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Thanks for the reviews ::giggles:: Anyways, in this chapter we find out that Torn has a little secret, and a lot of other things. I really hope you like this chapter, and review please!
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The next morning, Krane to find that Torn had come back to the Underground. She had been worried about him since he didn't show up at the tattoo parlor at all. When she had come back to the Underground last night, he still wasn't back causing her to worry.
"Torn," Krane whispered as she hopped out of bed. "Torn…are you awake?"
He didn't answer. Figuring that he was in a deep sleep, Krane moved away from him. She remembered what day it was, and ran outside to see Kor and the child standing out there, getting ready to go on a walk.
"Kor!" she called out. "Wait for me!"
"Are you coming young one?" Kor asked, turning around to her. "Jak has opened the Tomb of Mar! We must hurry! Samos is waiting for us there."
"Right."
Krane grabbed a nearby zoomer and drove it up next to Kor and the child. They both climbed in, and Krane took off as quickly as she could towards the Tomb of Mar. Once they were outside of the area Kor told Krane was the Tomb, she lowered the zoomer and they all crawled out.
"Are you sure this is it?" Krane asked, looking at the place she had driven by over and over again.
"The Light Tower pointed to this area," Kor answered as a door opened. "Come inside before the guards catch onto us!"
Krane did as told and ran into the Tomb. Once in the main room, they met up with the Shadow who was looking around at the blank walls. They were about to speak when Jak came into the room.
"You did it, Jak! You actually found Mar's tomb!" the Shadow said towards Jak.
"Great! Now what? We send this poor kid into a meat grinder?" Jak asked, walking over to the small child.
"This is the day I've long awaited! To hold the fabled Precursor Stone in my hands," Kor said as he gripped his fist together.
"You must be cautious, child. The tests of manhood are sure to be fraught with peril and Mar's heir must face them alone," the Shadow said towards the small child who looked nervous.
"Does he have to?" Krane asked as she too walked over to the child.
"Yes." The Shadow nodded.
"It's okay, kid. You can do it. It's just a deep, pitch-black, 'sure to be filled to the brim with painful death' old tomb. I wouldn't go in there," Daxter whispered to the child.
The opening of the large door in front of them caused them all to go silent. They watched as the door slowly opened, and the large Oracle began to speak.
"Welcome, heir of Mar. Finally, the chosen one stands before me. Enter and prove yourself worthy to claim the ancient birthright," the Oracle said.
The door opened until it was halfway done, and suddenly came to a halt. Everyone looked on nervously.
"NO! This child is too young to face the tests!" the Oracle roared as the door began to close once more.
"What?! No!" Kor yelled.
"Do something, Jak!" the Shadow said, looking towards the older blond.
Jak ran towards the door, and began to scoot down as if he were going to try and slip underneath the closing door.
"Jak, remember the 'sure to be filled to the brim with painful death' part!?!" Daxter yelled as he ran after him.
Jak rolled underneath the door while Daxter came towards the door, but changed his mind and tried to run the other way. Jak's hand came from underneath the door, and pulled Daxter underneath the door by his tail.
The Shadow walked over to the closed door. "Great tree limbs! He's gone to face the tests!"
"No, he's gone to his death." Kor shook his head.
Krane turned around to leave when she met face-to-face with the barrel of a KG's gun.
"FREEZE!" the guard yelled.
Kor, the child, Samos, and Krane were taken up to the Palace in handcuffs. They were each thrown into a jail cell near the experiment room, Samos with his older self and Krane with Tess.
"They arrested you too?" Krane asked Tess who was sitting down on the only bed.
"Yeah." She sighed longingly. "Krew sold me out just like he sold you out."
Krane's hands gripped into fists. "That damn bastard. I'd kill him if I could."
The jail door opened to reveal Overture. He walked in, grabbed Krane's right hand and led her out without another word. Tess stood there, and watched as the door closed in wonder of what was going on.
Overture led Krane through darkened hallways with only one light above her head over and over again. Her right hand was outstretched because he was holding it to lead her through the darkness.
"Where are you taking me?" Krane whispered.
