Jak and Crash
ACT 2: The Journey
Chapter 7: The Basin….or Birds, mysterious, and storms—Oh, my!
Somewhere in Haven Forest
Month 1: Januria, Day 5
Year: 2 AOTN (Age of the Nations)
Time: Nighttime
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Two pairs of screaming all went at once. The so-called stranger that scared Kiera seemed to be just as freaked out as Kiera herself! Before any of them both knew what was happening, the ground beneath them started to shake. Out of nowhere, giant roots from the trees surrounding them took hold and enveloped the stranger screaming next to Kiera. The screaming from the stranger became even louder. Kiera, however stopped panicking and observed her surroundings. Aside from the roots springing up out from the ground like they were aware of some sort of danger, the stranger entangled in the roots were—
"CHISO?"
"K-Kiera!" Chiso gasped, as he struggled to move his arms to retouch his glasses, but the roots took a firm grip on him, "H-Hello, Kiera. Nice to see you."
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Kiera shouted. While that happened, the roots started to squeeze tightly around Chiso.
"Kiera! STOP!" He screamed.
"YOU SCARED ME! I thought you were some monster!" She continued yelling, "WERE YOU STALKING ME!"
"KIERA! STOP YELLING!"
"NO! I'LL YELL WHEN I WANT TO!" The roots suffocated Chiso some more.
"K-Kiera…KIERA…choking…ANGER!"
Kiera stopped and so did the roots. Her eyes turned wide. Finally, she managed to calm down and the roots slowly returned back into the earth. Chiso fell to his knees, grasping his neck trying to breathe. Kiera didn't tend to him, but instead just looked on in shock.
"K-Kiera." Chiso started, still grasping his neck, "…Came to…help. Nearly…peed my pants." Kiera finally stopped staring into space long enough to run over to Chiso.
"Chiso, are you alright?" She asked, half concerned, half scared. She placed an arm around Chiso and took him over to her campsite where Chiso sat in Kiera's space, shuddering a bit.
"Ooh, your face is pale." Kiera said, "Those roots must've scared you silly."
"Actually, my face was pale before the roots nearly squeezed me like a tube of toothpaste…too many dangers in this forest." He corrected.
"Did…they hurt you?" She asked.
"Well, other then giving me a wedgie, I'm perfectly fine."
"Oh-No."
"It's okay, wedgies are common for me."
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"Your powers…wow, you really ARE Samos' daughter." Chiso smiled nervously, "Wait—I thought you were adopted."
"I am adopted, Chiso." Kiera said, "…What powers? Those giant roots that came out of nowhere and almost suffocated you?"
"Yea, didn't you do it?" Chiso asked, "You are Kiera's daughter. Adopted or not, he could have taught you his wood-based magic."
"I don't have magic powers." Kiera said, "I thought the roots coming out of nowhere were…well, yours. You have been known to be pretty…ummm…well…"
"It's okay, you can say it. My magic is anything BUT good." Chiso shook his head, "…But that wasn't me."
"Are you sure?" Kiera asked.
"Kiera…" Chiso eyed her, this time with a sense of realization. Kiera backed away from Chiso and sat opposite him. She was silent as she kept her eyes wide open, observing all this in.
"…Did I…really did that?" She asked, half to herself, half to Chiso. She immediately shook her head, "No. I don't have dad's wood-based magic. I am NOT a magical girl."
"Kiera, it could just be that you are discovering your powers." Chiso stated. Kiera eyed him and immediately Chiso turned away and hunched, hoping Kiera wouldn't choke him for adding in his own two cents. Instead, she gave off a silent look and then shook her head.
"No, I don't know. I don't care about this right now." Kiera said, "What I care about is you. Why are you here!" Again, Chiso flinched, trying to hide inside his coat as much as he can.
"P-Please don't kill me." He squeaked, "I wasn't stalking you. I don't even find you attractive…THAT IS; I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE UGLY!" He flinched once again, covering his face with his hands.
"Then why are you here?"
"I came to help." Chiso squeaked, "That's all, help. You could use some help…NOT that I think you're some h-helpless girl or anything. I-I know you're not and…and…"
"How did you know I was gone?" Kiera gasped.
