Shadows-of-flame: This chapter you shall find out, MUAHAHA! X3
Babyblues15: Yush, you get cookies! (gives you more for entering her contest) I LOVE J00! X3
Midnight-show: Thank you, thank you, thank you! (gives you an armful of cookies) I love my reviewers. X3
RubiSapphire-Sama: That "I wuv you" "Please don't leave me!" scene is coming up XD Chapter 37. (nods sagely)
DarkKel-chan: YES! You got it on the first guess!… You get a truckload of cookies:3 I swear to god… XD You get something special, lol XD
The OceansSoul69: X3 I'm sorry! But I love writing cliffies! ;3 And you get cooies cos you guessed the white thing! X3
Darkina: Yes, you get cookies too! Lotsa cookies! Lol. Meep… I love you Kerri XD
Fluffys-sidekick: Lol, gracias!
Kitty Kat-chan: Hmm… do I dare let Torn die…. (thinks of all the angry mobs of people who would hunt her down and gut her like a fish) O.O;
Cursed Moon Blade: Nope, it's not any form of eco:3 (Lotsa my reviewers have guessed it so far, lol. I'm surprised. Although a LOT of people said Eco)
TigerGoddes: OMG! XD Sorry, I'm a rabid GH fan girl. What's your fav couple? I actually like Jason/Sam, although I liked Courtney/Jason better. And… what do you think of the new Carly? Tamara Braun is my favourite. ANYWAY… I loved writing for Dark Jak, I had kinda missed it before, lol.
Zodiac Tarot Magician: XD Lol. Mmmyep, I mentioned you 3 I mention all my loverly reviewers cos I love them all so much. And I would never take Dark away from Jak forever, lol. I love DJ too much, and for that I blame Kerri XD And yes, it is obvious who your favourite character is X3 I'm leaving pretty soon for two weeks as well, so no updates for that entire period of time. Sad, ne? ;-;
VoodooDollofDoom: Lol, but that chapter was loooooong. X.x I nearly died writing it X3 And I am the QUEEN OF SUSPENSE! MUAHAHA! X3
Meowen: Please don't die, I don't want more deaths on my hands! Lol. Yup yup yup, you'll know what hit Vin sooner or later:3 I promise! Cross my heart and hope to die! You'll find out this chapter, even!
Sabulana: I can't just leave Torn hanging there? Hehehe… watch me X3
Spontaneous Combustion:clings: New reviewer:3 Thank you so much for your kind comments! I try to keep them as in-character as I possibly can, and I'm glad to see that it's working:3 And I have problems with my paragraphs, I know. I think I've gotten better at it, though. It was really bad in the first couple chapters, I apologize. I am trying to get better with my paragraphs, though. Thank you so much for suggesting that in a kind way, I've gotten some hostile suggestions about that before and it annoyed me. But thanks for being so nice about it::random cling-age:
Sull89: Wow, such enthusiasm! Lol, this story is turning even ME into a Dark fan-girl, just ask Darkina X3 Glad to see you're back::hugs:
Yonaka Niji: Awww, that's so sweet! But I can't make any promises about anything. You'll see what happens as the story progresses. :3 Thanks for the review!
Always Lost: Ahh! Calm down, it's ok! Sorry this chapter took so long, I've been sick with the chicken pox and I couldn't figure out how to start it for the longest time. But it's here now:3
Krimson Soul: Thank you very much! This story has actually made me cry as well. ;3
Em: Well guys, a full page of review responses, that is a first:3 I feel so uberly loved, I really, really do. I'd feel even more loved if ya'll entered my contest. :poke poke: You know you want to!
Alright, alright, I'll stop harassing you guys because I know some of you are ready to rip my head off for not shutting up about it.
Anyway…. Wooo…. Yeah guys, this chapter will most definitely have an 'M' rating… and not cos'a smut'er anything, because there will be some gruesome deaths in this chapter (Yes Kerri, the death you've been waiting for! Gaw, I swear I'm gonna CRY) So, if you can't handle detailed, nasty, gruesome… erm… highly dark and morbid and Em-needs-therapy-for-concocting-this-stuff…. Just be careful. I'll put a warning around the nasty parts, so please guys, I can't stop you from reading it, but please don't flame me. (cowers)
Many of you will probably like what happens… I won't go any further, but hopefully, by the end of the chapter, you'll feel bad for whoever this gruesome death is for.
Also! I'll be gone for a week or so, so don't expect any updates for about 2 weeks or so. Sorry guys. ;3
And now… on with the show!
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It was dark in the hallway. Darker then Vin remembered. He could hardly see his hand in front of his face let alone where he was going. All he knew was that he had to run as fast as he could and pray to the Precursors he didn't slam into anything.
