Jak paused only to let Daxter grab on to his metal shoulder plate before he took off running full speed in pursuit of Razer. He leaped over various crates that had been broken in the brief combat, and then landed, taking not a second to rest as he ran after his foe. Jak was running incredibly fast, yet Razer's head start was too large to overcome. Nonetheless, the chase continued as Jak sprinted through a hallway. At the end of the hall a large, reinforced door was closing, forcing Jak to slide under it seconds before it slammed shut.

"Whoo, that was a close one!" exclaimed Daxter. "Hey this must be their garage, where they keep the combat racing cars," the Ottsel added. Daxter looked around the room and spotted Razer. "Jak, he's getting in that car!"

By the time Jak got to the space where Razer's car had been, it was too late and Razer had gone. Jak swore loudly, then leaped into the nearest car. He shouted up to Daxter, "Dax! I need you to find some way to activate this thing!"

Daxter complied by opening up the dashboard and working with the wires. "Ah, what things we people with small hands can do…" he said as he managed to activate the car. Jak slammed his feet on the pedals and took off in pursuit of Razer.

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Razer raced down the long tunnel leading from the garage to the secret opening on the surface where the crime syndicate's vehicles could exit. He pressed a button on his car, to open the secret opening.

"The outside has not yet been checked for security purposes," a computer voice spoke from the car. "Do you wish to continue?"

Following Razer's affirmative reply, he saw a gate opening at the end of the tunnel. He smiled as his car rolled towards it, then he pulled out the detonation device. "And now, Jak," he said, "you die!" He then pressed the button on the device.

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Jak and Daxter were racing along after Razer when suddenly a series of loud booming sounds occurred around them. They barely had time to wonder what was going on when suddenly a large portion of the ceiling caved in. Fire shot out from behind them, and chunks of the criminals' secret base began to collapse.

"Jak, the whole thing's gonna blow!" shouted Daxter in fear. "We need to get out now!"

"I'm working on it…" muttered Jak, swerving to avoid a large portion of the ceiling that had fallen in his path.

The heat was immense, and the level of fire and wreckage was growing, yet Jak finally managed to steer the car into the gate. He drove out, smoke and dust covering him, Daxter, and the car. The two Havenites looked behind them. The Kras City dump was in flames, large portions of it caved in. Refuse had flown from the dump to cover a huge portion of the nearby city. After a few seconds, the pair looked around, and spotted Razer. Jak sped towards the villain, yet Razer managed to escape. After a few seconds of the chase, a radio in the car activated.

Razer's voice came from the radio, "I did not expect you to survive that. Once again, you have proven yourself exceptional. But now we are on the wheel, and you cannot defeat me!"

"That's what Mizo said," answered Daxter, while in hot pursuit. Unfortunately, the only weapons activated on the car were the basic machine guns. They needed a source of Red or Yellow Eco before anything else could activate.

A few seconds later, there was a sound behind them, and two more heavily armed vehicles came rushing down the street, firing at Jak and Daxter's car. Unlike theirs, these two had all their weapons activated.

"I decided to call Cutter and Edje in to entertain you," said Razer over the radio. "Have fun!"

Jak tried to simply out-race his pursuers, but they were simply too good. It was time for drastic action. Jak swerved to the side and sped towards the waterfront, still being chased by his two foes. He sped full-speed at the trains crossing the station. As Daxter screamed, Jak swerved between two trains as they thundered across the tracks. One of their pursuers managed to get across the track before the train hit. The other was not so lucky. One of the gang cars was destroyed, creating an enormous fireball behind them.

Jak sped on, past all of the eco shipments. Ahead of him, a large red tank was clearly marked as Red Eco transport. He fired the guns at the tank, yet they appeared to have no effect. He was 50 feet away, still firing. 25 feet away, and going too fast to avoid crashing into the tank. 5 feet away, and the machine gun bullets managed to puncture the side of the tank. It exploded into a giant cloud of red eco, with Jak and Daxter's car going straight through it. Their lone chaser went around the Red Eco, as those levels of eco would kill normal people. Luckily, Jak and Daxter were both far from being normal as far as eco was concerned. Their car was covered in Red Eco, enough to activate the defensive weapons.

"Quick Jak, launch something at him!" said Daxter, looking behind as the man chasing them, who Daxter thought was Cutter, began to catch up. They sped onto a huge bridge, hundreds of feet off the ground. As the car rounded a turn, Jak pressed the defense button. A huge oil slick appeared in the wake of their vehicle. Cutter's car couldn't round the sharp bend due to the slick surface, and he went plummeting over the side, crashing into the ocean hundreds of feet below.

"Taught him!" exclaimed Daxter triumphantly. "Now we just gotta find Razer."

"There's one main exit for vehicles on this side of the city," replied Jak. "Razer will be headed there." With that, he sped off towards Razer's assumed location. Within minutes, they saw his car far in the distance.

