Jak II Chronicles

by Neo Yi

Yes, a Jak II fanfic adaptation, but do more then merely adapt it. But enhance it. The First in my Blue Curtain Trilogy. Special Director's Cut editiom. ALL CHAPTERS ARE NOW REVISED Finally.

30. Haven

Jak II Chronicles
Part 3: The Future Awaits…
Chapter 30: Haven

Haven City
Month 4: Ado,Day 2 (Spring Time)
Year: 299 TOMH (Time of the Metal Heads)

The ship landed on the edge of the sandy shores and the heroes marched their way to the front gates. Jak, with the Precursor Stone on his knapsack, decided to go in first. The rest should spread out and enter in other parts of the city. Going to the giant metal double doors that served as the gateway in, Jak took a deep breath, and then shouted.
"KOR! OPEN THE DOOR! I GOT YOU THE STONE!" Slowly, the giant gates opened, the creaking metal sound ringing in everyone's ears. Jak slowly went inside with the stone in hand. Daxter refuse to leave Jak, so he was once again clutched onto his shoulder. Ani followed, staying next to Jak. Puar remained inside Jak's pants as par usual.
As Jak slowly walked, Metal Heads surrounded every corner of the building, glaring at him, almost tempt to rip him to shreds if not for Metal Kor who order them to keep their cool. Frighten Precursians made looks that indicated not to let Jak give the stone to Metal Kor. No one was fighting each other. No one was screaming or yelling. Everything felt…surreal.
Jak slowly walked as a deadly silence befell before him except for the usual whimpers from the Precursians and the low growls of the Metal Heads (not to mention Daxter's teeth clattering). Jak continued to walk, slowly in an almost rhythmic pace, eyeing the stone on his back every so often. Jak neared the palace when he stopped walking.
"Why do you stop?" Metal Kor cried.
"…Because…I cannot let you do this." Jak softly spoke, "I cannot let you ruin this beautiful planet, so…I have to kill you."
"What?" Kor gasped.
"NOW!" Jak shouted and suddenly out of nowhere, Torn and Ashelin came, barging in with guns with Krizmon Guards following behind. They must have talk them into fighting. On another part of the city, the magical team of Onin, and the two Samos started to use their powers to zap the Metal Heads off. Pecker, although mainly shouting insults from Onin, manage to peck a few enemies out of the way. Kiera came from the sky with Kami manning the Lurker balloon lift. She tossed the remaining bombs down, and then made her way to the city to fight her own battle. Sig, out of nowhere took over the battle and started to shoot in another section of the city. Brutter, Rena, and Akai took up brute force as they practically lifted neon signs or giant lamps, flinging at the Metal Heads. Tess and some of the Undergrounds came barging with guns a-blazed. The Queen was the only one not fighting, but under protection as she refuse to stay on the ship. She was on the Lurker lift with Kami. In mere minutes, everyone got the idea and they, too started to fight.
"NO!" Metal Kor cried. Jak and Daxter grinned. Jak, Daxter, and Ani now headed for the palace. The gates to the palace were left open, so they barged in and headed straight for the entrance, taking an elevator to reach the top. Once they reached the museum room (where the elevator they rode reached as far as it could), Jak started to head for the stairs.

"Oh, man, this is gonna hurt!" Daxter gasped.
As Jak ran, he passed a room. He stopped (more like skidded), then went back to that room and gasped.
"What? What?" Daxter screamed.
"Jak, Metal Kor is up there, we must hurry!" Puar panicked. Jak ignored her and went inside the room. It was the main weapon's room. Jak went all the way to the end and saw a sword.
"The sword that can defeat Metal Kor." Jak mumbled. It was in a glass case, shut tight by nuts and bolts.
"Sorry for doing this." Jak said to no one in particular. He sighed and punched the glass until it shattered, and then grabbed the sword. He ran out of the room and continued up the stairs, sliding the sword on his bag belt to hold it in place.
"Jak, do you even know HOW to use a sword!" Daxter cried out.
"Nope!" Jak shook his head, his face filled with concern, yet hope, "I was going to, but ya know, Metal Head invasions three years back."
"Are you sure you can defeat him then?" Daxter screamed, waving his arms.
"I'm going to do it!" Jak shouted, "Metal Kor's getting his ass kicked, period! This ends tonight!" He ran up to the top and once he did, Metal Kor immediately noticed him.

