I don't own Jak and Daxter or any of it's characters. I only own Krane, Schorn/Overture, and Marlin.
Wow updating rather soon 'eh? Anyways, thank you for the reviews, I love 'em. I've been busy writing the sequel and I've actually made it JinxXOC and AshelinXOC. Weird, hopefully all of you will read the sequel because it's going to be a lot better then this one with a lot more drama. Moving away from that,
Enjoy!
Jak had just defeated Krew and Daxter had managed to get the Heart of Mar out of Krew's game machine. They were now moving closer to the Underport to find Sig. After a long, tiring mission with the Titan Suit they found Sig and Krane shooting at an upcoming Metal Head.
"Hey there, tough guy," Jak said as he walked over towards Sig.
So focused on what he was doing, Sig turned around and fired a shot towards Jak, causing him to duck down.
"Get your skinny ass over here and start shooting!" Sig yelled, lowering his gun. "Man, we were set up! Krew sent me down here to open some old doors with that Ruby Key you found, and when I did, Metal Heads came streaming in from some passage outside the city walls... Just like they were waiting for us! There's one!"
Sig fired at a Metal Head that was climbing up on one of the nearby walls. Figuring that he should talk about what he had just did, Jak walked over to Krane and Sig's side.
"Krew's dead," Jak admitted.
Sig laughed a bit. "Yeah? Well he's lucky! Because he would not want me to catch him alive!"
"Backstabbing bastard," Krane hissed, shooting a nearby Metal Head.
"The Metal Heads must have promised Krew plenty for him to betray the whole city like this," Daxter said, looking around.
"That bastard will take anything or do anything to someone for money." Krane lowered her gun and began reloading. "I hope he rots in Hell."
Jak ignored that comment. "Let's get out of here!"
Shooting more Metal Heads the group began to run down the hallway, jumping onto platforms when a giant Metal Head busted through a nearby wall.
"Shootin' this one is only going to make him mad. RUN!" Sig said, running down another nearby hallway.
They began running once more, jumping over more platforms that kept them from falling into what looked like a black abyss. The platforms eventually led to another hallway and as Jak jumped off of the last platform, he slipped.
"Jak!" Krane called as she landed on the ground.
Sig quickly turned around and grabbed Jak's hand as the Metal Head monster disappeared into a hole on the side of the wall. Sig pulled the young blond up, and helped him stand up on his own two feet.
"Watch what you're doin boy!" Sig said, hitting Jak on his right arm. "Dammit if you can't keep up with us, we might hafta leave you behind!"
"You wouldn't do that," Jak said with a teasing grin.
"Can we move on?" Krane asked as her breath came back to her. "We don't know when that Metal Head is going to com—"
Before Krane could finish, the large Metal Head broke down the wall behind them, causing pieces of wall to fall down beside them. They each looked at the Metal Head, thinking something different.
"Great! Here comes that bad boy again! MOVE!" Sig yelled.
The group began running down another hallway once more while Sig fired a few shots backwards every few minutes. The hallways they were running down soon became narrow and more Metal Heads were running down towards them. Jak shot at the Metal Heads coming down at them while Krane helped.
"Is this ever gonna end?" Krane asked out loud.
The hallway finally ended and the Metal Head jumped into a hole above their heads. The group ran into the next room where a gang of Metal Heads stood, waiting for them.
"Dammit! If it ain't one thing it's the other!" Sig growled, bringing his Peace Marker up towards the new group of Metal Heads. "Dammit if Jinx were here."
Suddenly, a door opened on the right to the group. Not wanting to get surrounded by the Metal Heads, the group ran into the small room that opened to another long hallway. They began running down it without an interruption from the Metal Heads and entered another room with the elevator sitting on the opposite side of the room.
"Let's go! We're almost to the elevator!" Jak yelled.
Sig slowed down and stepped in front of the group. "Looks like we finally lost 'em, chili peppers! Piece of cake, huh? Now you boys are real Wastelanders! I say it's time we take this fight to the Metal Head leader himself! What a trophy he'd make! We find a way to juice up Mar's ol' gun, and then boom baby; we storm the nest, guns blazing! Hell! We'll take 'em all on, together! You and me! Side by side! Nothin'll stop us 'cause we're—"
Suddenly, the large Metal Head popped out from above, and dropped down on top of Sig. Sig entered the Metal Head's mouth and it took him down into the dark abyss below that they had been afraid to fall in before.
