Sushi-chan1363- Thanks again for the compliment, but I read your story, and mine pales in comparision. I try to make the Jak and Keira moments last, because I don't like the whole Jak and Ashelin thing thats going on. Well, sorry it took so long, I won't be updating as often, but hopefully I'll get in one update a week.
Red Mage 04- Hopefully, I can fill you in on the first game. The training level was left blank so you could imagine what happened. Hopefully you'll enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoy your writing.
Disclaimer: I know that I've said this before, but I don't own Jak. (not so much the name as the expression)
Return to Misty Island
Jak and Daxter quietly crept off the boat and made their way down the dock at Misty Island. Jak quickly scanned the area looking for any Lurkers. Relieved, he started walking around. In the distance, Jak could hear the sound of a cannon, just as Samos had said. Jak looked up and saw it was going to start raining. Sighing, he decided if he should go into a cave somewhere and wait it out, or go on. Staying in a cave would make it easier to get around, but on the other hand, if he were discovered, it would be easy to overwhelm him in a cave. If he went out and explored now, he would be able to use the infrared goggles Keira had given him, as well as see if the Eco Detector she had recently installed in them was working. Noticing Daxter had once again fallen asleep, Jak poked him with his hand over his mouth so Daxter wouldn't attract any unwanted attention. Daxter's eyes opened and he saw Jak pointing up at the sky and them motioning the mountain. Jak the put his finger to his lips and then pointed at the boat. Although Daxter was not accused of being intelligent, he knew enough to know Jak was saying "it's going to rain, I'm going to climb the mountain anyway. I want you to keep quiet and wait in the boat until I return."
Daxter shook his head and pried Jak's hand away from his mouth. "No way Jak. You and I are a team, and there's no way I'm going to let you go off on some damned foolish adventure and get yourself killed. Not without me at least," Daxter whispered. Jak nodded and then pulled his goggles over his eyes. He walk over to the mountain and started climbing. Jak prayed to the Precursors that he didn't cause a rockslide or any other kind of commotion. Once he took out the cannon, he was going to alert every Lurker on the island to his presence and would have to fight his way back to the boat. As he climbed, he noticed an Eco Alert going off on his goggles. Jak pushed a button above his left ear and scanned the area. Following his goggles, Jak walked into a cave that had a Blue Eco vent in the middle. Jak grinned; with the power of Blue Eco enhancing his speed, he would be able to reach the peak of the mountain in a little over half an hour. Jak walked over and stepped into the vent, feeling the power of the Eco flow through his body and enhancing his muscles. As his body started to relax, Jak heard a stone scatter and hit a wall. Jak stood still and closed his eyes, trying to pinpoint the sound. He heard a creature breathing, it sounded about fifty feet away, coming towards him from behind and the left. Jak waited for the creature to get within five feet. He noticed this Lurker was one of the more clever ones, usually they rushed right at their enemy. Jak smirked, had he been a little more unaware of his surroundings, he would have been easy prey.
He listened, and heard the Lurker stopped. He counted down from three. As he hit one, he leaped straight up into the air and landed right on the Lurker's head. He heard a sickening crunch and looked down. He saw the Lurker Scout lying dead with a bleeding, cracked skull. He went back to the Eco vent to charge up and then jumped up to the ceiling and pulled a rock off the ceiling. He dropped it on the Lurker and hoped it looked like an accident. He left the cave and continued climbing the mountain. After fifteen minutes, Jak heard a Lurker shriek in the distance that could only mean one thing; someone had found the Lurker and knew it was an outsider's handiwork. Looking down, he saw at least thirty Lurkers swarming up the mountain. Daxter shrieked and urged Jak to climb faster. As Jak reached the top of the mountain, he looked for a place to hide. To his left, he saw a Precursor door. He opened it with the small amount of Blue Eco left in his body and hurled himself in.
Standing up, Jak took in his surroundings. He saw he was in a stadium type room with a large door on the floor. The door was sealed shut, but had numerous blast marks on it. Jak looked up and saw a cannon. With a jolt of horror, Jak realized he had landed on a Precursor Dark Eco Silo. Suddenly, Jak became aware of scuttling sounds behind him. Turning around, he saw at least forty Lurkers climbing over the walls to get to him. As he prepared for battle, Jak thanked the Precursors that there were so many Lurkers, the cannon wouldn't be able to fire for fear of hitting one of its brethren. "It's an ambush Jak! It's an ambush!" Daxter shrieked as he threw himself into the backpack on Jak's back. Jak quickly took stock of the situation. He was alone against twenty-seven Scouts, thirteen Generals, and seven Worms. He was without Eco, and even if he managed to take out any Lurkers, as soon as the cannon had enough room, it would start firing at him again.
Jak smiled, but there was no trace of happiness on his face. If he went down, he was determined to make sure these Lurkers remembered him as a great fighter. As three Scouts attacked at once from different directions, Jak leaped into the air, spinning and kicking at the same time. All three fell to the ground, hugging broken ribs. As he landed, Jak rolled into a somersault and launched himself at a Worm. His shoulder slammed into its chest, and he heard it gasp for breath. Jak grabbed the tail and swung it around, sending the two Scouts and a General that had been foolish enough to charge him flying over the coliseum wall. As he swung the Worm, Jak guessed the other Lurkers would be smart enough to stay away from him as he swung the Worm, so he slammed the Worm into the ground, severing its spine. The Generals, now aware that their prey would not be as effortless to conquer as they had originally surmised, ordered their troops to surround Jak. Jak's goggles suddenly alerted him to the presence of Red Eco. Spinning around to find it, Jak couldn't see it through it through his goggles. Taking them off, Jak spotted the Eco blob floating behind the ring of Lurkers. Jak grinned, he had forgotten that each General had Red Eco encased in its armor. When he had shattered the chest of that one before with the Worm, he must have caused the Eco to spill out. Jak's grin quickly faded, in order to get to the Eco, he would have to fight his way through twenty Lurkers first, which were no longer underestimating his strength. Jak sighed and decided he would throw Daxter over the wall to safety. Just because Jak had to die didn't mean that his best friend had to as well. Jak put his hand behind his back, only to find that Daxter was missing. Panicking, Jak scanned the area for his friend, but could find no sign of him. The Lurkers noticed his distraction, and decided to strike. Jak quickly did a back flip, causing two Worms to become entangled. As he landed, Jak kicked out his legs, taking out two more Scouts. As his feet touched the ground, he dropped down and tripped a General. As it started to fall, Jak rose up and delivered a sidekick right to its ribs, causing the rib cage to shatter. Jak grabbed the Red Eco that had flowed out of the broken armor, and smiled; now he had the power to win this battle. Jak ran right at a trio of Worms, who were unprepared for what they considered to be a suicidal attack. As they charged, they found out what a bowling pin felt like after getting run over by a steamroller. As they fell, Jak rammed his shoulder into a Scout who knocked out two more as it went flying backwards. Jak continued mowing down Scouts; seven more had fallen before he felt the power of the Red Eco leave his body. Three Worms, who had been waiting for the opportunity, slithered out of the shadows and wrapped their bodies around Jak. He couldn't breathe, and was certain he heard a rib or two cracking. He wondered if Daxter would ever regain his old appearance, and if he would ever successfully ask Keira out. Just before he passed out from lack of air, Keira's smiling face surfaced in his mind. Jak's eyes snapped open: he would not fall to these monsters. He had to survive, he had to see Keira again, he had to hear her voice. Suddenly, Jak felt his body rippling with power. "Hey buddy, you looked like you could use a boost," a familiar voice said. Jak looked to his left, and there, sitting on his shoulder, was Daxter, wearing the biggest grin Jak had ever seen on his face. Jak grinned back, and then started forcing his arms away from his body. He grabbed all three Worms and started spinning them around his body again. As he spun, he released the Worms one at a time, so that they all went flying off in different directions. The worms bowled over a total of four Scouts and three Generals. Jak jumped ten feet into the air, and brought his feet down on a General's skull. As the body smashed into the ground, Jak caught its club. Jak turned around and hurled the club like a boomerang and was rewarded with the sight of half of the remaining Scouts falling. As luck would have it, the club impaled itself into another General, piercing its chest and pinning it to a wall. Jak ignored his injuries and picked up a General by its chest and then slammed it into the ground. Jak kept hold of the body and jumped into the air, launching the now unresisting body at the remaining Scouts. The remaining five Generals fell to Jak's incredible strength and martial arts talent with another minute.
