A beautiful sunset started to occur around the city, allowing some of the shadows that occurred around the slums to extend into the darkness. While that happened, Jak, Daxter and Hikaru came out from the Pumping Station together and back towards the slums area, when a dark cloud started to form across the area.
"Oh my God, look out!!!" Hikaru shrieked.
A bright purple blast was shot down from there towards them, causing them to duck straight underneath it with faces filled with horror. They looked up, and saw the gas form a solid form – a monstrous form similar to what Daxter faced at the South of the city.
"Is that… a giant metal head?" Daxter asked with a worried tone.
"Why ask?" Jak growled. "It'll be cut down to size as soon as it meets its maker!"
He brought out his gun and aimed it towards the monster. Then, he started firing, causing it to bring back its head and roar at him. It charged towards the three of them, leaving them to jump out of the way just in time.
"Here you go!"
He instantly switched his gun mode to the purple Peacemaker mod, and shot it straight towards the monster, causing it to growl and bring its hands towards him, pounding him in the chest.
"JAK!!!" Hikaru shrieked from the sidelines.
"I'll be fine! I've faced worse!"
The monster continued to try slashing at him, but with every shot that hit him, 5 more caused him to duck out of the way and try and fight back against it. All that Daxter and Hikaru could do was look on at the background, taking a hold onto one another.
"Keep steady in there, buddy!" Daxter muttered to himself, clutching his fists. "Make sure the fangs don't pierce your skin!!!"
The beast's mouth opened wide, leaving it to start heading straight down towards Jak, whom by then started to look weakened. And then, it used the fangs to bring him up on his head and start shaking him around. The sight of it caused Hikaru to drop Daxter and run towards him.
"That's it!" she brawled. "I'm coming in for you!"
The drop caused the ottsel to fall onto the floor face first, leaving him to look on at her actions. She jumped up into the air, and brought out a black whip from her pockets, striking it right in the back of its head.
The monster retreated with a loud roar, instantly hurling Jak towards a nearby rooftop. As he looked on at her courage, she brought herself down onto the floor, switching her focus between him and her opponent.
"Get back, you ferocious beast!!!"
The monster tried to bite her, but she stepped back at the sight of it. She jumped up into the air, and brought her whip straight onto its teeth, breaking off some of its molars. It growled with anger at the touch.
"Hikaru, be careful!" Jak yelled towards her. "He could bite you at any second!"
As the teeth dropped to the floor, the monster continued to growl and come closer towards her, leaving her facial expression to show more fear than before. It brought out its claws, and instantly brought it round to swiping her, leaving her with no room to escape.
"Meep…!"
She brought her hands out to defend herself, leaving the monster to come much closer towards her. Both Jak and Daxter looked on at the scene, seeing that she could face an uneasy end…
But that was until a gun shot struck it to its left hand side, leaving it to growl and look in that direction. There stood two figures – a male with ginger-brown dreadlocks and blue combat uniform, and a female with ginger hair in a similar fashion to the male's, with a navy trenchcoat, a short red t-shirt and a set of bright blue shorts.
"Torn! Ashelin!" Jak smiled over at the pair.
"No time to speak now, let's take care of business!" growled the male.
The male, being Torn, brought out a curved combat knife and started heading towards the beast, jumping towards its leg and leaving them to start fighting each other, freeing Hikaru from its grasp. She looked on with surprise, while Ashelin came towards her.
"Young girl, are you alright?" Ashelin said with a sympathetic tone. "The Metal Heads must have infected you for you to turn out like this!"
Hikaru gave out a shrug. "Nah, the purple skin came naturally."
Ashelin's eyes widened with shock at her response, while Hikaru just gave off an innocent look. During that time, Torn ended up climbing onto the beast's back, but that was when it started shaking him around like a cowboy.
"Guys, I think I've got my hands full with this one! Help!"
"Steady, Torn!" Jak cried. "I'm coming for you!"
Jak brought himself up and went down from the rooftops, before bringing up his gun once again. He switched the gun to a set of blue bullets – the Vulcan Barrel – and aimed it right at the paws of the beast, leaving it to start jumping up and down at the sight of them. Some of which even ended up going underneath them and going towards Daxter, whom responded by climbing up on a nearby drainpipe.
"Not on my feet, please!" he shouted towards Jak. "I don't want to face another broken bone!"
With that response, Jak started to aim higher. That left it to start taking more damage, shrieking at every piercing shot towards its skin. The very sight of them left Torn to stand up upon the back and jump back down towards the ground.
