Next chapter! About the end part...mmm well maybe I should say this at the end?
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Daxter had been crossing the second bridge in the Forbidden Jungle when the world came crashing down. Or rather he came crashing down on the world as a rotted plank in the old bridge gave way. With a terrified yell he splash-landed in the river below. The river was thankfully deep in this area effectively preventing Daxter from breaking anything due to the long drop.
Strong hands yanked Daxter out of the water when he broke the surface, and deposited him on the small wooded bridge he had apparently just missed. Coughing up the small amount of water that he had managed to inhale was easy due to the harsh blow that was dealt to his back.
"You okay there lad? Scared me as well as all the fish with that stunt." Looking up at his "rescuer", Daxter found no other then Marcus the Fisherman. Wringing the water from his hair, Daxter nodded. He hated it when his hair was wet; it lost all of its gravity defying powers and hung limply around his neck.
"M'fine, thanks anyway though." It was then Daxter noticed the large basket and net the Fisherman had with him. " Say, what are you doing fishing out here? This river is hardly full of good fish, with all the eels and them bitey fish things."
"Them 'bitey fish things' be piranhas, and I be fishing out here because a lurker shark took a huge bite outta my fishing boat and sunk it. Was all I could do to get my self back to shore alive. Thankfully that blasted shark was more interested in eating that's days catch then me. So here I am, scooping up tiny fish with a little net, and look what I have to show for it!" The fisherman ripped the top off of his basket, displaying its meager contents.
"If only there were a place I could get to the ocean from, then I could do some real fishing!" Daxter thought for a moment on that. Most of the food the villagers ate came from Marcus and Farmer Luey. Anything other then fish, yakkow, and vegetables were a delicacy. Still though…
"I think I might be able to help ya there, as thanks for pullin' me outta the river you see." Seeing that he had definitely caught the Fisherman's attention Daxter continued. "There's this small patch of land downstream from here that sits not far out in the ocean. The bitey fish, 'scuse me, 'Piranhas' don't go out that far so you can swim to it without much trouble. Seeing as I happen to be heading that way my self, I could take you there."
"That'd be great, Daxter! If its what you say, I don't think I can thank you enough. Although…what are you doing out here anyway?" Marcus gathered up his fishing equipment and followed Daxter to the other side of the bridge, where the proceeded down stream along the shore line.
" Samos sent me out here to get some plant for him." It was a lie, but Marcus didn't need to know that. Despite Samos having more or less ordering him to go to the Precursor ruins, the fisherman would probably haul him off back to the village if he knew his true destination. What was the term Jak's uncle had used? Oh yes, they didn't need to be 'playing' with such a dangerous thing as precursor technology. Hence why Daxter's closet was full of it.
Marcus thankfully made his own assumption that Samos had sent Daxter out here to get his mind off of what ever had happened the day of Jak's death. Daxter had told no one how Jak had actually died, no matter who or how hard they had tried. Marcus felt partly responsible for the whole thing, as it was by his boat they managed to get there anyway. He should have tied better knots, or removed the Powercell, or [Isomething[/I…but when all was said and done there was no way he could have known.
Not another word was said until they reached their destination. Pointing at the small island, Daxter warned him that the water was deep. Not deep enough for a lurker shark, but deep enough for other things.
"Not a problem at all lad! Deep water means lotsa big fish!" Marcus clapped Daxter on the back, sending him into the river. Sputtering, Daxter glared at him.
"You're welcome, really" He said a little sarcastically.
"Er, sorry about that. Don't know my own strength." Daxter sighed.
"I need to get to the other bank anyway happy fishing." With that Daxter began to swim to the other side. Marcus felt his heart clench at the solemn reply. It was terrible how Jak's death had affected the boy. Just a week ago, Daxter would have yelled and made a big deal about something like being pushed into the river, but now it was like he was barely the same person anymore.
Once on the other side, Daxter stood on the bank with a blank look on his face. He had intended to use the precursor launcher to jump to the above cliff, where the entrance to the ruins was. It was only now he realized that he couldn't operate the darn thing without being able to channel blue eco. Sighing, Daxter pulled out the EES to let it absorb the blue eco that was floating next to the launcher. He was certain it had never been there before, but who was he to question a good thing?
As he was turning away to find another way to the top, Daxter noticed that the Precursor launcher had activated. Once again deciding not to question, Daxter jumped onto it…and nothing happened. Looking at the distorted air around his feet, Daxter knew it was still on. Jumping again with the same result, he happened to glance at the EES that he still held, and its Blue eco enflamed tip.
