Red Mage 04: Actually, I didn't even think of Indiana Jones, because I've never seen him. Unfortunately you won't see the martial arts style for a few chapters, but before he leaves Rock Village, he will be doing some awesome stuff.

Sushi0chan1363: Thank you for the compliment, and your work has been top notch as well. Thank you for making me feel I put enough detail into it (I was worried I hadn't put enough actually.) That girl will come up again, as she will play a part. Not a major one, but she will be mentioned again. As you said, summer is here and thankfully, I passed all my finals :D.

Hey everyone.Sorry it took so long. I've been suffuring from a horible disease known as Writer's block for a week, and then my Internet Connection freaked out on me, so, I'm sorry it took so long. Hopefully, this chapter will make it up to you.

Disclaimer: I don't own ayone except my new characters, nor do I own anytrhing from Nintendo Corporation.

Motives Unveiled

"Um Jak, where the hell are we?" Daxter inquired, since the gate that he and Jak had leapt through had not taken them back to their home of Sandover, as they had been expecting, but to the bottom of what appeared to be a valley about three hundred feet or so below ground level, and about ten feet wide.

Jak shrugged his shoulders in response; he had no more idea where they were than Precurian Theoretical Physics. He chose a direction and started walking; hoping that up ahead would give him some clue as to where he was.

"Daddy, where's Jak?" Keira asked apprehensively.

"I have no idea. Didn't Daxter just say that they had completed the temple, and would be here in a minute?"

"Well, that's what he said, but that's not what happened." Keira sulked, pouting that she would not be able to see Jak as soon as she had hoped.

Samos chuckled at his daughter's impatience. He hoped that she was not going to become attached to Jak, but he also knew that she would. "Keira, I have to do some research, so if you don't mind..."

"Sure Dad," she said with a smile. "I think I'll go see Lauren."

"Where's Kristen?"

"She's sick with the Cucco-pox."

"Do you want me to take care of that, a simple disease should be no trouble at all to cure?"

"No, her mom wants it to run its course, and she put her little brother in there with he so that he'll become immune to it."

"Hmm. That is a very wise decision." Seeing Keira's puzzled look, he continued. "This will allow both of them to become stronger by letting the disease run its natural course."

Keira nodded, but then she became very sad. Samos noticed and looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

Keira started crying, "What if Jak is lost, or hurt, or dead?"

Samos patted his only daughter on her shoulder reassuringly. "Keira, I've trained Jak how to use Eco very well. He is perfectly capable of taking care of himself, and you know he would rather die than cause you any pain." He gave Keira a hug and allowed her to cry on his shoulder.

"Oh crap. RUN!" Daxter screeched as he fused himself onto Jak's should once more. Jak didn't need the smack in the face, or scream in the ear to know that there was danger, but after gaining new powers, he no longer had to run. He calmly stood still as the renegade Lurker Ram charged him, its eyes showing its burning desire for revenge at what Jak had done to its brethren. When it was less then a foot away Jak activated his Blue Eco Box and held his hand out. The Ram immediately was lifted off the ground, still running to get to Jak. Jak turned his palm up and made a "come and get me" motion with his fingers. The Ram was launched into the air, where it was promptly incinerated by a Yellow Eco blast, courtesy of Jak. Jak continued walking, and took some time to put his arms on the back of his head and stretched, looking up at the night sky as he did so. Jak did a double take, it had been afternoon when he had last looked at the sky, so he had been walking for at least three hours. Yawning, he sat down with his back against the rock and closed his eyes, resting his hands on his Eco Containers; ready to turn them on at a second's notice.
"So, where's Jak?" Lauren asked. From what Keira had said, Jak was supposed to have arrived back at the village last night. "And weren't you supposed to come over?"

"I know Lauren, but something went wrong and we don't know where he is" Keira said, her eyes showing her concern and worry for Jak.

Lauren saw this and Keira wanting to cry some more, so she quickly tried to get Keira's mind off of Jak, or at least reassure her. "Listen Keira, Jak is going to be fine. You'll see. This is probably just another prank of Daxter's; their probably still sitting at the Temple."

Keira looked at Lauren with eyes that were now, in addition to being worried for Jak, showing that she was extremely pissed off. "How could you even think that. You know Jak would rather eat Lurker liver than make me worry about anything."

