It was foggy for all she could see. There was a slight breeze whirling
gently through the window and was causing some of the trees outside to
sway. The trees weren't exactly welcoming in any way. They seemed more like
dead shoots stuck in the ground than the lush green ones back in Sandover
village.
"Sandover village!" she said aloud. "What about Jak and Daxter? Father
will be so worried."
She began to wonder if she would ever see him again. Tears welled up inside
of her and she let them out one by one. They trickled down her pale face.
There were images of Jak and the others in her head. Thinking of them only
made her feel worse. She longed to be back in her village, safe in Jak's
arms. She only blushed at this. She didn't want to admit she had feelings
for the blonde boy. It would only result in Daxter teasing her.
Thinking of the village was sad enough but somewhere inside her, she could feel determination building up. It seemed hopeless, but she put on a serious face and forced herself to try the window idea.
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Chapter 6: Venom
Jak and Daxter came straight through the teleporter on Geyser Rock. Daxter, however, landed rather uncomfortably and ended up on his head. Jak, who was trying to keep a straight face over his missing "girlfriend", had managed to let a small smile out. Daxter pouted and then noticed his friend's worried expression. He sighed and sat down next to him. "Don't worry", he said. "We'll find her. She can't have gone that far, well, not too far for you, that is. You travelled miles for me, so you could try and change me back, remember?" A smile broke out on Jak's tanned face. "Of sat up and stretched. "Well, we'll never find her sitting around all day like this, will we?" And with that, Jak stood up and waited for Daxter's orders. "Ok then. We'll cover more ground if we split up. Jak, you search up the cliffs, I'll check the beaches. Any word and I'll meet you back here, by this rock. As you can't make much of a sound, you come and find me on one of the beaches. Let's get going then!"
Daxter marched off towards the nearest beach, calling Keira's name. "Keira! C'mon babe, it's time to go home. Just come here, to you your old pal Daxie." Jak covered his ears at the sound of this. Daxter did have a rather loud voice and at the moment, he had fired it in the direction of the cliffs, towards Jak's destination. The sound waves seem to bounce continuously, rock to rock, cliff to cliff. Jak shook his head and began a brisk pace up the hill. Daxter never stopped shouting once. It's suprising how Jak puts up with him twenty four – seven.
Daxter looked high and low, behind bushes, up trees and there was still no sign of the young lady. "Where'd you go Keira?" He whispered, kicking the sand as he walked along the coastline. The wind had died down and the sun had got increasingly hotter. He felt it burn against his fur. He sighed annoyingly at the sight of sand stuck in his fur. He hated nothing less than this. It was probably one of the only disadvantages of being short and fuzzy, that and the fact that Keira won't date animals. What he knew that he didn't want to admit was that Keira liked Jak. He wasn't sure if Jak knew but he didn't want to brag about it. Daxter did have a crush on her after all.
Meanwhile, up in the cliffs, Jak was searching all over the place when he finally reached the tallest part of a rock face possible. From here he could see the whole of Geyser Rock, including Daxter who was leaning against a tree, not looking too pleased. As Jak could see the whole of the island he could clearly see that there was no sign of Keira. He gave a deep sigh and began to make his way back to Daxter.
It was coming up to midday by the time Jak and Daxter had met up again. They had seen and heard nothing of Keira for hours. Jak had a slight headache from Daxter's shouting and what didn't help was the heat of the day, still rising as the sun beamed above them. "Nothing", Daxter said throwing a stone into the sea. "Nothing at all." Jak trudged back to the teleporter and jumped through it, Daxter following close behind.
Samos had contacted the other sages and heard nothing of Keira from them. They had said that they would keep an eye out for her. In the meantime, Jak and Daxter had came straight through the teleporter and landed in a heap on the floor. "Any news?", the old man asked. Jak shook his head. "Well then, you're going to have to check Sentinel Beach and the Forbidden Jungle", Samos ordered. "The other sages have heard nothing on seen nothing of Keira so you'd better set off before dark. I suggest you look in the Jungle first as it isn't safe there at night." "What about lunch?", Daxter interrupted. Samos handed Daxter a small piece of stale bread and a water bottle. "Share it!", the sage said grumpily. "Well, why are you just standing there? GET MOVING!" Jak and Daxter jumped and walked quickly out of the door as the house shook.
The jungle seemed considerably cooler than Geyser Rock as there were many trees castng shadows upon the muddy path. Several snakes hung from trees and there were jumping lurkers threatening the local wildlife. The fisherman was still there, down by the river, laughing loudly as he had been when Jak and Daxter last saw him. Infact he hadn't moved at all. (A: N Anyone playing the original Jak and Daxter not noticed that he never seems to do anything else but laugh? Weirdo...)
Jak and Daxter walked on, the heat still too hot for their liking. It was highly unlikely that Keira would have come here, as she was afraid of the jungle. Daxter groaned, "Can we have lunch already? I'm dying of hunger over here!" Jak sighed and perched himself on a rock facing the ocean. Daxter pulled out the small piece of stale bread, which was a pale grey in colour, and the leather wrapped bottle out of Jak's bag. Daxter pulled a face at the sight of the bread and stuck his tongue out. "Yuck! What does Samos feed us these days. He gives us such a small amount as to starve us and have you seen this crap? It's hardly edible! Sheesh! You'd think the dried up old leaf would give us something better, wouldn't you Jak?, Jak?" Jak had jumped into the river next to where Daxter was sitting and was swimming about happily. The water was soothing after being out so many hours in the sun. He splashed Daxter playfully. Daxter was soaked from head to toe and sat there frowning as Jak laughed at him. "Stop messing about Jak!", Daxter said, obviously not impressed by Jak's antics. "Don't you want anything to eat?" Without wasting any time, Jak climbed out of the river and settled himself next to Daxter. The ottsel split the bread in half as evenly as he could, as the bread was rock hard. Daxter picked up the biggest piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Jak rolled his eyes and broke off a small piece of his half before giving the rest to Daxter. Daxter quite happily took the piece and nibbled at it. Jak grabbed the bottle and took a swig from it. He then handed it to Daxter. Jak made some movement with his hands to suggest to Daxter that they share the water half each. Daxter drank it and handed the empty bottle back to Jak. "My half was on the bottom. I had your half to get to mine!", Daxter joked. Jak laughed and refilled it in the river.
After a so called "lunch", the two of them walked down to the stream to continue searching for Keira, stepping over rocks so not to get bitten by the piranha that patrolled the waters. As soon as the two were back on dry land, Jak had not noticed the incredibly large snake infront of him. "Ouch!", he yelped and Fell backwards after tossing the snake into the river next to him. The snake just hissed and swum away without a care. Daxter crawled out from underneath Jak who had landed on the ottsel clumsily. Jak looked down at his bare arm, slightly sunburnt from earlier on. There were two small cuts, about an inch away from each other, on his left forearm. The snake had clearly bit him hard and blood was oozing out of the small piercing aswell as some dark purple liquid. "Jak, that's venom. You'd better get back to Samos and FAST! That stuff could kill in hours!" Jak immediately jumped to his feet and began to run back towards the village, stumbling a bit as the venom had begun to take affect. "Take it easy buddy", Daxter said trying to slow his friend down. "Don't want you to trip, do we?"
By the time Jak and Daxter had walked halfway across their village beach, Jak's vision had got very blurry and he had begun to feel faint. The wound had not sealed and was still hurting tremendously. The two friends had only reached the Major's house when Daxter had noticed his young friend trailing behind. Jak's breathing had quickened and he stopped walking. "Jak?" said Daxter. "We're almost there, it's just up those bridges. Jak?!" By the time Daxter had swung around to see just how far behind Jak was, Jak had collapsed to his knees and had fainted outside the Birdlady's house. "JAK!" Daxter shouted and ran over to his friend who was lying there, his breathing beginning to drift away.
(A: N Eeek! What just happened? Sorry but I have to leave it here. Don't worry, I'll start work on the next chapter soon. Sorry to leave you in suspense, but that is what cliff-hangers are for. In the meantime, if you can spot any errors in my typing and spelling, please inform me and I'll try to correct it (my spellchecker had turned off an I can't seem to turn it back on. All I have is the AutoCorrect).
Until then, see ya!) (A: N: 2 Just so you know, Jak is a personal favourite of mine and nothing really, really, really bad will happen to him in this fic! ^_~)
Thinking of the village was sad enough but somewhere inside her, she could feel determination building up. It seemed hopeless, but she put on a serious face and forced herself to try the window idea.
Hiya everybody! Here's the next chapter! Remember to R&R if you have the time. The last reviews were great! Thanx all of you who reviewed. Anyway, read on... Enjoy!!!
Chapter 6: Venom
Jak and Daxter came straight through the teleporter on Geyser Rock. Daxter, however, landed rather uncomfortably and ended up on his head. Jak, who was trying to keep a straight face over his missing "girlfriend", had managed to let a small smile out. Daxter pouted and then noticed his friend's worried expression. He sighed and sat down next to him. "Don't worry", he said. "We'll find her. She can't have gone that far, well, not too far for you, that is. You travelled miles for me, so you could try and change me back, remember?" A smile broke out on Jak's tanned face. "Of sat up and stretched. "Well, we'll never find her sitting around all day like this, will we?" And with that, Jak stood up and waited for Daxter's orders. "Ok then. We'll cover more ground if we split up. Jak, you search up the cliffs, I'll check the beaches. Any word and I'll meet you back here, by this rock. As you can't make much of a sound, you come and find me on one of the beaches. Let's get going then!"
Daxter marched off towards the nearest beach, calling Keira's name. "Keira! C'mon babe, it's time to go home. Just come here, to you your old pal Daxie." Jak covered his ears at the sound of this. Daxter did have a rather loud voice and at the moment, he had fired it in the direction of the cliffs, towards Jak's destination. The sound waves seem to bounce continuously, rock to rock, cliff to cliff. Jak shook his head and began a brisk pace up the hill. Daxter never stopped shouting once. It's suprising how Jak puts up with him twenty four – seven.
Daxter looked high and low, behind bushes, up trees and there was still no sign of the young lady. "Where'd you go Keira?" He whispered, kicking the sand as he walked along the coastline. The wind had died down and the sun had got increasingly hotter. He felt it burn against his fur. He sighed annoyingly at the sight of sand stuck in his fur. He hated nothing less than this. It was probably one of the only disadvantages of being short and fuzzy, that and the fact that Keira won't date animals. What he knew that he didn't want to admit was that Keira liked Jak. He wasn't sure if Jak knew but he didn't want to brag about it. Daxter did have a crush on her after all.
Meanwhile, up in the cliffs, Jak was searching all over the place when he finally reached the tallest part of a rock face possible. From here he could see the whole of Geyser Rock, including Daxter who was leaning against a tree, not looking too pleased. As Jak could see the whole of the island he could clearly see that there was no sign of Keira. He gave a deep sigh and began to make his way back to Daxter.
It was coming up to midday by the time Jak and Daxter had met up again. They had seen and heard nothing of Keira for hours. Jak had a slight headache from Daxter's shouting and what didn't help was the heat of the day, still rising as the sun beamed above them. "Nothing", Daxter said throwing a stone into the sea. "Nothing at all." Jak trudged back to the teleporter and jumped through it, Daxter following close behind.
Samos had contacted the other sages and heard nothing of Keira from them. They had said that they would keep an eye out for her. In the meantime, Jak and Daxter had came straight through the teleporter and landed in a heap on the floor. "Any news?", the old man asked. Jak shook his head. "Well then, you're going to have to check Sentinel Beach and the Forbidden Jungle", Samos ordered. "The other sages have heard nothing on seen nothing of Keira so you'd better set off before dark. I suggest you look in the Jungle first as it isn't safe there at night." "What about lunch?", Daxter interrupted. Samos handed Daxter a small piece of stale bread and a water bottle. "Share it!", the sage said grumpily. "Well, why are you just standing there? GET MOVING!" Jak and Daxter jumped and walked quickly out of the door as the house shook.
The jungle seemed considerably cooler than Geyser Rock as there were many trees castng shadows upon the muddy path. Several snakes hung from trees and there were jumping lurkers threatening the local wildlife. The fisherman was still there, down by the river, laughing loudly as he had been when Jak and Daxter last saw him. Infact he hadn't moved at all. (A: N Anyone playing the original Jak and Daxter not noticed that he never seems to do anything else but laugh? Weirdo...)
Jak and Daxter walked on, the heat still too hot for their liking. It was highly unlikely that Keira would have come here, as she was afraid of the jungle. Daxter groaned, "Can we have lunch already? I'm dying of hunger over here!" Jak sighed and perched himself on a rock facing the ocean. Daxter pulled out the small piece of stale bread, which was a pale grey in colour, and the leather wrapped bottle out of Jak's bag. Daxter pulled a face at the sight of the bread and stuck his tongue out. "Yuck! What does Samos feed us these days. He gives us such a small amount as to starve us and have you seen this crap? It's hardly edible! Sheesh! You'd think the dried up old leaf would give us something better, wouldn't you Jak?, Jak?" Jak had jumped into the river next to where Daxter was sitting and was swimming about happily. The water was soothing after being out so many hours in the sun. He splashed Daxter playfully. Daxter was soaked from head to toe and sat there frowning as Jak laughed at him. "Stop messing about Jak!", Daxter said, obviously not impressed by Jak's antics. "Don't you want anything to eat?" Without wasting any time, Jak climbed out of the river and settled himself next to Daxter. The ottsel split the bread in half as evenly as he could, as the bread was rock hard. Daxter picked up the biggest piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Jak rolled his eyes and broke off a small piece of his half before giving the rest to Daxter. Daxter quite happily took the piece and nibbled at it. Jak grabbed the bottle and took a swig from it. He then handed it to Daxter. Jak made some movement with his hands to suggest to Daxter that they share the water half each. Daxter drank it and handed the empty bottle back to Jak. "My half was on the bottom. I had your half to get to mine!", Daxter joked. Jak laughed and refilled it in the river.
After a so called "lunch", the two of them walked down to the stream to continue searching for Keira, stepping over rocks so not to get bitten by the piranha that patrolled the waters. As soon as the two were back on dry land, Jak had not noticed the incredibly large snake infront of him. "Ouch!", he yelped and Fell backwards after tossing the snake into the river next to him. The snake just hissed and swum away without a care. Daxter crawled out from underneath Jak who had landed on the ottsel clumsily. Jak looked down at his bare arm, slightly sunburnt from earlier on. There were two small cuts, about an inch away from each other, on his left forearm. The snake had clearly bit him hard and blood was oozing out of the small piercing aswell as some dark purple liquid. "Jak, that's venom. You'd better get back to Samos and FAST! That stuff could kill in hours!" Jak immediately jumped to his feet and began to run back towards the village, stumbling a bit as the venom had begun to take affect. "Take it easy buddy", Daxter said trying to slow his friend down. "Don't want you to trip, do we?"
By the time Jak and Daxter had walked halfway across their village beach, Jak's vision had got very blurry and he had begun to feel faint. The wound had not sealed and was still hurting tremendously. The two friends had only reached the Major's house when Daxter had noticed his young friend trailing behind. Jak's breathing had quickened and he stopped walking. "Jak?" said Daxter. "We're almost there, it's just up those bridges. Jak?!" By the time Daxter had swung around to see just how far behind Jak was, Jak had collapsed to his knees and had fainted outside the Birdlady's house. "JAK!" Daxter shouted and ran over to his friend who was lying there, his breathing beginning to drift away.
(A: N Eeek! What just happened? Sorry but I have to leave it here. Don't worry, I'll start work on the next chapter soon. Sorry to leave you in suspense, but that is what cliff-hangers are for. In the meantime, if you can spot any errors in my typing and spelling, please inform me and I'll try to correct it (my spellchecker had turned off an I can't seem to turn it back on. All I have is the AutoCorrect).
Until then, see ya!) (A: N: 2 Just so you know, Jak is a personal favourite of mine and nothing really, really, really bad will happen to him in this fic! ^_~)