I don't own Jak and Daxter or any of the characters, I only own Krane, Schorn, and the new shiny character, Overture.
Thanks for the reviews! I really didn't think people would like this story as much as they do :giggle: Anyways, things are going great when it comes to this story, and I can't wait to update once more. Too bad I have to wait until that chapter clears with my grammar and all of that. Moving on,
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A day had passed since Krane's talk with Jak, and after she had dropped him back off at the Underground's HQ. After, Krane returned to the Hip Hog saloon and went off with Jinx and feel asleep at his place as always because she was too drunk to do anything else, let alone make it back to the Underground.
Jinx, Sig, and Krane were now sitting back once more at the Hip Hog, waiting for Krew to tell them what to do. Everything was rather quiet until Jak walked into the bar, and over to Krew.
Daxter said, stepping in. "Let me handle this, Jak. Watch my finesse and style!"
Krane, remembering the voice turned around as Sig walked over in front of Krew for protection.
"Don't forget to ask about—"
"Everything's cool. Nobody panic," Daxter interrupted.
Without a second thought or mind of what was going on around him, Daxter walked between Sig's legs.
"Hey, big guy!" Daxter waved towards Sig, who didn't do anything in response.
Krew soon floated down into view, causing a strange look on Daxter's and Jak's faces. Jinx shook his head and turned away while Krane kept watching to see if anything funny would happen.
"You Krew?" Daxter asked. "Well we shook the head, and your shipment's in primo condition."
"That's good 'ey, because a cargo of rare eco ore is worth more than ten of your lives, mmmm and of course, I'd be forced to collect... ah slowly." He looked towards Jak, and then back towards Daxter. "Heh heh. The Underground will take anyone with a pulse these days. And what do we have here? The Shadow's mascot of the month?"
Krew moved his small hand up and began to touch Daxter's face, under his chin, and then dragged his hand down, leaving Daxter in disgust.
"Oooh, soft... Sig, this fur would go well with my silk suits, ey?" Krew asked Sig who didn't answer.
"Listen, ah, tons of fun, anyone can see that you, uh, and I have the real juice in this burg. We're both players, right? We're both looking for a piece of the action, right? I think we can do business, right?" Daxter asked.
Jak covered his face, growing angry. "We did you a favor, now it's our turn. Why is the Baron giving Eco to Metal Heads?"
What? Krane blinked. What the hell is that about?
"Questions like that could get a person killed 'ey! Sig, pay 'el Capitan' here and his friends a bonus," Krew said turning to Sig.
Following his orders, Sig handed Jak a Scatter Gun. Jak released a grin as he looked down towards the gun; he had never had a gun of his own before but he wasn't about to give this up.
"If you want to see what that 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 'ey," Krew said as Jak looked up and down the gun.
"Hey!" Krane turned around on her barstool. "I thought I was going to get that gun."
"Go back to your business!" Krew yelled back at her.
Krane turned back around. "Stupid fatass bastard," she mumbled, clutching her drink tightly in her right hand.
"What!?" Krew hissed.
"Nothing, nothing." Krane shook her head.
Jak soon left to test his new gun out on the gun range, and Krew floated back towards Jinx and Krane.
"If that boy does well, I'm sending him out with Sig. I have a mission for you two to do in the meantime 'ey," Krew said as Jinx took his last drink. "The Baron has placed security cameras all around the top of these buildings and near the racing stadium. I need you two to go and disable them all before I send Jak out to the racing stadium for that mechanic that's been sniffing around here for new racers 'ey."
"Don't worry 'bout it!" Jinx said with a confident grin. "We'll get it done as soon as the kid gets back."
After twenty minutes, Jak walked back into the Hip Hog with a smoking gun hanging off of his hip. Krew immediately flew over towards him and Sig got up, getting himself ready for his mission.
"Excellent shooting, Jak! Ever thought about being a Wastelander, mmmmm?" Krew said with a sly grin on his face.
Jak shrugged. "Can't say that I have."
Krew floated towards his trophies on the wall. "Wastelanders find items outside the city walls, 'ey. Any artifact or weapon worth having comes through MY hands. Work for me and I'll throw you some of the sweeter items your way, hmmm."
"No he won't," Krane whispered to Jinx.
