Authors note: I am sorry about the disapointments you all must feel about the most recent chapters. I am glad people pointed it out cause now I can change things to make things right. Your opinions are important to me cause it helps improve in writting and plotline. I hope you all can forgive me for the mistakes, cause were all human and we all make mistakes. But we can try to fix them...oh..and to be honest English is actually my second language. Thank you for understanding...I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Stormy times:
Jak's apartment, time 3 in the morning:
Jak grumbled opening his eyes, he was exhausted yet he couldn't stay asleep.
Yesterday and tonight was the hardest, Daxter freaked out and left the apartment after he told him what happened, refused to come back, then he had one more trial...which combined all the remaining ones.
When done he felt like he went several round with Kor and Metal Errol, took a beating and lost and to top it all off Errol wouldn't shut up.
The kid kept coughing up a storm for an hour.
Yawning Jak rubbed his face as he got up, deciding to tire himself out a bit by walking through the apatment.
Opening the door of his room he took a step to the hallway which he ended up slipping.
"ow" he muttered placing a hand on the liquid which he slipped on..hum...it felt familiar.
Bringing his hand to his face Jak got a closer look to what it was.
It was red and it smelled like,
"Blood" whispered Jak as he slowly got up, keeping an eye out for intruders Jak walked down the hall, following the trail of blood.
He could heard Errol coughing.
Peeking he saw the child holding curled up on the couch,
"Errol, you okay?" said Jak getting a closer look.
The child looked, Jak froze, he was covered in blood, his shirt, arms and hands and mouth.
He kept coughing, spitting out blood.
After that it was as if Jak's body was on auto pilot, he ran back to his room, somehow avoiding falling on the puddle again.
Putting on any old shirt, pants and shoes Jak ran back, took Errol and left the apartment in a hurry.
He had no idea what was going on with the child, or if he was okay or dying.
The rest was like a rush, the next thing Jak knew he was at the hospital, a nurse came in, talking fast, he could beraly understand what she had said.
Errol was taken from his arms and placed in a stretcher and taken into the emergency room.
Finally the "outerbody" experience seemed to be going away, slowly Jak sat down on the waiting room, away from the rest of the group.
Stared at his hands, arms and shirt, which were coated with all the blood Errol was coughing out.
He was confused, he seemed to be standing in a thin line between care and despise.
Jak admitted he had started to care for child Errol and his well being, but at the same time he despised him and what he did when he was an adult.
Where exactly was he, he was not sure.
The Errol he had watched over the past few days was different, he was not like the Errol he had faced, but its probably because he is a baby, since he is no older than 2.
After what seemed like an eternity, he felt somebody touching his shoulder, looking it was a man, his guess the doctor.
"We stabelized son" he said,
"He is not my son..he is my..." said Jak trying to think of a lie "He is my nephew".
"Oh" said the doctor.
Later at the hospital:
Jak sat down a bit on the chair, Errol was sleeping in the crib he was placed in when they got to the recovery room.
He was still knock out from the anestetic the doctor gave him before he was taken to surgery.
Accourding to what they found Errol had suffered a trauma in his chest which caused bleeding and it accumulated causing Errol to chocke on it making him try to cough it out.
The curtain opened and Jak was surprised to see Keira, Sig, Ashlin, Torn, Tess and Daxter.
How did they find him he not sure, but he was pretty sure they played the uncle and aunt card and to solidify the lie they had brought presents for Errol.
There were crayons, coloring books, ect, things baby might like.
"what?" Jak said,
"Jak, we need to talk" said Keira,
"I don;t feel like talking to a lier" he said,
"Yes we do...please" she said.
Rolling his eyes Jak got up and left the room turning the light off behind him.
Ashlin was the first to speak,
"Jak...Daxter told us" she began,
"Ya ya, so what? I don't plan on going evil any day soon" he said interrupting Ashlin,
"Thats not what we mean, were worried about you" said Torn,
"I am fine, I just did a little growing up" he said,
"Jak...why? why are you so mad?" demanded Keira,
"Because you guys are getting on my nerves" he said,
"Look...I want to say something...and...its it...I am sorry" said Keira "what do you want to me to do to convince you to forgive me? build another rift portal? go back in time and tell my past self of the mistakes I did so they can be fixed? what do you want? cause all I can do now is say sorry".
Jak looked, sighted...then said "All I want is honesty...I want you to stop lying to me and to yourself".
Keira looked down,
"what is he talking about?" asked Sig,
"Nothing" said Jak, keeping Keiras secret then added "for now all of you will have to work to gain my trust again".
Before anybody could say anything there was a bloody scream.
Meanwhile:
Inside the now dark recovery room Errol woke up,
"dada?" he called looking around.
He didn't like the room he was in, it was scary, everything was white, there were some lights reflecting into the room making shadow in the room which they seem to want to get him.
Whimpering he pulled the covers.
Then he heard a little sound, it sounded like a pin hitting the ground, then there was a crash and break of glass.
Now scared Errol looked around wildly from his crib, wondering where that sound came from.
Looking a dark figure entered the window and into the room.
He backed away against the pillow, holding tightly the blankets as the figure got closer and closer.
Finding his voice Errol scream loudly as he hid under the covers which were yanked off, then he felt it grab his ankle pulling him up.
Then all of a sudden the lights turned on,
"LET HIM GO!" he heard, looking he was glad to see Jak and his friends.
They held some sort of...ummm...he is not sure as they pointed at the figure which was trying to take him.
Jak despise his anger, he was slightly frightened by what he saw.
It was about his size..but it was not human it was at one point...but not anymore, it had metal body, wires connected to his skull and around his body, there were pieces of rotting flesh here and there..the face..it was.
"Two Errols!?" yelled Daxter freaking out, the figure laughed in amusement,
"The rat recognizes me, bravo" he said chuckling,
"Let the child go, I won;t ask you twice" hissed Sig, charging his peacekeeper.
"You think I am afraid of you?" he taunted, then yelled in pain, Torn shot his arm causing him to let go of child Errol, who once landed on the ground he crawled underneath the crib.
The thing growled, went to get the child back but knew he was out of advantage on this time,
"This isn't over MAR" he yelled before jumping out of the same window he came in and disappearing into the night.
It took a few seconds before everybody processed what had happened.
Keira was the first, she walked towards the crib,
"Errol?" she said, the child cried hidding, he was scared.
"Its okay, its gone now" coaxed Keira as she gently took his hand and pulled him into an embrace before getting up from the floor.
The child burried his head on her shoulder crying, Keira smiled a bit, rubbing his back to comfort him.
"Something tells me...there is more to Errol coming back to life than we though" said Torn,
"Ya no kidding...explain what we just saw, cause it certanly wasn't the ghost of Barron Praxis" said Daxter sarcastically,
"Look until we find out what is going on, we all will have to pitch in...cause that thing wants Errol...and he will be back to try and get him" said Sig, everybody nodded in agreement.
Jak silently agreed, but something told him in order to find out what is going on, he is going to have to do a little research of his former enemy.
To be continue...
Authors note: 00, oh boy...first there was a baby Errol, now there is a robotic adult Errol. Will Jak eventually forgive Keira? so many questions. Any way review to tell me what you think of this chapter.