"That's it, Jak!" Hikaru smiled from nearby. "He's almost gone!"
The monster started to shriek even more at the powerful force of the shots, leaving it to start chasing him in a limp fashion. That caused Jak to climb up towards the roof of a nearby hut and try to escape his grasp.
Again, he aimed his gun towards the beast, whom started to get slower and slower towards him. It brought out both paws, and brought its giant head up to meet his body. He looked down at the others around him, whom were seen looking on at him.
"Come on, Jak!!!" Daxter said with an enthusiastic tone.
He gave off a brief nod at them all down below, before switching his gun back to the Peacemaker bullets and charging up a bright orb within his weapon. It was then launched straight on at the beast, instantly striking it on the head.
The beast then started to quiver slightly, before bringing itself straight onto the floor unconscious. This left the group to look on at the sight of it, before seeing some figures in blue armored uniform – the New Krimzon Guard – come towards it and push it away from the slums. While that happened, Jak came towards Torn and Ashelin with a relieved look on his face.
"Thanks, guys", Jak sighed with relief. "If it weren't for you I'd be cornered. But… what brought you here?"
"I got a message from Tess being concerned about you guys, the furry one especially", Ashelin started while scowling at Daxter. "But what doesn't get me is why Metal Heads are coming back into the city."
"Yeah, I too thought that they were extinct after defeating Kor."
"Not from the news I got back from the local Power Station this morning", Torn said with a grim look.
Jak's eyes widened at the sight of his response, and it was there that Torn turned around, looking on towards the southern part of the city, with the sun gradually starting to shine towards the right hand side of his body.
"Apparently, the new management there is looking into a drop of eco flow providing power into the Shield Walls", Torn spoke while folding his arms. "Maybe the new arrival could probably link a clue into all this."
"I'll take a look over there and report back as soon as possible", smiled Jak.
He brought his hand towards Torn's for a handshake, whom instantly brought his hand back with a fear filled face. And it wasn't until a few seconds later when he, Daxter and Hikaru started heading down the path back towards the Industrial Section.
"I'm just worried if it's a good idea", blinked Hikaru. "Whatif the owner could get grouchy?"
"Hey, I knew a wise man who used to own the station", nodded Jak. "I'm sure that they won't get that fussy though, trust me."
He smiled over at her, whom in turn could just look on upon his eyes in amazement. Considering that Jak seems to be the only one that could fully care for her, it seems that she could be at piece wherever he takes her.
About 15 minutes passed, and the group managed to walk their way around to the Power Station, located on the southern outskirts of the Industrial Section. Jak brought himself towards the door, and knocked on there three times.
"What's the password?" said a young voice from inside.
"Hey, whoever you are, we don't have time to play games!" Jak sighed towards the door.
"Yeah!" Daxter said while climbing up onto Jak's shoulder. "The old owner didn't have the guts to put a password system when he owned the place!"
"Hurry up, time's a wasting!" the young voice cried again.
"Okay, uh…" Daxter brought himself into a thinking pose. "Sausages? Bacon? Ham? Beef? Chicken? Pork chops?!?!?"
As Daxter called out his answers, all that the others could do was just look on at him and his insane suggestions. This even left Hikaru to crouch down, being unable to take in any of the ottsel's wits brought around her.
"What a carnivore", she sighed.
"Carnivore?" the young voice shouted. "You got it!!!"
The door opened up, and that left the sight of the interiors of the Power Station to open up right in front of their eyes. They smiled over at it, before they started heading straight inside.
"I'm not sure how you did it Hikaru, but you opened the door for us!" Jak spoke with a cackle. "Time we took a look inside to see about this crisis."
Hikaru's eyes started to look shocked by what she faced upon her way in there, but that was until she looked ahead to see the figure inside the station. He had bushy white hair brought into a ponytail, a long purple coat covering him, and a pair of red eyes.
"So, you must be the saviors that previously fought Metal Kor, huh?" he asked with his young voice.
"Yep, and we're proud of it!" Daxter said while posing like a pro-wrestler.
"Hey, my father Vin must have done a lot to help you out, and I'm proud of that. I'm Jona."
Jona brought out his hand, and it was there that Jak took a hold of it and they brought themselves into a handshake. They soon released their grip and looked onto the screens around the station, showing a lot of technical information too complex for even Daxter to understand.
"So, I heard about a drop of flow somewhere among the Shield Wall lines", Jak said with a confident look. "Where is it?"
