Author's note: Hi everybody, this is Tigre. As usual, if at the beginning of a paragraph you see this: (Tigre Note: Look up [ex] "The Hanging Tree" on Youtube), open a new tab, look up the song, & listen to it as you read the paragraph. As usual: Stuff I own: All my OCs & plot idea (since it's based after Jak and Daxter The Lost Frontier) Stuff I don't own: Any & all Jak & Daxter, & Spyro character/references. Again, I would like to thank Winterblaze313 & Veemon fan683 for the continued reviews, btw, I have a question for any reader to answer at the end of the chapter! *( ^_^ )* Anyways, I'm excited for this chapter, because this'n will finally have musical accompaniment SORRY, I DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO FINISH THIS CHAPTER BEFORE I HAD THE INTERNET TAKEN AWAY! ALSO, WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS BLOOD, GORE, & MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT THAT HAS LIGHT PROFAINE LANGUAGE (HEAVY METAL)!
Meldalvyna's POV
After a few minutes, the orange & yellow creature cuts open the plastic wrapping on the red styrofoam rectangle with one of its claws, then hands the opened package to the man in front of me, watching me warily the entire time. The little animal jumps off of the human's shoulder as the human male slowly stands up, pulling out a piece of butchered yakkow in the process. He walks cautiously up towards me, the hand containing the meat outstretched towards me. "Here, take it, I won't hurt you," the man says softly with a gentle expression & scent radiating from his skin. I stare at the meat, debating wether or not to take the meat straight from his hands.
After a few timid seconds, the man sets the yakkow steak infront of me on a bolder that's top punctured the surface of the ground like a stepping stone in a river. I lean forward, taking my attention away from the two across from me to sniff the meat laid before me. A bright flash suddenly goes off, & I whip my head towards the source, only to see the small creature with the camera facing towards me. I give a soft warning growl, not wanting to terrify the creature. I go back to sniffing the meat, searching for any hidden poisons. Satisfied that there wasn't any poison, I get an idea, & look up at the human, deciding whether or not to go through with my small plan on how the three of us could share the food so I wouldn't ruin my dinner later.
My decision lands on going through the plan, & I immediately take off into the trees to get firewood & an orange to serve as seasoning for the fire-roasted kabab I was planning to make. After finding what i needed, I wrapped the branches in the very end of my tail, held the orange I had gotten from the orange tree that my favorite branch happened to belong to in one of my hand-paws. I then wrapped the remaining amount of my tail loosely around the branch I was currently standing on & flipped down infront of the man at eye-level with him while holding out the orange, accidentally scaring him. I wait for the man to take it from me, which after a few seconds he does with a curious look spread across his face. I flip down onto all fours only to be looked at with an even more curious look towards the branches in my tail as I set up the firewood & the roasting sticks. After setting up the spicket, I turn back to the man & give him a 'can I please have the orange back now' look.
It took a second, but when he understood what I wanted, he offered me the orange. I immediately took the orange from his hand & tossed the orange high into the air. I lept into the air & showed off (for some unknown reason even I couldn't comprehend) by slicing & peeling the orange with my tailblade in a series of flips & twists. As I did my trick, I caught all the appropriately-sized pieces in my left hand-paw, then land, juice from the orange dripping off my tailblade. I put a slice of the orange on either side of the piece of meat the man had originally given me, then take the rest from the creature I now realized what the humans called an ottsel. I cut up the remaining pieces of meat, & put them on in a pattern with the orange slices on the stick that I was intending to cook our snack on.
After I finished putting together the kabab, the ottsel suddenly got a knowing expression on his face. "I know what you're doing, you're making a shish-kabab," it says with the scent of new-found confidence wafting from it. I reply with a gentle smile, then run off in search of flint rock. To my relief, I find two pieces of flint, run over to the firewood, & smash the two flammable rocks together, creating a barrage of sparks. A few spark lands on the firewood, & few seconds later the fire is ablaze. After a few minutes, the kababs are done, sizziling & sending the mouth-watering scent dancing gracefully into the air.