"I have some important things to talk to you about in my room, where no one will bother us," he whispered back.
After a long silent walk, Overture made a sharp left turn and stopped at the dead end of a hallway. He stopped walking and stood in front of a door while his left hand pushed a small array of buttons to the right of the door.
His hand… Krane thought as she looked down to their combined hands. Why is it so warm?
She moved her fingers a bit to engulf them in his warmth. The more and more she noticed his warmth, a thought ran through her head along with a name she never thought she'd think of again on her own.
Schorn… Her eyes grew wide. Why…does he remind me of Schorn?
The door Overture was working at made a light beeping noise, and the door opened upwards. He tugged on her hand and walked inside, telling her that he was going to move forward. She followed, and the two walked into his room as the door closed and locked behind them.
"What's going on?" Krane asked, looking around.
"I need to talk to you about this place," Overture said as he began typing on his large computer. "Through studying your disc as well as mine I have found what is wrong with our world."
"What?" Krane stepped forward.
"The Rift Gate that was opened was not supposed to be there," he explained. "When you placed the Jak disc inside of the CD burner instead of the other one, it opened what looked like a Rift Gate. The evil Metal Head Leader Kor—"
"KOR!?" Krane stepped backwards and covered her mouth. "He's the Metal Head Leader?!"
"Shh," Overture whispered. "Yes he is. Getting back to what I was saying, Kor thought that the round object he saw was another Rift Gate so he went through and grabbed us. Right now our world has been frozen, I did not want it to go on without us there so I froze the program."
Krane blinked. "What?"
Overture sighed. "When the Rift Gate opened, it was opened by that Jak two disc, now that disc is a ring sitting in the recording room. When I arrived here I found this place and stopped our world after three days. So in the real world, we have been missing for three days instead of two years. I needed to take your disc in order to open the gate back to our world, the disc I have only allows me to make changes."
"How did you get the other disc? Did you take it from Schorn?" Krane walked over to his side. "Please tell me something."
Overture looked away from her, and back towards the computer. "Right now my main concern is to tell you not to tell anyone about Kor. We cannot go home until Kor is dead because he is keeping the Rift Gate open."
"When will that be?"
Overture walked over to his bed, lifted the mattress, and pulled out a small book. He then walked back over to Krane, and handed her the book.
"Look at it," he said.
Following his orders she looked down at the book to see Jak on the front with Daxter on his shoulder. She blinked a few times and then read the title. "The Official Complete Guide to Jak II, now with game script!"
"This is how…you know all of this?" Krane asked as she opened the book and began to look through it. "Where did you get this?"
"I went back into our world and got it," he answered simply.
"Who are you?" Krane closed the book. "How do you know everything about me? Please answer me!"
Overture sighed heavily. "I will answer you soon but there's more we need to discuss. Remember when I told you that us being here has not affected the game?"
"Yes."
"It has. Through the game the missions you are going on were never part of the main game. I have discovered a few things about the characters in here that were never mentioned before and I do not understand why."
"Like what?"
"I cannot tell you."
"Listen," Krane walked over to him and slammed her hand down onto the computer, "tell me something. You're telling me everything but what I want to know! Tell me who the hell you are!"
Overture hung his head. "Scott Henders."
Krane blinked. Had she really heard what she thought she heard? That name, she hadn't heard it in so long but she knew it so well. She opened her mouth to yell out what she was thinking but stopped as the sounds of footsteps stopped her.
"You can't have that name!" she whispered harshly. "That was—"
"Schorn's real name," Overture whispered back. "When you met Schorn two years ago, and he shot you he remembered you. The reason he forgot you? All of the training he had been through in the Krimzon Guard forced him to realize that this was no longer a game and so he began to work his way up the ranks until he became one of the best rookies of the year. But when he saw you and realized this was a game…everything came back to him."
"Then why?" Krane's eyes reddened as she backed away from him. "Why did…he try to arrest me so many times? Why didn't he ever say anything?!"
"Because his memory was moved."
"Moved?" Krane asked as tears fell down her face. "How?"
