Chapter 4: Opening the Vents.
"They should be around here somewhere." Jak said as they looked down into the water from a scaffold that hung on to the near by structure and supported their weight by some miracle of God. Keira had transported a 2 person titian suit to them by using an old transpad that poked it head above the surface of the water.
"Lets get to it then." Daxter said impatiently, "This place give me the creeps."
Klia nodded in agreement and hopped off the scaffold to the blue glowing surface below followed by Jak. The scaffold swung and creaked in resistance and Klia half expected it's supports to give away and it to come tumbling down on them, making this place their grave.
"Are you coming?" Jak asked now seated in the titan suit controllers in hand.
"O, Yeah." She said glancing up one more time and then joining Jak and Daxter in the suit.
The thick glass covering came down over their heads and shut tightly around them and the legs contracted into place. Daxter pressed his face against the glass in front of Jak.
"We're uh.. really gunna go in there?" He asked, as Jak pushed the two controller sticks forward sending them down into the water.
When they hit bottom, dirt flew up around them in a large cloud. When it finally settled back down Jak pushed the sticks forward again and the mechanical legs strode them forward slowly.
"Klia, you've got control of the guns." Jak said tilting his head in the direction of various controls next to her, "watch out for metal heads, if they break the suit, we're toast."
"Ri.. Right." She replied taking hold of the controllers and looking around for any signs of life as well as the harvesters.
"Hey, I think I see 'em!" Daxter said excitedly pointing towards a place where a building had collapsed and green light was peeping out through cracks.
"Alright!" Jak said grinning as he let off of the left controller and pushed the right in, causing the suit to turn, he then pushed the left back in and aimed the robot straight for the rubble. "Now all we have to do it knock all this crap out of the way."
Jak then proceeded to depress a trigger on each controller causing the titans arms to come up and repeatedly smash against the old cement. He continued this until all 6 eco harvesters had been uncovers and the green light shot through the brown muck around them to the surface.
"Glad that's over," Daxter said wiping his brow with the back of his hand, "Now let's get out of here!"
Jak smirked and turned them back towards the place that they had come from.
They rode along in silence for along time, until Klia broke it.
"Umm guys! We've got a problem!" She said pointing towards a metal head that looked something like a jellyfish.
"MAKE THAT A FEW!" Daxter screamed pointing to two more that emerged from behind more fallen structures.
"Eeeeeck!" Klia squealed pulling the triggers on the guns shooting at one of the large creatures.
"GET THIS THING MOVIN JAK!" Daxter yelled grabbing on to his friends face, "CAN'T WE GO ANY FASTER?!!" he asked panicking more as they got closer, "COME ON! AIM FOR 'EM KLIA!"
"I am! Unless you would like to come over here and try YOUR luck I'd say you'd better shut your mouth!" Klia replied.
Daxter then turned his attention back to Jak, "COME ON! COME ON, COME ON!" He yelled as if trying to encourage the machine to go faster, he then jumped down off of Jak's shoulder to the control panel and lend his full weight against the right control stick as if pushing it harder would make it go faster. Daxter lend harder and harder against the stick walking backwards into it and every other means necessary, until he heard a crack.
"Uh oh." He said his pupils shrinking as the cracking continued until the stick that was supporting him broke. "Oops."
Water then started pouring in through the hole where the controller had been and the titan started to short out.
"Daxter!" Jak said through gritted teeth.
"Uh.. Would you believe it was an accident?" Daxter asked.
"We're going to have to swim for it! This thing's about to blow!" Jak said grabbing the ottsel around the waist and hitting the button that slide the glass back. Jak and Klia swam as hard and as fast as they could to towards the surface. Klia tapped Jak on the shoulder and pointed behind them, the titan suit exploded taking one of the creatures with it, but the other two where getting closer by the second. They could see dry land only a few feet ahead of them, so close they could almost reach out and pull themselves up on it, but one of the metal heads shot out a black liquid at them refusing to let them escape.
Klia closed her eyes and put her hands over them, it burned and her eyes were sheering in pain she tried to swim upward, knowing that the surface was only a few feet out of her grasp, but the liquid seemed to stick to her and drag her down. She struggled against its weight but it all seemed to be in vain. She couldn't see Jak and Daxter any more, and didn't know if they were suffering the same pan as her. It hurt so much, it felt like someone had stuck a million hot needles in her body, she was also running out of air, she could feel everything slipping away as if in a really bad dream and all she wanted to do was wake up and realize that it was all just a dream. All just a bad dream....
