-Dark Salvation-
-Jak-
-I don't own Jak or any characters other than my own-
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A small orange yellow creature sat on an edge of a metal platform. Green eyes welled with unshed tears. Its tail was drooping and small beads attached to her head wobbled slightly from the creatures shuddering. An electric orb formed in front of the creature.
It started to talk to the crackling electric sphere.
"I'm a ottsel! Why do I have to be treated like this? I saw that girl helping the boy! We need her here! In this world!"
The voice was definitely a female. "She might be tortured, she might die, but we need her here! We need her here now!" The ottsel cried. "I don't want to put a human in the position but I must! Do you understand, Restin?"
The sparkling orb bounced slightly. "I do Arani." 'Restin' spoke. "You are very experienced seer. The higher ones just don't understand. I have the power to bring her here. Do you wish it?"
The ottsel sighed. "If it protects the greater good."
The orb formed into an elf shaped electrical form. It bowed and disappeared.
Arani sighed and tears dripped down her orange fur dying it a dull sunny color.
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A young teenager smiled slightly.
"Meow!" A small grey kitten mewled pathetically. The girl picked up the cat and petted her on the head.
"Rebel. Would you like to listen to music again?" The cat yowled happily. Rebel yowled and hit a button next to her. A long stream of metal music burst out of the small black speakers. The cat and the girl smiled and started to sing. Several cats joined in.
Soon the song was over and the girl smiled softly looking at the dozing off cats. She walked out of the room and walked down a long hallway. She looked into her mother's room and smiled at the sleeping woman. She closed the door and walked down to the living room. She walked into a large kitchen. She smiled and pulled a plate from the counter and a fork. She smiled and took a large piece of cake. She bit into it and giggled slightly.
She sat on a large couch and grabbed a small bottle of water.
"Ah, my favorite cake, Vanilla."
She sighed and turned on the TV. She smiled. "Aw. Crappy reality shows are on. I love crappy reality shows." She laid down and ate the cake. The TV transfixed her; she didn't notice when it started to rain.
Thunder boomed over head shaking the roof slightly. She jumped up with the empty plate and walked over to the window. Rain was pounding down and lightning was striking quickly and randomly. The girl looked worried as she ran up her to her room. She didn't make a sound while running down the hallway as she reached under a computer and un-plugged a cord. After that was done she kissed each of her cats on their heads and checked on her mother again hugging the sleeping woman. Setting the alarm for her pills.
She walked over to a chart that was labeled, 'Mom's recovery schedule.'
She sighed and walked back over to the TV. It was off because the electricity was out.
She smiled and ran outside. She climbed on top of the roof.
She laughed. "I know I shouldn't be out here but I can't help it. The rain is amazingly beautiful."
She jumped down landing in a pile of mud. She started to laugh as she was rinsed clean by the soaking rains. She ran out of her yard and ran into the dirt. She smiled.
"Daddy did this with me." She muttered as she skidded into a small puddle. She sighed. She looked up at the sky and almost screamed. A purple/black hole was taking form in the sky. She shrieked and tried to run back into the house but was stopped by a lightning bolt.
She shrieked again and fell into a sitting position. The lightning struck her and she was gone. The rain turned to normal and leaves were in the place of the lightning struck girl.
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Hazel eyes opened up to darkness. The blinked drowsily a few times before shooting open, shining in confusion and fear. They shot side to side.
"What's this? Our new project is awake?" Her eyes danced wildly.
"Dear what is your name?"
"My name? Olivia." She answered. "Who are you? Where am I?"
A woman stepped out of the shadows. "My name is Maya." An older man also appeared. "This is Gol." The woman had long silver wispy hair and dark grey eyes. Gol had long grey hair but it was slightly blond. He glared at her.
"Olivia, such a strange name. What are you creature?"
"What do you mean?" Oliva asked confusedly.
"Species dear."
"Human. I am a human girl." They laughed at her.
"Human? Nonsense! The human species died out long ago!"
Olivia blinked. "Humans are still alive. What are you?"
"We are superior elves." Olivia stared at their ears. "Humans slowly died with a large wide plague. How could a puny one like you survive? " Gol laughed.
"What are you talking about? I'm alive, aren't I?"
"Yes, that is a confusing issue. You will be experimented on."
"What?" Olivia shrieked.
"Yes, with Dark Eco." Maya glared at Olivia. "Oh, to your earlier question you are on Misty Island. You will a beautiful creature is you do this."
"I don't want to!" Olivia yelled.
"You will do it. You have no choice."
"Let me go!" Olivia screamed.
Maya slapped Olivia, which sent her sprawling to the ground. "Give her the first treatment."
