Trapped Like a Metal Head
"Let's go! We're almost to the elevator!" I heard Jak cry. Boy I was angry, I had been Krew's heavy for years; and how does he reward me? That fat slob sets me up! Anyways, the cherries and I finally managed to make it through the trap and almost reached the elevator outside the ancient place. Jak and the chili pepper were a few steps ahead. I walked towards them looking out for any Metal Heads that could jump in any moment. "Looks like finally lost 'em chili peppers!" I said in excitement. Jak waited for me to reach him while he gasped for air. "Peace of cake, huh? Now you boys are real Wastelanders!" I told them. Jak and the orange rat looked at me both with blank expressions. I could tell they were tired, but I wanted to loosen up the mood. "I say it's time we take this fight to the Metal Head leader himself!" I continued my speech. They both kept listening to what I had to say without hesitation. "What a trophy he'll make!" I told myself while picturing his head hanging on the walls of the Hip Hog. "We find a way to juice up Mar's ol' gun," I kept speaking, "and then boom baby, we storm the nest, guns blazing!" I was excited as I imagined myself fighting the Metal Head leader next to the cherries. I had been to the nest once, that's when I got Krew's first trophy. Krew and I both shared the obsession of collecting Metal Head trophies, but now he was gone. And that obsession would be mine only! "Hell! We'll take 'em all on, together!" I cried excitedly. Jak gave me a slight smile of inspiration. We both wanted to finish the Metal Head scum once and for all. "You and me! Side by side! Nothing'll stop us 'cause we're..." I began but didn't finish my speech. The roof began to crumble and I looked up to see what it was. It was none other than that damn caterpillar-like Metal Head again! When was that thing going to die!?
I was angry to see that damn thing still alive. I would've shot it if it didn't come directly at me with its mouth wide open. I didn't have time to move, it just came at me. As its mouth fell on me I screamed "AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!" "SIG!" I heard the blonde chili pepper scream. That was the last thing I heard as the darkness engulfed me. I was inside the thing's mouth. The Metal Head was dropping down to the nothingness with me in it. I was going to fall down its throat, but I grabbed onto one of its teeth. I kept holding until the creature landed on the ground. It was weakened by the fall, but not dead. So I took advantage of the moment and came out of its mouth. When it got up, I charged my Peacemaker at it ready to shoot the damn monster. I shot a blue blast of electricity at it directly to its head. It yelled in pain until it fell on the ground. It was still not dead, so I shot it two more times with the Peacemaker until it died. I sighed in relief. I wondered if the cherries were worried about me. They probable thought I was dead. I looked around the place. There was nothing but yellow brick walls surrounding me everywhere. I thought I would die there since I didn't have where to go. The room was big, but the only exit was to go up. And it was a hell long way to go! I thought of a way to get out of there before starving to death. I must've spent about three hours planning a way to get out of there. I shot the walls with my Peacemaker about ten times, but nothing happened. Mar had built this place long ago when he started the city; he must've made it strong enough so that not even a Peacemaker could break through it. After all, this place was supposed to be a prison for Metal Heads. Little did Mar know that I was a person, not a Metal Head. And I was stuck in his prison for Metal Heads only. Why did I have to suffer the Metal Heads punishment? I had dedicated my life to rid the city of those creatures and now I was living like them, trapped in this prison. Four hours later, my stomach began to growl for food.
'Oh no' I thought, I was going to have to eat the Metal Head caterpillar. At first I tried to resist the hunger, but I didn't last long. Five hours later, I needed to eat something. So I slowly approached the dead creature and cut a piece of its flesh with my Peacemaker's sharp part. I grabbed the flesh and bit it. It was east to chew, but it tasted horrible. It was a mix of a rotten cheeseburger and old yogurt. It smelled worse than Krew's gas bombs. And believe me; he farted a lot after every meal. I swallowed the big piece of flesh and cut another one. I ate that piece and then I needed to hide the taste with or I was going to die. The taste of rotten cheeseburger and yogurt remained in my mouth for another half an hour. Since the pieces of flesh were big, two were enough to keep me full for three more hours. I ate another horrible piece and then sat with my back leaning on the wall for another hour. After that, I began to feel sleepy. 'It must be night already' I thought. 'I'm going to sleep, I'll find a way to get out of here tomorrow' I thought and then went to sleep. The stone floor wasn't so bad once you got used to it. That night I dreamed about what I had told the chili peppers. There we were, in the Metal Head nest kicking some huge Metal Head ass. The Metal Head leader fired at Jak, but I covered him and fired with my Peacemaker. Jak thanked me and I welcomed him. We kept fighting and fighting until the leader finally died. It dropped dead on the ground and I began to cut its head off. "Help me with this Jak" I pleaded. We both carried the head to the Krimzon Guard ship in which Jak came in and then left towards the Hip Hog. We hung the head on the wall and then asked ourselves what was going to happen to the bar now that Krew was dead. "I'll gladly take it" Daxter said. "Fine, but take good care of it!" I warned him with a grin. Then I left the place and poof! The dream was gone.
I woke up slowly. I figured it must've been morning already. 'Ok, so it's nine o' clock' I thought. I always woke up at nine if nobody woke me earlier. So it must've been nine back then. At least now I knew what time it was. So now when an hour passed, I would know it would be ten. 'That's a start' I thought as I cut another piece of the caterpillar's flesh for breakfast. It was horrible having to eat that crap for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Suddenly, I heard the place rumble. Out of the far end of the room, came another one of those caterpillars. I moved out of the way so I wouldn't be swallowed again. Of course! It was the male looking for its dead female. I studied Metal Heads before becoming a Wastelander and I read about these caterpillars. After the female dies, the male knows its dead and comes to pick it up a day afterwards. The male grabbed the female's dead body with his mouth and went back through the hole it had just made. I jogged through the hole following the male's tail. It led me to a huge cave filled with the female's eggs. The male threw the dead female on a corner where some of the babies were. The babies began to devour their dead mother. I didn't want to see such a horrible view so I closed my eyes. Afterwards, I checked what the male was doing. He had apparently left through another hole he made to get some more food for the babies. So I was left alone with a few babies eating their mother, and a thousand eggs which had not yet hatched. I slowly made my way through the eggs trying not to catch the babies' attention. I kept tip-toeing my way through until I reached the other end of the massive cave. I saw a small crack of light and thought 'Could it be!? Yes it is, it's an exit!' So I excitedly climbed up the cave to the crack of light. I broke it by hitting it with my Peacemaker until it revealed a big hole of light.
It caught the babies' attention, but it didn't matter anymore. Because I was going to get out of there and the babies wouldn't be able to reach me. So I went through the hole and ended up in the sewers. "YES!!!!!!" I cried aloud. My echo could be heard through the sewers. And to add even more luck, there was a ladder on the corner of the room that led to the city. I climbed up the ladder and opened the plate covering the exit. I went out of the sewers and found myself close to the Hip Hog. I could see the neon sign from the distance. I had survived that horrible place. I walked towards the bar to see if anyone was there so I could let the cherries know I was still alive.
"Let's go! We're almost to the elevator!" I heard Jak cry. Boy I was angry, I had been Krew's heavy for years; and how does he reward me? That fat slob sets me up! Anyways, the cherries and I finally managed to make it through the trap and almost reached the elevator outside the ancient place. Jak and the chili pepper were a few steps ahead. I walked towards them looking out for any Metal Heads that could jump in any moment. "Looks like finally lost 'em chili peppers!" I said in excitement. Jak waited for me to reach him while he gasped for air. "Peace of cake, huh? Now you boys are real Wastelanders!" I told them. Jak and the orange rat looked at me both with blank expressions. I could tell they were tired, but I wanted to loosen up the mood. "I say it's time we take this fight to the Metal Head leader himself!" I continued my speech. They both kept listening to what I had to say without hesitation. "What a trophy he'll make!" I told myself while picturing his head hanging on the walls of the Hip Hog. "We find a way to juice up Mar's ol' gun," I kept speaking, "and then boom baby, we storm the nest, guns blazing!" I was excited as I imagined myself fighting the Metal Head leader next to the cherries. I had been to the nest once, that's when I got Krew's first trophy. Krew and I both shared the obsession of collecting Metal Head trophies, but now he was gone. And that obsession would be mine only! "Hell! We'll take 'em all on, together!" I cried excitedly. Jak gave me a slight smile of inspiration. We both wanted to finish the Metal Head scum once and for all. "You and me! Side by side! Nothing'll stop us 'cause we're..." I began but didn't finish my speech. The roof began to crumble and I looked up to see what it was. It was none other than that damn caterpillar-like Metal Head again! When was that thing going to die!?
