Eco's Kryptonite II: A Fallen Hero

Chapter 7

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Jak felt a wet sensation on his face and he thought he was dreaming until he woke up inside of a hut and the wet sensation came from a small golden retriever who barked at Jak happily.

"No Mar you can't go into people's hut and wake them up," said the little boy who helped his grandfather with Jak.

"Where am I?" asked Jak to the little boy, "And why is my head spinning?"

"You were in bad shape and you needed to be taken to a doctor so here you are," said the little boy, "My name is Jimmy and this is my best friend Mar."

"Nice to meet you both but…" Jak suddenly realized his friends weren't there so he got up trying to look for them.

"Its no use of trying to find them," said the old man who rescued Jak, "You managed to extract their souls and used them to try to destroy your own brother."

Jak felt down after that and he went outside to find a small village that seemed to be very busy at this hour.

"The name is Blaine, I found this next to your body," said Blaine who had Jak's eco-fusion crystal.

"You can keep it I am ashamed of what I have done to my friends, I am not worthy of its power," said Jak sadly.

"It'll be here when you are ready then," said Blaine, "As a matter of fact I want to take you somewhere I am sure you are familiar of, come on Jimmy."

The three of them went up a mountain trail and it had winding trail after winding trail until they reached the peak of the mountain and it was a view of a run down village. Jak was confused about being here but Blaine quickly explained why they were here.

"This was your birth home Jak," said Blaine calmly, "Or at least this is what is in your subconscious."

"What is this place?" asked Jak.

"This is the Land of the Precursors. This is the place where troubled souls go to right their wrongs, although it sounds a little like a church, this is the place for the chosen hero and that would be you Jak."

They all made their way down to the land and right now it was the sight of Jak's birth village and ironically it was on Jak's subconscious especially after remembering his long lost brother. They finally arrived to the village and then they heard a voice, a very familiar surfer dude voice that Jak recognized immediately, it was one of the precursors.

"Whoa, don't they have anything to eat in this place?" asked the surfer precursor, "Whoa, it's the dark and light dude, how are you Jak?"

"Okay I guess but how are my friends?"

"They don't wanna talk to you buddy, they want revenge against you."

"Really?"

"No not really but they still don't wanna talk to you man."

Then the other two precursors came and the second precursor was the tall and intelligent precursor while the third was older and wise.

"How many times have we told you not to mess with the teleportation device?" asked the taller precursor to the surfer precursor.

"Sorry bout that dude but look who I found."

"Jak!!!"

The precursors walked over to Jak who was hanging his head low and he couldn't even look into their eyes but he still acknowledged them nevertheless. The precursors took this into consideration and they decided to see how Jak was doing rather than lecture him on what he did wrong, they felt as though his decision to turn on his friends was punishment alone.

"So how are you doing Mar?" asked the older precursor.

"Okay I guess but did you hear from any of my friends?" asked Jak, "If you did I am really sorry for what I did, I didn't realize that Samos found it difficult to tell me the truth."

"Now Jak I know what you did is shameful but we all make mistakes that we later regret but ultimately the lesson to be learned is that you learn from those mistakes. You shouldn't beat yourself up for everything my boy. There is one test you have to pass if you want forgiveness but I'm afraid you can't see your friends until you stop the return of… Kor."

Jak looked on in shock as he heard the very name of Kor and then he listened on as the precursors were about to give Jak a special assignment.

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Hiermon and Kor were still at the rooftops of Haven City and they were going over the plan of how they will exactly get rid of Jak for good but Hiermon couldn't help but wonder why Kor wanted revenge so he asked him.

"Why do you want revenge on Jak so bad?" asked Hiermon.

"The same reason that you want it so bad because it feels good and we can strip Jak of everything he has ever known," replied Kor, "With patience Jak will finally fall and we will rule together."

In the next chapter, what exactly is the assignment that Jak is given and what exactly is the plan that Kor has in store for killing Jak? Also will Jak's friends ever forgive him? With that in mind find out next chapter of these mysteries. Thanks to Paradise Eco for continually showing love to m story.