"I was trying to meditate one day—a sensing meditation in which I let my aura try to find other people's auras—trying to see if I can contact Prince Christof without using COMPS and other electronics. We decided to limit our use of it. I mean, seeing as if we're not careful, the Krimzon Guards could trace Prince Christof back with them and…well, long story short, during my meditation, I managed to…well, s-sense you."
"Sense…me?" Kiera cocked an eyebrow, looking rather disturbed.
"Well, your aura, so to speak." Chiso pointed out, "I was trying to point out Prince Christof's, but I spotted yours instead. So you must have some magic inside you."
"What? Chiso, we went over this, I don't car—"
"I can't sense non-magical people when I'm looking for them via my Aura meditation." Chiso shook his head, "When I felt your aura, I knew it was you, Kiera, s-so I followed you and…well, here I am."
"And you suddenly decided you wanted to help me?" Kiera asked, "No offense, but you're scared of EVERYTHING."
"T-True, but I did manage to get in contact with Prince Christof later and told him about you…he said he's worried about you and told me to bring you b-back home."
"Did he?"
"H-He was worried." Chiso said, "And I have to obey Prince Christof…he's the prince."
Kiera grew silent yet again as she took all this in. She sighed and put on a smile. Maybe Jak really DID care about her after all. Chiso's face certainly didn't seem to tell lies. After all, he's too timid to hold everything in. Kiera put on a bright smile and faced Chiso.
"Well, I appreciate his concern, but I'm coming for him, whether he likes it or not." Kiera winked.
"G-Good…I guess I'll go back…home." Chiso mumbled.
"Why?" Kiera asked, "You coming with me could do wonders for your magic and confidence."
"Huh?"
"Look, you made it out of the palace all on your own AND surpass this forest which already has it's share of danger. You must've been pretty brave to make it this far."
"Y-You really think so?" Chiso put on a slight smile. Kiera nodded. Chiso now stood up, no longer hunching in fear, "Y-Yea…I can do this! I can be a better me! I have self-esteem! I have the power, the confidence! GO…ME!"
SWISH!
A small rodent whizzes pass Chiso, climbing from branch to branch.
"AHHHH!" Chiso cling to Kiera who merely sighed. This is going to take a while.
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Precursor Basin
Month 1: Januria, Day 12
Year: 2 AOTN (Age of the Nations)
Time: Afternoon
"Oh, the basin is so breathtaking." Cortex gasped, "But Jak, are you sure you want to cross the Basin then the swamp? It'll be more risky."
"I don't think I want to face another mutant plant anytime soon, Cortex." Jak smiled. The team watched the wide field from atop a cliff. Various ruins and artifacts of the Precursor lodged in every corner with snow covering the top, but not enough to make the field look stuffy. The air was clean and the view was fantastic.
Before leaving Air Razor, they managed to find a bag big enough to hold the engines they bought. Brutter was the one carrying them like a backpack due to his strength and huge girth, although it was starting to be too much even for the Lurker, so the others occasionally helped drag the huge bag whenever Brutter lost all feelings on the upper parts of his arms.
"Besides, it's nice to stretch your arms and see the Flut-Fluts." Jak said, peacefully eyeing the field. He was glad at least the Basin was largely unchanged from 300 years back.
"The What-whats?" Coco asked. Jak pointed. There were a dozen or so of wild flut-fluts stampeding across the field. Large ostrich sized birds of many colors with gentle looks and optimistic smiles.
"Leave it to Precursia to make the giant birds back home look like dull turkeys." Cortex said, eyeing the flut-fluts with wide eyes, "Can we approach them? Are they too shy? Too hostile?"
"We can." Shuin said, "Those birds are trustworthy…foolishly trustworthy, makes them far too easy for hunters and poachers to approach them."
"That sucks." Coco muttered.
"They almost went extinct some 100 years back." Jak stated, "Luckily, places such as this are preserved by law, so they're protected."