Jak sighed, now that his adrenaline rush had worn off, he was exhausted. Jak's ears picked up the sound of something landing behind him. Spinning around, he saw nothing, but then he smelled smoke and looked down. Jak's eyes widened as he realized that in the heat of the battle, he had completely forgotten about the cannons, and was about to pay for it dearly. He grabbed Daxter and pulled him into a protective hug as he leapt away. Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough, and the bomb exploded too close to Jak. Jak was catapulted over the stadium walls, fell twenty feet, and crashed into the side if the mountain. He slid down, and fell two feet before landing on solid Precursor metal. Wearily, ignoring his protesting body, Jak rose to his feet and opened his eyes. Two wonderful sights met his eyes; a cache six Power Cells and a sorely needed Green Eco vent. Jak collapsed, as his legs no longer had the strength to support him. He crawled over to the vent, and let its restorative powers wash over him. Jak felt his injuries and fatigue leaving, as his strength returned. As Jak collected the Power Cells, Daxter noticed that they had been here before, this was where he had fallen into the vat pf Dark Eco and wound up as he was. He yelped and scampered to Jak. "Jak, if you bring me within ten feet of that pool of gooey Eco again, I will personally guarantee that you and Keira a never have kids." Daxter growled. Jak just shook his head, he had absolutely no idea what Daxter was talking about, but as his mind settled on Keira, all his worries and anxieties about his mission melted away. Jak remembered how clearly her face had appeared in his mind when he was about to die. Jak was confused, why did he become so powerful with his desire to be with her again? Shaking his head, Jak remembered he had somehow channeled Red Eco without going near any, a definite first for him. He threw Daxter a look that plainly asked how he had managed that feat, and Daxter replied, "Well, I saw that you were in a jam, so I decided to help you out. I carried the Red Eco to you, and then you absorbed it." Jak nodded his thanks, and thanked the Precursors that Daxter had been there. Jak noticed a staircase, following it with his eyes, he saw it led straight to the cannons. Jak smiled and started climbing.
Five minutes, Jak reached the summit. He looked around, and saw there were four cannons firing on the Silos. Jak prayed no Lurkers were around or spotted him as he crept towards the Lurker manning the nearest cannon. He covered the mouth of the Lurker and snapped its neck. Jak realized it would be easier to simply use this cannon to destroy the others than attacking them one at a time. Jak carefully aimed at the cannon to his left and fired. He was rewarded with the sight of the cannon exploding. He repeated the process for the cannon opposite him. As he aimed at the cannon to his right, Jak noticed a bomb heading for him. Jak quickly aimed, fired, and then jumped backwards and rolled away from the mighty explosion that soon rocked the mountaintop. Jak stood up and looked with satisfaction at the mess he had made. He sent Daxter to find the Power Cells that were in the three other cannons after finding the one in the cannon he was manning. Daxter complied without arguing when he remembered all Jak had done so far to help him out. While Daxter was out looking for the Power Cells, Jak sat down and rested. Just as Daxter returned, Jak's communicator, yet another nifty and useful invention Keira had given him, went off. Jak took it out and pressed a button to turn it on. "Good job boys! Now that the Lurkers can't use their cannons to open the Silos, they can't flood the world with Dark Eco, and cause untold damage. Wipe that ridiculous grin off your face Daxter, because I no your grinning like an idiot." Daxter frowned at his and turned around, his nose high in the air. "Anyway, don't come back to Sandover yet boys, Keira wants to talk to you."
"Hey guys," Keira's light, bubbly voice came over the communicator.
"Hey baby. Too bad you weren't here. I took out fifty Lurkers single-handed. S, what do you think of me now baby?" Daxter exclaimed as he grabbed the communicator. He began giving Keira a play-by-play report of how "he" had defeated the Lurkers. Jak rolled his eyes.
"That's awesome Daxter! But why did it look like that was what Jak did when I watched the fight through daddy's telescope?" Keira replied, sarcasm practically oozing out of the communicator. Jak smirked as Daxter was shot down for the second time that day. "Jak," at this point, Jak started paying attention to what Keira was saying, rather than just listening to what he considered to be the music that was her voice. "I figured out hoe to use the Precursor Trans-Pads to teleport our Zoomer. There's one on Misty Island, by the black lake. I want you to take out all the Lurker boats that you can. They've been harassing our fishers lately. And whatever you do, don't fall into the water, there seems to be a high concentration of Lurker Sharks in that lake." Jak nodded and Daxter gave his non-verbal confirmation words. Jak took the stairs to the vat of Dark Eco, and followed the path to the lake. Once there, Jak sat down and ate the lunch Keira had given him, splitting half with Daxter.
After finishing the meal, Jak activated the communicator and had Daxter tell Keira to send the Zoomer over. "Oh Jak, I forgot to tell you, I upgraded your Zoomer to hold enough Yellow Eco for ten shots. After that, you'll need to recharge."
