Chapter 5: A Second Meeting
Jak slipped his goggles down over his eyes when the liquid had appeared; he was now searching for Klia. The liquid was only getting thicker and blacker, he needed to find Klia fast, he too was running out of air. He stretched his arm out to the right where Klia should have been and found nothing but more water and the gooey liquid. Finally, almost out of air, Jak swam to the surface and threw Daxter rather roughly on to the dry land and then dove back under, still in search of his other friend. Swimming deeper, he caught a glimpse of something aqua and then something green, 'That has to be her!' He thought swimming for the object.
Lucky for him, that was exactly who it was, but what both of them could not see, was that the 2 jellyfish like metal heads had entered the gooey liquid they had shot at their victims and where now closing in for the kill.
Jak grabbed Klia around the waist and began to pull her up, her body felt like dead weight. 'Anything but that...' Jak thought to himself, 'She can't be dead...' Breaking the waters surface again, Jak flopped Klia on to the old sand and then pulled himself up as well. Klia stated coughing up water and tried wiping the goo away from her eyes so she could open them, and gasped for air.
"Yeek!" Daxter said in disgust coughing up some of the black liquid, "You could have at least WARNED me before..." He paused a moment and his pupils got really small, he looked like he had just seen a ghost... "Uh.. Jak."
"Yeah?" Jak asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think we should RUN!!!" He screamed pointing behind Jak and scrambling to his feet.
"Whoa!" Jak replied dodging a tentacle.
"Holy!..." Klia scrambled to her feet wiping the last of the goo off of her face and taking off towards the city.
Jak rolled back to his feet and took off after Klia grabbing Daxter on the way and placing him on his shoulder.
"FASTER JAK! I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TO HAPPY TO SEE LIVE GUESTS!!" Said Daxter looking behind them to see the 2 metal head's tentacles piecing through the water. One of them had pulled its self halfway up out of the water and on to the land and had its mouth located on the underside of its body opened revealing large rows of sharp teeth and was slinking its arms towards them so it could have a midnight snack.
The 3 ran hard jumping over holes in structures that were soon demolished after they had left them due to the angry metal heads, and over marshes and missing bridge pieces. They soon passed Samos's old hut and skidded around a few corners.
"THERE'S THE DOOR!" Daxter yelled watching the monsters behind him, as if Jak and Klia hadn't seen it.
The gears started sliding into place on the door and the same computerized voice greeted them, "Glade to see you back alive."
"WE WON'T BE ALIVE LONG IF YOU DON'T GET THIS DANG DOOR OPEN!" Daxter yelled at the voice.
When the doors had opened all the way, Jak and Klia quickly entered them and turned around to see the monsters tentacles only a few feet away. Klia gasped and pressed herself against the other door to the city, Jak following her lead and getting as far away from the door to the outside as possible, the metal heads tentacles almost reached them. They stretched out a bit farther and then... The door slammed shut on their appendages dislocating them from their body and the door they were leaning against open causing them to fall back on the hard ground. They both could hear the metal heads howling in pain outside the wall and could see their left behind body parts twitching in the room.
Klia gasped more sitting up clenching her hand to her chest where her heart was. "Holy... Cheese." She said through gasps of air.
Jak smirked getting back to his feet and looking at his friend, "Lets go."
Klia nodded still in shock and slowly got to her feet and followed after the young heir of Mar. They walked along silently into the slums, Jak looking side to side from time to time looking for Talon.
"This Talon chick told us to meet her in the slums. So where the heck is she?" Daxter asked back to his old self.
"Not bad." Talon's voice came from beside them.
The trio turned to their right to see the silver haired woman leaning up against the entrance to the old underground in the dead end alley way.
"Tell Torn we'll talk," she said walking past them, "He knows where to find me." She then stopped short, "O... And Jak watch out for the council... The city is in a power struggle, the people want answers.... The council needs someone to blame other than themselves..." She stopped smirking, "Lets just say that even Ashelin can't protect you any more."
"What are you...." Jak started to question, but she was already gone, "Where did she go?"
"Talk about eerie." Daxter said pointing his thumb where Talon had been.
