Midday
Thankfully my ass stopped hurting so much. I had to lay on my side. This is humiliating. I caught sight of the Lurker that was in a large cage across the small walkway. He kept looking at me, since the injection.
"What are you looking at?" I snarled
He just stared back without reacting to what I had said.
"Stupid Lurkers" I muttered
"You help free Lurkers?" it finally spoke
"What?" I growled
"You and your warrior friend helped many Lurkers free, yes?" the Lurker continued
"Yeah, so? Going to give me a medal?" I sneered
"You can help Lurker brothers out" he said as he pointed to a small window at far side of the room. It was barred but it could be big enough to shove a Lurker through.
"Oh no. I'm not going to help you and get into deeper Yakow poo than I need to!" I refused
"Man will come back with larger needle" the Lurker warned
I paled as I tenderly rubbed my behind, "Ok, fine I'll help you"
"Free us and combined strength of Lurkers can take bars off window" the Lurker told me
I managed to rise to my feet and walk over to the front of the cage. The bars were vertical. I poked my arm through one gap then I tried to squeeze my whole body through. I think I was getting thinner due to the lack of food today because I squeezed through without too much of a problem.
"What now?" I asked
"Get keys from hook and free Lurker people" the Lurker pointed to a high key holder.
I ran on all fours towards the location. The keys hung next to the door on the gray blanched walls. There was shelving nearby that held a few chemicals and books and also a brown cluttered table. I climbed onto the table then onto the shelving. I carefully picked my way through the shelf, not wanting to drop anything or touch any chemicals that rested in the glass beakers. I finally edged my way to the very end of the shelf. The key was just a few centimetres away
I reached for them. They were just out of grasp. I pulled out further and further until I can feel the metal on my fingertips. I swung my arm to grab the keys. The keys were pushed off the hook and safely in my hands. Success! Perhaps not all is bad today.
I felt myself loosing balance. I noticed I was too far out to regain it again. Oh crap, I thought too soon. I started to fall. I held the keys tightly as the ground came rushing up to meet me.
"Ahhhhhh!" I yelled until hard, sharp stinging pain covered the front of my body
For a moment I didn't know what happened until I start to register the cold hard laminated floor. More pain! I should of taken some pain killers with me this morning. After I literally peeled myself off the floor and tried to cope with the shock I walked over to the Lurker cages. I tried keys to locks managing to unlock all the cages. Soon as I unlocked all the cages all the Lurkers rushed to the small window.
As sure as your long pointed ears the Lurkers tied ropes to the two thick bars that were in between their captivity and freedom. They pulled and pulled with all their might and worth. For a while I thought they weren't getting anywhere until powder emitted from the bottom of the bars. The bars were giving away to Lurker strength. Finally the bars scraped on the concert sill and broke away from the window. The Lurkers gave a cheer as as they start to file out. As the last one was going through the door swung open. It was the geeky, big needle wielding man.
"What in Tarnations.... aack! My Lurkers!" he man yelped
"Come orangey warrior!" said the Lurker who spoke to me before
He grabbed me before I could protest and jumped out of the window. Everyone was screaming in the street and Krimzon Guards were everywhere. They were shooting at the large purple beasts that tried to find a manhole to escape into.
The Lurkers ran through the streets of the business section of the city. I had to leave and get out of this mess. I've got to get home and lock myself in my room and don't leave for the rest of the day! I realized the Lurker that was carrying me was approaching a manhole.
"Uh I'll leave now" I told him as I turned to leave, my idea of escape didn't involve sewers
I saw lots and lots of Krimzon Guards chasing us at the rear. They kept shooting, regardless of who was there. One bullet whizzed passed my ear.
"Maybe I'll stay. Heh, heh" I muttered
The Lurker jumped into the manhole and we slid down a vertical shaft. Putrid smell swamped over me. I started to gag and coughed. Finally the Lurker landed on a platform. I looked around and realized that we came from the ceiling into this passage. Other Lurkers were already disappearing deeper into the putrid place.
"I thank you orangey warrior. We owe you big debt and Lurkers don't forget" the Lurked thanked and put me on the ground
"Well it is my birthday today. How about giving me a balloon ride?" I asked knowing I missed out the last time
The Lurker laughed, or some sort of grunting that sounded like a laugh, and ran deeper into the sewers to join his friends.