Suddenly Daxter had a crazy idea. Flipping the EES so it was point down, he thrust it downwards onto the launcher. He left his stomach behind as he was sent rocketing into the air with a strong lurch. He didn't even have time to scream as he crashed landed onto the cliff above, EES still in hand.
"Gotta work on them landings" Daxter muttered to him self as he picked him self up from the ground. Avoiding the large vines that waved lazily about he climbed the step to stand in front of the closed door. Daxter eyed the door before jabbing the business end of the EES into it. With a whoosh the door obediently sprung open.
"Now that's handy! Note to self: give Keira free run of the Precursor junk in my closet." Striding through the door, Daxter retracted the EES once he saw that the lifts were still operational from the times he and Jak had first activated them. Leaping onto the first as it reached ground level, Daxter repeated the process until he stood on the shelf that contained the open Blue eco vent.
Charging the EES to its maximum, he put it away again and continued to the very top. Once there Daxter paused to calm himself, he had almost fallen from that last moving platform. Once he was breathing regularly again, Daxter stepped on the switch that would lower the current platform into the belly of the ruins.
Daxter knew exactly where to go once the lift had stopped. There was only one door that remained shut no matter what he and Jak had done. The symbol above the door led them to believe that they needed a blue eco charge to open it, but they could never get from the vent outside back to the door in time to open it. Extending the EES, Daxter thrust it at the door and swelled with triumph when it opened.
Keeping the EES out in case of danger Daxter proceeded through. It was surprisingly bright for being underground, if his calculations were correct, and he had no trouble seeing. The floor was missing in places, but thankfully there were working platforms to carry him across.
Eventually Daxter came to a large room that looked more like a jungle then the outside jungle did. Large leaves and vines were everywhere, sunlight filtered down from holes in the roof causing the plant life to cast large and lazy shadows. Beautifully colored flowers littered the topmost vines, closest to the sun. A single flower of gigantic proportions towered over all else, not yet in bloom.
"Aw come on! Knowing my luck the stupid switch is buried under all that crap!" using the EES Daxter began moving pieces of undergrowth around, cutting a path and looking for anything that resembled a switch.
Daxter stiffened as a shadow fell over him, and a low growl sounded from behind him. Terrified, he slowly turned around and came face to face with a mouth full of large sharp teeth. The teeth reared back before snapping at him, digging into his middle with its teeth as it lifted him into the sky.
Screaming in pain and terror, Daxter blindly lashed out with the EES. He crashed to the ground with the things teeth still dug into him. Forcing his eyes open, Daxter saw that the EES was buried deep with in the creature's skull. The next thing he noticed was that the thing was some type of plant. The sound of heavy things crashing to the ground stirred Daxter again briefly before his vision went black.
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When Daxter awoke, moonlight was filtering down from the holes in the ceiling. Shakily drawing himself into a sitting position, he ran a weak hand over his chest. There were bloody holes in his tunic where the plant had grabbed him, but no wounds underneath. Not even scars, though Daxter was sitting in a dried pool of his own blood. The right side of his face was encrusted with it, and it refused to come off. It was then he noticed that he still had the EES in his hand.
Peeling himself off the ground, he used it to help himself stand. His mind felt fuzzy, like he was dreaming and he found it very hard to stand without the aid of the EES. Surveying his surroundings Daxter found a large round thing with walkways curving around it instead of the plant life from before. Atop the structure was a single glowing Powercell.
Using the EES as a walking stick, he made his way to stand on top of the round thing.
Daxter grabbed the floating Powercell and placed it in the pouch at his side without much thought. Not that he seemed to be capable of any of that at the moment. The ground sunk abruptly, sending Daxter tumbling to the floor. There was a loud humming sound as the walls and floor began to glow with blue designs. With a flash the teleporter ring Daxter had fallen conveniently in front of came to life.
Mind still hazy from blood loss Daxter struggled to his feet again, leaning heavily on the EES. A fuzzy thought told him that Samos had a teleporter ring too. Moving as though on autopilot Daxter stumbled through the ring. Not a moment later he tumbled out on the other side.
There was a gasp and suddenly someone was lifting him into a sitting position. Everything was growing dark again, though an unmistakable flash of green flesh brought his accomplishment to the forefront of his mind. There were voices, but as none of them were making any sense, Daxter added his own input.
" I turned on the blue eco." he slurred before falling once again into the sweet embrace of unconsciousness.
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For those of you wondering what the heck just happend, when the plant monster died it became Green eco just like everything else that Dax and Jak kill in Jak one. Thats how Daxter got healed, he of course doesn't know that so I couldn't put that part in story. Also, the ending is kinda choppy because Daxter is more or less still unconscious from blood loss, he wont even remember that part later.
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