A/N: Hey guys, I'm back. With a new chappy in tow. Thanks for the reviews guys, and review for this chapter plz. You know it makes me happy, so anyway let's see what's up in the world of 'The Eco that Binds us All' chappy 3 'Well, someone has to go…'
In a room with walls lined in white, two beds sat, one with an eco infused young man, and one with an old green fart. Surrounding them were many people, friends who have heard the news and have rushed to their aid. Above each bed were a heart rate meter and other information about the patient. Torn, Ashelin, Daxter, Tess, and Keira lingered around them, some slightly tearing, some just looking glum.
"I can't believe it, I… I just can't," Keira wearily stated tearing a bit. Ashelin put her hand on Keira's shoulder but Keira just rushed to Samos's bed hugging his seemingly lifeless body.
Daxter had hopped on Jak's bed, observing him and telling him to stay alive, and panicking, like usual.
"Jak, stay alive, please, stay alive, that's right, stay alive now Jak, keep going, go the distance buddy, is that pillow comfy? Lemme fix that, there. Ok you thirsty? Want some water or…"
"Daxter, lay off, he's fine," Torn told him trying to swat Daxter off the bed, but Dax resisted. Than some words were mumbled into the air from an unexpected mouth.
"Keira…Keira…" Jak wearily mumbled. Keira rushed over to Jak's bed.
"Keira…I…I…Lov…" Jak began to say but he fell faint. The meter above his head showed a long line and a loud BEEP was heard. Gloomy faces shown up on everyone
"No, Jak, no! Don't leave us, please," she began to cry deeper, "Oh Jak, please, come back!" Then Keira did something completely unexpected, she grasped Jak's lifeless body and put her lips to his resulting in a kiss.
"Hey look! The heartbeats back!" Daxter yelled pointing energetically to the heart meter. Keira released Jak from her grasp and looked at him beginning to breathe. The gloomy faces lessened and small smiles grew.
"Oh, that's so romantic!" Tess said dreamily.
"I don't get it, how did he come back?" Ashelin questioned looking at Jak in surprise.
"Well, Keira probably blew some air in him while she was 'meeting lips' with Jak, its CPR," Torn said dryly.
"You got it all wrong; it's the power of love, right Daxter?" Tess told them looking at Daxter with a dreamy look.
"You got it baby," Daxter told her, returning the look with a smile. Keira face began to turn a shade of bright red and she walked back into the crowd shyly. Suddenly someone's comm began to ring.
"Oh its mine," Torn told them and answered it. Sig's voice came over the comm.
"Torn, we got trouble in Spargus, metal heads are everywhere! Killing pedestrians, and looking for something, we need some backup! We're running outta men! Torn, you hear me? TORN!" Sig shouted through the receiver.
"Uh, yeah, look Sig, we gotta a situation here in Haven concerning Jak, but I'll send some troops over," Torn told him shakily and he turned his comm off.
"Damn, this day just gets better and better doesn't it? Jak's almost dead; Spargus is overrun with metal heads, what's next?" Torn shouted sticking the comm in his front pocket, giving the world a frown.
"Probably some vicious metal head claws poking out of the ground," Daxter told them pointing to the entrance of the room. Everyone turned around to see some vicious metal head claws poking out of the ground.
Their dark black claws scraped through the cheap floorboards and began to bring their way up to the surface. Then a head popped out of the floor, bearing a gold disk on its forehead, teeth gnashing, and eyes gleaming. Some managed to get their large bodies up. They got up on two feet and approached the group.
"We have come for the precursors!" he snarled in a hazy voice like the growl of a lion.
"Who me? Look pal, I like to be called Daxter, not 'the precursor' you hear me? Hey wait, he can talk, HE CAN TALK!" Daxter shouted and hid behind Torn, pulling Tess with him.
"Look bud, your not getting those two, even if one is incredibly annoying," Ashelin told the menacing metal heads, getting her pistol out.