"I didn't think so either" I murmured
I was alone. I sighed. Stuck in the sewers with no gun, hungry, sore and afraid. I slowly walked in the opposite direction the Lurkers went. I sort of recognized this place as me and Jak did those missions here in the sewers. I'm glad those experiences are over.
I made my way through. The front part of my body only has reduced to slight soreness as my ass was horribly sore I think the pricked part was swelling. I jumped and climbed my way through hoping I was going the right way to get out. I walked for a long time before I wanted rest. But I remembered I can't sit! I also remembered that there was nothing to eat down here and I think my stomach finished eating itself and it's starting to eat nearby liver and intestines.
This sucks. I rather Torn use me as a target for shooting practice than all this happening to me. Then I saw one of those ugly orange creatures (not me by the way), which crawled on all fours and flick their tongue at you. As if I'm not tired as it is. The creature spotted me and ran towards me. Remembering how Jak fights I cranked my arm back and tighten my hand in a fist. Then as if came to pounce on me and whacked it in the nose.
The creature stumbled back and flicked its tongue at me. I easily dodged it and go in for another punch. It suddenly whimpered and ran away. Wow, I must be stronger than I though. I actually scared the lowly creature! I don't blame it, I can be scary!
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr"
Suddenly my ears shot up as I stiffened. I felt hot breath behind me that made my fur stand on end. I slowly turned to see a large blue and gray creature, with large snarling teeth, small but glowing eyes, large claws ready to tear and a snaky long tail. It had a bright yellow thing in the middle of its head. Some how I don't think I scared that creature.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I recognized what it was, "A M-M-METAL HEAD!"
My soreness and hunger forgotten I ran for my life. The creature growled and chased after me. What are Metal Heads doing in the sewers? We defeated their leader for crying out loud! I guess this guy is just a remain one. I hope he was the only remaining one.
I ran through the whole sewers screaming my lungs off. I had to get away for this thing. Where was Jak when you need him?
"I taste horrible, really!" I yelled, "I haven't even eaten myself so I'm just skin and bone!"
The Metal Head snapped at my tail.
"Hey I need that!" I growled
It opened its mouth to engulf me in it's teeth, breath and saliva.
"AHHHHHHH!" I sped up to just miss its jaws snapping together again, just where I was before
"That was close" I puffed
Then I saw I thought I never be happier to see. The security door for the entrance of the sewers. Safety and freedom! The creature seemed to know this to and started to snap its jaws fiercely at me. It was also increasing speed. Almost there. Almost there.
The security door was unlocking. Come on, just a few steps more. The beast missed my tail again. The door was open with the last of my strength I lunged for the opening. The creature lunged for me too. I felt myself sliding along the elevator floor to the far wall. The creature got halfway in before the security doors slammed shut on it. It screeched but, determined to get me as lunch, it kept snapping at me. It's spit spraying over me as it struggled to get a few inches closer to eat me.
I was petrified as I laid flat against the wall, puffing and my heart was beating 20 times per second. Finally technology kicked in and the elevator started to rise. The Metal Head realized and tried to get his head out but the security doors kept him in place.
I wasn't a pretty sight on what I saw next. The creature's head was being dragged up as his other half was held down. It shrieked and finally the head was stretched and popped off the creature with a sickening 'slack-pop' sound. Then the head started to get dragged down thought gap between the platform and wall and it started to be squished.
"EWWWW! Gross!" I shrieked like a little girl
Green guts splattered out onto me and everything else in the lift as the eyeballs popped out and bones were being crushed with sickening twisting-braking sounds. Then the smell that the dead head and guts emitted. I gagged as I felt nauseous.
I think I'm gonna be sick.
Finally when the elevator stopped and the security doors open, I ran out and up the ramp cover in green slime and a ghastly smell. I proceeded to chuck empty contents of stomach on ground.
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...
After I finished and tried to get the green slime off I decided I needed a bath. A very good bath! I know I wont get this smell off my fur for days yet! I smell way worse than a wet Hip Hog in a warm barn. I'm going home and wash, lock myself in a padded cell until this day is over! If that will keep me from suffering anything else and keep what little sanity I had, I'll do it!
