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"….Well it doesn't suit you" -

Erol couldn't help but smirk at that until the burning pain he had on his legs came back again. Looking down at his legs he could see that the acid had burned through his pants and onto his skin but fuck it hurt…..

He needed water to dab off the acid that was on the clothing and to run his legs under it too, but he didn't see any so far, it could be really bad if the burn worsens and if it gets infected…..

Erol stood up slowly which probably isn't a good idea when you have chemical burns, straight away he had to sit back down.

"whats the matter with you?" Jak hadn't noticed his injuries til now "ooh" was all could say to his own epiphany.

"heh. Chemical burns are a bitch" was all Erol could say with a pain filled heh.

Jak rolled his eyes, clearly Erol wouldn't be able to walk without feeding himself a bowl of ouch. "…Get on my back" the thought of carrying Erol wasn't very satisfying but he couldn't leave him there? He would have done it before but something told him he wouldn't want to be alone even if his companion was injured.

"….what?"

"get on my back…I'll carry you…"

"…."

"…don't look at me like that! It's clear you won't be able to walk yourself so don't be stubborn…"

All Jak got from that was a frown then "…fine" he could tell that the older man wasn't too pleased with this but truth be told Jak wasn't either.

Erol wasn't too heavy but being a hero and all it wasn't much trouble for Jak, not for too long anyway, it could have been much worse though Jak could have been walking away from a corpse….

Jak began to walk when he heard Erol mumble something….did he hear that right? "huh? What was that"

"…..I said…..thanks… and I'm not stubborn!"

Jak swore he could hear some cursing afterward, so Erol did have the courtesy of thanking him? Huh you learn new things every day, he couldn't help but smile to himself he still hated the man though and nothing could change that.

About half an hour or more later Jak could see a ladder leading to an exit, yes finally! Letting Erol down off of his back.

Jak gave Erol a glance "you first" he said gesturing to the ladder.

Erol muttered something to himself but started to go up the ladder followed by Jak, when Erol reached the top he pushed the metallic lid out of the way, revealing a very low cloudy sky? Crap while they were gone the sky had fallen!

Erol pulled himself out of the sewer and noticed that it was fog ah yes fog….. Jak climbed out and noticed the fog too, fog was a pretty rare sight in Haven City for sure, it didn't seem like it was going to lift anytime soon either.

They both started along Jak would get further ahead and would have to wait for Erol to catch up to him, he walked over to the redhead reaching out his hand to help him, Erol just slapped his hand away "I don't need your help!" he growled through tired breaths.

Jak was partly glad Erol didn't want the help but on the other hand the stubborn man was clearly worn out, his unattended wound must have drained most of his energy they'd been walking awhile and hadn't seen a single person or a single vehicle.

Neither had brought it up because it was a waste of time stating the obvious, that and this ominous fog.

They continued on for awhile before Erol leaned on a wall "can we take a break?" he said sliding down the wall until he was sitting.

"okay. Five minutes" Jak almost but ordered .

"touchy"

"well I'm not the one that's wounded!"

Erol frowned "what the hell's with that?" he pretty much yelled. "oh I get it your worried about your little friend the what is it? Oh yeah rat!" a dangerous tone lingering on his words.

Ooh that hurt. Jak could feel his teeth getting sharp but he controlled himself… barely anyway.

"you really don't want to go there Erol" his words just as dangerous.

"oh really? Because if I remember right you were the one that started this" shit that's true.

"urgh whatever. Are you done with your break?" dangerousness still lingering on his tongue.

"sure whatever you say" ok now Jak was pretty sure he was mocking him now and was that a smile?

He watched as Erol was about to get up, he really looked like he needed medical attention and some green eco would help too.

The injured redhead looked past Jak curiosity and uneasiness playing across his face, Jak turned to see just what had earned this look from Erol, it was a creature crawling along the ground, it looked as though its legs were bandaged together with huge hook like claws protracting from its fingers.

Wait it looked ready to atta- bang, bang, bang!

What? Where did those bullets come from?

"it looks as though you two gentlemen need some assistance"

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