Discalimer: Colle, Zack, and other OC's mine; Jak, Daxter, and other non-OC's are Naughty Dog's.
Sushi: I'd like to thank eskimo'sRsxy for the push I needed to get where I needed to go in the planing stages of this story. Your idea was very helpful, thanks! Although they won't be returning technically for the danger in Haven...and I know no one else will have a clue what I just meant...so...you'll just have to read to find out won't you? And thanks again to Eight-and-a-halph-tails...(who was once Darkshipposhadowfox) for the use of your gun mods...(it's storming here now, really bad...I hope the power doesn't go out) I hope you guys are happy now...I stayed up just so I would finish this chapter...if it looks odd or you don't understand something, just let me know I sort of finished the ending before the rest of it...
Just as a warning...I don't think this chapter was written too well compaired to my others. I'm trying to force my writer's block out of my system...Just don't forget to tell me what's bad, good, or what can change...I'll try to modify all the mistakes and repost both Two Sides to Everything and this one. So, your input is greatly needed.
Chapter 6: Not the Only Way Home
"That's incredible..." Torn picked up one of the new eco gun mods that Tess had designed for the morph gun. Naturally she was the designer, seeing as how it would take almost a week to make half of the thing with her tiny ottsel paws.
"You atcually killed those things..." The FL commander looked up from the Plasmitic Shredder. Before him stood the victorious squad of soldiers. Each with their own look of thrill and excitement over what they had acomplished. They had found the enimie's weakness. But something was still digging at the back of Torn's mind. Can it really be this simple?
"Yes, but we were lucky." Zack continued even though Tome glared at him. He was going to destroy the troops good humor. Mar only knows that it had been a while since any of them felt like having a good time.
"How so?" Torn rased an eyebrow, eager to know what he had found out.
"The Dusk-ravs we fought last night were of red eco. The guns used blue. That means blue eco will destroy red eco...or at least stop it in its tracks." He added after remembering what Vin had told him and Tome; 'Eco can't be destroyed. It's like matter...' "We fought a form of the Dusk-rav we have never seen before. That means the others won't be affected by this weapon. We'll need others...and the right eco."
"I understand. Fortunatly, Tess has already brought over the other gun modification barrels. Each requires different eco. There are two, however, that you arenot to use. If you did, then you'd more than likely find yourself in a very uncomfortable posistion. Most likely dead..."
"Then why were they created?"
"They were created for Jak. With his eco abilities, the guns would be harmless to him, but only to an extent. Colle also may be able to use them. With her powers in controling eco, it may be just as easy for her as it is for Jak." Torn held out the gun to Zack and dismissed the soldiers to get some rest before the next battle.
"Jak. Hey, Jak." Colle was gently shaking her husband. He had fallen to sleep as soon as his head had hit the pillow. "Jak, wake up."
"Hn..." He rolled over ignoring her.
"Jak, it's important. Seem's waiting to speak with you." Colle pulled the covers from the bed kmowing he wouldn't be able to sleep without them.
"Fine, I'm up. What does she want?" Jak followed Colle past the curtain and over to the holo. unit infront of the balcony's exit.
"Your Majesty, I know you face grave perial, but there is something of great importance that we must discuss." The monk leader spoke as soon as he arived. The ergancy of the matter reflecing in her voice.
"What is it?" Spargus, which had also been attacked by the Dusk-ravs, were in just as much danger as they were. Even the citizens that had learned to face the harshness of the desert had many difficulties surviving againdt this new enemy. The Monk Temple was about one of the safest refuges you could find, but getting there was the dangerous part.
"You are needed here. Both you and Mrs. Colle are needed." Seem looked to both in turn and the spoke agian. "There is something that even the wonderous Precursors themselves did not foresee. And it could very well end with our worlds falling into distruction."
"Our 'worlds'?" Colle looked confusedly to the monk leader.
"Yes. Your world is also indanger once again, but from a different force that it has never seen...only this world has faced their terror...It's hard to imagine they were defeated by a mere child all those years ago. The child you once were." Seem looked Jak in the eye.
"Gol and Maya..." The dark warrior spoke disbelievingly. How can this be possible? They were killed...weren't they?