A change had taken place in Vin, and a drastic one at that. He was no longer the fearless leader of the Marauders Jak and Torn had come hate. Now he was the same, scared Vin who once worked at the Power Station. However, Dark Jak didn't seem to notice this. He had been waiting a long time for his chance at vengeance and he was going to take it.
Vin barreled blindly down another hallway, his breath coming in heavy pants. He could hear Dark Jak's heavy boots pounding on the ground not far behind him. 'Oh God, oh God, oh God, what did I do to deserve this!' Vin wailed inwardly. He screamed and nearly tripped when purple sparks lit up the hallway as a result of Dark Jak scratching his nails along the concrete wall.
Panicked, Vin found a door to his right and pushed it open, dodging inside. He hardly had time to close the door and take off again when Dark Jak stopped just outside the door. "Come out, come out, wherever you are." Dark Jak mocked before kicking the door in. Vin yelped as he ran, the loud crash hurting his ears.
Dark Jak took off after him again, deliberately going slow. He loved a good chase. (A/N Insert evil laughter here… MUAHAHAHA…. Ok I'm done x3)
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Tatiana burst back into the room, a look of rage on her face. She didn't seem to notice Torn as she stormed in, muttering wildly to herself. The door on the opposite side of the room creaked open slowly and Torn almost thought Jak returned until a tall cloaked figure entered the room. The figure floated slightly and only it's mouth was visible. The figure smirked as Tatiana stared at it in disbelief. "What the hell are you!" She demanded, noticing it was floating.
The figure raised it's left hand and pulled it's hood away from it's face. The face belonged to a man, Torn noticed. "Me? I'm an elf, same as you." He said, smirking. His feet touched the floor gently and he walked closer to Tatiana, touching her face with his left hand. "It's nice to see you again, Tatiana."
Tatiana flinched momentarily, then swatted his hand away and took a step back. "Who are you! How do you know me!" She demanded harshly. The man chuckled and began circling her, much to Tatiana's annoyance.
"My name is Gol." He said, finally. Torn's eyes widened. Gol! His centuries-dead ancestor? It seemed impossible, then again the man fit the description. "And how do I know you? That is an interesting question." He said, a mocking smirk on his face. He stopped his circling process and sat on Jak's unoccupied stretcher.
Torn eyed Gol suspiciously until his focus was drawn to the door Gol had entered not long ago. A woman stood, framed by the door, a smirk on her face. "Ahh… good evening sister." Gol greeted. The woman's smirk widened and she stepped into the room.
"This must be Tatiana." She said, walking to her brother's side. Tatiana's face was red with anger and embarrassment.
"Who are you people! Tell me how you know me, or so help me Mar…" She trailed off, not knowing what to say. To make up for her lost words she shot them both a menacing glare which only made them laugh.
"My name is Maia." The woman said, mock bowing. Tatiana glared at her and crossed her arms, a look of expectation on her face.
"I think we should explain ourselves, sister. You see, thousands of years ago, I was the Dark Eco sage. My sister was my assistant. We concocted an ingenious plan to rule the world with dark eco, but we were defeated by the young blonde boy you've been keeping captive for us." Gol stopped to let his words sink in but Tatiana was impatient.
"That doesn't explain how you know me!" She half-yelled, growing more and more impatient by the minute.
"I'm getting there." Gol said, standing up and smiling maliciously. "We were defeated but not killed. We survived long enough to fix ourselves, you could say. We used robotic engineering to keep ourselves alive." He said and paused, thinking of what to say next.
"So… you're robots?" Tatiana asked, slightly intrigued.
"Cyborgs, dear." Maia said, a mocking smirk on her face. Tatiana sneered at her, nearly cursing had Gol not began speaking again.
"After we were well again, we tracked down the boy who defeated us, intending on killing him. When we found him, he had gone through the rift gate we had sealed behind an old precursor wall. We had no choice but to follow him. We were thrown far into the future in a city neither of us recognized. Jak was nowhere to be found so we had to lay low until we knew where he was lest he find out we were still alive."
Tatiana nodded in understanding. Maia had taken to filing her nails with a knowing smirk on her face while watching Tatiana out of the corner of her eye. Gol nodded to himself and began speaking again.
"We finally found him again 2 years later. We were lucky enough to witness his transformation into the eco demon you call Dark Jak. However, now that he had dark eco in his body, it would be harder to defeat him. So we had to find a way to extract the eco and someone smart enough to do it without killing him. That was when we found Vin."
Maia cackled at the mention of Vin. "He was easily manipulated." She said, laughing again. "Being a woman has it's perks." She winked. Tatiana sneered in disgust. She looked at Gol again. "Continue."