Jak smiled a large, boyish smile. "Kill Metal Heads. Get toys? Sounds good to me."
Daxter jumped off of Jak's shoulder, and onto the floor. "Slow down, Jak and the fat man; you two had better run that by me again, 'cause there's NO WAY I'm going outside the city to face more Metal Heads!"
"Sig will show you the ropes." Krew moved to the side, allowing Sig to step forward towards the boys.
"So YOU wanna be Wastelanders, huh doughboys? Well we'll see what you're made of when we get out in the thick. Krew wants some new trophies to put butts in chairs at the Hip Hog. So I'm gonna bag him five nasty Metal Heads at the Pumping Station," Sig said proudly. "Don't wet your fur, chili pepper, cause we're rollin' with the Peace Maker!
Sig lifted his large weapon into the air to show Jak and Daxter the gun he was so proud of. Daxter's eyes widened at the sight of it, while Jak wondered how many Metal Heads it could take down in one shot.
"Woooooh, I need one of those! Where'd you get it?" Daxter asked, reaching out to touch it.
Krew floated back in. "Don't ask. Sig needs someone to watch his back while he tracks the Metal Heads, 'ey?"
Sig nodded. "We'll meet at the Pumping Station. Listen Cherries, don't you leave me dangling in the wind out there!
"Let's do it." Jak cracked his knuckles.
Jak allowed Daxter to jump back onto his shoulder, and then left while Jinx and Krane stood up to leave. As they walked towards the front door, Krane stopped in front of Sig and hit him playfully.
"Be careful out there," she said gently. "Tell me if you see anything strange alright?"
"Sure will chili pepper!" Sig smiled back towards her.
"BOOM! Home team five, Metal Heads nothing. That was the last one. Tell Krew we got 'em all cooked and caned. I'm gonna clean Peace Maker and pick up the trophies. Ya did good, rookie," Sig said once the last Metal Head had been blow up.
Jak bent over and placed his hands on his knees, catching his breath while Sig began to clean his gun off. Daxter jumped off of Jak's shoulders and clutched his fuzzy chest in his paw.
"That last bit," Daxter panted, "was too much for me."
"Sorry 'bout that!" Sig said back. "I guess I was relyin' on my Peace Maker too much."
"It was fun." Jak smiled through his panting.
"Fun?" Daxter squeaked. "You call that fun?"
"It is a great deal of fun if you know what you are doing," another male voice said.
Jak, Daxter, and Sig looked around as a man stepped out of the shadows. He was tall with white hair that fell around his head in a bowl shape and was parted around his face. His pale blue eyes stood out against the darkness and he was wearing a white dress shirt with a blue vest over it, and black pants. Around his neck was a sliver necklace with a large round object on it that drew Jak in for some odd reason.
"Who are you?" Sig asked, walking up with his Peace Maker drawn. "What are you doin' down here?"
"My name is not your concern," he answered, stepping towards him. "Yes if I were you, my concern would be for the Underground."
"What do you know?" Jak hissed, bringing out his own. "How did you know that we're in the Underground?"
"I did not say that," the strange man answered. "The Baron will soon lead all of us into the light, and I hope that you are ready for that Jak."
"Oh yeah?" Jak laughed. "I'm gonna make sure that never happens."
"I am sure Jak," the man bowed, "because I know the future and the past."
"Future?" Daxter asked, finally standing back up. "Brother, I don't know what you're on but I want some of it."
"Daxter," the man stood up and pointed towards him, "you were turned into an Ottsel when you fell into the vat of Eco back on Misty Island, and was it not Jak that bumped into you, and pushed you in? Jak, was it not you that tried to kiss Keira after the fight with Gol and Maya. And Sig," he smiled, "well I cannot tell you much about his past because that would spoil things."
"Now I'm angry." Jak clicked his hammer back. "Who the hell are you, and what do you want?"
The man bowed once more. "I am Overture, and I hope to see you again Jak."
The man began to disappear and Jak began pulling his trigger over and over again, hoping to wound him enough to make him stay but it was too late. The man was gone, and that left Jak feeling frustrated.
"Damn," Sig hissed. "I don't know who this new guy thinks he is be we could be in trouble. Come on, let's get back to the Hip Hog, we might be safer there."
