Chapter 16: Babysitting with a hint of Sabotage
Music: Carpe Diem by Green Day (Anyone else heard the two new singles yet? They're rad.)
'Breaking in a sweat,
Like a bomb threat,
Us your silhouette,
Faded out.
Nothing left to lose,
Detonate the fuse,
Another Break and
You fall out.'
Mood: ALL THE JAK AND DAXTER BEST FRIEND FEELS BECAUSE AWWWW THEYRE SO CUUUTTTEEE!
Disclaimer: Writers lie, just like your parents…
We walked to the hideout, where Samos was standing outside with both the kids and a weird dog looking thing. The dog was chasing both the kids in a circle around us. I saw Jak watching them out of the corner of his eye.
"I want you three to escort the kids over to Kor at the Power Station. He promised to look out for both of them, and I'm just too busy to baby-sit right now. Oh, and take the Croco-dog with you!" He turned towards the Croco-dog, which promptly growled at him. "Oh, hee… heh.. isn't he sweet?"
Both the kids stopped to stare at us with wide eyes. "So what's their story?" Jak asked, gesturing to the kids.
"I found him just wandering the streets. But that amulet around his neck means he may just be the lost heir to the city. Well, he only had half of it. A few months ago, actually, just after you three started working for the movement," Oh. I remembered that. "We found her wondering around with the other half. She used to talk, but she refuses to now since he can't talk. Or won't. One or the other." He shook it off. "Take the kids and the mutt to the Power Station. Watch out for guard patrols and defend the kids at all costs." The little brown haired girl walked up to me and grabbed my hand while I wasn't looking. I automatically flinched out of her grip, surprised. She just stared up at me with wide blue grey eyes. Then the Shadow laughed. "Oh... and if uh you happen to lose the Croco-dog..." The dog growled again.
Both of the kids took off down the alleyway when he stopped talking. "Hey!" Jak yelled after them. "Kid! Wait!"
"Stop moving you little twits." I growled, pushing them backward from the Krimzon Guard that was running towards us all. They stumbled backwards, and I moved in front of the kids as Jak's blast knocked the Guard back.
Both children started running, the Croco-dog chasing after them.
"Wait!" I called after them, running.
"Come back!" Jak said.
At least eight or nine KG's started towards the kids and I had to sprint to reach the kids in time. "Stay behind me." I pushed them behind the wall Jak and I created, us both using the Blaster Weapons to keep the guards away, not moving until the wave was over.
The kids took off again, holding hands, chasing after the Croco-dog that seemed to be leading them. "Come here, poochey-poochey!" Daxter called desperately, trying to get them to stop running. They did, though, when a Krimzon Guard cornered them both. They both cowered in fear as it aimed its gun at them.
I wasn't in any fit state to get to them, being surrounded by guards and all, and I had to trust that Jak would be able to save them.
He did though, and I turned just in time to see him shoot over both the kids' heads, sending the KG sprawling, and growling, "Leave the kids alone!"
The both took off again. I ran forward and grabbed the little girl, who was lagging behind a little bit, and slinging her onto my back, letting her grab onto my neck. I really hoped my bows weren't digging into her back. I also hoped that I could still get my bows with a kid there.
"Kid look out!" Jak warned the little boy, blasting another KG over the kid's head.
Getting my other bows proved to be a bit hard, so instead of struggling, I punched the KG that was trying to get the kid off my back in the face, sending him reeling. "How do you like it when something fights back?" I snarled at it, taking off again.
There was a Zoomer waiting for us around the corner that Jak jumped into. I ran forward and scooped up the blonde kid and vaulted myself over a KG and rolling into the car, pushing the girl on my back into my arms practically onto of the other kid.
Right when I settled, Jak took off, yelling, "Hold on!"
Both kids grabbed desperately at the dashboard of the Zoomer, and I awkwardly wound my arms around them keeping them there. The Croco-dog kept trying to lick my face, not being very helpful.
I curled my body of the kids, keeping them both in a huddled ball in my lap as Jak flew through the Sectors, plowing through KGs and civilians alike.
Both of the kids seemed unaware of the situation we were in, one playing with the chains on my shorts, and the other tugging on my hair. I had to resist the urge to snarl at them when my hair got pulled too hard.
We had to get out of the Zoomer to get up the ramp and to the Power Station, so I unwrapped myself, letting the kids tumble out of my lap and run up the ramp, the Croco-dog bouncing after them. Jak went up with them to get the KGs up there, and I stayed behind, walking backwards, sniping off the ones coming after us.
"Maddy! Let's go!" Jak called.
I shot the KG closest to me before turning and running flat out to the open doors of the Power Station. Jak grabbed my arm to steady me as we stepped inside.
"That was a handful." Jak muttered into my ear, wrapping his arms around my waist. "Let's never have kids."
"Precursors, you have no idea how much I agree." I mumbled back. "Thought those brats would never stop moving. They almost got dusted like three times each."
"Samos told us to bring the kids to you." Daxter said, from where he was walking with the kids and the dog. He fit right in. I voiced that thought to Jak, and he chuckled lowly.
Both the kids ran up to Kor, staring at him with wide eyes. Do all kids do that that much? "Thank you." Kor said. "I'll be sure to keep them close."
The dog slowly walked up to him, growling. I couldn't help but agree. There was something shady about this guy. "How sweet..." he said, turning his head up at the animal.