Baring that in mind, the heroes casually walked over to the flut-fluts who have all stopped running and started grazing. The peaceful friendly atmosphere was broken when a loud gun shot was heard. The Flut-fluts started to run in circles out of panic, but stopped when they saw their own dead on the ground, blood seeping from its neck. Naturally, the heroes were horrified, especially Jak who immediately ran to aid the fallen flut-flut. There he knelt besides it and felt it's heart.
"Jak…I think it's gone." Daxter said. Jak made a saddened face, but turned into anger when he heard the sounds of a large Zoomer coming their way. Two hunters in said vehicle were heading for the flut-flut they just shot. Of course, they weren't expecting a ragtag of anthros, humans, animals, and a Precursian.
"HEY! That was our kill, get your own!" Came the first poacher. A gruff looking man wearing feather infested hat.
"KILL?" Jak cried out, "This is a reserved area! You can't kill flut-fluts here! It's illegal!"
"Oh, great, Do-gooders." Came the second; a skinnier man with a beard. Both of the poachers wielded pistols and shotguns in their hands respectively.
"Look, we just take this one flut-flut and no one has to know anything." The first poacher said, "Howza about that?"
"No dice, you bloody loons!" Jak cried out.
"Jak, I don't think we should piss off precursians who has loaded GUNS in their hands!" Daxter said.
"Or at least come up with better insults." Coco suggested.
"I'M TOO BLOODY PISSED TO MAKE PROPER INSULTS!" Jak shouted, then he eyeballed the poachers again, "There are three things I WILL NOT tolerate in life: Daxter using my razor to shave his fur, someone slipping meat juice inside my vegetables, and POACHERS! I HATE POACHERS!" The two poachers as well as Jak's friends were all shocked at his sudden burst of anger.
"Look, easy fella, killing animals is life." The first poacher said, "It's just one flut-flut."
"One flut-flut to you could be family to the OTHER flut-fluts!" Jak cried out, now gripping onto the first poacher's shirt collar, "They have just as much feelings as ANYONE, you dirtbag!" His face turned bright red and his eyes briefly turned a shade of darkness. What appeared like small lightning briefly surrounded Jak, one which Daxter noticed immediately.
"Uhh…Jak, maybe you should…stop…ya know, anger issues…remember?"
"Am I wrong to admit I kinda like angry Jak?" Coco said, grinning.
"HEY! Let go of him, who do you think you are?" The second poacher cried out, struggling to push Jak away.
"I'm a person who can get you two in JAIL, that's who!" Jak answered, shouting as loudly as he could, "And trust me, I have enough power in my pinky to pull that kinda stunt for I am Prin—"
"JAK!" His friends all shouted.
After Jak turned to face his friends and realized he almost gave off his identity, a loud screech was heard. Everyone turned their heads as a lone blue greenish flut-flut came rushing in their direction. Everyone just froze, watching this rampaging flut-flut coming at them. In mere seconds, the flut-flut tackled the second poacher and started to peck his face. The skinny poacher started to struggle and move while the flut-flut moved about wildly at him. The first one managed to evade Jak's grasp and immediately aimed his shotgun at the flut-flut. Jak tackled the first poacher down.
"Try to calm the flut-flut!" Jak cried out as he was busy pinning the poacher.
"What? HOW?" Coco cried.
"JUST CALM IT!"
The heroes made their way to the raging flut-flut. Shuin immediately got out some rope he had from his bag and started to tie it into a loop, and then he tossed it over the flut-flut's neck and tried to pull it away from the skinny poacher. That only made the flut-flut angrier. It thrashed and kicked its legs. It flapped its wings and made more of its screeching sound. Shuin tried hard to pull the rope and calm the flut-flut, but it instead started to pull Shuin. The rope then slid off his hands.
"I GOT IT!" Daxter shouted as he grabbed onto the rope. Of course, due to his small size, the flut-flut was no match for him. It started to run off, rope around neck and a small screaming ottsel clinging from it. The flut-flut left a trail of dust that started to suffocate the others.
"DAXTER!" Ani and Brutter both cried out. The two made their way out and ran towards the flut-flut. By the time the dust trailed off, the animals were all gone.
