The Legacy of Janovah

Author's note: I do not own anything about this fanfic except the plot, Franerik, the Precursor City, Janovah, Dash, Kat, Rin (unfortunately), and Teiroth.

Chapter X

We had come to the catacombs in a strange yellow vehicle, through an equally strange tunnel. Torn had accompanied us to the front gate.

Torn: Be careful in there. The command center is on the other side of the city, according to our scouts.
Daxter: Of course this can't be EASY! What are we going to do in there, anyway?
Torn: Your mission is to infiltrate the city, get to the command center, and take out Veger. Bring him back alive if possible. Once you've secured the command center I can send in troops to invade. This one has a small chance of success, but if we don't infiltrate NOW, it will too late. Veger is launching an army large enough to kill us all. There is a node inside that will disable all precursor robots. This bomb should do the trick.

Torn handed me a small, circular object that I assumed was the bomb. Then the communicator bleeped, and pulled it out.

Jak: There's an army of precursor robots heading for the city! The whole place is on high alert! We need you back here, Torn!!!
Torn: I'm on my may!

I put the communicator back in my pocket.

Torn: I have to go now. Be careful. Oh yeah, and if things get nasty...

He handed me a blaster mod for my gun.

Torn: There's a gun upgrade. Good luck, Janovah.

Torn got back on the vehicle and drove back through the tunnel.

Seem: This plan is folly.

We turned around and saw Seem, standing behind us.

Janovah: YOU!
Seem: Do not be angry.
Janovah: Why shouldn't we be angry?
Daxter: Yeah, Paint Face!
Seem: Veger was not what I thought. I was trying to be what I wasn't. This plan is folly, but we still must try.

Seem took my hand, and placed the key, the 'key to our survival' in my hand.

Seem: There is a chute that goes directly into Command Center. It's up that ladder there. Good luck.

Seem vanished once more. We saw the ladder he had pointed to. I decided to climb it, and I did. It was very high, and ended at a circular door. I carefully clung on, and I spotted a keyhole.

Daxter: Be careful up there! Don't hurt yourself!

I wobbly wedged the key into the hole, barely holding myself up. I turned the key hard, and the circular door began to lower. So I leaned back, and back...until I fell. And it was a long way down. I quickly activated my light powers and used my flight to glide to the ground. My communicator had fallen from my pocket, Daxter had caught it but it was falling from his hands.

Jak: Hey, are you guys okay?
Janovah: Yeah, we're fine!
Jak: We need you to come back here for a brief time before you infiltrate, we think we may have found the ans-

we heard an explosion and a scream over the communicator. But then Daxter dropped it, and it smashed on the ground.

Kat Dash Janovah: DAXTER!!!!!
Daxter: I suppose it's too late to say, 'oops'.
Janovah: We have to get back, come on!

We flew back out of the catacombs, and when we entered the city, we couldn't believe our eyes. The place was being destroyed, giant robots smashing everything, and smaller ones killing everywhere. We hurried to the Naughty Ottsel, which had been completely destroyed.

Daxter: NO! My beautiful pub!!
Dash: Jan, go find your dad; we'll hold them off!

I ran into the rubble, I scratched around, until I heard coughing, and I saw my father lying there, covered in debris.

Janovah: FATHER!

I hurried over, in horror.

Jak: Janovah...

His voice was weak.

Jak: Veger is...going to use a satellite...to activate the army. My part...in this is over. You must carry on the House...of Mar...
Janovah: No! I'm going to save you!
Jak: Don't! Save the people.....I was happy...and proud to be your father....

He coughed a little more, and in one last breath...

Jak: I....love.....

But he didn't get to say "you". His eyes closed one last time...no life, no breathing, dead. I cried, I cried there for a long time. Kat and Dash came over and saw what happened, but they didn't say anything. They just walked away, not far; they talked to Torn for a while. And finally, Dash came to me.

Dash: Janovah, it is time to go.

We left. I looked back once, one last look at my father. We took the vehicle back to the catacombs, and we climbed the ladder, not knowing what lay ahead.

End of Act 2