cried out, his hand perilously close to the T.V., "Shit!" He suddenly got sucked in by an invisible force, all of us calling his name in fear. The next one to try and grab him was me, Dani still clinging to me as we both fell in the T.V. I heard my friends calling my name, but I couldn't answer as I felt my entire being sucked in. Twisting and pulling us to God knows where, both of us fainted. When we came to, I woke up with Dani on my back.
"Aw Jesus Christ…" I moaned, "Dani, you okay?" She nodded, her eyes beginning to brim with tears as we looked around at our surroundings. It was completely metal, top to bottom, and I wondered if we were in a factory. Boxes and crates surrounded us, fragile stamped on each one, but they all were glowing with an eerie green light.
"Sam, where are we?" she whispered, confused and scared. I stood up, helping Dani to her feet. Dani was a frail girl, suffering from sickle-cell anemia and lactose-intolerance. I always looked out for her, like the little sister I never had.
"Don't know, but what I do know is that we need to get out of here and find Zeke," I told her, "It's his T.V. we got sucked into, he's gotta get us out!" I looked around and found a door, but when I pushed on it, it wouldn't budge. Getting frustrated, I punched at kicked at it, until I looked to the right and saw a control panel. Dani cocked her head and pressed a glowing green button that opened the door, making me fall flat on my face since I was leaning on it.
"Oops, sorry Sam," she leaned over my body with concern, "You okay?"
"Besides being trapped in the T.V.," I grunted as I pushed myself up, "Never better…wait, when did I get gloves?" I looked at my hands while sitting on the ground, the gloves fingerless and black. I looked at my attire, which also changed. Back at Zeke's house, I was wearing a blue T-shirt with a French bull dog on it (from Ruehl) and regular old jeans. Here, I was wearing some sort of white cloth that wrapped around my back and bust, crossing over my front and back in an X shape. I was wearing a black jacket that was long sleeved, but the jacket only went up to my ribs, showing off my flat and lightly tanned stomach. I was also wearing black shorts, with white leggings that were tucked into compact boots. I was also wearing a white scarf that hung down to my butt around my neck. My black hair, which had been cut short a week ago, was down and reached all the way down to my waist, funny looking goggles keeping my hair out of my face.
"I like your outfit," Dani commented, "You never wear stuff like this."
"Well, I never see you wear stuff like that either," I smirked, Dani gasping as she looked at herself. She was wearing a brown tang top with a big pink heart on the middle of her chest, pink gloves that were fingerless and stretched all the way to her elbows. Her brown hair was up with a pink bandanna keeping it pinned down. She was also wearing pink shorts, knee high boots that were brown covering her legs, and a white jacket was tied around her waist with the sleeves tied in the front.
"Honestly, I feel like an aviator," I told her, "But that look suits you…huh?" I saw a huge shadow go over me and when I looked at the owner of that shadow…it was an effing Krimzon Guard soldier.
"Holy mother of Gehusevat," I whispered, the zapping rod in his hands turning on, "I think I know where we are…run!!" I grabbed Dani's hand and ran past the guard to his left, his zapping stick hitting the metal where we just stood.
"Why's that guy chasing us?!" she shouted, an alarm ringing in our ears.
"You mean guys, plural," I yelled back to her, looking back and seeing a whole platoon of KGs running after us, "And I think we should focus on running away from them!" I lead her down a flight of stairs, only to come face to face with more KGs.
"Leave us alone!!" I jumped up and planted my foot into one of their faces, all of the KGs standing behind him falling down with him. I was a bit dazed that that actually worked, considering that I hadn't taken gymnastics nor karate for at least 7 years.
"Sam, they're still after us!" Dani screamed, pointing at them as they were coming down the stairs after us. I snapped out of it and jumped over the KGs, Dani following as we went through another door with led to the lower floor. Just as I opened the door and ran through it, I felt someone crash into me, both of us falling on the floor, our limbs sprawled across each other.
"Ugh, what the hell?! Watch where you're goin', ya idiot!" I yelled after shaking off the dizziness and getting up, "We're-" I froze as I stared down at the guy who I just knocked into, his dark blue eyes glaring at me.