"YOU!" He hissed.
"Yea." Jak glared.
"Do you have any clue whose life I am holding onto?" Metal Kor uncurled his tail to reveal the kid, now unconscious.
"KID!" Jak gasped; afraid the poor child was dying or even worse, dead, "Let him go!"
"Give me the stone!" Metal Kor growled.
"That's not an option!" Jak shook his head, "I know you need the kid to awaken the stone!" Metal Kor let out another piercing scream.
"Stop TOYING with me, boy!" Metal Kor curled tightly around the blue orb which contained the child, "Do I dare risk your very life? Do you realize just how special you are?"
"I don't know how I came here and why exactly." Jak started to speak, "But I know who I am." Metal Kor seemingly answered his question.
"You were hidden in the past on the hope that you would gain the skills to face me today." Metal Kor hissed, "But Onin was wrong! Now that you've been altered with dark eco, the stone will never open for you."
"What?" Daxter scratched his head. Jak seem fully aware of what Metal Kor meant, but kept silent.
"Your younger self, however, still has the pure gift!" Metal Kor eyed the little child, "He alone can awaken the Stone and the Precursor entity, which sleeps inside!"
"What? This stone is a Precursor?" Jak gasped, eyeing the heavy green thing as he took it out of his backpack.
"The last Precursor egg! Mar was clever. He covered his tracks well through time, hiding his last egg from me, and building the shield and city to defend it!" Metal Kor spoke, "It has been a long siege. But today, I will finally feed on the last Precursor Life Force!" By this time the child woke up, wondering what on Precursia is going on.
"Ah, I think you're forgetting one little thing, Metalo-Maniac! We've got the Precursor Stone!" Daxter pointed to himself (which also indicated the others he was with).
"Not for long!" Using his laser from his head, it hit a part of the palace, the rubble landing of Jak and his friends, stone and all.
"If you won't give it to me, I shall take it." Metal Kor mumbled softly.
"JAK!" The kid finally got his act together to see what's happening. Metal Kor eyed the boy, and then slowly made his way to the rubble. Upon closer reach, dark powers omitted from the rubbles and out popped Dark Jak with Ani and Daxter clinging onto him. Metal Kor couldn't take it anymore. This boy's cheated death one too many time.
"DIE!"
And the fight began.

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Ashelin and Torn made their way to the main industrial section of Haven City. Metal Heads were a plenty and KG soldiers were shooting in a crazed manner.
"Troops, don't panic!" Ashelin shouted, shooting her own share of enemies.
"Ease out, move forth! You groups, go there! The rest on the other side!" Torn ordered, "Try to spread out as much ground as possible!" As the KG obeyed, Torn and Ashelin wondered where to go from here.
"Look, we can't keep this up forever." Torn mumbled, "We need more men. Some of Haven citizens' fighting is doing a rather poor job."
"Oh, give Haven some credit." Ashelin fired a Metal Head away, "They're a lot stronger then you think. Jak believes in them, you should, too."
"Trying to make me feel bad?" Torn grinned.
"Maybe."

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"Bellflower!" cried Mimi. The mustallion ranches were being burnt to the ground by the Metal Heads. Some mustallions suffered their fate with death, the others tries so hard to escape. The surviving ones made it out, but Bellflower was still trapped. The Farm area was also having their moments of frustration as well. Most of their vegetables and farm animals have mainly been burnt to death.
"I'll get her!" Avery shouted, pulling off his jacket and reloading his shotgun to ward off Metal Heads as he ran inside. The flames of the ranch were getting thicker and Bellflower's mane was tangled in the broken ends of the woods.
"Bellflower, hang on there, mate!" Avery shouted, coughing as he desperately tried to undo her hair, "Don't you be panickin' ya hear?" As Avery made his way out with Bellflower, both black from the flames, they were completely surrounded by Metal Heads. Avery growled and took out his shotgun.
"Ya folks ain't getting near mah Bellflower or wrecking mah home, so I hope you like the taste of red, hot lead!" He shot one bullet which immediately went between the eyes of one Metal Head. Soon, the rest all joined in to maul Avery.
"AVERY!" he could hear his wife cry. As the Metal Heads tried to rip apart him and Bellflower, a bright blue light passed by him, knocking the repulsive creatures off of him. Avery turned around and saw Sig with his Peacemaker.
"Howdy, came by to help!" Sig then shot another one, "Now come on, let's dish some damage!" Avery smiled.
"Ya heard th' big lad!" Avery shouted to the others villagers, "Git our your guns and start shootin'!" Lots of hollers and cheers later, other members of the Farm Underground as well as everyday citizens from that area started their own fight, including Stinky Pete who had his own…unique method of fighting that's best not to describe it here. Even Bellflower and Mimi landed their hands to the battle, the latter fighting with a pitchfork.

