A/N: alright! First of all, a friend of mine wrote the battle scene for me. but only about half of it. (I REALLY suck at these things...) so don't give me all the credit for this chapter.

Chapter 11

It's time like these I wish I'd paid a bit more attention to what I was doing rather than what I was going to do later on. I'd accidentally hijacked a Krimzon Guard vehicle, and now they were all out to get my ass. Again. I was practically kicking myself as I ran away from the guards pursuing me. I'd just gotten out of the industrial area of the city when I ran into another ambush. Joy. Ok, that's it. Time to show these Goons from Hell what Jakie Mar is made of! I stood there as they all slowly surrounded me. I slowly unsheathed my new sword and held it menacingly in front of me.

"Uh… Jakie… what are you doing?" Dawn asked nervously. I didn't answer. I got into a defensive stance and glared at all off them. Then the first of the century broke out. Jakie Mar vs. the entire Krimzon guard. Well, here goes nothing,

I slowly looked over my adversaries. Knowing that running was not an option (like I would anyway), I slowly held my hand up, and motioned for them to come to me. They all ran at me, which I responded to by jumping up and over one guards head, slashing him across the back, and then striking a few more that were closest to me. I had a few seconds to overlook my opponents, and I managed a couple more kills before one of them hit in his the stomach with his gun. I put my free hand over my stomach and coughed, but I had little time to do so, since several more to charging up their weapons. I quickly regained my posture and took them down with three powerful swipes, then bent over backwards, dodging some guy's bullet (just barely) and hit three more guys at once. I blocked a couple more swings, then started running, letting them chase me. When I reached a dead end, I didn't stop. I ran up the wall several steps, and valted over several of them, landing gracefully behind them. I smirked for a quick second before taking them all out. A bunch down, a billion to go… oh boy…

I stabbed a couple more, and then decapitated another. I quickly killed a few more of them, then kicked one away. For some reason, it seemed like the more I took down, the more they just kept on coming! This is insane! Slowly, they surrounded me again. I simply rolled my eyes, and mumbled, "Where's a miracle when you need one?" With that, I slowly readied my blade again. All right, Jakie… you've made it this far… don't stop now! And I didn't. This time, I was the first one to move. I dashed towards the one guard that had his weapon ready, timed it just right, and ducked just before he shot at me. During the half second her was vulnerable, I sliced his leg clean off, and then jumped back up and slashed the two KG's that had run up behind me. Don't ask me how I was doing all this. But I was really on a roll here!

When they finally started getting wise on me, they started coming at me in groups of ten or so. But nothing I couldn't handle. I'd taken out about… thirty before I sustained my first injury: a gash on my arm. Oh joy. Well, looks like its time to get messy. I struck my sword into the center of one Guard's helmet, then shoved him off with my foot, and sliced a couple more across their chests. My first clashed with another one's helmet. I winced in pain as the shattered glass cut into my skin, but I was quick to ignore it and keep fighting. It seemed to go on forever… Then it happened.

All I knew was that I was standing there completely drenched in blood, and every last Krimzon Guard lye on the ground either dead or severely wounded. What had just happened? I didn't really remember much, excpt dawn looking at me oddly.

"What the HELL was THAT!" she shouted at me. I just looked at her, and shrugged. I looked around me, letting reality slowly sink it's way in. I couldhardly believe what I'd just done. I'd completely massacred the Krimzon Guard. I'll bet anything I'd just dealt a good body blow to Praxis, but that didn't matter to me now. I swallowed hard. "Alright, tall, dark and gruesome, let's get the hell out of here." I slowly nodded and started to walk away when a zoomer pulled up nearby. It was Uncle Torn, dad and Daxter. I just leaned up against the nearest wall and rested a little.

"Jakie! Are you alright?" Uncle Torn called. The two both ran to my aid, seeing me so tired and fatigued. I nodded to answer his question. Dad and Daxter looked around at all the bodies.

"Did YOU do this?" dad asked. Again, I nodded. Uncle Torn glared at me.

"You took down at least half of the Krimzon Guard?" he repeated. It was more like a statement that a question.

"Yes. I did," I managed to say.

"Jeeze!" Daxter exclaimed, "Remind me not to piss you off either!" I semi-smiled.

"Uncle Torn…" I started, "the sword you gave me is incredible. I really like it." Even though I didn't look up, I knew he was at least half smiling at me.

"The bad thing is that you probably just put the city on high alert, Jakie," Uncle Torn said sternly. "You and Jak are probably the two most wanted in the city now." I scoffed.

"Well, like father like daughter," I joked. I was still in pain from the injuries I'd sustained during my glorious battle. And I was tired. Very tired. Time to go to the lake again…