Lani: ok everyone this is what you've been waiting for! O-o...well this is where the actual game JAK X: COMBAT RACING (property of NDI) begins. parts that are not mine are basically (as i think ive said) word for word as in the game.
SPOILER!
and yes i know jak and keira kiss at the end of the game so leave me alone! i had to beat the game like 3 times already, and i have hero mode. I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
end spoiler...
well i hope you enjoy this next chapter and i'd love reviews...minus the original character critisisms... thats one big part of some people's fanfics you know...
It was a clear night in Kras City. The moon was out lighting its streets. Inside of a bar, Daxter had managed to get two thuggish-looking men to listen to one of his "heroic" stories.
"So there we were," Daxter began. " wheel to wheel with some of the nastiestracing cars I've ever seen. Razor sharp chrome gleaming in the dark, weapons bristling under rumbling hoods..."
"Oh, the Kras City welcoming comittee..." one of the men said. "Have a drink...friend."
"Yeah, well, whoever they were they messed with the wrong racers." Daxter said taking the drink. "Jak and I are world famous!" He got so excited, he didn't even know he had spilled his drink all over. "And we're connected too," Daxter went on as the other guy replaced his drink. "We've been, thanks, invited to Kras City for the reading of some will. A rich guy named Krew."
"The big gang lord?" the second man asked.
"Yeah, big is right." Daxter said. "We were Krew's muscle in Haven City. But old tub of butter kicked the bucket. Anyway, where was I...oh yeah! Slowly the racers circled us. The smell of fear hung in the air. And the smell of something else too. I told Jak 'loose the suckers!'''.
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Out in Kras City, Jak stood in the seat of the Sand Shark and watched as other racers encircled him. He hopped into the seat and hit the turbo. The other racers followed after him as he went off a ramp and through the streets of Kras. Within a tunnel, some of the racers lost control and slammed into the walls, turning into balls of fire. Looking back at the racers that remained, Jak dropped a mine into the road, blowing one up and continuing to slide around corners.
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Daxter pretended to drive a car and had his goggles over his eyes.
"My, my..." a man in a red suit said, walking in. "It sounds like this city is very dangerous." He pulled out a lighter and lit a cigarette. "Maybe we should get law enforcement to crack down." He and the other men started laughing. Daxter pulled up his goggles.
"Yeah, well, this place don't scare us." He said. "No nasty gang is gonna get us to turn tail and run."
"Sounds like they had you dead to lights." the man in the red suit said. "How did you survive?"
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Jak raced through Kras with the other racers still on his tail. One car fish-tailed out of control and crashed into the wall. As another drove towards Jak, Jak turned cutting him off and the other driverwent through the fence into the water. Continuing on, another car came and began to shoot at Jak. Jak made a quick turn and hit the turbo. While he looked back at the racer behind him, another came from the front. They both sped up as if to hit each other head on. Thinking smartly, Jak pushed another button, launching a missile right at him. The flaming car flew over Jak and blew up the car behind him. It rolled around just barely missing Jak as he slid to a stop. He sighed but soon put the pedal to the floor again as yet another car approched.
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"Jak was barely able to handle himself, but with my help we took 'em all out." Daxter said. "Until only one was left."
"Really." the red suited man said. " Well people in this town have a way of getting in over their heads. Like at the bottom of the ocean." The men began to circle around Daxter.
"Hey, easy boys, my story's almost over." Daxter said.
"Yes it is." said the man in the red suit pulling out a pocket knife. There was the sound of a roaring engine and gunfire.
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Jak raced down the streets at full speed.
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"Wait a minute!" Daxter said as the men backed up. "It gets better! Really." The engine got louder and headlights could be seen through the fish tank in the wall. Daxter turned around as a race car crashed through the tank and landed in front of him.
"Dax, get in the car." Jak said.
"Jak! Are you crazy!" Daxter yelled throwing his drink." You ruined my story!" The other men came out of their hiding spots. Jak saw them.
"Now." he ordered. Daxter glared at him and the knife flew past and landed in the table next to his face. Daxter yelled and hopped onto the Sand Shark.