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The Mar's Memorial stadium held Kiera as she fought with various tools in her tool belt. Even Kiera has her own form of combat. Most of the people have left to either runaway or fight, so it was mainly Kiera and the Krimzon Guard forces.
"Okay, I think we're doing okay! The people seem to be safe!" Kiera cried. She spoke too soon as she heard cries of help. She turned around and saw three people running for their lives.
"Keep fighting, guys, I'm going to help them!" Kiera ordered the KG force. As she ran, the three were seen heading inside the stadium. Besides a racetrack field and any other number of sports, the memorial stadium also served as a stage for various stars and sure enough, there was a stage in the middle of the track. The banners around it had "Michel" written all over it. And there where the three people clinging onto each other as the Metal Heads surrounded them. Kiera fought them off with a giant wrench.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" Kiera asked, and then she gasped, "Wow, you're Michel." Indeed, the three people were Michel and his two assistants: Mimo and Ginger, "Hey, look, if you guys aren't going to fight, then you better split!"
"I can't leave moi stage!" Michel cried, "I made zees so I could perform for peopel during this sad time…well, and to leave with zee grand finale."
"Forget about the stage, get out of here!" Kiera whacked another Metal Head out.
"I refuse!" Michel screamed.
"Then die!" Kiera groaned, "You two, you better leave." More Metal Heads came and they swarmed Kiera. She tried so hard to pull them off, but more would come in the end. The three stared long and hard, before two of them stood up. Mimo and Ginger each took a long microphone pole.
"What are you doing?" Michel shouted.
"What we should be doing, fighting!" Mimo screamed, "That girl needs our help!"
"And we'll protect you, too." Ginger stated, "You may be a selfish man, but you took us in and gave us this job when we had nothing." And the two took their microphone poles and fought off the Metal Heads, helping Kiera. Michel watched all this and wondered? Should he runaway? Leave them alone? Should he just stand there and let them fight off those vile creatures by themselves?
CRASH!
A Metal Head giant crashed into half of the stage, barely missing Michel. With half the stage destroyed, Michel was devastated.
"My….stage!" He shrieked, "MY STAGE!" He, too, grabbed a microphone pole and charged straight to the KG, kamikaze style. He knocked out more Metal Heads more so then the other three. They all stared in amazement as he ripped apart the Metal Heads, shouting profanity, not even caring about his hair.
"IF MIMO AND GINGER DIES IN YOUR HANDS, I'LL BLIND YOU WITH MOI HAIR GEL!" He cried, "ZEES TWO ARE THE ONLY ONES I TRUST MOI HAIR WITH!" Kiera eyed Mimo and Ginger shedding a tear.
"That's our Michel." They both said. Kiera muttered an, "Oh, boy."

