Chapter 39
After I did a job of helping Jynx blow up some Junction Boxes, we managed to breach a line further into the KG territory, I then had to get an entire shipment of Eco to the Southern Port while Errol shot some missiles that had been fired at us as a defense mechanism. And we were then finally allowed a bit of breathing room as we then went to bed... after I did the grueling deed of paying my debt and giving Errol a foot massage... I'd rather not go into detail, since his feet were very smelly and I even saw a bunion on his left toe...
But we were only able to stay asleep until 3 in the morning of only 5 hours of sleep until Torn shook me, Errol, and Daxter awake to give us an important mission. "I think the forces are finally trying to end us. We're sensing a full-scale assault on the Port," Torn said, Errol being confused.
"Why can't the Freedom Fighters defend like they have been?" he asked.
"That's the thing. It'd be easy if it were just one side pushing against us... but this time, we're sensing movement from both KG and Metal Head fronts. It's almost like they're working together!" Torn said, me gawking at that.
"Hmm... I have a funny feeling that Maia is the one pulling the strings behind this. She's almost completely metal and she's a Dark Eco sage, so she's probably the commander for both sides!" I said, Torn frowning at that.
"You use logic. You guys go out and defend anyone and everyone possible. If we lose this one, we're history," Torn said, me nodding at that grim statement as we then rushed outside and we saw that there were two areas that needed defending already. One was directly in front of the Underport tower and one was right in front of the Naughty Ottsel.
"I'm going to the Underport, you handle this space!" Errol said, me nodding at that as I then proceeded to bring out my Arc Wielder and pretty much fried every single KG robot that came into my field of sight. And once the assault ended in this area, we saw that there were both KG and Metal Head groups rushing toward a group of citizens that had gotten cut off from the fighting!
"Oh no they do not!" I exclaimed as I then activated Light Freeze, as I called it, and ran over to the location while time slowed to a crawl. I then fired a Blaster gunshot at a Metal Scorpion just before it could insert its Dark Eco sting into one of the cowering townies, which ended Light Freeze immediately. I then proceeded to demolish all of the Metal Heads and KG robots that tried to attack the townies, them staying on the ground and wincing with every single explosion and dead Metal Head that thudded against the ground. After I destroyed 50 of each on both sides, they finally stopped assaulting the townies and instead tried to take out the Gun Course! I rushed over there and saw they were bringing in some Blast Bots for this one. I took out my Arc Wielder... only to find it had completely ran dry of ammunition!
"FUCK! I'm out of blue juice!" I exclaimed, seeing only one other option. "Dax... stay calm and get in my bag. I'm going dark!" I growled, Daxter doing just that as I then turned into my Dark Warrior form and proceeded to punch the large walking bomb directly in the legs, managing to destroy the first two and making it start its countdown, me hightailing it out of there before it could explode in my face. And then the second one came in... which was odd, because I knew that I'd seen 3 of them if you included the one I destroyed. I did the same thing to this robot and then I let loose of my feral state and breathed in and out while telling the Light Eco to beat the darkness back.
"Hoo... that was awesome..." I said with a smile as I then got the message from Torn.
"Great job, team! You stopped the assault! Head over to the Gun Course. Tess has some new gun mods for ya," Torn said, me smiling at that. I'd already gotten a gun called the Needle Laser from Jynx while destroying the junction boxes, so I had to wonder what the new gun mod would be.
Once I got into the place, I saw that Tess was kneeling down and adjusting a Dark Eco gun as Daxter then rushed in from behind her and hugged her around her waste, Tess gasping at the feeling of the small furry hands, knowing who it was immediately.
"Daxter! My hero!" Tess smiled as she picked up Daxter and kissed him, me smiling at that. "This city is too dangerous. We should get a nice place out in the country... a big pink house with a picket fence... and a bed where we can cuddle and snuggle all night long," Tess smiled, Daxter looking a bit hesitant at the pink house idea before the final part came in.
"Aw, were you worried about me, my little Tessy-poo?" Daxter said, me facepalming at this.
"Of course my itty-bitty whisker-puss," Tess smiled, me groaning at the display.
"Okay, guys, maybe we should wait until the war is over before you start going all mushy gushy goo-goo on me? Me and Jak don't even go that far," I said with a groan.
"Oh, don't worry about it. We just love each other a lot," Tess smiled as she then gave me a new Red Eco weapon that I smirked at and she also gave me two more for the others when they arrived.
"That's the Plasmite RPG. It's a rocket-propelled grenade filled with plasmite. Use it against anything and it'll blow a bigger hole in them than Krew's asshole," Tess smiled, me smirking at her for that comment.