Gol walked out of the shadows now holding a needle. She shrieked and tried to run away. Maya hit her unconscious.
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Olivia stared out to the sea lifelessly. It was dark as a lurker fish swam in and above the water. She sighed. She hated it here. So god damn boring. She sighed and looked out at the lurkers that guarded the island.
Few had the ability to converse with her. Some did but it was talking to a Pre-schooler. She started to lose her voice after the experiments they made sure that she dealt with. She looked down to the dark Eco pit.
She ran out onto the platforms that were somehow held up by misty air. She looked down slightly. It looked like a white cloudy abyss. She jumped across the rocks. She reached solid ground and was confronted by a lurker.
The large blue skinned creature slammed a bone club into his right fist. She nodded. The lurker sniffed and stood aside and stared back at the water. She ran off jumping on bones that jutted out of the rocks. She flipped onto a spinal cord that bridged the top of the rocks together. Another lurker hissed at her from the mud. With a running jump she soared over the lurker and landed on another portion of the spine. A yellow glittery creature stared at her. She smiled and waved at the cute cat-type creature.
It mewed slightly to greet her. Two small black kittens stared back at her. She sat down next to the yellow light creature.
She purred and jumped into her lap. She petted the creature. Black spots appeared and then turned to blue. The girl laughed mutely. The cat turned to a small butterfly and then back to its feline form.
The smaller cubs meowed as the jumped on each other. She smiled and petted them.
'Olivia, please take care of them.'
The girl looked up at the no longer glittery, but still bright yellow cat.
'I am a muse. My master will probably send someone to get me soon. I wish for my cubs to be free and help you. You gave them names after all. You know how to take care of our kind.'
She nodded. 'I will, Hikari. You inspired me to get out of here. You taught me how to speak telepathically after all. What about you? I don't want to leave you at all! Why don't you come with us, Hikari?'
'I like my master. Though I know that I will outlive him. When he dies I will be in hiding. I don't want anyone to use my powers for evil. So I am going to give you this.'
The cat pulled out a collar. It was black with almost invisible silver markings. A tag hung down from a small clip. It was written Yami on the front and Hikari on the back. The girl smiled. She took the collar and held it up. On the inside was the word 'Kibou'. She smiled even wider.
'When the time comes you will be able to find me using that. That is the key to finding any muse. Do you understand Kage?'
She nodded and smiled at the pet name. She looked toward the two black kittens.
'Their father would want you to take care of them. They are old enough to survive without me. I have a friend who is going to take you tonight to Sandover. He decided to grab a boat. Gol and Maya have left. I will be okay here while you grab some dark eco.' She smiled and pulled out another contraption.
It was a bracelet. It was black with a clear bar around it. Olivia stared up at Hikari.
'It is okay child. It is a dark eco bracelet. I warn you that it will hurt when you put it on. It merges with your skin and your bloodstream.'
The muse laughed at the 'What the hell are you? A crazy scientist with a freakin' obsession with hurting little girls?' look Olivia was giving her.
'Yes, it will hurt but it will make sure that it takes dark eco out of your bloodstream and add it so that you always have enough dark eco. That way when you come intact with dark eco it will keep your levels of Dark Eco perfect…Do you understand Olivia?'
Olivia slipped on the bracelet on her right wrist and screamed silently as she clasped her hand over her burning wrist. She was hunched over with her forehead against the dirt. Her blond hair was slowly turning blond with black streaks. She grabbed her wrist tightly as she slowly raised herself up and exhaled blowing her bangs in the air slightly.
The cat looked amused at the girl's glare.
The girl rolled her eyes and pouted slightly.
She looked at the kittens.
'Shishi and Tora are so lucky to have loving parents…Will you meet back up with us in a while?'
The cat smiled and licked her cheek. 'I have to go hunt…Please watch them for me.'
The yellow cat ran off and disappeared into the shadows. The girl sighed and stared down at the kittens.
The difference in the two kittens was one had red eyes and the other had green. Shishi had red and Tora had green. The twins carried a beautiful full black coat with long furry tails. Dainty paws were connected to thin but muscled chests. They stared up at Olivia.
Shishi blinked staring at her. "Olivia, I am going to miss her." Tora's eyes adverted to the ground and sighed. "You will stay with us right?" Shishi sounded desperate.
The girl picked the two kittens up and hugged them. 'No. I will never abandon you by choice.' The cats seemed happier as they buried their heads into her hair and shoulders.
They sighed and walked back into the small rock den. Hikari jumped back up and smiled at Olivia. She laid her prey down as Olivia hugged her goodbye. She petted the muses' head as she kissed the top of her head. The yellow muse purred as she nuzzled her head into Olivia's hand.
