Chapter 3: Training and a New Nightmare
Even though it had been three days since Skyler had returned, that didn't stop him from training the three harshly (Naruto a little bit lenient) and today was no different.
"Today is a team battle; me and Naruto vs. you and Daxter. And, Daxter? Please leave the Oblivionizer out of this." said Skyler after which Daxter put the gun on the nearby gun rack and then went Dark.
"Okay. On your mark…GO!" and with those words Skyler and Naruto disappeared in a flash which startled Jak and Daxter.
"Where'd they go?!" asked Dark Dax looking around quickly.
"I don't-" answered Jak, but was tackled by Naruto.
"Jak!" yelled Daxter as he tried to help his friend, but was stopped by somebody behind him.
"You need to worry about yourself Dax…" said Skyler as he grabbed Daxter's arm as he threw it and tossed him over his shoulder like nothing.
After several minutes all four were badly injured, but still wanted to win.
"Hey, Naruto. Remember that move I taught you before I left for the Wasteland?" asked Skyler while spitting out teeth that regrew as soon as they left his mouth.
"Yeah. Why?" replied Naruto.
"Because I think its time we finished this." responded Skyler and at those words Naruto put his hands together and created a blue orb and then Skyler put his hand over it and put lightning into it, then Naruto dipped all nine of his tails into it and each began to glow with its energy. Skyler then brought out two Dark Eco Skulls and crushed them in his hands and then his tails brought out their own and crushed them. Jak and Daxter were shocked at this, Naruto had a move they had never seen him use and Skyler's power was also unbelievable, suddenly the two charged, zig-zaging between each other and then disappeared and appeared right in front of them, Naruto brought his tails and the blue orb down on Jak, while Skyler did a double haymaker and a tail slam on Daxter causing a huge explosion that could be felt all throughout Haven and part way to Kras City. After the smoke cleared it revealed Jak and Daxter dazed in craters, while the two laughed at their buddies' expressions.
TIME SKIP: 2 HOURS LATER
Jak and Daxter were walking back to the bar as the other two seemed to be all over the place, but then something happened. Skyler had been jumping from a building towards another and suddenly stopped mid-air and fell to the ground but when the three approached him he seemed to not be in pain, but they saw a terrified look on his face and he began to speak.
"No he can't…He's dead…" he kept saying that over and over when helicopter blades were heard overhead, the three looked up to see Scorpio come out and try to snap Skyler out of it.
"Come on Boss! SNAP…OUT…OF…IT!" yelled Scorpio as he slapped Skyler with every word.
"OW! Why you little…" began Skyler, but then stopped and began to think over what had happened and began walking away.
TIME SKIP: 45 MINUTES LATER
Skyler had been quiet since the incident and the three were getting nervous. They had learned that if he was quiet for a long period of time, it meant something was bugging him, suddenly a portal opened and Skyler's clawed hands became serrated, his teeth grew sharper and his eyes were still orange, but more reptilian and the tails' tips became blades, Naruto was also on edge; teeth barred, eyes red, and all tails bristling. From the portal stepped a person, or to be more precise, a machine. The machine was fairly tall and had glowing red eyes and a huge cannon on one arm suddenly Skyler charged him and threw him out the bar and went after him as did Naruto. The other two followed but were shocked to see both of their friends fallen.
"Is this the best this world has to offer? Pathetic!" he said as he threw the unconscious Skyler to the side next to Naruto.
"Megatron!" yelled a familiar voice and turned out to be Blackout as he charged and sent him flying.
'He's smaller than I remember…' thought Blackout and then turned towards Jak and Daxter, "Get them out of here, I want some payback that's 4,000 years over due." he said as he brought out the huge rotors on his back and attached them to his right arm and pulled a cord like a chainsaw and the rotors started to spin and he advanced on Megatron.
The two then went over and collected their unconscious friends and headed towards the city gates and went to Spargus.
TIME SKIP: 3 HOURS LATER
After arriving in Spargus the three asked Skyler who Megatron was.
"He WAS my former master, until I learned he broke a deal I made with him…he also experimented on me because of my powers, but before he was as big as Blackout…" responded Skyler.
"So what do we do?" asked Daxter who could see hate in Skyler's eyes as they began to change between his normal eyes and reptilian.
"KILL HIM! Like I've always done it. He may have gotten the drop on us, but I'll make sure he doesn't conquer this world." replied Skyler as both symbols began to glow, but stopped when he calmed down, "Not sure how much time we have, but we have to get to a secure location before we can train for him."
"Aw, what?! You've been training us to death!" whined Daxter at which this seemed to infuriate Skyler as he grabbed Daxter by the neck and neither Jak nor Naruto felt like helping him out this time.
"YOU LITTLE RAT! THIS ISN'T THE SAME AS ROGUE KG OR METAL HEADS! HE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE EVER FACED! SO SHUT THE HECK UP OR I'LL PERSONALLY RIP OUT YOUR PATHETIC VOCAL CORDS! UNDERSTAND?!" yelled Skyler with his teeth showing and seeming to grew larger and longer as he spoke and his eyes becoming more reptilian.
"yes." squeaked a now horrified and choking Daxter and once released from Skyler's vice-like grip cowered behind Jak's leg, while Jak and Naruto stood there looking at Skyler as his appearance was changing again, but slowly this time.
"Go. Let me think a while." said Skyler turning away and walking towards the beach gun tower.