Jak slipped his goggles down over his eyes when the liquid had appeared; he was now searching for Klia. The liquid was only getting thicker and blacker, he needed to find Klia fast, he too was running out of air. He stretched his arm out to the right where Klia should have been and found nothing but more water and the gooey liquid. Finally, almost out of air, Jak swam to the surface and threw Daxter rather roughly on to the dry land and then dove back under, still in search of his other friend. Swimming deeper, he caught a glimpse of something aqua and then something green, 'That has to be her!' He thought swimming for the object.
Lucky for him, that was exactly who it was, but what both of them could not see, was that the 2 jellyfish like metal heads had entered the gooey liquid they had shot at their victims and where now closing in for the kill.
Jak grabbed Klia around the waist and began to pull her up, her body felt like dead weight. 'Anything but that...' Jak thought to himself, 'She can't be dead...' Breaking the waters surface again, Jak flopped Klia on to the old sand and then pulled himself up as well. Klia stated coughing up water and tried wiping the goo away from her eyes so she could open them, and gasped for air.
"Yeek!" Daxter said in disgust coughing up some of the black liquid, "You could have at least WARNED me before..." He paused a moment and his pupils got really small, he looked like he had just seen a ghost... "Uh.. Jak."
"Yeah?" Jak asked raising an eyebrow.
"I think we should RUN!!!" He screamed pointing behind Jak and scrambling to his feet.
"Whoa!" Jak replied dodging a tentacle.
"Holy!..." Klia scrambled to her feet wiping the last of the goo off of her face and taking off towards the city.
Jak rolled back to his feet and took off after Klia grabbing Daxter on the way and placing him on his shoulder.
"FASTER JAK! I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TO HAPPY TO SEE LIVE GUESTS!!" Said Daxter looking behind them to see the 2 metal head's tentacles piecing through the water. One of them had pulled its self halfway up out of the water and on to the land and had its mouth located on the underside of its body opened revealing large rows of sharp teeth and was slinking its arms towards them so it could have a midnight snack.
The 3 ran hard jumping over holes in structures that were soon demolished after they had left them due to the angry metal heads, and over marshes and missing bridge pieces. They soon passed Samos's old hut and skidded around a few corners.
"THERE'S THE DOOR!" Daxter yelled watching the monsters behind him, as if Jak and Klia hadn't seen it.
The gears started sliding into place on the door and the same computerized voice greeted them, "Glade to see you back alive."
"WE WON'T BE ALIVE LONG IF YOU DON'T GET THIS DANG DOOR OPEN!" Daxter yelled at the voice.
When the doors had opened all the way, Jak and Klia quickly entered them and turned around to see the monsters tentacles only a few feet away. Klia gasped and pressed herself against the other door to the city, Jak following her lead and getting as far away from the door to the outside as possible, the metal heads tentacles almost reached them. They stretched out a bit farther and then... The door slammed shut on their appendages dislocating them from their body and the door they were leaning against open causing them to fall back on the hard ground. They both could hear the metal heads howling in pain outside the wall and could see their left behind body parts twitching in the room.
Klia gasped more sitting up clenching her hand to her chest where her heart was. "Holy... Cheese." She said through gasps of air.
Jak smirked getting back to his feet and looking at his friend, "Lets go."
Klia nodded still in shock and slowly got to her feet and followed after the young heir of Mar. They walked along silently into the slums, Jak looking side to side from time to time looking for Talon.
"This Talon chick told us to meet her in the slums. So where the heck is she?" Daxter asked back to his old self.
"Not bad." Talon's voice came from beside them.
The trio turned to their right to see the silver haired woman leaning up against the entrance to the old underground in the dead end alley way.
"Tell Torn we'll talk," she said walking past them, "He knows where to find me." She then stopped short, "O... And Jak watch out for the council... The city is in a power struggle, the people want answers.... The council needs someone to blame other than themselves..." She stopped smirking, "Lets just say that even Ashelin can't protect you any more."
"What are you...." Jak started to question, but she was already gone, "Where did she go?"
"Talk about eerie." Daxter said pointing his thumb where Talon had been.