I take the ready-to-eat kababs away from the fire & divide it into three portions. I give each section to the intended recipient, then begin to eat my own. Upon tasting it, I gain a new sense of pride in myself from the flavor of the snack I had made. I look up to see the ottsel be the first one to try the treat I gave the two. It chewed for less than a second, then gives out a gratefull moan, its eyes wide with appretiation. "This is awesome! Jak, you've gotta try it, it's amazing!" the ottsel shouts, its mouth already stuffed with another bite.
The man dubbed 'Jak' by the ottsel takes a small bite, then gets an awe-struck expression on his face. "Jak, I like it, it fits him" I think to myself, the beginning of a grin starting to spread across my face. "Wow, I'm gonna have to make this some time, it's amazing. Thank you," Jak says with a gentle smile on his face & a gratefull tone. Again caught off guard by his attractive looks, I smile shyly back at him, & if it weren't for my black scales, he probably would've seen the blush that now spread across my cheeks. Using my Wind element that I had inherited from my mother, I put out the fire & wait silently for the ottsel & Jak to finish their snack. I notice a confused look on Jak's face after I put out the fire, only to realize he was probably was wondering how the fire was put out by me just seeming to blow on it as if it was a lighted candle.
"Man, I want to tell him how I did it so bad" I complain in my mind, though I knew I couldn't as much as talk to him, or else he might get freaked out & never come back. Suddenly, the scent of metalhead hits my sensitive snout. I immediately tense up, smelling more & more metalheads, big ones. Hearing one start to get closer to us from where Jak & the ottsel had come, I dive ontop of them, pinning them both to the ground parallel with the cliff-side. I get into a protective stance, dipping my upper half towards the ground to make myself appear bigger, not caring just how close my human chest was to Jak's body, though it still made me self-conscious. I begin to growl, trying to get the ever so approaching band of rather large metalheads to go away, spreading my wings as far as they would stretch, staring down the tree line. Suddenly, I hear a metalhead leap up from the underbrush behind me, flying straight towards us, & feel Jak & the ottsel tense up beneath my hand/feet-paws.
Jak's POV
([you've been waiting 4 it]Tigre note: Look up "Get Up" by Korn feat. Skrillex on YouTube)
When the metalhead leaps, I can't help but tense up as it comes flying towards us. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Daxter do the same thing out of instinct, just as I was. Just as the metalhead is about to land, I feel the creature who's rather feminine chest was only an inch or so away from my face suddenly shift with a huge amount of force. The metalhead lets out a quick dying agonized roar as blood splatters onto the creature pinning Daxter & I. Less then a second after whatever happened to the first metalhead, more come running out of the tree line towards us. The black & red reptile pinning Daxter & I leaps off of us towards the approaching metalheads.
The creature runs at them on all four, charging as if it isn't going to slow down. What I see next, I can't even begin to describe. The creature rams right into the closest metalhead, bringing their attention to it & away from Daxter & I. The obviously female creature then proceeds to fight the metalheads. With furious attacks followed by the sickening sound of metalhead flesh being torn away from the bone & bones shattering, the creature that had cooked our small meal with gentle smiles & grins only a few minutes ago began slaughtering metalheads left & right. A furious roar escapes the creature towards her next victim as she charges towards it, followed by the disturbing sound of her latching onto the metalhead's foreleg in her mouth with a cockily evil smile spreading across her reptilian lips, sharp teeth dug into the metalhead's flesh showing.
The metalhead, seeming to know what was about to happen next struggles to escape the creature's grasp. All Daxter & I can do is watch in horrified awe as it lifts the large metalhead up into the air & proceeds to slam the metalhead to the ground quickly back & forth in two directions, splattering blood everywhere, the sound of bone crunching with each quick & brutal impact with the ground. She then begins to spin around in a circle, knocking the surrounding metalheads off their feet. The creature then releases the now dead metalhead from her jaws, sending it flying into the next group of metalheads, bloody, broken, & bruised. It goes after another, & when it reaches it, it swipes savagely at the metalhead with its paws, horns, & tailblade, each attack hitting its mark. Again, she takes hold of the metalhead in her jaws, but this time she leaps into the air with it.
