OK, I did not realize the cover art would not be able to be accessed in a larger form. The link (all spaced out so it is accessible) is on my user page.

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Harmen Skupps, the gate guard to the Kras City dump, was sitting at his post watching the television reports about the violence at Kras City. He knew that the gangs were using the dump as a base; they'd paid him off a while ago. Harm, as he was commonly known, simply took the money and was silent. He personally did not care what the criminals did, as long as he got paid. He watched as what appeared to be a dump truck pulled up. The man who was driving it, however, was certainly no garbage worker. Razer leaned his head out of the window, and, in his slightly accented voice, said, "I assume that I do not need any… identification." Harm, knowing better than to provoke this dangerous man, nodded his head. "Good," said Razer, and he drove through.

Razer drove until he was out of sight of the tall buildings, until the only things visible to him were the piles of garbage. Of course, now he was out of sight of everyone and everything, except for the hidden cameras within the refuse piles. Razer needed no identification here either, for the secret gateway that now was opening on the ground. A giant square door pushed the refuse to the side, and Razer drove down the ramp into the base of the crime gangs. Razer soon found his way to the impromptu prison for Mayor Roseu. Most of the prisoners were in a separate section, and were there to be ransomed. As this involved eventually letting them go, they would be potentially able to give a message from the mayor back to his city, an action that Rayn and Razer did not wish to occur. Rayn greeted Razer when he entered. "Ah, Razer, you have made it. How nice to see you. I am concerned that the Mayor may not have been as involved in the defense of the city as we had thought. It appears the late Captain Oreles and the unfortunately alive Yolena both kept secrets from their elected superior. Most of the information we've extracted from him has proven to be false or things that we already knew."

Razer looked at the mayor, who was now unconscious. "I suppose we can keep trying. Though, I would be pleased to put him out of his pain if you determine that he knows nothing of use. I think that the standard body disposal is not the way to go. We need his remains to be found!"

Rayn nodded. "Sinking the mayor to the bottom of the ocean indeed would not send a message. But you know I like to give you such gruesome tasks."

Razer smiled at this statement.

Harm was still watching the television mindlessly when he heard the car. He looked out the window to see a bright red vehicle racing towards the dump.

"Those crooks should know better than to try and come here. In fact, Rayn told them, she assured me she told them to stay away from the Dump so that the cops wouldn't think there was any criminal activity here." Harm had a habit of talking to himself, as he was alone for most of the day. "Though, I suppose if they were smart they wouldn't have turned to a life of crime." He had obviously forgotten that he himself was a criminal (and not very intelligent).

The car continued to race towards the guard station. Harm began to be concerned. If whoever was in that car did not turn soon, they would crash into the guard station. The station had been proofed against most car crashes though, so Harm thought he would be safe within the station. Proofed as it was against cars, proofed it was not against the massive amount of bombs contained within the car. The explosion blew the guard station apart, and made a ten foot deep crater in the ground.

A second car drove up, and Jak got out of it. Daxter jumped to his shoulder. A hovering communicator also came out.

"Good, my remote control detonation vehicle worked," said Yolena over the communication device. "Hopefully the explosion will have weakened their defenses and you can find a way to get into their base."

"Don't worry about it girl," said Daxter. "We are the experts. Now come on Jak, let's teach these crooks a lesson!"

Sure enough, the explosion had sent many cracks through the ground, revealing that there was some sort of structure underneath. Jak began to crawl into one of the large cracks, trying to find a weak spot in the underground structure.

Jak, I do not like it that the gate guard was killed. We could have knocked him out or something.

Shut up lightbulb.

Jak ignored Dark Jak and mentally replied to Light Jak. We needed the explosion to find a way in. That man was responsible for the deaths of many people by hiding the criminals, including Jinx.

Daxter looked at his friend. "Jak, you've been real quiet recently. Like almost as quiet as you were back at Sandover!"

"I only wish it was so quiet for me."

"Say what? How can it be quiet for you and not for me? That would mean you have voices… oh. Sorry. Um, how about we just concentrate on finding the weak sp… AAAAHH!"

With a loud scream and a crash, the part of the structure Daxter had just been walking on collapsed downward. Jak jumped through the hole and picked up his friend, and then continued down the tunnel.

