OMG GUESS WHAT this is the last chapter. CB NO the story is not over yet! I'm already writing a sequel called "Ottsel Tales" which you can find in my stories. CB They are actually the same story, but I thought the different names fit the different parts of the story. That's just the way it goes. XD
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Ch. 20
"NOO!"
But it was too late. Jak watched in almost slow motion as he small orange creature fell past his view and he heard a small splash. A wave of nausea overtook him and he collapsed to his knees. He didn't even notice Kanith watch him, then look back into the vat of Dark Eco. The brunette shook his head, smiling, and replaced his hat. He turned to walk back into the shadows of the room when--
"GAHH--!" Suddenly the Dark Eco exploded from the giant vat and rained in stinging droplets down upon them. Kanith grunted and tried to hide himself when a loud crash from across the room was heard and a flickering light came on. Jak's eyes flew to the crash site.
There were piles upon piles of old mechanical parts and other junk, including boxes of misc. objects and long, tattered white sheets covering it all. Or at least they were. Three large screens covered in the same kind of old sheets stood to shield the junk pile from sight. And whatever had flown out of the Eco had blown right through one of the screens, which had caused the one next to it to fall just enough to cover the disaster area over. Small gears and bolts and odd gadgets were rolling along the floor, trying to escape the havoc.
Jak and Kanith watched the site until the room was quiet again. Kanith took in a deep breath and trotted over to the area, glimpsing around a screen. His eyes went wide and his mouth fell into an O shape.
"...Extraordinary..." he murmured after a long pause. There was movement from behind the screens and more gadgets fell onto the floor. Jak jumped up. Kanith saw him and quickly ran out the door which was conveniently located just across from the pile on a side wall. Jak could hear his footsteps up the stairs until they disappeared, but he ignored them completely. Right now he was more concerned with what was behind the screens than anything else.
The blonde slowly made his way across the room. More clamoring came from behind the screens and Jak could have sworn he almost saw a foot.
A human foot.
Jak swallowed hard. "... Dax...?" he asked. There wasn't an answer, only a small whimper. But Jak knew that whimper. "Dax...?" he asked again, more assuredly this time. He was almost to the screens.
Another small crash as a box of small metal parts fell over. There was an almost inaudible cursing and suddenly whatever was behind the screens pulled one of the sheets that had fallen to the floor underneath the screen.
"Is that you, Dax?" Jak called. He was at the screens now. But he was afraid to look behind it.
"D-d-d-d-don't come any closer-r--!" Daxter's voice rang out. He was shaky, for some reason. Jak rolled his eyes at his own stupidity. Of course he was shaking! Anybody would be after being dropped into a pool of Dark Eco!
"Dax? What's wrong?" Jak asked in the gentlest tone he could muster while being so terrified himself.
"D-- .. J-just d-don't look'it me, ok!" Another crash and another loud curse.
"Why not, Dax?"
"'CAUSE! J-- Just 'cause!"
"Daxter? Are you alrig--"
"NO I'm not alright, JAK! I-- I was... I'm.. I--" Jak put a hand on the screen.
"I'm looking now."
"N--!" CRASH. "GAH--!"
Jak suddenly pushed himself around the screen out of pure worry. What he saw froze him.
A stained and torn sheet hung over a set of small, bony shoulders out of which protruded a neck just as thin with a round head placed atop it. Bright red spikes of hair faded to a dull blonde at their roots and a dirty set of bangs hung over large, deep blue eyes. A nose almost too big for the face stood defiant in the center of said head, and a long mouth with two large front teeth poking out from the thin lips sat in a shocked frown.
Neither of the two moved for a long while until finally the red-head turned away jerkily, fidgeting with his fingers. Jak finally managed to remember how to breath and spoke without realizing he'd even opened his mouth.
"Dax... You're back."
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YAY! It's over! XD''''' lol well, sorry for the crappy last chapter Oo but hey, it gets the point across, no? yes, no, no, yes? mebbe?
Anyway Thanks soooo much to all the nice people who read this! 8D I hope you enjoyed it and will read the sequel! Thanks again! X3