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Chapter 4: Scatter Guns
Once the platform reached the bottom, everyone stepped off onto the lower level. I remembered the course completely, so I wasn't to worried about it at first, until I remembered something…

Lava.

Almost instantly, tons and tons of images of a slow painful death arose in my head. What if I missed a jump? What if I tripped over the side? What if-

"DAX!"

"Huh, what, who… Kyle?" I was startled when I saw the once-human otsell waving his paw in front of my face trying to get my attention. He leapt off of my shoulder and back to the ground.

"You ok man? You kind of spaced out for a second." I turned to find Jak and Daxter staring at me.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get going," I said, turning back to Kyle. The four of us began to walk up to the higher platform.

The first thing I noticed was a bridge. Sure, it was small, but it was a no-God-damn-guardrail bridge all the same. We made out way across easily though (I was a bit hesitant at first) and then proceeded up the ladder and across the gap. Jak used his high jump to reach the next ledge, holding his arm down afterwards so that Kyle and me could get up there. We crossed the moving platform easily and then reached a wide gap. Jak used his long jump to get across.

"Hold it," said Kyle, "I'm sure you can jump across, but what about me?"

"Just climb up on my shoulder again like you did when we did the other jumps," I said keeping my eyes focused on the gap.

"No way, its to far! By the time you make it over I would have slipped and died!"

"Well then," I said, "then I guess I could always do this." I reached down and grabbed Kyle by the waist with my right hand.

"Hey wait! What are you doing?"

By the time he finished his sentence I had already thrown him across. Sure it was mean, but hey, I did need to get him back for drinking the last Dr Pepper a few weeks ago. Jak caught Kyle and had set him down by Daxter where he then began to scream his lungs out at me. I wasn't really paying any attention though.

Once I was ready, I ran forward and jumped, grabbing the ledge and pulling myself up with the help of Jak and Daxter. Kyle didn't want to help though. Oh, I wonder why? Hehe…

We went across another platform, finally reaching the end of the course. A new platform arose out of the lava and we all stepped onto it. We then reached the top and stepped onto the other platform directly in front of Damas.

"The candidates have…won the challenge," Pecker said disappointed.

"That's right, we bad!" Daxter bragged, "You haven't forgotten what I taught ya, Jak."

Jak rolled his eyes while I shook my head. I liked Daxter and all, but sometimes he just got on my nerves. Now I know how Jak feels…

"Anyone can make a few measly jumps." Said Damas, "now let's see how you rate against the living." He pulled out two Scatter Guns, tossing them to Jak and me. Jak caught the Scatter Gun with ease, while I almost ended dropping mine into the lava. I never was a very good catch. "Readjust the matter formers," Damas yelled, "prepare the arena for full combat!"

"Prepare the Arena for full combat!" Pecker mimicked.

"I just said that."

"I know," said Peker, "I was just…you know how you do with the…thing…anyway, prepare the warriors."

Daxter spoke up. "You mean we have to fight actual people? With actual weapons? Who actually want to hurt us?"

Oh crap, I didn't think of this. What if I got hurt? Could I get hurt? I mean, this is a game. I wasn't looking forward to this at all. Kyle, even without any knowledge of the Jak and Daxter universe, still knew that all he had to do was sit on my shoulderwhile I did all of the work. I turned to him to find that he was giving me an evil grin.

Great, now he's getting me back for throwing him. Bastard.

"That's fine," Jak said, "bring 'em on."

"Ok, that's it," Daxter said, "I wanna be on his shoulder!"

And I want to go home, but you don't see that happening. The four of us turned around and stepped onto the platform again. Once we reached the bottom level, me and Jak walked to the middle of the arena with Daxter and Kyle on our shoulders.

Enemies began to jump out of the four rooms suspended over the lava at each side of the arena. Jak and I each watched over two rooms. When one jumped out, we senthim hurling back into the lava below. I was kind of enjoying it actually. Once the alarm went off, Me and Jak hopped onto the platforms. He was on the one opposite from me. As we stood there waiting for the lava to go back down, we watched as the others who couldn't make their way up in time slowly melt away.

The lava was back down and we were back to our posts waiting for them to come out of the rooms so they could meet out Scatter Guns. At last, we had won. Kyle and I were standing on top of a platform while Jak and Daxter stood on the one opposite from us.

I then felt a searing pain down my back, causing me to drop my Scatter Gun. I turned to find one last enemy that had been hiding behind my platform. I turned back around to run, taking another blow from his weapon. I fell off the platform and landed on my stomach, feeling my eyelids closing soon after.

The last thing I heard was a Scatter Gun being fired.

Kyle: :smacks Dax with a pipe:

Dax: What?

Kyle: You threw me!

Dax: ...so?

Kyle: Just, shut up.

Random Yaoi Fangirl: YOU TWO WOULD BE CUTE TOGETHER!

Dax & Kyle: :explode: