Jak held his thigh to clot the bleeding. Krimson Guards always shot him but never by his gun. His gun was definably more hurtful, that or Ottsels were more sensitive to pain.

He heard Daxter chuckle. Jak saw the transformation that was in front of him: the deep purple skin, the black film eyes, the devilish purple horns, the thin spiky light purple hair and the long dark purple claws. Jak saw how formidable he was before the switch. How the Krimson guard feared him, how citizens whisper their rumours and kept their distance and why Keira snapped at him when the class two championships were on.

The change was striking, scary even.

I'm scaring myself, Jak chuckled at his little joke. How can I joke at a time like this!

Daxter mimicked his chuckle and bend down to be closer to the Ottsel.

"I hope you'd enjoy you run Jak" the deep voice came, "Because I don't want to go back. I don't want to go back to my Ottsel body, be trapped in it, powerless and small"

Daxter put his claws near Jak's orange face.

"I want absolute power and punish my enemies. And it starts here. I'll destroy my old body so the switch cannot take place and use this power to destroy the Baron and the Metal Head Leader. Then I might take my place as the 'heir' of Mar and rule Haven City as its King.

An evil smile spread across his face. Jak kept his face straight to not let Daxter show any fear. Jak saw the sky turning black. Days were short this time of year, so was the time. This was his only shot, to stall Daxter until midnight.

"This isn't like you Dax" Jak murmured noting the way that Daxter talked

"Well I never got the chance to be human again, nor experience this power" he replied

"Daxter think deeply, would you really kill me to rule a city?" Jak pleaded

"No, I would kill you to rule a city and conquer other cities then the world" Daxter smiled again "Now time to die!"

Daxter raised his claw. Jak's eyes widened. His mind raced to think of something. He opened his mouth and words tumbled out.

"Wait, Daxter! Uh I don't understand this, uh, plan of yours" Jak put in

Daxter stopped and growled, "What isn't there to understand?"

"How are you going to over throw the Baron and kill the Metal head leader?" Jak asked

"Simple kill them, like I how I'm going to kill you" Daxter replied and raised his claw and came down to strike

"Must I really die?' Jak asked

Daxter stopped just before the tip of the claw touched the orange matter.

Daxter rolled his eyes (even if you only can see black white-less eyes), "Yes, you really must die!"

"Why?"

"I told you why!"

"Tell me again"

Daxter growled.

"All for the big picture Jak " Daxter spat, "Your body is just the vehicle I need to win the race"

"Oh. One problem Daxter. Dark Eco power doesn't last forever" Jak pointed out

"See, that's why this stone is here for" Daxter smiled holding up the black stone, "While this is in my possession I'll never be out of Eco"

"You'll go mad"

"I can handle it"

"Metal Heads will be on you"

"I can handle them"

"A whole nest full?"

"Why not?"

"Don't you need the Precursor stone to power up Mar's gun so you can enter the nest" Jak asked

"Yeah. That's why I'll dispose of the Baron so I can gain the stone and power the gun" Daxter replied

Time went by, Jak's wound clotted and kept Daxter talking about his diabolical plan to take over the world. Jak was careful in his wording and always asked questions. Moonlight appeared from the clouds. It's white light bathed them both. The smaller green moon shone after it more like a star then a moon.

Suddenly Daxter straightened himself, "I had enough of this chit chat. It's time for you to die!"

"Oh crap" Jak cursed

Daxter raised his claw, "Nice try to stall me but I still have time to kill you"

"Now I'm in real deep Yakow dung," Jak groaned

Daxter swooped down for the kill.

"Wait, wait… Ahhhhhh!" Jak could only scream and screw his eyes shut for the blow

He suddenly felt tingerly all over. White light flashed behind his lids and he felt being put out of proportion. He felt like he would tear into tiny little pieces. He found himself travelling somewhere but it was completely black so he couldn't tell. He knew he wasn't breathing or beating or anything. He was just travelling somewhere and he knew where.

His astrotravelling finished quite quickly and he felt being stretched then smacked back into a body. He found himself taking a breath and he snapped his eyes open.

He saw himself looking down at an orange Ottsel then saw he was holding the stone. He quickly threw it away and controlled his impulses and power. Jak felt heavy again. He felt familiar the weight of the Dark Power again. Maybe that's why he felt lighter when he was in Daxter's body.

Daxter woke up, confused and dazed. He saw Jak or Dark Jak looking down on him. No expression in his black eyes. Daxter remembered what happened and what he was doing and groaned.

What was I doing? What was I thinking? Daxter thought

They switched back. They were back to normal.

"Jak?" Daxter called in a small voice

Jak blinked and looked at his friend in pity, "Are you ok Dax?"

"I'm sorry," he croaked as he felt his throat drying up

"It's ok Dax. I know the Dark Eco was too powerful for you to handle. Though you scared me for a while there, everything is ok" Jak reassured

"Its not ok Jak! I shot you and I was going to…" Daxter wailed

Jak chuckled interrupting him, "More like you shot yourself"

"Yeah, your right" Daxter caught the joke and smiled but soon winced when pain shot from his thigh

"Lets go back to Onin and see if she has any healing remedies for that leg" Jak suggested

"NO WAY! No more hokus pokus stuff for me!" Daxter shook his head, "I'm never, NEVER going to see Onin for anything ever, EVER again!"

"Dax, You can't go around injured," Jak reasoned

"I'll manage' Daxter said subbonly

"I'm taking you Dax! I can't let you let that leg get infected or Onin will really have to go to drastic measures to heal your leg. She may even have to amputate you leg if you don't get it fixed now"

"Infected? Drastic measures? AMPUTATE?" Daxter exclaimed, "Heh, heh, on second thought, maybe getting something now isn't that bad"

Jak smiled. Yup he was his old self

"Let's go" Jak said and was about to pick up Daxter

"Uh one tiny problem Jak" Daxter addressed

"What?" Jak asked

"You may want to get out of you spooky mood, or we have more to worry about then just my leg" Daxter pointed out

Jak looked at his hands and saw his purple claws and skin.

"Yeah good point. I'll be back in a while," Jak said turning around

"Wait! Where you going?' Daxter cried

"To get rid of this Dark Eco that you pumped into me," Jak simply replied with out turning

"Wait, stop! Jak! Don't leave me here alone! Jak!" Daxter yelled after him, "There are Metal Heads around still-Jak! JAK!"

The End

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