Hikari smiled and ran after her kittens. Olivia stood up and started to jump off the spinal cord. She ran onto the misty platforms again as she jumped from one to another, ending up in front of a large door. The three lurkers ignored her as she walked inside and up to Dark Eco pit.
She sighed and jumped into the pit. Dark Eco sprang to life as it cradled her on top of the dark murky eco. She put her hand down on the surface causing the calm eco to ripple slightly. The dark eco slowly entered her body as it absorbed into her skin and her bracelet.
Her eyes were shut in pain and she was breathing unevenly.
The dark eco slowly draped across and around her giving a creepier look to the girl. Her skin was turning ashen white while horns were sprouting out of her head. Her blond hair that had black streaks slowly turned to a purple and white color. Her bony fingers soon turned to claws. A tail was wrapped around her while the dark eco forced itself into her body.
Her eyes opened, as it was black. Black as in a hateful demented abyss. The girl smirked, long white fangs poking out from her lips.
Once human ears, now elven ears were covered in intricate patterns. Black markings lined her neck where her collar was as the dark eco wrapped tighter around the girl.
'You know I actually like you kid.' She smiled. The creature smirked slightly. 'You even gave me a name. You will be a great asset in later life.' The creature smiled.
In her head a voice spoke. 'Yami you are an elf just like I am now. I know that you are a part of me while I am a part of you. We share this body equally.'
The creature or Yami nodded. 'Thanks kid. You have a brain. I'm glad you accept this instead of crying for help like some pitiful baby.'
The voice chuckled slightly and disappeared. The creature jumped up from the pit as a dark eco sprang up to Yami's command.
The dark eco soon took the form of a whip, a dagger, and a sword. They then burst into dark eco again and shot towards Yami.
She stood there as it entered her body without harm.
Yami stood and closed the dark eyes. In the blink of an eye there was Olivia once again. She smiled slightly as she jumped down to her 'home'. It was the jail cell she stayed in when she first got here. All of her clothes than Maya brought her and the food that Gol brought her.
Maya was actually quite nice when she wasn't in front of Gol. She understood it was hard to get used to the Dark eco at first as Maya told her.
Maya told me she wanted a daughter but Gol wasn't going for the idea. She was very kind to me after a few months. Gol was rougher around the edges but he was nice sometimes.
She sighed looking up to the skies again. Now that the two were gone to fight off a 'stupid red sage' and 'Volcano idiot.'
She jumped down the chute to the outside world as she gathered her things. She just wanted to be free. She stared at a piece of paper and smiled slightly.
She started to write a letter to Gol and Maya. She smiled and was soon finished. She left it on her bed as she walked back outside.
Gol and Maya were normally gone with these 'sages' for a good two weeks. It had been two days since they left. She ran around collecting different kinds of eco for her new teammates, Shishi and Tora.
She had pulled out some type of orb thing, as it was bright blue. She put it back in her pocket as she pulled out another two. One bright red and another bright yellow. She put those two back and pulled out two more. One bright green and another a dark black.
Gol and Maya called them Eco orbs. There was enough in the orbs to last a few lifetimes. She was the tester for these orbs so she carried them around.
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Soon it was nightfall. The lurkers were asleep as Olivia, Shishi, and Tora crept around them.
Hikari was gone, as someone had taken her earlier from Misty Island to 'Sandover'. The boat was ready as they jumped into it and sped off as quietly as they could. They were soon at 'Sandover'
Olivia jumped on the wooden dock as she looked around.
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Olivia's Pov
I looked around the sleeping town. It was shockingly different from Misty Island. Grass grew all over as flowers waved back and forth.
It was beautiful to see flowers again after two years on that Island. The night star was quite bright as it shined down on the town. I jumped up onto the ground as I looked around cautiously. Shishi blinked staring at the grass. "It feels different…So different."
Tora nodded. "Yes, it does. I like it." I nodded smiling as we walked around. A bird squawked at us one but we ignored it. A windmill was turning giving a small creak every few minutes. It was so different but so nice. I looked in people's houses making no sounds at all. I soon found an old hut higher in the village. I walked in to find an old man sleeping. I blinked at the man. He was green…green…I twitched. What the hell was he?
I walked around finding he had a girl and a young boy sleeping in his house also. The blond boy was quite a funny sight. He was falling off the bed with an orange weasel sitting on his chest. Shishi growled slightly. "That is the boy who took mother." He whispered. Tora nodded. She walked over to him and looked down on him.
She walked back over to us. "He is mute." She whispered and she walked out. Shishi and I looked at each other confusedly and walked after her. "What? How could you tell that?" Shishi asked.
