(Maia's POV)

Jak had come back from the mission, Daxter was really freaked out. "Lurkers, I thought that this was a new world, yet it had some of the things we have back at home!"

Torn was acting grumpy. "The shadow wants you to save the sacred sight. Then he wants to meet you." you had finished your period. and the boys didn't know. You had asked Tess not to tell them, and she kept her word. "Yes sir!" Daxter said mockingly. Torn growled. "And were is the sacred sight?" you asked curious

"Dead town"

"why should we go there?" Jak asked skeptically.

"And why do we get all the crappy mission?" Daxter asked getting right in Torn's face.

"'Cause..I ...Don't ...Like YOU" Torn said poking Dax off the table he was standing on. A thunk ensued. "That's fair" Dax said giving the thumbs up. "What do we expect to find and fight?" you asked. "Mead heads are the only ones found on radar, and the water is electric" Torn said as if it were a known fact. You let out a sigh. "Torn, what's wrong? Your acting annoyed," your tail moved wrapping around Torn's wrist. He looked at your tail, and brushed it off. "I just lost something important to me" he said sadly, "so we can go find it!"you said hopeful. Torn shook his tattooed face. "You can't help. She's too far gone, and she with a better person" he said heavily. "Well who is she?" you asked. "Maia, it's ok. Go on the mission, forget what you heard!"

(Third Person's POV)

Maia and Jak made their way out of the underground, Maia looked really worried, "poor Torn, he really loved her, who ever she is" she said, she was that kind of person that's heart burns for people who loved some one then can never be with them. She would never tell anyone that though. "How do we get to dead town?" Jak asked. "I think..." she was cut short by the communicator went off. "Jak...insolent girl. I have a new job for you. I have a priceless statue in the sewer. But it's guarded by turrets. Destroy them. Then guard three of my men to the statue, get the ruby key and the heart of Mar. And maybe I let you too look at my seal of Mar. 'Ay" the obese man said through the communicator. "Fine. Lets go Jak I want to kick some things butt!" Auria had stayed with Torn. So Maia was with Jak. On this one. It was hard to decide which mission was more important. "We go do Torn's first" Maia said she was sure if Torn wanted something done it was top priority. transportation was a little harder to get today. It was a Saturday, and lots of people were out and about. "This is proving to be a problem" Maia said muttering. "Ha,ah. You forgot didn't you?" Jak asked laughing despite himself. "I never forget anything!" she said defensively, Jak cocked an eyebrow. "Jet Boards" he said pulling out his. Maia sighed. And pulled out her's.

(Maia's POV)

the jet boards were a nice change. It had been sometime since you had used them. You zoomed through the city till you got to the gate that marked your entry to the Dead town. It was an eyrie place, it was filled with dark murky water. Torn had told you that it was electric, and it looked it too. There wasn't much land and what little there was was full of Metal Heads. The water was like tar, nasty and if you were unlucky you might be dug up in the far future. "This is really weird. I remember this place!" you said. A goober wattle by, paying no heed to you and Jak. Auria had stayed at the Underground, and for that you were thank full, you didn't feel like anything was wrong, but you didn't want to deal with her right now. She was a great friend but this whole life was getting on your nerves. "Really? When did you come here?" Jak asked. You half expected your father to come charging in and yelling at you to go home and never come back. "I came here once when I was ten. I wandered around, and found a goober and it seemed to like me. Not as breakfast. But as a friend, it played with me the whole day. Then dad charged in and hulled me home. And told me never to come here again" you told Jak. This sad story. "Maybe the Goober is still around and can help us find what were looking for!"

"Goober...here Goober...it's me remember. You played with me once a long time ago." you tried to coax one Goober that had been in a corner since you got there. You remembered that the Goober you played with had darker green fur. Then others you had seen. It slowly came out, and looked at you with it's large eyes, cocking it's head to look at you. A smile drilled it's way into the Goober's odd mouth. "Can you help us find the sacred site?" you asked it kindly. It looked confused. You took a stick and handed it to the Goober. It looked again confused. "You can write what you want to say, and you can tell us what lies ahead." it swiftly drew a small picture of what the road looked like. It looked as if a group large Metal Heads were around a ruined building, and a Slinger was just beyond that. "Will you come with us?" Jak asked. Daxter looked at Jak with disbelief. "What do you mean! That thing is the enemy!!" the Goober took the time to draw another image. It had a lurker, and Goobers. There was a metal Head and it was chasing the other creatures away. "I know your people are not the enemy." Jak said giving Dax a dirty look.