After waiting half an hour the three went to investigate why he was taking so long. Upon arriving they found claw marks all over the rocks around the gun tower, and went to the other side. Skyler was more menacing this time, the eyes were reptilian, the claws serrated, the back spikes were also serrated and giving of Stable Dark Eco streaks, and the teeth were way sharper and longer (the top and lower canines jutted out) and his tongue seemed to be forked, his legs also had spikes jutting out of his armor.
"Megatron will die." was all that he spoke and the three backed away as he approached, but he just scraped his claws on the rocks and walked right by them. Naruto sensed a real hatred for Megatron within Skyler's voice and wondered how this fight would go and suggested they follow him.
Arriving in Haven they heard grunting and rushed to where it was, arriving they saw Skyler severely hurt and Megatron relatively unscathed. Then they saw a blast of energy hit Skyler and it hit the left side of his face and saw him hold a hand there a while.
"Heh! Megatron, do you remember what you did to this eye during one of your experiments?" asked Skyler as he removed the hand and revealed an eye that had 4 black lines, that resembled cracks, through it and then Megatron and the three were suddenly unable to move at all.
"Hahahaha! I see you don't remember my Shattered Eye. And to think you gave it to me. Has it really been that long that you don't remember this? Aw, don't tell me you're trying to shoot yourself." Skyler said sarcastically as he kept the one eye on Megatron and made him bring the cannon to his head against his will. Suddenly Megatron yelled in pain as his face was blasted half off and then forced to rip his own arm off and then saw the eye go back to normal and then saw Skyler charge him. Jak, Daxter, and Naruto felt their bodies untense and then heard an echoing 'CRACK!' and turned to see Skyler go flying into a wall while Megatron had his chest half way ripped open, Naruto at once saw what was wrong with Skyler's head, it was twisted to one side too far, and his anger got the better of him. He charged Megatron and brought a Rasengan down into Megatron's exposed spark along with the nine tails now bristling with the Rasengan's energy.
"NOOOOOOAAAAAAAH!" scream Megatron as the explosion resulted in his optics being blown out as well as his whole internal system being fried by the explosion's inability to go any where else. After which they saw Skyler get up and fix his head with a loud 'CRACK!' which caused Jak and Daxter to cringe, but Naruto was too shocked to believe it.
"My bones are extremely flexible. Besides he never could snap my neck, but that did finally get rid of that crick in my neck that's been bothering me for the last 150 years." said Skyler before Naruto even asked how. Upon reaching Megatron, he reached into the chest and pulled out the remains of the spark and crushed it and then breathed acidic fire over Megatron's corpse.
"Uh, Skyler?" asked Jak.
"Yeah?" replied Skyler.
"What's a "Shattered Eye"?"
"Let me show you." and with those words Skyler's left eye regained the shattered look it had but without effecting them.
"How come we never saw it before?" asked Daxter nervously.
"Because, I never felt like using it." was the reply as Skyler's eye began to break into pieces and Daxter froze.
"That's…a…creepy…move…" said Daxter through clenched teeth and was then released. Their communicators then went off with Torn's voice.
"Guys! One of our Eco Transports was just shot down! Their last transmission was Metal Heads and KG were advancing on them. These KG seem to be remnants of Skyheed's forces, either that or they're completely different. Head out there and if possible rescue the 3 pilots as well as recover any Eco you can find."
Upon arriving at the crash site they saw a battlefield, or the remains of one. The three pilots were dead and riddled with gun wounds, teeth and claw marks, and Eco burns. Advancing a little they saw the KG fighting the Metal Heads and watched as Skyler scanned the whole battle and called in Blackout. Arriving Blackout sent Scorpio ahead to scout ahead who then came back and reported a small grey Ottsel wearing a fancy jacket and wielding a Precursor cane, inside a medium-sized mech suit.
"Hey, wouldn't that be Count, err, ex-Count Vulgar?" asked Daxter.
"IT'S "VEGER", YOU RODENT!" yelled Veger at hearing his name once again mispronounced and then noticed who said it and then pointed at the 7 and yelled "ATTACK!" for his KG to attack.
Blackout was the first to respond to the attack, by bringing out the heavy cannon and instantly vaporized a whole row of KG and Metal Heads with one shot, Scorponok used his ability to go underground and impaled any enemies above him with his tail, while the other five were doing mixtures of melee and ranged attacks, but soon were over taken.
"My, my. Been a long time since I last saw you three. And I see you gained four new friends, three of which are machines. And the Fox Dragon?!" said Veger circling them and toying with Skyler who everyone could tell was getting ticked.
"You'll destroy these monstrosities except the Fox. And then help rid this world of Dark Eco!" commanded Veger.
"No…you'll…freeze!" said Skyler as his Shattered Eye began to break causing every Metal Head and KG to freeze in their tracks and the others watched in amusement as to Veger's surprise at his inability to control his own body and slapped himself silly. Everyone else began to collect the Eco barrels as Skyler toyed with Veger and when they were done caused Veger to bury his and his men's heads in the dirt, along with the Metal Heads as the 7 made their escape with the Eco.
"You'll…*spits out dirt*…pay…for this!" yelled Veger being the first to pull his head out.
"Yeah, Yeah. Tell it to somebody who cares Vinegar!" yelled Daxter and they couldn't here Veger try to correct Daxter as they made their way back to Haven.
End Chapter
Sorry if this Chapter was long and not exciting. Don't get mad at me for bringing Megatron into this, besides I brought Blackout and Scorponok into this didn't I. By the way, Scorpio is Scorponok's younger brother and is smaller compared to Scorponok, but has a humanoid robot form, fast in speed, and a little heavy on firepower (how do you think he'd be able to slap Skyler?) and I own none of these Characters, except Skyler and Scorpio (at least they're my design). Please Review.