"Oh my God," I said, stunned as I stared at him while he stood up, "It's-it's…Dani, seriously, punch me, pinch me, anything, just don't tell me its actually-"
"It's Jak and Daxter!" Dani yelled it out for me, making me turn on her and glare.
"I told you not to tell me," I growled, Dani shrinking. I sighed and massaged the bridge of my nose, not believing it.
"Hey, how'd you two know our names? You part of the KGs?! 'Cause if you are…I'll sick Jak on ya!" Daxter yelled at us on top of Jak's shoulder.
"No, we're not! We're running away from them, too!" Dani popped in, "Please help us!"
"We don't need their help," I stressed out to her, pulling her aside, "We can't screw up the game. After watching God knows how many reruns of Back to the Future, we do something wrong, it affects the game! Besides, who knows what it'll do to their mental states if they know their just computer graphics." Dani made an 'oh' face and nodded, both of us turning to them and waving while we turned to run. Only the KG were in our way…
"Holy crap, other way!" I shouted, running back towards Jak and Daxter, pulling on Dani's hand, but found that there was no hand to pull, "Huh, Dani? Dani!!" I saw them grab her shoulders and keep her restrained, Dani screaming at them and crying.
"Fuck, get off her!" I ran towards them and tried to kick and punch them, but they began twisting Dani's arms, making me stop. Suddenly, a furry orange blob flew past me and hit the KG in the face that was holding Dani, releasing her back to me.
"Sure you don't need our help, toots?" Daxter asked, jumping off the stunned guard and landing on my shoulder.
"Fine, but only until we get out of here," I growled back, grabbing Dani and forcing her to run, "You know the way out?" Sure, I've played the game enough times to know what the cut scenes and missions were, but I couldn't remember how to play them.
"Sure thing, baby," he said, jumping over to Jak's shoulder as soon as we were close, "C'mon Jak, this way!" Daxter pointed to another stair well, Jak following Daxter's instructions. I followed with Dani, having no other choice despite my obvious 'not wanting to interfere' attitude. Suddenly, there were a whole bunch of guards standing on an upper level that spotted us, firing at us randomly.
"I got 'em, I got 'em, there they are!" they yelled at us, poor Dani getting grazed a couple of times. She collapsed after a particularly bad burn, so I tried to carry her, but ended up getting worse off as they focused on me.
"Gah!!" I screamed in pain, making Jak and Daxter look back at me. One shot had gone through my left thigh, the blood dying the white stocking red. Amazing how pain works, another shot bounded off my right shoulder, making me nearly drop her, so I ran to the safety area where Jak and Daxter was. I stopped for a moment and gawked like an idiot at the wound in my thigh and the pain that I was feeling. It was then and there, my mind made up that this was, for the most part, real, and even if they were in a game, what we felt here was real, too. The pain seemed to wake me up to the reality that we were trapped in a PS2 game…a frickin' PS2 game!
"C'mon, over here!" Daxter called to me, snapping me out of my trance. They broke through a floor board that led to a lower level, where the guards were unsuspecting, complaining quite a bit while I lowered Dani to Jak who caught her. I began to try and ease myself in the hole, but I realized that a shoulder wound was extremely painful as I fell instead, caught by Jak.
"You okay, toots?" Daxter asked, apparently my new nickname. I grunted as I tried to stand on my own, but I stumbled and this time I was leaning on Dani.
"Fucking A-holes, made me a cripple," I growled, wincing in pain as I tried to put pressure on the wound.
"Stay here, I'll take care of the guards," Jak told us, Daxter staying with us to keep an eye on us.
"Looks like pretty bad," Daxter said after a low whistle.
"Yeah? Well, it looks worse than it feels," I said with a grimacing smirk to Dani, her face full of concern, "Hey, it's okay, don't cry Dani, it's gonna be all right!"
"But…but it was my fault!" she said, her eyes brimming with tears again.
"Nah, just my lazy ass getting in the way again," I laughed after wincing.
"C'mon I took out the guards," Jak told us, but he stopped as he noticed Daxter and Dani sitting by me, "You need a doctor." I looked down at my thigh, which was still bleeding, and now I was sitting in a small pool of blood.
"Don't think the facilities here are gonna treat me," I grunted, Dani helping me up, "Let's get out of here before we do anything 'bout this." Daxter kept looking at me as he jumped on Jak's shoulder.
