Over at the Naughty Ottsel, Tess was seen cleaning glasses near the bar, while looking on at flying Metal Head trophies outside. And it also wasn't long until Sig brought himself back in, looking on at her.

"Tess, you got the eco pellets yet?"

She looked on at him, and brought herself under the bar, before pulling out a package inside a light brown fabric bag. She opened it up, and looked inside, before sealing the bag shut and going towards him.

"Sorry if it took so long, Sig. I couldn't tell between them and moonflower seeds."

"Never mind about the flowers, just give me the pellets!" he growled at her.

She brought herself around the bar, and started coming towards him, dropping the bag on his hands. He opened it up, and instantly poured the pellets inside the energy compartment for his staff. It started to glow with a fierce purple glow.

"Yes!" Sig smiled viciously. "As soon as the Metal Heads come back in, there'd be no mercy that's for sure!"

"I suggest you try to be a bit careful with that thing", Tess nodded. "You surely must know about the dangers of firearms right now."

"You're a wuss, you are! Just leave me on duty, and you'll be ready for a safe night ahead of you!"

He turned his back on Tess, and brought out his staff for fighting with, but… the sound of a shake was brought from behind him. He looked behind him, and saw one trophy unattended at the back of the bar – one that was larger than the others.

"Holy yakkow on a stick!" Sig said with a widened eye.

It soon broke off from the edge, and started flying off around the room, while at the same time, a bunch of real Metal Heads came through the door and started to attack them. That left him to take a step back, aiming his staff at them.

"What are they doing to us?" Tess asked him with a worried look.

"No idea, but I'll try shooting them off!"

He charged up his weapon, which immediately struck one of which in the chest, causing it to turn onto its back. While that happened, he looked on at his partner with a shocked expression on his face.

"Damn, they're getting faster by the minute! Tess, I need backup!"

Tess gave out a nod and went behind the bar, bringing out empty wine bottles from behind the counter. She then took them with her before standing next to Sig and hurling them at the monsters… before a bright white glow occurred from above them.

"Now what?" Sig asked her.

"UP!"

She pointed straight up, and in a near instant, the trophy that was left flying in the room started to charge its shots towards them. While that happened, Sig looked on at it with fear being brought on his face.

"Is that… the head of that Kor guy?" Sig asked.

"I don't care what name he has", Tess said with a worried high-pitched tone, "but this scenario's scaring me! Do something, Sig!"

The trophy then started to fly out alone, leaving their hair to pick up in the gust. While that happened, the other Metal Heads went out and followed it. He sighed at the scenario, and looked on at his partner with an angered expression.

"That's it! I'm heading out!"

He started running outside the city, shooting at the nearest Metal Heads and trophies he could find. After that, he continued to run deeper into the city, trying his best not to lose contact with the head of Kor, the original Metal Head leader.

"Whew, where's Jak when you need him?" Sig asked to himself while running.

Meanwhile, in another part of town, the girl with black-green hair was seen walking around a garage of sorts, holding onto Jak's gun, with Jak and his group waiting near her for a response.

"Got your opinions to add, Kiera?" Jak said to her.

She blinked, and looked on at the group. They all started to show mixed emotions of determination and fear. That caused her to look down at the weapon again, with a twitch of an eye.

"Well, if it should help in taking down the remaining Metal Heads out there", she said with a high-pitched voice, "then it's a start. But I'm unsure about the reliability of three spirits hidden inside that thing."

"That's no problem", smirked Hikaru. "They're strong enough to probably take them on one by one!"

Hikaru folded her arms with a smile starting to form on her face, which left the group starring back at her. While that happened, Keira placed the gun on a nearby table, and came towards them, holding her fists tightly with stress.

"That ain't the point! I'm worried about facing supernatural forces. They could just escape from the gun, roam around you and take over your mind!"

"Ha, you've seen too many horror movies, haven't you Kiera?" Daxter asked while scowling at her.

"Not likely!"

She went up towards Daxter, and pulled one of his ears, causing him to give out a loud scream across the garage. Then, she went back towards the gun and picked it up, before returning towards the group.

"I'll probably look up a bit more upon the Morph Gun's structure to give in a proper analysis. For now, you can probably tell this to someone else. That Onin woman could be a start."

"Well, thanks anyway", said Jak with a straight face.

She threw the gun right into Jak's arms, whom instantly responded with walking outside. While that happened, the group followed them, out into the open air, while Keira stayed behind with a curious expression on her face.

"Strange, I've never seen him look so tense like that…!"

While she remained there, the group made their way down the steps outside the garage, which linked towards the Mar Memorial Stadium in the North of the City. A huge statue of him was seen in the middle of those steps, as well as marble walls, a few trees planted either side, and a stone floor which instantly reflected the sunlight from above them. Jak managed to make it near the bottom of the stairs, until… Daxter gave out a gasp.

"Uh, Jak, I suggest you watch your footing up ahead!"

He pointed up ahead, and saw a few beasts start to emerge from behind the statue, each of which with metallic armors covering their blue-purple skin. At the instance of it, Hikaru gasped and took a step back.

"Metal Heads? What are they trying to do with us?"

"Beats me, but it's time we took care of business!" Jak said with a smirk.

He brought out his gun, and instantly switched it to Scatter Gun mode, ready to fire the enemies as they come. While that occurred, Daxter jumped off Jak's shoulder, and looked on at the monsters approaching them.

"Cover me!" Jak commanded.

