I don't own Jak and Daxter, Jak II, Jak 3, or Jak X. Well, I do own copies of them, but they are the product of Naughty Dog. Raye is mine though.

SC: Now, see, this is the chapter that all my readers are going to kill me for.

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Chapter 31

WE'RE WHAT!

It was a straightforward path to Kor. There were a few Metal Heads, but they didn't attack either Jak or me, just glared at us as we passed them. We glared back.

We entered the room Kor was in, hanging his immense bulk from the ceiling. "Finally, you've decided to join us." He moved his tail to reveal the Kid, unconscious in a protective bubble/barrier thing. I growled. "And you brought the Precursor Stone. Good. The boy will now play his final part."

Jak glared at him. "Not this time!"

Kor laughed. "Oh, but this child is such a part of this. You were hidden in the past on hopes that you would gain the skills to fight me in the future! And you, Raye. You were sent to another dimension to keep you safe, so you could be reunited with your brother face me today and win."

Suddenly, the fact that we were in the middle of the Metal Head Nest wasn't the most important thing on my mind. "Wait… did he just say that Jak was Raye's brother?" Daxter asked.

Jak and I looked at each other. "WE'RE WHAT!"

Kor laughed. "I see Onin and Samos are still keeping secrets from you. Yes, the two of you are siblings. Twins, in fact. Haven't you wondered WHY no one but you two survived the dark warrior program?" Jak and I were silent. Can you really blame us? "But Onin was wrong! Not that you've both been touched by dark eco, the Stone will never open for either of you! But young Jak, however, still has the pure gift. He alone can awaken the Stone and the Precursor entity which sleeps inside!" Kor hissed gleefully. "I have finally found the last Precursor egg! Mar was clever. He covered his tracks well through time, hiding his last egg from me, and building the shield and city to defend it! It has been a long siege. But today, I will finally feed on the last Precursor life force!"

Daxter smirked. "Ah, I think you're forgetting one thing, Metalo-Maniac! WE have the Precursor Stone!" He gestured to the glowing gem on my back. Kor swept the bubble the kid was in away with his tail; it now floated serenely next to the Warp Gate.

"Not for long!" He growled, using one of those dark eco blasts that he killed Praxis with to blast the ledge beneath us. Jak and I fell, getting buried under the rubble.

I was in a lot of pain. "Jak… I can't move…"

"I know… me neither… I've got an idea though. Can you see my hand?"

Faintly, I could see his outline. "Yeah." I moved my own experimentally, my fingertips brushing his palm.

"Hold still." I could see purple lightning crackle between our fingers, and Ambika woke up. She and Lykaios burst out from under the rubble with a simultaneous roar. I could feel the bones that had fractured or broken pull back together and the mark on my hand was burning.

"DIE!" Kor yelled.

I saw Jak change back, but I stayed in Ambika's form. "My thoughts exactly!" I launched myself at Kor's face, surprising him. Claws outstretched, I shoved my hands into his eyes, closing my hands and yanking back, HARD. I fell back a bit, using a few quick flaps to steady myself. I tossed the yellow eyes, now turning red violet from the blood, to the ground quickly. Kor let out a high-pitched, scream-of-pain-like roar. I flew away from the swipes of his claws. 'Wow, I didn't even have to encourage that! I'm impressed.' My darker half praised.

I ignored her, for I was busy dodging a swipe that came to close for comfort. I looked down to see Jak surrounded by Stingers. Another roar from Kor sent them scattering. "Fools! Blinding me has done nothing! I can still sense the eco in your bodies!" He hit my side while I tried to figure out where he was coming from, sending me to the ground.

Jak ran over. "You okay?"

Ambika took over. "She's fine."

"Just making sure. Great idea, by the way."

"Surprisingly, that was all Raye's. I never even thought of ripping his eyes out. Now start shooting." She flew back up, attacking the supports holding Kor to the ceiling. Jak distracted him by pounding him with the Vulcan Fury. Her claws sliced through the ropy things easily, and sent Kor plummeting toward the ground. We stayed in the air, but then I felt a sharp pain through my stomach.

XXX

Ambika looked down to see the tip of Kor's tail pulling out of her middle. She fell to the ground, blood leaking all over. "Raye!"

Jak dragged me over to a corner where a couple of dead Grunts were. "Oh crap." I heard Daxter say.

'Ambika?' Raye questioned. 'What's going on?'

'Nothing, don't worry.' She used the last of the eco in Raye's body to close the wound, it really wasn't as big as it had first looked, and then changed back to normal with a shudder. "You okay?" Jak asked.

Raye put a hand to her stomach. "Yeah… my eco is running on empty, but okay." She looked around him. "But we might not be for long."