"Oh yea, we are rockin' now!" Daxter said with a grin. Jak nodded and headed towards the nearest blip on his radar. As he neared the boat, Jak locked onto it with the aiming screen and fired. An explosion rocked the water, and the three remaining boats rushed after him. Jak slowed down and allowed one boat to get close. Right before it rammed him, Jak activated the vertical thrusters and did a flip in the air. As his crosshairs locked onto the boat, Jak fired and saw the boat explode. The other two ships came at angles from behind. Jak let them get close, and then launched his reverse engines, causing the two ships to collide. While they tried to get loose, Jak fired his remaining shots at them and blew them up. Jak returned to the shore and went back to the boat.
"Oh yea! Who da man? Who da man? Who da man?" Daxter shouted. Jak looked at him. "Uh, who da Ottsel?" Jak smiled and nodded. Daxter started doing the moonwalk around the boat. As he headed for Sandover, Jak looked back at Misty Island, and prayed as hard as he could to the Precursors that he would never have to return there again. He looked to his home. Jak couldn't wait to see Keira and thank her for all her help.
As Jak and Daxter made their way to Samos' house, they saw Keira tinkering away as usual in her garage. "Oh hey guys. Dad says good job. Don't' go up there now, he's in a trance and he told me not to let anyone disturb him."
"Hey, baby! Whaddya say you and I go crusin' on this A-Grav Zoomer?" Daxter asked, seemingly as if he hadn't heard a word she had said.
Keira looked down at Daxter. "Rule number one: I don't date animals."
"Awww, you don't know what you're missin'!" Daxter said, dancing around and thrusting his hips at Keira. Jak suddenly glared at Daxter and back handed him. Jak wondered why he had hit his friend. When Daxter moved in on Keira, he had gotten so jealous that he had to hit him. Jak shrugged it off.
Keira rolled her eyes, but was secretly happy that Jak seemed to be getting jealous of her. "Listen, if you need something to keep you busy, my father always talked about an ancient Precursor pipeline hidden deep underground. Some of the pipes end in vents from which Eco flows freely, and some have been capped off so that the Eco is sealed back. There must be a way to turn the capped vents on. I traced part of the pipeline back to the Forbidden Temple. Maybe you should look there for some type of switch."
Jak nodded and picked Daxter up. "Whoa! Hold on buddy! I say we call it a day. C'mon, we went to Misty Island, tore through almost four dozen Lurkers, stopped them from opening the Silos, and destroyed their ships. I think we've earned a break."
"Yea, I guess your right. Listen guys, I've got work to do, but how about we hang out at Sentinel Beach tomorrow? You guys can go to the temple in two days."
"Hey sister, I don't want to be a rodent any longer then I have to," Daxter protested. But then he realized that by going to the beach, he would be able to see Keira in a bathing suit. "You know what. Changed my mind, count me in."
Keira rolled her eyes, guessing at his train of thought, but put on a cheery smile anyway. "Sounds like fun. I'll see you guys tomorrow." Keira waved goodbye as Jak went home, clearly desperate for rest. Before he got to the bridge, he turned around and started walking back towards Keira. He knocked on the door and came out. "You need something?" Jak nodded and mimed writing on paper. Keira nodded and got him a pen and paper. Jak smiled his thanks and sat down, wincing as he did so. He had forgotten that some metal had cut his left leg after blowing those ships up.
"Samos. While Daxter & I were at Misty Island the first time, we overheard a plot to attack the village. Jak" Jak folded up the note and gave it to Keira. He stood up and stretched. Keira watched him and before she could control herself, she had pulled Jak into a tight embrace, sobbing. Needless to say, Jak was taken by surprise. After ten seconds, his body reacted and he wrapped his arms around her, trying to calm her down.
"I'm sorry Jak. But I was scared to death when I saw you get ambushed. If you had gotten killed, I, I don't know what I would've done." Jak pulled her away from his shoulder and smiled at her. He brushed some hair out of her eyes and gave her a look that plainly saying that he would be fine. His leg, however, chose that moment to collapse. Jak fell, and Keira yelped and helped him into a chair. She took his pants leg and rolled it up to his knee. "Oh Precursors Jak, you're leg. Its, its poisoned." Even though Keira was concerned about his leg, she couldn't help but noticed how smooth and muscular it was. Jak looked down at his leg and saw Keira was right; his leg had turned an ugly. "Hang on, I'll be right back." Keira ran upstairs and came back with a rag and a bottle of Green Eco. She put some on the rag and applied it to his leg. As she rubbed it on his leg, she saw his leg healing. Jak let out a hiss, which changed into a sigh of relief. Even after his leg was healed, Keira kept rubbing his leg, feeling the texture of it. She rose, blushing slightly, and said she had to go eat. Jak nodded and went home, collapsed on his bed, and passed out.
Well, sorry it took so long. Like I said, I won't be updating twice a week, just once. Well, I hope that you guys keep reading and please review.