Lauren made as if to argue, but then realized that Keira had made a valid point. "Ok, maybe this isn't a joke. But don't worry, I'm sure their fine. Remember when Jak took out those forty-something Lurkers on Misty Island?"

Keira nodded and mentally slapped herself; she was being stupid. "Thanks Lauren, that was just what I needed. Are you going to fight the Lurkers? Because we're going to need every able-bodied person we can get, now that Jak isn't going to be here."

Lauren stood up, her eyes blazing with determination. "Of course. I could never live with myself if I didn't help to defend my hometown. Have you invented anything to help the village."

Keira rolled her eyes at Lauren. "Of course. I started working on these right after Jak left three days ago. I have about five hundred so far."

"Five hundred what?" Lauren asked, her face looking like a puppy's again.

Keira laughed at her friend's enthusiasm. "It's a tiny piece of metal from that big sheet of metal I found that time on Sentinel Beach, do you remember?" Lauren nodded her head and continued bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet. "Well, I melted the pieces into spheres, and then dipped them in Eco. Now all I need is a slingshot to see if my theory is correct."

Lauren silently thanked her friend for not speaking in a dialect of English known as Technical. "Why do you need a slingshot?"

"Well, if I'm right, by charging the metal with Blue Eco, it just might allow them to travel really fast."

"Meaning?" Lauren inquired, as she didn't see where Keira was going with this.

"Meaning that if something really small moved really fast, it might allow the metal to go right through a Lurker's body." Lauren made an understanding noise with her mouth and marveled at Keira's imagination. "C'mon, we have a few hours before the Lurkers attack; while everyone is suiting up and getting ready, I'll let you have one of the slingshots, since you are one of the best slingshoters we have."

Lauren flashed a toothy grin and hugged Keira for letting her use her new invention. "How many people are you going to let use the, uh, what do we call these things?"

Keira looked puzzled; she hadn't thought of a name for her new invention yet. "How about HAPS?"

"HAPS?"

"Yea, HAPS. H A P S. Highly Advanced Projectiles of Speed. HAPS."

"Good name. Now, lead me to the HAPS."

"Ok, but you can only have one hundred, since I'm going to split it up between five people. Me, you, Brian, Mike and I haven't decided who is going to be Lucky NumberFive yet."

"What about Pete?"

"Who is Pete?"

"Oh, he's a genius when it comes to launching things. One time, he took down four pelicans with a single rock. But he's kinda weird, he doesn't have any friends, and all day he stays locked up in his room."

"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go find him."

Jak woke up and stretched; his night had once again been full of nightmares about demons and Dark Eco. He looked over and saw that his furry companion was still sound asleep. He shook Daxter awake, turned on his communicator and set the frequency for Keira.

"Jak? Is that you? Oh my Precursors, where are you guys? Are you hurt? Are you-"

"Sweety, I'm fine. Oh and Jak's good too, even though he should be; I've been doing most of the work."

Keira rolled her eyes and ignored Daxter calling her "sweety." "So where are you guys, didn't you say that you would be back at the village last night?"

"Oh sure, pin it on the former elf now rat. That's discrimination of the worst kind, Keira: the kind against me."

"Daxter..." Keira said in a warning tone.

"Okay, okay, sheesh. We have absolutely no idea where the Legatee we are, but there is a Precursor Trans-Pad up ahead, so can you lock onto that signal and send us both the Zoomer and information as to where we are?"

"Sure hang on a second."

"You see Jak; I told you Keira loved me." Daxter bragged. Jak rolled his eyes and restrained himself from smacking his best friend.

"Okay, I got it. You guys are in the northern most sector of the Forbidden Jungle. If you guys get on the Zoomer, just head Southwest until you hit a fork, and then you travel south. You'll emerge from the valley behind Farmer Zeb's farm."

"Okay baby. We'll be back to the village as soon as we can manage it. When will the Lurkers attack?"

"Any minute now, but my dad decided to engage them instead of letting them come to us. It'll be a bit tougher, but he doesn't think we should let them enter the village."

"We'll go as fast as we can." Daxter said, all repartee from his voice obliterated as he shut the communicator off. Jak turned his Blue Eco Box on and started running as fast as he could, his eyes blazing with determination. Daxter started to make a comment about how much Jak wanted to impress Keira, but decided not to; as a best friend there were certain areas about Jak's life that he didn't tease him about. Jak leaped fifty feet into the air, catching Daxter by surprise. He landed neatly on the Zoomer and went off at top speed. Daxter shrieked and wound his entire body between the strands of Jak's hair.

