SC: All right, like I said last chapter, I'm skipping up to the part where they complete the seal.
Puck: 'Cause she's lazy.
SC: No, it's because I want to get to the tomb already. Now, on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: How many times do I have to do this? I don't own Jak and Daxter. Naughty Dog does.
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Chapter 19
Completing the Seal and Mar's Tomb Revealed
Jak and Raye walked into Onin's tent, laughing at the fact that Daxter had to walk around with the top of the Lurker Totem on his head for fifteen minutes while they stopped laughing long enough to pull it off of him, which caused his fur to stand on end, which, in turn, made them laugh harder. (a/n: Wow, that's a long sentence.) They were surprised, however to see Kor standing there, talking with Pecker. Well, arguing would be a more precise word.
"Expecting that little boy to save us is folly! At his age, he is no match for the Metal Head leader." With that he turned around, and nearly ran into the two elves. "Oh…Jak, Raye. We were just discussing Samos' plan."
Onin suddenly started making symbols with her hands. "Onin says your voice sounds very familiar." Pecker translated. He laughed. "I'll bet you two golden oldies go way, WAY back, huh?" Kor looked nervous as Onin glared at him. Pecker turned to Jak and Raye. "Onin needs you two to prove yourselves. You've shown your brass, and your brawn. Now you must show your brains as well." Onin illustrated the point by doing muscle poses as Pecker was speaking. "Frankly, I think she's pushing it, but I'm not the boss. Beat this test and the third piece to the Seal will be revealed."
(a/n: I have no idea how to do this mission, so we're skipping it.)
Jak and Raye blinked as the three Seal pieces arranged themselves together in front of them. "Behold! The Seal of Mar is now complete." Jak grabbed the Seal from where it was floating. "Onin says that the artifacts that you retrieved from the Mountain Temple… arrrk… are relics from an ancient Light Tower. Old songs tell how this Light Tower once shined down on the actual sight of Mar's tomb! I sing one of these songs for you now!" Pecker took a big breath. "'From the mists of time, Mar's light would shine…" His singing was so awful that it surprised everyone. Kor dropped his staff, and everyone's jaws dropped. Jak, thankfully, shook it off and interrupted him.
"Whoa there iron lungs! Just tell us what we need to do."
Pecker glared insultedly. "Cretins with no taste, huh?" He spat at them. "You must take the three artifacts to Mar's gate. Only then will the Light Tower rise and reveal the Tomb. The two elves ran out of the tent, but only Raye seemed to notice that Kor had disappeared after Jak had stopped Pecker's singing.
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Jak and Raye stepped through the Warp Gate to get up to the forest. They quickly shot the platform to get across and rode down the elevator. Jak stepped up to the door and held up the Seal of Mar. The door opened and they went through. Several minutes later, they came to the area where the dormant Light Tower stood. Jak threw the gear to Daxter, the crystal to Raye, and he ran over to the area where the lens went. Jak and Daxter both gave Raye the thumbs up and she put in the crystal. The light tower rose slowly and the beam shot into the city. The talkbox flew out of Jak's pocket.
"I can't believe that the tomb was in the city this whole time! Onin says good work and to get back to the city ASAP!" Pecker squawked over it before the machine flew back into Jak's pocket.
Raye turned to Jak. "You heard the loud mouth Monkaw. Let's go!" They laughed and ran back out the gate, towards the death-defying leap over the bottomless pit, over said leap, and back through the gate to the city.
Raye's POV
To my disappointment, instead of blowing the statue of Praxis' statue to smithereens, the beam had only revealed the door to the tomb. What surprised me most was that no one seemed to notice Jak and I walk through the newly appeared door. Not even the Krimzon Guards who were patrolling the area not even two yards away. 'That's a bit odd.' I thought as the door closed behind us and the lift went down.
We went through the next door to see the Tomb entrance and Kor, Samos, and the Kid standing in front of it. Samos turned as we walked in. "You did it! You actually found Mar's Tomb!"
Jak placed his hands on the Kid's shoulders. "Great! Now what? We send this poor Kid into a meat grinder?" The Kid looked nervous at this statement, so I took his hand reassuringly.
Kor, on the other hand, wasn't even paying attention to us. "This is the day I've long awaited." He said, looking at the large doors longingly. "To finally hold the fabled Precursor Stone in my hands."
Samos didn't seem to hear Kor. He looked at the boy. "You must be cautious, child. The tests of manhood are sure to be filled with peril, and Mar's heir must face them alone." This did not help the poor Kid, who was shaking slightly now.
Daxter jumped down from Jak's shoulder. "It's okay, Kid. You can do it! It's just a deep, pitch black, 'sure to be filled to the brim with death' old tomb." Jak and I signaled for him to stop. He didn't see us. "I wouldn't go in there." By now, the poor Kid was on the verge of tears. I knelt down next to him and pulled him into a hug, glaring at Daxter over the boy's shoulder.
