Jak did not want to get out of bed. Today was the day that the city
had been waiting for. Today was the day that the Silo was going to be
opened. The sunlight was pouring through his shut eye-lids as Keria began
nagging him.
"Look Jak," said Keria, putting some jewelry on in the mirror of the bathroom. "I don't want this to happen any more than you do but Ashelin's made up her mind."
"Ugh." Was the only reply she got from the lump under the covers. She couldn't answer before he spoke. "You know what they're going to do Keria." He said sitting up. "You know what they're unleashing."
"Jak," she said, walking to the bed. "Maybe things aren't as bad as you think they will be."
"You didn't fight them Keria." said Jak, not looking at her. "You don't know what it was like."
"But Father said..." began Keria.
"FATHER SAID?!" yelled Jak standing up. "FATHER SAID THIS, FATHER SAID THAT! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT SAMOS SAID!" He took a deep breath and went on. "SAMOS WASN'T RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE ON TOP OF AN IMPOSSIBLY HIGH TOWER FOR AN HOUR WITH A HUGE ROBOT SHOOTING AT HIM. SAMOS DIDN'T HAVE THEIR VOICES RINGING IN HIS HEAD FOR WEEKS AFTERWARD!"
He slumped back onto the bed and buried his face in his hands. When he came up his eyes were filled with an emotion that Keria had never seen in them, fear.
"I'm scared Keria." said Jak. "They didn't die, they're still there and they won't have forgotten me."
Before either of them could speak they heard the door open and saw Torn's head in the doorway.
"Are you two coming?" he asked in his gravely voice.
"Yeah," sighed Jak. "We'll be there in a minute."
"Torn nodded his head and disappeared.
Keria walked to the door and turned around seeing Jak walk to the closet. He opened the door and knelt down and Keria saw him strap on a long leather belt. On that belt was his morph-gun and JET-Board.
"Jak..." said Keria in an annoyed voice. "You're not taking your gun."
"The hell I'm not." said Jak.
Keria just sighed and rolled her eyes, there was no point in arguing with him.
The two strode outside and climbed into the Hellcat Torn had waiting and they flew to the palace. When they reached the palace, Samos, Ashelin, Daxter, Tess and Sig were already there. Apparently they were to be guests of honor and the opening ceremony. Jak didn't say anything to anybody as he boarded the transport, protocol gave him the seat in the front with the driver and he took it. It was a long miserable flight to the Silo and the entire time the tension was so high you could taste it. Everyone knew that if they pushed Jak the slightest bit they'd all be dead.
Finally, after an hour of flight they reached the Drill Platform and Jak saw with his own eyes the Dark Eco Silo. It was virtually unchanged but that didn't help anything. He remembered well the Precursor Robot flying above it shooting its laser at the crack in the top. He remembered well the pain and suffering he endured at the top of it and here he was going there again. The crusier stopped at a platform and they filed out. Jak stepped in front of Ashelin before she got out.
"I'm just letting you know," he said, making sure she could see his gun. "That you get to be the one to explain to the city why hell has been unleashed."
"Are you threatening me?" she asked quietly.
"Yes, I am." he said. And with that he walked onto the platform and stood in the corner leaning against a railing, his arms crossed across his chest, hiding the Seal of Marr Amulet his younger self had given him. He thought about him, he wondered what he was doing in his timeline, what he was fulfilling then and if he had the slightest clue as to what would befall him.
The hour had come, half the city was present at the Drill Platform and the other half was watching at their homes. Ashelin stood at the front and spoke.
"My people," she began. "Today is the day the Silo will be opened and our civilization will be introduced to the height of it's time!"
A roar of cheers went up from the crowd. 'Poor fools,' thought Jak. 'The idiots don't even know what they're getting themselves into.'
Jak turned his gaze to the Silo and saw the drill bearing above it. He turned to Ashelin who made eye contact with him for a bit before she gave the signal and the drill began to turn. As it began its decent downward something happened to Jak. He began laughing.
"Stop it Ashelin," he laughed. "Stop it before it's too late." Almost in slow motion the Drill piereced the top of the Silo. The Precursor metal began to dissolve and before Jak could believe it the top of the Silo was opened, fully.