"Why?"

Daxter turned around. "Because Kor just found us! RUN!" Both elves jumped up and sprinted to the other side of the room, Kor behind them.

Xfive minutes laterX

"This isn't doing us any good!" Raye hissed, blood dripping down her forehead. Her right wrist was sprained, and her side now had two gashes in it: one from the Mantis earlier, which was basically healed, and one from Kor's dark eco beam of doom.

"I realize that!" Jak growled, shooting Kor again with his Blaster. His right thigh had a long cut down it from Kor getting in a lucky shot when he was jumping out of the way of the dark eco beam. He and Raye were both hiding behind one of the patches of freaky glowing rocks in the room. The rocks radiated dark eco, so they were safe… for the moment.

"Don't start arguing right now, 'cause right now is definitely NOT the time." Daxter told them both, serious for once. Blood matted the bright orange fur on his chest and near his tail, though Jak and Raye found no injuries except for a bloody nose where a rock had shot up and hit him from the explosion of Kor's gigantic body hitting the ground.

Raye leaned up against the rock, absorbing some of the eco radiating from it. Purple sparks danced over the wound on her forehead and it sealed a bit, making her wince. "Dark eco healing hurts."

"What do you expect? This stuff is called the eco of DESTRUCTION." Jak admonished. "Probably why they make Peace Maker bullets out of it."

Raye sat up, wincing as the cuts in her side healed a bit more. "What did you say?"

"Peace Maker bullets are made of dark eco."

Raye grinned. "I've got an idea."

XXX

Frustrated did not even come close to describing Kor's mood. Jak and Raye had killed all of his Metal Heads that had been down in the pit with them, and he had no idea where they were. Suddenly, a figure radiating eco ran into his line of vision. "Come and get me Kor!" Raye yelled, throwing a rock at him, barely missing his empty eye socket. He growled and charged at her.

'That worked a bit TOO well, I think.'

'Shut up, Ambika. I don't hear you coming up with any ideas.'

'You want ideas? Okay, here's one: move it before we get turned into Kor's lunch!' Raye jumped forward as Kor's giant fangs closed around the space she has previously been in. 'You might want to tell your brother over there to, oh, I dunno, HURRY HIS ASS UP!'

'Ambika, seriously: shut up.'

XXX

"Jak, you might want to hurry up." Daxter said peering over the rock formation. "Raye almost got eaten."

"I'm trying, so how about shutting up and letting me concentrate" Jak/Lykaios growled in frustration. Jak's skin was still its normal color, but the beginnings of horns, fangs, and claws were poking through, and his hair was looked bleached. In each hand, a charging Peace Maker rested, though instead of the bright white the charging shot usually was, it edges were tinted slightly purple, and purple lightning crackled around the entire gun.

-Flashback-

"There's no way that a regular blast is going to take down Kor." Raye said, struggling to switch her gun mode.

"Yeah, we've gotten that." Jak muttered. "So?"

"So what if we charged up a bullet with some dark eco?" The Morph Gun clicked into its Peace Maker mod.

It took Jak a second to realize her plan. "Wait, why do I have to do it?"

She rolled her eyes. "Do I really have to explain? DAXTER could tell you that."

Daxter sighed. "Her wrist is sprained, so she can't even hold the gun, and she's out of eco."

"Thank you. Look, I'll distract Kor while you charge these up." She handed him her morph gun. "And Lykaios, because I know you can hear me," Raye leaned down to look into Jak's eyes, little swirls of black twisting through the bright blues of her own eyes. "You better not do something stupid to screw this up." Ambika growled before letting Raye take back over and running out from behind the rocks.

-End Flashback-

A scream of pain nearly made Jak drop the guns. "What the hell?" He muttered, looking over the rock.

Kor had caught Raye's ankle between his fangs. Raye was letting loose her entire arsenal of attacks at him. Unfortunately, they have little power behind them and are losing more and more energy with each punch.

'We're almost out of eco; let 'em go!' Lykaios ordered.

Jak stood up and took aim at Kor holding the guns right next to each other. He released the triggers of both guns simultaneously. The two balls merged together as they left the gun muzzles, slamming into Kor with the force of a fighter plane going at Mach 9. Well, maybe not that hard, but you get my point.

Kor let out a loud roar, consequently dropping Raye. She pulled herself to the side as he tried to fly through the Warp Gate, slamming into the Precursor Metal side. Energy flew through him, bloating and expanding his body until it exploded, throwing his head at the feet of Jak, who had run out from his hiding place to help Raye.

The blonde grimaced as he turned back to normal and walked over to help Raye up. The boy's bubble floated down, popping as it hit the ground. The kid blinked a few times, standing dizzily.

