Disclaimer: I don't own Jak and Daxter or anything else but Diana, Alex, Zackary, Zidane, Kaiten and Link.

Summary: Sequel to TALDB. After Diana death, Jak seems worst then when he had left the prison and with the town turning on him, he's sent out to the desert and saved by a rival, he finds something he never thought he'd see again...JakXOCXDarkXLight

Prelude:

Within the Months...

Tess had sunk to the floor, tears cascading from her eyes as she cried, placing her head on top of the blanket covered cold corpse of Diana. Kaiten was clenching his fists tightly, his crimson eye burning with anger and hatred but it seemed to be for himself while Link had a look of guilt on. The Mousy were even in the room.

Jak was sitting on the bed Diana had given him, his goggles were slight shattered as it hung loosely around his neck. His blond locks shadowing his eyes as he looked down. He buried his hands into his face, shaking his head. His hands were still covered in her blood from the wound on the back of her head, but he didn't care. Daxter was sitting by his side, tears slightly cascading down his face but he kept wiping them away.

Dark's transparent image was standing at the doorway, clenching the wall tight. He would have broken the wall if his body was actually real. A dark look was on his face, his pure black eyes covered in a thick layer of ice filled with anger and even guilt in his eyes. He glanced over to his tamer, feeling a sudden jolt of pain with in his non-solid body. He knew his tamer was suffering the most out of all of them.

~**~

It's been a year since he saw her smile, since he saw her angry, since he had seen her sad.

Twelve months without her voice, her laughter, her snarky but unintelligent come-backs, her foolish ways of speaking.

Fifty-two weeks without her overly worried attitude about him, her wonder, her strange way of flirting.

Three hundred and sixty-five days without her talking to him, telling him it'll be alright, telling him she'll be there, telling him that she had fallen in love with him.

Eight thousand seven hundred and sixty days since she had fought along side with him, walked with him, shared her house with him, joked with him, loved him.

A whole long year since her death.

Jak still hadn't gotten over it. His sorrow as replaced with even more anger and annoyance. He wouldn't work with anyone else - let along talk to anyone. The only other person that was with him was his best friend and the dark elf that resided inside of him. He was quieter than before; his ocean blue eyes now even a darker shade. He always seemed to be glaring at everyone and when he spoke, it was like he was angry with the world.

He was currently walking through the town, towards the new Underground Headquarters - the Naughty Ottsel. Torn had called him, something important was happening to the city. In all honesty, Jak could careless about the city or anything else for that matter. He didn't even feel like coming out into the open air. He had started to stay at an inn a month after Diana's passing. He couldn't stand to stay in that house.

As he stepped into the Naughty Ottsel, he noticed Ashelin and Samos there as well while Torn glanced towards him. "Jak, the city's divided. Reports say new Krimzon Death Bots are holding a vital section of the industrial area! My men are getting their asses kicked!" He hit his hands against the table in aggravation. "The KG have a new leader. We're trying to find out who it is." He frowned.

Jak didn't even seem the slightest bit concerned. "I'm afraid I've got more bad news." Samos spoke up, causing them to look towards him. "A large group of surviving Metal Heads have concentrated in another section of the city." He explained while Torn's and Ashelin's eyes widened.

"But we destroyed Kor!" Daxter whined slightly, surprised by the fact. Jak merely frowned, keeping his eyes on the mechanism Torn had made to keep an eye on every part of the city.

Samos stared at Jak in slight worry, but did say a word in fear of the last time someone asked him if he was alright. He yelled at them, almost turning into Dark. He was annoyed with the fact everyone was so concerned about him and he always told him he was fine. Of course, it wasn't true but he didn't want to be bothered. "It appears the strongest Metal Heads have survived. The battle for the city has just begun!"

Ashelin walked closer to the table while Torn glanced towards the blonde. "The people are blaming you, Jak." She stated with a small frown on her lips.

~**~

"What do you think your doing?!" Tess snapped, glaring at the three Krimzon Guards lifting Diana's corpse off the couch. She had just walked out the washroom, streaks on her cheeks that mixed in with her ruined eyeliner.

