Kiri: sorry about the wait. I had writers block for a while there, but I think I'm over it now. the climax is coming up. You can almost be certain that it's gonna start next chapter!

Chapter 28

I was really surprised by the sudden disappearance of guards and enemies… I'd had to fight like hell to get to Ashelin… I wonder what happened? Well, I guess they weren't expecting anyone to get this far. I only had to take down say… four death bots to get to the cellblock beneath Aunt Ashelin's. I was a bit disappointed that I didn't run into Vegar along the way. I would've LOVED to rip his teeth out. Oh well, I'll kill him later.

I opened the door at the bottom of the stairs with my seal. Dawn leapt off my shoulder and onto the ground, bounding a few steps ahead. I was gazed around at the room.

"Ok, so now where are we?" Dawn asked.

"Cellblock three," I replied.

"How do you know that? Do you know everything?" I sighed, letting some of my irritation show.

"It's over there on the wall, Dawn."

"…Oh." I rolled my eyes.

"Lets just hurry and find Uncle Torn, ok?"

"Jakie!" I whipped around out of surprise.

"Torn!" I cried.

"Torn!" Dawn repeated.

"Dawn?"

"Jakie!"

"Torn!"

"Jakie!"

"Stop it…"

"Dawn!"

"Torn!"

"Jakie!"

"Stop it."

"Dawn!"

"Torn!"

"Jakie!"

"STOP IT!" The room went quiet. I walked over and stood in front of Uncle Torn. "Now that that's done with…"

"I can't believe you're actually here…! I thought I'd never see you again!" Torn said as enthusiastically as he could. I smiled.

"Well, I'm here."

"You've grown a lot…" Knew that was coming… "You look like you did back in the Underground." I blushed. "You didn't have to waste time going back there, you know."

"Yes, I know, Uncle." I sighed, "But on a more serious note, we need to know what to expect and how to get these bars opened."

"The controls for everything are down on the lowest level where Jak is being kept. But you'll have to be careful because there's been some strange activity down there lately… I think Vegar is screwing around with things he shouldn't…"

"Uh-huh… I guess I better be ready then, huh?" I watched him pull something out of his pocket.

"Also, I think you'll need this. I snagged it from one of the guards a couple months back. It looks like a security pass, so it's of no use to me." He dropped a key card in my hand.

"Awesome! Now let's go kick Vegar's sorry butt!" Dawn exclaimed, striking a goofy karate pose. Uncle Torn sneered lightly and I giggled.

"Thanks, Uncle Torn. I'll have you out of here as soon as I can, ok?" He gave me his 'Uncle Torn' smirk. I smiled, shoved the card in my pocket and ran for the door.

Things were starting to get very creepy, because I didn't run into any problems at all. Ok, I think the red flag just went up… this is not right at all… time to get the sword back out, I think.

Three levels went by of only a few easy enemies, then the bottom level…it was almost pitch black, and I kept bumping into things. Dawn jumped back on my shoulder and held on to my shoulder plate for dear life. I put my sword away, knowing it wouldn't do me any good in this darkness, so I flipped out my Peacemaker and turned on the small flashlight.

"Jakie-" I whirled around. Daxter.

"Don't do that!"

"Sorry. This is the wondrous bottom level where Vulgar is keeping my boy Jak."

"Nice environment," I said dully.

"He's in pretty bad shape, Jakie. So be prepared." I sighed, and shivered at the thought of seeing my father again… Daxter started climbing over various chunks of rubble and old machines that looked years old and ducking under old water pipes. Not to mention the floor was covered by about an inch of water and there were several bad leaks from above … creepy.

The older ottsel lead me through a huge maze of rubble until we reached the very back. Dawn jumped onto an old computer type machine and slammed her foot on it a couple times to get it working. I found myself in front of a large cell door, like the ones in the palace where I'd been held prisoner and injected with eco for two months strait. There was a small keypad off to the side…

"Daxter, do you know the combination?" I asked quickly.

"Nope," he replied. Great! Now what? I kneeled down next to the keypad and started punching in a code I'd picked up that I heard could crack passwords. When I'd fully entered it, I hit 'Enter'. The door creaked, but didn't open. Well, the code worked… but the door was stuck.

"Come on, move!" I exclaimed, slamming my fist into it.

"Maybe there's not enough power… or maybe it's stuck," Dawn suggested. Growling in frustration, I kicked the door hard, and… it slid open. Ok, that was really weird. I smiled softly in satisfaction and stood up to search the cell for my father.

But the second I saw him, my heart nearly stopped…

Kiri: I'll leave it at that for all you readers to eat your sofas over. BWAHAHAHA! lol, anyways, hopefull chapter 29 will be up sooner this time. I've decided what I want to do for the big battle between Jakie and Vulgar.

Vegar: It's Vegar, you idiot!

Kiri: whatever. anyways, I hope you guys like this chapter!