Upon reaching the end of the long room, they broke the grate in the floor and finished the run to the window, and freedom. Without hesitation they both took the jump out of the second story window, landing themselves on the edge of the slums.

(This is a line....it's a secret line)

"We're free!" cried Daxter once they had landed, "Nice to breathe some fresh air, eh Jak?" Jak nodded. "Don't worry; we'll get that Baron Praxis." Jak glanced at Kaida to make sure that she was ok, once he was sure that she was, they walked out of the dead-end and into the street. They looked around, at the long roads, the sky, the buildings.

Kaida swallowed as she walked and looked around. She knew that the city was big from the game, but actually standing here, and walking in it... it was just so much bigger than she had recognized it as. It was exactly the way the game had showed, yet at the same time, standing there gave an angle that you never could have had by playing the game. The whir of the zoomers alone were enough to put her on edge. They were so close to her head, she had never noticed exactly how close they were to the ground. Kaida was so busy looking at the city in such a new way, she failed to remember that Kor would be showing up in, 5, 4, 3, 2...

"Hello strangers," the old man came up to the trio, followed by the kid. "My name is Kor. May I help..." Jak quickly interrupted the man forced him backwards by intimidation and shoving.

"You look like a reasonably smart man, I want information. Where the hell am I?!" he demanded in a gruff tone. Kor brushed himself off once Jak had finished talking.

"Well, my angry young friend, you are a 'guest' of his 'majesty' Baron Praxis, the 'ruler' of 'glorious' Haven city." As Kor spoke the child ran and hid behind him, and Kor gestured to the city with distaste.

"I was just a guest in the good baron's prison." Jak said with equal distaste.

"Inside a cell or inside the city, walls surround us both. We are all his prisoners." Kor turns to look over his shoulder, as if sensing something and his eyes widen slightly as he sees a group of guards come towards them.

"Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time... I'd move along if I were you." He warns Jak. The guards come closer, then stop and the one in front speaks.

"By order of his eminence, the grand protector of Haven city, Baron Praxis, every one in this sector is hereby under arrest. For suspicion of harboring underground fugitives." he states in a loud voice. "Surrender and die."

At the last comment Daxter steps closer to the guard who spoke, "Ahhh, excuse me sir, don't you mean surrender, OR DIE?!" Kor shakes his head and steps backward, behind Jak.

"Not in this city. Protect us from these guards and I'll introduce you to someone who can help you." Jak turns back to the guard, and Kaida knew that his mind was already made up. He charged at the guards, who wasted no time in pulling their weapons on him, and began to knock them down one by one.

Kaida figured, that since Jak broke her out of prison, she should at least make herself useful. She turned as well, and began to try her hand at beating up the guards. Kaida tried not to show her surprise as she found that her strength had indeed improved significantly. When she had first arrived in this world, it had taken all of her strength to fight only one guard, but now she found herself easily knocking down several guards one after another. Again, she found herself too immersed in her own amazement to remember what was coming next.

She was stopped dead when she felt it. It was energy coursing thought the air. She suddenly felt hot and cold at the same time. The energy only existed for a moment, but it gave her goose bumps. She turned, too slowly for her own liking to see Dark Jak. Kaida felt her stomach flip flop, and she had to fight the desire to run. She unconsciously took a step backward and froze as the newly transformed Dark Jak began to slash the remaining guards to oblivion.

Once they had all been destroyed Dark Jak morphed back into himself. He held his head and panted. Kaida tried to will her body to move but it was still frozen. Daxter came up to Jak with a crazy smile on his face.

"That was cool! Do it again!"

"Something's happening to me..." he panted, staring at his hands. "Something he did... I cant... control it." Kaida finally forced her body to move again, and hurried over to Jak.

"Very impressive." muttered Kor. Daxter still looked at Jak with a worried look, as did Kaida.

"Ehh, you ok Jak?" Asked Daxter.

"What you just did was very brave." announced Kor. "This child is important." he added, motioning to the kid at his feet.

"This kid? He looks kinda scruffy." said Dax.

"You are in a restricted zone. Move along." demanded a guard in a zoomer.

"Thank you for your help, but I must get this boy to safety."

"Hey!" cried Dax, " What about us?"

"There is and underground group waging war against Baron Praxis." he spoke over his shoulder. "Its leader, the Shadow, could use fighters like you. Go to the slums, find the dead end alley near the city wall. Ask for Torn. He can help you." With that, Kor turned fully around and hurried off with the kid.

Kaida looked out into the city. It hadn't been hard to find Torn when she had played the game, since there was a directional map in the lower right corner. But now, it would be very easy to get lost. She jumped slightly as Jak tapped her shoulder.

"You ok?" asked Jak. She gave him a small smile and nodded. He smiled back and started walking into the slums. Sure, Kaida would probably have mildly bruised knuckles in the morning, but other then that, and a small twinge in her side, she was fine. As they walked they looked around at the people, who seemed not to notice the orange ottsel or the girl dressed in odd clothes.

As Kaida walked, she couldn't help but keep glancing up at the zoomers over head. They still made her nervous at how close they seemed. It seemed to take hours to cross the slums, to get to the city wall. Kaida was rather surprised as she found herself recognizing things in the city as they went along. Jak, however looked just as confused as he had been when he had first came out of the prison, though he was hiding it well. Kaida looked to her right and stopped dead, and Jak followed suit.

"What's up?" he asked, and she pointed down the street. She had recognized it as soon as she had looked at it. It was the L shaped dead end that had the hideout at the end. Jak glanced at her.

"You sure this is it?" She nodded and started to walk down the street. Jak shrugged at Dax and followed her around the corner.

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Ah yes, another chapter down! Sorry it took so long. I have school and it takes time to get these dialogues. Plus the frickin' wont load on my comp so i had to put this into the preview area and copy and paste it into the box, so if there are any mistakes let me know and i'll fix them. Thank you for waiting. Please rearview! puppy dog eyes pweese?