Chapter 3: The Darkness within Jak
After a few minutes of using the Morph Gun, Jak, Daxter and Zoey head into the Hip Hog Saloon. Zoey never like Krew, he's pure evil. "Excellent shooting, Jak! You and that friend of yours are quite handy with those guns. Ever thought about being Wastelanders, mmmm?" Krew asked. "Can't say that I have." Jak replied. "Wastelanders find items outside the city walls, 'ey. Any artifact or weapon worth having come comes through MY hands. Work for me and I'll throw you some of the sweeter items your way, hmm." Krew offered with a wicked grin. "Kill Metal Heads. Get new toys? Sounds good to me." Jak accepted. "Slow down, Jak and the fat man; you two had better run that by me again, 'cause there's NO WAY I'm going outside the city to face more Metal Heads!" Daxter protested. "Sig will show you the ropes." Krew said as he flew away to the side, leaving Sig to approach the trio. "So YOU wanna be Wastelanders, huh doughboys and girl? Well we'll see what you're made of when we get out in the thick. Krew wants some new trophies to put butts in chairs at the Hip Hog. So I'm gonna bag him five nasty Metal Heads at the Pumping Station." Sig said.
Daxter gulps at this point.
"Don't wet your fur, chili pepper, cause we're rolling with the Peace Maker!" Sig assured him while showing the trio a staff-like weapon with a bright yellow light on top of it.
"Woooooh, I need one of those! Where'd you get it?" Daxter asked in curiosity while he stares at the Peach Maker in amazement. "Don't ask. Sig needs someone to watch his back while he tracks the Metal Heads, 'ey?" Krew said. "We'll meet at the Pumping Station. Listen Cherries, don't you leave me dangling in the wind out there!" Sig told them. "Let's do it." Jak said.
When the trio head outside, Daxter was the first to speak. "Jak, are you nuts! I don't want to hunt more Metal Heads!" Daxter shouted. "Relax Daxter; we have to do this job, besides it's the only way to get to the Baron." Jak assured him. "I agree with Jak. We have to do this job." Zoey agreed. "Alright…" Daxter said in defeat. When the trio got on a Zoomer, they followed the radar to the Pumping Station. They head inside the gate, once exiting the gate; they saw Sig waiting for them.
"Hello cherries..." Sig smiled as he cocked his Peace Maker. Daxter smiled as well. "Stay close, and watch my six... Its gonna be fun." Sig ran off and attacked a few Metal Heads that patrolled the beach. The number of Metal Heads had quadrupled from the game. There were at least 12 of the Juice Goons, and 8 Snorkle Tooths. There were never this many enemies in her game.
'Has the game become harder because of my presence?' Zoey thought to her self as she loaded up her Scatter Gun. 'We can't beat this many Metal Heads!' Jak hissed in his thoughts. 'I can…' Came a dark voice in the back of his head. 'No! Not now, I don't have time to deal with you!' Jak replied as he growled to himself out loud. "Let's go…" He ran out of the bushes and began killing Metal Head after Metal Head. Zoey looked at him in worried, but shook it off as she followed and used her Scatter Gun to kill a few Metal Heads.
Jak took out a few Metal Heads with his moves from his last adventure.
Sig killed the majority of them, littering the sandy beach in bleeding corpses. Blood, body parts, and orbs of concentrated Dark Eco covered the sand, turning it many shades of red and purple.
All 3 climbed up onto the platform above, only to find many monsters. They were toasted in a matter of seconds by Sig and his kick ass Peace Maker.
"Stay behind me while I toast that tank!" Sig yelled as he charged up the bad boy again for another shot. He let go of the trigger and the orb of electricity flew towards the tank, causing it to implode on impact.
Daxter stood on the ground, almost getting hit by a few sheets of metal from the tank.
"One of you get up there and toast those bad boys up ahead!" Sig pointed a group of 6, instead of 2, Juice Goons. They died quickly due to Jak's quick thinking of knocking them into the water. Many Metal Heads cant swim, so just drown them. All the while Jak had been slowly collecting Skull Gems. Jak has 24. One more and he'll have the powerful Dark Bomb, his first Dark Power. Mini-Mew was cheering the heroes on from the safety of Zoey's bag.
Wow... you two can fight!" Sig smiled his usual cool smile. They rounded a corner and stopped. "There's the first one..." Sig pointed up. Above them on a small cliff was a Crab Head. Large gleaming fangs, spikes for feet, and yellow eyes that pierced the darkness of the night. It growled as it looked down at them.
"Keep the other creatures back while I charge up the Peace Maker!" Sig crouched to his knees, readying another shot from his Peacemaker.
As if the other monsters were waiting for their cue, they started to leap up onto the cold steel. They hissed and growled as Jak and Zoey took care of them. It was easy, considering there were two of them taking care of business.
