Authors Note: Weee, welcome to the third chapter guys:D I hope you'll enjoy this as much as the others! I'm gonna aim to make this one a bit longer again, because I felt like I was disappointing you guys with the shorter chapter last week. D: This chapter will have four missions plus a bit of extra original stuff down at the end. Now to my lovely reviewers!

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Through Another's Eyes: Book Two

Chapter Three: Working for Krew

The trio hopped off their commandeered zoomer and walked down into the underground hideout, easily spotting Torn standing just behind his war table.

"We have returned!" Daxter exclaimed, jumping up onto the table, "One barbecued ammo dump served up hot!"

Tera rolled her eyes at the ottsel, Jak crossing his arms and addressing his words to Torn, "We saw something odd while torching that ammo. The Baron's guards were giving eco to a group of metal heads!"

Torn turned to look at them in surprise, "Really? The Shadow will be very interested to hear that," the commander turned to face the group fully, Daxter piping up again.

"You know," he drawled, "So far your gigs have been easier then stealin' grass from a sleeping yakow."

Tera put a hand over her eyes with a groan, a motion that Jak noticed and grinned at. Why couldn't Daxter keep his mouth shut at least once in a while?

Torn chuckled darkly, "You and your rodent wanna start provin' yourselves? One of our… 'suppliers' needs his payment delivered- a bag of eco ore. Take the zoomer parked out back and drive it to the Hip Hog Saloon in South Town. Ask for Krew- he'll be there," Torn paid no attention to the way Tera stiffened at the name, simply continuing, "And don't let the baron's patrols stop you. By the way, when you get there, pump Krew for information," Torn turned again, walking back to his map's, "He's wired into the city and may know what the baron is up to."

"You can count on us," Daxter piped, Torn crossing his arms.

"Are you still here?" the group took that as their dismissal, and headed back up to the alley. The parked zoomer was easy to find, and Tera sighed when, yet again, it was a single zoomer.

"Maybe I should just stay behind this time," Tera offered, standing a bit away from the zoomer, "It'll only make it go slower if there's two people on it-"

"Did something happen between you and this 'Krew' guy?" Jak cut her off, watching her carefully. He'd noticed the way she'd tensed up at the name, and intended to get some answers. Tera shook her head, shivering.

"No… he just really creeps me out. You'll see why when you get there. I think I'll just stay he- Jak!" she squeaked when, once more, she found herself picked up much like she had been multiple times in Sandover and stuck onto the back of the zoomer, Jak taking the seat in front of her.

"Hold on," she frowned, looping her arms around his waist anyways as she didn't feel like flying off.

"I hate you," Jak just smirked, punching the gas. The Krimzon Guards left them alone at first; they simply soared easily through the slums towards the Industrial section where Tera's apartment was. They had just passed into the red area and gone by her apartment when the alarm sounded, a turret popping up from the ground and peppering shots at them.

"I'm going to regret saying this," Tera growled, tightening her hold on her friend, "But punch it Jak!"

The male grinned, hitting the acceleration and easily losing the KG's behind them. They stayed in the lower hover zone, driving straight under two rode blocks and avoiding ever KG they could. Daxter shouted out every time they hit a KG or a shot hit them, Tera keeping silent until they were within sight of the water.

"Fly over the water!" Jak blinked.

"What?"

"Just do it!" Jak obeyed and shot out of the water, still following the locator on his map towards the saloon. There were less guards out there, and so it was easier to fly. Raising up just so they could get back onto the ground, Jak stopped the zoomer just in front of the Saloon and quickly helped Tera off, the three dashing inside and leaning back against the wall in relief when the alarms stopped.

Spotting a tall black man near the bar, Jak started walking towards him, Tera following after.

"Let me handle this, you two," Daxter grinned, "Watch my finesse and style!"

"Don't forget to ask about-" "Everything's cool, Nobody panic." Daxter cut him off, jumping down to the ground and approaching the tall man, "Hey big guy," he walked under the mans legs, his confident look becoming one of shock at what appeared in his vision.

