Disclaimer: I don't own these games I just play them or something like that.
IMPORTANT NOTE: My computer WAS broken, I used my mom's comp. to write this. Hurrah, it was fixed again! :D dances happily singing "Always look on the bright side of life" by Monty Python
I told you I didn't own them! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!?
Lous-Me – Can do! Thanks for all the info, I'll be using that as reference in the next chapter =3
Soran Marlovic – I didn't keep my word? I'm going to try to bring Dark Jak in in this chapter then, since I have to re-write it. sigh
/ This chapter is for / You guys
I love reviews, people. It's like ... food for the soul :3
On with the story!
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They had wandered past the wall and to the desert beyond; what seemed so vast and yet wasn't, near the coast. They hadn't run into anything, but Sphinx knew what was in store for them.
"The rat should keep close to you, Jak. This isn't the safest part of Egypt," Sphinx said, keeping a sharp eye out for danger. 'The knife cats should have arrived by now!'
"I'm not a rat! Why are you always treating me like dirt, huh!?" Daxter yelled, walking in front of Sphinx and stopping him in his tracks.
"Because you're lower in the food chain than me. Move aside and stick by your friend," Sphinx said, not even growling.
"What's gotten into you?" Dax looked puzzled for a moment, before it was explained:
"Danger."
The Mummy's attention wandered for a moment, before his eyes came upon a somewhat transparent pillar of smoke arising to their right. He stopped and stared at it for awhile, as the others continued talking about the knife cats, or lack thereof.
"Hey Sphinx, what's that?" the Mummy asked, pointing at the smoke.
"The..." he whipped around, and saw the smoke. Frozen with shock, he stared, wide-eyed at it. "That's the village,"
Forgetting his sense of caution, he sped forwards recklessly in the village's direction. "Wait up!" Jak yelled, following at his heels. He was about to grab Sphinx's tail and pull him to a halt, when he veered in another direction towards a platform. Sphinx raced swiftly across the desert sands, and behind a large rock formation near the coast.
Jak grunted, and ran to the platform. He could feel – somehow he knew, that Sphinx was in danger. He zoomed across the desert, the Mummy and Daxter following closely behind him.
When he came to the village, all that was in view was destruction. Much of the village was burned; all of the fabric lay in charred remains beside their frames, which were black and most snapped in half. Some of the red fabric was still burning; most of the smoke had died down.
Sphinx was in front of it all, on his knees, watching the destruction.
Jak approached cautiously, and put a hand on Sphinx's shoulder.
"Gone... It's all gone... They're all... dead..." Sphinx could barely say. "All these people... I knew them all..." he pointed at a heap to his left. "There is where the woman would perform the Ankh ceremony," he pointed at what looked like it was once a tower. A rope with a weight on the end was coiled, still burning at the bottom. "That's where the hobo was," then he pointed to what was in front of him. "Here's where the archaeologist was. They're all gone now. All of them."
There was an awkward silence, before the Mummy and Daxter joined them both. The Mummy stopped in his tracks as soon as he came to the village, while Daxter ran to where Jak and Sphinx where.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"I... don't know," Sphinx replied. Jak walked over to where Sphinx said that the archaeologist was. The fabric of the tent wasn't entirely burnt, it was probably in the best condition of anything there. All that had cought fire, really, was the frame; which snapped under the weight of the fabric once it had been eaten through by flames. There were still bits of frame under the fabric, so it was propped up in places.
"There still might be something here – have you checked?"
"They would have greeted me."
"Something, Sphinx. There might be clues. Anubis said that he had a new find, right?" Jak continued; "So then there should be something here,"
He was just centimeters from lifting up the fabric of the tent, when something rustled beneath it. Sphinx both saw and heard; and Jak jumped backwards, startled.
Something meowed menacingly, before grim realization hit Sphinx like a cold slap in the face. The knife cats.
"Jak! Get back!" he yelled, coming to his feet and running towards Jak and the tent, Blade of Osiris drawn and ready to strike.
The thing under the tent had four knives, two in each hand. It used both to slice it's way through the tent as such speed, if you blinked you would have missed it.
Sphinx was too slow. The cat jumped from the tent at Jak – and then something weird happened. The cat was electrocuted.