"What are you waiting for!" Daxter asked. "Step on it Jak!" Jak slammed on the gas and sped back out through the hole he made in the wall. The sun had risen.
"I told you not to go out." Jak said. "We're getting death threats Dax. Someone doesn't want us here."
"Yah think?" Daxter said. " I say lets take the next boat home."
"Not a chance." Jak said. "Hang on."
"Jak!" Daxter yelled as Jak sped up and drove through Kras' empty streets.
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Jak and Daxter walked into the meeting room to find everyone already there.
"Where've you guys been?" Lani asked. "We've been looking all over for you." Keira gave Lani an angry look.
"Sorry we're late." Jak said. "We just got ourselves into a little trouble, that's all." He sat down into one of the cusioned chairs next to Keira, who sat on the table. Jak noticed another girl sitting by Lani. She had white hair and attire.
"Brittany? What are you doing here?" Daxter asked.
"I ran into Lani across town last night." she said. "She told me what was going on and I wondered why someone never informed me." Brittany glared at Torn.
"Glad to have you here Brit." Jak said.
"Well, let's get this over with and blow this berg." Daxter complained. "Who called us here anyway?"
"Krew's daughter," Keira said. "Rayne."
"Krew had a daughter?" Jak asked.
"Krew...reproduced! Eeww..." Daxter said. "Can you imagine what that tub of jelly must look like?"
"The thought is disturbing enough Dax." Brittany said. "You don't need to put anymore images into our minds." The doors to the room opened and a woman in green walked in. Her black hair was pinned up and she carried a bottle in her hands.
"Thank you for coming to Kras City." She said. "It looks like some didn't make it. Ah, well. I'm Rayne. Before father died his wishes were simple, to have his will played for his closest associates, and for us to drink to his passing. This special vintage he kept for the very occasion...to toast his death." Everyone took a glass.
"There's no way I'm drinking this." Lani whispered to Brittany and Emily. "I don't trust Krew dead or alive." The other two nodded.
"Here's to old friends." Rayne said. "And to father's untimely death." Everyone emptied their glasses, but Brittany, Emily, Trinaty and Lani played it safe. They tipped their glasses but drank none. Jak also hesitated. But when he saw Rayne drink hers, he felt it safe. "So," Rayne said. "Without further delay, his message to us." They all sat down as Krew's hologram appeared.
"Hello nearly friends and mostly enemies," it said. "If you're listening to this message then I must be dead. Oh well...As you all know I loved racing, almost as much as I loved weapons."
"Who doesn't like either?" Brittany asked.
"Quiet!" Torn said.
"Make me!" Brittany said.
"Guys, not now." Emily said. The hologram flew towards Daxter and around the room.
"Alas, I never fulfilled my living dream of winning the biggest race of all--" it continued. " The Kras City Grand Championship. But even in death, I will field the greatest racing team ever assembled and win the biggest race on the planet. You are the best of the best, and you will race for me!"
"Yes!" Lani exclaimed. Jak and Daxter stood up.
"Never!" Jak said.
"Oh yeah!" Brittany said.
"No way!" Daxter said.
"For sure!" Emily said.
"Forget it!" Jak said.
"I expect you're all riled up by now." Krew went on. " So let me tell you why you will race and you will win. If all went as planned, you just gave a touching toast in my honor." Jak sat down and looked over at Rayne. "Sorry to say," Krew said. "But I put poison in that special vintage. Quite unsporting of me really."
"Father!" Rayne said, standing up.
"This is where Rayne probably gets upset." Krew said. "Sorry dear. It's a slow acting poison or you'd already be dead." Daxter collapsed on the table. "You have just enough time to finish this year's racing season. If your race for me and win, my associates will provide you each with an antidote to the poison. Simple eh?" The hologram disappeared.
"I knew it was too good to be true." Brittany said. Ashelin pulled out a gun and moved in on Rayne.
"What the hell did you do to us?" she said enraged. Rayne put her hands up.
"Please." she said. " I didn't know. I drank it too. Father never did play favorites."
"Yeah well, your father's crazy." Torn said.