Tera's shoulders tightened again, and Jak could easily see why the man creeped her out. Rolls of fat hung over the edge of the device that kept him floating, his face disgusting and tiny legs dangling from under the chair.

"You Krew?" Daxter asked, regaining his composition, "Well, we shook the heat, and your shipment's in primo condition." Tera stood slightly behind Jak, not wanting the man to talk to her unless necessary.

"That's good, ey," Krew rasped, sucking breath in, "because a cargo of rare eco ore is worth more then ten of your lives, mmm, and of course, I'd be forced to collect… ah, slowly. Heh heh, "he paused for another breath, "The Underground will take anyone with a pulse these days." The second half of his words were directed at Jak, his eyes occasionally drifting to the blonde head behind the male.

His attention was drawn back to Daxter when the ottsel jumped back onto Jak's shoulder, "And what do we have here? The Shadow's mascot of the month?" he reached out a pudgy hand, stroking the ottsels head before pulling back, Daxter making a disgusted face, "Oooh, soft… Sig, this fur would go well with my silk suits, eh?" he commented to the black man.

"Listen, ah, tons of fun, anyone can see that you, uh, and I have the real juice in this burg," Daxter attempted to joke, sounding nervous, "We're both players, right? We're both looking for a piece of the action, right? I think we can do business, right?"

"We did you a favor, now it's our turn," Jak snapped, stepping forwards towards Krew, "Why is the Baron giving eco to metal heads?"

"Questions like that could get a person killed, eh!" Krew rasped, motioning to the black man again, "Sig, pay 'el Capitan' here and his friends a bonus." Jak took a step back at first, then blinked when a gun was stuck in his face, taking it from him, "If you want to see what the baby can do, try the Gun Course outside. Show me some skill with that hardware, and I'll hire you for a job or two 'eh."

Jak smirked, liking the weight of the metal in his hands, "Lets go," he turned and headed for the doors, Tera following quickly after. They walked the short distance to the Gun Course, heading inside Jak broke open the ammo boxes and loaded up, looking to Tera when the doors to the Scatter Gun course opened.

She grinned, planting her hands on her hips, "Have fun."

Jak grinned back, stepping in and beginning the course. He was a bit trigger happy, Tera noted, but that could come in handy at different times. He was good at avoiding the civilian pop-ups, and took out the metal head ones quickly. When he reached the end of the course, Tera walked up behind him to see his score, whistling.

"You got gold on your first try. Damn, you beat me," Jak's eyebrow went up.

"You've used a scatter gun?"

"Naw," she pulled a pistol from her belt, "I use blaster and Vulcan mods on my pistols, but I only got silver on the courses. Now come on, I think Krew needs us for something else." She shivered again.

"You really don't like him, do you?" Jak smirked.

"Whatever gave you that idea?"

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"Hello cherries!" Sig greeted as the trio walked over, just outside the walls of the city, "Ready to hunt a few metal heads? Follow me, stick close, and watch my six," he grinned at the three, "It's gonna be fun!"

"Oh, yah, FUN," Tera muttered sarcastically, her two friends rolling their eyes at her. They followed Sig as he made his way down the beach, three juice goons and two snorkel tooth's waiting just ahead. Tera pulled out her pistols and set them to blaster mode, taking out the two snorkel tooth's with four easily placed shots. Jak helped Sig take out the juice goons, liking the damage he could do with his new gun.

Hopping up to the top, Sig motioned for the three to stand behind him while he charged his peace maker, firing it at the large metal blockade on the platform. Spotting two juice goons up ahead, Jak and Tera nodded to each other and charged forward, each taking out one of the enemies.

"You three make a good team," Sig commented, moving forwards. Jak lowered a bridge for them to walk across, and Sig stopped, motioning to a higher platform up ahead.

"There's the first target; watch my back," the wastelander knelt down, his peacemaker beginning to charge. Jak and Tera took care of the Snorkle Tooth's that jumped up in an attempt to attack Sig, the older male soon standing and firing the shot at the large metal head. The Crab head fell down, Sig giving a thumbs down when it did so. The rest of their time continued in much the same way, with Jak and Tera taking down any enemies that got in their way while Sig focused on the Crab heads. Jak grabbed as many metal head skull gems as he could, remembering what the oracle had said.