"Oh, great." Cortex said, "Now the animals have gone missing."
"Is it just me or did Ani speak?" Coco pondered.
"It's just you."
"Great, if they don't know what they're doing, they ain't gonna survive out in the woods." Shuin sighed.
"They're wild animals, I'm sure they can manage." Coco said.
"But still, someone should go find them while the rest of us stay and watch over the poachers." Cortex gestured, "It's not Ani and Brutter I'm worried about, but Daxter. Not only will he NOT survive, he'll probably drag the other two down with him."
"So who goes?" Coco asked.
Coco and Cortex casually eyed Shuin. Shuin noticed the looks immediately. He made a short surprised look, eyed Jak who was still holding onto the struggling poacher, eyed the other poacher (now unconscious from the flut-flut), then eyed Coco and Cortex again, the latter with a hopeful face. Shuin let out a big sigh.
"…Fine. I'm going." He casually started to walk away.
"Good lad!" Cortex shouted. Shuin only shook his head and rolled his eyes.
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"SLOW DOWN! SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW DOWN!" Daxter shrieked. Brutter and Ani were closely following behind, but even they were lagging behind the flut-flut and its powerful legs.
"UGH! Why does my legs have to be so stubby?" Ani cried out.
Daxter finally stopped screaming long enough to shout for it to stop which prompt the flut-flut to halt so suddenly, the rope end which Daxter was hanging from caused him to fly across the sky until he landed in a pond.
"Finally, you stopped!" Ani gasped, catching her breath, "I need to grow faster, these legs are useless for sprinting."
"Ooh, Brutter think he heard a pop…possibly from Brutter's lungs!" Brutter gasped, falling to the snow. Meanwhile, Daxter managed to struggle his way out of the pond, his fur now wet.
"Remind me again to SERIOUSLY sue the Precursors for creating those giant poop machines!" Daxter screamed.
"WHO ARE YOU GUYS? WHAT DO YOU WANT?"
Ani, Daxter, and Brutter all turned wide eyed as the voice who spoke that came from the flut-flut itself!
"You can talk!" Ani gasped, ""I can't believe it…she talked…and here I thought I was the only one!"
"What? Of course I can. We Flut-Fluts speak in our own language and—GASP!" The flut-flut stopped and touched her throat, "What th-I can talk!"
"That what she said." Brutter pointed to Ani.
"But that's impossible, I could never speak the Precursian tongue before then just now." The flut-flut gasped. Her voice had indicated she was clearly a female, if not a youthful one. The flut-flut eyed the three animals, "Just who ARE you people?"
"Well, I'm Ani, the lurker is Brutter, and the loudmouth is Daxter."
"HEY! You're one to talk, Miss pees-on-fire-hydrants!"
"Do you two argue often?" Ne-Ne asked.
"Always." Brutter answered.
"Oh, well, I'm Ne-Ne." The flut-flut introduced, "And apparently, all of you can speak the precursians languages."
"Well, we Lurkers always could." Brutter said.
"And my excuse is that I used to be a Precursian before getting hair where I normally wouldn't get hair." Daxter said. Ne-Ne eyed him in a bit of confusion, "…It's a long story, babe."
"I don't get it. Why is it you can suddenly speak when you couldn't before?" Ani asked.
"Maybe it's a gift from the Precursors." Ne-Ne theorized.
"Oh, not this Precursor crap again." Daxter rolled his eyes.
"To tell you the truth, when I was scratching the eyeballs of that poacher, I felt a sense of…how you say…mystical presence?"
"Did you?" Ani asked, "So did I the first time I spoke!"
"Someone in your group must have this mystical sense." Ne-Ne said.
"Jak." Daxter answered automatically to which Ne-Ne gave of a who's that look, "The precursian in blue. He's always connected to the Precursors and other mumbo-jumbos."
"Well, it makes sense. When I met Jak back when I was a puppy, I felt a unique sense that I never felt before." Ani said, "…It was after I met him that I gained the ability to speak Precursians which my species can't."
"You think Jak subconsciously gave you speech?" Brutter asked, "With his powers?"
