My eyes shot open, I laying down. At first I thought I was still in the prison, but then I realized what I was on. It wasn't the cold, metal table I was used to. I was actually on a bed.
"So this is the mysterious girl that Torn brought in." A blond girl said, walking in. I sat up quickly, ready to fight.
"Easy there. No threat here. I promise." She said, holding up her hands. I relaxed only a small bit.
"Who the hell are you? And where am I?!" I demanded.
"I'm Tess. And you're in Haven City." She answered.
"Looks like our guest finally decided to wake up." A rough male voice Spoke, the owner of said voice pushed open the curtain separating this small section from the other parts of this large room. I got a good look at him, he being the same man I collapsed in front of. He walked beside where I sat, I eyeing him warily. He noticed this, but didn't say anything. I then jumped off the bed, losing my balance for a second. The man instinctively grabbed me, preventing me from falling.
"Careful! You just woke up from getting shot." He snapped.
"I'm fine." I snapped in return, not to happy about being touched. He let go, still looking at me.
"Would you stop gawking?" I asked.
"Right. Tess. You got any old clothes she can have? I can't have my new recruit running around in rags."
"Wait, recruit? I never-"
"Look, sweetheart-"
"Zoe." I interrupted.
"Zoe. It's obvious that the Baron is after you. I'm not gonna ask why, but it's apparent you want revenge, Right?"
"Yeah."
"Then the best way to do that is to join the underground resistance."
"Fine. I'll join. But on one condition."
"And what's that?"
"Erol is mine."
"Fair enough." He shrugged. And with that, I officially became an underground fighter.
{Roughly a month later}
I hoped off the zoomer I had parked in front of the underground hideout, shouldering the backpack full of goodies. I walked into the hideout, where Torn was waiting.
"Here's the package you wanted." I said, throwing it on the table.
"Did Vin give you trouble?"
"Besides the fact that he tried to shoot me? Nope. Lucky for me he's a bad shot." I smirked.
"We got new recruits, Zoe." He said.
"Really? Where are they?"
"Well, destroying an Ammo dump in the fortress."
"Still giving out crappy missions, eh?" I joked, he just looking at me.
"No fun, huh?" I sighed, opening the curtain to the sleeping quarters, and letting it fall back in place. It was crazy how I went from being a simple girl from the forest to fighting against corrupt government. I stared at my arms, faint black intricate lines running up them. It must've had to do with the dark Eco inside of me. I knew that Jak was taken to a prison, maybe the same one I was. But after a month of searching, I came up with nothing. It bothered me. My best friend, locked away. Probably expermented on as well. Torn was... Nice enough to let me explore on my own, do my own digging to free Jak, but it was taking too long. And as much as I wanted to storm up to that palace and knock out every guard, and kill the Baron, it would've been suicide. So I had to wait.
"The demolition duo has returned! One Barbequed ammo dump, served up hot!" A familiar voice Spoke, I curious as to who it was.
"We saw something odd while torching that ammo. The Baron's guards were giving barrels filled with Eco to a group of metal heads." That was a voice I haven't heard before. My curiosity got the best of me, so I swung the curtain open to see Daxter on the table, next too...
"Jak?!" I asked. All three of them turned to me.
"Zoe?" Daxter asked but I ignored him, running to Jak and hugging him. He stifined, and I broke away from him.
"W-what are you doing here? I searched for you, damnit."
"Dax broke me out." He said. I looked over at the ottsel, who nodded.
"Daxter. Broke you out." I repeated, Jak nodding.
"Look, as touching as this whole "reunion" is, that sounds strange. The Shadow will be very interested to hear that."
"You know, so far your gigs have been easier than stealing grass from a sleeping Yacow." Daxter said, Jak shaking his head. Torn only laughed.
"You and the rodent want to start proving yourselves, eh? One of our... "Suppliers" needs his payment delivered. A bag of Eco ore. Take the zoomer parked out back and drive it to the hip hog heaven saloon in South town. Ask for Krew. He'll be there And don't let the Baron's patrols stop you. By the way, when you get there, pump Krew for information. Here's wired into the city and meet know what the Baron is up to." Torn said.
"You can count on us." Daxter said.
"Are you still here?" Torn asked, Daxter hoping on Jak's shoulder and both walking back onto the streets.
"That's not Jak."
"What do you mean?" Torn asked.
"Well, I know Jak. And... He's not the same."
"This war will change people. You gotta keep that in mind if you want to survive, Zoe." Torn said, I sighing before running after Jak.