"Come on you guys, let's show these monsters what we're made of," Keira shouted as Lauren, Pete (who they had persuaded to help them use the HAPS's against the Lurkers), Brain, Mike and herself fired the new projectiles at the Lurkers at Sentinel Beach. Before the Lurkers could mount a counter-attack, the HAPS had caused about eighty or so had fallen, most of them being Generals. This was Keira's attack plan; without the Generals to maintain order, the Scouts panicked and were very easy to dispose of.

Meanwhile, at the village, Samos was taking command of the village temporarily until the threat of the Lurkers had passed. "I do not know why the Lurkers are trying to engage and conquer this village. But I for one will not allow them to, because if we do, then whatever they desire from us they will have." Roars of approval met this announcement. The villagers grabbed hoes, axes, rakes, clubs, and anything else they could lay their hands on. Farmer Zeb had gotten his Yakows together and had gotten them to charge at the sight of any Lurkers.

"Charge you old lazy varmints. Go on, get!" Farmer Zeb shouted as his Yakows rampaged through the Lurker camps, not pausing to go around the Lurkers; they preferred to go straight through them instead.

As Jak passed a broken and burnt bridge, he slowed down. He looked up and saw the bridge of metal that he had created, so that must mean that this was the one that he had seen that girl on. As he looked around, he saw no trace of her, nor did he see any tracks that could have meant someone else had found her. All he saw were a set of footprints leading away from the body imprint in the ground. Jak was baffled at this, his infared goggles hadn't shown any heat coming from her, so she must have been dead.But then what could these tracks mean. "Jak, let's go, we're needed at the village," Daxter reminded him. Jak shook his head as if getting rid of an unwanted insect and gunned the motor, and then took off at top speed again.
All of a sudden, in the middle of the attack, Samos' communicator went off and he looked down. "Damn it, this is very inconvenient," he grumbled as he struggled to keep the Lurkers away. Letting out a fearsome roar, he slammed his staff into the ground and a massive blast of Green Eco blew every Lurker within fifty feet away. He grabbed his communicator and turned it on. "What is it?" He said, trying not to snap, as he knew only Keira would call him.

"Daddy, we have trouble at the village. We're out of HAPS's and the Lurkers are sending more and more of their army towards the village." Keira exclaimed, sounding extremely worried.

"What in the world are they looking for?" Samos conjectured aloud.

"I have no idea dad."

Samos sighed and rubbed his forehead; after every possible outlook on rationale for the attack, he still had no idea what they were after. "Where do they seem to be aiming for?"

"Well I don't know why, but they seem to be aiming for your hut. I can't imagine why."

Samos' eyes widened, as he comprehended their reason for attacking the village. "Listen to me Keira; you must not allow them to get to my hut. They are after a very powerful Precursor artifact that I have hidden there."

"Ok dad, but what kind of artifact is it?"

"It is something I found when I explored a cave in Volcano Village with the Red Sage. We went to try to conquer the Green Eco Temple over there, but we couldn't. All we found near the entrance was an enormous disk. Upon further inspection, I discovered that it was in fact a Green Eco Generator. It will shoot out a highly concentrated blast of Green Eco."

"What could they want with that?"

"If they were to make a Green Eco Blast hit any dead thing; it would come back to life. That much I have tested, on that Petra Flytrap I have in my hut. But according to what I've read on Precursor History, if it was used to shoot a blast of energy onto any non-living object, the object itself will come to life."

Over on the other line, Keira eyes widened as she realized just how powerful of an artifact was hidden in her father's house. "No wonder the Lurkers want it, with that kind of power, they could revive all of the Lurkers we kill today and no one would be able to stop them. I'll move my section of fighters to defend around your hut. But I don't think even that will be enough. We're going to need your squadron's assistance if the Lurkers turn their full force on your hut."

"Even that won't be enough Keira. We need Jak. When will we get here?"

"If he goes as fast as he can on the Zoomer and he doesn't hit any snags, he should get here in half an hour."

"Alright. We will simply have to hold the Lurkers off until he arrives. We will make our way over to you now Keira."

