Yay! I finally get to use Via! I'm very particular about it. V-uh. Say it with me. –laughs- Sorry, I'm hyper. See if you can tell during the chapter. Oh, thanks Corad and Bijoux, your reviews helped me a lot, and I quoted you later you'll if you read this.
"I'm sorry." A voice said, Jak looked up, the owner of the voice, a guard, right in front of his cell. She looked surprised. This took a moment to sink in. She? Why is this girl guarding my cell? She can't be any older than me! Her voice snapped Jak out of his thoughts. "For what their doing to you I mean."
She said, a little more quietly than before, as if embarrassed that she had been heard. The channeler would have laughed, but decided against it, and settled for a weak smile. "You can't speak, can you?"
The girl asked, Jak shook his head, he had the same weak smile on his face. "You're the first prisoner I've had to guard that hasn't tried to throttle me within the first twelve seconds I'd arrived."
She said with a nervous laugh. "Errol told me about it, what you did, it was amazing. I thought only the precursors could control eco." The elf in front of Jak sighed, as if remembering something pleasant. "He told me everything, except what their using on you. I don't mean what literally, I know its eco. I just mean the kind."
This guard seemed genuinely concerned. She looked almost frightened as she asked about the eco experiments, as though she expected him to strike her.
"I heard some of the other prisoners are being tested on with red, blue or yellow eco. You look pretty bad…Sorry! I don't mean it that way. I mean it looks like they have it in for you. You're the one that has all five types, aren't you?" She flinched again. Jak smiled reassuringly, to show he wasn't mad. "Praxis thinks he's so high and mighty."
She snorted, "You'd think since he thinks he's so superior to everybody's strength he'd experiment on himself." This comment caused Jak's smile to change, from a comforting smile to a friend, to an amused grin. (Thanks again for the inspiration Corad and Bijoux!) His new friend was beginning to sound like a more concerned, female Daxter. "If those idiots are trying to torture you, then they shouldn't be testing on you with green eco. Don't they even realize that heals wounds!"
She exclaimed, then seemed to realize something wrong with her outburst and quickly began speaking again. "Not that I would want to torture you." The guard added. "That's it!" She cried out, rummaging through the bag at her side. She produced something green, cubical, and glowing from the pack. The girl seized Jak's wrist and put the cube in his hand. "It's green eco. I figure, you need it more than I do."
Jak looked at it for a moment, then looked back at the guard. She made an exasperated sound, and pushed his hand back toward the channeler, and turned back around. "I never told you my name, did I?"
The girl asked, when Jak looked back at her, she was hitting her helmet with the palm of her hand, creating a strange 'thunk' every time the two made contact. "I'm Via. But I'll never know your name eh?"
The elf we now know as Via said, looking up at the ceiling. It was now, that Jak realized it was night, and it was difficult to see. But he did his best to observe his new friend, she had a ponytail protruding from her helmet. Her hair was a vibrant blue, not all that common. Via turned around just as Jak was wondering what color her eyes were. Unfortunately, her face was obscured by a violet visor attached to her helmet. He made a series of complicated gestures, that would equate to asking her to take her helmet off. While Via was trying to figure this out, Jak took a closer look at her armor, it was red, like the other guard's, but there was a goldenrod coloring every here and there. Finally after a few seconds, during which, the KG looked completely baffled, Jak stood up, trembling slightly, and tapped on her helmet. "Sit. Then I'll take my helmet off."
Via said, finally getting the message. "But if you're trying to figure out my eye color most people just call it green." As she was saying this, Jak had noticed that her hair was bi-colored. Blue and green. Via seemed to notice where his gaze had wandered. "You shouldn't look so surprised." She advised, "I see you have bi-colored hair too." The guard commented, placing her helmet back on her head. Jak took note that it seemed to scrape one ear, that ear looked quite a bit redder than the other. "Don't worry."
She said after a little while. "I'll help you get out of here, into the fresh air. Back where you belong, with your friends and family." Via appeared to be considering her words, and went back to correct herself. "As fresh as the air is." She finally added. Jak would've laughed, but he was mute. Perhaps this wasn't going to be all bad.
WOO! Could anyone tell I was hyper? Well...I think it's longer... I'll try to make the chapters longer after this...speaking of chapters, REVIEW PLEASE!