The bazaar that lied to the East of the Palace was starting to bustle with human traffic. And within there, Jak and his group were seen making their way to an orange tent near the walls of the bazaar. They went in, and were greeted by a room filled with Indian-type items and candles lit around the place.
"Well, looks like she hasn't changed her feng shui skills last time we came here!" Daxter blinked on.
"Must admit, it looks… pretty!" Hikaru said with a pleasant smile.
She went towards a nearby dream catcher, and looked on at the majesty brought upon it. While that happened, more candles were lit up in the center of the tent, revealing an old blind woman in red and green clothing and a monkaw – half-monkey half-macaw – sitting on a nearby perch in the middle of the room.
"Hey, how's it hanging?" the monkaw started speaking with a crossbred French-English-Spanish accent. "Onin here is saying that she's glad to see you guys again."
"Hey, you look… too cute!" Hikaru growled with her fangs sticking out. "Can't you have a bit of black on your feathers?"
The monkaw's reaction started to show an angered look upon his face, as well as a vision of him dipping into a tub of oil and flapping his wings with the substance on him. While that occurred, Jak placed a hand upon Hikaru's shoulder.
"Never mind about Pecker. He can sometimes get a bit cocky if you know what I mean."
She looked on at him and gave off a light nod. While that happened, Pecker flew towards the back of the room and placed himself right on top of Onin's hat. He looked down at her, and then up at the others.
"Anyhow, Onin says that she has sensed something eerie in your possession. You don't mind passing it over?"
"Sure thing", started Daxter, "as long as your feathers don't slip off at the sight of it!"
All that Pecker could do was just growl at the ottsel, while Jak brought out his gun and passed it over to Onin, whom instantly started to bring over a golden sparkling essence right around it.
"Just out of question, what's with the white gun mod?" asked Pecker.
"It's called a 'Spirit Gun'", Jak replied. "I have no idea why the specters inside called it that, but it's a start."
While he spoke, Onin brought out her hands, and it was there that the gun started to float into the air, the essence still wrapping itself around it. Pecker looked on at it with a widened expression, before looking back at the others.
"Well, it seems that Onin has sensed a stranger energy than the spirits contained inside it. From what I can see there's a crack in the barrel, so that means that we could end up with some unstable yet crappy results coming out of here!"
"Is it getting any bigger?" Jak asked with a curious expression.
"Not as far as from I can see", shrugged Pecker. "But she's unsure about what the spirits will do with the hole, but she'll do a bit of research on it."
"Well, thanks for trying anyway", Hikaru nodded lightly.
It wasn't long until the gun floated itself back down onto the floor, with the aura vanishing. Jak went up towards it, and picked it up, looking hard at the gun with a curious expression upon his face.
"Now, get out!" Pecker shouted with a ferocious tone. "I need to catch up on some beauty sleep!"
And so all three went together, while at the same time Pecker brought his wings around his body and lowered his head. Back outside, Hikaru's expression started to show a worried look to her companions.
"I'm feeling more concerned about this gun than ever", Hikaru said with her hands shaking. "What do you think it'll do when the time comes?"
"I'm not sure, but I'll keep on my toes to find the answer", nodded Jak/
Hikaru raised an eyebrow, and then she looked on at Daxter, whom too started to show a worried look upon his face. They then started to make their way back to the main road together, ready to find more answers.
The skies across the city slowly started to turn much darker, to coincide with the Metal Heads coming through the Industrial Section up towards the slums at the North-East part of the city.
While that happened, a few more Metal Head trophies flew behind them, being lead by the one of Kor. It made its way higher up into the sky, over the waters near the exit to the Pumping Station, and brought itself up as high as it can.
But that was until it struck itself onto an invisible barrier. It growled, and kept on shunting upon it with every strike, but… with every hit nothing much happened other than it continuing to lose its patience.
"I WILL FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS DREADED PLACE IF THAT'S THE LAST THING I'LL DO!!!" he shouted with a ferocious middle-aged tone.
It brought itself back, and continued to hit hard upon the barrier, leaving the civilians down below to look upon the scene with shock, with various children either looking on at it in wonder or cowering behind their parents with fear.
Meanwhile, in a nearby hut, Oracle was seen looking on at the scenario from inside, and it was seeing the scenario alone that the eyes upon the statue turned from a pure sky blue to a deep menacing red color.
And then, it wasn't long until the barrier around the city slowly started to show what looked like a purple gas from above. Kor gave out a menacing laugh, before hovering back, and striking the barrier for one last time.
Right there, a large hole was torn in the shield, leaving it to fly up freely. It looked on at the whole of the city from above, and gave out a cackle before hovering its way up towards an inhabited land to the North of the city.