High up in the air beyond the reach of the metalheads, the creature begins to claw at the metalhead's underbelly with the sharp claws on her hind-legs, slicing into its stomach, drenching the ground in blood & chunks of metalflesh, gravity having no effect on the creature. After a few seconds of sickening slicing, she begins to spin around the metalhead it quick tight circles, then stops only to body slam the metalhead into the ground, leap up, & body slam the rather unlucky metalhead again, completely flattening its rib cage, literraly. After landing the second time, the creature does something that amazes me. She stands up on all four, her front legs shakey while her hind legs still sturdy, shifts her weight between all four legs, seems to come to a decision, & stands up on her hind legs. She looks at me from her new position with an assuring apologetic smile before running off, her face & neck dripping with metalhead blood. I can't help but take her in, she was probably my height, excluding the horns, with a thin, yet muscular body.
"Well, would'ja look at that, a good cook, a vicious fighter, & pretty good lookin' from behind," Dark says with a smile seeping into his voice. "What the heck are you talking about!?" I scream telepathically at Dark, taking my attention of the she-creature slaughtering metalheads. "Oh come on! You were checking her out too. Light, I can't believe I'm sayin' this, but back me up!" Dark retorts, yelling back at me, his deep voice filled with annoyance. "Even though I don't wish to agree with my half-witted counterpart, I must. The she-creature is protecting us, you were just 'checking her out,' & even I must admit she is quite good looking," Light says with his usual stern tone, surprising me with his final comment, Dark growling at his 'half-witted' remark. "Fine, what ever you say," I reply, trying to push the thoughts of just how attractive the creature was out of my head. I return my attention to the female in question to see that she was surrounded by metalheads on all sides.
I quickly get up, running towards her, gun in hand. I stop a few feet away so I don't draw the metalheads' attention & let one off. The shot hits a metalhead pushing the creature towards the cliff-side in the temple, surprising both the she-creature & the other metalheads around it. The she-creature looks at me still surprised, then nods appreciatively. She jumps out of the now distracted ring of metalheads towards me, & faces her back towards my own, then gets into a bipedal fighting stance. Back-to-back we begin to fight until the shere numbers of metalheads seperate us, pushing us to opposite sides of the small clearing.
Meldalvyna's POV
Suddenly, a gunshot rings through the air, the shot hitting a metalhead that was trying to corner me against the cliff-side in the side of the head, killing it. I look over in Jak & the ottsel's direction to see Jak holding up a small handgun aimed where the metalhead was once standing. Shaking off the surprise from the sudden gunshot, I nod to him my thanks, & leap out of the now distracted ring of metalheads towards Jak. I land behind him, my back to his, & get into a fighting stance, trying to send the message of my intentions to him. He immediately gets what I was trying to say, & copies me. After a few minutes of non-stop fighting, the metalheads end up seperating us to opposite sides of the small clearing.
While grappiling with a metalhead, I notice one of the metal-skinned beasts stalking up behind a currently distracted Jak. "What am I going to do? If I just stand here, he will be killed, but if I use the element of Shadow, or I shout out, he might get freaked out & fight his way out to his own safety & leave me here" I worry, slowly panicing while the metalhead continues to get closer to the man in question. As the ugly beast gets closer, I continue to panic on what to do, trying to weigh the options. "So many ifs, so many mights, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!" I think to myself, annoyed at my own distress on what to do. Finally I give up & go with my gut feeling when the metalhead is only six feet behind Jak, about to jump. "Jak, get out of the way!" I scream, slaming the metalhead I had in my hand-paws into the cliff-side, & run straight towards them.
Jak's POV
Seperated from the she-creature, half of the metalheads begin to put their attention on me. I fight & fight, using my gun as sparingly as possible. Out of the corner of my eye, I just barely notice the creature looking at me with a worried expression on her face. The metalheads, realizing my short attention span off of them, take their chance to swipe at me. I dodge the swipe & spin kick a few across the face, snapping their necks. My attention back onto the metalheads infront of me & at my sides, I begin to tire, my muscles beginning to shake, my attacks beginning to weaken.
