Ch37
After all of the Dark Eco pods were destroyed, Jak received the Dark Missile (as I called it), saving all the infected Dark Eco plants in Haven Forest, getting the shoulder armor for me and Jak, and blowing up the junction boxes with Jynx (who deserved the punch in the face from me after he tried killing us in the previous game), Torn gave us the rundown that we were going to be entering a full-scale assault from both sides of the Metal Head and KG fronts.
"I hate to do this to you guys, but I'm putting you on the front lines," Torn frowned at us, his face showing that he was dead serious about this. "We need to fight back. If we lose this one, we're done for." "No need to worry, Torn. Just tell us where to strike and we'll storm in guns blazing," Tess smirked from atop my shoulder. "Let's get out there then! The KG look like they're up to bat first!" I exclaimed, rushing out the door along with Jacob.
When the others finally followed us out, we were right in front of the Naughty Ottsel, ready to take on any enemies that came to attack us. "If it gets too hot, we'll need to split into different areas," I told the others as I began to shoot at some of the tiny spider bots with the Arc Wielder, the gun that did the most damage to machines. "Damn! These robots aren't messing around!" Tess swore as she jumped off my shoulder and began to shoot at the last of the robots in our area.
Once they were all done, Torn immediately came from out of the Naughty Ottsel. "They're attacking four places at once! Get your asses over to those areas and split up!" Torn demanded. "Tess, Jacob, and Daxter, you work together to save the civilians. Jak, you take care of the Metal Heads by the Harbor Towers. Alice, you can handle by the KG section entrance. Move it, men!" We all followed Torn's instructions and got to our designated areas in no time at all.
"All right! Malice? You feel like taking these buckets of bolts apart?" I smiled as I saw the nearby Blast Bot and its robot and Metal head lackeys. "Is that even a question?!" Malice exclaimed as she assumed command, instantly going for the Blast Bot and ripping off its four legs with just her sheer strength alone. After getting clear of the blast, she then proceeded to send her fists and claws through both the Metal Heads' bodies and the robots' wiring. It didn't take long at all for the final Blast Bot to appear on my end, which Malice quickly annihilated with her own version of the Dark Missile right on the robot's face. It exploded in a fiery passion, which meant I was free to join back up with any who were struggling.
"Alice! We could use some help over here!" Daxter exclaimed as he actually spun five different Metal Scorpions into the water while Tess and Jacob were busy handling the Grunts and KG bots. "Coming over!" Malice exclaimed as she rushed over at the same speeds I used to get to Kiera's workshop. "Time to slice and dice!" Malice exclaimed as she opened up her claws and slashed each Metal Head clean in half while making the robots explode from just the contact of her claws. "Good on this end!" Jak exclaimed over the communicator. "Same over here!" Malice exclaimed.
The battle was over just as quick as it had begun, all the Metal Head and KG forces going into their respective turfs out of either fear of death or by way of Errol commanding them. "Great job everyone! We survived the assault! Get back over here because we've got another job for ya," Torn exclaimed as I felt control shift back to me jumped into the water to wash off the blood from the Metal Heads. "Huh... Metal Head blood washes off in water? Well why didn't I try that before?" Tess frowned when she saw this. "I don't know, but I say we should probably get back to Torn," Jacob spoke as Jak was first back to the Naughty Ottsel.
After I finished rinsing off the Metal Monkey Blood, I joined back up with the group to find out how exactly we would get past the last wall... from a smug-as-ever Jynx. "Jackie Boy and Delicious Malicious? How ya doin'?" he asked, actually using the same nickname he used on me earlier, which really annoyed me. He was obviously trying to flirt with me by calling me 'Delicious', so I really didn't want to look him in the eye.
"You may be wonderin' how we're gonna get through that barrier. Well I've got the answer," Jynx continued. "You know them crazy Blast Bots you've seen around? Well I captured one. Don't ask. Show ya the scars later. Anyways, I rigged that baby with a remote control and with fifty percent more boom sticks than the standard package."
(One has to wonder how he did all that to a Blast Bot, yet was completely hopeless in the Sewer Level) Malice frowned. (I've never understood that either...) I sighed back to her in private. "We need you to use the remote control to command the Blast Bot through the KG Section to the barrier we need blown up. If we can get that barrier down, there's nothing left to stop us from getting to Freedom HQ," Torn said.
"Let me handle this," I smiled, noticing that the remote looked slightly different. In fact, it looked way too similar to a handheld video game system. Who better to use it than a girl who's not only played the mission, but was a genius when it came to video games during downtime after escaping her criminal family? "Can you work that thing?" Tess asked as she watched me from my shoulder. "Relax, Tess. I think she can handle this," Daxter smirked.
"Heh. Easy out," I smirked as I commanded the KG Blast Bot to fire its laser cannon at some robots that tried to stop it. The controls were just like in the game. The laser gun aimed automatically while I pressed the fire button to shoot and used the rotational stick to move the bot. It was only a matter of minutes until I got the robot to go right up to the barrier and told it to walk directly into it. And upon walking into the barrier, it made an impressive explosion, the camera flying off the robot just in time to show that the barrier had been obliterated.
"YES! Now we can link up with our friends at HQ! I'll get Ashelin on the line and tell them the good news. You deserve this, guys!" Torn smirked as he threw me and Jak a Plasmite RPG mod for our guns. (Well, it may be a story screw up, but it's kind of expected that we wouldn't receive a Peacemaker when both of us have that upgrade) Malice said. (You got a point there at least, Malice... now the story remains this: what should we do in the meantime?) "It's getting dark out now. The troops are all retreating and going to sleep. I think we should be able to get some sleep again," Jacob smiled, pointing out that fact. "Good thinking, Jacob. I'm getting pretty tired myself," I smirked.
It was then that Jacob looked at Tess and Daxter and smirked. "Hey mom? Can I go sleep with Tess and Daxter tonight?" he asked, completely innocent as he did. He may have been mature for his age, but I was happy for that. He probably saw in my head what I was thinking about doing with Jak and decided to sleep with the ottsel duo instead. "Go on ahead, Jacob. Just be careful of accidentally rolling onto one of these guys," I smirked at him. "In the meantime," I giggled as I looked at Jak. "I think I know where this is going," he smirked.