Forces of Life Chapter 11: Epilogue, a jak and daxter fanfic

The city skies started to show a light blue color brought upon them, with the stars starting to blend in with light glances of the clouds. A cold air started to blow higher up into the air and further above the city.

Within the clouds, a purple essence was seen making its way through the clouds, zooming from one area to another, and making its way through towards three star-based shapes in front of her.

The essence reached those shapes, which showed themselves as Vin, Erol and Praxis, all hovering away from the city together. The sight of them caused the purple essence to come closer towards them, before taking form as Hikaru… whom instantly brought her hands around Erol's shoulders.

"Wait! Where are you guys going?"

"Our side of the deal is done", nodded Erol. "As long as the war is over, we are free to go wherever we please again."

It was there that Erol brought himself further forward, allowing Hikaru to end up falling down towards the cloudy floors. She looked up at the others, whom were then seen making further footsteps away from her.

"I may miss you guys an awful lot, but you have all been helpful assets towards me."

She brought herself into a sitting position, and as soon as that happened, she lowered her head, with her hair starting to go over her face to try and hide her sorrow. Vin couldn't help but notice it, and it was there that he hovered his way towards her.

"It's okay, young girl", Vin smiled towards her. "I know how worried I was when I first came here, but be brave."

"What the heck are you saying to her?" Erol growled towards him.

Erol came closer towards him, and it was there that he took a tight grip around his neck, pulling him towards Praxis, whom just remained still with a peaceful look brought upon his face.

"Vin, she's only young", he lightly smiled. "She deserves a lot more than this after what we've faced out there."

"You really think so?" Hikaru asked with widened eyes.

Vin gave out a light gasp. "You've got to be kiddi-"

Before Vin could finish speaking, the Baron brought one of his hands over Vin's face, seizing him from speaking. And then he brought out another hand, causing a bright white light to shine from behind her.

"Be quick, young girl", commanded Praxis. "Your friends are waiting."

Hikaru's eyes widened with curiosity. And then, she turned behind her to see the glowing light swirling right in front of her. Several reflections of fireflies hovering upon the light started to show upon her eyes.

She then turned towards them all, whom all gave out light confident smiles over at her. All of a sudden, she went towards them one by one, shaking hands with Praxis, giving a high five to Erol, and hugging Vin around the chest area.

She looked upon the light, and slowly approached it with a cautious look starting to show upon her face. As soon as she went in, she dissolved into nothing, leaving the three remaining spirits to continue their journey among the clouds, going far away from the city.

The view of the sky gradually started to show a purple bolt starting to go through the sky, and in some instances starting to show a few specks of light upon the buildings, giving off a set of sparkling effects across them.

Those effects ended up catching the attention for most of the civilians, whom ended up looking on at the lights, which ended up jumping up into the air giving off a set of star-based streaks floating into the air.

While the group gasped on at the scene, the area instantly switched over to the chapel, where Daxter was about to layer the cherry blossoms upon Hikaru's body. But… that was until a cold gust of wind gradually blew upon his fur.

"Where… where am I?"

The voice that was heard caused his ears to instantly prick up at the very hearing of it. He looked to the left, and then to the right. But there was no other signs of mysterious presences brought near him.

He looked down at the cherry blossoms again, and got his way through to putting them upon her body. He slipped them in as comfortably as possible, with a worried expression showing on his face.

And then… he ended up making contact with her hands. Instead of a cold rush being brought upon them… he felt warmth. The warmth of blood circulating upon there instantly caused him to run out of the room and head towards Jak, whom was seen sitting at a wooden bench looking across at a picture of the Heart of Mar gem.

"Jak, I've just saw something happen in there!" he said while jumping on top of his shoulders.

"Leave me alone Dax, I don't deserve this."

He brought his hand towards the ottsel, and ended up striking him upon the ground. He then started to walk down the corridors of the palace, going past portraits of rulers of the city gone by.

"No, really! I've seen a real sensation occur with Hikaru, Jak! She's alive, ALIVE!!!"

The very saying caused Jak to end up coming to a stop, and look on at his partner, whom gave out a hesitant nod. And it was there that he started running back up the corridor and into the chapel, where his eye contact was brought upon Hikaru, the cherry blossoms still in her hands. Only this time… she was standing up on both feet, alive and well.

"Hikaru!!!" Jak cried out towards her.

It was there that she gave out a light gasp, and the pair started to run closer towards one another. It wasn't long until they brought their hands around one another, and took a hug upon one another, looking on at one another.

"Jak, I never thought I'd be able to see you again!" she screamed with happiness.

"Me neither!" Jak smiled back in return. "But how did you overcome this?"

"Did you find your guardian angel up there or something?" asked Daxter.

Daxter's voice caused them to look towards the entrance to the chapel, where the ottsel himself was seen making his way towards the middle of them, smiling on at the reunion upon the pair.

"I really don't know what happened", blinked Hikaru, "but it seems like the spirits wanted me to show more to my own life out there."

She looked up towards the ceiling, where a light hallucination started to show up upon her viewpoint, causing her to give out an instant smile. Within the hallucination, visions of the spirits one by one showed up upon them, leaving her eyes to lightly quiver.

"Well, you know what this means", Daxter smiled while clapping his hands. "It seems like we've got the full night ahead of us!"

It was there that Daxter took a hold of her by the hand, and they started to run their way out of the room, looking pleased with the results. Jak looked on at the pair, and he started to run his way out, following their footsteps.

And it wouldn't be long until they walk outside the chapel and through to the city streets ahead of them, ready to see civilization at peace again.

