oi! sorry i don't update much, got temporary writers block. um, any way i don't own ape escape or anything else cept the bouncy ball and jack weapon.

the grappling yo yo belongs to AnimeFreak290, so i no own that either. on with the story!

when jake arrived from the black whole he was greeted with the hard multicolored ground. the blue haired boy pushed himself up to sit on his knees whilst covering his now redend nose. the boy looked around himself in amazement. this looked exactly like the place spike was in! it showed signs of someone being here, including food wrappers on the floor and the bed looked as if someone sat on it. the room had spikes odd, but still decent, scent, making jake woozy. he shook his head and slightly hit himself on top of the head.

"baka...i'm here to help spike, not swoon over him!" jake said annoyed.

he looked around himself once more, looking for the portal the professor had sent. his eyes caught a blurred blue and white color of the his left and he turned around to see it. jake gulped audibly and wished he wasent there. a chill filled the room, swooping and swirling around jake. the cold air picked up wind and started moving a gust quicker around jake, catching hold of his pony tail and the ends of his clothing, making them float in the breeze. jake shivered when he felt something cool and solid touch his hand. the breeze picked up more and was now flailing about the room, jake stood there in fear and tried to shield his eyes from the oncoming wind. the wind went faster and faster until jake's cheeks became red from wind burn, his eyes slightly watering and skin crawling with goose bumps. then, the wind dissapeared faster than when it came. jake slightly lowered his arm, looking around himself with a clueless 'huh?'. then it hit him. he was holding something. it was cold to the touch, and it felt like it was metal. he lifted it up to reveal a staff like weapon, red length and a gold ball at each end. he lifted the seemingly weightless staff up to see it. his eyes widened as he saw what it was, the gold ball at each end glinting in the light with as much power as the sun. his eyes widened further when he saw its full length. it wasent that it was to long, but that it was made to fit his height. he held it up from the ground and measured it. he frowned when he saw it was a foot shorter than himself. he sulked for a moment then sighed.

"to bad it cant extend..." and just as he said extend the pole grew heights until he couldent hold it any more as it was to long.

he looked at it in frantic shock,"not that long! oh, what did the saru guy say on t.v.?"

jake fought to hold it up while he thought. so many different words flew through his head that meant grow smaller or grow shorter. he motioned his hand it circles trying to will some kind of answer to enter his mind.

"u...um shrink, grow small, reverse, shrink, um...uh..uh retract!" the words were hasty and desperate as the pole kept growing longer.

at this word the pole grew short, small enough to fit behind his ear. he stared at the small red and gold stick in amazement. he held it in front of himself and in a slightly nervous voice repeated his earlier actions. he focused on an image of himself with the pole just a foot above his head.

"um...uh...extend?" he commanded nervously.

and just like in the thought, the pole grew to be about a foot taller than himself.

"wow...its just like on t.v.!" jake exclaimed.

he spun it around a few times before bringing it down once then swinging it to the left for a practice attack. he laughed at himself when he finished and smiled when he saw the reflection of himself in the brilient red gleam of the length. now i can help...i wont be a bother if i can fight! jake thought happily. he turned to the frigid blue and white opening, taking a deep breath before slowly walking towards it.

don't worry spike...i'm comin to help!

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the professor stood listening to jake's mother yell at him in semi frightened silence. the woman stood at least a foot above him and her golden eyes were ablaze. she looked to be in her late thirties, long curly light blue hair reached to he waist, she wore a long brown button up coat over a purple business suit complete with high heels, stockings, a skirt, and a small purple hand bag. she was glaring down at him, her pale hands on her slim waist, feet apart. the professor put his hands up in front of him in defeat.

"um...i'm very sorry, but jake is not here. he left a few hours ago." the professor said nervously.

"WHAT! you let him leave? god knows where hiroki is now, where would he have to go!" the woman yelled, pointing one of her manicured nailed fingers in the old mans face.

"honestly, i don't think jake-"

"hiroki."

"er..hiroki would do anything that put him in any kind of danger ma'am." the professor said carefully.

"so you say, but do you know what he did the last time he snuck out?" the woman began angrily.

"um...no, what?"

"he was playing in the monkey cage in the zoo!" she yelled angrily.

"and when was this?" the old man asked. he highly doubted jake would do something like that after his little meeting with specter. chances are he was afraid of the things now!

"last year, with that annoying red head spike. they claimed they were bringing back this little white monkey that had escaped!"

"um...ma'am? they were bringing back a monkey they had found running about. i was there" the professor said carefully.