"Look Jak," said Keria, putting some jewelry on in the mirror of the bathroom. "I don't want this to happen any more than you do but Ashelin's made up her mind."
"Ugh." Was the only reply she got from the lump under the covers. She couldn't answer before he spoke. "You know what they're going to do Keria." He said sitting up. "You know what they're unleashing."
"Jak," she said, walking to the bed. "Maybe things aren't as bad as you think they will be."
"You didn't fight them Keria." said Jak, not looking at her. "You don't know what it was like."
"But Father said..." began Keria.
"FATHER SAID?!" yelled Jak standing up. "FATHER SAID THIS, FATHER SAID THAT! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT SAMOS SAID!" He took a deep breath and went on. "SAMOS WASN'T RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE ON TOP OF AN IMPOSSIBLY HIGH TOWER FOR AN HOUR WITH A HUGE ROBOT SHOOTING AT HIM. SAMOS DIDN'T HAVE THEIR VOICES RINGING IN HIS HEAD FOR WEEKS AFTERWARD!"
He slumped back onto the bed and buried his face in his hands. When he came up his eyes were filled with an emotion that Keria had never seen in them, fear.
"I'm scared Keria." said Jak. "They didn't die, they're still there and they won't have forgotten me."
Before either of them could speak they heard the door open and saw Torn's head in the doorway.
"Are you two coming?" he asked in his gravely voice.
"Yeah," sighed Jak. "We'll be there in a minute."
"Torn nodded his head and disappeared.
Keria walked to the door and turned around seeing Jak walk to the closet. He opened the door and knelt down and Keria saw him strap on a long leather belt. On that belt was his morph-gun and JET-Board.
"Jak..." said Keria in an annoyed voice. "You're not taking your gun."
"The hell I'm not." said Jak.
Keria just sighed and rolled her eyes, there was no point in arguing with him.
The two strode outside and climbed into the Hellcat Torn had waiting and they flew to the palace. When they reached the palace, Samos, Ashelin, Daxter, Tess and Sig were already there. Apparently they were to be guests of honor and the opening ceremony. Jak didn't say anything to anybody as he boarded the transport, protocol gave him the seat in the front with the driver and he took it. It was a long miserable flight to the Silo and the entire time the tension was so high you could taste it. Everyone knew that if they pushed Jak the slightest bit they'd all be dead.
Finally, after an hour of flight they reached the Drill Platform and Jak saw with his own eyes the Dark Eco Silo. It was virtually unchanged but that didn't help anything. He remembered well the Precursor Robot flying above it shooting its laser at the crack in the top. He remembered well the pain and suffering he endured at the top of it and here he was going there again. The crusier stopped at a platform and they filed out. Jak stepped in front of Ashelin before she got out.
"I'm just letting you know," he said, making sure she could see his gun. "That you get to be the one to explain to the city why hell has been unleashed."
"Are you threatening me?" she asked quietly.
"Yes, I am." he said. And with that he walked onto the platform and stood in the corner leaning against a railing, his arms crossed across his chest, hiding the Seal of Marr Amulet his younger self had given him. He thought about him, he wondered what he was doing in his timeline, what he was fulfilling then and if he had the slightest clue as to what would befall him.
The hour had come, half the city was present at the Drill Platform and the other half was watching at their homes. Ashelin stood at the front and spoke.
"My people," she began. "Today is the day the Silo will be opened and our civilization will be introduced to the height of it's time!"
A roar of cheers went up from the crowd. 'Poor fools,' thought Jak. 'The idiots don't even know what they're getting themselves into.'
Jak turned his gaze to the Silo and saw the drill bearing above it. He turned to Ashelin who made eye contact with him for a bit before she gave the signal and the drill began to turn. As it began its decent downward something happened to Jak. He began laughing.
"Stop it Ashelin," he laughed. "Stop it before it's too late." Almost in slow motion the Drill piereced the top of the Silo. The Precursor metal began to dissolve and before Jak could believe it the top of the Silo was opened, fully.