"Sig!" Jak and Daxter called out at once.
"Sig," Krane whispered.
The three ran over to the edge Sig had been taking from to see nothing but the darkness underneath them. Jak hung his head and moved back and stood up while Krane still hung over the edge in shock.
"So... ahhh... what's plan B?" Daxter asked, looking over towards Jak.
"He's gone," Krane whispered. "He just…it happened so quickly. I didn't do anything to stop it."
Jak reached over towards Krane and placed his hand on her right shoulder. "Come on Krane, let's win this for Sig."
"Forgive yaself for it, and move on."
Jinx… Krane thought, blinking.
Krane stood. "You're right, let's get outta here."
Jak, Daxter, and Krane rode the elevator up towards the normal Port and began walking when Jak stopped near Vin's place.
"I have to help Keira and the others," Jak said, turning to Krane. "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to report back to Torn," Krane answered. "Be careful kid, don't do anything stupid."
"When will we catch up with you again?" Daxter asked.
Krane sighed. "I don't know. Worry about that later, hurry up and go, your friends need you right now."
Krane returned to the Underground to find Torn and Ashelin sitting around the table of maps as usual. The moment she walked in, Torn glared up towards her and slammed his fist down on the table.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Torn growled.
Krane blinked. "What are you talking about?"
"You just took off that's what! Now we've got Jinx on a mission by himself! Get your ass out there and find him!"
"You let him go alone?" Krane asked, opening her mouth a bit.
She didn't think Jinx would go anywhere without her if he was told to. Torn always sent the right amount of people to do the job and Krane was supposed to go with Jinx but now he was out there, alone.
"Do you have any idea where he is?" Krane asked.
"At the Palace," Ashelin answered. "There are bound to be tons of KG up there. My Father wouldn't leave those documents unprotected like that."
"Shit."
Krane ran out of the door she had come through and once more was back on the streets. She ran by the screaming people and Metal Heads but as she came closer towards the Palace, she slammed her shoulder into Marlin's.
"Move it!" she hissed.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Marlin said, grabbing her right hand so she couldn't get away. "You're just gonna slam into me and keep runnin'? That doesn't sound like the Southern Bell Overture said you were."
"Overture?" Krane asked breathlessly. "You know him?"
"Yeah," Marlin answered with a grin. "I've been looking for you Krane."
"Why?" Krane ripped her arm away from his tight hold.
"Overture is going to be in the Construction Site in five minutes, meet him there on the dot alright?" Marlin turned away from her. "Not a second earlier or later."
"How do you know this?"
"Trust me!" Marlin waved his right hand back and forth.
"Fine," Krane spat.
Without a second thought or word, Krane took off towards the Construction Site not knowing that Jak was going the very same way. Marlin, on the other hand, strolled down the street, ignoring all of the Metal Heads around him that, for some odd reason, weren't attacking him. He walked by Metal Head after Metal Head with no reaction or attack from them at all.
Krane arrived in front of the door leading to the Construction Site only to find Jak waiting for the door to open. She ran to his side and grabbed his shoulder to let him know that she was there.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Vin told radioed us to come," Jak answered with a low sigh. "Before the Metal Heads got him."
"Vin's dead?" Krane asked, her eyes growing wide. For an instant, the thought of getting back home entered her mind but she pushed it aside as she remembered everything that was going on now.
The door in front of them finally opened, and the three walked inside into a long hallway. As they walked through it, they came across another already open door. They walked through that door and found themselves standing at the Construction Site with the Baron, three guards and Overture.
"Overture!" Krane called. "Overture what are you doing?"
"Do not interfere," Overture answered without looking back. "You know what will happen if this does not work."
Kor then dropped down from the sky, in front of the Baron and Overture. He landed on his fours with a large grin crossing his face.
"Kor? What's going on?" Jak asked, walking a bit closer.
"I'm sure you know... deep down in your darkest nightmares," Kor said, still on the ground from his fall.