"Okay dad," Keira said as she shut her communicator off and turned to her friends. "Jak won't be here for another half an hour at least, but Daddy's making his way over to us. He said the Lurkers are after a powerful artifact called the Green Eco Generator in his hut." Pete, Brain, Lauren and Mike nodded and started grabbing various objects and threw them at the Lurkers, as they no longer had any HAPS's left. As they made their way to Samos' hut, Brian grabbed an ax and a gigantic hammer that weighed at least fifty pounds. He carried them to the hut and started stretching, preparing to start fighting the Lurkers in hand-to-hand combat. Mike grabbed a pair of spiked gloves that were normally used to climb trees. Keira ran into her garage and began working on the last thing she had begun working on before the Lurkers had attacked: a Green Eco Drainer. She had planned to use it to sap the Green Eco out of the Lurkers nearby and kill them, but she needed her father's help to finish it. She pulled a bow and quiver full of arrows out of a hidden compartment in her house. She had two and had been saving them for such an occasion. She tossed one to Lauren and kept on for herself. The two of them climbed onto Samos' hut and put two quivers onto their shoulders each.

"I thought that you were going to use that Green Eco Drainer you were trying to build." Lauren whispered.

"I can't finish it; I don't know enough about Eco to make it. I asked my father last night and he said that it would take him more than a week to build it properly. So I guess I'll just put it on hold for now and build it when I get around to it."

"Oh. Well, if we go down and die today, I just want you to know that I treasure our friendship, and, and I wouldn't want to die fighting with anyone else. We should do good, everyone has a weapon."

"Wait, what's Pete going to use? Mike has those things that we use to climb trees, and Brian has the hammer and an ax, but he doesn't have anything." Keira wondered out loud.

"You're right. He's just standing there at the end of the bridge, as if he's waiting for the Lurkers to attack." Lauren whispered back. "Speaking of which, where are the Lurkers? I thought for sure that they would follow us here right away."

"They must be massing their forces. Maybe Dad managed to distract - oh crap, here they come. You ready?"

"As I'll ever be," Lauren said with a grim look on her face.

Both Keira and Lauren took an arrow out of their quiver and took aim, planning to take fire as soon as the Lurkers got past Pete; who was still standing stock still at the end of the bridge connecting the small island on which the hut stood and the village.

As the Lurkers charged the hut, they saw a single solitary elf standing alone, his coat blowing faintly in the wind. They grinned evilly; this elf would shortly become dinner. As they got within twenty feet, they were surprised that the ones leading the charge had suddenly stopped. As the Scouts looked at the Generals in front, puzzled, the heads of the Generals, helmet and all, slid off of their necks and onto the ground. As they looked at each other in bafflement, three of the Scouts developed a curious condition; a pea-sized hole appeared in their heads and they all slumped down dead. The remaining Lurkers looked more closely at the elf that they had thought would be easy to kill. They noticed a curious piece of metal in his left hand. It looked to be about an inch thick and was a foot and a half, bent at a ninety-degree angle in the middle. They recognized it as a boomerang, but had never seen it actually kill a Lurker. Pete threw it again and the ones that didn't die saw that he had put razors all over the perimeter of the weapon. He raised his right hand and they saw he was holding that slingshot that he and the others had been using before. Right after they realized this, the seven Lurkers were killed with one HAPS each.

Brian, Mike, Keira and Lauren sat or stood still staring at Pete, amazed at his coordination and aim. "How the Legatee did you do that?" Brain asked weakly. Pete smirked.

"What do you think I did in my hut all day? But there will be time for questions later; more of them are coming."

Everyone stared at him in awe, but then shook their heads and prepared for battle. Lurkers continued to try to get across the bridge, but were killed by Pete's boomerang and HAPS or Lauren and Keira's arrows. Eventually, the Lurkers forced their way through and one of them took a wild swing at Pete. Pete did not flinch, but held his boomerang up and the Lurker's arm was sliced off. Pete began to attack the Lurkers with his boomerang using it as a sword. He killed fifty before a Worm slithered up and wrapped itself around him. It bit its tail in its mouth and squeezed until its body was locked, incapable of moving on its own. Keira noticed and killed it with an arrow. As the Lurker died, it fell off the cliff and took Pete with it, dragging him down to bottom of the ocean.