"What do you mean you have to leave?" Torn wasn't too thrilled to hear that two of the cities strongest fighters were leaving...not only that, but they were the rulers. What would the citizens think once they found out their king and queen had gone?
"That's exactly what I mean. Seem told us we were needed at the Temple." Jak had prepared to be gone three days. One to get there, one to be at the temple, and one for the return trip. How much could happen in three days?
"Fine." Torn brought Jak and Colle into the weapons' store room. "If you're going out into the Wastelands, then you'll need something more than the regular morph gun. There's a whole different breed of the Dusk-ravs from what I've heard. You may want to bring a few soldiers along with you."
"No. We're meeting up with Sig once we arrive in Spargus. The fewer there are, the faster we can travel."
"Alright then...here, take these..." Torn handed two new gun mods to both Jak and Colle. The Leagonar Drone and the Disruptor Cannon. The L.D. was red eco while the D.C. was yellow eco. It was still unsure as to which Dusk-rav was weak against which type of eco. "You'll need them."
The sun wasbegining to setas Jak and Colle made their was toward the desert city. With the threat of a Dusk-rav attack, the transport had ceased to opperate. It was used only in emergancies. The journey took almost two hours. The pilot flew cautiously. Like the old Wastelander Metal Heads, the Dusk-ravs had also learned to adapt to the deserts harsh conditions. And with the hour of attack drawing nearer, the transports inhabitants needed to alert. Sig was waiting in the garage upon their arrival.
"Glad to see you made it in one piece." The Wastelander clapped both Jak and Colle on the back.
"Yea, it's getting harder to go anywhere these days." Colle smiled up at the king of Spargus. "Lucky for us we have a secret weapon." She pointed to the morph gun on her back.
Sig tried to get a better look at what to him looked like a regular morph gun. He was stopped by Jak.
"I think we should head for the palace. It's almost time." Jak took the gun from his back and readied it with ammo. The palace was a fair distance when you had to walk. He was doubtful they would make it before sundown. After all, the sun had begun to set shortly after they left Haven.
"Alright then, but just to warn ya: you're not gonna like what ya see." Sig didn't like having to walk out into the streets of his city and see the bodies of his people lying scattered everywhere. He know Jak wouldn't like it either. They were his father's people and many of them he had learned to get along with during his visits.
Jak merely nodded and waited for Colle to ready herself before following his old friend through the large doors that closed off Spargus from the cruel winds of the wastelands. What he saw after passing through the threshold, made him think of the first days the Dusk-ravs had attacked his city.
Blood was everywhere. It covered the walls of homes and stone streets. Bodies were strewn across the walkway looking as if they had only been a play thing. Here in Spargus, the citizens had learned to survive on their own. They had fought for their right to live in the desert city. But even they couldn't survive for long against these evil creatures.
A scraping of claws came to the companies ears as the neared the palace. Each froze in turn and held out their weapon ready for any sudden attack. Slowly, they eased toward the door leading to the elevator.
From the shadows came a blurr of motion. So fast was this attack, that Jak wasn't sure anything had happened until he felt the pain in his left shoulder. Taking a look around him, he saw nothing. There wasn't a single trace of his attacker. Three seconds later, the scraping came agian. Jak and the others were almost to the door. Now they needed for them to open.
The blurr came in agian, but Jak was prepared this time and his relexes showed this. Jak open fired with the Disrupter Cannon. There was one thing he had meant to ask Torn and that was what did each model do. Sure he had the gun mods, but what did they do? He didn't want to be caught out in the open with a useless attack...much like he was now. All the cannon seemed to do was jolt the Dusk-rav to a sudden stop. Though not exactly how he had planed it to work out, this gave the three of them ample time to retreat into the safety of the palace's walls.
"So, I'm guessing you have more than just those speeders out there, huh?" Jak sat patcently waiting for Colle to finish bandaging his wound. The Dusk-rav hadn't caused but minor damage. What had amazed both himself and Colle, was the speed.
"I'm afraid so. Some of meaner and nastier than the ones you just meat.We're dieing out here Jak. What's left of the people are either residing here of have left the city altogether hoping death in the wastelands won't be as cruel." Sig led them to the kitchens so they could eat what was left. "There isn't anyone left to fight. We've lost this one."
