Two Sides to Everything
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Jak trilogy of games, they belong to Naughty Dog. The only things I own are my original characters like Colle and Zack.
I've been typing all day. I would stop but then I'd be board. Ithink this is the most I've typed on a single story in one day. I've typed most of the prelude and chapters 1, 2, and 3 in one day. I think this story is finally starting to get interesting. Though it's noyhing like what I had first wanted to write. Hope you enjoy and please read and review.
Chapter 4: Heroes
There was an annoying buzzing going off somewhere. It was close by. It had to stop. Along with that the light from the sun was too bright. Hasn't anyone heard of curtains!
Jak jumped out of bed. "Sunlight! It was just pouring down only a few hours ago." Jak looked out the window into the morning sky. There wasn't a cloud in the sky. "Weird. Now for that buzzing." Jak looked around his room to see what the noise could be. His eyes landed on the bed-side table. His communicator was going off. Jak grabbed it and turned it on.
"Hello? Jak? You there?" It was Sig.
"Yeah, Sig. I'm here. What is it?" Jak didn't mind him calling but he sort of wished he could have waited a few more hours.
"I need you to go out into the Wasteland. There's a storm rolling in fast and I've just recieved word of a Marauder group on the move. They're after something. I want you to find out what that something is. Just do it before the storm hits or it'll be too late." With that, the comm. shut off.
"Once, just once, I'd like to have a day where I could relax." Jak said as he walked down the stairs.
"Talkin' to yourself again, bubby boy? You know that's a sign of something, I just can't remember what." Daxter was at the bar getting something to drink. "And you know what else, there's nothing quite like a cold one first thing in the morning."
"Those things are gonna kill ya, Dax, with the way you drink." Jak sat down across from where Daxter was. "Sig just called. I've got another mission in the Wastelands, you wanna come?"
"Sorry, Jak. I got to watch the place." Daxter said looking a little nervous. I didn't like the desert. There were big Metal Heads, with big teeth.
"I can watch it, Daxter." Tess hopped up on the counter and gave Daxter a little peck on the cheek. "You go do that hero stuff you're always talking about."
"Let's go, Dax." Jak smiled as Daxter fell off of the counter after drinking more than his usual morning amount.
"Take care of Daxter for me, Jak!" Tess waved as the two left the Naughty Ottsil.
Jak and Daxter walked toward the transporter that would take them to the Sargus City gates. Once on, the door closed and the transported departed for the Wastelands. The winds had indeed gotten stronger. The trans. had troble landing in its usual location. Once on the ground Jak jumped from it to allow the driver to get out so he could clear the storm before it arrived.
Inside the rover garage, Sig was waiting for Jak.
"Nice timing. The storm is almost on us. I just recieved word of what the Marauders were after in the desert. There are two civilians out there. How they were able to make out that far without any equipment is beyond me. But it's obvious that they could use some help. Get out there and bring them back in."
"We're on it." Jak jumpped into his Desert Screamer. It was the fastest of the desert vehicals. With the storm moving closer by the second, they were going to need the extra speed.
"The civilians are near the oasis. You need to hurry if you want to make it back alive."
As soon as the doors opened, Jak put the petal to the floor. He had learned to control his rovers in all conditions. He was the best in all of Spargus. Even Kleiver, the mechanic for the buggies, foceably admitted it. No one could out maneuvor Jak when it came to racing against the clock.
"Jak, there, just up ahead!" Daxter pointed out over the rail of the buggy.
"I see them. Their closing in! Hold on, Dax!" The extra speed enabled Jak to jump the upcoming sand dune and land in the middle on the enclosing circle of Marauders.
"Get out of the way!" Jak yelled out to the girl standing in the sand. He noticed that she was carrying a small child. The girl ran toward the Desert Screamer. When she came close enough Jak could tell that she was young. "Get in!" Jak yelled over the increasing wind.
With bullets still flying, the girl lowered the small boy down off of her back and put him in first. With some cover fire from Jak the girl was then able to get in. She situatted herself to where the small boy was in her lap.
When Jak was sure the two of them were in, he shot his way through the Marauders and drove straight for the gates of Spargus. With the bandits far behind Jak figured it would be best to not drive so recklessly. 'Something is wrong with the kid.' Jak looked at the boy and found he was right. He was injured. There was blood all over his clothes. The wound seemed to be on his shoulder.
With the gates in sight, Jak gave one last boost of energy to the engine. The winds were catching up to them. The storm was almost upon them and if Jak had been any slower, they wouldn't have made itthrough. The doors shut just in time to close out the winds and sands of the storm.
"You made it back, not bad." Sig greeted them when the rover stoped moving.
"We need help, Sig. The kid is hurt. He may have been hit by one of the Marauders. We need to get one of the monks in here fast, preferably Seem." Jak walked around to the other side of the Screamer to help the girl get the kid out. Sig left to find the monk known as Seem.
When the boy was in Jak's arms, he opened his eyes.
"Jak, I knew you'd come. See Colle, he saved us." The boy then fell back to sleep.
The girl named Colle just stared at her brother and Jak. "J-Jak? What's going...on?" With that final question she passed out.
"I'd like to know what's going on here!" Daxter yelled to let Jak know he was still there.
"Me too. But I think we need help first."
"It seems that you are in need of my services." Seem appeared next to Jak, making both Jak and Daxter jump in surprise.
"Don't do that!" Daxter jumped from the vehical and landed next to Seem.
"Place them both on the ground. I feel some unknown power from them." Jak place the boy and the ground gently then the girl. Once this was done, Seem went to work. She looked at the boy first. He seemed to be much worse off than the girl. Seem placed her hand over the boy's injury. She spoke a few quiet undecipherable words and her hand began to glow green. When the monk removed her hand, the bleeding had stopped completely and the wound had closed.
Moving on to the girl, Seem saw no physical injuries. The girl, Colle, had only fainted.
Jak walked up behind Seem. Wanting to know what was going on. And if they were okay.
"The two of them will be fine. Though I have never seen this before. They are not of our world. The girl, however has been touched by a precursor or one or their objects. It has somewhat protected her. The small child had been shot, but not by anything made in our world. He has lost a lot of blood and so he will be weak for afew days." Seem began to walk away. "I suggest you watch them closely. They may have been in contact with the precursors but that means nothing if their hearts are tainted with darkness."
"As strange as ever. I don't think I'll ever understand her." Daxter walked over to the two siblings laying on the ground. "So uh, what do we do with these two?"
"We can take them to the palace." Sig had stood in the back watching the monk at work.
Jak walked over to the girl who had spoken his name and then passed out. He knelt down and picked her up one arm under her knees the other around her waist.
"I see how it is, Jak gets the girl", Daxter jumped onto his friends shoulder, "and you leave Sig with the kid. Not a bad idea."
"Shut up, Dax. This isn't the time for your jokes."
The walk was quiet as they headed for the palace that once belonged to Jak's father, Damas, through the sandstorm that was being buffeted by the walls of Spargus city.