Miss.Ecofreak: (hiding ina cupboard) Hi... I've got nothing weird to say so here's a new chapter.

CHAPTER 12

ECOFREAK VS ECOFREAK

Jak

The bird reeked of dark eco and I knew more than anyone he wouldn't stop until he ran out of people to kill, unless someone stopped him first.

I jumped of Lucy the flut-flut's back.

"Shara? Can you hold Lucy for a moment?" I asked.

"What are you planning to do?" Shara asked.

"Prevent him from killing us" I said.

"Well in that case you can hold me too" Daxter said and jumped over to Phoenix's back.

I focused my attention at Dark Spike again.

"I know exactly how you're feeling Spiky" I said quietly.

Still no good reason to spare his life my dark side whispered from the back of my head.

This time I didn't even try to stop it.

I could see my fingernails grew out and become sharp claws and I felt as two horns busted out of my skull (ow, that's gotta hurt!)

Spike didn't seem to even notice the change, he just ran straight at me like a train at full speed.

I pulled out my hand and grabbed him by the beak.

That stopped him for a second or two.

But then he pulled his head back and tried to bite my hand of.

I kicked him by the side making him fall over.

Is that all you got? I/Dark Jak thought.

Dark Spike got on his feet and growled at me.

"That bird's got some guts" Cornelius said.

"You're enjoying this aren't you?" Tanya asked. "You're more like your brother than you'd like to admit".

Spike charged at me once more and I knocked him away, leaving him with large scars at the side of his neck.

He glared at me with a sight that said "That's it! Now I'm really angry".

He got up at his feet again and shrieked.

Tetra started imitating a sports commentator.

"And Spike doesn't seem to want to give up. He's got Dark Jak cornered!" she said.

Actually it was opposite; Spike was currently standing in the corner between one of the two stables and his own little pen snarling like a crocadog.

I wasn't much frightened by the snarling, and Dark Jak doesn't know what fear is.

"Come on bird, let's finish this" I muttered, though with sharp fangs it was hard to make it understandable.

The bird shrieked once more and I grabbed him by the neck.

The cry it now made was more a frightened cry than an angry one.

"I think Dark Jak is the winner. Let's give him a hand folks" Tetra said and started clapping.

Spike's feathers returned to their original colours, and he stared at me as if he was begging for me to spare his life.

"What? Now you want mercy?" I asked.

The bird let out a cry again.

Let's just kill him Dark Jak demanded. Let the blood flow, it'll be fun.

Enough of that I thought back.

I dropped Spike to the ground as my claws sank back into my fingers.

I was back to normal again now, to Spike's relief.

"So… What do we do with him?" Cornelius asked, he had jumped of his flut-flut and came towards me with Tanya on his head and Daxter on his shoulder.

"He sure doesn't look as dangerous now" I said. "Maybe he just needed someone to show him who's the boss".

Spike twittered weakly, and although he wasn't talking it felt a bit like he was saying "please don't kill me; I'll be good from now on".

"Let's just break his neck before something like this happens again" Daxter said.

"For once I actually agree with you" Tanya said.

"No. I don't want to" I said.

"Jak, you already have one killer beast" Daxter said as Crocket once again growled at him. "Do you really need another?"
"Aw come on Dax. Isn't he cute?" I asked.

"No, you're an idiot" Daxter said.

"Great. The one time I actually agree with the rodent you had to disagree" a new voice said.

I turned around to see a man standing next to the main pen.

"How cute, two ecofreaks find each other, I don't know if that's beauty or if it's just sick" the man said.

"You? What are you doing here?" Cornelius asked.

"What's this? The commander's little brother still lives?" the man said in surprise. "So you had it in you after all, too bad you had to fight on the wrong side. And you".

He now pointed at Shara who looked back at him with a look of disgust.

Daxter jumped of Cornelius' shoulder and down to the ground.

"Listen person. I don't know who you are but… who on earth are you?" he asked.

"Me? My name should be rather known" the man said. "My name is Ronny Praxis, and my brother used to rule this city" he waved his arm back at Haven City, the palace was barely visible over the hills. "That is, until you came and killed him".

Zakura: gasp! who is this new man?

Miss.Ecofreak: as if you didn't already know. We're nearing the big ending (and yes, another cliffie) Will Jak ever figure out who Shara really is? Or will she die before she has time to tell?

Zakura: sure don't hope so

Miss.Ecofreak: no. Me neither. Please review.