"I really think we gotta do somethin' 'bout that leg of hers," Daxter whispered to Jak as they ran along, Dani helping me run although I was more or less limping instead. They looked back at us, Dani starting to cry as I began to slow down.
"Don't look at us, go!" I shouted at them, but Jak ran back after making a growling sound.
"You're slowing us down," he told me, and just as I was about to yell at him, he picked me up bridal style, Dani quickly coming to my side and running with him.
"Well, now I am!" I protested, "Put me down, I can carry myself!" This was probably one of the weirdest moments in my life…I was being carried by Jak himself…an elf man with a fuzzy orange rat thing…
"Hold on, toots," Daxter warned me with a smile, peeking over at me from Jak's shoulder. Jak stepped on the wooden floor board and bounced on it a few times before jumping up and crashing through it. All of us fell through and landed on this metal slide which took us to a water-logged basement, flinging us into the water. Jak finally released me as he swam to shore, me getting an adrenaline boost from the cold water which kept me conscious. Believe it or not, the blood loss was really making me tired, even with the vast amounts of danger and adrenaline. He pulled me and Dani out of the water.
"You okay Dani?" I asked, feeling a need to say something to erase the embarrassed feeling I had after being carried like that.
"Yeah…really though, I think we should be thinking about your leg," Dani pointed at me, and I saw that the blood and the water combined made my entire left stocking pink. I looked behind me and saw the blood sinking…and there was a whole lot of it.
"I'd like to say," I began, "That this is the worst day ever in my entire life." I leaned on Dani, feeling the effects of the adrenaline dwindling.
"Sam? Sam?! Stay with me Sam, don't die!" She began shaking me, making me extremely irritable that I grabbed her arms and looked her in the eyes.
"Dani! I'm not dying!" I told her firmly, "Now calm down! Last thing we need is to panic!" She nodded and calmed down, Jak just staring at us.
"But you do need a doctor," Daxter pointed out, "C'mon, the exit's this way." We approached a series of crates stacked up on each other next to a wall, a window at the very top letting fresh air in, along with sounds of city life. Jak helped us onto the crates before jumping out the window.
"Jump down," Jak called, so I told Dani to go first.
"But, you're really hurt, you should-"
"Jump…now," I growled at her. She nodded uncertainly, but she jumped down. I came next, Jak catching me with ease. However, he stared at me for a few moments before setting me down. I was a bit confused as to why he did that, until Dani pointed at my wet top, which was beginning to look see through.
"Bastard," I muttered, grabbing my jacket together so that it wouldn't show. We began running through the area quickly trying to find our way around, but we didn't know where we were or what neighborhood we were in, so finding a doctor was out of the question. Suddenly, we passed a clearing and an old man stopped in front of us. I recognized him as Kor, someone who was in league with the Underground, along with the Kid, or Young Jak. However, I decided to keep this information secret, considering the consequences.
"Hello, strangers," he wheezed, "My name is Kor. May I help you-"
"You look like a reasonably smart man. I want information! Where the hell am I?" he demanded, pushing the old geezer back.
"Jak!" I harshly whispered at him, "Respect your elders!"
"Sorry…he's new to the whole conversation thing…" Daxter explained nervously. Jak glared at me, and I glared back, Dani still supporting me like the good friend she was.
"Well, my angry young friend," Kor responded after dusting himself off, "You are a guest of his majesty, Baron Praxis, the ruler of glorious Haven City."
"I was just a guest in the good Baron's prison," Jak angrily retorted.
"Inside a cell or inside the city, walls surround us both. We are all his prisoners!" Kor exclaimed, making me look around the place, seeing the walls in a different view. When I looked behind me, I noticed spots of red dotting the way we just came, making me nearly smack my forehead into my palm…I had left a trail, with KGs right on our tails.
"Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I-I'd move on if I were you," Kor advised us, beginning to walk away with the Kid.
"By order of his eminence, the grand protector of Haven City, Baron Praxis," ordered one KG, more behind him along with a transport, "Everyone here in this section is hereby under arrest for suspicion of harboring Underground fugitives. Surrender and die!" I was nearly going to scream at his idiocy when Dax did it for me.