One of the three guards turned to her while the other two hauled her outside. Jak had come out as soon as he heard Tess' shriek. "She was used for Eco experimentation by the deceased Baron Praxis and the council decided she may contaminate the air as she decomposes." They stated.

"What?" Tess said in shock as she covered her mouth, her light blue eyes widening.

Jak's eyes flashed a black as he glared at them. "Where the hell are you taking her?" He sneered.

"We're ordered to dump her body in the Wasteland." The KG answered while the blonde girl gasped, more tears running down her face while the look on Jak's face only darkened while Dark's fangs were seen from his mouth, ready to stop them at any given moment.

The Guard scoffed at the display, not scared one bit as he turned to leave. Now halfway controlled by Dark, Jak was about to attack him but a hand grabbed his shoulders causing him to stop momentarily to look back. Tess was shaking her head, still crying. "There's nothing...w-we can do Jak..." She murmured in a broken tone. "If you fight back they'll only think you're a threat and kill you...we don't need you dead too."

~**~

"I could careless who they blame." The blonde stated darkly, while the other three shot each other concerned looks. With the important conversation being over, Jak turned his heel and started to walk out the door.

"Jak!" Ashelin called out for him while he stopped, slightly looking over his shoulder to stare at her. He gave her a cold look, daring her to say something to tick him off more than her already was about the ungrateful bastards of this city. She frowned, staying silently while he started to walk out the door once more.

As Jak walked, Daxter remained quiet on his shoulder, frowning down at his best friend. He had never seen him smile ever since she was gone. He knew he blamed himself for it and wouldn't care what anyone else said.

His darker half had been worst.

Dark had lashed out repetitively throughout the city; attacking people at random withe they were friend or foe to his tamer. He thought there was no excuse for what they did to something that belonged to him and his tamer. They should have decided what to do with her not those fuckers that think stupid shit. How was she supposed to attack them if she was dead? It pissed of Dark to no end.

~**~

The sky was turning dark, causing most people to make their way home. The blonde 'hero' had decided to take a wander alone after a fight had with his old crush Keira. She was absolutely jealous of how close he had been to Diana and tried to comfort him but she was just pushed away. She let anger get the best of her and started to tell him that she had been dead for six months and to get over her.

Jak didn't like that.

Dark absolutely loathed it.

He didn't want to, but she had crossed the line with that. He lashed out at her, Dark practically using all of his strength to come out and attack her but Jak held him back. She started to cry but the blonde didn't seem to care and walked out on her. No doubt Samos would be angry with him but it was her fault. She shouldn't have acted like Diana's death wasn't anything important. It was and he still felt guilt about it.

Gritting his teeth, Jak tried not to think about the fight and continued to walk before stopping. Diana's house was taped up with caution signs. A forlorn but agitated expression spread across the blond face as he forced himself to look away and started to walk again.

"Did they really finally get rid of...it?" A young woman whispered to her friend, staring at the locked off house. She was staring with a scared but digusted look.

Her friend nodded her head. "Yeah, it was like...a couple of months ago." She answered, huddling rather close to the other girl. "But they like, say that she was like, an eco experiment and like, all the eco that was put to her is like...in the air inside of the house and stuff." She clarified.

"Oh, so that explain why it's covered so well..." The other murmured, "I heard that she went on a rampage and killed people." The blonde 'hero' froze in his tracks. "Oh my gosh! If we stay here we might get infected and do the same thing she did!" The girl exclaimed as they both yelped and backed away.

There was a loud growl from behind them, causing them to turn around in fear. "...That is..." Dark was glared harshly at the girls, almost enough to make them die on the spot - which they looked like they were about to do. The moon had risen slightly, casting shadows over the town and cause the dark half to seem even more terrifying. "Bullshit!"

Blood chilling screams filled the air, echoing throughout the city. The guards had all snapped their heads towards the noise and the town went on high alert. Townspeople were running towards where the screams came from rather than running away. They all stared in shock, just as the guards came in on the zoomers and Hellcats. Even though their faces were covered, they bore the same look as the townspeople.