I was angry to see that damn thing still alive. I would've shot it if it didn't come directly at me with its mouth wide open. I didn't have time to move, it just came at me. As its mouth fell on me I screamed "AGGGHHHHHH!!!!!" "SIG!" I heard the blonde chili pepper scream. That was the last thing I heard as the darkness engulfed me. I was inside the thing's mouth. The Metal Head was dropping down to the nothingness with me in it. I was going to fall down its throat, but I grabbed onto one of its teeth. I kept holding until the creature landed on the ground. It was weakened by the fall, but not dead. So I took advantage of the moment and came out of its mouth. When it got up, I charged my Peacemaker at it ready to shoot the damn monster. I shot a blue blast of electricity at it directly to its head. It yelled in pain until it fell on the ground. It was still not dead, so I shot it two more times with the Peacemaker until it died. I sighed in relief. I wondered if the cherries were worried about me. They probable thought I was dead. I looked around the place. There was nothing but yellow brick walls surrounding me everywhere. I thought I would die there since I didn't have where to go. The room was big, but the only exit was to go up. And it was a hell long way to go! I thought of a way to get out of there before starving to death. I must've spent about three hours planning a way to get out of there. I shot the walls with my Peacemaker about ten times, but nothing happened. Mar had built this place long ago when he started the city; he must've made it strong enough so that not even a Peacemaker could break through it. After all, this place was supposed to be a prison for Metal Heads. Little did Mar know that I was a person, not a Metal Head. And I was stuck in his prison for Metal Heads only. Why did I have to suffer the Metal Heads punishment? I had dedicated my life to rid the city of those creatures and now I was living like them, trapped in this prison. Four hours later, my stomach began to growl for food.
'Oh no' I thought, I was going to have to eat the Metal Head caterpillar. At first I tried to resist the hunger, but I didn't last long. Five hours later, I needed to eat something. So I slowly approached the dead creature and cut a piece of its flesh with my Peacemaker's sharp part. I grabbed the flesh and bit it. It was east to chew, but it tasted horrible. It was a mix of a rotten cheeseburger and old yogurt. It smelled worse than Krew's gas bombs. And believe me; he farted a lot after every meal. I swallowed the big piece of flesh and cut another one. I ate that piece and then I needed to hide the taste with or I was going to die. The taste of rotten cheeseburger and yogurt remained in my mouth for another half an hour. Since the pieces of flesh were big, two were enough to keep me full for three more hours. I ate another horrible piece and then sat with my back leaning on the wall for another hour. After that, I began to feel sleepy. 'It must be night already' I thought. 'I'm going to sleep, I'll find a way to get out of here tomorrow' I thought and then went to sleep. The stone floor wasn't so bad once you got used to it. That night I dreamed about what I had told the chili peppers. There we were, in the Metal Head nest kicking some huge Metal Head ass. The Metal Head leader fired at Jak, but I covered him and fired with my Peacemaker. Jak thanked me and I welcomed him. We kept fighting and fighting until the leader finally died. It dropped dead on the ground and I began to cut its head off. "Help me with this Jak" I pleaded. We both carried the head to the Krimzon Guard ship in which Jak came in and then left towards the Hip Hog. We hung the head on the wall and then asked ourselves what was going to happen to the bar now that Krew was dead. "I'll gladly take it" Daxter said. "Fine, but take good care of it!" I warned him with a grin. Then I left the place and poof! The dream was gone.
I woke up slowly. I figured it must've been morning already. 'Ok, so it's nine o' clock' I thought. I always woke up at nine if nobody woke me earlier. So it must've been nine back then. At least now I knew what time it was. So now when an hour passed, I would know it would be ten. 'That's a start' I thought as I cut another piece of the caterpillar's flesh for breakfast. It was horrible having to eat that crap for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Suddenly, I heard the place rumble. Out of the far end of the room, came another one of those caterpillars. I moved out of the way so I wouldn't be swallowed again. Of course! It was the male looking for its dead female. I studied Metal Heads before becoming a Wastelander and I read about these caterpillars. After the female dies, the male knows its dead and comes to pick it up a day afterwards. The male grabbed the female's dead body with his mouth and went back through the hole it had just made. I jogged through the hole following the male's tail. It led me to a huge cave filled with the female's eggs. The male threw the dead female on a corner where some of the babies were. The babies began to devour their dead mother. I didn't want to see such a horrible view so I closed my eyes. Afterwards, I checked what the male was doing. He had apparently left through another hole he made to get some more food for the babies. So I was left alone with a few babies eating their mother, and a thousand eggs which had not yet hatched. I slowly made my way through the eggs trying not to catch the babies' attention. I kept tip-toeing my way through until I reached the other end of the massive cave. I saw a small crack of light and thought 'Could it be!? Yes it is, it's an exit!' So I excitedly climbed up the cave to the crack of light. I broke it by hitting it with my Peacemaker until it revealed a big hole of light.
It caught the babies' attention, but it didn't matter anymore. Because I was going to get out of there and the babies wouldn't be able to reach me. So I went through the hole and ended up in the sewers. "YES!!!!!!" I cried aloud. My echo could be heard through the sewers. And to add even more luck, there was a ladder on the corner of the room that led to the city. I climbed up the ladder and opened the plate covering the exit. I went out of the sewers and found myself close to the Hip Hog. I could see the neon sign from the distance. I had survived that horrible place. I walked towards the bar to see if anyone was there so I could let the cherries know I was still alive.