"Uh, excuse me sir. Don't you mean surrender or DIE?!" he yelled at him.
"Not in this city. Protect us from these guards and I will introduce you to someone who can help you," Kor promised him, backing away with the Kid.
"Girls, stay with Kor and the kid," Jak narrowed his eyes at the guards, "I'll take care of them." He ran at them, taking them out one by one until something strange happened. Jak began to change, crouching down in pain as purple tendrils of energy flowed out of him, his hair going white with black streaks, skin turning as pale as his hair with sharp black claws extending from his fingers. He had gone into Dark mode.
"Dani…whatever you do, don't scream," I told her, trying to cover her eyes. Looking over to Kor, he covered the Kid's eyes as well. However, it didn't stop them from hearing the screams as Jak mercilessly attacked the KGs, demolishing them within a few minutes. His claws were red as he smirked at them, watching the transport fly away. In the game, it seemed kind of cool and definitely awesome, but seeing the blood flying with Dark Jak psychotically grinning and me up close in the action…it made me lose my appetite. When he licked some of the blood off his claws, I nearly lost my lunch.
"That was cool! Do it again," Daxter said to Jak after he changed back. I let my hand come off her eyes and gulped as I stood up with her, both of us sitting with Kor and the Kid as we watched the madness.
"Something's happening to me…something he did…I can't control it!" Jak said, struggling with something invisible. Daxter backed off a bit from the confession, but Kor and the Kid approached Jak, Dani and I following behind them.
"Very impressive," Kor complimented, stroking his white beard.
"Uh…you okay Jak?" Daxter asked.
"Yeah, man, you okay?" I asked. In all my life, nothing was scarier than when he turned homicidal maniac, and trust me, this wasn't the regular teen rated stuff…no, it was the scary, bloody, totally MA shit that made men cry at night…I'm not joking.
"What you just did was very brave," Kor gestured to the kid, "This child is very important."
"What, this kid? Looks kind of scruffy," Daxter commented, poking the Kid.
"Cut it out, Dax," I scolded, Dani nodding as she reached out with her free hand and petted the Kid on the head. Another transport with a KG seated in the driver's seat came over to us, me pulling Dani behind Kor so that they wouldn't see me all bloodied up.
"You are in a restricted zone. Move along!" he zoomed away, leaving us alone and relieved.
"Thank you for your help, but I must get this boy to safety," Kor said, about to leave. Dani and I waved good-bye to the adorable Young Jak, him waving back shyly.
"Hey! What about us?!" Daxter yelled, one hand on his furry hip.
"There is an Underground group waging war against Baron Praxis! Its leader, the Shadow, could use fighters like you," Kor told them as he turned around, "Go to the slums, find a dead end alley near the city wall. Ask for Torn, he can help you." With that Kor and the Kid left, leaving us there in the open streets.
"Well, c'mon, let's go!" Daxter said, getting on Jak's shoulder, "Maybe they have a doctor that can help out ole leaky there. To do that, I think we have to speak to the head honcho, that Shadow guy."
"Hey, almost forgot!" Dani exclaimed making me look at her in question, "We didn't introduce ourselves! I'm Dani and this is Sam."
"We're Jak and Daxter, but you already knew that," Daxter commented, "How'd you know our names any way?"
"…We saw your names listed on a clipboard that was hanging on this door while we were hiding in that eco room," I explained quickly, "All the other names were crossed off except for yours, and it said the Dark Warrior Program. We figured that was you." This seemed to satisfy them for now, and I sighed before glaring at Dani to keep her mouth shut.
"What? I'm a very polite person," she said with conviction, making me shake my head.
"Just keep a lid on it until we can find Zeke," I whispered to her, "And the others. If I know them, they probably jumped in, too…" I was seriously worried about my friends, and yes, I did believe that they probably jumped in like the dumb ass but loyal friends they were. I began to slow down a bit, both due to my thinking and my weakened state. I began to wonder how to get out…were we stuck here forever? Did time move twice as fast here as it does in the real world? What was real anyway? Dani shook me a little to get me out of my thinking mode to catch up to Jak and Daxter. We finally reached the dead end alley, and were confronted by a blonde female elf and a tattoo-ed elf.
"I think they're Tess and Torn," I whispered to her.