Brian stared at what had happened for a moment that seemed like an eternity and then let out a bellow of rage. He swung his weapons wildly and without concern for anything except killing the Lurkers. Suddenly, a twelve-foot tall Lurker made its way toward him. Brian paled; no matter what his motivation was, if a Lurker Warrior wanted to kill him, it would. The Warrior grabbed Brian and picked him up in its hands, ignoring the slashes Brian had made before being caught. It started squeezing his body, putting more and more pressure in his body. Brian gasped for breath and prepared to die, sorry that he would not be around to spend anymore time with his girlfriend. Keira saw and started shooting arrows as fast as she could, but nothing she did made a difference; Warriors traditionally had lots of armor and this one was no exception to that rule. Suddenly, the Warrior's grip slackened and it fell to the ground. Brian fell to the ground and collapsed. Lauren gave her quiver to Keira and hopped off the hut, dragging Brian into the garage. Keira looked down at the Warrior, confused; it wasn't like killing machines to stop living for no apparent reason. She saw Pete's boomerang sticking out of the back of the Warrior's skull. She saw a figure pull the boomerang and hook it onto his belt. Keira looked closer, he hooked it behind a box, she looked closer. He had four boxes. Keira looked up, her face shining and bright as she saw Jak's face look around. He stared at the destruction the Lurkers had caused with a mixture of awe and horror. He walked over to the hut and Keira jumped off the roof into Jak's arms. She got out of his grip and swathed Jak in her arms. Jak looked mildly surprised; he hadn't been expecting Keira to be so happy to see him, but he certainly wasn't complaining. He put his head on her shoulder and inhaled deeply, capturing her heavenly scent in his nose. They broke apart slightly and looked at each other smiling. They looked in each others and the grins slowly vanished from their faces. Jak leaned in again, once again under whatever spell had caused him to almost kiss Keira previously at the beach. As they got closer, both of them closed their eyes.

"Keira is that Jak. Ask him if he has... any..." Lauren trailed off as she emerged from the house and saw what she had interrupted. Jak looked at Lauren and then looked at the ground, embarrassed. Keira did the same; she had planned the last kiss, but this one had been spontaneous, so she was a little self-conscious about it. Jak walked into the cabin and saw Brian passed out on the floor in a puddle of blood. Jak knelt beside him and gently ran his hands up and down Brian's chest, trying to discern exactly where his injuries were. After he had pinpointed the wounds, Jak slowly Channeled Green Eco into Brian's body, being careful not to put too much. Jak remembered when he had tried to heal a hurt Croca dog when he was seven and had put too much Green Eco into the Croca dog. It dies fairly quickly, since it couldn't handle the amount of Eco that Jak had pumped into it. Jak looked over to Lauren and Keira and took in their appearances, noting every cut, every burn, every disfigurement on their skin. He stood up and walked past them both, his body giving off and undeniable sense of power, as if raw energy was radiating from his body. He exited the hut and crossed the bridge. As the Lurkers spotted him, they hesitated to attack. Although Lurkers were not the most intelligent of beasts, word of his victory on Misty Island had spread to every Lurker, so every one of them knew full well what Jak was capable of.

As Jak approached them, the Lurkers knew instantly that they were all dead. The look in his eyes was terrible to behold; they could see anger, hatred, guilt, and pain. Any one of those emotions could cause someone's power and strength to skyrocket, but they clearly saw all four. As the Lurkers stood there, debating on whether to fight a hopeless battle against the Bane of the Lurkers or run away and face the terrible wrath of their leader, they heard a cry. A Lurker Bird was circling Samos' hut, the Green Eco Generator clutched in its talons. Keira let out a cry and started wildly shooting arrows at it, missing in her panic. She looked over at Jak and was marveled at what she saw. No less then three Lurkers were levitated, their bodies surrounded by what appeared to be Blue Eco. Jak was moving his hands, and the levitating Lurkers were being flung around, into wall, other members of the tribe, anything. She shook her head and looked for the Bird, but could not see it. She saw it flying over the mountains, going north, very far to the north it seemed. "Jak, hit that Bird. Its got an artifact that they need, and Dad said not to let them get it at all costs." Jak nodded, charged up a Yellow Eco Blast, but then he didn't fire. He glared at the Bird, hating how it was too far away for him to hit, and then walked back to Keira, letting the terrified Lurkers leave the village. Keira looked at him in disbelief, but then figured it out by looking at the retreating Bird to the embarrassed and disappointed look on Jak's face. She patted his arm consolingly and turned back to the hut. "Dad's going to be really- oh no, Jak, my Dad is at Sentinel Beach, you have to help him." Jak nodded and gave Keira a reassuring nod and smile before leaping to the village, running as fast as he could to get to the beach. As he neared the Eco Collectors, he saw Samos and the other villagers surrounded by six Lurker Warriors. He took the boomerang off of his belt and prepared to throw it as hard as he could. As he hurled it with all his might, Daxter, who had up to this point been once again trying to appear as if he was merely an attachment of Jak's backpack, decided to throw a rock at the Warriors shoulder. As it turned it's head, it had its face cleaved in half by the boomerang.