Once Sig had taken down the last Crab head, he turned to the Underground operatives, "BOOM! Home team five, Metal Head's nothing. That was the last one. Tell Krew we got 'em all cooked and caned. I'm gonna clean the Peace Maker and pick up the trophies," he grinned at the two blondes, "You did good, rookies."

Tera huffed at being called a rookie, Jak laughing at her as she headed back towards the entrance to the pumping station, simply following after his friend. When they exited back into the water slums, Jak froze, again hearing a sort of call in the back of his mind. The oracle, he guessed.

"We have to go back to the oracle again," he said simply, Tera nodding and following after him towards the old hut. Entering, she kept back as Jak stepped forward, tossing the twenty five skull gems that had been asked for towards the oracle. The girl and ottsel gasped when a beam of eco energy was suddenly shot from the oracle to Jak, raising him up in the air. His body convulsed, his dark appearing in a flash of light. He landed back on the ground, panting and staring at the oracle, still in his dark form.

"You do well to rid the world of this Metal scourge. As a reward, I give you a dark power," the oracle boomed, "Bring me two hundred skull gems and I will give you a new dark power."

Dark turned, sensing the two standing behind him. Black pools swept over them, as if trying to register whether they were friend or foe. The orange one… Daxter, he was a friend. The girl… she looked familiar, but was she a good familiar or a bad familiar? The demons eyes narrowed slightly. She showed no fear, no disgust, nothing- simply stood there watching him, apparently trusting him.

What was her name? He could almost remember… T… Ter… Tera…

"Tera…" he panted, reverting back to himself as his energy stores ran out, staring at the girl in surprise, "You're not… afraid of me?"

"Afraid?" the girl echoed, raising an eyebrow and placing a hand on her hip, "I'm not going to be afraid of my friend who's been protecting me since I was little. No way."

Jak attempted a weak smile, "Thanks. I appreciate it."

The three exited the hut, once more grabbing a zoomer to head back to Krew's. On the way, a question struck Jak, and he glanced back at Tera over his shoulder.

"How did you get into the underground anyways, Tera? No offence, but two years ago, you were kind of…" Tera simply rolled her eyes at him.

"I was weak, Jak, you can say it. It's the truth. I was taken in by a girl named Tess, who helped me get going and get used to Haven. She's the one who introduced me to the underground. But I got in because of…" she blushed slightly, "…my channeling abilities."

Jak frowned, "But, there isn't any blue eco…"

"Yes there is," she motioned to the blue ammo of her gun, "they use eco in the gun ammo. Blue is blue eco. If I crush the eco I can power up on it. I can take a lot more then I used to be able to; that's why I got it."

"I guess that makes sense," Jak mused, wondering how many other ways his old friend had changed in. They fell into a comfortable silence as they continued towards the Hip Hog, awaiting another mission. It felt good to be back in the presence of friends, Jak mused.

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Begin Introspection. Serial Code: Jak

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I still find it hard to believe that I'm out of prison, that they actually found me. Daxter and Tera, my best friends. I had just about lost hope; it had been two years, what if they had been killed? Precursors, I was more afraid of that then I was of myself dying. I worried about Tera a lot more then the others; I knew that Daxter was with her, and I worried about them both. Keira and Samos could take care of themselves, but Tera… the Tera from two years ago couldn't. I hate to admit it, but she was weak. She tried so hard to be strong, but it just wasn't in her.

Now, though, she's changed. A lot. She can definitely handle her own in a fight, and she's grown up to. Tera's a lot more mature then she was, both mentally and physically. I can't help wondering if Keira's changed to. I admit, I miss her, who wouldn't miss their crush after two years? I'm afraid of what she'll think of my 'dark side'. I might not have shown it, but the fact that Tera wasn't afraid of me when I went dark… really got to me. Even in my demon form, she would stay by me. I don't know how to thank her, but some day I'll figure it out. Some day…

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End Introspection

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