"We're looking for a guy named Torn. Kor sent us," Jak said, looking from Tess to Torn, who got right up in Jak's face, "Um, are you Torn?"
"Maybe this guy's a mute, like you used to be," Daxter commented, Torn sneering at the two. Dani and I scooted over to the side where Torn glanced at us, but did a double take when he saw my leg and shoulder. He frowned, but then turned back to Jak.
"New faces make me nervous," Torn threatened, jabbing Jak in the stomach with his finger, "Word is you're out to join the fight for the city. You know, pickin' the wrong side could be…unhealthy." The threat didn't seem to faze Jak, which was good.
"We wanna see the Shadow," Jak demanded, Torn chuckling at the naïve Jak.
"Not likely," Torn jabbed with his finger again, "If you wanna join something, why don't you, your girls, and your pet go join the circus?" Daxter looked extremely offended and I was about to blow a gasket at this punk's arrogant behavior.
"Unless you got the fur for a really tough task," Torn interrupted as he admired a curved blade, "Steal the Baron's banner from off the top of the ruin tower and bring it back to me. Then, maybe we'll talk." He smirked as he tossed the blade up and caught it again. Jak kept eye contact for a little before nodding, but he looked behind him at us.
"Wait, can they stay here? One of 'em was used as target practice," Jak jerked his thumb over at me, Dani setting me down while I winced in pain as I felt the rocky surface connect to my wound. The bullet had gone right through my thigh, so I guessed that was a good thing, but it sure didn't feel any better. Torn looked at me over Jak's shoulder before nodding to Tess who came over and inspected my wound.
"It's a clean shot," Tess observed, placing a hand on the wound which made me give a sound of pain, "She's lost a lot of blood, but she'll be okay."
"Come back with the banner, and we'll give her better medical treatment," Torn promised, sheathing the blade, "But if you don't…" He let the sentence trail off, Jak nodding before walking over to me and Dani.
"Don't worry, I'll get it," Jak promised, Dani nodding before she looked back to me and held my hand. By then, I let exhaustion take over and I fell asleep. The last thing I remembered was Jak's promise and the feel of Tess' hand trying to keep pressure on my wound.
-Torn's POV-
I can't believe that newbie's really gonna do it…but, as I looked at the three girls together, I can't really blame him. The girl with black hair and the bullet wound in the leg really looked pretty banged up, but we couldn't really help her unless that guy proves his worth. The brunette looked like she's gonna cry, and Tess' face didn't look too optimistic…
"If…if he doesn't come back…" the brunette began to cry a little, Tess looking up in surprise, "You really…you really won't help her?" Her voice began to break, her teary eyed face making Tess look at her sadly. If it weren't for the fact that one of them was caught in a crossfire between the KG and that other guy, I would've thought that this was a trick and it was pathetic. I shook my head at the brunette's death grip on the other girl's hand.
"Honestly, we don't have a lot of medical supplies," Tess sighed as she looked down at the sleeping girl, "We can barely keep our own wounded out of critical condition. You're friend's pretty lucky if you ask me. She could've been hit in a major organ or hit a major artery, then the blood loss would kill her in a few minutes." The brunette nodded, holding her friend's hand. I did feel sorry for her, but I couldn't do anything. As I turned around to watch the ruins from the other side, I heard the other girl saying something.
"Please, Jak, hurry," the brunette whispered in a prayer, and, secretly, I hoped that this Jak guy really did make it, too.
chiv-id: Like I said, it's a different version of writing for me, so if you have any comments, please, put them in your reviews.
Dani: Sammy!
chiv-id/Sam: Okay, yeah, I decided to write it in my own view, so there.
Dani: ...Are you mad at me?
Sam: What? No, c'mon, they probably already figured it out. Anyway so-
Aggie: That means...you like Jak!
Sam: Shut the eff up, Aggs. Ugh, so glad I banned the boys from the room...please review! And disregard what any of these two people here say. I'm serious, they don't know what they're talking about.
Dani and Aggie: Sam likes Jaaaakkk, Sam likes Jaaaakkk!
Sam: ...(vein throbbing and twitching) You know you're dead right?
Dani and Aggie: ...(runs away) It was worth it!
Sam: Come back here!! (runs after them) Reviews!