Corad: Hi everyone :) I'm back...which could either be classed as a good thing or bad thing...which ever lol. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and/or read the last chappie too. I'm glad you're back Some Dude. I was beginning to think you'd left us or something. I know what you mean about getting addicted to Final Fantasy 10 lol. I'm now addicted to Star Ocean 3...kinda hard not to when you've got nothing to do anymore...I miss school ;.; Yeah, but thanks again to everyone who reviewed. Please enjoy this next chapter!
Don't own, never will...but maybe someday... (horror music starts up)
Chapter 44 – Mindless Battle
Heavy footsteps running up the stairs made Jak's peaceful sleep end. His dream of winning the racing tournament and finding out the winner's prize was cut short, when a disturbed ottsel was looking down at him, while another began prodding his side. Jak squinted in the dim room, and saw Daxter on top of his chest, attempting to wake him up.
He also noted Simron by his side, prodding him painfully in the ribs. "What'd ya?" he groaned, rubbing his eyes and sitting up. Daxter scurried off him, and lay at his feet, whining about leaving to go train. Jak's eyes shot open and he leapt from his bed, dashing around the room gathering up his gun and dagger and attaching them to himself.
"Thanks Dax! I would have slept all night if you hadn't woken me up!" he yelled, before hurrying downstairs. He passed Erol sleeping in his booth, and smiled at the sight of his completed match box tower.
"Hey Jak! Wait for us!" Daxter shouted after him, but Jak skidded to a halt and spun around, his finger to his lips trying to shush him down. Daxter realized Erol was trying to sleep, and approached Jak quietly, Simron following behind.
"Dax, you can't come…its too dangerous. I would never forgive myself if I…attacked you," Jak told his friend gently, kneeling down on the ground. Daxter crossed his arms, and turned to his new friend.
"Has better things to do that hang with me, his best friend!" Daxter cried dramatically, making the sleeping redhead stir in his sleep. Jak took a quick glance at Erol's moving form, and whispered that he'd spend time with him tomorrow if he just headed back upstairs and entertained himself.
"Nah Jak, I'm only playing with ya mind…come on Simron, let's go raid Jak's stuff…good luck tonight buddy," Daxter said before leaving for the stairs. Jak grinned and messed up his friend's orange fur on his head.
"Will do Dax. See ya later," he muttered, standing up and heading to the door. The door opened, and he stepped outside, seeing the sun gradually disappearing. He feared he wouldn't make it to Dead Town in time, but intended to drive for his life regardless. Leaping onto the zoomer he drove a short while ago, he put the vehicle into full throttle.
Icy air was sent flying through his hair and face as he drove like a madman to the slums. He didn't take the slightest notice of other drivers or freedom fighters, but instead just weaved amongst them at top speed. Eventually he arrived outside the door to Dead Town, and watched as the sun was almost gone. He ran through the steel doors and landed hard in the dirt on the other side.
"Glad you could make it…we'd better watch out Jak, another storm is heading our way," Skytha muttered, approaching Jak from some ruins. Jak looked to the sky, to see black clouds gathering again. The same black clouds he'd seen earlier.
"Ok, what are we gonna do?" he asked, taking a few strides to reach her side. Skytha turned her face to the sun, its last rays almost engulfed in darkness.
"We wait. When you morph Jak, I will speak to you and your other side. Try and take control, or I'll be forced to fight you. I can't risk you leaving my sight, in case you…kill anyone…" she said seriously, before grabbing her pendant and reciting the chant. Those few lines burned inside Jak's ears, and he felt a chill run down his spine.
"Thy inside, ringing out terror and fury. To become one, elf must unite with wolf, and together be inseparable. Oh sacred beast, transforms thy self, and unearths the incomplete mind of the wolfish," she said in concentration, her hands gripping the pendant so tightly in her hand that it shook. She gasped lightly, and threw the pendant around her neck before she began to transform.
Jak's eyes widened in horror, witnessing her once elfish body twisting and stretching into a wolf's. Brown hair covered her body, wings and horns sprouted out her shoulder blades and skull, and her arm and leg joints switched in opposition, before paws with large claws replaced her hands and feet. She was whining in pain the whole time, her eyes shut tightly hiding the fear from Jak.
Before Jak knew it, the brown wolf he'd fought with earlier on stood in front of him, its green eyes watching him carefully. Jak gulped loudly, taking a step back before he too felt pain erupt within his chest. He shouted out, and felt his bones moving to fit a wolf's, horns grew from his head, wings flapped from his sides, and large claws dug deep into the earth. He flicked his tail savagely, the spikes on it tearing apart a nearby, dead bush.
"Surrender mortal," he growled, bearing his teeth at Skytha. She growled in return, her claws scraping across the dirt as she took slow steps towards wolfish Jak. Jak's wolf mind overtook him once more, and forced him into the darkness, helpless to stop himself from attacking.
