Outside, at the rocky plains of the area surrounding Spider Cave, the skies slowly started to turn darker and filling it with a deep purple color. A cold gust started to blow among the rocks nearby.
Back at Haven City, the Metal Heads were slowly coming down, thanks to the aid of the civilians and the New Krimzon Guard. Under the roofs of the buildings, some of the people were seen holding hands with one another, looking towards the North of the city.
And it was in Spider Cave, somewhere around the rocky plains, where the main fighting attention was brought to. Jak was seen walking back towards Kor, clutching his fists with anger, with Daxter and Hikaru following him. Meanwhile, Jona took the spirits with him and stood in front of Gulan.
"You can't escape from me, young boy!" the creature scowled towards Jona.
"Ah, shaddap! Get a load of this from me!"
He brought out his hands, both of which equipped with silver bladed discs. He hurled them over to his opponent, whom instantly brought out his claws to block it off, before looking down at his opponent with a snarling expression on his face.
"THAT'S IT!!!" Gulan roared back.
He then started to edge closer towards them, with his claws digging deep into the gravel, coming closer towards Jona. He continued to hurl the discs upon him, but… on one occasion, it rebounded from his face and started heading towards Jak, whom ducked at the nick of time,
"Be careful with your aiming, Jona!" Erol shouted towards Jona. "You almost poked the eco freak's eyes out!"
"I'm trying my best!"
All that Erol could do was look on at his partner with an agitated expression brought upon his face. As that happened, Jak was seen coming closer towards Kor, holding onto his gun as he did so. He shot round after round of Blaster Gun ammo towards his opponent, while at the same time Daxter tried to pull his feet apart.
"Careful, Daxter!" Jak shouted from nearby.
Daxter looked on at the gun shots, which gradually came closer towards him. He instantly brought himself underneath the beast, and attempted to reach towards the other foot, looking on with a widened expression upon his face.
"It's not like he's going to bite us or anything innit?" Daxter asked with a devious tone.
"Steady on, I'll try for the other foot!"
Hikaru rushed her way towards the other foot, and tried to tug upon there with her feet digging upon towards the ground. But… while that happened, the gun shots came faster and faster, heading towards her direction.
"Whoa, not too fast!"
The compliment left Jak to start aiming higher on towards Kor. Meanwhile, back with Jona and Gulam, the beast himself was starting to run across the room, chasing the young son of Vin. He continued to fire discs at him while the spirits attempted to strike him from behind.
"That's it, Jona!" Praxis chuckled from nearby. "Keep up the good fight!!!"
Jona gave out a light nod, before ending up taking a further step forward, and hurling another disc straight into his jaws, causing him to squeal with pain. That caused him to side step to the right, with the spirits coming back to him and looking on at him.
"Okay now, come to papa!" Jona smirked while bringing his eyes towards Vin.
"No, please, you're risking yourself!!!"
Jona's eyes widened, leaving him to leer on at his father, whom gave out a panicked expression back. While that happened, the beast came closer towards him, leaving him to jump up onto a high ledge and hurl another disc at him.
"Take that!!!"
This time, the disc struck him in the stomach, causing him to slightly retreat. Back with Jak and Kor, the original Metal Head leader himself started to walk around the room, leaving Hikaru's grip upon the foot to end up getting a bit lighter.
"Whoa, he's getting a bit rough on me", she said while panting.
"Hikaru!!!" Jak cried out towards her.
She ended up releasing her grip on the foot, but that didn't stop her from continuing to fight the beast. While that happened, a beam charged up in Gulan's mouth, and when it was launched… Jona ducked underneath it, leaving it to strike Kor and Hikaru, leaving them to start flashing in a white light.
"AIEEEEEE!!!" Hikaru screamed.
"HIKKIIII!!!" Daxter cried towards her.
A flash came across the scene, leaving Kor's head to drop to the floor lifelessly, his body fading into nothing. While that happened, Hikaru dropped to the floor onto her stomach. Most of the group gasped on at her and went towards her.
"Hikaru?!?" Jak gasped from his direction.
Jak ran up towards her, and brought her up onto his arms, with her weakened face being tilted up towards the ceiling. She lightly opened her eyes, struggling to gain every breath she can take.
"Hikaru, speak to me!"
"Jak, I'm afraid… I can't make it from here…!"
She started to flinch in his arms, with her head ending up in a backwards stance. She started to struggle to stand up, with her hands starting to droop right underneath her. While that happened, Jona looked down at her with a shaky expression brought upon his face.
"What's happened to her?"
"I don't know… Maybe the explosion penetrated me or something…!"
She tried to bring herself down upon the floor, with her expression gradually starting to show more pain. She took a hold onto her heart, while trying to catch her last few breaths, while looking up towards her partner with a shaky expression upon his face.
"Please, Hikki. You can hang in there", smiled Daxter. "You've put up a stunning fight out there. Don't let us go now!"
