Jak slowly gained consciousness. When he did, he had no idea where he was. He tried to sit up, but a fiery pain in his stomach stopped him. Gasping in pain, he lay back down. Jak felt his consciousness slipping again. A gentle shake made his eyes flutter open. He was just about nose to nose with Daxter.
"You're alive!" Daxter screamed. "Damas! He's alive!" Jak groaned and brought his head back. "Oops. Heheh. Sorry Jak. Forgot how loud I can be."
"I didn't." Jak turned towards Damas's voice.
"D-Damas?" His voice cracked. "Wh-What happened? Where-where am I?"
"We're still in the Wasteland," Damas said, eyes examining him. "Due to your burst of heroism, you were almost eaten by a stray Metalhead." Damas's voice seemed to be as if he was scolding.
Jak looked down. So Damas thought of him a child, even after he saved his ass.
"It was very brave."
Jak looked up, surprised. Damas was smiling at him.
"It was also very stupid."
Jak sighed. Close enough. "Why are we in a cave?" Daxter rolled his eyes.
"Gee Jak, 'cause we're having a party. Do you not hear the storm outside?!" Jak flinched at Daxter's loud voice. "Sorry." Dax gave a sheepish grin. "Not used to talking quietly."
"We've noticed," Damas replied. Jak felt the room spin. Daxter gave a worried look towards Damas.
"How are you feeling Jak?" Damas asked, ignoring the ottsel all together.
"Fine," Jak answered. His voice was quiet, and slurred. Damas rose an eyebrow. Jak sighed. "I'm fine, really. I've had worse." His words were still slurred, and hard to understand.
Damas searched the dark cave until he found a bag. "You're lucky we have this emergency kit. It looks like your going to need it."
"What happened?" Jak asked again.
"You jumped in front of a Metalhead that very nearly killed me. It seems to have tried to eat your stomach." So that's why it hurt to sit up.
Jak looked down, and wished he didn't. His torso was wrapped in torn cloth, but blood was still seeping through. The outside of his flesh was torn. Vision blurring, Jak gave in to the dark and was unconscious again…