"That doesn't sound like the Sig I remember. What happened to fighting until the last msn standing?" Colle took a sip of water to moisten her dry mouth and throat.
"I've gotten older. Ten years older." Sig laughed to himself. "I'm an old man..."
"The day you become an old man is the day Daxter stops wearing pants." Jak shook his head.
"Okay, guys. We need to get some rest if we're leaving first thing in the morning." Colle and Jak said good night to Sig as they headed of to their own room.
"I don't like this, Jak. I feel like i should be out there fighting, like we do in Haven, not in here sleeping." She climbed into bed and placed her head on the pillow.
"I know what you mean, but we need to in order to make it to the temple without an attack. Once we know what's going on, I'm sure everything will be okay. Lets' just hope everything will be fine when we get back."
For the first time in months, the two elves slept in the darkness of the night.
"Yes. The Dark Sage, Gol Akiron, has resurfaced. I'm afraid he won't be as easy to defeat as he was the last time the two of you faced off. The many life times he spent in the dark eco changed him...in many different ways..." The Precursor Leader had been waiting for their arrival. He had news to tell them that they weren't bound to enjoy.
"There's more..." Colle could since that the Ottsel Leader was keeping something from them. Something important.
"Yes, I'm afraid." The Precursor Leader took a deep breath and prepared himself. "There is another portal. I'm surprised myself that is was not discovered sooner, but that can no longer be helped."
"Where's this portal lead?" The Wastelander king spoke up. It only meant more danger along with a possible new threat. One that had apearently been beaten before. What is it with no one staying dead around here?
"The protal leads to your world." The Leader turned once again to Colle.
"I thought you said there was only one way to get back. I told you I didn't want it...I wanted to stay here." Colle wasn't sure what to think. The Precursors were the ones the create the portols, so how were they unaware of this one? Better yet, why would Gol want to go to her world?
"He's been gone for nearly ten years now." The elder spoke reluctantly.
"You mean, he's been in her world for the past ten years and you're just now telling us?" It was Jak's turn.
"Well...we...thought that he might have...changed..." The Leader looked stupidly at the ground.
"Changed! Yeah, that's possible...along with Kleiver going on a diet!" Jak started walking around waiting for another bomb to be dropped on them. And it did come...just not at that moment.
"I thought, he might have been driven insane from being isoladed so long. You know, become harmless..."
"Crazy people do crazy things, and it's far from harmless." Colle grabbed onto Jak's arm to make him stand still.
"Yes, I see that now. I just wish I hadn't over looked it." The Precursor Leader sighed and told them the last bit of bad news. "Gol has invaded your world, my dear. He is the one that created those beasts you call Dusk-ravs. As you found out, they are made of pure eco. Gol Akiron is a brillant elf. However, he has almost succeded in erasing two worlds clean of any living creature...don't think that Haven and Spargus are the only ones out here. There are many, but too far apart. They too face their own chalanges with this threat."
"Where is this portal?" Colle knew what needed to be done and aperantly Jak was thinking along the same lines. He looked to the ottsel not two feet away from him.
"It lies in a secluded part of the mountains about a two days journey from Haven heading east." The Ottsel Leader made movements as if to say he was ready to leave. "Before I depart, I do have a bit of advice...Blue is Red, Red is Yellow, Yellow is Blue, and of course Light and Dark are eachother. I'm sure you'll learn more as time goes on. Farwell." The Precursor Leader disapeared instantly leaving Sig, Colle, and Jak to their thoughts.
Sushi: Hope you liked it! So all you need to do now is click the box and review. It won't bite, I promise...at least I don't think it will...hmmm, maybe that's why so many people aren't reviewing? I'll have to talk to someone about getting the button replaced...one that doesn't bite...
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Sushi: Isn't he just so cute? And he's only about three inches tall! It makes him even cuter!Before I forget, I'm changing my name and e-mail address. No more Sushi-chan... Thank you eskimo'sRsxy and Eight-and-a-halph-tails. (bedtime now...)Well, please review, but don't get bitten...