So I don't own Jak and Daxter the game and/or its characters! Only my own characters are mine.
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One week Later
3rd person
A week had passed before Jak was able to finally got into the building and save everyone. To say he was panicking would be an understatement but he was trying his best to stay calm. Jak ran down the hallways quickly, everyone in toe. He had found everyone that was captured. That included two Samos the Sages and Tess.
Daxter kept looking at the doors, searching for Kida as they all ran and Tess nodded, looking over at Jak with a frown, "We'll find her, Jak…"
Jak nodded still running and looked down each hall, "We have to." He stopped when they got to the experimentation lab and everyone looked around before he nodded.
"Split up."
Everyone did just that opening different doors as Daxter ran to a door that looked unopened and pushed. It didn't budge and he ran to Jak pulling on his shirt quickly.
"That way!" he yelled pointing. Jak looked from his bestfriend to the way he was pointing before everyone ran over quickly. Tess looked at the security pad and shook her head.
"There's no way I can get in here without setting off alarms," she said looking at Samos. Both Samoses nodded and looked at Jak.
Jak clenched his fists.
"Oh well," he said, his eyes turning black.
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1st person
It was dark. It always is in a dream. But it was really dark now.
'It's scary.' Then I sighed feeling a tingling warmth.
"I'll help you," a voice said in my ear. I didn't recognize it. It was a male voice. A rough male voice laced with silk. Not recognizable at all. Not Jak, Torn, Sig, and not Jinx.
'Who are you?'
"I'm the one that was there, the one you need. Unlike other people. The other's aren't coming for you. You know that," he said softly. I nodded my head sadly.
'I know.'
"I'm gonna get you out of here. You must embrace though," he said.
'Embrace?'
"Accept me. You have to. It's the only way," he said quickly.
3rd person
Jak brought the door down and it slammed on the ground and everyone watched as he turned back to himself, breathing heavily. Daxter uncovered his eyes and looked inside of the dark room before looking down the long aisle that lead to the platform.
It was like rescuing Jak all over again. That's when he saw the tube.
Daxter didn't move, staring for a moment and saw Jak run forward, almost tripping. Daxter followed quickly, both of them going down the small walkway to the platform. The others stood around the giant room, the gap from the middle to them huge as they didn't bother trying to cross as it was too risky.
Tess gasped, stepping back some.
"Oh my…Kida…What have they done to you?" she breathed. Tears rolled down her face and she looked away. Jak stared wide eyed at Kida and the younger Samos shook his head.
Daxter looked at Jak who stood next to him under the light before looking back at his friend.
Her skin was paler from its usual caramel color and her black hair danced around her lifeless form slowly. A pad covered her heart, kept the pulse of her heart, a steady beeping echoing through the room and IVs were jammed into her arms, pumping Eco. The purple IV in her arm was causing vain marks to appear down her limbs and bruises surrounded the flesh that was exposed while cuts flowed up and down her legs.
She had bandages wrapped tightly around her chest, just covering, and tight black shorts that barley passed off as shorts. There was no longer shackles on her ankle, causing her to float freely, her head bobbing some. Her lips were blue as the mask continued to drug her to sleep and give her oxygen.
Daxter snapped out of it, looking over at Jak as banged on the glass before the Ottsel looked around. He saw the small computer and hopped up on the hover board easily, letting it lift him to the computer controls.
"I'll see if I can do somethin," he muttered frowning. Jak looked at Kida with a nod as Daxter began to type quickly across the keyboard, watching as the female's lidded eyes stared off dully, barely open.
Jak looked up at her quickly, feeling everyone else see what he saw as Kida moved her eyes to him and she gazed at him, her eyes still open in slits. Jak stared at her emotionless colorless white eyes confused, tears threating to fall from his blue eyes.
Her hand twitched and slowly rose before it pressed against the glass that separated them from each other. Jak's heart nearly clenched as he reached out slowly, hesitating before pressing his own over hers on the glass, seeing how fragile it looked through the glass.
When Jak looked at her face however, he could see Kida wasn't processing anything. It was written in her eyes as her mind stayed blank and her white fogged eyes remained emotionless, no pupil…nothing.
"I can't unlock it. We need to break it," Daxter said quickly. The younger Samos frowned.