You leapt over to another pontoon, it was not too sturdy, you had to keep moving. "Come on Jak, I'll race you there!" you called over your shoulder. The Goober was on your left side, moving at the same pace.

(Baron Praxis's POV)

it was hard to pin point the brat Maia Goldfeather. She was more trouble then was wroth in Dark Eco. You were in your office, it was full of paper work. You hadn't done. "Errol. Get your skinny ass in here!" you roared. Minutes later Errol stumbled in. "You have to kill those two Eco freaks!" your voice was heard through the whole palace. "I can't sir. I'm sorry" Errol dared refused your order! "I can kill that Jak..but It might be hard to kill Maia" a voice said from behind Errol. You couldn't see who it was, but if someone could kill that blond boy, that was more then enough. "Great. I'll start you up right now." you asked looking pleased. "Errol get out of my sight, and your fired!!" you bellowed. He ran out of the room. "What my I call you?" you asked. It was a formality to know the name of your in employee. "Call me Shanile" and with that she. You thought it was a she. Walked out.

(Errol's POV)

this was the worst thing to happen! You lost your job and then lost a case. And to add on to that, your going to lose Maia, and her friend Jak. You had to find them. You had looked over Maia's shoulder when she called Torn, and you knew the number!. "I have to call Torn." he was once a comrade of yours. He was in the Krimzon Guard a few years ago. "Hello. Who is it?" Torn asked through communicator. "It's Errol..." you were cut off by Torn's angry voice. "Why do you have this number!!" he sounded really mad. "Torn... Maia, and Jak are in real danger" you said, that shut him up. "Why are you telling me this?" he asked.

"I was fired. But that's not why. I like her, and Jak"

(Maia's POV)

you had won the race with Jak, and Daxter was now racing the Goober, they found that they liked each other, and then started playing. "Now what?" you asked, you hadn't encountered any Metal Heads yet, and that worried you. "Look at that!" Jak yelled, Daxter was getting farther and farther from your line of vision. "Daxter! Come back!" you ran after them. You turned a corner to see Daxter frozen in place by fear. You skidded to a stop. In front of him was a Slinger Metal Head. It held a sling in it's right hand. It was a long rang attacker, and you were a prime target. The Goober was next to Daxter and was also frozen. You had to get them outta there! You started to run. The Slinger started to attack, balls of dark Eco were flying towards you, dogding them as they came closer and closer to hitting you. You scooped Daxter up, and the Goober. "Let's GO" Daxter yelled. You gave him a quick look. The Slinger kept a good stream of balls flying at you. Your tail was tucked against your body,and just your luck you stumbled on a piece of rubble. You looked behind you, and saw to your horror that one ball was right on target. You tried to move into a small crevasse. You could see Jak and he could see that you were in trouble. "Stay back, there's a Slinger! It's ball of Dark Eco are like heat seeking missiles!" you called. The ball hit, and yet you didn't hurt. You had felt seconds before movement in your left arm. The Goober had stoped moving, and crumbed into a pile of Dark Eco, the Eco was drawn to you and Jak, and was absorbed into your bodies. "I'm sorry Goober, and thank you" you whispered to the wind that now howled with the pain of losing so precious as the life of a noble creature. Your eyes filled with hatred, your body shimmered, and rippled. It was like a warp gate. Your form changed your hair grew shorter and yellow and orange. Strips were painted onto your body, and your head was big with muscle and teeth that could rip the very fabric of time and space. The light faded and Jak got to see what you had now become, you were the liger. Tiger/lion. It was a new form. It was bigger then any other cat in the world. You were the most powerful cat ever, "get on Jak time to take this to the next level!" you were 4 feet tall when standing on four feet, then ten feet when on your back legs standing up. Jak wasn't any dead weigh. And Daxter was light as a feather. You started to run. But found it more fun to slink around. You looked for that stupid Metal Head that killed your Goober. It would pay with it's life. "What are you doing?" Jak asked. "What? I'm staking my prey!" the Slinger was in sight. It would take only jump to kill it! It would be so easy. And yet nothing in your life is. Daxter was inhaling quite heavily. "No!" you whispered. He sneezed! The Slinger looked up. "Shit!" you cursed. You lost the element of surprise. You were close enough so it couldn't get a good shot at you. The throat. go for the throat. You thought. It was your only chance to survive. But just before you went in for the kill, it dropped dead. "Huh?!" you asked Jak. In his hands was the Blaster mod, "I thought you might need some help!" he smiled and put away the gun. Daxter was on his shoulder, and was looking sour. "You scared living crap outta me!" he yelled, "let's just save this site. And then we can go home"

you kept your liger body, and it was useful. Soon you and Jak were on the last leg on the trip. Into a passage way, the roof was crumbling and any sound might make this into a dangerous situation. There was a hut, on a platform, it seemed to hang in the air. Old vines covered the top, and sides of the hut. Three floors, the bottom looked to be a work shop and small home. The second was another work space, but looked less like a work shop and more like a floral shop. And the third was the roof, with an attic somewhere there. "Is that...no it..couldn't..when..where...why!" Daxter moaned. "It's Samos's hut. This place. This horrible place is our world" Jak said horrified. "It is? Is that Samos that one from Sandover?" you asked, rubbing Jak's arm with your paw. "And it's not so horrible is it. You have Me, Auria, Torn. Tess. And yes my Father. You have help and support. Emotionally and physically" you said bring Jak into a liger hug. He returned it. "Maybe we should go back to the hideout, then we can met this Shadow guy" you asked. He climed on your back again, and with Daxter on this shoulders, they looked back at the Green sage's hut.

It was some time since you had been kissed, and you were getting hungry for more. But this wasn't the time. The ride back to the hideout was pleasent. It was fun in the way that Jak drove the Zoomer fast, and you held tightly to his waist. You breathed in his scent, and loving it. But you couldn't help but think of the kid. Daxter was scratching himself in someplace you didn't want to think about. nasty you thought. "Were back" Jak called over the zoomer's roar, it slowed into a hum, then dead silence. Torn rushed out of the hideout, with Errol close behind. "Errol. What are you doing here?" you asked, ready for the worst. But oddly enough he told you of bad news. "Someone has been commissioned to assassinate Jak and maybe you!" he said trying to grasp the enormity of the problem. "It isn't the first" Jak said jolting his shoulder guard, "ay Dax?"

"Yeah not the only time! And let me tell you..."

"Tell later, we have to get Maia and Jak into safety." Torn interjected. He grabbed your arm, and pulled you into the hideout, Errol was still with him following him. "You'll already met Errol, he was my under dog, when I was in the Guard," he said as he got you inside, it wasn't the same. It had a more cheery look to it. Fresh, green. And smelled great. Like a felid of flowers. "The Shadow wants to met you two now." Torn said, dismayed. There was a man. Not tall at all. He had an afro and was a little green. His back was turned to you and the others. "So you're the ones make trouble! I'm known as the Shadow. But you can call me Samos" a light cheery voice said, the man turned around. "Samos! We did all this stuff to see old green stuff. Grandpa green. Log head!" Daxter walked over to the man named Samos. "Did you have a little nip and tuck while we were gone?" Daxter asked raising his eye lids with his fingers. "I don't know what kind of twigs you been chewing on. But were in a war."

"But you came through the rift gate with us. Don't you remember?" Jak asked rubbing his temples.

"I hate time traveling. And I never forget a face. Not even one that ugly" Samos said pointing at Daxter. You covered mouth laughing. "And you! Are you Maia?" Samos asked, moving around to look at you.

"Yes. And are you Samos from Sandover? I've been meeting a lot of Jak's friends lately." you said smiling.

"But Samos. What about Keria?" Jak asked putting a hand over his face, "who's that?"

"Your daughter!" Dax yelled.

