NEW CHAPTER! IN THE SAME MONTH! IT'S THE APOCOLYPSE! Okay, no, but I'm putting up this chapter really early because it's so short. Please keep enjoying and please keep reviewing. Hope you have a good day… night… afternoon thing… I don't know when you will be reading this… I'll stop wasting space.

Jak drops down in front of the Precursor Oracle, Daxter yelps from Jak's shoulder.

"Please be more gentle," Daxter whines. Erwen snorts while Jak rolls his eyes, failing to fight a teasing smile.

"Hey! I just don't wanna fall into lava," Daxter snaps.

"Relax, Dax. You'll be fine. If that was about to happen, Jak or I would catch you before you fell," Erwen reassures him. Daxter huffs again, but relaxes as they finally arrive in front of the Precursor Oracle.

"Seek the pure light, for within its flame the answers reside. You can gain my Powercells by bringing 120 precursor orbs for each," the Oracle groans.

"What the heck's that supposta' mean?" Daxter asks Erwen while Jak exchanges the precursor orbs to the Oracle.

"It sounds like a riddle. Maybe, we'll figure them out later," Erwen offers.

'And by we, you mean you,' Jak jokes.

"Well, you two will be over lava, so I don't think you'll be able to think about it," she replies with a shrug. Jak snorts while the trio walk to the entrance of the Lava Tube. Erwen stops abruptly outside the Lava Tube, frowning off to the side.

"I need to check something out, okay? Good luck, guys," Erwen explains, patting Jak on the shoulder before walking toward where she had been looking. Jak and Daxter share a look then shrug and finally join Keira at the beginning of the Lava Tube. When Keira spots them, she lets out a happy little laugh.

"Alright! With these additional Powercells, I should be able to supply the heat shield with enough power to stand up to this lava!" Keira cheers, fixing the power supply for the increase of power. Keira's smile drops at a reading before turning back to the guys.

"But the shield still has a limit. It will now withstand temperatures up to 800 degrees, but no more, so keep an eye on your gauge," Keira tells them, frowning at the zoomer, "I don't want to think about what those temperatures would do to your zoomer if the shield gives out."

"Yeah, the heat…" Daxter mumbles before realizing what Keira said, "WHAT?! The zoomer?! Hey! What about us?! Couldn't we look for a safer route to Gol's Citadel?" Keira takes a step back at Daxter's outburst before pointing in the tube, causing Jak to look in the tube.

"Look, I've released more cooling balloons into the tube. So you can use them to keep the temperature down. And don't forget to activate the teleport gate in the Yellow Sage's lab. We're counting on you!" Keira exclaims. Jak gives Keira a thumbs up and watches her leave. Once Keira leaves the entrance, Jak and Daxter exchange a look.

"How are we going to do this?" Daxter wonders. Jak looks at the zoomer and grins.

"JAAAAK!" Daxter screams from Jak's shoulder as Jak barely makes a jump while getting a cooling balloon. Jak snickers as they fly over the heated rock, collecting all the precursor orbs and scout flies along the way. Collecting yellow eco, Jak drops into a bowl where there is a spinning machine with generators at the ends.

"Looks like you gotta shoot the power spheres to open the door," Daxter advises.

'Way ahead of ya',' Jak nods, firing and destroying all five balls. Once the door opens, Jak flies out, driving and jumping from metal lane to metal lane, collecting a scout fly along the way. Landing back on the heated rock, Jak starts weaving past boxes of dark eco.

"Ugh… Think I'm gonna be sick," Daxter groans as Jak collects two more scout flies then jumps back onto more metal lanes.

'Please don't, ' Jak winces, trying to speed up after landing back on the heated rock.

"I'll try, but no promises," Daxter admits as Jak weaves around large hanging bombs. Jak pushes the zoomer as fast as it can go, barely slowing down for the last scout flies and its Powercell. Driving then jumping off the last metal lane, Jak lands the zoomer on the Trans Pad, letting Daxter fall off and gag over the lava. Jak winces in sympathy as he puts the Powercell into his bag. Daxter stumbles back over to Jak, heaving himself onto Jak's shoulder again.

'Are you okay?' Jak motions worriedly.

"I'm fine. Let's go activate the warp gate," Daxter answers. Jak nods and jogs over to the gate, quickly activating it. Keira jumps out of the gate alone, looking scared.

"Hey! Where's Erwen and old, short, green, and wrinkly?" Daxter jokes, attempting to lighten the mood.

"This is terrible! Father and Erwen are missing! I think Gol and Maia may have kidnapped them as well!" Keira panics. Jak tenses at the thought of Erwen in danger.

"Relax, sweetheart. I got everything under control," Daxter tries to soothe her.

"Under control?!" Keira burst, "Lurker armies continue to grow across the land, Erwen and the sages have been kidnapped, Gol and Maia have enough eco to complete their terrible plan, and to stop them you're going to have to fight your way through their Citadel!" Keira deepens her breathing, blinking back tears.

"Uh… yeah. That about, uh, sums it up," Daxter admits nervously.

"You've got to rescue them before it's too late! And Jak?" Keira hesitates, looking Jak in the eye before looking away, requesting, "Be careful." Jak smiles and nods before Daxter clamors up his shoulder and snaps, "Yeah, WE will be!" Jak rolls his eyes at his friend's antics while jogging to the Citadel's entrance. Taking in a deep breath, Jak and Daxter share a nod with the other before pushing open the door.