The demolition Duo arrived at the palace, in due time. However, it was long after the dark eco creature had left. Jak paused by an alley and sniffed the air. Thanks to the Dark Eco, his senses were a great deal better than the average person's were.
Daxter stared at him strangely,"Whacha smelling tall dark and gruesome?"
Jak walked into the alley warily, "Blood." Jak's boots made a squishing sound on the blood that pooled around the body, and then he stopped suddenly as his boot hit something soft yet firm. Jak looked down and grimaced. Two years ago, he would have thrown up. Daxter, unlike Jak, didn't have a strong stomach and leapt off of Jak's shoulder to barf. Jak crouched down and examined the wounds on the corpse.
"This looks animalistic to me. Long claws, sharp teeth, very strong jaws..." He muttered to himself. The body was beyond mangled, bones broken by powerful jaws and teeth. He stood and looked up at the wall. It seemed like the thing leapt down. Then he saw the deep claw marks in the brick and cement which meant the creature went and climbed back up after it had finished killing the guard. Jak pulled the communicator off his belt and dialed in Torn.
"It better be good." Torn growled, he was obviously irritated about being disturbed.
Jak rolled his eyes, "Well, I found a body, but no creature." There was a silence before Torn spoke.
"See if you can-BY MAR!" There was the static from the radio that Torn usually kept on, then yells and someone yelling something garbled. "Jak! Get to the slums near Orchi's!" The communicator clicked off.
Jak commandeered a nearby zoomer and hit the gas. Daxter yelped and spat out some incoherent cuss word. Driving like a mad man, Jak avoided certain death by inches and sometimes less. As he drove, he ignored Daxter's screams of terror. It was nothing new for him. At the last moment, he leapt off the zoomer right before it blew up. He rolled and landed on his feet, quickly, he glanced around before hearing an angered roar and men yelling. As he ran, Jak drew his Morph Gun and headed towards the sound of combat.
What he saw as he came around the corner almost made him drop his gun. The creature that stood in the middle of the road was something out of nightmares. It was approximately seven feet tall, and covered with thick, black scales. Thorned horns curled out of its skull, spikes ran from the top of its head, down it's spine to its bladed tail. The tail blade was approximately two feet long and curved like a scythe. The claws, however, drew his eyes the most; they were just like his when he transformed into Dark Jak: a foot and a half long and perfectly capable of gutting someone. Another clue to what it was: the purple bolts of energy that struck around it.
Jak clutched the area on his chest where the Dark Eco had always struck him during the treatments and winced at the memory of the pain. Then he gritted his teeth in agony as the Dark Eco being within him struggled to get out. Slowly, but surely, the monster with in came out. The first change was his short nails turned black and lengthening to an insanely long length, to the point that they were daggers. His hair and skin paled to a deathly white color, black horns sprouted from his skull, more layers of muscle formed over his already well muscled frame, and finally, his pain filled dark blue eyes turned black with hatred and anger.
The creature's attention turned from the Krimson Guard to Dark. The KG decided to swiftly retreat; a wise choice, considering. The two Dark Beings circled each other, sizing the enemy up. Both lashed out at the air towards each other, trying to intimidate the other. Dark was never one to have much patience, he quickly lashed out and attacked first. The reptilian creature ducked down and head butted him, goring him through the stomach with its horns. Dark howled with fury and pain before he drove his claws into its sides, causing the creature to jerk back and howl in pain itself. With a powerful toss of its head, it threw him off its horns, and caused his claws to slide out of its sides. The creature snarled angrily before making a painful retreat, dripping dark echo blood as it went.
With a soft groan, Dark faded away, leaving a battered Jak to collapse to the ground. His wounds, a bit healed, were still severe. Pretty much everyone but a few Underground members, who had stayed to watch the fight, cleared the area a long time ago. The said members rushed towards Jak and helped him back to the hideout. There, the medic helped bandage Jak up who then rested on the rock hard bunk bed. Torn naturally, was not happy about all of it. However, he didn't say anything since he had been appeased with a description of the monster. Soon, the underground quieted down as a good number of the people retired to bed.
Daxter stared at Jak, "You've been quiet, how come?" Jak was quiet a few more moments before looking to Daxter.
"Before Dark took over, he was excited to meet another of his kind...A female one."
Daxter blinked almost stupidly for a moment. "You're saying that that...Thing was female!" Jak nodded tiredly. Daxter didn't seem happy.
"Well, whatever it is, maybe it's dead now."
Jak shook his head. "I don't know, look what I lived though. Heh. Besides, I don't want it dead now." Furrowing his furry eyebrows, Daxter leapt onto Jak's chest, causing Jak to wince in pain.
Daxter grabbed the collar of Jak's shirt, bellowing loudly. "Are you nuts!" A few people groaned at the outburst. Scattered 'shut up's could be heard from a few of the still awake members.
Exasperated, Jak shoved the orange ottsel off his chest. "Maybe I am, but I want to know more about it."
Daxter crossed his arms and scowled. "You must have smacked your head harder than I thought you did."
