Ekobean: This chapter will tie up a few loose ends that I have had the
liberty of using to my advantage in the story. This, I hope, will be a very
exciting one.
Before Jak could move or even breathe Dark Jak was on top of him, pummeling him from all sides. Razor sharp claws ripped and tore him at all angles. This whirled at such speed that even the shocked spectators couldn't see the fight clearly. Jak found himself lifted above the head of the monstrous creature and tossed twenty feet into a brick wall.
Sig was up in a flash and sprinted to Jak's aid. Many other Guards began to follow but, "No!" Samos roared with a ferocity never heard in him before. "We must wait." He was watching Maia now, making sure she was fully concentrating on the fight. He then turned to Daxter. "Daxter," he said.
"What?" Daxter said ruefully.
"Your time has come."
Daxter looked up at the sage in a confused manner before responding, "Watcha' talking about, old man?"
"Listen to me Daxter," said Samos urgently, "every thing that has happened in our past are events that have happened for this moment. You became an Ottsel for this purpose. You must unblock the Eco Springs. If I'm not mistaken Ax and his comrades still have explosives on their belts. You must climb up to them, take their explosives, put them at each location of the Eco Springs, and set them off. You should be small enough that Maia won't notice you."
"I ain't going up there!"
Samos growled and then, using his telekinesis, lifted Daxter and flung him fifty feet towards the hanging bodies of Ax and the two others. Daxter, screaming, caught the wall nearly twenty feet away. "Awmanawmanawman..." Daxter whimpered. He was nearly hanging upside-down, and the near apex of the dome. He slowly began to climb toward Ax. Normally he would have stopped and turned back, but hearing Jak's cries of pain awoke a bravery in him that had been on an extended vacation for most of his life. Slowly and carefully the quivering Ottsel worked his way over to the hanging bodies of the elves. After what seemed like an eternity he was slowly climbing down one of their blood-soaked pants. Sure enough, Samos had been right. There, strapped to their belts were several sticks of high-powered dynamite. Daxter grabbed as many as he could carry then quickly scurried up their pants and began placing the dynamite at the specified locations.
Jak coughed up several droplets of blood as he slowly rose from the ground. Sig and Dark Jak were at each other's throats, arm on arm pushing on each other. Sig grabbed Dark Jak by the throat and whipped him over his head onto the ground. Dark Jak latched onto Sig's arm and easily tossed him into the nearby wall. Jak tackled Dark Jak at full speed, but was flipped head- over-heels next to Sig. "Can't you send it to it's room or somethin'?" said Sig as he shakily rose back to his feet.
"I don't think anything can stop it now."
"Then we're in deep shit now."
Half an hour passed. Sig and Jak were on their knees, panting. Dark Jak didn't have so much as a scratch, and hadn't even broken a sweat. Maia was laughing and clapping merrily. "This is but a taste of the pain that I endured for two hundred years. It's quite poetic, don't you agree?"
Daxter plopped down next to Samos in an exhausted heap. "Well it's about time!" roared the sage, "I hope you put them in the right places!"
"You were talking in my head, greeney," moaned Daxter, "here." He casually chucked a small device to the sage who caught it. "I'm guessing the bombs are set of by remote."
"I suppose it's time to turn the tables," said Samos, and pushed the one large red button on the front of the small square device. At first nothing happened. There was almost a thirty second pause. Samos was about the scream at the exhausted Ottsel when all of a sudden there was a thunderous explosion. Boulders flew in all directions in a fiery vortex of pure chaos. Maia was knocked clean out of the air by a large rock fragment, and a round boulder momentarily floored Dark Jak. Seconds later it happened.
Waterfalls of Blue, Red, and Yellow Eco flowed freely from the walls and collected in the basin-like crater at the center of the tomb. "Woah, this is all fitting together nicely," said the wide-eyed Ottsel. There was a shower of sparks as the three Ecos mixed. But then the new problem was soon noticed, and all hope was nearly lost. "The last bomb didn't go off!" squealed Daxter. Without warning Daxter, with an unseen fire leaping like hungry dogs in his eyes, surged forward towards the location of the last bomb.
"Go Daxter!" yelled Samos.
There was an explosion of purple energy as Maia rose from the tons of rocks that weighed her down. "Creature!" she shrieked. Dark Jak tossed the boulder on top of him away as if it were a beach ball. "Stop the furry one! He must not get to the explosive!" Before Dark Jak could even move Jak threw him against the wall. The creature opened it's pure black eyes to see Jak glowing with Red and Yellow Eco.
