Eco's Kryptonite II: A fallen hero
Chapter 2
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Jak woke up in the Underground HQ ready for his big day and the big day was the fact that he was being honored at a hero ceremony and everyone was going to be there. He brushed his teeth, washed his face, took a shower and got dressed for the big occasion. He walked to the front door where Samos was waiting and he appeared to be thinking about something. Jak would always witness that Samos would be standing around but his mind was somewhere else but nevertheless he was ready to go to the big celebration. Samos on the other hand was being tormented by his big secret he has been hiding from Jak all these years but his biggest fear is in his visions which is of Hiermon walking on rooftops at night and it was a matter of time before Hiermon confronts Jak.
"Are you ready to go Samos?" asked Jak.
"Yes my boy, I'm always ready it's not everyday to see your best student get honored for his heroics," said Samos.
"Where is everybody else?" asked Jak.
"Well Asheline is going to present the award to you and everybody else is just at the ceremony," said Samos, "So I understand that you too are very close."
"Yeah we are very close, I love her very much, she is the apple of my eye," said Jak.
The two walked through Haven City until they made it to the bay where the ceremony was being held and the turnout was nice but it seemed as if every single citizen was attending this event and it had Jak speechless. The ceremony was right in front of the Naughty Ottsel.
They walked to the front row and Jak saw Daxter and Keira sitting down and cuddling up together.
"Hey look who made it, you ready for the big day?" asked Daxter.
"Yeah I am this is a great honor, thanks guys," said Jak.
"Aww don't get sappy now, this is only the beginning of what you're witnessing," said Torn who walked out the Naughty Ottsel.
Jak was happy that all of his friends were there and he couldn't ask for anything else nor could he be anywhere else but here. But nevertheless the ceremony was starting and everybody grew silent as Asheline walked on the stage and in front of the podium.
"Ladies and gentleman we are very grateful to have with us, a very influential and positive hero who never gave up when he could have, and his name is Jak," announced Asheline as she looked down at Jak who had a big smile on his face from seeing her, "Jak we have an award for you that asks you to continue in our fight against evil and to uphold the positive values that we teach to our children. Ladies and Gentleman I present Jak with the Haven City Heroics Award!"
The crowd roared with applause as Jak took the stage and he kissed Asheline on the lips and received his award while preparing a rather short speech.
"Thank you guys for your never ending support even through the dark times and I promise you that there are good times ahead!" declared Jak as the crowd roared in applause when he finished up.
Jak hugged all his friends and then they walked into the Naughty Ottsel where they partied all night long and Jak was ready to turn in.
"Jak I have a surprise for you," said Asheline.
"What is it?" asked Jak.
"Well we have to go to Spargus in order for me to show you," said Asheline.
Jak and his friends rode all the way to Spargus and they walked to an apartment building to the 2nd floor and Jak was beyond excitement when Asheline showed him his very own loft.
"Well what do you think Jak?" asked Asheline.
"I love it, how long did it take for you to get all of this done?" asked Jak.
"Don't worry about that Jak, you and Daxter have your own house now and that's the incentive for being true to values," said Asheline who gave Jak and Daxter their keys and she, along with Torn, Keira and Samos walked out, making their way to Haven City.
The loft was huge it had two bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, a game room, a living room and the party room for Daxter.
"Man I can't believe we have our own bachelor pad, yeah baby!" said Daxter.
"Yeah this is going to be cool, living with you," said Jak chuckling.
They both stayed up until it was midnight and Daxter finally crashed on the couch. Jak was extremely tired especially from the festivities of his very own day, he was very much surprised what saving the world on more than one occasion can do to a community. He was ready to crash until there was a knock at the door.
Jak walked over and he answered the door but nobody was standing there however there was a black shoe box sitting in front of the doorstep. Confused Jak picked up the box and it had only a note attached to the lid and it said:
Hope you are enjoying your day today, hope you enjoy this gift and trust me you'll enjoy it so much you won't want to detach yourself from it.
-Your number one fan
Jak opened up the box and it was only a black stone that was a small pendent on a necklace but Jak shrugged his shoulders and put it on. He wasn't prepared of what he was going to go thorugh as he went to sleep…
In the next chapter, the transformation begins when Jak starts to understand the stone but who is it from and is it a goo thing? Find out next chapter!