The dog stopped growling, though, when Jak stroked his head. It actually kind of grinned at him, lolling its tongue out, looking up at him happily.
"Interesting." Kor muttered, as if it actually was interesting. "That insufferable mutt never liked anyone but the kids before." The dog stopped smiling and barred its teeth when Kor got close, but let its tongue back out when Jak kept petting it.
"I guess I'm just good with animals." Jak said, kneeling down to properly pet the dog and looking at Daxter, who grinned at him. The Croco-god nodded, pushing its head into Jak's hand. I almost died, either from the laughter or from the sweetness, I couldn't really tell, so I ended up making a choked noise, fluttering my hand in front of my mouth uselessly.
"I hope we have enough eco to keep the Metal Heads at bay. During my travels in the deep Wasteland I saw some of the bigger ones. Awesome creatures." Kor said worriedly, glancing at the eco readings on the screen.
"We saw a big one coming out of a rift once." Daxter said, making claws out of his hand and stomping forward. "He was uuuuuuugly!"
"Hmmmmphh... I have some valuable information for you." Kor said, "The Baron is conducting an excavation at the Dig. He is still looking for that ridiculous Tomb." As he spoke, to Croco-dog lifted its leg up to piss on Kor's staff. I felt the right side of my mouth lift as a tried to hold in my laugh and look serious, unlike Jak and Daxter, who were looking at each other with the type of glee boys got when they saw something that should be gross. "Frankly, I don't believe it exists, but you might as well go out there and disrupt his operation just in case." He lifted the stick and shook it off with his nose wrinkle. "Knock down all the scaffolding at the site. That should set him back. Here is an Air Trail pass to get you out there."
The little girl came up to me and handed me a yellow pass, keeping her hand in mine until I shook it away. I flipped open the pass to see my picture and information. Shouldn't that have been like a massive giveaway? Like, here I am! With a security pass! It even had the 'Wanted! Dangerous criminal!' Warning on it. I laughed. I pointed it out to Jak, who just shook his head with a half smile, saying how stupid KG are.
We made our way to the Air Train stop at the bottom of the Baron's tower. The train wasn't there yet, so we had to wander around for a minute.
It pulled up, lowering the back hatch. We all stepped in, and the vehicle took off before it even closed the hatch in the back.
The ride was bumpy, you know, unofficial air travel and all, but we got there in one piece, and Jak and I immediately JET boarded down the small tunnel shaft to where the KG's were digging.
We arrived onto the scene of a mining operation to a small Dark Eco bomb to the right. It seemed that KG's had acquired flash bombs, in the form of Dark Eco. So instead of guns, they were throwing little smoking things. Kinda hard to see.
"You go right, I go left?" Jak asked. I nodded, getting on the JET board and going across the bridge next to me.
On the platform across the bridge was the first set of three suspension cables, and a few more KGs. I knocked them all into the lava below us, and grinded on the line, snapping the suspensions. There was another rail to my right with nothing on it, but I grinded across it to get to another platform. I checked my watch, 18 more cables to snap.
On the new platform, there was a few more KGs that I easily took out, and a box leading to a platform above it. I climbed the box and got to the level, where there was more KGs. They all threw their bombs at me, and I had to backflip away, flipping over the edge and hanging on with my hands.
I flipped back up to the top and knocked out the KGs and grinded along the rails. I checked the watch again; nine more. I grinded along another rail upwards, taking out three more, and reached a level and saw Jak grinding towards me taking out three more. We were at the top level, but there were three more suspensions still.
I looked around in confusion, and spotted the three almost at the bottom level. One of us must have missed them. I grinded across a rail and jumped, falling to the bottom level with a heavy thud. The JET board supported me though, and a spun in a side circle, shooting the four KGs down there.
Jak landed next to me, obviously having realized why I bailed over the edge before he could reach it, and grinded over the last three suspension cables.
The drill wobbled dangerously for a second, as if in slow motion, and every eye in the building, KG and Wastelander alike, turned towards it as it slowly toppled over into the lava, hitting some of the explosive barrels and setting off a huge explosion. We dove to the side, taking cover down the side of a hill, avoiding flying bits.
When the remnants of the drill stopped shaking, I saw Jak get up and peek over the edge, so I got up and stood next to him. There were no KGs left, just a bunch of scrap metal and gears on the ground.
We JET boarded over them, using some of them as jumps just because we could, and rode around the room to find the door.
We followed to tunnel upwards until we reached the service elevator, and waiting for it to take us back up.
Once it did, I saw that the air train was still there waiting for us with the hatch open.
Just like before, it took off at top speed before the hatch closed, reaching back to the city in less than five minutes.
We reached the city, and saw that Krew wanted us. I followed behind Jak, preparing myself to go blow something else up.
Fucking Krew, man.
A/N: Okay hi ^.^
Does anybody else think baby sitter Jak is really cute in the actual game? Like 'Hey Kid! Wait!' shoots gun 'come back!' I laughed :P and omfg the part with the Crocodog was the cutest thing ever :3
…I think I'm getting too invested in this game.
Sorry no interaction with the little girl, but she's Jaks little interaction, I'll try to show that more the way I did Maddy/Mar
Isn't Maddy just great with kids? Lol
I can't really think of anything else to say, except for to review and that the art/banner thing is still standing.
xMonster