"They should be around here somewhere." Jak said as they looked down into the water from a scaffold that hung on to the near by structure and supported their weight by some miracle of God. Keira had transported a 2 person titian suit to them by using an old transpad that poked it head above the surface of the water.
"Lets get to it then." Daxter said impatiently, "This place give me the creeps."
Klia nodded in agreement and hopped off the scaffold to the blue glowing surface below followed by Jak. The scaffold swung and creaked in resistance and Klia half expected it's supports to give away and it to come tumbling down on them, making this place their grave.
"Are you coming?" Jak asked now seated in the titan suit controllers in hand.
"O, Yeah." She said glancing up one more time and then joining Jak and Daxter in the suit.
The thick glass covering came down over their heads and shut tightly around them and the legs contracted into place. Daxter pressed his face against the glass in front of Jak.
"We're uh.. really gunna go in there?" He asked, as Jak pushed the two controller sticks forward sending them down into the water.
When they hit bottom, dirt flew up around them in a large cloud. When it finally settled back down Jak pushed the sticks forward again and the mechanical legs strode them forward slowly.
"Klia, you've got control of the guns." Jak said tilting his head in the direction of various controls next to her, "watch out for metal heads, if they break the suit, we're toast."
"Ri.. Right." She replied taking hold of the controllers and looking around for any signs of life as well as the harvesters.
"Hey, I think I see 'em!" Daxter said excitedly pointing towards a place where a building had collapsed and green light was peeping out through cracks.
"Alright!" Jak said grinning as he let off of the left controller and pushed the right in, causing the suit to turn, he then pushed the left back in and aimed the robot straight for the rubble. "Now all we have to do it knock all this crap out of the way."
Jak then proceeded to depress a trigger on each controller causing the titans arms to come up and repeatedly smash against the old cement. He continued this until all 6 eco harvesters had been uncovers and the green light shot through the brown muck around them to the surface.
"Glad that's over," Daxter said wiping his brow with the back of his hand, "Now let's get out of here!"
Jak smirked and turned them back towards the place that they had come from.
They rode along in silence for along time, until Klia broke it.
"Umm guys! We've got a problem!" She said pointing towards a metal head that looked something like a jellyfish.
"MAKE THAT A FEW!" Daxter screamed pointing to two more that emerged from behind more fallen structures.
"Eeeeeck!" Klia squealed pulling the triggers on the guns shooting at one of the large creatures.
"GET THIS THING MOVIN JAK!" Daxter yelled grabbing on to his friends face, "CAN'T WE GO ANY FASTER?!!" he asked panicking more as they got closer, "COME ON! AIM FOR 'EM KLIA!"
"I am! Unless you would like to come over here and try YOUR luck I'd say you'd better shut your mouth!" Klia replied.
Daxter then turned his attention back to Jak, "COME ON! COME ON, COME ON!" He yelled as if trying to encourage the machine to go faster, he then jumped down off of Jak's shoulder to the control panel and lend his full weight against the right control stick as if pushing it harder would make it go faster. Daxter lend harder and harder against the stick walking backwards into it and every other means necessary, until he heard a crack.
"Uh oh." He said his pupils shrinking as the cracking continued until the stick that was supporting him broke. "Oops."
Water then started pouring in through the hole where the controller had been and the titan started to short out.
"Daxter!" Jak said through gritted teeth.
"Uh.. Would you believe it was an accident?" Daxter asked.
"We're going to have to swim for it! This thing's about to blow!" Jak said grabbing the ottsel around the waist and hitting the button that slide the glass back. Jak and Klia swam as hard and as fast as they could to towards the surface. Klia tapped Jak on the shoulder and pointed behind them, the titan suit exploded taking one of the creatures with it, but the other two where getting closer by the second. They could see dry land only a few feet ahead of them, so close they could almost reach out and pull themselves up on it, but one of the metal heads shot out a black liquid at them refusing to let them escape.
Klia closed her eyes and put her hands over them, it burned and her eyes were sheering in pain she tried to swim upward, knowing that the surface was only a few feet out of her grasp, but the liquid seemed to stick to her and drag her down. She struggled against its weight but it all seemed to be in vain. She couldn't see Jak and Daxter any more, and didn't know if they were suffering the same pan as her. It hurt so much, it felt like someone had stuck a million hot needles in her body, she was also running out of air, she could feel everything slipping away as if in a really bad dream and all she wanted to do was wake up and realize that it was all just a dream. All just a bad dream....