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"AWWWK!" Pecker cried, "Watch it, lady!" Pecker was once again on top of Onin's dish bowl hat as she used whatever offensive magic she knew to kick some ass. She wasn't too big on offensive magic, so she mainly kept making force field shields to any Metal Heads charging her way or to protect the two Samoes. They were located in the Bazaar section.
"You old geezer, you should have aimed in that direction, it would have gotten more Metal Heads!" came the younger Samos.
"Oh, hush up! I know what I'm doing!" Old Samos cried out. He zapped a nearby Metal Head.
"Oh, suuuuure you do!" The young one sarcastically spoke as he zapped another Metal Head, "Go back to retirement!"
"You respect your elders!" Old Samos was now face to face with his younger counterpart.
"I DO respect them, just not YOU!" Two Metal Heads leaped up to them as they argue, but was suddenly stopped when Onin came with her shield. She then went blitz-o and used her arms and karate chopped them. Both Samoes stared.
"What? She practices." Pecker shrugged, "Onin says stop with the arguing and get on with the fighting!" More Metal Heads popped out of nowhere. Both Samoes stared at each other, sighed, and then both nodded. They combined their powers which killed off more Metal Heads.
"That's better!" Pecker nodded, "Now then, to battle!" And they continued their part of the fight.

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In the main Mall area of the city, Tess was handling her own with Rena.
"So, what's it like being a female Lurker?" Tess asked as she kicked her enemies and using her own brand of guns she made. It was relatively small.
"Well, we Lurkers generally prefer males over females." Rena threw three Metal Heads which they all crashed into the buildings, "Quite hard."
"That's upsetting. We girls can kick just as much butt as guys can!" Tess flip kicked a Metal Head.
"Oh, I know, it took forever for my father to make me into a warrior." Rena snapped a Metal Head in two, "But hey, I did it."
"You show 'em, Rena!" Tess winked. More Meal Heads came out of nowhere, but a girl who popped out of nowhere came with a pipe.
"Who are you?" Rena gasped.
"I'm Carmen, I'm here to fight! You two okay?" Carmen asked.
"Dandy." Tess winked.
"Good, now let's kick some ass, I got an expedition in 2 days!" Carmen commanded.

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In the Sea port, the two Lurkers Akai and Brutter were fighting. Kami was still manning the lift for reasons unknown at the moment. He kept starring at the sky for some reason, with the Queen pestering him every so often on why he wasn't fighting.
"I crush you!" Brutter manage to toss five Metal Heads overseas.
"Sister told me she likes you." Akai started a conversation.
"Did she?" Brutter asked.
"Yes." Akai nodded as he sucker punched a Metal Head, "Well, she not really tell me…but it implied!"
"Oh, Akai." Brutter sighed. As they continued to fight, more Metal Heads were swarming in. Even the strength of two Lurkers was not enough. Of course, more then 20 or so Metal Heads were blow sky high and upon further observation, the two Lurkers notice three Precursians with dynamites.
"Alright boys, for the kingdom!" Jinx cried out, "I'm going to throw a major fit if my favorite bar gets burned down!"
"Yea, let's move it!" Grim came next.
"Yea, I wanna fight for Jak, yes sir, I am." Mog laughed in a goofy manner.
"I guess they is on our side!" Brutter smiled.