Jak looked at his friend, curious as to why he alerted the Lurkers to his presence before he could strike. Daxter sighed. "Don't you remember anything Jak. Warriors have hidden armor on the back of their heads, if I hadn't of done that, all you would have done was annoy it" Jak nodded his thanks and turned his Red Eco Box on, knowing he had only about two and a half minutes of Eco left. He leaped forward and landed a punch square in one Lurker Warrior's face shattering every bone in it's skull. Another Warrior put his fists together and slammed on the ground, knocking Jak off his feet with the vibrations he caused. As Jak fell, he did a back flip and landed on a Warrior's chest, caving it in and getting his foot caught in side the Lurkers body. As he struggled to get his feet out, a fourth Warrior threw a punch at him, clearly hoping to end his life. Jak caught it's fist and slammed it onto the ground. With his last ounce of Red Eco, Jak picked up the Warrior's chest that he had caved in, at last managing to free himself from its bloody intestines. He launched it with all his might at a fifth Warrior, who was thrown off the cliff by the impact and fell into the ocean, sinking with its armor. As the last Warrior approached Jak, it realized something the other five hadn't; this opponent was capable of rebounding any physical attack that they sent at him. It smirked and picked up a boulder. A boulder three times the Warriors size. As it threw it at Jak, it roared in victory, sure that his opponent would never be able to lift that. Jak saw the small mountain heading for him and his mind numbed as he prepared to die. A scream brought him back to reality.

"JAK! YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MOVE THINGS WITH BLUE ECO ! DO IT ALREADY!" Daxter screamed, once again making Jak go deaf. Jak quickly Channeled Blue Eco and halted the rock about a second before it crushed him. He struggled to keep the rock afloat; no matter how powerful Eco was, weight was weight, and the heavier something was, the harder it was for him to move. Using every ounce of determination in his body, he hurled the small summit back at the stunned Warrior, who learned what an ant felt like after being stepped on. Jak staggered a bit as he walked, as he was almost completely drained of all forms of energy. He found Samos waiting for him as he approached the villagers, who cheered his name as he approached. He smiled briefly and then turned to Samos, who was watching him apprehensively.

"Are you alright Jak?" he asked, seeing Jak slump as he walked. Jak gave a brief nod, grinned ludicrously before fainting. Samos put his pointer and middle fingers on Jak's chest to make sure his heart was beating. To his relief, it appeared that Jak had simply fainted from exhaustion. "Daxter, is the artifact that I hid in my hut safe."

Daxter sighed and prepared for Samos to blow like Krakatoa. "A Lurker Bird snuck in and kind of stole it. He was heading north with it." Daxter flinched and looked up at Samos, ready to run for his life. To his astonishment, when Samos spoke, although there were traces of anger in his voice because of the Lurkers stealing his device, his voice was relatively calm.

"North. Could... but no, not even he would try that. Daxter, I need you to overlook Jak after I heal him, ok."

Daxter nodded, for all his humorousness, (yes that is a word.) he was not going to make a joke now; it was too serious a situation. "Yea, better me than you. If he wakes up and sees you hovering over him, he might faint from terror," he said with a grin. (Hmm. Maybe he can make a joke in this serious a situation.) Samos glared at him and knocked him out with his staff.

"Steve, can you let me know when Jak wakes up. And if Daxter does too, just leave him be. Feel free to duck tape his mouth shut." Steve nodded and picked Jak's unresisting body.

Jak woke up three days later in a half built hut. He looked around and saw a man that he was pretty sure was named Steve. "Oh good your awake, I'll be back, Samos wants to talk to you." Jak nodded and tried to stand, but got dizzy and sat back down on the bed.