"Jak, get out of the way!" I hear a feminine voice scream infront of me. I look up to see the she-creature running straight at me on two legs, a determined expression on her face. I leap out of the way just in time as she dives forward & tackles a metalhead to the ground that had been sneaking up behind me. Majority of the metalheads bring their attention to the she-creature, while the little remaining metalheads keep their attention on me. Very few seconds later, the sound of breaking bones fills the night air. I look over to see the she-creature's elbow dug deep into the spine of the metalhead that attempted to sneak-attack me just above its hips, the beast's spine obviously broken.
All the other alive metalheads & I stop dead in our tracks as the she-creature begins breaking the dead metalhead's ribs from its spine, a look of rath spread across her face. After breaking all of the ribs, she walks up to the deceased metalhead's front half & cuts into the flesh all around its neck with her tailblade. She grips the metalhead on either side of the cut she had made, stands up, then looks straight at me. "If you don't want to see a metalhead's spine ripped out by its head, I'd suggest not watching," she said with a vengeful tone. "Um... alright then," I reply, realizing that she was the one who had told me to get out of the way earlier, "Uh...don't worry about me, I'm not squeamish." She looks at me, nodds, & does exactly what she said she'd do, the sickening sound of bone being ripped from flesh causing all the metalheads to shrink back, & for myself to nearly gag as I hear Daxter vomit somewhere above us in the trees. She then grips the spine of the de-bodied metalhead & starts spinning the still attatched head around like the spiked ball at the end of a flail.
The metalheads nervously approach her, terrified by what had happened to their comrad, & possibly sibling, having completely forgotten about Daxter & I. The she-creature suddenly gets a look of malice, & swings the headed end of the spine at the closest metalhead, hitting it dead in the shoulder. That's when all hell breaks loose for the metalheads. She starts beating the remaining metalheads to death with her newly aquirred 'weapon.' "Jeez, even I'm not that cruel," Dark says with an awe-struck tone, to which all I can do for a reply is softly grunt. I stand there, watching in horrified awe as the she-creature kills the last three metalheads in one stroke. She then drops the 'weapon' & sits down like a human would on the only bolder in the small clearing. I feel Daxter suddenly jump onto my shoulder & look at him, to which he shakes the camera around saying 'I got it all on' with his eyes. I nod, then walk over next to the creature, trying not to stumble over the metalhead bodies in the dark.
I stand there for a second or two, trying to look into her eyes & figure out why she seemed so sad & worried when she looked at me. "You did great, thank you for protecting us & all," I offer, catching her off guard, then ask "same time tomorrow?" She looks up at me with a surprised look on her face & nods, the sad look still lingering in her eyes. I get up & begin to walk down the path to the Haven City Forrest lock gate. "Uh, Jak," I hear the she-creature say. "Yes," I reply softly, turning to face her. "Thank you for fighting by my side, uh... the name's Meldalvyna by the way," she says shyly. I nod in response with a smile on my face. Meldalvyna smiles back, grabs a metalhead body in each hand, & takes off into the air. "Meldalvyna huh, I like it," I think to myself while walking towards the lock gate.
Author's note: Sorry, I didn't expect to get this chapter out before I moved, but aren't you guys happy I did? Anyways, sorry if you readers are squeamish, but I warned you at the beginning. Also, I'll be moving to Arkansas on the seventh, & I don't know when I'll be getting back the internet, but this story will go on! Anyways the QUESTION FOR ANY READER OF THIS STORY: What do you guys think of Meldalvyna being part human, & what do you think she looks like? Please send in your answers via reviews, & I will see you whenever I get the internet back! Tigre out (for now...) *teary-eyed*
Publisher: She's doing better even I have to admit it, but this is one long chapter about seven pages and there are some small notes that I don't put in here that she made. You see it's my job to work and fix the occasional spelling errors and along with making sure everything is in place in this story. Now that, that's out of the way have a good time everyone I need it to get some stories updated of my own.