Miss.Ecofreak: Time for another update... if my annoying little brother would please stop reading over my shoulder!
Miss.Ecofreak's annoying little brother: What's so wrong about that?
Miss.Ecofreak: that sentence sounded stupid. Never mind. On to the reviews
Answer to Eco Mistress: I can't wait for another apperance of Cornelius either! He's my favourite amongs my own characters:)
Answer to DarkMar: No... sorry. Veger is not appearing in this story.
Zakura: can I say something now?
Miss.Ecofreak: sure
Zakura: (to little brohter) stop calling me hairdryer
Miss.Ecofreak's annoying little brother who calls Zakura hairdryer: lets keep to the subject
Miss.Ecofreak: do not blame me for bad grammar in his sentences, I just wrote of what he said. On with the fic.
CHAPTER 3
THE RESCUE TEAM
Daxter
"Stop that barking! I'm trying to eat!" I yelled.
I sat on the table, the only place where that crazy crocadog couldn't get me.
"Someone's hungry" Tess said and fetched a dog biscuit from the cupboard.
"Don't encourage him. That only makes him bark worse" I said to her.
"I'm not going to encourage his barking silly" Tess said, using another one of her billion names on me, "Crocket, sit!"
The damn dog actually sat down and stopped barking.
He never did that to me, perhaps it had something to do with the biscuit Tess was holding, she gave it do the dog who didn't bother chewing.
"See? He's nice when you know him" she said and petted the dog's head.
"I've known him for a couple of months now and I still don't like him" I muttered.
Suddenly we heard a knocking at the window.
Tess went and opened the window and Tanya flew in, followed by a red and brown fuzzy creature even smaller than me with long rabbit-ears and a fuzzy tail.
"Thanks Tess, good to see a friendly face for once" Tanya said with a sharp look in my direction.
"I can't remember inviting you" I said to her, "Not your little friend either".
The brown animal climbed up to the table (only just avoiding a bite from Crocked), "Is that how you thank me for getting you in to the fortress?" she asked.
As she gave me that look, I suddenly noticed I had seen this animal before, only back then she was no animal.
"T-tetra?" I said and almost got the sandwich I was eating in my throat.
"What? Didn't you recognize me at first? Is this the same thing your friend said when you came up as a rat?" she asked.
"Don't be like that Tetra, he's probably happy to see you" Tess said.
"Yeah, just like I was happy to see my tail for the first time" I muttered, "Didn't I tell you to go bother someone else?" the last sentence was directed on Tanya, but Tetra answered it anyway.
"We went to look for your friend Jak in hopes that he was a bit friendlier than you. We asked at the stadium but they said he had already left" she said.
"Maybe he went home?" I suggested.
"I don't know Dax; this sounds fishy" Tess said, "Why would he go home without his dog? He knows you hate looking after him."
I dropped my sandwich to the floor, she was right. Jak would never leave me with Crocket (who was currently eating the sandwich I dropped).
"Ehm, maybe he's with Keira. He often forgets time when he's with her" I said, "It's been like this since they were "just friends" too"
"We talked to Keira, she's the one who said he had left" Tanya said, "At least I think it was Keira. Isn't she the mechanic with green-blue hair?"
"Of course it's her Tanny! Timmy (Tetra's older brother who was adopted away when she was a baby) keeps talking about her all the time" Tetra said, "It makes me regret I moved in with him, that and his little sister who thinks I'm her new pet"
"I have to check this" I said.
I jumped of the table and on to the kitchen-counter where a small communicator was laying.
I picked it up and dialed Jak's number.
No answer, the screen kept blinking "No signal", odd.
"Jak never leaves his communicator off" I said, "Not even at night, it's like he's always expecting a new mission. Done with adventures my ass" (Miss.Ecofreak: you know he said that at the end of Jak2)
For once Tanya didn't look so cocky.
"This is not good" she said, "Perhaps he's been kidnapped by the same people who kidnapped Shara"
"Now why would anyone want to kidnap those two? Its not like they have a lot in common" I said.
"You have no idea" Tanya whispered, "We have to save them!"
"Hey hold on a sec! How are we supposed to do that? We have no idea where they are?" I said.
"But we got someone who can help" Tess said.
It took me a while to see what she meant, and then I looked down at the floor.
"No. Way" I said.
Jak
My head still hurt when I woke up, I couldn't see where I was because it was too dark.
I tried to stand up but my hands and feet were tied.
"Are you alright?"
A girls voice, and it sounded somewhat familiar, I turned around and saw there was a girl sitting next to me.
She was not tied up; then again it could have something to do with the broken glass next to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine" I said, "But I would be even better if you helped me get these ropes of".
The girl smiled and cut the ropes with a piece of the broken glass.
"Thanks, by the way, who are you?" I asked.
The girl looked a bit surprised by the question at first, but then she answered.
"My name is Shara S… just Shara" she answered, but then she looked away again; I noticed she looked a bit sad.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked, "Except for the fact that we are stuck in here I mean"
"No, it's nothing" she answered, "But I don't like being in here, I was just going to see someone when this strange man attacked me"
"I know what you mean; do you have any idea where we are?" I asked.
"No, I just woke up here a couple of hours ago. I haven't seen anyone come in either" Shara said, "I tried to find a way out but it was no use. Seems like we are stuck in here, Jak".
"How do you know my name?" I asked, only as I said that I realized it was a stupid question.
"Duh, everyone knows who you are" Shara said, "Your face is posted all over Haven City. And that's only because you managed to beat Erol Elfin in a race. Not to mention before that you were the most wanted elf in Haven City"
"Even after that I was the most wanted elf in Haven City" I replied, "But you're right. It was a stupid question."
I looked around in the small room.
It looked a bit like the baron's old prison cells, only that this one hadn't been cleaned in years.
There were no windows, only small cracks in the walls allowed some sunshine to come in.
In the ceiling there was one small lamp, it lit up the room just enough to allow me to see.
I looked over at my cell-mate.
She appeared to be my own age, her yellow and bright green hair reached her shoulders.
She was wearing a blue jacket with yellow stripes on it, white pants and long black boots which reached her knees.
I couldn't shake of the feeling that I had seen this girl once before, but where?
Miss.Ecofreak: right. where could he have seen that girl before?
Zakura: yeah, he's not even appearing in GUIHC
Miss.Ecofreak: yes he does! As a kid, but that's still Jak
Zakura: oh, right. Forgot about that.
Miss.Ecofreak: anyway. Remember to review boys and girls and women and men and rabbits. Whenever I get a good review I can't wait to update! it's really good motivation
Zakura: and if you get a bad one
Miss.Ecofreak: then I know what I'm not supposed to do in the future. See you soon.