"We're all crazy for coming here!" Keira said.
"Easy for you to say." Lani said. "No worries for the four of us."
"You didn't drink any?" Torn asked.
" 'Course not." Brittany said. "Jokes on you now dread head."
"You can't trust anyone!" Emily said. "Especially Krew." The hologram of Krew reappeared.
"Well, it's been one minute." It said. "So I figure by now you're all arguing about how to get out of this mess. My advice is trust no one."
"Like I said." Emily said.
"Win the race and save yourselves!" The hologram said before disappearing.
"Jak," Daxter said. "Next time you invite me to one of your little parties...DON'T!"
"We can do this!" Jak said. "We can race and we can beat Krew at his own game."
"Father bought us the best mobile racing garage money can buy and each of you has a racing car waiting." Rayne said. "We're in this together, so let's get to it." She led them out of the room and took them into a large race garage. It was an amazing sight. Race cars everywhere! Big ones, small ones, fast ones, you name it and it was there.
"Go ahead." Rayne said. "Pick one to your liking." The racers spread out and eached picked a vehicle. Lani walked up to a small gold one.
"All it needs is some new rims and a paint job." Lani said. Suddenly she felt hands on her shoulders. Looking up she saw Jak.
"I claim this one." he said.
"No way!" Lani said. "I was here first."
"Just joking." Jak said. "You can keep it. I got that one over there." He pointed to a red car similar to hers. "You're in such a hurry. What's the rush?"
"You're dying, for one." Lani said.
"Don't worry." Jak said. "I'll take care of that."
"Jak!" came Keira's sing-song voice. "How do you like this one?" Lani pushed his hands off her shoulders and walked around her car.
"Hold on Keira," Jak said. "I'll be right there." He followed behind Lani.
"Jak, stop." she said.
"What's wrong with you?" Jak asked.
"Nothing." Lani said turning away. "Just go be with your girlfriend like you always do." Jak realized where she was going with this subject.
"Just because I'm with her doesn't mean I don't care about you."
"She's just trying to make a comeback after what happened the last few years with the banishment and everything."
"I know, but our friendship's gotten a little screwed and I'm just trying to fix it."
"You do that..."
"Lani, I--"
"Jak!" came Keira's voice. Lani said nothing.
"Coming, coming." Jak sighed and walked away. Lani grabbed some materials and began to paint her new ride when Em, Brit and Trin came over. They listened in on their conversation.
"How do you like this one?" Keira asked again.
"It's nice." Jak said. "But I've already found one."
"Oh? Which one? Not that one that the little brat is painting black?"
"The one next to it. And will you stop calling her that?"
"Oh, don't be so defensive Jak."
"This trip sucks." Lani said painting green stripes on the Road Blade.
"Don't worry about it Lani." Emily said. "He still cares."
"Yeah, it'll get better." Brittany said. "You still get to race. That'll be fun eh?"
"Yeah, sure." Lani said.
"Well, I think they're a cute couple." Trinaty said. "Jak and Keira."
"Well no one asked you." Lani said with an attitude. She left the group of girls and walked past Jak and Keira. She gave them a quick glance before leaving the garage.
"Good going." Brittany said following after Lani.
"It was just an opinion!" Trinaty said. "God, she's so sensitive." Jak saw Brittany leave.
"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all." Jak said.
"I told you not to let her go." Keira said. "She's only making things worse."
"She's just trying to fit in." Jak said. "Leave her alone please." Keira noticed the annoyance in his voice and figured she had better stop. At least for now.
" I can't afford to lose him now." Keira thought. She grabbed Jak's arm. "Come on, let's go into the main room with the others." She pulled him into a larger room.
In the back leaning against a railing stood Lani and Brittany. They watched a big screen T.V. On it was a blonde man in a purple suit. Jak picked a couch to sit on to watch.Rayne stood close by him, Daxter read the medical form and Ashelin paced back and forth through the room. Jak looked over at the two girls. Lani looked away. He sighed and diverted his attention to the screen.
Lani: yeah...i was gonna make this longer cuz i dont have that much left until i have no more writing...maybe ill have a short chapter 3
