Disclaimer: I don't own Jak 2 or 3 or any of the characters except for Trista. Naughty dog does.
Chapter One.
Everywhere around me there was screaming. Krimzon guards were trying to get some of the people through the gate as the metal heads swarmed through the city. I ran up to a pipe hanging from the roof of a demolished home and climbed it swiftly, I knew height was my only ally. I watched warily as the chaos ensued around me, and I tried to make sense of everything that was going on. One thing was for sure, I had to get through the gate before they closed it. I ran swiftly along rooftops, praying that none of the support beneath me would shift or break, which would send me plummeting to my death. As I approached the gate, I saw one of the commanders arguing with someone on his transmitter, and I took a moment to listen.
"But Sir! We haven't been able to evacuate everyone yet!" He yelled into the transmitter, while firing a blast at a metal head that had sprung out of a pile of rubble nearby.
"Do not argue with me Torn! In two minutes, I want that gate to close, and anyone who isn't through it will have to fend for themselves!" That voice was familiar. It was Baron Praxis, and I was sure that he wasn't thinking about the people, he was thinking about himself. The city really had gone downhill for the past years since the old baron was killed. I shook it off and watched Torn argue with another guard.
"Dammit Errol, I don't care! We need to keep the gate open!" Torn yelled at the guard, but Errol was already about to close the gate. I shook myself back into reality and hopped over the small space separating me from the gate, and into the city. Errol and other guards followed, and I hid inside a dark corner, watching as two guards pulled Torn in before the gate closed. Torn flung himself at the gate and pounded on it with his fists, yelling and cursing at Errol to reopen it. I shrugged sadly as I watched, because I knew that the gate would never open again, not as long as there were still metal heads.
Soon, without the guards protecting them, the people's dying screams rose louder. I tried to cover my ears to block out the pleading, and the crying, but it didn't work. The guards dragged Torn away and headed down a street leading to the palace, and I just remained motionless as the screams echoed inside my head. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I whipped around, ready to fight off whoever it was. I stopped when I saw my friend, Jinx, standing there. He was bleeding and out of breath.
"Jinx! You're ok! I was so worried. What about Tess? Did she make it?" I asked, fearing the answer. He nodded and smiled slightly at me. I looked at the gate one more time and then turned back to him.
"Lets go." I gripped his hand and walked away with him, refusing to look behind me one last time.
"It's not right! They didn't deserve that!" Jinx put out his cigar and slammed his fist on the table, and Tess jumped slightly at the sound. I slid a comforting arm around her shoulders and gave Jinx a look that plainly said to stop, and he just glowered softly at me.
"Trista. Our parents. Our friends." Tess whispered sadly, and I looked down. Tess and I were cousins. We lived right next door to each other. And it didn't look like anyone else we cared about made it.
"We have to do something. The baron has to be stopped. He left all those people to die!" The anger in my voice was apparent, and the two just looked at me sadly. I looked back at them, trying to rid myself of the sadness and anger that I felt flooding through me.
"Excuse me." I looked up and into the face of Torn, but he wasn't wearing his Krimzon guard uniform.
"You're Torn, I saw you at the gate." I said, and he nodded. I thought about attacking him, but I thought maybe that I should hear him out.
"If you are serious about bringing the baron down, there's an underground group that is forming. Our leader, the shadow, is bringing in new recruits every day." Torn said. I looked at him, not really trusting him too much but I had heard him try to get the other guards to reopen the gate. I looked at Tess and Jinx, and after a moment they nodded, and I looked back at Torn.
"We're in."
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