Jinx and Krane were sitting on top of the Racing Stadium, sneaking around on the outside of it where the KG security guards were supposed to be patrolling. Krane had her gun out, watching the guards below while Jinx pulled apart the wires.
"It's so damn cold up here," Krane whispered as she shivered.
"Told ya to bring a damn jacket," Jinx whispered back before he placed a screwdriver into his mouth.
Krane ignored his comment and went back to watching the people beneath her. She began to try to memorize the Guards so she would be able to tell who was patrolling his area in case something happened later when she saw a KG that look too familiar.
Her heart slammed against her ribcage. The white smoke that came from her hot breath against the air became more and more frequent until it was the only thing coming around her. No it couldn't be, could it?
"Schorn?" she whispered.
Jinx removed the screwdriver from his mouth. "What?"
"It's Schorn!"
Krane jumped down onto the fire escape, and climbed down the ladder. Jinx rolled his eyes and disabled the security cameras just like he was told, and began chasing after her, even though he had already lost precious minutes.
"Schorn!" Krane yelled once she reached the ground. "Schorn!!"
One of the KG warriors turned around to face Krane as she came closer and closer towards him. It was him. The man she had been looking for during the long two-year period: Schorn. She was just able to reach him when Jinx jumped on top of her, and pinned her down to the ground.
"Are you nuts?!" he barked.
"Get off of me!" Krane screamed. "Schorn! Schorn it's me! Come on listen!"
"I'm sorry to report though…his memory of you has seemed to been erased. I don't know if his mind has been erased by choice or by the Baron. We'll just have to try to capture him and see what he has to say."
Schorn turned towards Krane, and remembered her face from the large scar crossing it. She was wanted by the Baron for a reason he wouldn't question, and he had to bring her back to him.
"You're under arrest by the order of Baron Praxis," Schorn said, pointing his gun towards her face.
"NO!" Krane screamed. "Schorn!"
Another KG walked over to the group, and placed the barrel of his gun against Jinx's head. Jinx sighed and slowly got off of Krane with his hands in the air while Krane stood up from underneath him.
"Hands in the air!" Schorn demanded.
Krane moved her hands up into the air to show that she didn't have any weapons in her hands. The KG's forced Jinx against Krane's back and vice versa so the two were facing back to back. Schorn walked closer to them and grabbed Krane's hands, ready to place them in handcuffs when the sound of an approaching zoomer caught their attention.
"Looks like we got backup," Jinx whispered.
Krane looked to her right, towards the stadium to see Jak driving towards them with Sig holding his Peace Maker out towards the guards. Not wanting Schorn to get caught up in the Peace Maker's powerful blow, she raised her right leg and kicked Schorn in the chest with hope that her kick would be enough to push him backwards.
"Hold on to your hats!" Sig warned, as his Peace Maker finished building up the energy it would need.
He fired the ball of energy towards the other KG, while Jinx grabbed Krane and covered her. The ball hit the guard, and blew up, sending rocks and concrete to fly around everywhere. Once the dust had cleared, Krane pushed away from Jinx, and ran over to the fallen Schorn.
"Hey! Hey!" she said, shaking him. "Schorn!"
"What the hell are you doing!?" Sig yelled as Jak pulled the zoomer up towards Jinx.
"What is she thinkin'!?" Daxter said as he moved his furry hands to his head.
The KG fighter grabbed his gun and quickly butted the end of it into Krane's face, knocking her to the ground once more. The force of the gun had broken her nose, and the impact of it against her face caused her to fall into unconsciousness. Seeing this, Jinx ran over to her and picked up her body as Schorn struggled to get up in all of the body armor he was wearing.
Jinx carried her back to the zoomer and crawled on, and Jak to drove off towards the Hip Hog. When they reached the bar, Sig helped Jinx carry Krane off of the zoomer and together they ran inside.
"Come on, I've got a place we can hide!" Jinx yelled as he carried Krane inside.
They all followed Jinx into the back of the Hip Hog and into what looked like a small bedroom. He gave Krane's body to Sig, and grabbed a small hole in the wooden floorboards, and pulled upwards, opening a door with a flight of wooden stairs.