Gol nodded. "As my sister said, Vin was very easily manipulated. At first we just possessed him for a few minutes at a time. Dark eco gives us certain powers." Gol explained when Tatiana's look went from interested to skeptical. "Anyway, we possessed him and faked his death. Maia had gone scouting and found your lovely hideout here."
"How did she find it? It blends in perfectly with the background!" Tatiana said, pride in her voice because she was the one who hid it so well.
"Yes it did. However, we could sense the dark eco in the metal and that's how she found it. Now, back to the story. Vin was a worthy advocate and his mind was strong enough to withstand our possessions of him. However, his mind proved to be too strong and we could not take total control of him for more then 30 minutes. So we had to go one step further. We had to remove his soul from his body before we could possess him fully."
Tatiana's eyes widened. "So that white thing…"
"…Was his soul, yes." Gol nodded, smirking momentarily at his genius. "Do you understand now? This whole time it wasn't Vin who was leading you. It was my sister and I." Tatiana's eyes widened as she realized something.
"When he was left-handed… that wasn't him, that was you, wasn't it?" She asked.
"Yes. Sometimes the characteristics of the possessor shows through in the possessee when the link is growing weak." Gol nodded, finishing his explanation.
Tatiana looked at Torn, as if noticing him for the first time. "So… why did you want Torn dead?" She asked, moving closer to him. Torn glared at her and tried to move away but found his strength still gone.
"Because Torn is our ancestor and one of the few who can stop us." Maia said, narrowing her eyes at Torn while a malicious smile crept over her features.
It was at that moment that a half-dead Marauder, bleeding from 5 long cuts on his chest and his legs stumbled in. "Tatiana…" He began, wheezing. "There's something loose…" He choked on his own blood and spluttered, falling over onto his knees and clutching at his chest. The gashes ran from the base of his neck to nearly his waist; it was a wonder he made it so far.
Tatiana walked to him, a concerned look on her face. "Leave him. He's dead." Maia said, a serious expression on her face all of a sudden. "We have to find that eco demon and kill it." She continued, making her way to the door. "Torn can wait."
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Jak ran through the hallways, finding the occasional dead body. 'Dark needs to lay off the gruesome killings.' he thought offhandedly. Because he wasn't watching where he was going, he nearly kicked Daxter down the hallway.
"JAAAAAAAAK!" Daxter yelled loudly, curling into a ball incase he WAS kicked. Jak skidded to a halt and fell over, ending up on the other side of Daxter. "Daxter!" Jak cried out in surprise. "You got out!" Jak would have hugged Daxter to death had it not been for the anxious look on Daxter's face.
"I found the blueprints to get us out of here!" He said triumphantly, holding up the rolled papers in his paws. "That's great!" Jak cried, nearly hysterical. Dark Jak was clearing a path for them and they had found a way out!
… Now if only he could be sure Torn was safe.
"Dax, have you seen any Marauders?" Jak asked quickly, a plan formulating in his mind. "Only the ones tall, dark, and gruesome's already gotten to." Daxter quipped, climbing on Jak's shoulder. "Look Jak, we're closer to the entrance then we thought!" Daxter said, pointing to the blueprints.
Jak noticed he had skidded to a halt right in front of the cells he had occupied for so long. "You mean the entrance was just up there?" Jak asked, pointing.
"Well… kinda. There's a forking tunnel and some turns that are confusing, but it's still just up there a way!" Daxter said, tugging slightly on Jak's hair. "Well, what're we waiting for! Let's go!" Daxter urged. Jak shook his head.
"If there's no Marauders around I'll be able to go back and get Torn. It shouldn't take long Dax." Jak said at the skeptical look on Daxter's face. "And he's been nice to you lately!" Jak said, turning and going back the way he had come.
"Yeah…. I guess." Daxter grumbled, crossing his arms.
Jak started running down the hallway and finally found the right door. He notied Torn in the corner, breathing as if he had just run a marathon. "Torn…" Jak said, shocked by the sight in from of him. He took a step forward.
"Jak… they've gone to kill… Dark. You have to… stop them." Torn wheezed, not able to get enough air into his lungs.
"What about you, Torn?" Jak asked, nearing his side.
"I just need to melt the bars. Don't worry about me…. I'm fine. Stop them from killing Dark. And stop Dark from killing… Vin. He was possessed by…. Gol." Torn explained as quickly as he could. Jak opened his mouth but Torn cut him off. "Don't ask questions… just GO!" He ordered. Jak nodded and took off again.
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(INSERT M-RATED DEATHSCENE HERE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE GORE, BE WARNED! I WANT NO FLAMES! THANK YOU)
Dark Jak decided it was time to stop playing games with Vin. "Alright Vin! Your time is up!" He yelled. He knew exactly where Vin was hiding; under the table in the room to his right. Dark Jak grinned eerily and stalked into the room.