It was with that shout that Jak started shooting the monsters down with his weapon, while Daxter and Hikaru went to opposite sides of the group, and tried to fight them with bare hands… but the ottsel instantly started to struggle to push one of which down.

"Oh great, what's an ottsel to do at a time like this?" Daxter said with panic.

Hikaru smiled while picking up something from the ground. "Here, use this rock!"

She looked on the floor and saw a giant pebble near her. She hurled it towards Daxter, whom instantly got hit with it in the arm, leaving him to look on at her with an angered expression on his face.

"My pleasure", he scowled back.

He then picked up the rock, and used it to shunt it straight into his opponents, which instantly resisted at his attacks. That left Hikaru to smile at him in the background, while arm-wrestling another similar monster.

"That's it, Daxter! Keep things steady for us!" Hikaru smiled at him.

Daxter continued to fight as hard as he can, shunting the beasts down as he did so. But… while that happened, a larger Metal Head showed up from behind the statue and looked on at them. At the same time, Jak was out of Scatter Gun ammo, and instantly switched to the new white mod… and it instantly glowed a bright white color.

"Spirit Gun initiated!"

"It's charging! It's charging!" Jak said with widened eyes.

The gun then started to shine a bright white beam out from the nozzle, causing three balls of light to make their way out and hover above the attacks. Vin, Erol and Praxis showed themselves in full view, leaving Daxter and Hikaru to blink with surprise.

"The spirits have been set free!" Hikaru said with her irises expanding in size.

"Yeah", Daxter replied with a sarcastic voice. "Well what do you expect them to do next, run a company picnic?"

An anime sweat drop went down the side of Hikaru's face, leaving Daxter to just turn his back towards her, with an innocent smile starting to form on his face. While that happened, she walked away from him, her whip coming out from her pockets.

While that happened, the spirits then hurled their way down towards the beasts, charging straight into their backs one by one. They gradually started to move out of the way from the spirits' attacks, leaving them to growl with slime oozing out from their jaws.

This left all three to end up holding hands as they came closer towards the beast, and as soon as they got there, Praxis was hurled up front with his blade out front, allowing a bright green light to shine across the area, leaving only the biggest Metal Head left.

"That's it!" Jak cheered on. "Keep it going!"

Jak pointed over at it, which then gave out a roar at its opponents, leaving them to look on at it with shock upon its face. That even left Vin to squeal and take cover behind Erol's back.

"I'm not going inside his mouth!" he said with a worried tone. "It's too creepy!"

"If you're too scared, I'll tackle it myself!" Erol growled back.

Erol pushed him down towards the ground, and started hovering his way towards the beast, with his hands out and up front. But… that soon caused him to get trapped between the jaws, almost being pierced down.

"Little help, please?"

Praxis looked on at the action from his viewpoint, and instantly charged in with his blade up front, knocking the jaws of the monster open and bringing his partner out from its mouth. All that Vin could do, was just continue to shake at his presence.

"Next time, strike the back of the throat, not the tongue!" the Baron commanded angrily.

The comment left Erol to nod with hesitation, while Vin just took a hold of his partner's hand and the three then continued to zoom towards the back of the creature together, striking it in the back of the head.

It gave off an ear-piercing squeal, leaving it to start losing its balance. Down below, Daxter picked up the pebble from earlier and tossed it onto one of the beast's feet, while Hikaru used her whip to add pain to the other.

The beast started to roar, before falling straight into its stomach, causing an echoing thud across the ground, leaving Daxter and Hikaru to run out of the way with panic starting to show on their faces.

"He's down!" Jak said with widened eyes. "Take cover!"

The beast then exploded in a puff of purple smoke, leaving both Daxter and Hikaru to come out from there coughing. At the same time, the spirits returned through the nozzle and allowed a white aura to fill it again.

"Wow, so that's what the gun does!" Hikaru said with a chuckle. Very impressive!"

"Yeah, although it does feel a bit weird using that thing, huh?" Daxter asked while twitching his ears.

Jak gave out a bit of a light nod, and looked down upon the weapon with a curious expression. Although the fighting did manage to prove a lot to his survival, a look of curiosity started to show up on his face.

"Maybe that explains the weird glowing, huh?"

Hikaru gave out a light nod from behind him, with her hair starting to blow lightly within the wind. While that happened, she came closer towards Jak, and placed one of her hands upon his shoulders, with a calm expression upon her face.

"Well, I have to admit, by the looks of Kiera's face back inside, I can tell that she weren't kidding about your safety, Jak."

"You really think so?"

"Uh-huh. I think we need to be a bit cautious with how we use it."

As she spoke, all that Daxter could do was lean near one of the pillars near the marble steps and look on at the pair of them in their thoughtful conversation. Over time, he too started to end up with a widened expression upon his face.

"Besides", Hikaru continued speaking, "you had a bad grudge with Praxis in the past, didn't you?"

Jak looked on at her, and lowered his head lightly in response to her question. While that happened, Daxter walked over to them, and looked on at them, whose looks gradually started to show more determination.

"Well, might as well do what Miss Green Hair said – a visit to Onin's… and her little monkaw too."

A bad vision in his head started to form, showing instant flashbacks with him and a monkey-macaw hybrid with red, blue and yellow feathers, and the results being the pair of them not getting on as well as they hoped.

The visions soon faded out from his mind, and that left him to look near the road that lead away from the stadium… where Jak and Hikaru were already walking far away from him. He jumped in response, and ran towards them.

With the sunset extending their shadows, it seems that a new addition to their journey out of the invasion has been set in place for them.

-end of part 6-