"It's either that or the shield still needs repairs from the breakdown a few days ago", said Jona with a grim look. "Mind, I've noticed that the hit is around the sewer sector. This has caused a light tear in the fabric to show up within here."
"Hey, what do you mean a light tear?" Daxter growled, before thinking back towards the Metal Head that popped out of the sewer grating earlier that day. "I faced a crisis down there this morning, and I ain't gonna thank the spirit of Mar for making THAT event occur, sunshine!!!"
"I don't care what you faced down there", sighed Jona with anger. "I just want you guys to go down there and fix it. There's a wheel that opens up an emergency eco vault down there. Turn it, and we should gain enough power to block the rest of the Metal Heads from re-entering the city."
"Why can't you do it yourself!" Hikaru growled back with her hands hanging low.
"Because it takes four hands to stitch it up – two here and two down there!"
He brought out his hand and pointed straight outside, leaving Jak to look on at the darkening skies over there. He started to show a confused expression, but he was still content with walking out there, with Daxter and Hikaru following him.
"Go, quickly", Jona shouted again. "I don't want any more Metal Head ambushes after the previous war."
And so they all headed straight outside together, taking a hold onto one another's hands/paws as they did so. While that happened, Jak showed a curious expression around him, looking on at his partners as he did so.
"I've got a funny feeling that guy's hiding something", sighed Jak.
"Yep, and I bet deep down inside him he's scared of the scenario. As the saying goes, like father like daughter!" Hikaru smiled, before her face suddenly dropped. "Uh… that didn't come out right."
A dark tunnel area was shown lying underneath the Industrial Section area, covered in water channels and green-yellow metallic walls brought around the area. Near the end of the path, there was a copper pipe with a large wheel attached to it.
"That can't be the disconnection, right?" Hikaru asked.
"It looks like it", Jak replied. "Now, why would it be like that?"
"Maybe the New Krimzon Guards forgot to seal it when fixing it", shrugged Daxter. "I knew that Ashelin should have kept the Training Course tradition when she became governor."
All that Jak could do was roll her eyes at the sight of Daxter's remarks, before he got towards the wheel and took a hold of one side. Hikaru held onto another, while Daxter got onto Jak's head and held onto the top of the wheel.
"That's it, let's all push together!" Hikaru smiled.
They all started to push hard upon the wheel, trying to make it budge as hard as possible. After ten seconds or so… it only budged a couple of millimeters from its original position. The whole experience left Daxter to squeal with pain before letting go.
"Sheesh, this thing's as tough as nuts! Just look at my hands!"
He looked down upon his hands, seeing a set of black smudges brought upon his hands. The sight of them caused Jak to blink at his direction, and take a closer look upon the marks with his own two eyes. After a moment of silence… he just shook his head.
"Uh, Daxter…" Jak sighed angrily. "No, I'm not buying you a new set of gloves this week. You've still got those you bought on Tuesday!"
Daxter gave off a light growl, before turning his back on his partner with his arms folded. While that happened, the sight of a footstep was heard, causing Hikaru to blink and look on at the scene ahead of her.
"I… I think I can sense something behind us!"
Daxter blinked before turning towards her. "Now what?"
Before anything else could happen, something started to shake from behind her, causing her to instantly spin in that direction, and seeing a giant beast start to approach them. She gasped at the sight of it, before bringing her hands out in front of it.
"METAL HEAD!!!"
"That's it!" Jak sneered at it.
Jak switched his gun mode to his purple bullets again, and instantly brought in a large white orb shining on the tip of it. It was launched towards the beast's face, whom just responded with a growl and a shake of the head.
"I can't believe it", Jak whispered with shock. "It's… vulnerable to my Peacemaker shots?"
"If that's what you call your weapon mode… then, yeah it is", she nodded with a deep frown.
It roared again, leaving their hair to start blowing in the gust created. That caused them to start stepping away from it… before it started to bring itself in a faster pace right towards it. She instantly gasped at its actions.
"Quick, run from him!!!"
And so they started to run down the tunnels, towards the end of the tunnel. Again, Jak made the occasional stop to bring out his gun and shoot its head. But… no luck was made, leaving him to curse under his breath.
They jumped over a gap of sorts, leaving the monster to end up leaping over the gap following it. It started to run much faster towards it, leaving them to start looking on at it with horror brought upon their faces.
And then, it jumped straight up into the air, bringing itself as far forward as possible. It brought out its front paws, and instantly charged down upon the trio… whom were then ready to face a sudden demise.
-end of part 4-