"it dosent matter! he was missing for three months! three months! and you expect me to wait for him to come back!" the woman screeched.

"well...if your going to wait, then you've got a while. i doubt he'll be back before the end of the week, if not the month."

"WHAT!"

"just calm down, I'm su-"

a door banged open. from where he was standing he could see a red haired woman standing there with glaring blue eyes. he might as well die now...

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specter watched the now brainwashed Natalie kill off five monsters, each swiftly killed with either claws or a sword. she fit the bill just perfectly! Natalie sliced down one monster, then spun around to slice another one through the stomach, then finally spinning around and stabbing another one through the chest with her elongated claws. she pulled her hand out and watched with dull red eyes as the creature burst into tiny golden chips. specter clapped from the side, a large grin on his face.

"well done, i am impressed! you've gotten so good in less than a day." the saru said happily.

Natalie turned around to face the saru and bowed,"thank you master. I'm honored to hear this."

specter grinned, his small white teeth glinting."good, good. now go rest, you've earned it. after all, we don't want to tire out my new puppet do we?"

"yes master." and with one last bow Natalie turned and walked away, not caring that the golden chips were being crushed under her feet.

once in her room Natalie flowed specters orders and slept, not caring that it was bright and shining outside.

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jake fell from the portal only to fall face first into a three foot high snow bank. he pushed himself up with his now red and shivering hands, sitting back on his knees and rubbing his cold arms. jake looked around himself, wondering where he was, then spotted a mail box. the red of its roof showed in the snow like a candle in the darkness. he was hoping to whatever god was listening that it might have something of use. he stood up shakily and stumbled through the snow to get to the mail box, not even four meters away. his hopes were not answered. there wasent even a letter! instantly a pang of hope hit him. that means spike might have passed through here, and that meant he might have a scarf or a coat! he searched for footprints, anything if it could lead him to spike. he found a pair of slightly fresh foot prints, just the right size to fit spike's foot. he followed them, walking of to the side so he wouldn't destroy his natural map to his friend. as he walked, jake couldent help but notice the lack of monkeys. sure it was likely that spike had caught most of them, but something was off. the small footprints were running towards spike, not away. one would expect the apes to run away, not toward the enemy. but that wasent it. from the direction the wind blew he could smell a decaying like smell. like blood. and a lot of it to. if jake was correct, it was also spike's. with panic drowning his common sense, jake ran as fast as he could, stumbling in the knee deep snow. he ran for what seemed like eternity until he saw a cookie jar and a large ice castle looming above him. he froze to stare at the large castle, hoping he wouldn't have to go all the way to the top to find his friend. however, the heavy scent of blood told him he wouldn't have to go far. he looked to the cookie jar and debated on bringing some in case spike or himself needed them. he decided it couldent hurt, and walked over and reached inside of the jar, pulling out ten cookies and put the in his pockets. then he turned around and raced towards the entrance to the castle, hoping his friend was okay. he ran, slipping and sliding on the ice floors, his bumbling reflection shown on the floors and walls. the smell was getting stronger with each step, as if screaming spike was just oozing with blood. he followed a trail of blood, hoping he wouldn't see a bloody and dying spike lying in his back in the cold maze. his prayers were not answered, as the said boy was laying flat on his face with a small, but growing, pool of blood around him. jake's breathing stopped, his heart skipped a beat, his eyes widened, and the same thing echoed in his mind over and over again until he actually said it.

"..n...no! spike!"

he ran to his friends side and gently flipped him over to inspect him. his side was bleeding and he was pale and sweaty. his breathing came in shallow pants, and he felt clammy. jake shook him, trying to wake him up.

"spike...please, if you wake up now, I'll never ask you for another thing ever again! i promise!" he begged, shaking harder.

a weak sound escaped spike as he woke. his eyes opened a slit and he turned his face away from the light coming from the entrance, however his face bumped into a solid object as he turned making him look up. then saw jake.

"j...jake-?" he began before having a cookie shoved into his mouth.

he tried to eat around it to speak, but jake stopped him from even trying.

"spike, are you okay? what happened? no, never mind, we gotta get you back to the portal!"

"jake...how did you-?"

"don't worry, we just need to help you!"

with this jake shoved his hand into spike's pocket, making the boys eyes widen and a faint blush appear. once he had the teleporter jake set the coordinates to the portal, cradling spike close so he wouldn't drop him. and with a multi-colored sparkliy flash the two were gone.