XXX

"Dax, get the Stone." I said, looking at little Jak, who was still orienting himself. The Ottsel climbed onto my shoulder and pulled the glowing green gem out and handed it to me. I set it on the ground so that the kid would see it.

Little Jak, being a three year old and interested in anything shiny, immediately tottered over and touched the Stone. It glowed even brighter, and an elf made entirely of white light flew out. "Oh man, a Precursor."

The Precursor put its hands together and bowed toward Jak and I. "It is finished. Our ancient enemy is no more. Take hope, brave ones. The terrible darkness inside you is now balanced by a glorious light!" He floated down and touched our foreheads. The wounds on our bodies, and Daxter's, disappeared, leaving only ripped clothes and dried blood as proof that they had even existed. "We will meet again." It told them, flying through the Rift Ring, which was starting to tremble. Little Jak tried to chase it, stopping after he realized that there was no bloody way he could get that high.

As the Precursor disappeared, the Lurker balloon floated in. When it landed, Keira jumped down. "We don't have much time. I've set the coordinates back to our village. Let's go home everyone."

Jak shook his head. "But we are home."

Samos stepped down beside his daughter, and his bird started flying around from the sudden movement. "Keira, I'm afraid your Rift Rider must me used to send young Jak here to a place where he will grow up safe from harm. He must become old enough to complete the destiny he has fulfilled today." He gestured to little Jak who was now chasing his bird. He soon loses interest and tries to climb onto the platform with the Rift Rider. I laughed as he tried to get up on his own. Jak laughed too before he helped him up, smiling.

The Shadow, who was sitting in the Rift Rider, looked startled. "Wait a minute! It's you… I mean, it's me! I have to take him back and watch over him, don't I?" Samos nodded. The Shadow groaned. "Ah, grub roots. Talk about being in the wrong time at the right place."

I hugged the little Jak tightly. "You behave yourself for Samos, okay?" He grinned and nodded. I stepped back so Jak could say his goodbye too.

Jak knelt down in front of him. "Hey, you take care. Oh, and trust me on this, stay away from any wumpbee nests on your ninth birthday, okay?" The Kid nodded again and pulled the Seal of Mar from his neck, placing it in Jak's hand. Jak stared at it for a minute before lifting his littler self into the Rift Rider.

Keira bit her lip. "I sure hope I built this replica right. I don't know if it-"

Samos stopped his daughter. "It's perfect, Keira. This is the very machine we found… or will find later."

The aqua haired mechanic was confused. "What? I just built this. After seeing the first one, I mean. It's based on what I remember from-"

This time, Daxter cut her off. "Honey, the more you think about it, the more it hurts the head."

"For once, I agree with Daxter." I muttered. Jak nudged me in the side. "What?"

The Rift Rider began to take off, and the Shadow turned to face us. "I'll take good care of the child. And don't worry, I'll be back in time for the celebration! Farewell!" The Rider zoomed through the Warp Gate, and the Gate collapsed behind it.

Jak turned to Samos. "Thanks Samos. Without you…"

Samos shook his head. "It's funny. The boy won't remember any of this."

Jak looked at the Gate, which had finally finished falling apart. "No… I do remember the light."

I coughed, making everyone turn to look at me. "I hate to interrupt the good feelings swarming around the room, but do you have something to tell us, Samos?" I glanced at Jak.

Jak caught on. "I wouldn't happen to have any family in Haven that I should know about, would I Samos?"

Keira was confused again. "Jak, what are you two talking about?"

"Ask Samos." Both of us responded.

Daxter groaned and shook his head. "See, now I know why you two do that! It's a freaky twin thing!" Jak and I glared at Daxter. "Oh, sorry."

"Wait, you two are twins?" Keira asked.

I nodded. "Like I said, he's all yours." Both of them blushed and Jak smacked the back of my head. "Ow!"

Samos nodded. "Yes, you two are twins. Your younger selves were separated almost a year ago, and Raye was sent through another Warp Gate to Earth."

"What about Jak?" I asked.

The sage sighed. "Jak was kidnapped from us, and the Underground only recently found him again."

"Makes sense." Jak muttered.

Daxter jumped back up on his shoulder. "Hey, can we go now? This place is giving me the creeps!"

We all agreed to that sentiment and climbed onto the Lurker balloon. "So… what DID happen on your ninth birthday Jak?"

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SC: Wow, I can't believe I'm almost done with this. I'm almost sad. Almost. Mainly just happy that I can finally wrap this up!

Ja ne

SC

PS: please don't kill me for the little surprise… flame if you must, but don't kill me!