Chapter Seven

"OK" said Jak. Keira got up and left the room. "I have to get to the mountains" he said to himself. Jak tried to get up again, but the restraining device was still there. No doubt because Keira knew he would try to leave. Then he got flash backs of Keira screaming, Veger laughing, and Daxter dead on the ground. It got him angry. The Dark Eco the surged through his veins and became active. He became Dark Jak again and broke out of the restraining device. Because he had used his Dark powers earlier he reverted back to himself a few seconds after that.

He was disoriented from becoming Dark Jak, as he always had been. He looked around and saw the clock. "2:30" he muttered to himself. He saw is clothes on a chair in the corner and put them on. He walked over to the computer in his room and turned it on. He accessed the file on Daxter. "They moved him into the morgue, I have to get him" he muttered to himself. He walked out of the room and down the hallway. No one appeared to be on guard. "This will be easier then I thought." Jak found the morgue, but it needed a hand print from an employee to get in. "I knew it couldn't be that easy." Jak looked around. "I don't have time for this" said Jak. He pulled out his blaster rifle and shot the control panel. He then force the door open. He assumed a silent alarm went off so he knew he had to be quick.

As he walked into the morgue he noticed it was very cold. Jak ran through looking for Daxter. He got half way through and found him. Jak opened the drawer that said "Daxter" on it. He lifted the sheet and saw Daxter lying there. He picked him up and ran out of the morgue. As he made it out the door he looked around. "Which way is the exit?" Then he heard foot steps. "Oh crap, someone is coming" he muttered to himself. He turned to the right and ran down the hallway. As he was running with Daxter's body in his hand he looked up and saw a sign that said "Exit turn right". Jak followed what the signs told him. He finally reached the door that said "Exit" and tried to open it. "I don't have time for this" He took out his gun and shot the door out. He ran outside and into the night. The guards in the hospital reached the door where he shot his way out. One of them took out a communicator and said "He has escaped, inform Ashelin".

As Jak ran he decided he needed to find a Zoomer. He saw one flying overhead. He put Daxter's body down and he jumped up and grabbed onto the Zoomer. Jak pulled himself up and said to the driver "Sorry, but I need this" and he set it down and pushed the driver out and picked up Daxter's body. As Jak sped off to the mountains he realized something seemed wrong. The night seemed darker somehow. He shook the feeling off and kept going.

As he drove through the Metal Head part of the city towards the door leading to the mountains he saw something. He set the Zoomer down and noticed another Hellcat cruiser. He looked around and saw no one. Jak walked towards the door and saw Ashelin sitting there pointing her gun at him. "Put Daxter down and come with me back to the hospital" Ashelin said. "How did you know I would be coming here?" he asked. "Keira said you might show up here, now come with me back to the hospital" Ashelin said. "I can't do that" Jak said and began to walk towards the door to the mountains. Ashelin waved the gun and said "Jak I'm not kidding".

"What are you going to do shoot me?" said Jak. "No" she said and put the gun down to her side. "Thanks" he said and started to walk towards the door again. "Jak, take this" she took something out of here pocket and gave it to him. "It's a transponder. Click it when you need a ride back, I want you back at HQ as soon as possible." Ashelin said. "OK" he said and ran through the door to the mountains.

Jak had been to the mountains before. It was a magnificent site. He went to the top of the mountain and when he got there he found a Precursor platform. He looked around and saw an altar in the middle of the room. Jak walked over to the altar and put Daxter on it. A light came down from the sky and shined on the altar. The light began to pulse and Daxter's fingers began to twitch. The he sat up and said "Man that stung". Jak smiled and said "Good to have you back Dax". Jak then took the transponder out of his pocket and clicked it. "What the heck is that?" Daxter said. "It's a transponder for Ashelin to come and get us." He head a Hellcat fly overhead. "That must be her now" said Jak. "Jak what exactly happened to me?" Daxter said. "Well you got shot…" said Jak but he was cut off by Daxter saying "Oh yeah now I remember it like it was yesterday… I jumped in front of the shot to save you…" "Yeah right" said Jak.

Ashelin landed near them and said "Hop in". Daxter jumped on Jak shoulder and they jumped into the Hellcat. They took off, but not towards the HQ. "Where are we going" Jak asked. "We have to go to the Wasteland. The Dark maker ship launched two smaller ships, they just landed in the wasteland and Damas needs help" said Ashelin. It took only a few minutes to get to Spargus, the Wasteland city. Ashelin set the Hellcat down in the Vehicle garage, Damas was standing there talking to a few of his men. "Get into the dune buggies, You and you attack from the flank, you attack from the side, now go!" Damas said.

"Jak!" Damas said as Jak got out of the Hellcat. "Yeah" said Jak "We have serious trouble, my men are getting their asses kicked" said Damas. "What's going on?" Jak asked. "I've sent almost seventy men out and none have come back. We only have contact with twenty of them. From the sound of it things are going really bad. You have to get out there and help them" Damas said. Without saying anything else Jak ran over to his dune buggy and sped off. The radar in Jak's dune buggy indicated two large things going through the desert "That must be the Dark Makers" said Jak. "How big are these…" Daxter asked but before he could finish asking he got is answer.

They were as big as a palace with legs. "Where did those legs come from?" Daxter asked. "They must be some kind of transformer, get the Nuke loaded" Jak answered. "Ok" Daxter said. Tess had made a modification to his car that allowed him to fire nukes. He could only carry one on board, though. It's too bad Kleiver wouldn't listen to Tess when she told him to put Nukes on all of the dune buggies. "Locked and loaded" Daxter said. Jak put the targeting computer on. The gun one the vehicle adjusted to where it had to shoot. Jak then got on his comm. and said "To all Wastelanders near the Dark maker ship near Spargus get out of there. I'm launching a nuke to take care of this bad boy." A few voices came over the comm. and said "understood." Jak watched his radar and made sure they were away. Then Jak pressed the button to fire.

As soon as the Nuke was away Jak hit the brakes and turned. He knew that even though this would be a small nuke it would send out a shock wave. He did a 180 degree turn and hit the accelerator. The dune buggy sped off and he saw a blinding light. He didn't stop though. Sand and debris went everywhere. When it all settled Jak slowed down and stopped the Buggy. He got out and looked behind him. Then was a large crater in the ground where he detonated it. "Well that great, but how are we going to kill the other one?" Daxter asked.