"Oh where, oh where has my little victim gone…" Dark mocked in a sing-song voice. Vin cringed under the table. Dark Jak smirked and jumped onto the table next to the one Vin was under. The table rattled and, curious, Dark Jak opened the drawer.
It was full of needles.
Grinning maniacally, Dark Jak slipped his hand into the drawer and removed two needles. He closed the drawer silently and slipped casually on top of the table Vin was under. It groaned under his weight and Dark Jak could hear Vin having a panic attack.
Dark Jak swung down so his head hung over the side of the table, visible to Vin. "Boo." He said casually, delighting in the horrified look on Vin's face.
Dark Jak hauled Vin out of his hiding spot with one arm and threw him across the room. "Wh-wh-what do you w-w-want with m-me!" Vin stuttered, cowering as Dark Jak advanced upon him. Dark's eyebrows shot up.
"What do I want? Revenge, you worthless little rat." Dark hissed, picking Vin up by the collar of his shirt.
Behind his back, Dark Jak positioned the needles and when he had them just right, he smirked. "Say goodnight, you bastard." He said before plunging the needles point first into Vin's eyes.
Dark made sure the needles went in deep enough to blind him, but not so deep as to kill him. But judging by the scream that tore from Vin's throat, that's all Dark Jak needed.
Dark Jak dropped Vin to the ground, where he writhed in pain, clutching at the needles sticking out of his eyes at grotesque angles. Liquid from his eyes streamed down his face and ran over his lips, making him want to throw up.
Dark Jak watched with an amused look on his face. He let Vin writhe before bending over and ripping the needles from his eyes. Vin screamed again and Dark sneered, kicking him in the ribs and flipping him over simultaneously.
"Stand up." Dark Jak ordered. Vin looked up blindly and felt for something to brace himself on but Dark Jak was impatient. "Stand up! Now." He ordered, a deathly edge in his voice.
Vin scrambled to stand. His whole body was shaking all over and his eyes were bleeding. Dark Jak pushed Vin roughly as soon as he had stood and the shaking scientist nearly fell over again.
With another push Vin was in the hallway and in front of him were the eco-infested cells. "I'm too impatient to kill you slowly." Dark Jak hissed into Vin's ear, making him tremble even more. "You'll pay for what you did to us."
With those words Dark Jak smashed Vin's face into the nearest cell bars. The dark eco hissed as it burned Vin's skin. Another pained scream echoed throughout the room, then 5 more as Dark Jak rapidly smashed his face more and more into the bars, the eco burning deeper and deeper into his skin.
By now, Vin was silently begging for death. The pain was so intense he thought he was going to pass out from that alone. His throat was raw from screaming and with the last slam into the bars, the skin melted away, exposing his trachea.
Dark Jak pulled Vin away from the bars. His face was so burned he was hardly recognizable and his eyes had caved in so they appeared hollow.
"What a pitiful existence you'd have if I'd let you live." Dark Jak mocked. "So I'll do you a favour."
There was a sickening tearing sound as Dark Jak swiftly sliced open Vin's stomach. His innards slipped out of the wound and onto the floor, making a squelching noise when Dark Jak accidentally stepped on them. Vin was still alive, but only barely. However, Dark wasn't done yet.
Dark Jak reached down and found Vin's intestines. They snaked around the floor grotesquely, giving off a foul odor. Dark Jak wasn't affected. He simply smiled and unraveled the organ as his plan unraveled in his mind.
When Dark Jak was finished, Vin was hanging off the same cell his face had been smashed into, his intestines wrapped around his neck like some freakish rope. Bits of skin from his face clung to the bars that burned it and the rest of his organs were still in a messy pile on the floor.
Blood was splattered around the room and Dark Jak was busy liking his hand free of the contaminating blood. It was then that he heard Jak's footsteps behind him. "Dark! Dark! Listen to me! You can't kill Vin he's innocent!" Jak yelled, stopping just behind Dark Jak.
Dark Jak turned around, blood around his mouth and nose. He smirked and gestured to the messy scene in front of him. "You're a bit late." He said, chuckling evilly.
Had Jak the strength, he would have thrown up. Daxter had fainted dead away and Jak hardly caught him. "That's disgusting." Jak said, unable to believe that a part of him had done this.
Dark Jak smirked and shook his head.
"No. That's effective."
(END NASTY DEATHSCENE THAT WASN'T AS BAD AS I THOUGHT BUT STILL DESERVES AND M-RATING)
Em: Poor Vin… he didn't stand a chance… and he was innocent! Innocent I tell you::sobbing: Well, anyway… there's chapter 36. No more updates for a week and a half to 2 weeks. Sorry guys! Vacation calls! Leave a nice review! NO FLAMES FOR THE DEATHSCENE!
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Later! ;3