"Round two," mused Jak, "you don't touch Dax." Dark Jak roared in a scream of pure fury. With his clawed hands both stretched to their full extent he charged his sire. Jak blocked Dark Jak's attacks easily and slammed him in the gut. Several globs of Dark Eco flew from Dark Jak's mouth like blood. But Dark Jak wasn't out yet. He grabbed Jak's arm and swung him to the ground. In one fluid motion DJ was on top of Jak with his claws at his throat. Dark Jak was thrown backward with a swift mule-kick from Jak.
Maia had taken Daxter's destruction into her own hands. She was firing bolt after bolt of electricity at Daxter. Daxter, screaming, dodged each one of them in an odd sort of dance as he ran towards the dynamite. It was only twenty feet...fifteen...ten...
One stray bolt of electricity caught Daxter off guard. He was hurled ten feet forward, unfortunately for Maia; he landed not one foot from the explosive. "Nighty night, sweetheart," said Daxter, blowing one final kiss to Maia before setting the timer to "one second." (yes, I am lazy.)
One final explosion erupted from the wall. A flow of Green Eco shot forth from the wall in a sparkling solid mist. The last bit of it flowed into the basin where the other three Ecos were held. The mass of swirling colors fumed and began to sizzle. It shot upward in a miniature eruption and flew back down. Sparks flew from the concoction as it took the thickness of Dark Eco, yet became a creamy white. "No!" shrieked a despaired Maia. Jak took his cue and abandoned Dark Jak whom he had had pinned against the wall. Dark Jak, too began running after him and leapt forward but suddenly stopped in midair, sparks flying from his twitching body. Sig stood not twenty feet from him with his Peacemaker at hand.
"Been saving that one for you, dough boy," laughed the giant.
Without a second though Jak leaped downward into the swirling, oozing basin of White Eco. In one final, desperate shot, Maia fired a bolt toward Jak. This time the shot hit home. The bolt passed straight through Jak. His eyes widened in shock, and he gasped in horror as the pain suddenly flowed through him. And suddenly it left him as he hit the gelatinous ooze that was the White Eco.
His body tingled as he sank slowly to the bottom, every care slowly floating from his mind. His one last though was of Keira as his body dissolved in the White Eco.
Ekobean: I'm not going to say anything...oh wait, too late. R&R and don't worry Daxter is not dead...maybe.
Before Jak could move or even breathe Dark Jak was on top of him, pummeling him from all sides. Razor sharp claws ripped and tore him at all angles. This whirled at such speed that even the shocked spectators couldn't see the fight clearly. Jak found himself lifted above the head of the monstrous creature and tossed twenty feet into a brick wall.
Sig was up in a flash and sprinted to Jak's aid. Many other Guards began to follow but, "No!" Samos roared with a ferocity never heard in him before. "We must wait." He was watching Maia now, making sure she was fully concentrating on the fight. He then turned to Daxter. "Daxter," he said.
"What?" Daxter said ruefully.
"Your time has come."
Daxter looked up at the sage in a confused manner before responding, "Watcha' talking about, old man?"
"Listen to me Daxter," said Samos urgently, "every thing that has happened in our past are events that have happened for this moment. You became an Ottsel for this purpose. You must unblock the Eco Springs. If I'm not mistaken Ax and his comrades still have explosives on their belts. You must climb up to them, take their explosives, put them at each location of the Eco Springs, and set them off. You should be small enough that Maia won't notice you."
"I ain't going up there!"
Samos growled and then, using his telekinesis, lifted Daxter and flung him fifty feet towards the hanging bodies of Ax and the two others. Daxter, screaming, caught the wall nearly twenty feet away. "Awmanawmanawman..." Daxter whimpered. He was nearly hanging upside-down, and the near apex of the dome. He slowly began to climb toward Ax. Normally he would have stopped and turned back, but hearing Jak's cries of pain awoke a bravery in him that had been on an extended vacation for most of his life. Slowly and carefully the quivering Ottsel worked his way over to the hanging bodies of the elves. After what seemed like an eternity he was slowly climbing down one of their blood-soaked pants. Sure enough, Samos had been right. There, strapped to their belts were several sticks of high-powered dynamite. Daxter grabbed as many as he could carry then quickly scurried up their pants and began placing the dynamite at the specified locations.
Jak coughed up several droplets of blood as he slowly rose from the ground. Sig and Dark Jak were at each other's throats, arm on arm pushing on each other. Sig grabbed Dark Jak by the throat and whipped him over his head onto the ground. Dark Jak latched onto Sig's arm and easily tossed him into the nearby wall. Jak tackled Dark Jak at full speed, but was flipped head- over-heels next to Sig. "Can't you send it to it's room or somethin'?" said Sig as he shakily rose back to his feet.