There was blood...everywhere.

Dark stood in the middle of the catastrophe, his fangs baring as he stared down at a person who was trying to crawl away, bawling. Their leg had been completely cut off, and was blown to the side due to the dark bomb inflicted in the area. He was dragging himself away but it was useless. Dark easily raised his blood dripping claws and stabbed the man directly through the head, ripping it off of him.

There was a deadly long sentence before a child gave a scream and started to run away along with the other townspeople. Some of the guards had done so too while the others tried shooting at him but with every shot that would have hit him was blocked by the purple electricity. It was oddly strong. Was it due to the anger of both his tamer and himself? Maybe. He just felt like killing everyone in this town. He didn't give a shit.

~**~

And the strange part was that Jak would let him take over.

To a point he'd make his dark half stop but he didn't even struggle to hold him back as much anymore. He was almost just as angry at the people of Haven as Dark was. He himself had destroyed some walls out of anger, causing a small banter with Ashelin which he had won of course. She had gotten afraid of him turning into the 'Dark Eco Freak' as the rest of the town dubbed them as.

~**~

The bullets were annoying him and he cranked his head towards the guards, tossing the head off his claw. It was thrown towards them. It hit one in the head causing them to fall back. He started to advance towards them slowly picking up speed as he did so. Suddenly there was a flash of light.

Dark

Pure black eyes widened as he stopped walking. "...Diana?"

Now listen I know you hate them but you need to show some self restrain.

The anger had slightly dropped from his face as he looked around, trying to find out where her voice was coming from. "But they were fucking talking shit about you!" He told her, feeling his irritation creeping up again.

They may have said something, but words can only do so much, right?

His fang pressed against his bottom lip as he clenched his fists. "I..." His eyes widened as two hands rested on his shoulders, their face against the middle of his back. He couldn't move. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't turn to see. He knew that fragrance it was...

A light laugh came from the person. You need to calm down, okay?

Suddenly, the scenery changed back to him being attack by the guards and he whipped around but the person gone. The guards were still shooting but paused when they saw the previous angered 'monster' now had a sorrowful look on his face. His black eyes glanced towards them as they aimed and fired once more. Dark jumped out of the way, landing on the roofs above and started to run away from the scene with only one thing on his mind.

'Diana...'

~**~

That was the first time she had ever appeared to Dark like that since her death. Jak had never known about it, due to the fact he had actually remained in the dark part of his mind when his dark half was out. He had been calmer after that and never killed anyone else, though so many times he had wanted to. He couldn't help but wonder if that was actually her...or just an illusion.

Alexander

The sound of feet stomping against stone ground echoed off the walls as a young woman walked down the hallway, holding a bag in her hand. Her green hair descended down her shoulders and stopped at her lower back. It was curled and she had straight bangs. There was a small smile plastered on her face but you couldn't tell if she was faking it or not since her eyes were pure white. However, she could see everything - she wasn't blind.

Suddenly, she stopped in front of two large doors and gently opened one of them with her free hand. The door creaked open. It was plain room made with the finest stone. The room had two larges windows with a ledge big enough to hold a single person, which they were now. A male with short red hair with a narrow ponytail coming out the back that had reached past his lower back was sitting on the ledge with on leg hanging off and one leg up, his arm resting on his knee. His visible bright emerald eye flickered over to the girl at the door - the other eye was covered by an eye patch.

"The heart ain't beating yet." He broke the uneven silence as averting his eyes away from the girl and stared out the window to see the blazing desert.

The younger girl frowned as her eyes lowered down to the ground and remembered the bag in her head. She reached her small hand inside and pulled out a strange shaped fruit. "It was the only good one - the other ones looked terrible." She tossed it over to him.

"Thanks." He told her as it landed into his hand. Raising the fruit to his mouth, he took a bit out of it and chewed. "Ya think the stories are true?" The sudden question came to his mind and out his mouth as he swallowed his food, glancing towards her.