"You can't win Jak," said Razer over the radio. "Our base being destroyed will not stop us. As long as I am alive, I can recreate the Kras City gangs. "

Jak managed to dodge a mine that Razer had left, but he was still very far behind. If only he could have a blue eco speed boost. Jak glanced to the side at some power lines, and an idea came to his head. "Daxter, I want you to take the Shockwave, and shoot it at those power lines."

Daxter lifted up the heavy gun, barely able to hold it. He pushed with every ounce of strength he could muster, and managed to aim the gun up. He pulled the trigger. The entire area was flooding by the electricity-like Blue eco. The Shockwave itself exploded as all of its ammunition was converted back into raw blue eco by the storm. The combat racing car was supercharged, and shot forwards faster than it had ever gone, leaving blue lightning in its wake. The extra burst of speed managed to pull the two cars even. Jak and Razer crashed each other's cars against the other, attempting to knock their foe away. Yet both of them were just too good.

Daxter looked over in Razer's car. He saw the Cyberkey, sitting just behind Razer. Razer through a knife at him, but he couldn't aim with the speed of the cars and missed. When Jak's car crashed into Razer's Daxter leaped and landed on his enemy's vehicle. He grabbed the Cyberkey, immediately ducking to avoid another knife.

"By myself!" he exclaimed (his variation on 'By the Precursors'). "How many knives do you have on you?"

"Many," replied Razer, drawing forth another knife from his coat. Even distracted by Daxter, he still managed to stay on the road and battle Jak, a testament to his skill. "You are trapped on my car and I am throwing blades at you. What are you going to do?"

"Something very stupid," answered Daxter, and then the ottsel leaped from the car, still holding the Cyberkey.

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Razer cursed. The stupid orange rodent had taken the Cyberkey! Once more, it had fallen into a canal, and would presumably be capable of swimming away, and not drowning. Luckily for Razer, Jak's momentary lack of concentration was enough to slam his vehicle to the side. Jak's car crashed into a parked vehicle, flipped over, and rolled for about 40 feet before crashing to the ground, broken. Satisfied that Jak was incapable of pursuit, Razer drove off.

However, his radio buzzed to life. Jak's voice came through it, apparently injured, but still alive. "So… you just going to run away?... I thought you were the deadliest racer alive."

"Oh I am, Jak," replied Razer. "But I'm not going to waste my time with you. "

"What about the…. Cyberkey? Don't you want to…"

"I don't need any Cyberkey, the other criminals will regroup around me regardless. This time, without Rayn and Kreon's bizarre leadership."

"So they are going to… regroup around a man… who couldn't, while driving a heavily armed racecar… kill an unarmed man on foot?"

"You are goading me Jak. You think you can kill me. You want me to turn around."

"That's true… but so were my words."

Razer drove for another minute, then made a U-turn. "I'll kill you then, if that is what you wish. There is no way you can defeat me!"

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Jak crawled out of the wreckage. He was injured, but he'd been worse. However, the Shockwave was gone, and his handgun had been smashed apart by the wreck. He was out of Light Eco, hadn't slept or ate for more than a day, and was barely able to stand. Nonetheless, he stood there, waiting for Razer. He saw Razer's heavily armed car driving towards him in the distance.

Jak thought, He's right, I can't beat him.

But I can.

Darkness consumed Jak as Razer approached. The evil race fired his machine guns at Dark Jak, but they could barely even harm him. Razer continued full speed towards Dark Jak, apparently intent on running him over. When the car was about 10 feet away, Dark Jak leaped into the air, concentrating his energy into one fist. Dark Jak smashed is fist right into the front of Razer's car, unleashing the awesome power of the Dark Bomb. Within seconds, Razer and his vehicle were blown into thousands of pieces. The road itself caved in, and the wreckage of Jak's car was blown backwards.

Daxter walked up. "That was awesome!" the ottsel exclaimed.

It was awesome, said Dark Jak, as he transformed back into normal Jak.

Thank you, he thought.

It appears darkness is useful for brute force attacking.

You are just jealous.

Daxter tossed Jak the Cyberkey. "I knew no gang of crooks could mess with the Dynamic Duo!" he shouted as his friend put the Cyberkey into his pocket.

"Yeah…" said Jak, collapsing to the ground. He He rested there for a few minutes, until Yolena arrived using her jetpack.

"You did good." she said to Jak. "It appears I was wrong about you earlier. You are no enemy of Kras, and your crimes have all been pardoned by the newly reinstated Mayor Roseau. Say, by the way, did you manage to save that Cyberkey? The Kras City Intelligence Department still wants to look at it."

Jak and Daxter looked at each other. "Did you see it Jak?" asked Daxter.

"No, it must have been destroyed in the explosion."

"Ah well," said Yolena, sounding a bit like Krew. "Here's a health pack. I've contacted Haven, you'll be picked up soon. Thank you."

With that, she flew away.

"You know, despite being a jerk in the beginning, she's come round," said Daxter to Jak as he administered the health pack to his friend. "Hot too."

Jak would have rolled his eyes at Daxter's interspecies sexual attraction, but he had already fallen asleep.