"I don't think anything can stop it now."
"Then we're in deep shit now."
Half an hour passed. Sig and Jak were on their knees, panting. Dark Jak didn't have so much as a scratch, and hadn't even broken a sweat. Maia was laughing and clapping merrily. "This is but a taste of the pain that I endured for two hundred years. It's quite poetic, don't you agree?"
Daxter plopped down next to Samos in an exhausted heap. "Well it's about time!" roared the sage, "I hope you put them in the right places!"
"You were talking in my head, greeney," moaned Daxter, "here." He casually chucked a small device to the sage who caught it. "I'm guessing the bombs are set of by remote."
"I suppose it's time to turn the tables," said Samos, and pushed the one large red button on the front of the small square device. At first nothing happened. There was almost a thirty second pause. Samos was about the scream at the exhausted Ottsel when all of a sudden there was a thunderous explosion. Boulders flew in all directions in a fiery vortex of pure chaos. Maia was knocked clean out of the air by a large rock fragment, and a round boulder momentarily floored Dark Jak. Seconds later it happened.
Waterfalls of Blue, Red, and Yellow Eco flowed freely from the walls and collected in the basin-like crater at the center of the tomb. "Woah, this is all fitting together nicely," said the wide-eyed Ottsel. There was a shower of sparks as the three Ecos mixed. But then the new problem was soon noticed, and all hope was nearly lost. "The last bomb didn't go off!" squealed Daxter. Without warning Daxter, with an unseen fire leaping like hungry dogs in his eyes, surged forward towards the location of the last bomb.
"Go Daxter!" yelled Samos.
There was an explosion of purple energy as Maia rose from the tons of rocks that weighed her down. "Creature!" she shrieked. Dark Jak tossed the boulder on top of him away as if it were a beach ball. "Stop the furry one! He must not get to the explosive!" Before Dark Jak could even move Jak threw him against the wall. The creature opened it's pure black eyes to see Jak glowing with Red and Yellow Eco.
"Round two," mused Jak, "you don't touch Dax." Dark Jak roared in a scream of pure fury. With his clawed hands both stretched to their full extent he charged his sire. Jak blocked Dark Jak's attacks easily and slammed him in the gut. Several globs of Dark Eco flew from Dark Jak's mouth like blood. But Dark Jak wasn't out yet. He grabbed Jak's arm and swung him to the ground. In one fluid motion DJ was on top of Jak with his claws at his throat. Dark Jak was thrown backward with a swift mule-kick from Jak.
Maia had taken Daxter's destruction into her own hands. She was firing bolt after bolt of electricity at Daxter. Daxter, screaming, dodged each one of them in an odd sort of dance as he ran towards the dynamite. It was only twenty feet...fifteen...ten...
One stray bolt of electricity caught Daxter off guard. He was hurled ten feet forward, unfortunately for Maia; he landed not one foot from the explosive. "Nighty night, sweetheart," said Daxter, blowing one final kiss to Maia before setting the timer to "one second." (yes, I am lazy.)
One final explosion erupted from the wall. A flow of Green Eco shot forth from the wall in a sparkling solid mist. The last bit of it flowed into the basin where the other three Ecos were held. The mass of swirling colors fumed and began to sizzle. It shot upward in a miniature eruption and flew back down. Sparks flew from the concoction as it took the thickness of Dark Eco, yet became a creamy white. "No!" shrieked a despaired Maia. Jak took his cue and abandoned Dark Jak whom he had had pinned against the wall. Dark Jak, too began running after him and leapt forward but suddenly stopped in midair, sparks flying from his twitching body. Sig stood not twenty feet from him with his Peacemaker at hand.
"Been saving that one for you, dough boy," laughed the giant.
Without a second though Jak leaped downward into the swirling, oozing basin of White Eco. In one final, desperate shot, Maia fired a bolt toward Jak. This time the shot hit home. The bolt passed straight through Jak. His eyes widened in shock, and he gasped in horror as the pain suddenly flowed through him. And suddenly it left him as he hit the gelatinous ooze that was the White Eco.
His body tingled as he sank slowly to the bottom, every care slowly floating from his mind. His one last though was of Keira as his body dissolved in the White Eco.
Ekobean: I'm not going to say anything...oh wait, too late. R&R and don't worry Daxter is not dead...maybe.