"I don't have time for this. We have to get the kid on the throne."

"Do you know were he is now?"

"With Kor. We need you to take him to the power station. And you can have the day off. But you'll need protection. Errol had agreed to help you with anything you need. And also. Welcome to the fight!"

Your jaw dropped. "Errol...Errol!!" you stammer. "Yes Maia? What?" he asked.

"I need some booze! Wait. Krew told us to go in the sewers. Booze can wait, kicking some metal butt, that can't wait!" you said raising your fist high in the air. Like you just won something big. "Off we go!!" you called.

(Jak's POV)

Maia charged out at top speed. And you didn't blame her, being around Errol brought up bad memories. You raced after her. Daxter and Auria were back in the hideout. They had been sitting out missions a lot lately. "Maia wait up!" you called after her, she was fast and agile, you caught up to her. "Where's the sewers?" she asked you. "Like I know. I'll tell you what. Why not run around the city trying to find it? Sound fun?" you half expected her to say no. "tag your it" she said touching you on the arm. She took off at a slower speed this time but still faster then you.

You were somewhere in the city, no idea where though. And Maia was still running in front of you. Then she disappeared. "Maia!!" you ran to were you last saw her. There was a slope going down to a door. Maia was on all fours. "That was scarey. But I'm ok" she said. That was a relief. "I'm coming down!"

"So this is the Sewer? What do you think is down there?" she asked. you had gone down to her, and now standing at the iron door of the sewers. "And we're going to escort three of Krew's men to the statue of Mar?" Maia asked. She was as sick of this war as you were. It was childish. And yet Maia never really had much of a childhood, her father wasn't home much and her mother never was there, she was but only in her heart. She was more grown up then anybody you had ever met, when the time came she would be on her feet and be serious. But in the off times you and she didn't have to knock down, blow up, or kill something she was fun, relaxed and hyper. She was almost perfect, she had one thing that wasn't natural. She was cursed with Dark Eco, as were you. Nobody wanted you, now that you were full of Dark Eco. But Maia cared about what was inside, you! Not Dark. Who was now getting more and more strength by the day. "I don't know, Maia. Get ready though, it could get ugly, and after this maybe we could go to the fair?"

(Errol's POV)

Maia and Jak had left quickly, and you couldn't follow them, not even by Zoomer. You returned to the hideout. Since this was your new job. You could say it was good to see Torn again. You were never really the best of friends, being that he had the job you wanted. "I couldn't follow them. I tried." it wasn't something you wanted to tell Torn.

"And what did you do then?" he asked menace oozing from every word he spoke. "I came here!" you said abruptly. "A good soldier thinks about what someone had said and follows that. Maia had said that they had to go to the sewers, try that. And remember, listen, think, then act" he said turning back to some paper work. You walked out. "Listen. Think, then act. He said that Maia said something about the Sewers. I should look there!" it was something you were sure to get right. Thanks to Torn you had a new strategy. You walked outside, and looked for your Zoomer. It was made just for you, and was expensive. It had better handling, turn speed, and the color was matched to your hair. But it was gone!

"What!! Why me. It's gone." you moaned it wasn't fair.

You stole the nearest one. And sped toward the Sewers.

(Maia's POV)

the Sewers were cold and wet! You hate wet. There was a elevator going down to another gate, this one opened slowly and creaked. It was dark in the main tunnel. It smelled too. You staggered. "Bad snake smell" Jak remarked. "No kidding" you snapped. You got grouchy when something was annoying, like a relentless smell drilling into your sensitive nose. "Sensitive nose?" Jak asked. "Yeah" you replied. Trying to calm down. The door was fully open. There were three guys, one. The tallest had blond hair, and greenish blue eyes. And reeked of cigar smoke. The two others weren't really odd. They reeked of gun powder. "Shh. Here comes pretty boy. And look at what we have here!" the man with the blond hair said. Then whistled. You ingnored him. "Hello. Your pretty" one of the other men said, with a slightly idiotic voice. "Thank you." you replied. "Jinx she said thank you. To me!" he yelped with pleasure. The man looked over to his less then intelligent comrade. "Shut up Mog" the man named Jinx said in a harsh voice. Mog's face fell. "Are we going?" asked the other man. (This story is way off the time period of the game and much different. And if I have the names wrong email me). "tell me this. What is the statue of Mar. And what can be expected?" you asked. It wasn't that you were worried. Just you hated surprises that involved danger. You liked danger that you could more or less be sure of. "Well as Krew told you, there are Turrets. Then to add onto that the Metal Heads have made a small nest here" Jinx replied, he had a New York accent, but kinda whiny. Girly even. You whispered to Jak. "Should I go liger? Or call shot gun?"

(Sig's POV)

you had been called out to the wasteland to do something, And had returned. It had been two more mouths since you had seen your Daughter, she had been saving the world and stuff like that. She was becoming more and more like her mother, wild, dangerous, and brave. Her mother was a warrior, and she was also the protector of the priestess of the Shikon Jewel. She was given one wish for her service. And she wished to be able to travel through all the worlds and see what else she could do with her eternal life. She had come into your world, and bumped into you when you were very young. She had joined a group called the Underground. It had been around for a long time. She had faught well for many years. Then married you. And you had a child. Then the new KG leader Errol had imprisoned her in their jail, to rot. She had died only two years before Maia turned ten. You had always told Maia that she had died giving birth to her, you didn't want to get Maia's hopes up. You slowly walked back to your house. With Peace maker on you shoulder, the smell of smoke hit your broad nose. You turned the last corner to your house. But it was wrong. All of it. Your house was buring down. Flames flickered licking the outside out the windows, for the glass had been broken already. The heat wasn't the worst part of it. Maia might been in there! You ran inside, ignoring the heat. "MAIA" you call over the roar of the fire. You face was getting burned, and your clothes were too. "JAK" you didn't want to have any of Maia's friends blood on your hands. There was no answer both times you called out into the fire. You ran up the stairs to Maia's room, it was the lest damaged by the flames. On her bed was a box. The one you had left for her with the photo album, you hadn't seen that inside was another book next to the photo album.. Red's Diary you thought. You snatched it up. And ran out side after calling out a few times more. The KG were just coming to put out the fire. "Sir. Is this your house?" one of the guards asked. "Yes. I already checked it out, there's noone inside." you said as grief dug in. Losing the home Maia was born in, It was too much. I have to spend more time with my baby, before she grows up. you thought.

(Maia's POV)

you had knocked out the first Turret. It was relatively easy. Except the part about how it shot rounds of ammo at anything that moved! You had stayed in human form and saved your secret attack for an emergency. The two of the three men were nice. Mog, and Grime. Jinx wasn't too bad, you got used to him after a while. You were now entering the second section of the sewers. a Metal Heads was standing around, milling even. You brought out the blaster mod. You cocked the barrel, and leveled it on the metal heads. "Poor stupid creature" you muttered before blasting it away. The Dark Eco rolled over to you and Jak. The men backed away, fearing that they might be touched with the curse of the deep dark Eco. "Now shall we?" you asked. The men just looked at you. "I didn't know girls had such great aim!" Grime said. He was a bit shabby looking, he had that old renegade that never really made it renegade look to him. He had a gruff voice, more so then Torn. And was a bit edgey. Mog was dim-witted but sweet. And easily got his feelings hurt. The boys followed you to the next Turret. It was blasting away, the only way you could get to it was to jump along the wall. "Be right back!" you called to Jak, as ran over into the fire range. It locked on you, but you were faster. It blasted away hoping to hit it's target, but you had jumped high In the air. You landed with the grace only a cat could do, then propelled your self into the air again by jumping off the wall, and came crashing into the Turret! "Wow, you're a keeper!" Jinx muttered. You decided to ignore him, Brushing passed him. "There you go. The path is clear" you announced. The blood was rushing through your veins.

"Wow Maia, that was great! Can you teach me to do that?" Mog asked hoping up and down.

