Melina stared at the back of Jak's head. He obviously knew she wasn't standing there; Melina watching him closely. Melina kept watching until the furry rat popped up, scaring her half to death.
Melina looked at the orange rat, panting heavily, "Hey Jak! Her she is!"
Jak stood up and the rat hopped on his shoulder. Melina crossed her arms in hope of intimidating, but Jak only grinned. He had his arms crossed as well, and his head slightly tilted as if he were trying to look into her eyes. Melina put her hands in behind her back, in attempt of a smile, but only got out a half smile and a head tilt. Now she looked like a seductor. Jak just grinned even more, shifting his feet and leaning his head the other way, still staring at her. Melina kept looking at him, 'Ok… Now I don't feel that embarrassed, 'cuz now we both look like flirty idiots!'
Then Daxter finally spoke up, "Hey toots!" he said, hopping into Melina's arms, "I'm sexy too!" Melina just looked at him with a disgusted expression and held the ottsel under the shoulders, setting him back onto her instructor's shoulder blade.
"Keep him there!" she yelled, her finger only two inches away from his face.
Jak just pushed her finger down, "Well? We gonna do this?"
"Hell yeah!" she said, throwing her arms up.
"First," he said, gesturing with his hand, "We must control our swiftness." Jak raised his eyebrow, pointing at Melina mockingly. Melina just nodded and rolled her eyes.
"We of course have to jump high enough to get over certain obstacles. Show me your jump"
Melina nodded and crouched, almost touching the ground with her stomach. She closed her eyes and jumped, only getting about an inch off the ground.
"You defiantly need practice. First off, you don't need to crouch so low. Compare your structure to mine, if you will." Jak crouched just a little, springing up like a Leaper lizard. Melina's eye widened as he came back down.
Melina watched carefully; Jak giving her instructions on how to run dodge bullets, block, leaping, drawing her gun, and rolling much faster. Melina paid close attention to every word he said.
Jak looked around as soon as they were done. Melina sighed and panted, then she started to chuckle. Melina scanned the area as well, her eyes widening at the sight of a huge purple satellite.
"Whats that?" Melina said, looking very confused. She scratched her head, moving it to the side. Jak shaded his eyes, peering over at the fallen space craft.
"Lets find out." He said, as they walked over to the satellite. Daxter kept going on about how the monks looked and Melina just rolled her eyes and sighed, shifting her weight on her right foot. Then the monk spoke:
"It is none of your concern animal." Melina smirked and walked over to it, scanning the air craft, "It's a dark satellite." She said, her voice filled with fear.
"She is right. It crash landed here a day ago. We cannot find out what it does." the monk known as 'Seem' said, eyeing the newly recruited Wastelander.
"Touch it", Melina mouthed to him.
"Why?" Jak asked. Melina mouthed once more:
"Trust me on this!" Daxter was watching Jak and Melina talk, looking back and forth as they both spoke, and then he looked at the satellite and said,
"Do it Jak." Jak looked at Daxter, then back at Melina who was nodding and pointing at the machine. Seem looked at him:
"What are you-", she said, as Jak touched it. It opened and Jak looked over at Melina with a surprised look on his face. Melina returned the look with a sly grin, trying to make it turn into an innocent smile. He turned back around and began to decode it. Melina looked at Daxter. Daxter then grinned, hopping up onto Melina's shoulder pad, watching as Jak decoded the fallen machine. Both Melina and Daxter watched as the last of the coordinates decoded the machine, allowing a Dark Eco Crystal slide out. Seem spoke,
"Do not touch dark eco". Jak rolled his eyes and grabbed it, walking back to both Melina and Daxter, who were giving each other looks of confusion.
"Look, it speaks an ancient dialect". Jak looked back at the satellite, as it lifted from the ground and exploded. Melina flinched at the sound and Daxter jumped off, starting towards Jak before a chunk of the ship fell on him. Jak grinned and Melina laughed out loud, falling to the ground.
"Not even you can save us from this 'hero'. You and your friends are not welcome here." Jak opened his mouth to speak, but Seem just waked away.
"How did you-", Jak started to say, but Melina interrupted him,
"I just know these things." Jak looked at her confused, and Melina just stared at the crystal.
"May I checkout that eco crystal, maybe?" Jak just stared ahead,
"I don't know. That's how Daxter got turned into an ottsel. Unless you wanna risk something I don't think so." Melina pouted, crossing her arms.
"Oh come on, pleaaassse?" Melina said, putting on an even sadder face than before.
"Fine."Jak said, handing the eco crystal carefully to Melina. Melina ran her long, soft fingers about the smooth exterior and screamed.
"AH!" He stopped abruptly and snapped," What!". Melina laughed, "Hahaha! You fell for it!" Jak rolled his eyes and kept walking. Melina stood there laughing before a surge of pain slipped through her body like it was a straw. Melina fell over, clutching her stomach.
"J-Jaaaak…" He put his hand up, still walking," Ha-ha-ha…." Sweat rolled down Melina's cheek, falling to the dry ground... Jak turned to look at Melina, who was currently gasping for air. He looked alarmed for a second then grinned,
"I'm not falling for that again." Melina looked up at him and her eyes turned pitch black.
"Help me…." She said, her voice sounded like two in one. It was more of a roar of two or three voices, each a different pitch.
"Melina! MELINA! Don't leave my voice! Keep listening and find me! Melina!"
Melina tried desperately and kept trying to stay concentrated. Jak held out his hand as Melina looked up at him, losing pureness. She grabbed his hand and squeezed, almost as if she were trying to keep herself in the world and not to fade out. Her eyes turned back to normal as she panted, holding her hand with her open hand; her other hand still holding onto Jak's.