"Count Veger is in charge of Eco treatments and because the Baron did not want to lose Schorn as a solider, he moved his memory into another, dead body."
"How?"
"With Light Eco." Overture looked back towards her, and smiled. "Schorn's memories were placed in a dead body, my dead body, and I was reawakened with Schorn's memories."
"So you're…" Krane stepped forward and gently touched his face. "You're Schorn. The Schorn I know."
"Yes." He smiled. "I am Schorn in a sense. I do not remember anything else from who I was before, but now I know everything. I know what happened to you two before you came here, and because Schorn had played the game, I know what happens. I found the book with Marco and thought I would keep it in case I forgot something important."
"I watched him die," Krane said as she closed her eyes. "But you're here dammit. You're standing right here in front of me."
"I have been looking for you," Overture whispered gently as he cupped the right side of Krane's face. "For two years I looked and I finally the calling in the back of my head for you has stopped. I am happy you are here."
"I am too."
Meanwhile Jak and Daxter had defeated the Baron for a second time but they had lost the Precursor Stone. Now they had to save their friends who were locked up in the Fortress. As they walked into the Fortress and into the Prison, they walked over to a single cell while Jak pressed a button on the wall. When the door opened, it reveled Tess.
"Hey there sweetheart! The Metal Head masher has saved the day! Oh, and I let Jak tag along too," Daxter said as he walked over to her.
"Oh, my little hero!" Tess said as she picked up Daxter and cuddled him.
While they cuddled, Jak walked into another cell where he saw Samos standing. He began to peak inwards when two Samos' appeared, one being the Shadow, and another the one Jak knew so well.
"What took you so long? I added six rings to my trunk waiting for you two to get me outta here!" The older Samos said looking at Jak. "Great Yakow horns! What happened to you Jak?"
Daxter's mouth dropped open. "Wait a minute! You're you! I mean the other you! I mean... you know what I mean."
The young Samos appeared. "Yes, it appears I have an older time twin. Great grass grubs. I can't believe what a cranky old log I've become!"
"Two Samos the Sages?! Aaack, Jak, they're multiplying!" Daxter yelled, jumping onto Jak's shoulder once more.
"We need to find the kid, pronto!" the old Samos said.
"What are you talking about, old growth? The kid already opened the tomb. Our top priority should be to disrupt the Baron's forces! Oh, look who thinks they sprouted," the Shadow Samos said as he shook his head back and forth.
"If you were half as wise as I am, you'd know that the proper cause of action is to find the kid!"
"Listen, you old dried up leaf. I run this outfit, and I say we go after the Baron's forces," the younger Samos hissed.
Daxter jumped between them. "Do we have to separate you two?"
The sound of the Warp Gate turning on caught Jak's attention. He turned towards the Warp Gate to see the familiar blue and white rings in the middle.
"Vin's activating the Warp Gate. We need to get out of here now!" Jak said, moving his hand back towards the gate.
"Wait," Tess stepped forward, "I don't know what happened to Krane. She was with us but some guy came and took her away."
"Great." Jak sighed. "I think we need to get you guys back to Torn, I'll come back to find Krane."
Without a fuss, everyone ran towards the Wrap Gate and jumped through, leaving Krane behind in the Fortress.
Once Jak dropped everyone back off at the Underground's HQ, Jak headed towards the Hip Hog. He walked in to see Krew sleeping, and Sig sitting in a booth, drinking out of a large glass cup. He walked in quietly, and slipped in the booth Sig was sitting.
"You boys are alright, and since the boss is out of it right now, I'm going to give it to you straight. I've been Krew's heavy for years, and I've done things I'm not proud of, but this time, I think Krew's gotten himself and us, into something really nasty. I'm thinking of getting out," Sig whispered towards Jak.
"Ohh... Sig's beginning to like us, Jak. Come here you bug lug! Hugs for everyone!" Daxter said, opening his arms towards Sig.
"Knock it off! I think Krew's trying to..." Sig's whisper slowly stopped as Krew moved around and snorted loudly. "Shhh... he's waking up."