"It's such a shame, though... you all got very lucky when speaking with Krew. I'm pretty much the only one of us that actually saw him in the nude," I groaned, Tess gagging at that. "Yeah, he sent me 'sexy pictures' of him back when I was in the KG and married to Praxis... he had an infatuation for me and I haven't the foggiest idea as to why he thought I'd like him..."
"Either way, he's dead, so it's not like he can defend himself from the constant jokes at his expense," Errol said with a smile. "Jynx captured that Blast Bot that you missed and rigged it with a remote control and tons more explosives. Can I please be the one to blow up the final forcefield leading to Freedom HQ?" Errol asked, me smiling at that.
"On one condition... the next time we have downtime, you have to massage my feet," I said, Errol smiling at that.
"Payback's a bitch, I guess. Okay, time to do this," Errol smiled as he activated the remote control and it showed a front view of the Blast Bot as he then forced it to move forward down the path from the Port towards the KG sector of the city. And this time, the KG knew that something was screwy and proceeded to send everything they had at Errol to try and slow down the rogue robot. They even had 4 different Blast Bots try to stop him, but Jynx outfitted the laser cannon on the top to constantly fire without ever needing to reheat! And once it connected into the barrier, I could hear the explosion even from inside of the Gun Course!
"Aw, hell yeah! Now we can link up back at Freedom HQ! Here, you deserve this for your job well done!" Tess smiled as she was about to give us one of her Dark Eco weapons... but then we saw something shocking happen. The weapon was actually leaking Dark Eco and Tess accidentally touched some of it with her hand! She then gasped in shock as we saw something start to happen to her body... something that was truly horrifying.
Tess suddenly gained orange fur all over her body, her ears changed to look like small rabbit ears, her body started to shrink more and more, and her hands and feet turned into paws and she gained a fat orange tail! Tess had just been turned into what Daxter was! And by the exact same means as well!
"Oof... w-what happened?" Tess asked in confusion as she poked her head out of her clothes, which would definitely be too big for her as of right now. "Um... why are you all bigger?" Tess asked before I then shushed her with a single finger and I spoke to her calmly.
"Tess... don't be alarmed, but... you just underwent a transformation from touching that Dark Eco... you've become the exact same creature that your boyfriend is," I said, Tess looking at me like I was crazy before she then moved her hand in front of her face and gasped.
"O-Oh my... I... I'm an Ottsel now?" she asked in bafflement.
"Don't worry, baby. You'll get used to it," Daxter said, Tess smiling at that.
"Well... at least the species barrier is no longer a thing!" Tess said, me smacking my face at how dense she could be.
"Okay... how about, for now, you can go ahead and try to knit yourself some new clothes... out of the way of prying eyes?" I said, Tess looking down and looking a bit more shocked.
"Yeah, this isn't going to be easy... can you go ahead and exit the place, Errol? Just until Sasha can put me in her bag?" Tess asked, Errol nodding at that.
"Very well," Errol said as he then left the door and Tess then got out of the bundle of short clothes she wore and I saw that her fur covered up most of her extremities, but you could still see a part of her vagina and the tips of her nipples.
"You look beautiful, Tess," Daxter smiled, Tess smirking at him and then kissing him.
"We'll see how much more beautiful I am when this whole war thing is done, my love," Tess smiled as I then picked up Tess gently and put her in my bag, her then zipping it up almost the whole way shut and Daxter then hopping on my shoulder.
"So... this definitely happened. So where would we go to drop Tess off at?" I asked.
"The Naughty Ottsel, where else? That's where my knitting stuff is at, after all," Tess said, me smirking at that.
"Okay then," I said as I then proceeded to get a Zoomer and head over to the bar, where I then let her out in the private rooms where she and Daxter resided.
"Stay safe, Tess. And so you know, it'd be wise to let everyone know what happened, okay?" I said, her nodding at that.
"You think I don't know that? Of course I will," Tess smiled as she then sat on her knitting table and proceeded to start knitting, which meant it was time for me and Dax to go to the Freedom HQ to see how we could help out. And then I got a call from Jak, who yawned after getting on the horn.
"Getting tired, hon?" I smiled at him.
"Kinda... Kiki and I just got 4 of 5 of the artifacts for the ruins in South Haven Forest... Kiki's gonna go ahead and take a crack at putting the thing back together while I go somewhere to sleep..." Jak said, me smiling at that.
"Why don't we meet up at Freedom HQ? Errol and I got the path cleared from the Port to New Haven," I smiled.
"Okay... Kiki, can you drive me over there? I'm whooped..." Jak said, me smiling at that. He rarely got this tired, so he must've been hard at work in that desert. It made me smile at how this adventure was turning out to be one of our most interesting yet, especially since it involved very old Precursor technology, a Dark Eco-filled star in the sky, Metal Head and KG robot armies attacking the city, Tess turning into an Ottsel, and a two different villains in the form of Veger and Maia.