Kor's eyes turned completely blue with a small black pupil remaining, and revealed sharp teeth locked into his jaw.
"We've met before, remember? Everything's going exactly as planned. HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!"
Kor released his grip on his brown walking stick, and started bringing out large, white, wings and a tail from his body, as well as a completely transformed head. Looking back up towards the group, he began flying in the air with the use of his wings.
"Jak! It's the Metal Head leader!" Daxter said in horror as he pointed.
"Now you see! Without the shield wall disrupting my powers inside the city, I am my full potential now! So for the last time, give me the Precursor Stone!!!" the monster once known as Kor roared.
It's done. Finally they know. Krane thought.
The Baron raised his sword from his hip. "If the city must die, then we all die! AAAGGGHHH!!!"
The Baron and his guards began to charge towards Kor, but Kor sent out a blast of energy, sending them across the Construction Site except for Overture. The Baron and his guards hit a structure hiding barrels of Eco, and knocked them all down. As pieces of wood and barrels of Eco flew around, once long pointed piece of wood came out, and flew towards Overture.
This is it. Overture thought closing his eyes. I will insure the future. Mine, as well as Krane's.
"Overture," Krane whispered as she watched the scene play out in front of her eyes.
The single piece of sharpened wood flew towards Overture and stabbed him through the stomach. His body fell backwards onto the floor, pushing the wooden piece out of him but it was too late, the damage had been done.
"OVERTURE!" Krane screamed.
"I will find that Stone if I have to crush this city one brick at a time!" Kor said before he flew away into the sky.
Krane ran down from where she was and over to Overture's side while Jak ran over to check on the Baron. Krane shook Overture over and over again until his eyes finally opened once more.
"Overture! You're alive!" Krane said, cradling his body in her arms. "Come on, I'll take you to see the Shadow! He'll fix you don't worry about it!"
"Krane," Overture said with a laugh. "You have to get home and I need to tell you how."
"No." Krane shook her head as she felt blood pool underneath her. "I'm not going home without you!"
"Yes you will," Overture answered. "Take my disc and your disc from my computer in the Palace. Run the program, 'home' and it will open a Wrap Gate, allowing you home. Go through, and the Warp Gate will close…just wait…until Kor is gone."
"I can't leave you here like this!" Krane held tighter to his body. "Please I don't wanna lose you again please!"
"I am sorry." Overture moved his right hand to his wound. The warm fluid stuck to his fingers and coated each one of them, and soon he pulled his hand away because of the pain on his abdomen.
"Save Jinx," Overture whispered. "Enjoy his company, he reminds me a lot of what you used to be when you were young."
Overture finally closed his eyes, and his head fell to the side. Krane shook his body over and over again, hoping that his eyes would open like they had before but nothing happened. Tears fell down Krane's face once more as she gripped Overture's clothing in her hands.
"Overture!" Krane screamed up towards the sky.
Every ounce of pain she had felt when Schorn had died in front of her eyes came back to her. No matter how much she screamed up towards the sky or asked him to come back, nothing would change this time. Nothing would make the pain in her heart disappear, and nothing would be able to bring Overture or Schorn back this time.
Meanwhile, Jak to rush to the Baron and removed him from the wreckage that had fallen around him. As soon as he found him, Jak could see that he was on his stomach and groaning loudly. Jak turned him over so that he was on his back, allowing him to talk.
"You are the supreme weapon, Jak. And I made you," the Baron said with a cough. Still, any leader worth his salt always has his backup plan."
The Baron took out a remote from underneath his armor and pressed a single red button on it, causing a copy of the Piercer Bomb to come out of the ground, surprising Jak.
"Remember, the first rule in making a bomb... is to always make two!" the Baron groaned out.
The Baron took one last look at the bomb he had made, and then allowed his head to drop down and his eyes to close. Jak sat there for a moment, realizing how many people had died that day, and hung his head for all of them. After a few moments, he stood up, and walked over to Krane's side.
"Krane?" Jak asked with caution.
"He's gone," Krane sniffled out. "I've lost him again Jak! It's not fair!"
Jak sighed. "I got a radio message awhile ago, Jinx needs you up at the Palace."
