as Jak headed towards the entrance to the barons tower the area was suspiciously empty... he jumped off as he saw the girl tied against a wall.. he released her and embraced her sleepy form..

"we need to get out of he-" Jak felt the familiar pain backed by two years of tortue.. As the needle receeded from his arm, its contents released into his blood with a potentcy stronger than the eco he had been exparimented with for the two years prior.

"I dont understand why you betrayed me, but there is something you should know..." As she stood above Jaks crumpled form, watching him with indifferent eyes devoid of emotion she asked softly..

"What might that be?" Jaks body changed into that of Dark Jaks.

"I was the first expariment of the baron, and do you know why I survived?" she shook her head uncaring or unnoticing of his change.

"I have a very, high endurence for pain." he shot up, slamming her against the wall as she too used her dark evo, her hair becoming pitch black, her skin too, like an opposite of Dark Jak in every way. Gurgling noises rose in her thought sickeningly as he choked her, but a familiarly hatefull voice was heared behind him with slow clapping...

"What are you waiting for Jal? Finish her. She betreayed you.." Baron Praxis himself floated behind Jak in his contraption. The moment Jak released her, the girl locked her arms and feet around his in a full body lock.

"You did this to her didn't you? You sick bastard!" Jak settled for staring defiantly up at the Baron Praxis as he looked down on Jak condesendingly.

"Well now, Quite an anger problem you have.. Im sure that can be fixed later on, but as for our weapon, your capture is only the first of her missions. She is going to destroy all of the metalheads for me once your off the streets." Her eyes were blank and emotionless as he veinly attempted to escape her grip.

"And What would happen to her once the metalheads are gone? what will come to her then after her service?" The baron shrugged like it was nothing.

"I will have her killed." he turned away almost as if bored.. "It would be no different from turning a gun to scrap when peace reins. Her mind is broken to the point that life has no meaning. She was created to serve and when she has no more use, she will be destroyed."

"Your disgusting." Though he was faced away, Jak knew he was grinning condeseningly..

"No Jak, I am the Baron Praxis of Haven City. And you Jak are as dead as she and will be delt with as such. But you are too weak to be used. And your betrayl proves that I have no use for you. So allow me to relieve your suffering." his cold laugh echoed as Jak was suddenly reformed to normal again and was knocked out by a sharp blow to the back of the head.

As Jak regained consiousness, he found he was in a narrow metal cell only slightly bigger than the one he once had befor eDaxter saved him. In the dim ligh he could see his nameless 'friend' staring out the barred window longingly...

"Torn was right about you, your nothing but -" she cug him off as she spoke.

"He put you here in hopes I would kill you, you know..." She turned to face him, his anger melting away at the pure sorrow that engulfed her silver eyes. "I cant though.." No matter how many times the baron injects eco into my blood to erase my memory, he cant erase your words.. You are the only friend I have Jak. I dont want to lose you." she looked back out the window that only faced the eco administer.

"why did you listen to him? Even when you do lose your memory, why do you trust him?" Jak saw that both their clothes were replaced with the brown- green suits he wore through the last two years.

"I had no reason not to. But you.. You opened the floodgates of my mind that the baron closed off, and all I can do is remember now.. and Im not sure if I would have rather stayed ignorant.." There was a moment of silence before she said a string of precurser.. Jak took a moment before recognised the accent from samos when he read precurser. But it was far smoother in her voice, far more natural.

"Your a precurser?!" Jak was in awe of what she presented at him..

"I believe you may have precurser blood as well. All eco is a tool of the precursers but Dark evo is the most potent. And only one with precurser blood could survive eco as a tool in battle without depending on it for life as well as power." she leaned on the door as she spoke to him.. "I came to haven city as a messenger, but even with all you've done, I cannnot remember to whome it was for.."

"Dax will get us out, he knows the fortress from saving me before." She sighed and looked out the window, "I sure hope so Jak... I dont want to go through anymore of this. I just want to go home now..."

Nik: the first part was a suggestion from my friend pat.. though he tends to go over the top with repetative thinking.. he wanted them to have a dark bomb duel.. but whatever.. it came out well I think.. though I wonder if Im doing it too quickly..