She blinked her pure white eyes at him in confusion. "You mean about...?" She started as he nodded his head. The younger girl sat down in one of the available chairs, staring down at her hands. "It is possible, but I do hope not."

The two were enveloped by a silence. She was looking down to the floor while her fingers fiddling with the handle of the bag, running her nails over the fabric. He stared back out the window into the blazing desert sun. People were walking through the sandy ground, not a care in the world. There were a few gun shots hurt from a fight not to far from them, but nothing to worry about.

Suddenly, coughing filled the room. Both of their attention was turned to the bed in the middle of the room. His emerald eyes widened, but seemed to sparkle at the same time as he turned to look at the green haired girl. She had a similar expression. Instantly, the red head jumped off the ledge and ran towards the bed, his hands gripping onto the mattress. He looked excited. The green haired girl stood up from her seat, walking in front of the bed with a hope filling her eyes. The person in the bed shot up as his coughing ceased.

His vivid blue eyes looked around the room and saw the two smiling and grinning at him. "What the...who the hell are you two?" He asked, narrowing his eyes. The two standing looked at each other with a small frown. "...If your not going to tell me I'm out of here." The white haired boy moved to get out of bed, ripping the covers off of him with his right hand. His eyes widened as he noticed his arm. The dark and red blue that his arm had been was now a bright blue and red. It was almost blinding.

"So it is true." The green haired girl sighed, shaking her head. "It appears that we have lost him." She said, glancing towards the red head who was cupping his chin with his hand, staring down at the white haired male. When he didn't comment, she turned back to the man on the bed. "My name is Jasmine."

The red head stood up straight, the grin still on his face. "I'm Lavi - the mechanic." He chirped while the white haired male gave him a strange look. "You should lie down though, Nero - Do you know how long you were out for?" The younger male's eyes hardened as he glared at Lavi

"How the fuck do you know about that name?" He hissed lowly while the other two looked at each other with a confused look, which only made Alex's glare hardened. He hadn't been called that since Errol had passed away - who knows how long ago. The last thing he remembered was passing out in the middle of the desert where they left him. "Well?!"

Lavi placed his hands in his pockets with a lazy grin. "Still the smart-ass prince we know though." He mused while confusion struck on the silver haired boy only causing the red head's grin to widen while the girl giggled slightly.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He piratically growled. He hated the fact that he had been confused right from when he had gotten up. His right arm started to glow quite brightly but his annoyance with being puzzled made him ignore it. Jasmine blinked her eyes, noticing the unearthly shine and furrowed her eyebrows.

"Lavi..." She started while said person glanced towards her as she pointed at Alex's arm. His emerald eye flickered over to him before widening slight cause the white haired boy to narrow his eyes, covering his arm with the sheet like he had been previously. "It seems they did more to Nero than we thought they would do..." She murmured, frowning as a look of poignant while Lavi nodded.

Two blue eyes narrowed at both of them, not liking their sympathetic looks. He wasn't used to it - being in Haven City and all - nor did he even want it. "Will you two fucking explain to me what's happening?! Where the hell am I? How long have I been here? Why do you know that fucking name? "And why the hell are you acting as if I'm not here?!" He finally snapped.

Almost instantly, Jasmine recoiled, fear struck in her eyes while Lavi stared at him in bewilderment. Never had they heard such a deadly tone in someone. His arm seemed to be blinding now as he clenched his hand, his blue eyes hardened over by ice but still held a hint of confusion. He had just noticed the glow now, closing his eyes slight from the light and furrowed it's eyebrows as the light started to fade into a softer light.

"Well, I'm guessin' Haven kicked you out or you probably would have still been there, right?" The red head was the first to speak up, causing the silver haired boy to glance up at him. The usual grin on Lavi's face was now replaced with a small frown. "I'll start from the beginning then." He told him.

"There are two cities and two villages in this Wasteland- unknown to the people in Haven and until a few years ago, this place - Spargus - too." He started to explain before holding up two fingers. "The two cities are Tenebrae and Spargus." He explained before lifting two more. "The two villages are Sabaku and Kamelot."

