Chapter 21

We walked through the part of the city lots of metal head everywhere. We rounded a corner I said, "You know this place isn't that bad. Okay who am I kidding this place looks like shit."

Daxter said, " This place looks as bad as my old bedroom back home."

I said, "No your room was worse."

Samos yelled from behind a shield wall, " Jak, Rachel, over here!"

Jak said happy, " Samos! Keira!"

We ran over and I said, "Finally people."

Daxter said, " Ah, Samos... still as green as the stuff between my toes."

Samos said, " See Keira, I knew I could feel Jak and Rachel's energy's. My it's good to see you two again! Those passageways below the palace, they must be terribly important. The Metal Heads and KG robots are advancing toward them and we can't hold out forever."

Jak said, " So the city needs me again, huh? What else is new?" I giggled and smiled.

Samos said, " Veger has turned on the force fields here."

Jak said, "Veger's the one who attacked the palace! He said he was looking for something below... something in the catacombs."

Samos told us, " Well, you're just going to have to find whatever it is before he does. But first, you'll need to find another way into this section of the city. Take the sewers into the port, then find a way north to reach us. And Jak, Rachel, we're sorry for what happened. We should have stopped Veger."

Jak said, " I'll stop him myself." I looked at Jak and acted hurt he smiled and said, "I mean we will stop Veger."

I said, "You beat we will lets go!"

_Time Skip_

We walked into Daxter's club. Daxter said, " Ah, the Naughty Ottsel. Honey, I'm home!"

Torn said, " Jak, Rachel, I never thought I'd see you two again."

Daxter yelled, " Torn? What are you doing to my place?"

Torn said, " We needed a southern HQ for the war. Plus, I kinda like the sign with the Ottsel Head outside."

Daxter hopped on the table and said, " Yeah... it's cool, huh?"

Torn said, " We use it for target practice."

I said, "Nice. I should have thought of that."

Daxter yelled, " Hey!"

Torn said, " Listen... I'm sorry we couldn't stop Count Veger. We all are."

Jak said, " We just saw Veger. He's trying to use Precursor technology for something."

I said, "He was a LITTLE off his nut."

Torn said, " Figures. That guy always was one monk short of a choir. We have bigger problems now. Veger sent me on a suicide attack into the port and we got cut off. Now we can't get back to Freedom HQ. Our forces are divided and the KG and Metal Head fronts are squeezing us from both sides."

Daxter said and bowed, " Never fear, the trouble riplets are here!" I rolled my eyes.

Torn said, " Uh oh, speaking of trouble. We've got incoming blast bots from the KG city section. They're heading this way. Can you handle it?" Jak was giving his cocky grin that always made me smile/

Daxter said, " Okay, so we've got a little fear. Hee hee... but Jak and Rachel are here!"

_Time Skip_

Torn said into a comm, " Ashelin? Ashelin, this is Torn. Jak and Rachel are back in the city."

Ashelin said and a hologram of her showed up, " Jak?... And Rachel? I knew I could count on you, Jak." I cleared my throat loud. She said, "...I knew I could count on you too Rachel."

Torn said, " That new KG leader is probably pissing in his... wait someone's jamming the signal... I think..."

Jak said, " Errol!" I clenched my teeth and growled literally.

Cyber-Cyber-Errol said, " I live! Ha ha ha ha! Still fighting for the weak link, eh Jak.. and Rachel? Well, I've had a few "enhancements" since we last met. Even the Metal Heads have their biological weakness. But me? I'm pure metal! I'd love to meet you two again."

Samos's hologram appeared and said, " We must unite our forces or we're though! You've got to reach us, Jak!"

Ashelin then appeared and said, " We need you to break through and link up with us before it's too late. The KG robots are growing stronger. That floating War Factory of theirs is spitting out more robots every day."

Torn said, " We need to assault the KG front. If we can break through their defenses, we may be able to get back to HQ and link up. Care to make some noise, Jak?"

Jak said, " We're always up for a little rumble, hey Rachel, Dax?"

I said, "It will be fun to kick some ass for the city again."

