Just a story idea that somehow was zapped into my head..
Chapter 1: A Grim Discovery
Torn paced back and forth inside the throne room of the late Baron's fortress. "Will you stop that? You're making me dizzy." Ashlein sighed roughly. She was sitting casually on the steps running her fingers through her hair.
"I can't help it. I've sent out five of our best scouts and not one of them has made any sort of communication back to us. I'm started to get worried. I don't like to be worried."
Ashlein stood up and walked towards him. "I know. You're right. Something is fishy about all this. Perhaps we should contact Jak. He might know about something."
"Jak?" Torn scoffed. "Jak won't know anything. If he was here I would have sent him out. At least we'd have some information by now! And Keira! If she was here we could have her analyze some of these ancient artifacts and get some answers."
"Give them a break they're on their honeymoon. Besides, I think those two deserve a break." Ashlein argued.
"Yeah well maybe. However as soon as they get back I'm putting them to work but for now let's take some of this stuff to Samos. He has certainly been around long enough to know the origins." Torn gestured to pieces of ancient precursor metal laid out on a metal table.
"It's about time. It was just starting to be peaceful around here." Ashlein stated.
Torn smirked. "I doubt it ever will sweetheart."
"Samos! Damn it. It's Torn and Ashlein!" Torn growled as he and Ashlein stood outside on the old sage's doorsteps. "Samos! Open the door! We're here on important business!"
"Maybe he isn't home?" Ashlein offered.
"He's an old man. Where the hell could he go? Samos open the door or I'm kicking it down!" Torn was getting looks from citizens walking by.
"Let's go check the Naughty Osttel. He could be there." Ashlein pointed out.
Torn nodded and turned to walk back down to the zoomer when the door open. "Well? What do you want?" Samos asked rubbing his eyes.
"What in the hell took you so long?" Torn asked storming into the small apartment closely followed by Ashlein.
"I was getting my beauty rest, and what could possibly be going on to disturb my little nap?" Samos shot back slightly annoyed.
"I'll get right to it. There was an explosion in the catacombs early this morning. We have been able to retrieve some of the rubble for analyzing and discovered these precursor artifacts." Torn handed a few pieces to Samos as a look of awe came over his face.
"These look very familiar to me." He grumbled. "Go on. Go on." Samos urged not looking up from the artifacts.
"Well." Ashlein continued. "We have no idea what might have caused the explosion and we haven't heard back from any of the scouts we sent in. The metal heads haven't taken responsibility. And the Lurkers working there at the time suddenly all disappeared, we assume they all died in the explosion."
"Incredible! These must date back thousands of years!" Samos breathed.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah we already figured that much out old man. What we don't know is where it came from. How it got there. I mean all the precursor metal was taken out of the catacombs soon after Jak opened them." Torn rubbed his forehead as he talked.
Samos stood up and started to walk across the room taking the artifact with him. Ashlein threw Torn a puzzled look as they both got up and followed.
Samos set the artifact down on the table and picked up a hammer like tool. "Hey what are you doing with that?" Torn questioned.
Samos crashed the hammer into the artifact. "Hey! What are you doing? Cut that out!" Torn rushed forward and grabbed the tool from Samos' hand.
"Do you want my help or not?" Samos asked.
"If this is what you call helping then no!" Torn reached for the artifact. "Look what you did! You chip a piece off. This is a very valuable object. Have you lost your mind with your age?"
"Torn maybe he is on to something. Let him work." Ashlein butted in.
"Thank you!" Samos said stiffly roughly taking the artifact and the hammer back from Torn. He continued to hack away on the object.
"He better find something." Torn grumbled. Ashlein pushed him from behind. Ignoring the gently nudge Torn cleared his throat and looked over Samos' shoulder. "Well?"
"Here." Samos muttered and threw the artifact over his shoulder. Torn caught it shakily. "Hey what is this?"
But Samos wasn't paying attention. Instead he was holding up and small chipped off piece of the original. "Impossible." He muttered again.
"What?" Torn and Ashlein said together a little too loud.
"Bring me that box over there. The one sitting in the corner." Samos pointed. Ashlein cautiously walked over and picked it up. "Hurry up will you!" Samos urged.
Placing the box at Samos' side she quickly backed away. Samos opened the box and peered inside. "Hmm interesting." He continued muttering.
"Are you going to tell us what is going on?" Torn demanded glaring at the sage.
"In good time." Samos pulled out a pair of glasses that magnified whatever he was looking at. "There have been traces of dark eco on this."
Torn immediately dropped the artifact. It landed on the ground with a loud clanging noise.
"Oh you have nothing to worry about. It's long been dried out." Samos bent down and held the artifact examining it some more. Out of the box he pulled what looked to be pictures but neither Torn nor Ashlein could see what they were pictures of.
"I think I knew this day would come." Samos groaned setting the pictures down.
"What? What the hell is going on? I want answers now old man!" Torn gloomed over Samos.
"Do you know what caused the explosion?" Ashlein asked taking a different approach. "Do you know what happened?"
Samos sighed and took off his glasses. "You have history books in the palace. Am I correct?"
"Of course. We have almost every book written in the libraries. But what does that have to do with this?" Ashlein leaned over and picked up the artifact.
"And I assume you read these books?" Samos continued ignoring her question.
"Get to the point. Now." Torn growled.
"Tell me something. These history books of yours, what do they say of the siblings Gol and Maia?"
"They were dark eco sages gone mad. They tried to destroy and reshape the world with dark eco. But they were killed when they became locked inside the…" Ashlein stopped in mid-sentence. A grim discovery crept over her.
Torn caught on to it to and looked to Samos with a look on his face that said "Is this true?" Samos sensed it and nodded slowly.
"I think that it would be appropriate to call Jak now." Ashlein let out after seconds of silence.
Well. What do you think? I wrote in on a spur of the moment kind of thing. I don't know it sounds good in my head. Anyway both Jak and Daxter will be in the next chapter if I can keep this going. Review if you want though I'm not a review Nazi or anything. If you just enjoy reading it then I've done my job.