The three of them were on the transport to Haven City. Caden had awoken half way to their destination. Jak smiled as Caden looked around. The film over her eyes slightly blurred her vision, but she could finally really see.
"Caden relax. You are still weak." Daxter said. Under the two warriors was the bag fill of the jewelry. Damas had swept the things into a cloth and tied the ends together.
"I know, but…" She was at a loss for words as she scratched Daxter's fur.
"We're leaving you with Torn. He will show you how to use a blaster and such. We're needed by Samos so we might be back for awhile."
Caden nodded in understanding. She was glad to be anywhere, but the desert. Though she would miss Spargus. She relaxed against the wall. They reached Haven City's harbor within a few more moments. The trio quickly exited and Jak found an unused zoomer.
Helping Caden on, he then drove across the harbor to the Naughty Ottsel. Caden started laughing, see the deformed sign. Daxter quickly glared at her as if to warm her not to say anything. Caden nodded, but still laughed. The zoomer landed near the entrance. Caden slipped off while Jak grabbed the bag, not trusting anything.
The door slid open and were greeted by Torn's confused face, "What the hell are you two doing here. Samos needs you."
"I know, but I need you o do me a favor."
"Like what?" Torn asked, leaning against the consol.
"Caden?" Jak asked, turning. Caden appeared next to Jak, "I need you watch Caden for a bit."
"Yeah, teach her how to live." Daxter added with a smirk.
"How to live?" Torn repeated, looking at Caden.
"Will you teach her how to use a blaster and such?" Jak asked. Torn nodded and the two heroes left, leaving an eerie silence. Torn took the time to look Caden over. She looked 'smaller' and stood differently. Caden looked at Torn, knowing what he was doing. She started to look around the hide out. Torn was doing well, it seemed and looked at what Torn was leaning on.
"Communicator. So I can keep in contact with the main base." Torn explained.
"I hid out in the Wastelands. The bracelets helped me 'see', but exhausted me." Caden told Torn, "Jak found me and was able to figured out how to rid me of the cursed jewelry." She added, showing Torn her arms, which had been behind her back. Torn was take back for a moment. Yellow and purple covered her forearms, but they didn't look like they actually hurt.
"Well, let's get started. Using a blaster is easy. You just…"
Jak raced from the hideout, onto a zoomer, and to the main hide out. He needed Samos' help about the jewelry and plan of action. Racing around all the fighting and allowing Daxter to shoot anything, they finally reached the base.
Jumping off the zoomer and into the elevator, Jak held onto the bad as they ascended. The lift doors opened to reveal a number of confused faces.
"Jak! You shouldn't be here. You need to get to-"
"I have the jewelry." Jak cut Samos off.
"How? Caden had them and she's probably lost or dead in the Wastelands." Ashelin said.
"Found her." Jak stated simply, allowing the bag to drop. The jewelry clanged onto the floor and rolled a bit, "I need to know how to destroy them. It's of Dark Maker origin."
Samos walked over to the jewelry and inspected from their spots on the floor. Occasionally pushing them over with his stick.
"Onin says that these can cause terrible problems. Lava won't even work to melt them. The only way to get rid of them is by acid."
"Great. How are we supposed to find any of that?" Daxter asked.
"The Metal Head sector. That shit that flows around in their river is acid. Or, at least, strong enough." Ashelin said, "But why can't we use them?"
"Hello?" Pecker squawked, "What part of 'terrible problems' didn't you get?"
"Back off, Pecker." Jak warned, "They are evil. If you even see Caden, you'll really know. Your body comes accustom to their 'help'. It gives you what you need or desire most, but take also." Jak explained, from the confused looks, he went on, "Caden couldn't see so the jewelry gave her sight in a way, but her body took the hit. She tired way to easily."
"Plus, the jewelry attached itself to her." Daxter added.
Samos could not believe his ears, "Where is she now?"
"With Torn. Errol is after them and her so figured it would be easier here." Daxter answered casually.
"Fine. You need to go to Haven Forest. Once there, Samos will tell you more. We'll try to figure out anything else with the jewelry before you destroy it." Ashelin ordered. Jak nodded and left, making note to the other not to touch the jewelry with bare hands.
Ashelin and the others watched him go before turning their attention to the jewelry. Samos brushed them all back onto the cloth and picked up the ends. He set it down near Onin so that the two could research them without disruptions.
Jak was back on a zoomer and whizzing around Haven City, across rundown sectors and the old farmlands. He ditched the zoomer as he near the entrance and went through the mechanized doors.
As promised, Samos called Jak and explained his role as a gardener to get rid of some Dark eco flowers. Jak saw Dark Makers blocking his was as well as cannons that Samos had told him to use. Jak smiled at the challenge and ran head onto the fight.
Torn had given Caden a crash course with a blaster and sent her to Tess to hone up on her skills and accuracy. Passing the course, Tess had sent her back to Torn to fight. Torn then had her leave with other fighters to hold off KG robots assaults on the eastern side.
Caden did everything she was told. Her skilled were very good and the unit was able to hold off the assault until more soldiers arrived and took their place. Falling back, she helped fight KG robots until she was back at the Naughty Ottsel.
"You seem to have faired alright." Torn assessed, "I am going to lead an assault on the Metal Heads' side. I want you to stay around here and defend anywhere it's needed."
Torn ordered and left the hideout with Caden in tow. He took a nearby zoomer and raced out of sight. Seeing her standing there, a rebel fighter grabbed her to help them fight against a Metal Head and KG robot front.
Jak defeated the Dark Makers and the flower problem and went to the telescope. He found himself inside the Dark Makers ship and realized what he could do. He went through the ship destroying enemies and door. Finding himself at the core, Jak destroyed it with half his life still in check.
"Our hero!"
"Wha- Daxter?" Jak had heard and seen right?
"What? Let me see! Let me see! Let me see! Hello! Elevator floor, going up!" Daxter cried out and grunt, "I hate being short."
Jak just looked back at the telescope, "For a second…" before leaving, shaking his head. He left the Forest the same way he entered it and found his way back to the main base. Jak found Ashelin in a foul mood about Errol…
"…Who knows what Errol could do next."
"I bet you know how we can stop him?" Jak asked.
Ashelin explained her plan about having Torn and Jinx lead an assault on the Metal Head sector. This pissed off the ottsel, complaining about how they have risked their lives for three adventures and going on about a contract.
Ashelin jumped back, saying the two were in, but needed to cover Torn and Jinx. Jak rolled his eyes and then saw Samos and Onin looking over the jewelry. He walked over to them, hoping for some good news.
"I'm sorry, Jak. We cannot decipher what it says."
"Onin says that the symbols repeat themselves, but there is nothing else on them."
"Take them, the jewelry, into the Metal Heads sector and get rid of them." Samos added, "Nothing good will come if they are left intact."
Jak nodded, gathered the bag, and ran out to meet up with Torn, Jinx, and Sig. Jumping into a ship, Jak started to shoot anything that even looked at Torn wrong. They glided from the main head quarters, around Haven City, to the harbor where missiles were being launched at Torn. They flew around the harbor to try and shake the missiles and into the Metal Heads sector. Stealing a moment, Jak threw the cloth with the cursed jewelry into the green acid.
"Good shot. It's hissing to its end. Watch Torn!" Sig said in one breath, keeping Jak on his mission. Torn closed in on the target. Jumping off the ship, it slid and exploded into the wall.
The warriors regrouped and Jak was given a new upgrade to finish off what was left. He ran around, fighting off Dark Makers and Metal Heads. When the nest was eradicated, he went back the way he came and went to go check on Caden…