"Relaaaax... watch me butter up bun boy." Daxter hopped off of Jak's shoulder as Krew woke up. "Hey there, stuffed crust. How's it feel floating on top of the food chain? Whooooo... Krew meister... have you been exercising? You're looking good! You are... definitely... living large! And... those legs... they're so...ah, chiseled."
Krew ignored the rat and moved towards Jak. "I need you to escort three of my boys down into the sewers and visit that statue again. I've heard that Mar's cheeky face might contain another secret, and I want you to see if the stories are true, ey? Make sure all three of my boys get to that statue, and they'll do all the rest, hmmmmn?"
"Yeah." Jak stood up.
Krew floated away, and as soon as he was out of earshot, Jak moved in towards Sig.
"Krane's still up in the Fortress, I couldn't find her," Jak whispered back.
"Dammit." Sig slammed his fists down on the table. "Don't tell Jinx at all, he'll freak out about it."
"Why?" Jak blinked.
"You haven't noticed?" Daxter and Sig said towards Jak.
"Noticed what? I'm not around Krane that much." Jak shrugged.
"It's not Krane, it's Jinx," Sig said in a low tone so that Krew wouldn't be able to hear him. "He's got a thing for the small girl."
"A thing?" Jak raised an eyebrow.
"Lemme explain this Jak." Daxter stood up on his shoulder. "Jinx is flirtin', mackin', and snugglin' with this girl and she's blind to it and apparently you are too."
"I really don't care," Jak said, looking sideways towards Daxter. "Come on, let's get this done and over with, I've got to go looking for Krane soon."
"Don't worry about that Cherry." Sig stood. "I'll go on patrol to look for her. Take Jinx and his crew through the sewers, and don't let anything about Krane slip."
"I won't." Jak sighed.
Jak walked down to the sewers and stood in front of the doors after riding an elevator. When the doors opened, he could see Jinx standing there with two men Jak didn't know, Mog and Grim.
"Hey there Blondie!" Jinx said as Jak walked into the sewer. "Haven't seen you in a while."
"Hey," Jak answered.
"Let's go get us a statue!" Jinx grinned.
The group moved through the sewers while Jinx, Mog, and Grim talked to one another about what was going on. Then was the first time Jak noticed that Jinx was very good with an explosive, and did know what he was doing but that wasn't the only thing Jak noticed.
Jinx was different. Here when he was around the other two guys Jinx acted so different from when he was around Krane. Whenever she was by his side, Jinx always gave all of his attention to her but here he was so focused on what he had to do and Jak found it a bit odd. The way he talked was also a bit different, a bit rougher and a bit more vulgar.
"Jakey boy!" Jinx called, walking over to the blond and breaking his thoughts. "Tell me somethin', you seen Krane around?"
"Uh no." Jak looked away. "Why?"
Jinx sighed a bit, and moved his hands behind his head. "She didn't come home last night. Makes me worry."
"She's living with you?" Jak asked.
"Now." Jinx grinned.
"And cookin' for you!" Grim said with a loud laugh.
"Shut up!" Jinx hissed in almost a whisper. "You'll give away our position!"
Suddenly, a Metal Head jumped down from the ceiling and Jak began to shoot while Jinx jumped back and began shooting as well. After the Metal Head had died, they continued to walk down the sewer when Jak felt something strange in the middle of his chest.
It was an almost sharp pain in the middle of his chest, a pain he couldn't explain. When he looked back towards Jinx, the pain grew and that was when he knew what the pain was. He had to tell Jinx about Krane. He didn't know why but he just had to tell Jinx that Krane was up in the Fortress it didn't feel right to keep such an important secret from him.
Jak stopped walking. "Jinx," he said gently, "I gotta tell you something."
Jinx turned back to him. "What is it Blondie? We gotta hurry up and move!"
"Krane has been captured by the Baron," Jak spat out. "When I went up there to save everyone, she wasn't there. I don't know where she is now."
"Shit." Jinx stomped his foot. "How can she do somethin' so stupid!? Getting herself caught like dat?! What the hell has this world come to?!"
"We'll go find her after this, don't worry," Jak said as he placed his gun back.
"Dammit!" Jinx stomped his foot once more.
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