(gives a sweeping bow) right, lets get down to business. My name is Gleam* and this is my first fic EVER so PLEASE try to go easy on me. I discover while I was trying to write it that I have the imagination of a drunken fish so I enlisted the help of Kyren, my beloved sister. (turns around and shouts) KYREN! STOP PRACTICING AND GET DOWN HERE!

(a shorter girl wanders onscreen, holding an extremely large sniper rifle)

Kyren: What? Has Vader overloaded the socket again?

Vader: (who is having a Half-Life death match in his newly aquired black stripes with another muse, who is blue, black and grey) Hey! I only did that once!

Kyren: (already bored, shakes head) Any way, my name is Kyren and this is my muse Shalashaska (points to the blue muse)

Shalashaska: The Mighty! You forgot the Mighty part!

Gleam*: (sighs) we are now officially a pair.

Kyren: I have the imagination of three five-year-olds,

Gleam*: and I have the writing style of an Australian K.A. Applegate.

Kyren: so we're writing a fic.

Gleam*: together.

Kyren: not apart.

Gleam*: and no help.

Kyren: that's enough.

Gleam* and Kyren: (together) here we go!

(disclaimer) We do not own any of the characters created by Naughty Dog. We do however, own the mysterious white girl, and the other characters that have not appeared in this prologue thingy. They will though.)

(curtains part to reveal..)

Jak II: Darkened Paths

Chapter 1: Light and Darkness

The Robot was huge. Enormous. It looked even bigger than it had inside the citadel, if that were possible.

'Things always look bigger when they're attacking you,' Jak thought , as he rolled sideways to avoid a huge Yellow Eco blast.

He snatched a cluster of his own Yellow Eco as the projectile blew past, the wind slamming him backwards. As the Robot lifted it's arm for another shot, he leapt to his feet and started launching fireballs, trying to ignore how insignificant they looked against the machine's bronze and silver bulk.

Maia shrieked with fury, the sound echoing around the silo. "Stand still!" she yelled, as she keyed in the command for another Eco blast.

Jak only just managed to evade this one, and the backwash left him teetering on the edge of the silo, scrambling wildly to regain his balance. He almost recovered - then Maia launched another fireball.

This one knocked him over the edge.

He screamed as he fell, knowing he had failed, knowing the world was lost, knowing it was all his fault, he was to blame.

Suddenly, white light flared all around him. His descent slowed, and Daxter wailed as he fell past Jak's pointed ear. He reached out and just managed to grab his friend by the tail.

"How come you get the white stuff?" Daxter muttered, almost making Jak laugh, despite the circumstances. Would the orange weasel ever learn to just shut up?

The light brightened, then seemed to thicken, forming a luminescent cocoon that glowed with all the colours of the rainbow, but was still somehow pure white. What the hell was going on? As the cocoon gently carried him upwards, a strange violet mist began to cover everything. For a moment Jak couldn't breath as it choked him, but then the light shimmered and the darkness retreated. As he watched, it flowed quickly across the landscape, staining everything it touched a sickly blue-grey.

"Darkness falls." said a voice behind him.

He whipped around and savagely wrenched his neck. There was a girl behind him, floating thousands of feet off the ground, a beautiful girl dressed in a long white robe with widely flared sleeves that rippled and shimmered, though there was no wind. Her eyes were huge and pale, though they seemed sad and faraway. Her skin was as white as her robe, which confused Jak for a moment. Was she sick?

Then she spoke again, and suddenly nothing mattered except her words, which were soft and musical, yet somehow incredibly powerful.

"Darkness descends upon the world," she almost sang. "Powers long dormant are awakened, powers which have sought to destroy our world and extinguish the Light. Yet it remains. The Light remains within our world - within you, Jak. Don't forget that. Use the Light - and perhaps the tide will turn. Use the light within you, Jak. There is no more I can say. Farewell."

She vanished in a wisp of pale smoke.

"What are you staring at?" Daxter demanded loudly, his irritating whine snapping Jak out of his daze. He realized he was on the ground below the silo, without any clue as to how he'd got there.

"Didn't you see her?" Jak asked bewilderedly.

"See who?"

"The girl - the white girl..sh-she was..she said.."

Daxter stared at his friend, then tapped his head in a meaningful way. "I think your hairstyle is finally affecting your brain." Jak scowled heavily and raised a hand to his blonde-green hair.

"Anyway, I think we have more important things to worry about." Daxter said.

"Like what?"

"Oh, I don't know, like the fact that OUR ENTIRE WORLD IS NOW COVERED IN OOZE!?!"

It hit Jak then. Really hit him. He had failed. His whole world was probably destroyed, or twisted beyond anything he could recognize.

'Maybe it won't be that bad' his optimistic side said hopefully.

He turned around. Saw what was left of his world.

It was that bad.

Yes, yes, I know, its pretty short, but I'm on a school computer right now and I don't want to push it.

Vader: Not since you got kicked off by the librarian.

Kyren: or introduced that virus to the network.

Shalashaska: or got the computer stuck on a blank screen.

Kyren: or-

(Gleam* pulls out her handguns and shoots the lot of them.)

Gleam*: (sighing) peace at last. Now, press da purdy button and tell me what you thought of it, kay?