"I don't know how long I'll last out there", she said in a breezy tone, "but I have a final message for you, Jak."
She turned towards Jak, trying her best to reclaim her breaths, and while that happened, she brought her hands up towards her partner, hoping to transfer the message right across to him, with determination starting to show on her face.
"Please, defeat Gulan. As soon as he's gone, the Metal Heads will struggle to survive."
Jak gave off a light nod, before turning back towards the Metal Head with an angry expression starting to show upon his face. And then, he turned back to Hikaru, maintaining a sorrow-filled look upon his face.
"And as soon as that happens", she continued whispering, "can you please someday fill your dream of being the ruler of the city?"
Jak's eyes suddenly widened at the sound of it. And then, he looked down at Hikaru, whose arms slowly started to give way. They eventually withered down to her side, leaving her to weakly look upon her partner, getting her last few breaths in as close as she can.
"I owe everything to you, Jak…"
She brought her hand towards his hand, and they both maintained a solid grip… until her hand suddenly relaxed, and dropped to her side, her eyes closing with it, and her breathing coming to a perliament stop. Jak looked down at his partner with a panicked expression on his face.
"No, Hikaru! Please, don't!!!"
"It's too late", frowned Daxter with a sympathetic look. "She's gone blown it."
All that Jak could do was look down at her with worry upon his face. He then lowered his head, and dropped her body to the floor, with a tear starting to fall down his face. He looked down upon the floor, sorrow filling his body. While that happened, Jona came near him and patted him on the back, trying to sympathise with him.
"Now you see how I felt when my father got killed. But believe me, his guiding spirit is still with us. As long as she'll follow your shoulder when fighting back against Gulan, everything will cope fine."
Jak brought his face towards his partner, whom gave off an honest nod over at him. Then, he looked upon Gulan, whom waited there with a vengeful look starting to show on his face. Jak stood up, and started walking towards him, with light and deep footsteps being brought upon the gravel underneath him.
"You're right…!" Jak growled. "I'll win this war, for my long lost sister."
He brought his eyes back towards her, taking a look at her body for one last time before heading 40 metres closer towards his opponent. All that Daxter could do was look on at him with a shaky expression on his face.
"Jak, you aught to be careful out there! Whatif you get struck down?"
"I won't", he said back with a determined voice. "I'm sure that nothing will happen when you go alone."
He started to walk further on towards his partner, with his hair starting to hang tight down his back. While that happened, Gulan brought himself onto a stone circle, leering on at his opponent from his view.
"Good luck partner", whispered Jona.
Jak took a step onto the stone circle, and looked straight on at his opponent, whose jaws started to show ooze starting to escape from his teeth. He growled at them, before speaking to him.
"You want to go alone, do you boy?" Gulan growled. "Well, it's time you got up and met your MAKER!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bright gulf of yellow and white light shot up from the edges of the circle, leaving Jak to look shocked with the outcome, before almost falling out from the circle.
"Whoa-!"
"Be steady, Jak!" yelled the Baron. "You never know what he could do to you!"
Jak brought himself back on both feet, only to see the circle start to shake and lift itself within the air, ready for him to give time to look on at his opponent with an angry expression upon his face.
"It's time we took care of business, you and me!"
Gulan gave out a roar, before Jak ran his way around the edge of the platform, getting out his gun ready to shoot at him. As soon as that happened, several shots were launched from the beast's jaws instantly.
The shots ended up missing Jak, whom managed to roll his way from them at the nick of time. He then switched his gun through to Blaster mode and started to shoot round upon round of bright yellow bullets, trying to penetrated Gulan's head.
He shook his head to either block them off, or shake them off from his head, leaving Jak to look on from him with surprise. He took a step back, before realizing that he was almost on the edge of the rising platform.
"You can't run that far from me, boy!" he growled towards Jak.
"Oh yeah?"
He took a step back forward again, leering on at his opponent. This time, he switched his gun mod once again to blue bullets – Vulcan Barrel. Machine gun-type fire was seen making its way out from the nozzle towards his opponent… but they barely caused a scratch.
"Man, he's tough!"
"Strike him where it hurts!" shouted Vin from the sidelines.
Jak looked down at Vin, whom pointed back upon the monster, leaving Jak to look on at him and inspect him for any vulnerable parts. And then, he noticed a vulnerable patch of flesh on his right arm, unsheltered by metal plates. And it was there that Jak gave out a smile.
"OF COURSE!!!"
Jak ran towards the other side of the stone circle, switched his gun mod to the purple Peacemaker mod, and aimed it towards his opponent. And then, a bright white and violet static orb was launched from the nozzle towards the patch.
The orb struck Gulan right onto the head, leaving him to stagger backwards slightly, rubbing the vibrations from the shot away from his head, and leering onto his enemy as he did so.
"Nice try, but that effort just wasn't good enough!"