"Come on!" Jinx took Krane's body back and began stepping down the stairs. The rest of the group followed into Jinx's hideout.
Once everyone was downstairs in the hideout, Sig closed the trapdoor and Jinx placed Krane onto the cot she had been on two years ago.
"What the hell is going on here?" Jak asked once things started to settle down.
"Yeah!" Daxter added.
Jinx walked over to the corner of the room, grabbed the medical kit, and came back to the cot while Krane started to come to.
"I'd like to know too," Sig said, crossing his arms.
"Hell I don't know," Jinx answered while he opened the medical kit.
Jinx watched as Krane's eyes fluttered open. "Shit." Krane groaned, feeling her nose.
Because of the force from the impact, Krane's nose had broken. Blood began to seep out of the holes in her nose and it began to swell as well. The moment her fingers touched the sensitive skin there, she pulled her hands back and bit her lower lip.
"Shit he got me good," she hissed out.
"What were you doing?" Jak asked once more as he walked over to her. "Why are you trying to take on the KG?"
"I'm not taking on anyone," she hissed towards the blond. "He was just someone I thought I knew…that's all."
"Thought?" Jinx asked while he placed gauze on her nose. "You risked everythin' for a guy you thought you knew!? What da hell is wrong with you?"
"Nothing!" she yelled her voice muffled by the gauze.
"Let's go Jak!" Daxter pointed to the entrance. "These people are crazy!"
Sig shook his head, ignoring Daxter's comment. "Jak, maybe you should head back up and see if Krew wants anything from you."
Daxter rolled his eyes. "Like that's any better!"
The two walked back up in the main room of the bar to see Krew leading out a few KG. Jak stayed back for a moment and once they were gone, he walked over to Krew. They had a long conversation about the deal between the Baron and the Metal Heads and once it was over, Jak felt the need to ask about the strange man he had met earlier.
"Bloodsuckers!" Krew hissed as he turned away from the blond.
"Hey Krew," Jak began before he walked out of the bar. "Do you know a guy by the name of Overture?"
Krew turned his large backside to Jak and Daxter. "Why the hell would I know 'eh? Did he threaten to kill you or somethin'?"
"No." Jak shook his head. "I just want some answers to some strange stuff that's been going on around here."
"Well I don't know anythin' about a man by the name of Overture," Krew said as he floated towards his bar. "Now get out and do that mission!!"
Daxter rolled his eyes. "A lot of good tubby does us huh Jak?"
"I know," Jak whispered.
"Overture!" the Baron roared. "Where are you?"
Up at the Palace, the Baron was sitting in this throne with Erol by his side as always. The room remained quiet after the Baron had yelled, the only sound being the rain that was pouring down on the glass windows above them.
"Overture!!" the Baron yelled once more.
"I am sorry my liege," Overture said, appearing before the Baron, bowing. "The rain delayed my coming here."
"I need to know something else!" the Baron said, sitting back down in his throne. "Tell me something about the future."
"Ask a question." Overture stood back up. "Any question."
The Baron thought it over for a minute. "When will I speak to the Metal Head Leader again? He hasn't been responding to my demands and I'm growing tired of waiting!"
Overture closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them back up. "When the rain picks up in two days, and when your daughter is brought back to you once more. The Metal Head Leader will send a hologram telling you of his impatient needs."
The Baron stood. "You're visions of the future have never been wrong but remember, the moment you get something wrong, you will be executed."
"Understood." Overture nodded. "And what of my end of the deal?"
"We haven't found who you've been looking for," Erol said, coming into the conversation. "The warrant we've sent out for her hasn't turned up anything."
"I help you, and you help me, that was the deal, was it not?" Overture closed his eyes once more. "I cannot produce my images of the future and past without motivation of my partner. The longer and longer this takes, the less and less of the future I will be able to see."
"Is that a threat?" the Baron hissed.
"Not at all." Overture shook his head from side to side. "I am just informing you, I have not seen my partner in two years which may cause problems."
"Fine!" The Baron slammed his fists down. "We'll increase the search for her! Erol, hurry and look for Krane! I'm tired of this!"
"Yes sir." Erol bowed, and then stepped out.
"Thank you." Overture bowed once more. "Finding Krane is one of my highest priorities, next to serving you, my Baron."
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