Daxter said, " Fish in a barrel, baby! Fish in a barrel." I rolled my eyes and we headed out.

_Time Skip_

Tess turned and saw us enter the gun course entrance, " Daxter! You're back! Oooo... did that mean old desert burn your itty bitty paws?"

Daxter jumped from tesses death grip and said, " Hey Tess, baby. Don't crusha-the-merchandise. How's biz?"

Tess said, " I'm designing new guns to help out the war effort."

Jak asked, " You make guns now?"

I said, "How... cool."

Tess said, " Yeah... I just finished this new gun. It sports a multi-port, large-bore, gyro-burst launcher with blowback breech assist, using full-jacket, eco-depleted, armor-piercing slugs, and a continuous kill zone scanner for tight groupings at a high-cycle rate of fire. Hee hee... it's a hobby. Not so fast. First you have to prove you can protect my little schunuckums' in the new gun course."

I shook my head and said, "The only words I think I know in what you just said are yeah and new gun course. Thats it. And since its a gun course I think I will just chill here."

Jak did the gun course great, but only got silver. Tess said and handed Jak the gun, " Not bad shooting Jak... for a guy. Now, I want you to protect my little baby with this... or else I'll hunt you down and hurt you REAL bad. Okay? Hee hee."

Daxter said, " Wow! I didn't know you had so much... rrawrr!"

I laughed and said, "Woo girl power." Jak and Daxter rolled there eyes, but Tess gave me a high five. I said, "You rock Tess now lets go boys."

_Time Skip_

Torn said, " We've got some KG defences we need eliminated. Super range sniper cannons are keeping our men pinned down. Jak, Rachel, you two need to find those hidden cannons and take 'em out. There's sure to be a counter attack when they see what you're up to, so watch out! You know the routine!"

Daxter said, " Yeah... we do all the work, you get all the credit!"

I sighed and grabbed Daxter. I said, "Come on Jak."

_Time Skip_

Torn said, " Jak, Rachel, I need you two to go into the sewers, into the Metal Head city section. We need to attack their hive from below and the sewers are the only way in right now. We haven't been in those old passageways since the war broke out, but no scouts have reported movement down there."

Daxter asked, " Ummm... That's a good thing, right?"

Torn said, " I mean, no scouts have ever come back alive to tell us."

Daxter yelled, " Oh... OH! Still giving us the crappy missions, huh?"

I laughed and Jak said, " Dark, dirty, dangerous... I'm beginning to like this war."

I said and headed for the door, "Yeah." They looked at me I said, "Hey all the stuff sounds fun right about now except the dirty. I am so taking a shower when we come back if its really dirty." Jak rolled his eyes at me then we left.

_Time Skip_

After a few missions we drove a guy named Jinx around to blow stuff up. When we were done Torn called through the comm. Torn said through the comm, " Sweet eco, Jak, Rachel, You did it! You've got us deeper into KG territory!"

Jinx said and drove away, " Nice work, pretty boy and pretty girl! I'm gonna go see what I can scrounge up. See ya on the flip side!" I raised an eyebrow and Jak loaded his new gun mod in his gun.

_Time Skip_

We drove a eco hover car with missiles coming after us. We got rid of the other ones with no problem but there was one left and it was right behind us. Torn said threw the comm, "Jak come toward the naughty ottsel and aim for the ottsel sign. Its gonna be close." They turned the sign to full brightness.

Jak yelled, "Hang on Rachel!"

I looked back and forth then said, "This is gonna be real close." We aimed toward the sign and were about to hit it when Jak pulled up just inches away. Daxter screamed as the missles blew up his head on the naughty ottsel sign. I said, "I think its an improvement." Then the ottsel head landed on the pitchfork. I smiled and said, "Now its perfect I mean who wouldn't eat at a place with a headless devil ottsel with an ottsel head on a pitchfork. I would love to eat there now." I smiled and Daxter glared at me.