He took a step forward, and instantly brought himself into a spinning pose, whipping his tail in the process, striking Jak by the leg and causing him to balance on the edge of the platform, with his focus ending up on the others down below.
"Yaieeeee!!!" he cried wihle maintaining his balance.
"Just don't drop now!" Erol cried with a supportive voice. "The world is looking on at you!"
Bearing Erol's quote in mind, Jak placed both feet firmly on the platform once again, and switched his gun mod to the Scatter Gun mode. He instantly aimed it towards his opponent, whom ended up taking a step back with fear at the sight of it.
"Here we go!"
He started to fire the gun, leaving it to stagger back further and further, bringing out his front paws and tail for protection if need be. On one occasion when he used both his front feet to defend himself, Jak instantly switched over to the Vulcan Barrel mod.
"Take that!"
He started firing it down at the front feet, instantly inflicting a few holes upon his armor, leaving him to instantly growl at the sight of it, shaking the vibrations away from his paws as he did so.
"Nice try, but it's still not working!" Gulan growled. "You can just never beat me!"
He gave out a smirk, before he instantly pounced towards Jak, causing him to almost fall down from the edge of the platform, looking down at the others below. Gulan brought out a claw, and tried to scratch Jak, but he rolled away from it in time, heading towards the middle of the platform.
That left him to go underneath the giant Metal Head and try to inflict damage upon the feet, but… that was until Gulan raised his back feet in the air and tried to stomp his opponent, causing Jak to run out of the way again.
But as soon as they landed on the platform, an echoing thud occurred, causing him to land on the floor stomach first. He looked on at his opponent, looking heavily weakened by the whole ordeal…
"I owe everything to you Jak…"
The voice caused his eyes to end up widening, and his head to turn ahead of him. Right in front of him, a purple essence was seen in front of him, before fading into a vision of Hikaru. His heart jumped at the sight of her.
"Hikaru?"
"You've almost finished him off! Please, for the love of our world!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the vision faded out from view, causing Jak to end up looking behind him and see the monster, taking the saying into his mind. And then he went up towards him, with his gun up in front of him.
"YEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!"
He quickly fired at his opponent, before ending up rolling underneath him and leering on at him. All that Gulan could do was give out a deep growl as he did that, unsure about the scenario that could occur next.
While that happened, Jak brought himself onto the beast's back, and started climbing up on all fours, leaving a determined expression to show up upon his face. And it wasn't long until he reached the top.
It was there that he took a hold upon a metal plating on Gulan's head, and pulled it off as tight as possible, leaving him to squeal with pain. That left Jak to jam his gun inside it, and fire a Peacemaker shot inside there.
The pain instantly started to get to the monster, causing it to scream with pain as the damage was inflicted. That quickly caused Jak to jump off and down to the others below, whom all started to run out of the room as fast as they could.
The white explosion could be seen from the top of the rocky mountain area at the north of the city, instantly reflecting into the civilians' eyes. It soon faded out, leaving them to look onto the light with hope on their eyes.
"The battle was over, and the light of day started to shine upon the city once again."
The city instantly faded to the streets of the middle of the city, where people were seen rejoicing with one another and looking prepared for a new day within the city. There were some occasions that some males shook hands with others and some females brought their arms around another.
"It was here that the city started to celebrate, sharing love upon one another, feeling relieved that the whole Metal Head business was over."
While that occurred, the camera instantly brought itself up towards a nearby rooftop, where Jona and Brutter were both seen sitting down, looking on at the view of the sky from their point of view.
"No one knows if there's any left, but all that we do know is that the worst of which was gone."
They brought their hands close to one another, and held them tightly, before looking up within the sky. And it was there that a few blurs of the spirits that traveled with them crept across the sky, leaving Jona's eyes to widen at the sight of them.
"After the battle, Praxis, Erol, and Vin all vanished together. No one knows where they've headed to, but at least they managed to stick by the deal."
Jona brought his head down, giving out a light sigh, leaving Brutter to bring one of his hands around his back, rubbing it lightly. Meanwhile, the scene fades into a chapel of sorts, where Jak was seen making his way carrying a bouquet of cherry blossoms.
"As for Hikaru, I have never known such a great companion like her. She has fought to the very end, and kept her wits about her all the way."
He looked on at the end of the room, and saw Hikaru's body lying near the altar, in a peaceful and straight position. He came up towards her, and laid the bouquet within her hands, before looking down at her, trying his best not to cry.
"As soon as I follow on from Ashelin's role as ruler of Haven City… I will follow that dream for her."
He then lowered his head and started making his way out of the room, looking devastated with the loss brought upon him. As soon as he stepped out of the room, Daxter came in, holding a white rose in his hand and wearing a black tuxedo.
And it was there that he started to walk up to her and lie the flower down, unknowing of what will happen as soon as he got to the altar.
-end of part 10-