DR: Hello wonderful fans! I would like to introduce everyone to my kitten muse, Puck. Um... but first I have to find him. Puck? Ohhhh, Puck?

Puck: (sitting on top of my head laughing)

DR: (whispering) Okay, yes I know where he is, for the moment I shall let him play his silly, kitten games and let him think he is winning. (in normal voice) Oh well, I cannot find my darling kitten muse. I guess I shall just have to give away his tuna to someone else.

Puck: Tuna! Gimme, gimme, GIMME!

DR: That's what I thought.

Disclaimer: Everything in this story, except Raye, is Naughty Dog's stuff. Not. Mine. Got it?

Chap. 11

Saving Vin's Pathetic Hide

Raye hopped off her zoomer at the ramp that went up to the Power Station. She really didn't feel like getting the guards after her, so she wasn't taking her zoomer up the ramp with her, which was one of her favorite pastimes in her world when she was playing the game. She stumbled a bit up the ramp, because she was completely tired and drained of energy, which would not help in this mission at all.

Jak came up behind her as she yawned. "Tired Raye?"

She glared at him, "I'm not used to playing hero twenty-four seven." She growled before yawning once again.

"Maybe you should go back to the hideout and get some rest. I can handle this by myself." He assured her. Daxter coughed, "Ah, I mean that Daxter and I can handle this by ourselves."

Raye shook her head, "No way. I can handle this. I'll rest after this mission. Now let's go before I do fall asleep." She ordered, walking through the incredibly slow moving Power Station door. Jak followed her, shaking his head. 'She is one stubborn girl.' When he got up the ramp and came in she was examining the panel near the Warp Gate. "How do you turn this thing on?" She glanced up and spotted a button on top of the gate labeled "on/off". "Oh. Never mind. Why is the most obvious answer always sitting right in front of me?" She pushed the button and the gate lit up with its usual blue light. She pulled out her blaster, yelled at Jak to hurry up, and jumped through the portal.

-Raye's POV-

Jak came through the portal about two seconds after I landed. "What took you?"

He smirked, "Somebody didn't want to go through the portal and was whining about it." He motioned towards the shaking lump of orange fur on his shoulder. 'Torn would love this.' I thought, giggling. Jak glanced around, "For a Metal Head attack, it sure is quiet."

I nodded, "Yeah, it's actually pretty peaceful. If you think giant pools of dark eco are peaceful." I glanced at the two pools that were so conveniently placed on either side of us. "Five bucks says as soon as we step forward, we get ambushed."

Daxter laughed nervously, "Yeah right." Jak pulled out his Blaster and took a few steps forward, causing a group of Stingers to pop out of the ground.

"You both owe me five bucks!" I yelled, shooting the scorpion-like creatures. Jak laughed and picked off the rest of the group.

"That was not worth five bucks." He grinned and shot the Wasp(I think that's what it's called) that was approaching us, then collected the skull gems. As we turned the corner the waiting Grunts slid down the hill. "Oh, shit."

"Are those worth five bucks?" I asked sarcastically as another group of Stingers popped up. I switched over to Scatter Gun and wiped them out, then picked up the skull gems. I switched back to Blaster and disposed of the Grunt that was coming at me. "Next time maybe you should listen to me."

"I'll remember that, thanks." He muttered, destroying another stinger that had popped up. He peered around the boxes in front of us. "Great, more Grunts. I'm really sick of this world." Daxter nodded in agreement.

"Betcha we could hop up on these boxes and play sniper with our Blaster mods." I suggested. Jak grinned and climbed on top and shot all of the stupid creatures before they knew what was going on. I ran over and grabbed the gems, avoiding as much of the dark eco as I could. "We are so going to see the Oracle after we're done with this." I muttered, rubbing my eyes. I rode up the moving ramp to the next level to see, joy of all joys, more stupid Grunts. 'Whoop-dee-friggin'-doo.' I thought and punched one off the platform before shooting the other. Then came one of my least favorite parts.

Jak walked towards the moving crates, "You coming?"

I nodded and jumped to the crate before it pulled too far away, "Have I mentioned that I have a great fear of falling into a bottomless abyss?" I asked.

"No, but I'll keep that in mind. We've got company." He told me, pointing to the pair of Wasps flying at us. After we disposed of them and the other Metal Heads that were idiotic enough to attack us when we jumped off the crate, we walked towards the door.

"Push the button Jak!" Daxter urged from the level of said elf's knee. Jak gave him that "don't tell me what to do" look and punched the button. As soon as the door opened, a flurry of bullets came flying out, causing Jak, Daxter, and I to jump to either side of the door.

"Aggghhh! Stay back!" A familiar voice yelled.