"By the cursed light, what is going on here?" Melonius Kreon was storming around the control center of the base. "Why are their explosions going on? Why is the power going out? Why…"

"SHUT UP!" shouted Razer. "You are acting like a fool! Now, let us adults handle this situation."

"How dare you shout at me! I paid for this secret base! That means I'm the superior! I'm the superior!" Kreon looked over at Rayn. "I am the superior, correct?"

Rayn ignored him. "Jak is the one who did this. He's in the base."

"Jak?" asked Kreon. "The one who broke into my tower and ruined Antonine's nice living weapon?" He turned to Razer. "Have him killed! Immediately!"

Razer looked at Kreon disdainfully. "I've already sent some men to do the job."

"They can't kill him," said Rayn. "He's the most dangerous thing alive. We have to escape."

"Well, in that case," replied Kreon. "I suppose we shouldn't leave this nice base behind. I did prepare an automatic disposal technique." He looked at Razer. "You wouldn't mind if all your men didn't make it out alive?"

Razer looked up at the ceiling for a minute and scratched his chin. Then he shook his head.

"Good," said Kreon. "Then let us retreat with a bang."

The first of Razer's men that Jak encountered got knocked out by a single spin kick. The second had time to shoot at Jak, so Jak replied in kind. The Shockwave literally blew the man away. The third of Razer's cronies swung a knife at Jak, but Jak caught his arm, breaking it, and then threw the man to the ground.

"OK bub," said Daxter, who had been bravely sitting on Jak's shoulder. "Now you tell us where the prisoners are being kept, or we do you as we did to your friends over there."

Jak thought that since he was the threatening one, he should say something. "Yeah, what he said" was all that he could come up with.

"I'll never talk!" the criminal shouted. "Razer and his new allies will do far worse things to me than you could ever do!"

Daxter looked up at Jak. "He has a fairly good point."

Rip his fingers off, one by one, until he talks was Dark Jak's helpful advice.

Let us not be barbaric and uncivilized. Let me assume control.

No! Don't let Mr. Angel take over!

After a brief intra-Jak struggle, he transformed into Light Jak. Criminal! Inform me of the location of the prison cells immediately!

"I don't take orders from eco-freaks!"

Very well then. Said Light Jak, before grabbing the crook and staring into his eyes. The man briefly attempted to struggle, but then fell unconscious onto the floor. The majority of the prisoners are in one location; however, the mayor is kept separate. I will go save the normal prisoners first, then the mayor.

That could lead to us being caught up down here. We know Kreon had that horrible Voltage thing. We can't risk getting trapped down here and being able to save no one.

I must attempt to save all that it is possible to do. It is the only way.

Don't you get it lighty? We could die! Daxter could die!

Our lives, and the life of Daxter, are meaningless when compared to the greater good.

Light Jak took off running towards the prison cells.

Kreon stared at the remains of the warp gate. Their preferred method of escape had been damaged beyond repair by the explosion that had allowed Jak to enter their building. The leaders of the criminal organization were now having to travel to the other side of the base, by the garage housing their combat cars, in order to access the other warp gate and escape to the Icelands. Kreon held the detonation button for the hidden bombs around the base in his hand, waiting for the icy safety of the Icebound Citadel before he detonated it. Hopefully, Jak and his furry orange sidekick will still be in the base when we detonate this.

The criminals in the hallway saw the glowing light eco being seconds before he knocked them aside with a shield of light eco. He moved with an inhuman speed, leaping from wall to wall using his strange tentacle wings. The angelic creature's fists and feet and elbows slammed into the men, enough to knock them out for a while but not enough to cause any serious damage. Their gunshots usually missed, but if not they were blocked by the glowing shield. The light being did not fight with anger, fear, or any other emotion. Once the men were all unconscious, he did not even pause to look back.

The guard of the prison did not even get a chance to look up before he was unconscious. The prisoners stared as the creature of light looked up at them. For the first time, they noticed the Ottsel on the man of light's shoulder. The Ottsel leaped off of his shoulder, while the light being rushed down the hallway. As Daxter unlocked the cells, Jak, in his normal form, returned with Mayor Roseau. Once everyone was freed, Jak had several prisoners go into the hallway to collect the weapons of the criminals. Daxter leaped onto Jak's shoulder. "All right everybody," the Ottsel announced. "It's jailbreak time!"