"The green eco told me." Both of us nodded. We jumped out onto a beach. My eyes lit up; I lived next to a beach when I was little. I smiled and ran across the sand jumping over the small crabs. I grinned running side by side with Shishi and Tora. Shishi yipped and Tora yowled in happiness as I jumped and punched the air. I grinned and we kept running. Tora jumped onto a few rocks and yowled to us. Shishi and I jumped up to her.
Several green eco vents were on as Tora skidded onto the vents. Her green eyes slowly lit up to bright lime green.
Shishi rolled her eyes as she rolled over onto the ground. Eco had become our addiction. We couldn't live without it.
I pulled out the red Eco orb and handed it to Shishi who grinned and placed her paws onto it. Her dark red eyes soon turned crimson red as the red eco flowed into her body.
I smiled as I lay down to stare at the stars. They were so beautiful. So far away but so close you felt like you could touch them. Misty Island, it was hard to see the stars but they were beautiful wherever you saw them. It was a wonderful night with cool temperatures and a nice breeze. I walked over to the water. The night star and the stars glittered like gems in the water. It was one of the nicest things I have seen over the years. I looked up as Shishi fell asleep. I grabbed the red orb and put it in my pocket as Tora yawned and walked over to Shishi.
They soon were asleep as I slept right next to them.
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"Hey, Olivia wake up!"
I opened my eyes hissed at the bright sun.
"Yeah, it is bright…Sunny too." We all looked at each other and got up. I stretched my back hearing a few pops before we were soon out again.
I sighed and jumped down next to the two muses. We soon were running back to Sandover as we hid as much as we could. I looked around, the girl from last night was working on a zoomer, the old green dude was staring at a telescope, and everything else was mostly quiet.
Shishi nodded and looked at the man. I sighed and mustered enough courage and walked inside. He turned around and his eyes widened. "Dear precursors, what happened to you?" He asked.
I narrowed my eyes at him. "She is mute." Tora stepped up next to me. "We are here to ask if you can help us with a map. We came from Misty Island and we must go to the green sage and the red sage."
He looked wary. "We just need some information. If you don't have than we will leave."
"I am the green sage. The red sage is far to the north."
"Thank you. I am the one who seeks the green sage. I was blessed with the ability to control green eco also. I wish to figure out how to use my powers to help people, like my sisters."
I looked up for a split second as I looked at Shishi. She grinned. I grinned back.
"Will you teach me? I can only stay here for two weeks. Then my sister needs to find a red eco vent."
Shishi yawned and looked at the green sage. He nodded.
"I will leave her here with you. When I get back I expect for my sister to be okay." Shishi growled as we disappeared from sight.
Shishi grinned from underneath a tree. "Hey, I saw a map maker last night. Maybe we can get one without the old log's help!"
I nodded as we ran over to the Mapmakers house. I walked inside and waved at the old man. "Hello dear! What can I do for you?"
"We need a map. The most knowledgeable you have of this world."
The man blinked. "Why yes, I can certainly get you one."
Shishi glared. "How much does it cost?"
He looked thoughtful. "Well there is a large item from the Forbidden forest I wish to get my hands on. I will give you the map if you find the crown."
I nodded.
"It was a legend that there was a crown stolen from a very long time ago. It was used because 'angels' and 'demons' to grant safe passage blessed it. The crown only attracted more monsters. I wanted to travel today, as a great mapmaker. If I have that I can sell it to a very good museum that I know of."
I nodded again as he handed up a map.
"Please find it for me."
We were off into the forbidden forest as we jumped from the rickety bridge to safety. "Hey, the map says to start over there." I nodded as we jumped from dirt mound to dirt mound over the lurker fish. I hauled myself up a weird contraption as we killed a lurker. Behind him was a large magnifying glass, aiming a bolt of blue eco at the machine? I grabbed the blue eco orb out of my pocket as the blue eco soared into the orb. I smiled as I noticed it shined brighter. It soon was covered in bright blue eco.
I grabbed it feeling the cool feeling as I passed it off to Shishi who grabbed it and put it in my bag. We ran faster as the blue eco took effect.
I grinned as we leapt over several lurkers and some platforms. Soon we were at a cave. I gulped slightly as we started to enter the cave. After a good twenty minutes we were at the crown. Shishi grabbed it as spikes flew up at us. I grinned as Shishi slammed his tail against the spikes as they shattered.
Soon we were back at the Mapmakers place and we had the map. We saw Tora walking out of the green man's hut as she nodded. "He taught me what I needed to know." We nodded as we set off on our journey.
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