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From atop the Lurker balloon was where the Queen was watching the epic battle between Jak and Metal Kor and unfortunately, Jak wasn't winning. Instead, he was getting tossed and turned, even clawed in the same manner Metal Kor did with Praxis. Jak was now slumped on the ground, bleeding everywhere. His face and mouth were flowing blood while his body were scrapped and his clothes torn. His goggles and red scarf off his face, and his hair tangled in impossible fashion. This was no surprise compare to all the missions he's been through, but so far, this was the worse. His gun was torn from him and laid on the floor. Jak tried so hard to reach it, but couldn't, he's injuries were too great. It didn't help that it was also raining, making it hard to see. Harsh rain in the night was terrible for Jak's eyes.
"Jak, get up!" Daxter cried as he threw himself to Metal Kor. Ani barked in agreement and tried to nip Metal Kor's legs. Puar merely hovered, trying to score in a hit. Metal Kor mainly would pull them off easily.
"Jak! Get up, PLEASE get up!" The kid cried, tears streaming down, "Fight! I know you can do it!" Jak struggled to move, trying to get his gun. He just needed to stun Metal Kor with it long enough to stick the sword through his forehead. Metal Kor, noticing his movement, once again swiped him away and even went as crushing Jak's gun!
"No." Jak weakly struggled.
"Face it, you're through, defeated by the same creature who bested your weak father. Now if you excuse me, the Precursor Stone awaits." Metal Kor went over to the rubble where the stone slept and dug through it fishing it out. Once he held the shiny green stone in his hands, he let out a sinister laughter.
"See!" Metal Kor picked up Jak, then made him see the city which was a complete war zone, "The people are failing! Metal Heads are everywhere and the only way to get rid of them is to destroy me! I heard you destroyed my nest. It doesn't matter. Once I use this stone and become my ultimate form, I'll build MORE nests!" Jak tried so hard to speak.
"This city is dead, you are dead! I'll have the pleasure of killing you in front of the child!" Metal Kor tossed Jak harshly back to the ground like a limp rag doll and placed a giant claw over Jak, ready to smush him flat, "Two Romanirs down. The last Romanir to follow…"
"NO! STOP!" The kid cried. Metal Kor lifted his giant hand and almost smushed Jak into pancakes until shrill Metal Head cries caused him to stop. He turned around to see the Metal Heads falling from buildings or trembling and running away.
"What the HELL is going on?" Metal Kor shouted. He got his answer when a giant thump came. Then another. Then another. It was almost rhythmic.
"What?" The kid gasped. Jak, weakly lifted his head up to see what that noise was. A giant shadow made its way to Haven City. Smashing a random zoomer, the creature stopped.
"What…th-" Metal Kor gasped.
"It's-" The kid continued.
"NUKA NUKA!" Brutter pointed. Indeed, it was Nuka Nuka. That only meant one thing.
"THEY'RE HERE!" Kami cried, "I knew they would come! My contact worked!" Lurkers! Everywhere you looked, there were Lurkers! Not just the ones from the Volcanic Crater Jak and his friends saw earlier, but also Lurkers from the mountains, the blue Snow Lurkers. All of them were riding on their balloon lifts, jumping down to Haven like kamikaze bombs.
"I can't believe it!" Ashelin gasped.
"Lurkers!" Kiera cried in another area, if not with a slight hint of fear in her voice.
"How many Lurkers ARE there?" Pecker tried to count. The furry creatures surrounded every area of Haven. Immediately, they started to wreak havoc against the Metal Heads with Nuka Nuka delivering his fair share of damage.
"NO!" Metal Kor cried out, noticing a severe drop of the Metal Heads. The child smiled with great hope. Jak, too, smiled, but rather weakly. He then started to get up. Metal Kor noticed this and sank his claws into Jak.
"AGHHHH!" Jak screamed.
"HOW many LIVES do you POSSESS, BOY?" He sunk his claws in deeper. Jak screamed in pain some more.
"STOP IT! STOP IT!" The kid screamed, his face turning red, "STOOOOOOOOOOP!" Addition blood started to come out from his back as Metal Kor was slowly killing him.
"You have no idea how much I'm enjoying this!" Metal Kor hissed, "I'm done with you!"
"STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" The kid's pendent glowed and blinded Metal Kor. Moments later, the child's pendent half broke the shield he was enclosed in in two. Metal Kor was thrown back from the blast the kid made with the pendent and landed on one of the Haven palace walls where rubble fell down on him. The child ran to Jak and helped him up.
"JAK!" The kid cried. Daxter, Puar, and Ani made their way to the two as well.
"Jak, are you still in one piece?" Daxter asked with concern in his face.
"I'm…fine." Jak coughed out blood.
"You need help." The kid started to cry, "I don't want you to die!"
"I…I know. I won't…die." Jak smiled towards the child, "After all, what kind of future would that be for you?" The kid made a shocked expression, but slowly turned back to normal, crying his little heart out as he cried happily in Jak's arms. The touching moment was cut short when Metal Kor once again came out from the rubbles, obviously even more pissed. He let out a massive growl.
"The sword!" The kid cried, pointing to the thing strapped around Jak. Jak, despite his grave injuries, despite all the pain he was suffering from, took out the sword and shakily placed his half of the pendent on the end of the sword where the slot to put the pendent was made for. The kid took his half and placed his own. The sword then started to glow a holy light blue.
"Whoa!" Daxter gasped. Jak slowly got up with help from his friends and his younger self. Metal Kor eyed the sword and started to growl, threaten by it. Metal Kor tried to swipe at Jak. He merely dodged it then ran like he never ran before, every part of his body aching.
"I have an idea!" Ani ran, "We need to distract Metal Kor!"
"How?" Both Puar and Daxter shouted. Ani ran to the broken gun which was bent in the middle.
"Daxter, Puar, one of you, try to fire the Peacemaker to Metal Kor. We can stun him with it." Ani suggested, "It's bent, but it could work out one blast."
"Alright, baby! Watch my skills!" Daxter grinned.
"You only got one shot, make it count!" Puar cried out.
"HEY! Don't deny my skills, baby!" Daxter cried, but he soon turned nervous when he struggled to aim for Metal Kor who kept moving around.
"Daxter!" Both Ani and Puar shouted.
"I…I can't." Daxter gasped, "Moving too fast…I'll miss!"
"DAXTER!" Puar shouted loudly.
"I CAN'T!" Daxter screamed. The ottsel's paws started to shake violently. Ani, noticing this, came close to Daxter and did something she'd probably never do again; she kissed Daxter on the cheek. Daxter, shocked and a bit infatuated, starred at her.
"Of course you can do it." She smiled. Daxter, too smiled. He then took the gun and aimed it at Metal Kor's head, unleashing a burst of the Peacemaker and hitting straightly on Metal Kor's head, stunning him.
Jak realized this and mustering all his strength, he ran and leaped up to Metal Kor's glowing gold gem and managed to stick the sword through it.

