Many thanks to random hyper person, for reviewing and giving me the hyper strength to write this chapter after many, many days of not writing a chapter at all because I was going mentally insane thinking chocolate milk was talking to me.
Okay, not really. But close enough. random hyper person, I thank you for reviewing in a hyper state. As Johnny said in The Outsiders, STAY GOLD! X3
I got my Jak 2 game fixed, and, now that I've finished all the Kingdom Hearts games, gotten done with every Jak game besides that one, and pretty much pwned the Baron in the first boss fight against him, I'm happy. XP Because now I know Jak better. He was all bad-a** in the second game, but quieter in the last two games. I'm now anxiously awaiting The Lost Frontier, coming out this year I believe, and luckily for the PS2. (And the PSP, too.)
Must add that I'm confused about the gender of Seem, the monk in Jak 3. The person in the commentary said it was a girl, but the website said it was a boy. So did Dax...
Now on with the chapter!
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Jak reached the door down to the sewer (you know, that big one that opens up automatically as you approach it... hurray for automatic doors!) when Ashe stepped in his way.
"Don't go down there." she said seriously.
Jak frowned. "Listen, I don't-"
"Jak, you don't understand." she said, her tone irritated. "If you go down there, you'll be killed."
"I've gone through worse things than metal heads." he countered.
She was silent for a few moments, staring at him with a strange look in her eyes. Worry and anger, mixed together. Usually she didn't even make eye contact with Jak. She said, "There are worse things than metal heads down there, I assure you... Much worse."
He suddenly shoved passed her, into the elevator that led down to the sewers. She just stepped in after him just before the doors closed. She didn't make eye contact now, but Jak was looking at her. "I don't understand you. Why do you keep appearing, and why are you always secretive?"
Ashe looked at him. Her eyes were black now, completely black, but they flickered back to normal after a few seconds. "Jak. You do not understand the forces at work here... They're powerful..."
His eyes had widened a bit at the darkness in her eyes, but he shook his head. "They?"
Her eyes narrowed suddenly, and the doors flew open behind her. "They, it, does it matter? Stay up in Haven, or Spargus. The Wasteland is even a better place. Stay away from anywhere underground, though." She stepped out suddenly, and the doors closed before Jak could get out. He only got a glimpse of metal heads coming up behind her as the doors closed. He expected to go up, then come back down. But the elevator went up... and didn't open. Didn't move.
A voice entered her mind. "You were supposed to lead him here..."
Ashe turned, seeing some metal heads (the dog-like ones) coming near her, snarling and all. She just walked by them. "But you're trying to drive him away... That wasn't part of our deal..."
"Deal?" she asked furiously. "Forget our stupid deal. He's not a monster."
"You mean like you?" the voice asked smoothly.
She was silent for a moment before saying, "Yes. Like me. But I don't care. I've lived my entire life this way. He hasn't."
"So, since he's more human than you, you're giving up the humanity I've offered you?"
Ashe said nothing in response to that.
A few hours later, the doors opened, Lea standing there. Jak had been sitting on the oppsosite side, and had contacted Lea when he realized the door wasn't opening anytime soon.
"You okay?" she asked, going over and helping him up.
"Yeah..." he muttered. "But Ashe is down there. And there were metal heads."
Lea looked away. "She's probably okay if she went down there knowing there were metal heads. Plus, this elevator isn't going to be working for a while. But Jak, I have some news for you."
He raised an eyebrow, and his eyes widened as she said, "We found Tess outside Spargus. Apparently somebody dropped her there. But whoever it was took Daxter."
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I have so much writer's block, it's not funny...