A couple of hours passed, and over at the Naughty Ottsel, things started to shape up for the better, with the Metal Head trophies being fixed back into their right places. Near the bar, Tess started to get flirty with some of the males that came near her. By the time Torn came towards her, she took a hold of him by the hair and smiled at him.

"Hey, how about we all form a conga line together and get the city moving throughout the night?" Tess flirted towards him.

"I may argue against the dancing, but eh… I don't see why not!"

He gave out a warm smile, leaving Tess to go over the bar and bring herself up onto the lead. Torn gave out a hesitant smile, and took a hold of her by the waistline, leaving them to start moving out of the room in a train-style fashion. That just left Daxter's expression to show mixed emotions of anger and being ripped off.

"HEY! That was MY idea! Get back over here!"

He instantly brought his hands behind his back, and started running towards them both, whom instantly got people starting to dance upon the streets. Nearby, Keira was seen sitting at an outdoor table, lightly giggling at his actions, with Samos, Onin and Pecker sitting near her.

"Well, it looks like we have a peaceful night ahead of us once again", Samos said with a confident smile.

"I can definitely say that", replied the monkaw. "Although I have to say that we'll never forget about the spirits that guarded them through this, no matter how much of a friend/enemy they were to us when they were alive."

Pecker brought his wings into a folded position, and looked around the tavern. It was seen that Sig brought himself behind the bar and tried to make drinks for the people in the bar, with Ashelin in the front of the queue. He then looked on at the others, showing a curious expression on his face.

"Got anything to add, Onin?" Pecker asked her.

Onin gave out a brief nod, and instantly brought out a set of finger-based hand gestures and red auras shining upon her hands. All that Pecker could do was give off a warm smile and a twitch of an eye.

"My thoughts exactly!"

"What did she say?" Keira asked him.

"Let's just say that she involved hints of yakkow bladders and a few of our favorite sporting past times. You don't want to hear it, lady!"

Keira ended up with an anime sweat drop down her face, before looking on at the others with a shaky expression upon her. Meanwhile, outside, Jona was seen heading down the rooftops holding Brutter's hands as he did so.

"So, at least you managed to give us a welcome hand with the eco shield, Brutter. Well done."

"Awww, no problem!" grinned the Brutter. "Brutter be no experienced with things like that, but Jona give confidence to keep me going."

"Come here you big fuzzball!"

He instantly pushed Brutter down to the floor lightly, leaving them both to roll across the streets, sharing joyful expressions with one another. While that happened, Jak and Hikaru were seen standing near the waters of the port and looking onto the twilight skies ahead of them.

"So, you think that there will be something happening out there?" Jak asked her.

"Let's just say that the Metal Heads have been brought clear from here. However, as far as I know, I have no idea about whether there's any more of them out there, or whether there's any strong enough to strike the city."

"Either which, we'll be on the watch out for them", Jak nodded with a positive response.

Jak instantly took a step forward, and looked closer towards the skies, showing a determined expression upon his face. And it wasn't long until he brought his face pointing towards Hikaru, whom gave out a few light blinks at his actions.

"Mind, it also felt good to see you come through, back to your own home", he said while placing a hand behind her shoulders.

"Yeah", she replied with a more joyful smile. "I had no idea that I was left alone for protection instead of neglection. Mom, dad, wherever you are out there, I thank you."

She gave out a light nod, with her hair starting to go over her face as she did so. While that happened, Jak came near her and placed a hand upon her shoulders, looking on at her with a light look upon his face.

A blue vortex was seen upon the screen once again, and it was there that a light blue and white figure was seen making its way upon the view again, looking down upon the skies down below.

"You have shown a lot of courage out there, young vampire. And it's because of that that light has started to shine through your spirit."

It looked down, and moved out of the way, before silhouette versions of Vin, Erol and Praxis were all seen in the background, glowing a deep cyan color. The light figure looked on at them, before looking straight on at the camera.

"The help of your spiritual guardians have also aided you a lot to finding your true home."

The silhouettes faded out one by one, before the figure made its way further among the vortex, leaving behind a golden dust trail, where the dust particles all formed the image of a golden stone in the background.

"And with a lot of help, you managed to find the Precursor Stone and bring it right back to its rightful place. We may not know on what will happen to it in the future, but all we can do is watch out on the horizon."

The dust soon faded out, leaving the figure to end up making its way closer towards its starting point. It looked on upon the camera, showing a peaceful expression upon its face and giving off a light smile upon the viewpoint ahead of it.

"And now, may the powers of the Precursors guide you through the rest of your time."

It brought out its hands and clapped them together, leaving a white puff of smoke to end up in front of it, leaving it to fade into a set of white dust particles being brought upon it, hovering down towards the city streets.

Down near the Naughty Ottsel, the dust particles were seen making their way among the water, showing their reflections upon there as they went past every single wave as it did so, and giving off more of a twilight effect upon them.

They soon reached the Naughty Ottsel, and it was there that they instantly started circling both Jak and Hikaru, whom looked on at them with a shocked response upon them. The soothing glow upon them almost felt like penetrating their bodies.

Within the glow, she was lifted up into the air, with her hair starting to blow in the wind as it did so. And it wasn't long until the lights brought her down onto both feet, before zooming away from her.

"Good luck, young vampire."

The lights left her to end up smiling at what they managed to do to her. And it was there that the dust particles quickly made their way across the calm waters of the port one more time.

They zoomed up towards the skies, leaving a bright firework display to start going off in front of them, leaving Hikaru to bring an arm around Jak and take a look upon the lights going off within the sky.

And it was there that another chapter in the chronicles of Jak came to a close, only to leave him seeing what more can be seen upon the horizon.

-fin-