"Yeah that's right uh, HEY I'm not annoying!" Daxter shouted at Ashelin, sticking his tongue out at her.
Ashelin fired a few bolts but the metal heads instinctively dodged them. They began to approach Torn as Ashelin fired a few more shots at them. Torn got out his blaster and began to fire, picking off two from the back.
"Nice shot," Ashelin told him nodding.
"Eh, it's a hobby," he responded shrugging.
The leader walked up to Torn and swung his mighty arm toward him. Daxter and Tess ducked expecting the worst but Torn dodged just in time. He picked off the two metal heads body guarding the leader and Ashelin nailed the leader in the gut. He fell to the ground, but was still alive.
Torn grabbed the leader by the neck, "Who sent you?" Torn yelled at the cowering metal head.
"Master… Vak… sent legions of metal heads… to seek and destroy… the precursors. We killed one… but not the other two..." he stumbled coughing.
"Vak? Where is this master Vak?" Torn yelled, tightening his grip on his throat.
"The… catacombs… that is where… his eco machine… is." He mumbled quietly, losing his life quickly.
"Eco machine? What the hell is an eco machine?" Torn asked commandingly.
"The… eco machine… spreads a virus… into the air… that seeks and drains all eco… from its source… than it returns and… drops off the eco to the… containment void…then the source… dies…" the metal head quietly told him. He fell limp into Torn's hand.
"Well, that explains a lot! You ok baby?" Daxter said helping Tess up.
"I'd be better after a kiss," Tess told him slyly. They kissed, each other wildly, so wild they fell on the floor.
"Get a room," Ashelin told them without emotion and walked over to Torn who had just tossed the dead metal head away.
"Someone actually wanted to kill Dax, that's a first, but Vak, I can't believe he'd do such a thing," Torn said shaking his head.
"Who's Vak?" Keira asked.
"I don't wanna talk about it. But if we're getting Jak back to normal, it seems someone has to go down there and get his eco back," Torn told the group, "I would, but I think I'm the only person here with medical expertise."
"I'll go, if it's for my best bud Jak, I'll do anything, even kick some metal head butt, even though I'm terrified of them," Daxter said proudly.
"I'm with you all the way Daxter!" Tess told him.
"If it's saving Jak's life, I'm there," Keira said confidently.
"That's a team I guess, a very odd team, but I guess it works, well all you gotta do is go down to the catacombs, free all the eco, and kick Vak's ass," Torn told them nodding.
"That's all?" Daxter told him impatiently.
"Shut up."
"Well we better get packing, get some food, water and some weapons and we'll meet at the city gates tomorrow morning," Keira told the small team. They nodded back at her and left for the exit.
"Take care of Jak, Torn. If he dies, I'll have your head mounted on my wall!" Daxter yelled back as he exited.
"Not if I get yours first," Torn told him back.
Daxter gulped and walked to his apartment.
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"Master Vak, uh the report," a small, quivering, metal head told him handing him a clipboard with a small piece of paper on it.
"Ah yes the report, eh, hey! They only killed one? And it was a male? The priority was to kill the female, so there is no reproducing? Those idiots, send more metal heads!"
"But my liege, we need the remaining to work the eco machine," the small metal head said.
"We do, yes, we do, fine then, I'll just be infused with the eco now, so I can take care of them myself," Vak told him frowning through his cloak.
"Sir, I'm afraid that won't be ready for three days tops," the metal head said nervously.
"Fine! I'll wait three days, but then it better be ready, or this establishment is going up in smoke!"
"Ok! Ok! It will, I assure you, we'll redouble our efforts!" he said hiding behind a clipboard.
"Excellent." he chuckled, "That's enough time to wait I suppose, I mean, what can a precursor do in three days?"
A/N: A lot more than you think, Vak. Well, review now pay later, well actually you don't have to pay, but you can if you feel like it. But really, don't, just review. Tell me how it was, how can it be improved, you know the drill.