Metal Kor let out a bellowing scream as Jak fell and landed harshly on the floor, unconscious. The kid, Daxter, Puar, and Ani all crowded around Jak as if forming a shield around him. The sword omitted a bright white glow and surrounded Metal Kor. As the white light grew bigger, eventually the beast blew up! The explosive affected the other Metal Heads as a giant wave started to wipe out every single Metal Head monster by mere contact.
It spread throughout the world, destroying all the Metal Heads that ever wandered the planet. The wave soon dissipated and the battle ended. Everyone was silent, everyone was in amazement. The battle was over. There was only one thing left to do: Cheer. And yes, the people did cheer. It was done.

"Jak!" The child spoke through tear filled eyes, "We did it!" Daxter, Ani, and Puar moved away to give Jak some air. Once they did, they saw the still moment of Jak. He looked dead.
"Jak?" Daxter gasped. Ani whimpered a bit.
"No." Ani whispered.
"Jak." The kid squeaked.
Jak, motionless for a good time being, suddenly started to move and cough just as the kid started to form tears.
"JAK!" The kid gasped. Jak half opened his eyes and saw the kid looking down upon him.
"Is he dead?" He weakly asked. The kid nodded almost immediately.
"Yes!" The kid cried happily, "YES!"
"But Jak, you're a mess!" Daxter gasped, "We gotta get you to a clinic!" During that time, the kid eyed the sword and brought it over, half dragging as it was too heavy for him. He took out the pendent and smiled.
"Heal." He whispered. The pendent glowed and in seconds, Jak was completely healed from head to toe, minus his clothes which were still tattered.
Jak slowly stood up to his knees, eyed the kid and smiled.
"The pendent…I rely on its magic until I am 10…when I have magic of my own." The kid spoke.
"I know…but you've shown some pretty miraculous side yourself." Jak smiled, speaking sincerely. The kid smiled back, the tears flowing. Jak then hugged the boy. The two were filled with tears of happiness.
"We did it." Jak whispered, "We did it!" The two held each other tightly as if father and son were reunited.
"I KNEW we could defeat that Metal Maniac!" Daxter leaped up to Jak's shoulder. Ani barked with Puar laughing. The laughter stopped when his friends came out of nowhere.
"Jak! Ashelin gasped, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" Jak smiled, "We did it!"
"Yea, we sure did." Ashelin nodded.
"Oh, what about the stone?" Old Samoes pop in.
"It's over there!" Daxter pointed. The stone was not far behind. The child, eyeing Jak nodded and walked over to it. Once he did, he slowly touched it and a faint glow gave way. Before anything could happen, a mystical creature popped out of nowhere. He looked like a Precursian, but covered immediately in glowing light blue.
"What th-" Torn gasped.
"Oh man... a Precursor." Jak gasped.
The Precursor eyed the heroes…
To Be Continued…