I walked up the ramp in a slouch position. I'm tired, sore, hungry and now smelly. It's a long walk home but I'll have to manage. People screamed when they saw me, (or smelled me). With wet slime covering me, the smell that probably knocked down a whole legion of Krimzon guard. I don't blame them. I'll run away from me too.
Krimzon guards started to approached and shooting at me. Not again! I don't care! Shoot me! Kill me before this day gets any worse!
Suddenly people in rubber yellow suits came at me. Fully clothed to be protected against anything. They carried weird equipment and started to point them at me. Lots of clicks and beeps. At this time Guards stopped shooting and kept their position.
"Before you do anything to me, please give me some food and a bath?" I lamely asked
They didn't even take notice of what I said and proceeded to poke and prod at me. Finally they scoop me up in a glass casual and carried my off in a yellow airship. Prefect, I'm being kidnapped by a bunch of people in rubber yellow suits! Where's Jak when you need him?
After a long ride I found that I was taken to a location outside the city. High above the city in the mountain area it seemed to be some sort of secret base. I knew I won't be having any cake tonight.
They took me in. The rocky walls were replaced with smooth metallic grey surface that seems to be never ending all over the base. The yellow guys took my down the maze of look alike halls to a lab. They opened my capsule prison and tipped my out into a plastic box.
"Hey? Hello? Uh what's going on?" I yelled hopping they heard through the plastic
They started to leave and leaving me this spooky lab. I looked like something out of a bad horror movie. I wished the guards killed me. Now I'm in very, very, VERY deep Yakow poo and it's on my birthday, as I keep reminding! I always wanted to get kidnapped by some yellow suit guys then be used in science experiments on my birthday...NOT.
I looked around and saw there was a straw floor with a small nest of straw for a bed, water bottle and pellets. Maybe this is where they kept their lab rats. I didn't care, there was FOOD here and I'm going to eat it before my stomach was going to eat my kidneys, lungs and heart.
I dashed and started to shove the brown tasteless pellets down my throat, hardly chewing on them, desperately trying to satisfy the hunger pains that rippled through my stomach. I maybe kidnapped but at least I got some food, even if it is just pellets.
"SO this is the biohazard?" a voice said
My head shot up to see a science guy observing me from the other side. I swallowed my food.
"Hey! Why am I here? And who in Haven City are you?" I growled
The man just smiled, "I am Pierre Kreen. I'm the leading scientist in this facility. You my good vermin are a biohazard. You have been in contact with the contents of a Metal Head. Metal Head meat is poisonous and deadly when eaten and also when one has been in contact with. You sir, have been contact it with it and you shall die within twelve hours"
"I'm going to die?" I squeaked
"Yes. Ever wondered why people or animals never eaten Metal Heads? This is why. Don't worry it wont be too painful. You'll suffer a fever, vomiting at first then when the condition worsens you'll suffer breathing problems, dizziness, tiredness and blurred vision, aching muscles. After various organs will shut down and the poison will brake them down so you'll be coughing up blood and suffer cramps as muscles are distressed. Finally either your heart shuts down or your head explodes" the science man explained
"My head will explode?" I squeaked
"Yeah. Lucky you didn't infect anyone else with the poison"
"Isn't there a cure or something?" I cried
"Nope. We tried to find one but there is none. Research is going into now and you'll help us understand how it works better by monitoring you condition"
"So in other words you are going to watch me suffer and die?" I asked bluntly
"Well you could say that" he replied
"That's a whole lot of comfort. Can I see my friends?" I asked
"This is a secret base. No civilians at all are allowed in here" Pierre said sternly
"Well can I call a few people then? Say one last good bye or something?" I asked
"Sorry. Can't use phones. Might make the equipment in this room malfunction and explode. Can't risk that" Pierre replied
"Well this is the best birthday present I ever had all day! I'm going to die horribly and painfully. It's not even my fault! It's Jak's fault. He should of left some food for me, if he did then all this wouldn't have happened" I ranted
The scientist walked away to attend to some other experiment he was working on. I'm going to die! It's not fair! IT'S MY BIRTHDAY FOR MAR'S SAKE! Don't I deserve a birthday cake before I die at least? I can't even say good-bye too all my friends and foe. I think I'm really going to cry.
Forward to chapter 3
How is Daxter going to get himself out of this one? Your head exploding is not the way to go!
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