"Do something Jak! This guys crazy!" Dax yelled from behind my leg. I would've kicked him except I didn't feel like becoming Swiss cheese.

Jak nodded and peered inside as far as he dared, still avoiding bullets, "Hey! Are you Vin? We're here to help. Torn sent us.

"And I wish he'd warned us the guy we were sent to save was insane." Daxter muttered. I stepped on his paw, making him yelp.

"Stay back!" Vin yelled. Jak realized he wasn't doing any good and motioned for me to try.

I turned my head towards the door, "If we were here to kill you, do you think you'd be talking right now?" I yelled over the sound of the gun. The shots ceased abruptly.

Vin collapsed onto the equipment in front of him, "Oh, friendlies? Oh thank goodness! We... So... Whe... Where's the army?"

Dax glanced at me and Jak, "Ah... we're it." He explained.

Vin looked shocked, "What! Just you three!" He tapped himself on the head with his gun, "What do they think I'm worth!"

"Thinking about what Torn said, not very much." I mumbled so Vin couldn't hear me, but both of the others could.

Jak sighed, "Look, you can stay here and be Metal meat, but Raye, Dax, and I are leaving before those monsters get back." Vin slipped out of the room holding his gun like James Bond. I shook my head and jumped back through the Warp Gate, glad to be back in Haven City for once. As soon as he got through, Vin immediately went over to the computers lining the walls.

"Hey, I want to thank you guys for saving my butt back there at the Strip Mine." He told us, examining the numerous screens in front of him.

"And we'd like to thank you for being such a bad shot." Daxter retorted sarcastically.

"Ah yeah, sorry about that guys. Ah, I'm a bit jumpy these days." He apologized, typing absentmindedly.

"Really? We didn't notice." Daxter said innocently. But with Daxter, nothing was ever innocent, and the look on his face revealed that he was about to do something bad. Suddenly, he pointed behind Vin, "AHH! Metal Head behind you!" He screamed.

Vin jumped around screaming bloody murder, "AHH! Whatha! Whotha! Wha!...Whhoo... Ohh...!" He fell back against the panel.

"Just kidding... nice reaction time though." Dax said. 'Yeah, you should know.' I thought, biting my lip to keep from laughing.

"Not funny!" Vin yelled. By the look on his face, he was talking to me and Jak. We immediately stopped laughing and whistled innocently. "Those Metal Heads have been attacking our mining operations, we're running out of eco! Eco power keeps the shield walls up, and if the shield drops..."

I finished the sentence for him, "We can kiss our butts goodbye." He nodded.

Jak smirked, "We've got a few surprises for those Metal Heads."

Vin shook his head, "You've got to keep the shied walls up until the Shadow figures out what to do. My readings show a drop in eco flow at the Drill Platform. Probably some Metal Head eggs suckin' away power. So, use the Warp Gate to go to the platform and destroy every Metal Head egg you can find." Jak nodded and started towards the gate, only stopping when I started after him.

"Raye, you said you would get some rest after we saved Vin."

"But Jak-" He cut me off with a look, then jumped through the Warp Gate. I glared at the gate, "Geez, he treats me like I'm his baby sister or something." I muttered. "Hey Vin, would you mind if I waited here for Jak to get back?"

"Why not? I could use the company." He said, typing something on one of the many keyboards.

I walked over, "What are you doing?"

"Trying to get the old security cameras to work so we can make sure that your Jak doesn't get slaughtered." He shuddered slightly. "And there we go!" The screens flickered and a picture of Jak in a turret, shooting down Metal Heads, came on the screen.

"Sweet."

DR: Chapter 11! Yeah! Puck is doing his job, so he gets his tuna, which he has eaten already.

Puck: (purring) Tuna... yummy.

DR: Oh, he is sooo cute when he does that. Even cuter when he chases Daxter around like killer kitty. In fact... heh heh heh. (types quickly)

Daxter: (appears) What am I doing here?

DR: Oh, Puck?

Puck: Rat! (chases Daxter around the room while everyone watches)

Dax: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Jak: That is one evil little kitten.

Torn: I like it. It tortures that annoying orange furball.

Jak: It is an annoying furball!

(Torn and Jak start arguing.)

DR: Wow. Okay, if you guys review nicely, you may hold Puck for a little bit. Please do not fight over my precious kitty muse. I do love him, no matter how much I say I don't. Just don't tell him that.

Puck: Don't listen to her. Listen reviewers: fight over me! Fight over me and my kitten cuteness! Muahahaha!

Everyone: (sweatdrop)

DR: Ooookay, um whatever. Listen, when you guys review, could you tell me if you think I should keep Puck? Thanks!

Bye!