The Oracle. The last remnants of the Precursors left on earth. The thing that had helped Jak so much helped him gain Power Cells long ago and who had given him his Dark Powers, But Jak wasn't visiting the Oracle for power, he was looking for answers.
"Look Keria," said Jak as they arrived at the, now deserted, Water Slums. "I don't know what's going to happen in there but you can't come with me."
"What?" she said. "Why not?"
"Because of might be said or done." He took a deep breath. "The reason I can do these things when I'm DarkJak is because of the Oracle and whenever I visit him I become DarkJak but it's like the times when I can't control myself and I don't want you getting hurt because of me."
"But Jak…" said Keria with sadness in her eyes. "What could possibly happen?"
"I don't know," said Jak turning towards the door. "But I don't want you to find out." He opened the door and walked inside.
The Oracle was at the back of the room. Jak walked to it and stood before it.
Greetings brave warrior. What council do you seek?
"Can I stop him?" asked Jak. He didn't need to say who.
His hatred for you burns brighter than the fires of hell. He will not stop until you are dead at his hands.
"You didn't answer my question." said Jak.
You alone cannot stop him.
"Dark Jak can though, right?" said Jak.
Yes.
"Figures," Jak muttered. "What is he?" asked Jak. "There's no way he can be a man anymore."
He is you.
"What?" said Jak in disbelief. "He's me?"
He is your opposite, your negative, the result of the universe trying to balance itself.
"If I can kill him," asked Jak. "Will the wars finally end, will it be over?"
With those words the Oracle shot a blast of Dark Eco into Jak as he had done four times before.
Everything that has a beginning has an end Jak. I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading and you are all that stands in his way. If you cannot stop him tonight I fear tomorrow will never come.
Jak collapsed to the ground as he always did and a new feeling of power was surging through him. The Oracle had given him another Dark Power.
I grant you the final Dark Power.
"You already gave it to me." said Jak. "Didn't you?"
Had I given you this power before you're mind and body were balanced it would've torn you apart in rage, hate and fear.
Jak bowed to the Oracle and left the building.
There was something wrong though. The place was still deserted and that was the problem. Keria wasn't there.
"Keria!" said Jak. "Keria!, Keria!! KERIA!!!"
'Oh Mar,' thought Jak. 'Why the hell didn't I let her come with me what the hell was I thinking?' Then he saw it. It wasn't very visible but it was there. A hole in the bottom of the water, a tunnel.
"No," said Jak, his eyes wide in disbelief. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
(((Keria's Point of View.)))
Jak had gone in the building and Keria was feeling a bit hurt. Jak had told her what had happened to him with the Oracle before and he was right, she didn't want to see that but he only wanted information this time. She sighed. Ten minutes passed.
Keria was staring into the water, the Water Slums, that's what this place was called. She looked across the region to Brutter's hut. She remembered the stories about what had happened, how Jak had been cornered by the KG and how he had slaughtered nearly 200 of them trying to get away. Jak had publicly apologized to the families of all of his victims, it was the hardest thing he said he had ever done to have to tell all those wives and sons and daughters that they're king was the reason they no longer had a farther or a husband. It was the only time she had ever seen Jak cry. She knew this had to be a hard place for him to be, little did she know it would be a much harder place all too soon.
She was staring into the water and she was some of the sand at the bottom started to shift. This drew her gaze. A small despression was forming in the sand and Keria was almost getting scared, then she saw the gems. Metal-Head skull gems. She screamed. Jak would've heard her and come running but it was at that time that was hit with the Dark Eco and nothing could've penerated his mind.
Keria didn't have much time to react, several Metal-Heads, at least ten, lept up on the deck and attacked. She didn't have any weapons and she wasn't a great fighter and the Metal-Heads easily overpowered her. Two Stingers were with them and they both stung her neck. They had toxins on them that made her as limp as a fish. The Metal-Heads hoisted their prize over their shoulders and dove back into the water. The tunnels were airtight so Keria was still alive when they reached the Wastelands. They dumped her off in front of Gol and Maia's citadel and went back to their tunnels, they had another task to complete.
"Look Keria," said Jak as they arrived at the, now deserted, Water Slums. "I don't know what's going to happen in there but you can't come with me."
"What?" she said. "Why not?"
"Because of might be said or done." He took a deep breath. "The reason I can do these things when I'm DarkJak is because of the Oracle and whenever I visit him I become DarkJak but it's like the times when I can't control myself and I don't want you getting hurt because of me."
"But Jak…" said Keria with sadness in her eyes. "What could possibly happen?"
"I don't know," said Jak turning towards the door. "But I don't want you to find out." He opened the door and walked inside.
The Oracle was at the back of the room. Jak walked to it and stood before it.
Greetings brave warrior. What council do you seek?
"Can I stop him?" asked Jak. He didn't need to say who.
His hatred for you burns brighter than the fires of hell. He will not stop until you are dead at his hands.
"You didn't answer my question." said Jak.
You alone cannot stop him.
"Dark Jak can though, right?" said Jak.
Yes.
"Figures," Jak muttered. "What is he?" asked Jak. "There's no way he can be a man anymore."
He is you.
"What?" said Jak in disbelief. "He's me?"
He is your opposite, your negative, the result of the universe trying to balance itself.
"If I can kill him," asked Jak. "Will the wars finally end, will it be over?"
With those words the Oracle shot a blast of Dark Eco into Jak as he had done four times before.
Everything that has a beginning has an end Jak. I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading and you are all that stands in his way. If you cannot stop him tonight I fear tomorrow will never come.
Jak collapsed to the ground as he always did and a new feeling of power was surging through him. The Oracle had given him another Dark Power.
I grant you the final Dark Power.
"You already gave it to me." said Jak. "Didn't you?"
Had I given you this power before you're mind and body were balanced it would've torn you apart in rage, hate and fear.
Jak bowed to the Oracle and left the building.
There was something wrong though. The place was still deserted and that was the problem. Keria wasn't there.
"Keria!" said Jak. "Keria!, Keria!! KERIA!!!"
'Oh Mar,' thought Jak. 'Why the hell didn't I let her come with me what the hell was I thinking?' Then he saw it. It wasn't very visible but it was there. A hole in the bottom of the water, a tunnel.
"No," said Jak, his eyes wide in disbelief. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
(((Keria's Point of View.)))
Jak had gone in the building and Keria was feeling a bit hurt. Jak had told her what had happened to him with the Oracle before and he was right, she didn't want to see that but he only wanted information this time. She sighed. Ten minutes passed.
Keria was staring into the water, the Water Slums, that's what this place was called. She looked across the region to Brutter's hut. She remembered the stories about what had happened, how Jak had been cornered by the KG and how he had slaughtered nearly 200 of them trying to get away. Jak had publicly apologized to the families of all of his victims, it was the hardest thing he said he had ever done to have to tell all those wives and sons and daughters that they're king was the reason they no longer had a farther or a husband. It was the only time she had ever seen Jak cry. She knew this had to be a hard place for him to be, little did she know it would be a much harder place all too soon.
She was staring into the water and she was some of the sand at the bottom started to shift. This drew her gaze. A small despression was forming in the sand and Keria was almost getting scared, then she saw the gems. Metal-Head skull gems. She screamed. Jak would've heard her and come running but it was at that time that was hit with the Dark Eco and nothing could've penerated his mind.
Keria didn't have much time to react, several Metal-Heads, at least ten, lept up on the deck and attacked. She didn't have any weapons and she wasn't a great fighter and the Metal-Heads easily overpowered her. Two Stingers were with them and they both stung her neck. They had toxins on them that made her as limp as a fish. The Metal-Heads hoisted their prize over their shoulders and dove back into the water. The tunnels were airtight so Keria was still alive when they reached the Wastelands. They dumped her off in front of Gol and Maia's citadel and went back to their tunnels, they had another task to complete.