"I'd love to Mog! And how about you Grime?" you asked happy some one was interested in your skill. Jinx sniffed and walked on. Jak shrugged, and walked on,and walked on, leaving you to tail behind. Your spirit were extinguish, you liked being noticed, but your life did circle that thought. But it hurt you that Jinx ingnored you like that. He was a pigheaded man if you ever saw one. "Maia. Come on!" Jak called. You weren't going over there as long as Jinx was there. You ran out of the sewers, and it's many mazes. "Maia. Come Back" Jak's voice followed you through the caves and pipes. "No I won't" you whimpered. The cold iron chilled your pads. The night air was really chilly, and was sour, as if something was killing the air. You did have time to think. A hand clammed a rag around your mouth and nose. It was a sweet alcohol smell that flowed off the rag. Your sight faded and was black. And you remembered falling and being caught.

(Jak's POV)

you watched Maia ran away. "What did you do to her!" you demanded of Jinx. He puffed of his cigar. "Nothing. Jakie Boy." he blew his smoke in your face. Mog pushed Jinx, in doing so got a smack from Jinx. "You did too. He ingnored Her. Jak, go after her. We'll go on and not tell Krew you left!" Mog wasn't such a dummy after all. "Thanks Mog!"

The clank of your shoes hitting the metal floor was a nice sound to hear, because it was the only sound to hear. The door to the outside world opened it's sweet mouth, after the warm air inside, the air here was chilly and breeze. You shivered despite yourself. You thought of where Maia might be, and the first one you thought was ether the underground, or her house.

You headed of to her house first.

(Maia's POV)

you were just waking up, and your head hurt, you were bound in chains, they were thick, and make of iron or maybe steel. "Good. Your awake" a voice said, it was coming from the shadows. "Now that you are awake I can ask you some questions" it sounded female, but you weren't sure. "Like first of all, how can you change into cats?" the voice waited. But you weren't going to answer. "Tell ME" it yelled. You sneered "why should I?" a crack whipped across your chest, a red mark was painted were the whip hit you. "You will tell me." the one who had hit you walk out of the shadows. It was a she. And she had a mask on, her hair was yellow and purple. She wore a robe and smelled of witchcraft. "Try and make me" you snarled, bearing your teeth. Again the whip painted a mark on your body. "You will tell me" she seemed to have other things on her mind, and maybe if you could distract her you could get out of this place.

(Jak's POV)

the block that you thought was were Maia's house was, wasn't there. A guard was milling around. "Was this the Goldfeather's house was?" you asked. The guard turned.

"Yes. But it was burned to the ground earlier" his helmet was unemotional, "sorry kid" you walked away with out a backward glance. "She must be at the base" you muttered, before grabbing a lone Zoomer.

(Torn's POV)

"Ok so you go in and steal the bomb before it goes off" you said to Daxter. You had set up a agility corse for the Ottsels. you wanted to see if they could be useful. First up was Dax. "Are sure about this?" he asked doubtful. You just grined, he backed off really quick. "Auria, you go first!" he cried. That give you a laugh, making Dax even more scared. "I don't think Torn would put us in any danger" Auria said walking toward the entrance of the maze. "Maia are you here?" Jak's voice was coming from the door. He soon appeared. "No she's not here. But I though she was with you!" you said getting worried. People were out to get your two best warrior's. "I'll send Errol to look, and you too. Dax, Auria you look as well" they scattered to look all over the city. You tuned in your communicator into the frequency that was Errol's station. "Torn? What's up?" Errol's voice asked.

"I need you too look for Maia. She's gone missing" you weren't too keen on Errol looking for her, after all the things he did. But you needed help. This wasn't the life you wanted to put anyone in, but the city and world need their help. Too free all people. You wanted to call Ashelin, to she if she could also help. "Ashelin. It's Torn. Maia has gone missing and I worry something bad has happened."

(The Ottsels's POV)

the too furry Ottsels hurried along a crack in the road. They had picked up Maia's sent, and it was going further and further into the heart of Heaven. It was getting even colder and their fur was fluffed up. It was hard to follow Maia's sent. It was zig zagging about, and was growing faint.

(Maia's POV)

your sides smarted, and you were getting hungry. The others must have been worried by now and were looking for you. You doubted they would find you though. Your torturer had left after you didn't answer her question. After many tries at braking free, you had given up. You had tried turning into a cat, and using brute straingh