"Jak, get a grip of him…overpower it! I've seen you do it…you can teach you wolf side to behave, just like you have done with Light and Dark. Speak with it! Force it down inside!" she yelled, watching in fear as wolf Jak began howling.
Jak struggled from within his mind, feeling his other two egos fighting with him. Together they could do this. Together they could surely overpower his wolf side, and take control. But he needed a way to do that…
"Jak! Stop it! Force him down! You must learn to control him, or you won't have a chance!" Skytha cried out, backing up as wolf Jak decided to take revenge on her from last time. He snarled at her, his head help low ready to strike. Figuring there was nothing else she could do, she ran forward, and tackled him heavily to the ground, smashing his head into the dirt.
Wolf Jak yelped in alarm, and swung his spiked tail at her. Hitting her in the side, she leapt off instantly, her side aching. "Jak, please…fight it!" she yelled, but Jak just lifted himself up, and laughed cruelly.
"Jak is not here right now…please leave a message after the scream…" he said with an evil smile, before flapping his wings and lifting himself into the air. Skytha growled in anger, and leapt up at him, snapping at his hind legs. She felt fur in her mouth, and heard a furious yell, before letting go.
Wolf Jak landed heavily on the ground, snarling in pain as fresh blood escaped from his leg. It ran across his grey fur, and dripped silently to the ground. "You'll pay for that! I was about to spare you, but instead, I'll rip out your throat!" he shouted, his blue eyes bulging in rage.
Skytha took steps back, feeling the need for a plan to help her get Jak back. She thought hard, watching in fear as Jak ran at her, his fangs bared for a bite. "Jak please, I…" she was unable to finish as Jak's body flew into hers, and she was thrown to the ground. She struggled to breath for a short period of time, which gave Jak the chance to attack her further.
She yelled out as he leapt on her, his fangs inches from her neck. She thrashed about, sinking her long claws deep into Jak everywhere she could. Skytha wasn't about to give up. Jak was still in there, and she knew she had to protect him somehow. Seeing a plan, she lifted her head quickly, and sunk her teeth into Jak's left wing.
"Get off!" Jak shouted, tying to yank his wing from Skytha's jaw. She clung on tightly, her teeth sinking deeper and deeper, before the taste of blood washed through her mouth. He yelped out, and slammed his forehead into Skytha's cheek, making her release his wing. Her head fell back to the ground, but Jak kept yelping out, the pain in his wing unbearable.
"You…I'll kill you!" he screamed as he lowered his head to her neck. She thrashed about again, and kicked Jak in the gut, hoping to wind him. He staggered off her, panting for air. Skytha noted he looked dazed for a split second, before he shook his head wildly and growled in loathing at her.
"Last time you'll ever be doing that…" he sneered, pawing the ground in annoyance. Skytha's eyes followed him as he neared again, but she fought back all signs of fear and got up, lifting her head up high and howling. Her eerie howl travelled across the sky, and alerted the one that could help her.
"You're going down little miss…nothing can save you from your fate…hmm…the taste of blood…how I want it…how I need it," wolf Jak hissed, leaping at her again. Skytha ducked away and ran further into the ruins, Jak hot on her trail. She was panicking now, unable to fight him off, and if someone didn't help her soon, she'd lose this fight.
Wolf Jak yelped in excitement. The wolf that had attacked him the night in the wasteland. That wolf that robbed him of Jinx's life…Jinx's blood…that same wolf who wanted to get rid of him. She must die… "Give up! You can't run forev…arrrrrgggghhhhh!" Jak screamed out as something smashed into his back, shoving him hard into the ground.
Skytha stopped running, her heart pounding painfully, and looked around to see a large, grey wolf holding Jak into the ground. He lifted his head to her, and smiled in acknowledgement, before taking flight into the sky and disappearing over the walls. She took note Jak was too hurt to move, and wandered slowly over to him, before whacking him with force to his head.
Wolf Jak let out a long groan, before falling unconscious.
Corad: It burns! It buuurrrrnnnnssssss! (sheilds eyes)
Sharok: Geez, get over it...it's only a bit of well-deserved killings. Something this story has been lacking for the past few chapters...
Corad: Yeah, I know...but I...we...um...
Sharok: (?)
Corad: Nyeh...hope everyone liked that chapter. Finally I got some good stuff. Well, kinda good stuff...maybe not really, but it's better than Samos and Seem rambling on about life problems...nah, Seem and Samos...wait...Seemos...are cool...in a freaky way. I hope everyone enjoyed that chapter too. I'm kinda getting worried coz there's another story involving wolves now. I'm cool with it...just hope it doesn't begin to sound any more like mine...maybe I'm just paranoid. Have been for the past...errr...whole lifetime, so I'm probably paranoid now. Um, review if you want or need to. If you're like me and are too lazy, then that's cool also. Yeah...see yas all next time :)