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the professor was now faced against two steaming mothers, each demanding that he give them their sons. yup, you guessed it. jake and spike's moms were screaming in the poor proffesor's face. unlike jake's mother, spike's wore her hair straight and in a short ponytail. she wore a frilly yellow apron over a pink dress, her feet were covered with sandals and light pink ankle socks. her hair was reddish brown and had a reddish gleam. her eyes were a deep ocean blue that held a fire, her hair curling lightly over her eyes. her short hair only reached slightly to her shoulders, tied in a small pony-tail, her hair bordered a pale flawless round face.

"what do you mean spike is gone?" she demanded coolly.

"exactly what i told you! jake and spike both jumped through a portal and are now somewhere in another dimension." he replied.

the two women look at each other then leaned forward and at the same time said,"your a psycho! now give back spike/hiroki!"

"i don't have them!"

"yes you do, now han-"

"professor! professor! professor, are you there? come on answer!"

the old man perked up and ran to the computer. he was greeted by a fuzzy picture of jake yelling at him to answer and spike in his arms bleeding. the man pressed a button.

"I'm here jake, now what is it? what happened?" the professor asked in worry.

"hiroki!"

the professor found himself pushed out of the way by jake's mother, and sighed.

"hiroki, are you okay? what happened? where are you?" the woman asked franticly.

"i'll tell you later mom, right now i really need to talk to the professor."

"what? why?"

"it dosent matter! just let me speak!"

the woman backed away gasping, her eyes wide,"thats it...you are so grounded mister!"

"oh for the love of kami-sama, let the boy speak usa-san!" spike's mother said throwing her hands heavenward.

the blue haired woman crossed her arms and humphed. the red head looked to jake and smiled.

"you were saying?"

"spike...he's hurt. he's...he's bleeding, and i don't know what to do, and the cookies aren't enough, and i dont...he's gonna die!" jake cried hysterically, the boy gesturing too spike then the cookies next to him, then back to spike.

jake and spike's mothers gasped in horror upon seeing the bloody little boy in jake's lap. it was actually a very horrific site, something that seemed to come strait from a horror film. spike had blood all over him, smeared on his face, two large blotches on his pants and shirt, his hands were soaked, his hair dyed a darker shade of crimson. jake wasent much better off, blood has on his cheeks, his hands, the front of his shirt, and slowly trickling into a small puddle beneath his left leg. next to him was a small pile of blood stained cookies with red fingerprints on them. both mothers looked horrified, never having seen the two boys so bloody and messed up.

"professor, what do i do? theres gotta be a way to help spike!" jake near yelled.

the older man sighed,"I'll send you an emergency first aid kit, i cant transport you back from there so its up to you jake." he informed sadly.

jake froze at this. if spike died now...it would be his fault, if spike never woke up or became ill, it was on his head. the thought scared him, not because he would get the blame, but because he alone would be the reason spike died. he swallowed hard, and nodded once.

"i...i'll do my best..." jake said around the lump in his throat, his voice cracking slightly.

"jake,"

the boy blinked and looked to spike's mother,"n...nani?"

"i am trusting you to take care of him." she said smiling at him.

jake blinked and smiled hesitantly back,"thankyou...i'll help him however i can."

"hiroki, you keep that boy alive, you here?" usa-san said smiling softly.

"i will... jake said happily.

and with that the screen blinked off.

there! finished with that. oh and from now on I'm going to put up previews for chapters. now for the explainy stuff.

first if you don't already know this the pole jake had was niyoibo. if you've seen saiyuki you would know. also in ape escape two theres a monkey in the Chinese level called songoku, its got a coronet, niyoibo, a flying nimbus. you see this level is Chinese cause that goku was from a legend called saiyuki from china. goku originated from china, yet is in Japanese anime. weird. so now you know that. also in the original Japanese game jake was called hiroki. isent this just the most informative chapter ever! and I'm supposed to be out of school to. also the two mothers are not really in the game. since you never see their parents i made them some. also jimmy(also known as hikaru) will make an appearance in this, but only for one chapter. anyway now for translations.

hai- yes, okay, alright, yeah(not all at the same time)

saru- monkey

baka- stupid, idiot, moron

Nani- what?

preview-

blood. so much blood it wasent even funny. all spike wanted was for it all to stop.

baka! wake up, dont...please don't-!

man was that voice annoying, its urgency and piercing sound drilling into his every though. he just wanted it to stop! just wanted to sleep...

kono baka! wake up...! please, breathe!

but that irritating voice wouldn't have it. finally with the feeling of being shaken roughly, his eyes opened and a bright light blinded him.

don't leave...i need you...

anyway, have fun!

lin