We all looked up when the booming voice of the Precursor filled the room. "Welcome heir of Mar. Finally, the chosen one stands before me. Enter and prove yourself worthy to claim the ancient birthright." The door opened slowly as it was speaking, and Jak was walking forward, like he was in a trance.
"Jak?" I called his name softly. He didn't hear me, just kept walking towards the door.
The Precursor's voice jolted him out of his trance. "NO! This child is to young to face the tests!" The door began to shut.
"What! No!" Kor yelled.
"Do something, Jak!" Samos yelled. Jak ran forward, towards the door.
Daxter started to run after him. "Jak, remember the 'sure to be filled to the brim with painful death' part!" He yelled as Jak rolled under the nearly closed door. Just when he was almost through, he turned around and tried to run the other direction, his momentum and the fact that Jak's hand shot under the door and pulled him through seconds before it slammed shut.
I relinquished my grip on the Kid and ran over to the door, pounding on it. "Damn it! Open back up, you damned door!" I stopped pounding on the door. "Jak, what've you done?" I whispered.
"Great tree limbs!" Samos shouted. "He's gone to face the tests!"
"No." Kor corrected him. "He's gone to his death."
My ears twitched as the quiet sound of the door behind us opening reached them. My eyes widened. 'Oh, shit.' I remembered this part of the game.
"Freeze!"
Regular POV
Three heads simultaneously whipped around to see at least a dozen Krimzon Guards standing behind them, each with a gun pointed at one elf or another. They all raised their hands slowly, except for Raye, who stood there, her face emotionless and still turned towards the Tomb door. She heard boots walking over and her hands were pulled down behind her back and handcuffed.
"Didn't think I'd see you again, Raye." A familiar voice that she heard in her worst nightmares laughed. Raye stiffened. "What's wrong? Not happy to see me?" He whispered, so close to her ear that she could feel his breath on her skin.
"Errol." She growled. He licked her cheek, making her shudder and swallow the bile that rose in her throat.
The Commander laughed. "Surprise, surprise." He smirked fiendishly. "Won't Baron Praxis be happy to know that one of his lab rats is going to be coming back for more eco treatments." He frowned when he didn't get a reaction from her and forced her around. Her eyes blazed when she saw three of the guards going after the Kid.
"Don't you touch him!" She yelled. Errol laughed and nodded to one of the Guards, who grabbed the child's wrist tightly, making him cry out. Raye let out an inhuman cry as the dark eco in her blood took over. The cuffs on her wrists snapped easily and she held Errol in the air by the neck.
The kid let out another cry as one guard grabbed him around the middle and ran for the lift. Raye blinked and dropped the now unconscious commander. She leaped on the guard's shoulders and snapped his neck before grabbing the Kid out of his hands and running for the lift. As the doors shut, she looked up to see that the ricocheting bullets had cut the wires. She growled softly and put the Kid on her back.
"Hold on." She ordered. He nodded and put his arms around her neck tightly. Raye dug her claws into the wall and shoved herself up, nearly to the top. She grabbed the edge and pulled herself and the boy out before ripping through the door that blocked her exit.
"It's the eco freak!"
"Someone call the Krimzon Guards!" Raye ignored the voices assaulting her ears and kept running until she found a parked zoomer. 'Dark, what are you doing? You don't know how to drive that thing!'
'I know. I don't care. I'm going to save this Kid. You would. Besides, I've seen how to drive it from you. Hit the accelerator, aim where you want to go, and don't hit the wall. ' She replied before jumping on the zoomer and hitting the accelerator. She had gotten out to the Water Slums before she heard the Cruiser behind her. Several bullets ripped through her, and another dozen or so flew into the zoomer, which blew up promptly. She and the Kid were thrown onto the empty docks of the Water Slums. She reverted back to normal as several pairs of boots walked into her blurring line of sight.
"Good thing you had the Slums cleared out before she got her, Commander." A voice said. "Hey, here's the kid. He's out cold. Not to badly scratched up, either." One picked up the Kid.
"N…no." Raye gasped.
None of the Guards seemed to hear her. "What should we do with her? The Baron only wants the him." A second said. "We can't leave her here. Some Slummer's bound to find her body."
"Simple." A deeper voice said. 'Errol!' Raye felt a boot push against her already sore ribs and shove her into the water. Raye willed her muscles to do something to keep her from sinking, but her arms and legs wouldn't respond. Shadowy figures moved away from the docks as Raye felt herself hit bottom. The air that was in her lungs burst free in small bubbles that floated in front of her eyes. 'This is it.' She thought. 'I'm gonna die.' Her vision darkened even more. Another silhouette entered her line of sight, blurred by the murky water and her still darkening vision. Before she blacked out from lack of air, she heard a splash and felt a pair of arms wrap around her, pulling her up.
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SC: I know, it's a short chapter, and I'm sorry. I'll give a cookie to anyone who guesses the identity of the person who saved Raye! R&R, peoples!