What stood in front of him was indeed not Jak, for this thing had a sinister presence. This thing was evil in it's purest form – or was it darkness?
Jak's eyes were now totally black, and he had darker purple skin. He also had horns on his head and large black claws jutting out of each of his fingers. Violent purple electric sparks jolted everything nearby, and the cat didn't stand a snowball's chance in Egypt.
Sphinx backed away, sword still drawn. After a moment, Sphinx decided to put his new ability to good use:
"...Jak?"
Whatever it was, it turned on him and took a swipe. Sphinx blocked it with his Shield of Osiris, but he was electrocuted soon after. He couldn't stop from shouting in pain, even though he had had worse – this was far more painful than anything else he had ever experienced. The sparks were fed through the air, and the negative energy worked it's way through his gut, forcing him to drop to his knees.
"S...Sphinx?" Jak said, staggering and shifting back to normal. Once he saw Sphinx's expression – blank and vacant, he began to worry. "Sphinx!?" he waved his hand in front of his face. A bolt of purple electricity sparked him like static.
(A/N: I don't think those sparks really do anything but look cool, but I'm using them for fanfiction purposes anyways. :3)
.... --- WRITERS BLOCK! D: ---
Ugh... I don't know what to write.... I didn't want to leave in the middle of this, but... I don't know what to write! At all!
Reviewers are my inspiration, really. Maybe. I don't know. Well, they inspired me this time, but the evil writer's block came back.
Mehbeh bring the precursors in next time, and.... Buh ba baaaah! The plot! I just don't know how to get it moving oO''' prods the Thebes idea Preview of next chapter? How about it? :3
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"Thebes? Wasn't that a part of the kingdom, before the volcano?" The Mummy asked, curiously. His gaze moved worriedly from Anubis back to Sphinx, who still lay unconscious in Jak's arms. Jak set Sphinx down on the cot (I think that's what they're called) and then grunted.
"Damn he's heavy for someone who hasn't eaten..." he trailed off. Anubis chuckled, lightening the mood a little. Still, the worry could be heard even in Anubis's confident voice.
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That's all you get, because I have to go to bed D:
IMPORTANT NOTE: My computer WAS broken, I used my mom's comp. to write this. Hurrah, it was fixed again! :D dances happily singing "Always look on the bright side of life" by Monty Python
I told you I didn't own them! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!?!?
Lous-Me – Can do! Thanks for all the info, I'll be using that as reference in the next chapter =3
Soran Marlovic – I didn't keep my word? I'm going to try to bring Dark Jak in in this chapter then, since I have to re-write it. sigh
/ This chapter is for / You guys
I love reviews, people. It's like ... food for the soul :3
On with the story!
---
They had wandered past the wall and to the desert beyond; what seemed so vast and yet wasn't, near the coast. They hadn't run into anything, but Sphinx knew what was in store for them.
"The rat should keep close to you, Jak. This isn't the safest part of Egypt," Sphinx said, keeping a sharp eye out for danger. 'The knife cats should have arrived by now!'
"I'm not a rat! Why are you always treating me like dirt, huh!?" Daxter yelled, walking in front of Sphinx and stopping him in his tracks.
"Because you're lower in the food chain than me. Move aside and stick by your friend," Sphinx said, not even growling.
"What's gotten into you?" Dax looked puzzled for a moment, before it was explained:
"Danger."
The Mummy's attention wandered for a moment, before his eyes came upon a somewhat transparent pillar of smoke arising to their right. He stopped and stared at it for awhile, as the others continued talking about the knife cats, or lack thereof.
"Hey Sphinx, what's that?" the Mummy asked, pointing at the smoke.
"The..." he whipped around, and saw the smoke. Frozen with shock, he stared, wide-eyed at it. "That's the village,"
Forgetting his sense of caution, he sped forwards recklessly in the village's direction. "Wait up!" Jak yelled, following at his heels. He was about to grab Sphinx's tail and pull him to a halt, when he veered in another direction towards a platform. Sphinx raced swiftly across the desert sands, and behind a large rock formation near the coast.
Jak grunted, and ran to the platform. He could feel – somehow he knew, that Sphinx was in danger. He zoomed across the desert, the Mummy and Daxter following closely behind him.