"And to Ne-Ne, maybe." Ani said, "Or something was triggered upon first contact with him."
"This cannot be mere coincidence." Brutter pondered along.
"Am I the only one who DOES see it as a coincidence?" Daxter shouted.
"What's with him?" Ne-Ne asked.
"Don't listen to him, he's not a believer." Ani rolled her eyes.
"I must get back to this Jak person of whom you speak of and tell him of my predicament." Ne-Ne said, "Perhaps he may know something. He must've told you something when you spoke to him."
"Err…well; I never really…spoke to him about this." Ani replied, "He doesn't know I can speak…Precursian."
"Why not?"
"I don't know, I guess I was so afraid he'd rejected me so many years ago." Ani said, "Keep in mind I was only his pet for a few weeks at that point and I had a long issue with precursians then…long story. I probably doubt it now, but I've kept it for some three years now and…well…"
Ne-Ne just stared at her with a sense of disappointment and concern.
"Err…we best be going back. Jak and friends worry of us, I'm sure." Brutter changed the subject, "Maybe we is solving this mystery when we return back."
Everyone else agreed. Removing the rope around Ne-Ne's neck, the four animals made their walk back.
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Precursor Basin
Month 1: Januria, Day 12
Year: 2 AOTN (Age of the Nations)
Time: Near Evening
The law enforcers managed to make it in a couple of hours to take away the poachers, leaving the heroes alone in the snowy field, surrounded by Precursor ruins and a gentle wind. A sudden case of eerie silence broke as they watched the law officer's zoomer drive off. Sudden silences seem to be quite common with them, so it was only natural for Coco to break it.
"So, to trigger your anger, some animal has to die?" Coco asked slyly towards Jak, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I wish you hadn't seen that part of me." Jak said with a fit of guilt.
"Please, we all get pissed off at one point or another, depending on what makes us angry." Coco said, "You get pissed when animals get killed, I get pissed when you annoy me. It's an angry world out there."
"Well, pissed or not pissed, am I the only one who notice a certain…presence in Jak when he was angry?" Cortex asked, suspiciously eyeing Jak.
"What do you mean?" Jak asked, putting on an innocent, nervous face.
"I swore I saw…well…lightning or some sort of dark energy surrounding you for a split second." Cortex said.
"What, I didn't see anything." Coco said firmly.
"Coco is right, it was…nothing." Jak forcibly smiled, "Absolutely nothing."
"Nothing, nothing, nothing!" Puar said cheerily. Cortex only gave off a quick stare, seemingly unconvinced.
"Look, shouldn't we be looking for Daxter and the others? Shuin hasn't returned and I'm getting worried." Jak said as he pulled some of the hair from his face, "And we better hurry, too. Seems like a nasty storm is brewing our way."
The heroes started to walk in the direction the flut-flut went. Cortex casually eyed the growing storm clouds.
"Hmm…storms don't usually come out that fast." He muttered, mostly to himself.
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"There you are."
"SHUIN!" Daxter gasped.
"None other." Shuin said. Ne-Ne backed off a bit, fearing the bounty hunter.
"It's okay, Ne-Ne, he's an ally." Ani whispered, "He only used the rope to try and calm you down."
"Is this true?" Ne-Ne gasped.
"Oh, another talking animal. Well, you certainly don't sound as annoying as Daxter." Shuin grinned.
"What is this, insult-the-ottsel day?" Daxter cried.
"Come on, guys, let's get going. A storm's coming and we need to find shelter." Shuin gestured. The animals followed.
"Ne-Ne wishes to come with us. Need to see Jak." Brutter said, "It is about her ability to talk."
"Whatever." Was Shuin's only answer.
"You don't even talk to Anthros?" Ne-Ne asked.
"Leave me alone." Ani grumbled.
The storm seemingly got worse as the clouds turned violet. Thunder boomed every so often and the winds turned violent.
"Coupled with this weather, it looks like a hail storm might be approaching!" Jak shouted as the heroes struggled to find the others.
"WHAT?" Coco cried out.
"I SAID IT LOOKS LIKE A HAIL STORM IS APPROACHING!" Jak shouted.
