Miss.Ecofreak: phew. Sorry for the long wait, but I've finally managed to complete chapter 8! I just hope it's good, I had a real hard time writing this. But I ended up making it a bit more comedic at the end. But enough talking. Now on to the long-awaited Chapter 8 of Light Within
CHAPTER 8
THE WARNING
Daxter
I had a beautiful dream when I fell asleep.
I dreamt that I was a movie star, surrounded by beautiful ottsel-girls who loved me.
Annoyingly enough, just as one of the female ottsels (who looked like an ottsel-version of Tess) was about to kiss me, everything dissolved and I was just floating around in the middle of nowhere.
"What the heck just happened?" I asked in surprise.
There was no echo, and I had the feeling it was no air either but I was still able to breath.
Then it appeared, out of nowhere.
A real precursor.
"You?" I asked, "Are you the one who brought me here?"
The precursor nodded.
"Well what do you want? You just interrupted me in a very important dream!" I said.
Told you he would say that said a strange voice which didn't seem to come from anywhere, actually I'm not sure it even made sound.
"I came to ask for your help" the precursor said with his damn annoying deep voice.
"What would that be? We've already assured the future of your species. What do you want now? A baby sitter?" I asked.
"I'm not asking for myself, I'm asking for your friend" the precursor answered.
"Why can't he ask himself? And when I'm not sleeping?" I said.
"He asked me to explain the situation, besides, this way I know no one is listening" said the precursor.
"Sure. But why you of all people?" I asked, "If Jak has some problems why can't he tell me?"
Because he doesn't really understand it all said the silent voice.
Damn it! Where did this voice come from?
"You know him better than anyone" the precursor explained, or tried to as I wasn't really listening. I was busy looking around to see if I could catch a glimpse of the person making the second voice.
"What about Keira?" I asked.
"?" said the precursor.
"Never mind" I answered. "What do you want?"
The precursor told me… but once again I just stared at him with a puzzled expression.
He sighed.
"Do I have to take it over again?"
"No. I think I've got it" I said, mainly because I was damn sick of listening to him. "So what you are saying is that Jak's got some demon inside him or something?"
If the precursor had eyes he probably would have glared at me now.
"Surely you must have noticed" he said.
"Of course I have! I just never knew it was this serious!" I said.
Welcome to the club said the silent voice.
"Okay. Now I'm loosing my patience, who's talking?" I asked into thin air (if there was any air).
"Over here buddy"
I turned around and faced Jak, a younger version of him but still the very same Jak I knew.
Perhaps even more, he looked just like he did the day we left Sandover and smiled at me with the same smile he used before he was tortured.
"Jak! Ehm, you look good" I said.
"Only for now" Jak said. "I'll be back to normal when we wake up".
"How troublesome" I said, (sorry, couldn't help it. That line is the favorite word of one of the characters of Naruto, Shikamaru)
"You haven't seen the worst of trouble yet shorty" the precursor said.
I just glared at him. Shorty?
"What is it now? We've killed Metal Kor, Metal Kor killed Praxis. What more can go wrong?" Jak asked.
"There's a new enemy coming, far more dangerous than the metalheads" the precursor said.
"Great, not a peaceful moment eyh?" I sighed. "Perhaps I should have just gone with the kid back to Sandover".
But (as usual) Jak didn't share my opinion.
"I'm sure we can handle it" he said.
"Don't be too sure. Heroes may think they can save the world when they themselves are lost" the precursor said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked.
"Are you sure you can save the world in your condition?" the precursor asked.
"I can handle it" I said.
"I wasn't talking to you rat-boy" the precursor said.
"I'm fine, don't worry" Jak said.
"No you're not" the precursor said.
"A too" Jak said.
"Am not" the precursor said.
"A too" Jak said.
"Am not" the precursor said.
"A too" Jak said.
"Am not" the precursor said.
"A too" Jak said.
"Am not" the precursor said.
"A too" Jak said.
"Am not" the precursor said.
"Drop it both of you" I said. "And people call me annoying?"
"Fine. This argument surely doesn't lead us anywhere. The thing is, I really find it troubling that our only hope for survival is an ottsel with the special ability of annoying people to death and a boy who might die of eco poisoning if he doesn't be careful" the precursor said. "Don't you have any family or someone who can help you?"
"Not really" Jak said.
"Unless you count that fat girlfriend of his family" I said, smirking.
Jak glared at me, "Keira's not fat" he said.
"But she might become, the way she's been putting on weight lately" I said.
"We really need a plan B" the precursor sighed.
Miss.Ecofreak: and that was all.
Zakura: don't I get anything to say here?
Miss.Ecofreak: you just did say something.
Zakura: oh...you're right!
Miss.Ecofreak: please leave a review and tell me what you think, and I'll try uploading chapter 9 quicker.