When he came to the village, all that was in view was destruction. Much of the village was burned; all of the fabric lay in charred remains beside their frames, which were black and most snapped in half. Some of the red fabric was still burning; most of the smoke had died down.
Sphinx was in front of it all, on his knees, watching the destruction.
Jak approached cautiously, and put a hand on Sphinx's shoulder.
"Gone... It's all gone... They're all... dead..." Sphinx could barely say. "All these people... I knew them all..." he pointed at a heap to his left. "There is where the woman would perform the Ankh ceremony," he pointed at what looked like it was once a tower. A rope with a weight on the end was coiled, still burning at the bottom. "That's where the hobo was," then he pointed to what was in front of him. "Here's where the archaeologist was. They're all gone now. All of them."
There was an awkward silence, before the Mummy and Daxter joined them both. The Mummy stopped in his tracks as soon as he came to the village, while Daxter ran to where Jak and Sphinx where.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"I... don't know," Sphinx replied. Jak walked over to where Sphinx said that the archaeologist was. The fabric of the tent wasn't entirely burnt, it was probably in the best condition of anything there. All that had cought fire, really, was the frame; which snapped under the weight of the fabric once it had been eaten through by flames. There were still bits of frame under the fabric, so it was propped up in places.
"There still might be something here – have you checked?"
"They would have greeted me."
"Something, Sphinx. There might be clues. Anubis said that he had a new find, right?" Jak continued; "So then there should be something here,"
He was just centimeters from lifting up the fabric of the tent, when something rustled beneath it. Sphinx both saw and heard; and Jak jumped backwards, startled.
Something meowed menacingly, before grim realization hit Sphinx like a cold slap in the face. The knife cats.
"Jak! Get back!" he yelled, coming to his feet and running towards Jak and the tent, Blade of Osiris drawn and ready to strike.
The thing under the tent had four knives, two in each hand. It used both to slice it's way through the tent as such speed, if you blinked you would have missed it.
Sphinx was too slow. The cat jumped from the tent at Jak – and then something weird happened. The cat was electrocuted.
What stood in front of him was indeed not Jak, for this thing had a sinister presence. This thing was evil in it's purest form – or was it darkness?
Jak's eyes were now totally black, and he had darker purple skin. He also had horns on his head and large black claws jutting out of each of his fingers. Violent purple electric sparks jolted everything nearby, and the cat didn't stand a snowball's chance in Egypt.
Sphinx backed away, sword still drawn. After a moment, Sphinx decided to put his new ability to good use:
"...Jak?"
Whatever it was, it turned on him and took a swipe. Sphinx blocked it with his Shield of Osiris, but he was electrocuted soon after. He couldn't stop from shouting in pain, even though he had had worse – this was far more painful than anything else he had ever experienced. The sparks were fed through the air, and the negative energy worked it's way through his gut, forcing him to drop to his knees.
"S...Sphinx?" Jak said, staggering and shifting back to normal. Once he saw Sphinx's expression – blank and vacant, he began to worry. "Sphinx!?" he waved his hand in front of his face. A bolt of purple electricity sparked him like static.
(A/N: I don't think those sparks really do anything but look cool, but I'm using them for fanfiction purposes anyways. :3)
.... --- WRITERS BLOCK! D: ---
Ugh... I don't know what to write.... I didn't want to leave in the middle of this, but... I don't know what to write! At all!
Reviewers are my inspiration, really. Maybe. I don't know. Well, they inspired me this time, but the evil writer's block came back.
Mehbeh bring the precursors in next time, and.... Buh ba baaaah! The plot! I just don't know how to get it moving oO''' prods the Thebes idea Preview of next chapter? How about it? :3
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preview
---
"Thebes? Wasn't that a part of the kingdom, before the volcano?" The Mummy asked, curiously. His gaze moved worriedly from Anubis back to Sphinx, who still lay unconscious in Jak's arms. Jak set Sphinx down on the cot (I think that's what they're called) and then grunted.
"Damn he's heavy for someone who hasn't eaten..." he trailed off. Anubis chuckled, lightening the mood a little. Still, the worry could be heard even in Anubis's confident voice.
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That's all you get, because I have to go to bed D: