"AARRGGHH!" screamed Jak as he threw his gun on the ground. "THAT STUPID PILE OF CRAP!" he yelled, bolts of eco shooting from him. "I SHOULD'VE KILLED HIM! I SHOULD'VE BEAT HIM TO DEATH! I SHOULD'VE TORN OUT THAT STUPID GEM AND SHOVED IT DOWN HIS GODDAMNED THROAT!" Jak hit the ground at this and buried his head in his knees. Rail slowly walked towards him and kneeled next to him.
"Jak..." he wispered. "Jak... you have to stay calm, this is what he wants. He wants you weak, broken, and uncontrollable."
"SHUT UP!" yelled Jak. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? WHO DIED AND MADE YOU THE GODDAMN EXPERT ON HIM HUH!" Rail backed up as Jak advanced on him. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS LIKE! SHE'S GOING TO CRACK RAIL! DRAKKEN'S GOING TO CRUSH HER BRAIN AND SHE'S GOING TO BE NOTHING UNLESS I CAN KILL HIM AND I CAN'T! A GODDAMN MOUNTAIN FELL ON HIM AND HE GOT RIGHT BACK UP! NO MATTER WHAT I DO I CAN'T WIN!" At this something was happening something was going on that had never been heard of, much less seen. Jak was crying. He was walking down the road, going wherever and crying. Ashelin was about to go after him but Rail held her back.
"Let him go," he said. "Let him be for a while."
Samos was down in the library, once again, and pacing back and forth. He had something in his hands, a small glass beaker, filled with a black ooze. Samos felt sick when he held it and ready to vomit after he looked at it. In this beaker was dark Eco in it's liquid form. Before coming to the future, Samos had raided Gol's laboratory and had found numerous tubes like this. Appraently this substance was "controlled" Dark Eco. From Gol's notes, Samos had concluded that Gol was trying to attain some Dark Powers of his own, powers that would make the Dark Giant look like a child's toy. Samos was planning to destroy the substance so that it didn't fall into the wrong hands but now he felt that it should be placed into someone's hands. Jak's hands. Samos sighed and sat down and reread the passage in the book again. This book told the events of the final battle between DarkJak and Drakken
The Dark One shall imbibbe The life power of the Evil One And his power shall surpass all others And the Dark One shall thrown down the Evil One But the price for this power shall take the life from the Dark One And then the world shall be at Peace.
No matter how the sage tried to interpert it, it meant that Jak would die if he drank the life blood of Drakken. This substance was the lifeblood of Drakken and by giving it to Jak he would make him the most powerful being in this plane of existence and the ability to destroy Drakken once and for all but at the cost of his life. A life, that Samos knew, he would throw away to save Keria. Samos pocketed the tube and tucked the book under his arm and left the archives and started walking towards his daughters home. He arrived there before Jak got there. He sat down and waited.
Rail watched Jak walk off before going back to the palace. He took the lift up to his room. He took off his jacket and just gave it a pitch and collapsed onto the bed. He shut his eyes and tried to wipe his mind of the past events. The KG had wiped out the Metal-Head army. The suprise and ferocity of the Guard had been too much for the Metal-Heads. Now there was only one enemy left in the Wasteland and if Jak couldn't kill him, the world would be lost. He didn't know how but eventually he fell into a dreamless sleep.
Jak walked into he and Keria's home and found Samos sitting at the table. He had the book with DarkJak on the cover and a solem look on his face.
"Samos," said Jak. "I couldn't kill him. I tried but he was too strong."
"I know my boy," said Samos. "I know."
"What am I supposed to do?" Jak asked the sage. "He's going to do worse than kill her Samos. He's going to destroy her brain. When he's done she'll be nothing."
"There is a way to defeat him Jak," Samos said. "But it is very dangerous."
"I don't care," said Jak. "If I can kill him I don't care what price I have to pay."
"I read," he said. "What will happen to you during your final confrontation with Drakken." He revealed the tube. "I saved this from Gol's citadel. It is controlled Dark Eco, it is also what flows in Drakken's veins. By drinking this you will be given the power to destroy him once and for all." Jak grabbed at the tube but Samos witheld it. "You have to understand that this substance will do things to you, the power you expierence as DarkJak will not be powers you want to give up."
"What'll happen to me?" asked Jak.
"You will obtain powers beyond anything you've seen or experienced . But the price that you must pay will be... extreme."
"Samos," said Jak. "I have to kill him, do you understand that? I have to stop him and I don't care how much it hurts me." He held out his hand. "Give it to me."
"Jak," said Samos. "It'll kill you."
For a second Jak faltered. He didn't want to die, no one wanted to die. But then he remembered Keria. He saw her in his minds eyes. He saw her, her face covered in sweat, her hair plastered to her head and her skin, shaking and pale. He gritted his teeth as the Beast that gave her that entered his mind. He saw Drakken sneering face, his murderous laugh, and his huge dragon-like form rampaging the city unapposed. Jak reached forward and grasped the tube.
"I don't care," said Jak. "I'll kill him first."
Drakken was furious. These infuriating humans not only had the gull to attack him but were so superior that they laid to waste his army. He had chased down all that had run and of his army of five million only 30,000 were left. But Drakken was still concerened. The one that the humans had called Jak was a formidable opponent, one that, despite Drakken's own power and strength, Jak had still done damage but Drakken welcomed Jak should he dare approach again. Drakken know knew, fully, who he was fighting and knew that he could beat him.
Jak knelt beside Keria's bed. She was looking worse than ever.
"Jak..." she said weakly. "It hurts, it hurts a lot." Her eyes began to glisten with tears. "Please Jak, make the hurt stop."
"I will," he said starting to cry too. "I promise that this time he'll die and you'll be alright. And then we'll have our whole lives ahead of us."
"I love you Jak..." she said before her eyes shut. She had passed out.
"I love you too..." he said before he turned away. The doctor came up to him.
"She's got a day left. 35 hours at best."
"Give her this," Jak said to the doctor handing him an envelope. "If I don't come back."
The doctor took the envelope and stuck it in his desk.
Jak turned and walked towards the door but stopped in the frame. "Tell her I love her."
Rail was awoken by the sound of someone pounding on his door. He pulled on a black shirt and opened it. It was Jak.
"Come on," said Jak. "We need to talk."
Rail grabbed his coat, threw it on, and followed Jak.
"I'm going back," he said. "I'm going back to the Wastelands and this time I'm gonna kill him."
"Jak," said Rail. "He handed you your ass last time. He's too strong."
"He's going to break Keria, Rail!" shouted Jak. "I can kill him I know I can."
"How?" asked Rail. "What do you have some secret weapon?"
"Actually," said Jak, producing the liquid Dark Eco. "I do."
"Is that...?"
"Liquid Dark Eco." said Jak. "Samos says that if I drink it it'll give me the power to kill Drakken."
"There's a 'but' isn't there?"
"It'll kill me," said Jak.
"Jak," said Rail. "What's the point in saving Keria's life if you can't be with her?" He regretted the words the instant they were out of his mouth.
"The point Rail," said Jak. "Is that she'll live and that's all that matters to me anymore."
Rail nodded. He knew what Jak was saying. Jak was ready to give his own life for her. He was ready to throw away everything he could've had just so that she could live. Rail didn't know if he could do that. That's why you got her Jak Rail realized. Jak had loved her more than Rail had from day one and now he was proving that.
"Need a pilot?" asked Rail.
"Need a passenger?"
"Let's roll."