Chapter 10: Another problem

After returning to Daxter's bar, the four knew something wasn't right. Turning around they saw that Metal Kor's head wasn't hanging where it usually was. Suddenly it hit them as to why the Metals hadn't retreated for two days, it was a distraction to get Kor's head back. But before they could decide on what to do they were heading towards the (new) Eco mine.

Arriving at the mine Skyler took point with his Oblivionizer and slowly advanced into the cave and motioned for them to follow. Advancing quietly towards the main area they saw KG guard bots (that resembled a mixture of Magna guards and pikemen) that weren't very good at guarding because they easily slipped past 20 of them. Arriving at a cliff, they had to jump across one at a time, starting with Jak and Daxter, then Naruto, and Skyler analyzed the cliff's edge and did an angled jump towards the wall, back flipped off the wall, grabbed the cliff's edge and back flipped up and walked on as the three's mouths dropped in awe.

A while latter the four came up to a large drill that was lightly guarded and Skyler led them towards a back, and told them to stop while he scouted ahead. 10 feet ahead of the three he suddenly stopped and the three wondered why until a Red Eco sword came out his back and he collapsed on his knees.

"Skyler!" yelled Naruto as he rushed towards the robot and broke its cybernetic neck and then turned towards his bleeding friend. Wrapping his arm round Skyler's waist, he helped his friend off the ground and towards the exit while Jak laid cover fire for them.

TIME SKIP: 4HOURS LATER

After getting Skyler back to Have, they put him in the Medical Facility to be taken care of. Waking up Skyler found pain in his back and chest and looked to see a narrow slit in his armor. Getting up he left for Daxter's bar.

Arriving at the bar he walked in and sat down at the counter an began to think about what was going on when he saw Naruto he reached out but was shocked to see his hand go through the fox's head. Reaching for a bottle his hand went through it too, he then saw Daxter and arced into him causing the Ottsel to twitch which got Jak's attention.

"Hey, Dax you alright?" asked Jak as his long-time friend began to twitch.

'Tell him you're alright.' went Skyler's voice inside his head.

"Yeah, Jak…Never better. Excuse me a moment guys." said Daxter forcing a smile. After going into the closet he saw a ghostly face appear before him, but before he could scream a hand was placed on his mouth.

"Dax, its me."

"S-skyler? What happened? Its been 4 days since you were skewered. Are you…'gulp'…dead?"

"No, not yet. I can feel my body is still alive, but you guys need to get me to Samos and Tym."

"Okay I'll tell them." replied Daxter after which he walked back out Naruto and Jak, who noticed Daxter's fur was bent straight up.

"Guys, Skyler is here." said Daxter nervously.

"Where? I don't see him." replied Naruto after looking around the room.

"Okay big guy, you can come out now." said Daxter after which Skyler came out of Daxter's back and looked at the two. Jak and Naruto's mouths instantly dropped at seeing Skyler as a phantom. After explaining what they had to do and after talking to the two sages, the three (Skyler retracted back into Daxter's body) went to the Medical Facility only to find dead or injured guards everywhere and ran to the room where Skyler's body was only to find Rage trying to get inside Skyler's body.

"Hahahaha, you're two late fools! HAHAHA! I'll soon be in control of your friend's body and destroy this world!" yelled Rage at the three.

"NOT ON YOUR LIFE!" came Skyler's voice as he leapt out of Daxter and arced into Rage, suddenly Rag's own hands and arms were against him.

"You're weak and pathetic Rage. You pretty much allowed me to take over your body while Daxter seemed to fight my "intrusion". You'll never win Rage." said Skyler as he caused Rage to punch himself.

"NOT FAIR! HAHA! NOT FAIR! HAHAHAHA! You can't do this! I'm leaving!" yelled Rage as he jumped out a window and disappeared into an alley. Skyler then returned to his body and woke up clutching his head in pain.

"Ugh…remind me…to…never…become a ghost…again…" he said while getting up uneasily and had to be helped by Naruto to walk because he felt disoriented. After arriving at the bar they let him rest a while and went to the counter to talk.

"Ugh…that experience was worse than returning to Misty Island after I got turned into short, cute, and fuzzy!" complained Daxter who just got a head shake and eye roll from Jak.

"Hey! I could of lost a friend there so SHUT UP YOU ORANGE WEASEL!" yelled Naruto with his tail bristling and eyes red and barred teeth. Daxter instantly backed away from his enraged friend and went to find something else to do. Jak was surprised at this and wondered how close these two were and if Naruto would bark like this over his friend he wondered as to what would happen if either of the two died. After seeing Naruto calm down he decided to ask Skyler some questions and walked over to the both where Skyler was resting.

"Jak, I know that you have some questions about me, but I won't give up my past to those who don't trust me." was what Skyler said before Jak had even opened his mouth and was shocked to see the guy hadn't even moved an eyelid. Walking away he thought that the guy was strong already but doubted that he was using ALL his power and wasn't too sure if he wanted to see what the Metal Heads planned to do with Kor's head or Skyler's full power.

End Chapter

Sorry if this chapter was long and boring but at least you now know it takes more than a sword thru the chest to kill him. By the way for those that haven't figured it out Rage is insane. Please review.