Chapter 2: The woman with the Kanga Rats on mind.
Inside the Naughty Ottsel the familiar dark atmosphere and town drunks mingled in the corners. Everything was exactly the same, except Tess was not serving drinks, and there were no overdramatic stories being yelled across the bar. Jak was sitting off to the side resting his legs on the table. He was wondering why Daxter and Tess were so late.
He was planning on going behind the back to see if Daxter had fallen asleep on the gas stove again. He was interrupted by the usual annoying beep of his comm. He quickly ran outside to escape the noisy chatter of the bar folk.
"Jak! This is Samos. A new danger is threatening our city. I need you to go to Onin and ask her about this new threat. I want to know what, and who it is. I wish I could meet you there, but I must meditate and talk to the trees".
Jak talked hastily into the comm. "Samos, Daxter's missing! He's never been gone from his bar for this long". He heard Samos breath into his comm. Samos was obviously annoyed "Listen, Jak. That little furball probably fell asleep on the extremely high voltage electric generator again".
Jak boarded the nearest Zoomer and took off. He didn't plan on visiting Onin again. He was going to find Daxter and Tess.
MEANWHILE+
Tess was shaking. Her eyes were closed and she was sitting next to Daxter in a dark alley. She took Daxters hand.
The day before, Tess was knocked out as soon as Daxter was shot. They were both thrown into the alley, left for dead. Mmads chuckled to his two companions. They all started whispering to each other. The man with the metallic hand whispered with a hint of fear in his voice, " I don't know Mmads, if we're caught… they could tare us apart. They have connections with the Precursors!".
"Quiet Murk, you lousy coward", growled Mmads as he shook his fist violently "We have connections to even more powerful beings. If you don't like it, then you can run away. If you do… I'll take that metal hand of yours and stick it straight up you--".
"Mmads! Freedom guards! Coming this way!" "RUN".
Tess's recollection of the previous night was interrupted when a small trolley rolled up to her. It was an old thing made of wood, and it's wheels squeaked like they hadn't been oiled in months. It was manned by that same woman they had seen in the bar earlier… but different. She looked even older looking, with more and bigger bugs crawling out her nostrils. She was shaking uncontrollably, her teeth chattering away about hexes and curses about shooting Kanga Rats.
Tess hastily dragged Daxter in back of a dumpster to avoid being spotted. The woman stopped, muttering, eyes daring from tile to tile on the dirty ground. "Come here little Kanga Rat… Come here little Kanga Rat. Those men have not right shooting FILTHY Kanga rats… oh how I hate Kanga Rats… Kanga kanga knaga kangs kang cages… all cages… always locked up in cages…".
As any person would be when confronted by a muttering woman with bugs coming out of her nose and hair would be, Tess held her breath. However she could not stop her pounding heart. Oh what a cruel woman she though, hating animals that way.
"GOTCHA!", the woman yelled triumphantly, as she threw a net over Tess's head and threw her into the trolley.
Tess scrambled upright, having some difficulty due to a slippery, lumpy surface. She looked down below her feet… to see many dead animals… Yakows, Kanga Rats, Crocodogs, Hip hogs. This is where Tess passes out. This where the Woman limps away wheeling the trolley out of the alley.
The mortally wounded Daxter remains behind the dumpster unawares.
Wow, three months. I'm guessing everyone who read the first chapter forgot about it. Anyway, this is incredibly short. The next chapter may be up by Sunday and should be longer. As always, I'm opened to criticism. Oh, and as a side note, it may seem like I'm wondering off the original plot a little. Don't worry, I'm not.