"WHAT?"
"I SAID—"
"OH, WHO CARES WHAT YOU SAID?" Cortex shouted, "WE NEED TO FIND SHELTER!"
"WHAT?" Both Jak and Coco shouted.
The hail started to fall as mixes of rain and drops of ice fell at a rapid success. Jak's team ran, running as though they guzzled a galleon's worth of coffee, unaware that the other team was running in their directions as well. They unknowingly crashed into each other.
"Oh, look, we found 'em!" Both Cortex and Daxter cried out.
"Enough chitchat, we got to get to some form of shelter." Shuin said, "This storm is getting brutal."
"Brutal? Unless I'm missing something in your Precursian weather, this hailstorm came way too fast!" Cortex cried.
"Cortex is right, this isn't normal." Jak said, "Something is up."
And indeed, something was up when the storm clouds started to merge itself together, forming a built humanoid figure. The heroes merely watched, intrigued by this display before them.
"Alright, I can safely say I have NO clue what the heck is going on, but I HATE IT!" Daxter shouted, clinging tightly to Jak's shoulder. The creature, a mix of dark storm clouds and snowy hailstorms surrounding it started to slowly walk over to them. Standing some 50 feet, it was a massive sight to behold.
"So, are the Precursors pissed at us or what?" Daxter asked. The giant storm started to raise his arms.
"I don't care right now, just RUN!" Coco screamed. They ran off from their spot before the giant's hands could squash them.
Shuin immediately went to the storm giant, katana in hand and tried to slice his arms off or attack him in anyway, but due to it being a giant mass of clouds, it didn't exactly strike out perfectly. Shuin climbed up one of its arms and continued to strike it with similar results.
"Shuin! It's nothing but clouds! Swords do nothing!" Cortex shouted.
"YOU GOT A BETTER IDEA?" He cried back.
Cortex pondered for a while as Shuin kept the storm giant busy.
"Well, clouds are made of water…there must be a way to evaporate it!" Cortex said to the others nearby.
"With what?" Coco shouted.
"Something warm, like fire!" Cortex answered.
"Great, we can burn the trees or something and—" Daxter started to suggest.
"NO! NO TREE BURNING!" Jak shouted, "THIS IS A NATURE PRESERVE!"
"Well, maybe we can get something heavy to knock it down." Coco said.
"Like what?" Jak asked. Coco eyed a nearby Precursor ruin.
"Oh-No! We are NOT knocking down historical and priceless ruins left by the Precursors!" Jak shouted.
"YOU GOT A BETTER IDEA?" She shouted.
Meanwhile Ne-Ne, merely watching all this suddenly snap to her senses and let off a high pitched screech.
"AHH! WHAT'S THAT CRAZY FEATHERBRAIN DOING!" Daxter shouted.
Daxter got his answers when he heard stampeding footsteps. Literally dozens of flut-fluts made their way to Ne-Ne's calls.
"FLUT-FLUTS!" Jak gasped.
The massive waves of multi colored birds came charging into the storm giant. Knocking the giant storm off its feet, Shuin leaped out of the way. The flut-fluts scattered around it, mostly distracting and pinning it down.
"NOW! Get a ruin on top of it!" Ne-Ne ordered.
"Holy Crap, you can talk!" Coco gasped, "Does everyone talk here!"
"Less talking, more running!" Shuin shouted.
The others scurried over to a long, 40 foot tall orange colored Precursor ruin. It was located nearby a cliff where the heroes climbed up to, trying to push the heavy thing.
"This isn't going to make me win any favors with the precursors, I'll have you know!" Jak cried.
"Just shut up and push, you pussy!" Coco cried.
Coco, Cortex, Shuin, Daxter, Ani, Ne-Ne, and Brutter all struggled to push the giant ruin while Puar merely cheered on.
With one more shove, the giant ruin started to lift up and gradually fall, landing on top of the storm giant. Upon immediately impact, the storm giant dusted away and the sky calmed itself down. The storm itself disappeared as quickly as it came, leaving only a night sky with stars.
