Chapter 4: (can't think of a title)

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After the confession from Jak of being a werewolf the OLS crew just stared at him blankly, until Gene started laughing out loud.

"Oh, man, you really had me going. I thought you were serious." said Gene aloud as he nearly doubled over in laughter.

"I'm not kidding Gene. I am, and if you want more proof then watch this." said Jak. He said it in a surprisingly calm manner.

With that he lifted back his hair and exposed his ears. His left ear had four steel looking circular earrings on it. Almost instantly his ears began to grow. They began to change shape and get larger. Eventually they changed into a pair of dog-like ears that matched to color of his hair. His hands also grew claws and a pair of fangs appeared in his mouth.

Gene and the others could only stare at this new development. It looked like he had just changed into something that resembled a C'tarl C'tarl, but was more like some species of dog than cat. Apparently he wasn't kidding when he said they turned him into a Werewolf.
"I told you I wasn't kidding. This is the product of what those C'tarl bastards did." said Jak as he looked Gene right in the eye.

"Whoah, but I have one question. How do you hide the transformation?" asked Jim, who finally decided to get the cat to give him his tongue back.

"These earrings on my left ear are linked into my body. They control the transformation and amount of power I use. The highest one goes black when I unlock it and release my full power in this, my more human, form. The one below it will go black when I enter my wolf form, it is essentially the same as the C'tarl C'tarl, but it's a giant wolf rather than tiger. The third one down will go black when I unlock it to release my werewolf form. It's basically what you've seen in movies of the old "half-man, half-wolf" scenario." stated Jak.

"And the fourth?" asked Suzuka.

"Honestly, I don't know and I don't plan to find out in the near future." replied Jak.

"Why not, wouldn't you be even more powerful than now? Though you'd never be as powerful as the C'tarl C'tarl." said Aisha proudly.

"Then why is it that I ended up killing about 20 C'tarl when I released it before, explain that?" replied Jak. His voice had taken on a calm and very icy edge to it.
"What…?" asked Aisha confused.

"It's true. They wanted to test out my full potential so they released it when I hadn't learned full control over my powers. This did two things. First: I blacked out and woke up soaked in blood with the bodies of the targets and most of the staff from that current test all around me. Two is something I don't want to talk about. So that's why I will only unleash my full power and cause this last earring to go black only when the other resort is death." answered Jak.

"So, you don't have full control over it, do you?" asked Jim.

"Yeah, that's why I'm not going to use it until then. One thing my father and grandfather always said when we were training was that power without control is just an aimless weapon."

"Good philosophy. But what do you mean training. I though most of your skills came from you time on the C'tarl C'tarl planet. But, wait, didn't you say your name was once Ken Kratos, as in the Ken Kratos?" asked Suzuka

"Yep, I told you, I was once the legendary thief." boasted Jak.

"Wait, who's Ken Kratos?" asked Melfina.

"He was a master thief. His stealth skills and arts of using the shadows and becoming a ghost were said to be un-matched anywhere in the universe, then, nine years ago, his ship was destroyed and he was pronounced dead." said Gene.

"Yeah, I was the best when it came to thieving. But, like some whom I consider honorable, I always stole something for the challenge. I never did it for greed or personal gain. And what I made off with I would usually pawn off and distribute it to different people whom I had come in contact with over my travels that had money troubles. The nice thing was having a friend who was very good at finding 'cough' clients who would buy what I was selling. His name was Docks Credence." said Jak.

"Wow. You've run across a lot of interesting people, haven't you?" said Melfina.

"Yeah, but there is one guy who I still owe, he was the same one who gave me the mission to find you and join in order to help out. That would give him more time to worry about finding the head of the experiments. He helped me out of that prison and is currently tracking the one who began to experiments and myself and others." said Jak.

"Okay, who was he?" asked Aisha.

"Dorian Clan Clan." was his reply.

"Wait, my father…?" asked Aisha. Her voice had gone down to a squeak at this point.

"Um hm. He helped get me out of that damned base and gave me the names of the people who had knowledge of recreating the experiment. The list was short so I was finished in about half a month and then got off and made my way toward Blue Heaven. During that time, though, some private party put that bounty on my head and made it a high-class thing so for half a year only those bounty hunters of high quality could get the information and try to track me down. My first indication of the bounty was when that crazed son of a bitch Kurkland fired right into a crowd on Blue Heaven. And, in order to keep the shot from damaging the outer layer of the colony, I took a bullet in the gut. And he's been after me ever since." said Jak.

"But, why did my father help you, why not someone else? And why help at all?" asked Aisha.

"Because they brought him in to show them the fruits of their labor, to show them their breed of super soldier that could be sacrificed instead of their proud race. He looked to be interested in order to gain more information about it. But, he found out about something else. What they had brought him into before was a project code-named 'Drive'. But, he found out about the other one, the one I was in, Project Alpha. I was the only one there in the project that was able to make it through the experiments. Everyone else ended up dying and being thrown into the incinerator like simple trash. So, he got me out, gave me the list, and took care of the files. He also ended up exposing the ones from Project 'Drive'. But, he was nice enough to not tell anyone about Alpha so that I might get a chance to take out the guy who started the whole thing when he found him." said Jak.

"Interesting story, so is there anything else we should know?" asked Gene.

"Not unless you have questions." said Jak somewhat dismissively.

No-one said anything.

"Okay, so I have one thing to ask. Where am I going to sleep?" asked Jak.

Jak looked around at the OLS crew's new digs. After getting back to Sentinal III Gene had bought a new place about two years after. It was big and looked a lot like the one they had one Heiphong. It was bigger with different rooms and a backyard to it.

"Whoah, who said anything about that, and who said you were joining for that matter?" asked Gene.

"Well, you've seen what I can do, and you know I can help you bring in the bigger bounties when you need it, so if I were to stay it would be in your best interest." said Jak.

"He has a point Gene." said Jim.

"He's right, not many have what it takes to dodge my fists like he did. So, all in favor say aye." said Aisha.

Jim, Mel, Suzuaka, and Aisha all replied with aye. Gene looked like he had just been beaten down and betrayed.

"Alright, alright, apparently it's unanimous. Jak welcome to the crew of the Outlaw Star." said Gene.

With that they shook hands and the deal was sealed.

A\N: Okay, I know this is short, but I'm not in much to write at the moment. I have to update my stories and finish with my summer reading for school before it gets back in, along with other chores around here. The whole thing just nags at me. That's how I know when it's time to update. When I end up making myself feel like I have a big mouthed wife looming over me who just won't shut up, sorry, rambling again. Well, 4-6-4-9.