Here we are with another chapter. Zeke is now on Jak and Daxter's world and Chester is no where to be found. Unfortunately Zeke has been captured by Marauders and has now become a slave. We begin this new chapter with Zeke working while being supervised by Marauders and has only a little time to think. There's still no turning back.
Chapter 2: Joining 2 gangsZeke struggled to move the large rock. It was getting dark, and he would make his move soon. The Marauders had taken his bookbag away and cleaned the bullet holes in him. But as soon as he recovered he was put to work as a slave. They hardly took notice of his small ears. One part that Chester left out was that everybody here had huge pointy ears. How long was it… 2 days? Oh well once it was completely dark he would make his move. A whip smacked his back and he looked back and glared at the man who did it. " That's the one, that's the target." Zeke thought. His clothes looked about his size…
Sometime at night…Zeke broke the lock on his cell. The other slaves looked at him.
" What do you think your doing?" an old man asked.
" I'm going to get a new pair of clothes. Escape would be your best option. But don't get caught or they'll raise the alarm and I'll have a harder time." Zeke said.
Zeke kept to the shadows. He got a glance at the man who whipped him, and saw where he rested for the night when he walked away. Zeke moved closer tot he tent. He heard snoring… about 3 men in there, maybe. Zeke crept in. Yeah, there were 3 guys. This would complicate things. Zeke looked around and saw a pile of clothes next to the guy who he had targeted. He had meant to knock him out and take the clothes and finish him off but with these guys here they might suspect something from the new guy. The clothes would do. Zeke grabbed them and stomped on the guy's head and snuck out of the tent quickly. The guy took a while to scream because he had to wake up and piece together the pain. Zeke snickered and put on the clothes. The sleeves hung off his arms and the pants were a little baggy but it fit.
" What the heck…"
" ARGHH! My head!"
" Shut up you idiot! Why did ya have to scream" They all started to argue.
Zeke decided he should walk in and see if this would work.
" What is going on? You guys are gonna wake the whole camp up and who knows what the big guy will do to you." Zeke said.
The Marauders looked at him and frowned and raised an eyebrow.
" Who are you? Ain't seen you around here." one said.
" Did you ever hear the word new guy?" Zeke said and pointed at himself.
" I didn't hear anything about recruits"
" A lot things here doesn't get around because no one takes time to pass the info around. I've been here long enough to know that."
" What are you doing up?"
" I'm been assigned on patrol. And I heard a yell that probably woke everyone up in a 10-mile radius and investigated. Everything better be sorted out soon." Zeke said and left the tent. He might have overdone but they bought it. Everything was going according to plan.
Noon the next day…Every Marauder was being assembled and moved out. Zeke stole a 2 bandanna's from his friend who had the clothes and had one on his head and one covering his mouth and nose. Classic desert rider style. Nobody questioned him, no one bothered him. It was perfect. Zeke had heard that they were about to attack Spargus City. Also that their enemies, Jak and Daxter, were most definitely going to have to defend it. A perfect chance to take them down. Zeke remembered Jak and Daxter from Chester's words, " Bunch of crazy guys those two. You would obviously fit in with them."
" What's that supposed to mean?" Zeke had replied.
Zeke smiled. Where was Chester now? Somewhere on the planet, he knew that but he didn't have a clue where. Best thing to do was to find Jak and Daxter. That's what Chester would have done and ho knows, he could either be there with them now or on his way. Zeke saw a nice knife and a pistol on the belt of a marauder and decided to take them, he then began to make a plan in his head. It was VERY risky, but necessary. He couldn't think of anything else to do.
At the gates of Spargus City...
The gates were metal and it seemed they would need a lot of firepower to break it open. That's exactly what they were gonna do. They had brought catapults and a lot of cars to take the wall down and storm the city. The main target, however, was Jak. Zeke caught a ride with a bunch of guys who needed another guy to fill the turret at the back and none of them were good shots. Zeke got off when they arrived and sat until the gates began to hiss open. Marauders jumped out of their vehicles and armed their weapons. There they were. Jak and Daxter. Jak walked calmly out with Daxter on his shoulder, and with a nice pair of pants, and Jak should the gun he had and it had a round red thing at the top, that Zeke guessed was the ammo clip. When Jak had walked far from the gates they closed and the marauders formed a circle around him.
" Sheesh. These guys don't give up do they?" Daxter said.
" Well, I like the exercise." Jak said.
The marauders attacked and Jak shot 4 away with a single shot. The blast from the gun astounded Zeke. This could change some of his plans. The battle had become fierce and Jak easily batted away many marauders. But there were a lot of them around and Jak was getting outnumbered. Zeke needed to make his move. He pushed his way to where he was almost in the circle when a he was knocked back. The people in front of him were obliterated when Jak shot them. Zeke needed to get one of those guns. Zeke got up and saw Jak firing at a marauder t his right. Daxter was wide open. Now or never. Zeke ran up to Jak and reached for Daxter. Daxter didn't see it coming and Zeke grabbed him by the arm and yanked him off Jak's shoulder. Jak turned and saw what had happened he held his gun in one hand and swung at Zeke with his other. Jak's fist caught Zeke on the cheek and he stumbled back but kept his grip on Daxter. While he stumbled he reached for the knife on his belt. A second later he held Daxter up with the knife at his throat.
" I'm really gonna hate this later." Zeke thought.
Everyone froze. No one would have dared try to do what Zeke had done. Zeke whispered something in Daxter's ear and Daxter ears twitched and he changed faces from scared to death to not so scared as before.
" Drop the gun Jak." Zeke said calmly.
The gun stayed in place.
" Drop it." Zeke repeated.
The gun lowered… and fell on the ground. Zeke's bandanna on his head had fallen off when Jak hit him, but the one covering his mouth had slipped down a little. Everyone was surprised to see how young Zeke was. Finally a voice broke through " Well done my friend. You'll be well rewarded when we get back to camp." The voice said, who Zeke realized was the voice of the leader of this operation. Zeke winced and everyone saw it. Jak raised an eyebrow and Zeke looked at him and smiled. Zeke spun around and threw the knife at the leader. It stuck in his neck and he fell over. Zeke then pulled the pistol out of its holster and quickly fired 7 shots that hit their mark. Zeke handed Daxter back to Jak, who placed him back on his shoulder.
" Phew! Thought you were gonna kill me for a sec. Heh heh heh." Daxter said uneasily.
" Who are you" Jak asked.
" Names Zeke. Think you can take these guys Jak?" Zeke said.
" Not sure if you can. Not sure if I can trust you." Jak said.
"That's not gonna help either of us." Zeke said
And the marauders attacked.