Chapter 3

Originally, this chapter was all about Ashe.

But, eh, I decided against it.

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Just the day after, Lea called.

"Uh, Jak, we have a bit of a situation over here at HQ." she said through the communicator. "I need you down here."

"What happened?" he asked, already heading for a zoomer.

"Well, I think I found something... But as soon as I reached that file, the 'Warning' sign started flashing. All systems are off. I had to pull a few wires, literally, to get communications back up."

"On my way."

When Jak arrived, Ashe was at the front door. Her eyes widened a bit as he approached. "J-Jak, I saw something... I thought you should know... It was, um..."

He raised an eyebrow, and she just looked away and pointed away. "I saw a... a metal head... It went toward the sewers after ripping up some wires near the back of the building..."

"Where are the wires?" Jak asked, and she turned around to lead him to the back. There was a power box, lots of wires ripped up, claw marks everywhere. Jak was instantly sure it was a metal head that did it. Then he thought of something. "Why were you in the sewers?"

Ashe looked at him for a few moments. She seemed pale. "I heard there was something down there..." And on that subject, she said no more.

Jak went to the front elevator, but Ashe stayed out. She just looked at him as the door closed.

When were her eyes black?

Jak stepped into the large computer room, Lea tapping on a bunch of random keys and groaning every few seconds. "Can you believe this? I finally get everything back online, though half the system is still lost, and all of the files I had found on the Dark Warrior projects are erased! They're all gone, deleted, finished! Except for one..." She pressed a few more buttons. "Your file hasn't been deleted completely. Just lost in the system. We may need Dax to retrieve it. Whenever we can get in touch with him."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "You can't get in touch with Daxter?"

Lea shook her head. "Nope. Haven't since he went off with Tess. We can't get a hold of her either, and nobody has seen them for a while."

Jak wasn't sure if he should be worried, or let "Orange Lightning" take care of himself.

"Ashe was outside. She said she saw a metal head tearing up wires near the back. It looks pretty messed up."

Lea froze a moment, then turned her chair to look at him. "Ashe? Metal head? Messed up wires? First, why was Ashe out there in the first place? Second, how would a single metal head get by all of our guards? Third, why would a metal head mess up wires?"

He couldn't answer any of those questions, and only said, "I'm going to the sewer."

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The short-ness! Well, my little sister was bugging me, and I hadn't really thought beyond this part much. I'll have another update sunday! (Or try, at least.)