"Dammit," Krane whimpered.
Through everything that had happened, Krane had almost forgotten that Jinx needed her help. She had gotten so distracted by everything that had started to happen that Jinx had totally slipped her mind. How could she forget someone like Jinx? Someone that had been there when she needed him and had always been holding her hand when she needed him to, she had forgotten someone like him.
Krane gently placed Overture's motionless body onto the floor and took one last long look at it before she turned away and wiped her eyes. Taking a deep breath in, she turned back towards Jak.
"I'm going," she said. "I'm going to help Jinx, so be careful with Kor. If you die, I don't know what will happen to the world."
"You be careful too," Jak answered, hitting her on the arm.
"Yeah there's something we gotta tell you!" Daxter said with a grin crossing his face as well.
"What?" Krane asked, titling her head a bit.
"It's about Jinx," Jak answered. "About how he feels but for right now go and help him."
Jak didn't know why but he felt like he had to tell Krane how Jinx felt. A part of him thought that it was none of his business but seeing how she was so ignorant to it, the other part of him wanted to tell her. He wanted to tell her how different Jinx was whenever she wasn't around, and how Jinx seemed so attached to her.
While Jak became lost in his thoughts, Krane ran towards the exit of the Construction Site and ran as fast as she could back towards the Palace, hoping that Jinx was safe.
"Like candy from a baby!" Daxter said, popping out of the bomb with the Precursor Stone in his hands.
"Great Dax," Jak said with a grin. "Come on, let's get out of here and pay Kor a little visit."
Jak and Daxter then left the scene, leaving the bomb and the bodies behind without a second thought. What they failed to see though, was a man hiding behind a large structure behind where Kor had been. He walked out from behind the structure, and over to Overture's fallen body.
The man was tall with long, loose, black hair that fell down past his hips. His eyes were a dark blue color and his outfit was a black shirt, black pants, and a large black trench coat and a long sword on his hips. Covering his feet were thin, cloth shoes that scuffled against the ground as he walked over to Overture's body. He was very plain looking except for the large scar crossing the right side of his face diagonally.
"Well, well Overture what have you gotten yourself into now?" the man asked as he stood over Overture's body. "Looks like we have to bring you back to life again. Good thing you have two tickets left in reserve."
Another man walked out from behind another structure and over towards the black haired man. This man was a bit more defined with short white hair in the front and a long ponytail in the back. His eyes remained closed, but he walked with confidence. His outfit was almost the same as the other, only instead of a black shirt and trench coat, his was a clean white color. A sword hung off of his hip as well, only this sword was a bit shorter and thicker then the black haired man's.
"Going to bring him back again?" the white haired man asked.
"Yes," the other man answered. "He is important, even though I am not fond of him."
"The Baron," the white haired man said, looking in the direction of the Baron's body. "What are we supposed to do with his fallen body? Do we just leave him here, or do we take him with us?"
"There is no reason to take the Baron with us," the black haired man answered. "All we need is Overture. Hurry up and pick him up so we can get out of here."
The other man twitched. "But if I pick him up I will get blood all over my white shirt."
"Do not care!" the black haired man yelled. "Pick Overture up and hold tightly to him so we can get back to the desert! We have a long way to travel before nightfall!"
The white haired man followed the orders he had been given and walked over to Overture's still bleeding body. He kicked Overture's right side, moving the dead man's body a bit. Now knowing that he truly was dead, the white haired man picked Overture's body and threw him over his right shoulder.
"You could show his rotting corpse a bit more respect," the black haired man said, crossing his arms.
"Why?" the other man asked. "He is not in here right now. This body is empty for now."
"Perhaps Veger will be able to help us and place Overture's correct memories in place," the black haired man turned his back to the other. "After all, he helped place those memories of Schorn in with Light Eco, he could prove useful once more with placing the right memories in."
"Can we hurry and leave already?" the white haired man whined. "This place reeks of Metal Heads."
The black haired man closed his eyes as a white light surrounded his body and then the other man's body as well. The light soon began to engulf his entire being, and then within the blink of an eye, the two disappeared, leaving the body of Baron Praxis behind.
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