"Dizzy, huh buddy? That'll happen when you sleep for three days without food." Jak looked around and saw Daxter leaning up against a wall with his trademark grin firmly on his face. Jak smiled weakly as he marveled how Daxter was the only one without a mark on him. He remembered seeing everyone having some kind of scar or scratch on their body, yet Daxter, the coward, was unscathed. "Here ya go buddy. I got ol' Farmer Zeb to give me half a Yakow, which I took the liberty of roasting for you," Daxter said as he pointed to what looked like twenty pounds of steaming meat behind Jak's bed. Jak nodded his thanks and then began to viciously tear and rip the meat off of bones, eating without any decency or manners whatsoever. Dater laughed at his friends actions, between the two of them, everyone usually said that Jak was the more civilized one.

Jak continued to tear at the meat with his hands and teeth, only pausing to take ion a breath. After about five minutes, e looked up when he heard Samos enter the hut. "Are you alright Jak?" he asked as he surveyed Jak over is spectacles. Jak nodded and set down the remainder of the meat. "Now, I expect that you are curious as to why the Lurkers attacked the village?" Jak nodded and leaned closer to Samos, his face eager to learn why the Lurkers had tried to destroy all that they had built. "They were after an extremely rare and powerful artifact. Its called the Green Eco Generator. It shoots concentrated blasts of Green Eco out. These Eco charges have the power to restore life and even to bring inanimate objects to life. With the power of this device, they could easily restore the lives of any of the Lurkers that we kill." Jak's eyes widened as he began to see how powerful the artifact was, and how dangerous it was to let the Lurkers get it. "Now, I don't blame you Jak. If you had fired at that Lurker Bird, all you would have done was waste Eco, it was too far away for you to hit." Jak nodded. "Now, do you know a boy named Pete?" Jak thought and nodded. "Not very well I'm guessing. Well, Pete gave his life during the Lurker attack to protect Keira, Brian, Mike, and Lauren. That boomerang you found belonged to him, and his parents have said that they would like to talk to you. They didn't tell me what, but they said that they found something that they thought you should see. They live three houses on the right after leaving this house and turning left. I think you should go and talk to them immediately." Jak nodded and left the house, scooping Daxter up, who had been trying to look under the bathroom door at Lauren.

"Hey buddy, where we goin'?" Jak pointed to Pete's house. "Oh. Jak, they said that they only wanted to see you, so I'll go and hang out with Keira, ok." Jak gave Daxter a look that told him quite plainly that Jak believed Daxter was going back to spy on Lauren. "Oh yea, I need to drop back by Steve's house. I uh, forgot to get, um, something." Seeing the look on Jak's face, he quickly said goodbye and scuttled off.

Jak arrived at the door of Pete's house and gingerly knocked. "Oh, hello Jak," and attractive woman said as she ushered him inside. "Now, Pete was killed while protecting Keira and her friends during the attack. I don't blame her at all, but when we went through Pete's room, we found that he had written a will. In it, he said to give you four things: his boomerang, this book, a letter, and this box," she said, giving Jak each one of the items as she said it. Jak nodded and took the items. "Jak," the woman said uncertainly, "I heard what happened to Daxter and I know that you're going to try to change him back. Be careful; this village needs you." Jak nodded and walked out of the house, going back to his own, which was empty, as his uncle was still away.

He opened the letter and started to read it.

"Dear Jak,

If you're reading this, then I am dead, but I hope that I died in battle, and I hope I died fighting. Anyway, this book contains all my fighting moves that I have learned and taught myself. My boomerang is now yours to keep, but since my grandmother gave it to me when she died, I would greatly appreciate it if you buried it along with my body. This box contains something I've been working on ever since Daxter became a, whatever he is now. I call it the Hookshot. It's a spring-loaded hook that has a crystal-light-powered aiming sight. I want you to use it on your journey northward; it's bound to come in handy. Good luck.

Pete."

Jak opened the box and took out the Hookshot. It was a blue, three-dimensional octagon piece of metal with a chain wrapped around an indentation. The metal was about seven inches or so in length and had a sharp triangular piece of metal on one end. The other end had a handle made out of metal, with a trigger on one side. Another note was beside the Hookshot.

To activate the aiming mode on this, squeeze the trigger with your finger. To fire, push the button in the center of the body. DO NOT USE THIS INSIDE A HOUSE! This can be used to drag items to you, or to pull you to a distant area. The aiming sight will die out when the chain cannot extend anymore. Take it and have some fun.