Alex furrowed his eyebrows, taking the information in. It was a bit strange but he knew of a single village in the desert - the one he was from. "Wait a minute..." His blue eyes widened. "Do you know any of the villages that were attack?" He couldn't remember the name of his village for the life of him and there was no way in hell the Baron was going to tell him.

"It seems like you remember more that you let on." Jasmine suddenly found her voice. "Yes, you were in Kamelot - the first village attack by the Baron. All three of us among some more came from the village and here for shelter. We had known the Baron had taken you and one of our top young fighters to Haven for experimenting." A look of guilt washed over her face as Alex frowned at her words.

Lavi decided to perk up. "We actually sent in two guys to get you but they haven't made it back yet." He explained. "They had told us that there was no way to get back out the city even if they did retrieve you both." His emerald eyes suddenly show a sign of anger. "Since the Baron assaulted the other two cities, he had no reason to have any men come out here - that way, the two could have 'hitched a ride' on the ship with you."

"No, the asshole took ships out here." Alex shook his head, "Usually to get Eco from well founded places - even if it meant risking lives." A suddenly flashback of one of his mission crossed his mind before he shook it away. "Wait a minute; you just say no one knew about the four cities in the Wasteland - including Haven."

Jasmine nodded. "That was true." She stated vaguely while he gave her a confused look. "After he had attack Kamelot and before he burnt it to the ground, he had found the files of the other city and village. Luckily, we had not had an alliance with Spargus so we had no papers on the city." She explained to him. "He tried to obtain the powers and the royal blood of the other places, but failed in the end."

"All the survivors - which weren't many - had made it to Spargus." The red head continued on, "Thankfully, the Spargus King here allowed us to stay here - only thing was that we had to make our own efforts to help out." He crossed his arms over his chest. "It wasn't too bad of a deal; well, not counting some of the royalty who didn't seem to work a day in their life." A grin spread on his face. "It was actually pretty damn funny." Almost instantly, Jasmine hit his arm, causing him to whine slightly.

Alex rolled his eyes at the display of childishness. It was a lot of information to take it, and he was feeling faintly tired. "So, how long have I been here in Spargus?" He asked, while they blinked at him.

"Well, you've been asleep for about a year now." Jasmine told him, a look of relief on her face. She was probably worried but he didn't even know why. It wasn't like he remembered her - hell; he probably didn't even know her. "Your injuries - if you're interested - were mostly dehydration but you had a very back heat stroke."

Not really caring why he had passed out though it was pretty obvious - it was a damn Wasteland. "For a year? And only those symptoms?" He stated, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, actually." Lavi started to speak up, pointing to his arm. "That eco bunched in your arm made you pass out for longer." He scratched the back of his head. "I'm not sure, but some how it 'activated' when you were sleeping and drained almost all of your energy from your body."

Alex glanced down at his softly glowing arm, frowning. Well, that was strange. He wondered what made it start working. "And you still haven't told me why you call me...Nero." He said that name with hatred while Lavi raised an eyebrow.

"It's your name." He pointed out.

Alex shot him a look. "My name is Alex."

"...Alexander Nero." Jasmine said while the silver haired male turned towards her with a strange look. "Your full name is Alexander Nero - we were only allowed to call you by your last name."

His eyes widened. "So you mean... the whole 'The Next Ecolist for the Rise of the Omen' was fake?" He said more to himself then them while they looked at each other before glancing towards him. "The Baron told me that's what my name meant.

Lavi scratch his cheek with his index finger. "The Baron must have read it wrong - that was under your name but it was ironic that it spelled your last name." He grinned at him while he blinked. "The next ecolist is the ruler of Kamelot while the Rise of the Omen was a test you had to take in order to become the next ruler - just like your father did."

Author's Note : Holy crap, I almost cried writing the last part for Jak...T.T Finally, huh? XD I know I took for ever. Yes, so there was information and emo-ness in this chapter. Hazha. The beginning will be told in third person but after the next chapter, it will be back to first person. Anyway, I hope you'll stick with me the whole way like the other story.

P.S - I did change the title cause this one fit more.