_Time Skip_

We slipped into a both at the naughty ottsel with Torn. Torn said, " Jak, Rachel, we've got word of a new assault on the Port. They're trying to take us out once and for all! The strange thing is, we're seeing movement from both the KG and Metal Head fronts. It's like they're working together. We've got to repel this assault or we're through! I hate to do this to you, but I'm puttin' you two on the front line. You're my go to guy and girl! Stop any KG or Metal Head units from reaching this place. If we lose this one, we're history!"

I said and laughed a little, "You got it commander. Lets go Jak."

_Time Skip_

We went to see if Tess had a new gun mod for Jak. Daxter ran up to her and hugged her. Tess said, " Daxter! My hero! Ahh! This city is too dangerous. We need our own little place in the country... a little pink house... with a white picket fence... and a fireplace... and a big four poster bed for me... and a little Ottsel run on the side of the house for you."

I said, "Tess let me give you a little advice... never say that to a guy!"

Daxter walked in front of me and said, " Oh, are you worried about me, my little Tessy-poo?"

Tess replied, " Of course, my itty, bitty whisker-puss."

Jak said, " Oh please, will you two take it outside?"

I said, "I think I am going to hurl. I agree outside ottsel and Tess."

Daxter asked, " You need a hug, Jak... Rachel? Cause we got plenty to go around."

I said, "Touch me I kill you."

Tess said, " Over my dead body. Anyway the rumor is, you two are the only hope we've got to reach the catacombs. I've programmed the gun course to simulate some of the new enemy tactics. Wanna try it out?"

I said, "Jak I going to do the gun course with you because I can't stand there baby talk lovey doveyness. I will practice shooting eco."

_Time Skip_

We came out with the high score. Tess said, " Not bad shooting, eco twins. Here's a nice boomstick for your sidekicks, baby. Go give 'em hell boys and girl! Then come back and I'll scratch you behind your ears, Daxter."

I rolled my eyes and we left. Sig called my comm, "Hey I need you and Jak to come out here to the wasteland got it." I shrugged and we headed to the wasteland.

We came up to Sig at the gates. Sig said, " Another storm is really churning the sand! Scanners show a few new artifact sightings. You two up for some rough ridin'?"

Jak said, " Sure. We can race with the best of 'em!"

I said, "Always up for a challenge Sig."

Sig: Good. Take the vehicle and bring us back some booty. You know the drill. Get to the artifacts first and they're yours to claim... Wastelander rights! Go get 'em!" We sped off into the desert and collected the artifacts. Sig called in again and wanted us to meet him at the metal head cave. We drove over and walked up to sig's ride.

He said, " There you two are! I was beginning to think you'd chickened out. I saw an Eco Crystal in this place and it's yours if you want it. Trouble is, Metal Heads have been spotted here en mass. But we wouldn't want those nasty boys to just move back in here without a welcoming party would we? Let's go give 'em a big surprise!" Jak and I hopped in and we headed in to kill some metal heads.

_Time Skip_

After we defeated all of the metal head centipedes. We left. Sig said, " Yeah baby! I love the smell of burnt Metal Head! This is good practice for when the spit hits the fan, and trust me, it's coming."

Jak asked, " What's Damas got to do with Haven City, Sig?"

Sig said, " None of your business."

I said, "You can tell us."

Daxter asked, " What was all that spying you did, huh?"

Sig said, " Let's just say, Damas lost a little something in the city, and he wanted me to find it. What do you care? Haven folk are a bunch of weaklings... you know that! They'd already lost the war before it started. Luckily, Damas has a plan to make sure we all survive."

Jak growled, " You're playing with people's lives!"

Sig said, " Why not? They played with mine. Survival of the fittest, baby. I suggest you get with the program and be on the winning side."

Jak asked, "And what side is that?"

Sig said, " The one on top of the pile. Unfortunately, it's gonna be a big pile."

Daxter said and picked up Sig's Peacemaker, " Yeah, a big pile of... should I cock this?"

I grabbed it and said, "No." I think Daxter muttered something like "kill joy" or something.

Jak asked, " So now what?"

Sig told us, " Just keep your noses clean and stay sharp. I'll tell ya when the action's comin'."