Sig was finally ready and released the trigger, firing the ball of energy towards the Crab Head. The Metal Head froze in its tracks as the electricity passed through its body, making it fall into the clear waters below.
Sig laughed as he gave the Metal Head a thumbs down. "Lets find the other ones and get out of here!"
"I agree..." Daxter piped up. It was amazing he hadn't said anything in such a long time.
They ran down a small ramp leading away from the platform and onto the sands of the beach once more. Metal Heads, Snorkle Tooths, and Goobers prowled the area, searching here and there for a bite to eat. Zoey accidentally step on a trig from a palm tree, she sweat dropped as the crack alerted the entire horde of monsters of their existence. They all hissed with happiness as they made a dash for the 4 delicious looking beings that stood before them.
Jak put his gun to his shoulder and fired, immediately taking out many of the goobers. He felt the dark voice telling him to use his dark powers. It had started out like a small headache, and then swelled to a migraine. He fell to the sand below, clutching his head and screaming in pain.
"Jak, are you okay!" Daxter yelled as he jumped off of his friends shoulder.
"Run..." he whispered as his eyes darkened. His skin paled and sharp claws grew in place of finger nails. Horns grew from grey hair as small volts of Dark Eco arched around Jak's body, singeing the ground around him. He has become his dark alter ego, Dark Jak.
Daxter's eyes widen in fear as he saw Jak transform into the murderous creature he saw when he went to rescue him from the Baron's fortress. Zoey grab Daxter by the scuff of his neck and threw him to Sig. "Sig! Run!" Zoey shouted. Sig was confused on what she is saying, but when he saw Dark Jak, he took Zoey's advice and ran off to whenever he could go.
Jak stood up, smiling evilly. He charged forward, fueled by rage and blood lust. His sharp claws sliced into fresh meat, tearing its way through the monsters' delicate skin. He continued to slash around, killing the Metal Heads and monsters in one fell swoop. He stood in the sand, covered in the blood of his prey, which lay dead on the ground. He smiled as he licked his claws. Spotting Zoey made him smile even wider and eviler. He ran towards her, claws extended for the kill, but Zoey transform into her Mew form and jumped away from his attack.
"Jak, stop!" Zoey yelled as she continued to avoid his enraged attacks. "Jak! Snap out of it!" Mini-Mew shouted. Zoey couldn't find anything that can calm him down, but except for one thing.
Jak just growled as he leapt for her once more. She avoided him, sending him flying into the rock wall behind her. His claws went into the rock, trapping him. Just like Zoey wanted. Jak tried to pull his claws out of the wall, but to no success. He couldn't pry his claws loose.
Zoey jumped into the air and tackled Jak, pinning him to a wall. She placed her lips onto his own, kissing him passionately.
His eyes widened in shock as he stopped growled in anger.
Zoey pulled away only to have Jak pass out right in front of her. The transformation must of taken a lot out of him. He changed back, no longer the murderous creature and freed from the wall. Zoey transformed back to her normal form.
"What in the world was that!" Sig asked as he walked up. Daxter stood on his shoulder. "I have NEVER seen anything like that!"
"You don't want to know..." She replied as she tried to wake Jak. She splashed a little bit of water on his face, hoping it would wake him. Luckily, it worked.
"What the hell happened?" Jak rubbed his head, trying to make the world stop spinning. He felt dizzy and light headed. "I feel like I was hit by a train..."
"Jak are you okay?" Zoey asked in a scared tone. Jak has lost complete control of himself. She was worried about him. Jak has been through pain and suffering for the past two years.
"Fine- I think..." Jak felt like puking. The smell of blood filled the air, choking him. He could still taste the irony metallic Dark Eco and the blood that his darker self licked from its claws. "Zoey?" Jak looked over at her in confusion. "Did you kiss me?" He asked in wonder.
Zoey blushed. "Well… it was the only way to get yourself back to normal." She said. Jak looked down to his hands, they were covered in blood.
"Thanks…" Jak said as Zoey helped him get up.
"Well, now that's over, we need to get the rest of these bad boys..." Sig threw his Peace Maker onto his shoulder and smiled.
Daxter was busy annoying Jak about his kiss with Zoey.
"So, Jak… Do you like her?" Daxter joked; Jak gave him a dirty look.
"Shut up, Daxter…" Jak whispered.
After two hours, the trio of heroes got the last Metal Head. Sig smiled over their success.
"BOOM! Home team 5, Metal Heads nothing. That was the last one. Tell Krew we got 'em all cooked and caned. I'm gonna clean Peace Maker and pick up the trophies. Ya did good, rookies." Sig said with a smile.
The trio of heroes head to the UG HQ without Sig. he stayed to collect the trophies, while the heroes went to the UG HQ to get a little sleep, and then head for Krew's place the next day.
To Be Continued…
A/N: So how's that? Pretty neat huh? Anyway, please review and vote for which anime shall appear in the fic!