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"…And that's how I was able to speak." Ne-Ne said.
"Interesting. So I triggered it?" Jak pondered, "Gee, I can only wonder what other animals I made them speak...if I even did it at all?"
Daxter and Brutter casually eyed Ani who only made a silent nervous smile.
"Well, don't be so sure if Jak himself did cause it. The Precursors are ambiguous beings." Shuin crossed his arms.
"He's right; we'll categorize it as just one theory among a possible of others." Jak said.
"Whatever the case is, I feel a mystical sense right now, not exactly sure what, but it's a new feeling and it feels…well, mystical." Ne-Ne said.
"Nice way to expand your vocabulary." Coco replied, "Can we go now? I don't think Tawna can stomach another two weeks with Dumb and Dumber."
"Yes, we best be on the move." Cortex said, "Ne-Ne, care for you to join us on our quest? See if you can find out the answers to your sudden ability to speak?"
Ne-Ne eyed the heroes and then turned her head to the flut-flut group calmly waiting for her.
"I think I'm more needed in my group at the moment." Ne-Ne responded sadly, "Besides, if it isn't Jak who caused me to speak, it could be something around here, so I might as well find out what."
"Then I wish you the best of luck, Ne-Ne." Jak smiled.
"You are always welcome in our home, Jak…and friends." Ne-Ne smiled.
"You mean Jak and DAXTER and friends." Daxter popped out, "Actually, it's Daxter and Jak and friends…or maybe just Daxter and friends. Yea, that has a nice ring to it."
"Oh, my God, somebody give this guy a sitcom so he can shut up?" Coco cried out.
"HEY!"
"Well, the only other thing we have to worry about is that storm monster." Cortex said, "What was that all about?"
"Yea, it's like a pattern of giant monsters; first big flowery thing in the swamp, then storm monster." Daxter said, "Who can bet once we're up in the air, we'll beat a giant bird monster?"
"Precursors come to test us?" Brutter asked.
"I don't know if they did it…it didn't feel—oh, what's the word—good? Light? Hopeful?" Jak said, "I just have this feeling it's something none of us have ever encountered before…"
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Above the heroes, atop a huge cliff, there stood five shadowy figures, casually watching the heroes. One man, one woman, one slender girl, one boy, and a big Lurker figure…
To Be Continued…
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Author's Note: Geez and monkey! Spellchecking stories based on Jak can be hell considering how much their names are not part of the usual English dictionary. That said, I also need to upload chapters faster then slowly like every two weeks. I just have a lot of crap I do, is all.
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NOTES:
1. I like to explain how much I utterly do not enjoy fancharacters. Most of the ones I've read or seen are so unoriginal in design or fall in the crappy world of Mary-Sues and such and such. Most fancharacters I've made have usually only served as secondary or minor roles, never affecting the general plot or really connecting too well with the main character because I just really dislike making fancharacters in most cases.
That said, Chiso is only two of my fancharacters that will play a part as main character and in the overall plot. I want to try my best to make sure my fancharacters don't fall into the pit of crap. I want them to be emotional, have their strength and weaknesses, and ultimately make you feel for him or her. I don't know how good of a job I can do, but I'll try.
2. This chapter was originally gonna involve a Flut-Flut race champion then this current story. But I really didn't want more fillers for you impatient folks, so I made this a semi filler of sorts with more character backgrounds: Kiera's supposed powers, the five mysterious figures, the storm monster, Ne-Ne having the ability to speak as well Ani's, as well as Jak wanting to keep a tight lip on his…dark…powers…these are ALL some form of plot points or foreshadowing that WILL be revealed as the story progress, so they ain't useless crap.
3. Oh, and don't worry. Next chapter, the heroes will FINALLY reach the airship Nicodemus.
4. I'm not sure if I mentioned this or not (and if I did, I apologize), but Kiera's relations with Samos is the adopted theory. Because naughty Dog won't go deep into how she is related to Samos (and Jak II is the main reason why people are theorizing on it; don't what I mean, then why the hell are you reading this fic? Heh) and chances are, they won't. Adoption is the most logical explanation I can give, no more, no less.
