Crossfire: Chapter 4
By: EcoJak
Author Note: Only thing I have to say is that, for a few reasons, I wont keep Comet in this fic. It just didn't feel right to me.
Answer to lioness of darkness: Hmmmm...good idea! I'll use that, thank you! (Please keep giving me ideas, they're really helping me along)
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Daxter ran faster and faster in a attempt to stay away from the strange wolf. He ran through puddles, up trees, even jumped cliffs.
After a long time spent running, he finally lost the mysterious creature.
"Man, that was close; I was almost dog chow!" Daxter moaned, collapsing on his fuzzy little knees.
The ottsel didn't have time to rest when he spotted a large figure floating under the blue moon. Its glowing red eyes pierced the darkness, and long saliva dripped from its mouth. The moon reflected off of metal armour with a glowing yellow gem in the center of its forehead.
As the ottsel moved closer to the saliva in the grass, he made a terrible discovery. The saliva was blue and mushy; exactly like the blue ink at the Construction Site.
"What the hell..?"
The creature lowered down to Daxter, and bared its fangs. As it moved closer, the ottsel notised something on its forehead that was oddly familiar. Something that led to another clue.
Krimson Guard tattoos.
The creature lunged towards the ottsel; ready to seize its next victim.
Jak floated through the skies, desperate to find what he was looking for. The spirit told him something about finding an ancient "Precursor Gem" in the old Monk Temple in the Wasteland. It was rumored that, in ancient times, it could revive the dead by using powerful energies from deep inside the jewel.
"Stupid gem. Why couldn't I just posses my own body or-"
The Precursor stopped, however, when he saw the little ottsel's ordeal. The same creature that caused his death was now after his friend. It cornered him into a large boulder, but Daxter did his best to avoid the monster's claws.
Jak scanned the monster's face throughly, and now knew the true identity of his murderer. Red hair, KG tattoos, and a mashede tied to its back;
"Torn..? But, how?"
Daxter gave a yell as the monster nipped him in the side. He pressed it tightly to keep the blood from leaking out, and continued to dodge the creature's attacks.
"Hold on, Dax! I'm coming!"
The Precursor flew down in an attempt to save its friend. He wouldn't let it happen again.
At this point, Daxter began to run. He already knew that if Jak couldn't stop this beast, how could he? He stopped when he felt a strange feeling run down his spine.
Speaking of which...
He turned around and saw a glowing blue angel just mere feet away from him.Its eyes were white and glowing, its entire body was blue with large, light blue wings held together by tentacles. (Couldn't think of a better form for Jak, so I'm just gonna use Light Jak. Besides, he looks like an angel, don't he?) The angel looked at the ottsel and smiled.
"You're safe now, Dax. I'm here."
"J-Jak?" Daxter was in pure shock.
The angel turned back to the creature, its eyes grew brighter with anger.
"Wanna mess with my friends? You're gonna have to get past me, first."
The creature made a confused noise as it stepped back a bit. Jak formed a white ball of energy in his fist, ready to strike at a moment's notice.
"I know you're in there, Torn. Don't make me do this."
Daxter's jaw dropped in shock. "Torn?" He thought. "Dude, what the hell happened to him?"
Another mystery that needed to be solved.
The angel moved closer to the deformed monster as it moved back. He killed this guy...he was sure of it!
The sun slowly began to rise over the horizon, its light reflected off of the two creatures. The monster yelled and took to the skies, desperate to get away. Jak took one last look at the ottsel and was on his way, as well.
He didn't want to leave Daxter by himself, but he had no choice. He had work to do.
Jak entered the temple, and made this way to a large room filled with Precursor statues formed in a circle. In the center of the circle, however, was the Precursor Gem. The angel phased through the statues, and slowly took the Gem.
"I wonder if this is it?"
At his word, the golden gem began to glow and hum in his ghostly hands. The energies began to seep into his body, and he could feel the life burning inside.
"I guess so."
But...something happened.
Instead of his own Precursor form as he would of expected, a large green-blonde mane appeared around his neck, his skin became golden-orange fur, and a long tail appeared from the back with a fuzzy, green-blonde tip.
A lion.
The newly formed Precursor-lion tilted its head back, and roared in agony.
"This wasn't suppossed to happen!" Jak yelled.
The lion slumped down in defeat, constantly muttering to itself "this wasn't supposed to happen".
Somewhere, deep in the temple, the spirit smiled; knowing his job was done.