Jak put the Hookshot aside and opened the book, which he found out, as he flipped through the pages, contained a myriad of moves that he could use with either the Hookshot or the boomerang. As he read it, he saw just how much these moves made sense, and he spent the remainder of the day practicing them inside his room.

The next day, Jak woke up bright and early, eager to help rebuild the village. All day, he stood in the center of town, basking in the Blue Eco Vent, using his new powers to build a new house a day. After a week, when the town had been wonderfully restored, the Mayor announced that Jak was to attend a celebration at having survived the Lurkers and rebuilding the village. After about three hours of "boring crap," as Daxter effectively entitled it, Jak was surprised to hear his name. As he walked up to the Mayor, the entire village cheered for him. He gave a sheepish smile and wave as he looked around, Keira's smiling face particularly standing out in his eyes. "Well Jak, as a reward for helping to restore the village to its former glory, I, the Mayor of Sandover Village, am proud to present you with three Power Cells so that you are able to continue on your journey to find the noble Sage, Gol Akaron." Jak took the Power Cells and bowed to the Mayor, then went to see Keira, to find out when he was to depart. Before he could even pointlessly open his mouth, she beat him to it.

"Jak, give me the twenty Power Cells and I'll hook them up the Zoomer tonight. We'll depart tomorrow morning at ten thirty, ok?" Jak nodded and gave her every Power Cell he had. He gave a Keira a hug, then made his way back to his hut so he could get some sleep.

"Watch as everything you know and love is consumed by hatred and evil!" the old man shouted as he made Jak's friends demons. Jak watched in horror as they drew closer, he saw his own reflection in their emotionless, pitiless eyes as they drew closer, their fingernails elongating to six inch claws...

"Jak, wake up, it's ten o'clock. You need to eat, we're supposed to meet Keira at Fire Mountain so we can get to Rock Village," Daxter's shrill voice said as he shook Jak awake. Jak bolted up out of bed, not bothering to get dressed and went downstairs. He found some bread and began making a sandwich.

"Hey, Jak. I just wanted to let you know the Zoomer is ready and..." Keira's voice trailed off as she saw Jak standing in his kitchen eating a sandwich, in nothing but a pair of red underwear. Her face turned redder than Red Eco as she turned around, blushing furiously. "The Zoomer's ready to go, and I'll be waiting for you at Fire Mountain," she said quickly and quietly as she practically ran out of the house, images of Jak's lean, hard body fresh in her mind.

Jak , still standing in the kitchen and blushing at the fact Keira had seen him with almost nothing on. A small part of him didn't see why either of them were embarrassed; not because he was perverted, but because neither of them had made a big deal about it when they hung out at the beach.

After getting dressed, Jak climbed the stairs leading Fire Mountain Peak and saw Keira

waiting by a Trans-Pad, his Zoomer waiting for him. Keira turned as she saw Jak and Daxter walking, or rather, Jak carrying Daxter on his shoulder as usual. She composed herself and started explaining where to go. "I've downloaded a map into the aiming screen, so you can easily find your way to the village. Just remember to be careful! The shield will only protect your Zoomer until it reaches five hundred degrees, so try to keep her cool. Flying over open lava will definitely heat you up fast! Hit five hundred degrees and it's all over!"

Daxter gulped at the word "over." "OVER! You mean like burning molten metal over!"

Keira smirked at how much of a chicken he was. "The Fire Canyon gets pretty hot, so keep a lookout for jumps to keep you off the hot ground. I've also found several cooling vents you can use to drop the shield's temperature quickly. Oh! And when you get across, don't forget to activate the teleport gate in the Blue Sage's Lab! Then we'll be able to teleport over and meet you! Good luck!" she said, giving Jak a hug, blushing as she saw under his clothes almost. Jak nodded and fired up the Zoomer, and with one backwards glance towards Keira, took off into the distance.

Sorry again, everyone. Now, I have made a Temple for each of the Eco types, with the exception of Light and Dark. After reading this chapter, I'm sure a lot of you could figure that out. I will leave it up to you to decide which temple you see next, Red or Yellow. Either one will work, but the Green is in Volcano Village with the Red Sage. If no one tells me which one they want to see, I will discontinue the storyuntill I have at least one vote. This isn't a threat, its a fact. So, I hope you enjoyed it, sorry for the delay, and remember to vote, send in ideas, reviews and even flames.