"Freedom, at last!"
It went through the rocks of the pumping station, across several gorges following on from there, and towards a rocky structure further North. And it was there that it vanished from the citizens' sight.
As soon as it did so, the hole in the fabric slowly started to expand, which soon allowed to open a lot of space to bring in a whole manner of foreign creatures into the city, each of which looking as fierce as the Metal Heads.
The sight of them ended up with the civilians instantly running for their lives, far away from them. While that occurred, Oracle's eyes started to turn from red to a leafy shade of green, with a similar aura floating around it.
"Be careful, Jak… and Hikaru…!"
The aura started to build up more and more, until it was eventually launched into the atmosphere and heading straight towards the hole in the shield and going straight through it with such ease.
It then hovered its way towards the rocky structures and chasing Kor's tracks. And it wasn't long until it reached a set of mountains, holding a whole manner of dark and treacherous cavern passages.
The paths gradually became darker and darker, with water dropping from the stalactites above, forming a damp ground upon the floor. And then, a purple light was seen right at the end of the longest tunnel.
It was there that a bright spark took place right in the middle of the room, showing a blur of Kor's face within the light, and gradually, his body started to reform underneath it. It now seemed that his strength was regained.
Back over at the city, Jak and his group made their way out of the bazaar and heading out near the palace, looking up at the scenario with the sky. The purple tear was seen right there, leaving their faces to show a lot of shock.
"What's that in the air?" Jak asked with widened eyes.
Hikaru's face looked straight. "I have no idea…!"
Over time, the hole started to get much bigger, leaving a set of strobe lights to shine above the Slums area. Jak started running up towards it, looking on at the scenario from above him.
"Is that… the Shield Wall starting to give in?" Daxter shouted with fear.
"What makes you think it's that?" Hikaru asked her.
"Just look at the black moth thingies flying through that hole now!"
He pointed up, allowing the group to take a look at some of the black flying creatures that came through the hole and starting to swarm right across the city. The sight left Jak to blink at it with a shocked expression.
"Could they be some of the remaining Metal Heads?"
Daxter gave out a panicked squeal. "That's what I fear the most!!!"
Daxter gave out a squeal and took cover behind his partner, shaking with a lot of fright upon his face. While that happened, some of the moths went around one corner of the streets, coming closer towards them, leaving them to start running from them.
"Come on!" Jak ordered. "We've got to get closer towards there and try and seal the hole up!"
And so they ran up towards the street, taking all the turns needed to get up into the Slums. While that happened, they ended up making their way fighting their way through a whole crowd, running away from the beasts themselves.
"Wait up!" Hikaru shrieked towards them. "I can barely keep up with you two!"
Hikaru's cries left her to try and hold onto Jak's shoulder, but… their speed left her to struggle behind, fighting the crowd alone. While that happened, Jak ended up forcing his way harder within the citizens, with his face showing anger.
"Careful, Dax! Don't step on the citizens' feet!"
He looked down at Daxter, whom ended up fighting between shoe upon shoe near him. But that was until he jumped up upon his shoulder, leaving them to fight their way out of the crowd and back in the open air.
"Whew, that's us out of the way!" Jak smiled with success. "But… where's Hikaru?"
"Back there!"
Daxter pointed behind him, and that left them to look on at her, struggling against the people. And then, a few seconds later, she broke out, looking heavily weakened by the whole thing.
"Hikki!" Jak said with widened eyes. "What happened to you?"
She tried to respond, but her limbs were shaking that much she ended up falling upon the ground with a weakened expression upon her. While that happened, Daxter looked on at Jak's gun, which showed the auras starting to shake upon it.
"And how can the gun shake at a time like this? For the love of Mar!!!"
And then it wasn't long until the auras broke out from the crack in the barrel, suddenly going around her body and lifting her straight up into the air, with her hair blowing in the wind as she did so.
"Hikki, are you alright?" Daxter said with shaking limbs. "Say something to me, girl!"
As time came by, she opened her eyes again, which then showed themselves with a total red color brought upon them. She then looked down at Jak, whom looked at her with a confused expression on his face.
"Jak… I am your sister!"
And as soon as she said that, the auras moved away from her, and brought themselves back inside the barrel. All that Jak could do was look on at shock, as she ended up bringing herself back on her feet, with her eyes bringing themselves back to their normal state.
"What… what did I say?"
Daxter looked on at Jak with a shocked expression upon his face, before they looked on at Hikaru again… whom fainted into their arms. That left them to carry her and run back towards the South part of the city.
-end of part 7-