"Well if we do that the alarm will go off!" The older Samos rolled his eyes, both of them standing on the secure ground on the other side of the pit.
"Like it hasn't already gone off! Moron."
Kida's hand fell from the glass and she closed her eyes, returning to the way they found her. Jak shook his head, looking over at Tess, "I need your help!"
The blonde gave no hesitation as she ran around the Samoses and went down the walkway to the platform, Daxter landing on Jak's shoulder. Jak and Tess gave each other a look before nodding and putting their weight against the glass hard.
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1st person
"No!" the male yelled.
I stopped my actions, the feeling of being engulfed stopping and I grasped onto what little reality I had left, "What?"
"No! Keep going! We have to hurry before-!"
"What is that?" I wondered. There was muffled voices as it got banging got louder, "Who is that?"
"It's the ones that keep hurting you!" he yelled quickly.
I shook my head, "No it isn't…"
3rd person
Jak and Tess hit the glass with the back of their guns and suddenly there was a crack. Tess took a step back as the crack got bigger and the tube busted, water flowing on the floor and over the platform. Tess, trying not to get swept away, grabbed Daxter and moved as it shattered completely.
Kida fell out, her lifeless form being caught by Jak as they both sunk to the floor and Jak moved her mask off quickly, being careful of any glass as he kept her small form in his arms.
"Kida!" he said franticly. He shook her again and checked for signs of life, leaning down to hear she wasn't breathing at all.
Jak looked down at her as her head fell over his arm limply, her body numb to the eyes of others and he heard Tess holding back tears. Jak quickly moved the hair from Kida's forehead again, checking her temperature to feel nothing but cold skin. Everyone watched behind him and Daxter sat next to the Jak, his blue eyes heavy as his ears slowly fell.
"C…Come on, Ki. You gotta wake up," he croaked. Gently he hesitated before shaking her shoulder with his paws, the girl not flinching when he did it once more. Kida didn't even respond and Jak closed his eyes, putting his forehead on hers.
"Come on, Kida," he breathed.
1st person
Air filled my lungs and it was fresh air, new air. Coughing weakly I could feel my entire body shake with it. It didn't help however as black spots dotted my vision badly, everything a blur and I could feel myself in someone's arms.
Eyes were on me, that much I was positive of as my hair stuck to my face and I let my eyes flutter open again. The colors in my eyes spun before they stopped causing them to return to the normal green and I could feel my pupils show up again, letting my vision become clear as day.
And that was now a problem.
Bright lights were in my vision, voices filling my head again just like the illusions Erol made from before and I could see faces once more. I could see Jak, Daxter and Tess.
Shaking my head I felt Jak grab my face, Tess crying hard over my form as Daxter was staring wide eyed. Jak was crying too as he stared at me, saying something but I couldn't understand… everything was ringing.
He looked over somewhere, motioning his hands as he started yelling something but it was all silence, just met with a loud ringing.
I shut my eyes again, "Jak…I can't…"
I looked up when he looked down at me and I shook my head, "Help me…."
I couldn't tell if it was real or not, but Jak instantly nodded, saying something to Tess as she kneeled instantly and then the ringing and muffled noises began to get clear.
The pads and IVs were removed from me carefully with the help from Tess and I could feel myself bleeding. Tess took out the purple tub slowly, keeping a tight grip so not to hurt any veins and then threw the IVs into the tube again, moving around the glass.
"Alright, she's good." I looked at Tess as her voice echoed in and I could hear Jak's voice fade in before it was clear.
"We're getting you out of here," Jak said, stroking my face. I nodded, my lips- no my body cold, and I watched as they moved all around me. It was very cold. So much was happening I felt like getting sick.
"C-Cold…" I breathed. Tess looked at me and nodded at Jak, her face serious.
"She's going to freeze to death. We have to get her covered with something," she said quickly.
I shut my eyes as Jak looked at me and slowly I felt an arm hook under my numb legs, the other across my back before I was lifted from the ground. I let my forehead rest on the crook of Jak's neck and when I opened my eyes again we were on the stable side of the area.
A person that looked a lot like Samos came over with a brown cloth that I sort of recognized, and handed it to Daxter before I was wrapped in it. It kept me warm but it showed my arms and my beat up feet.
"Where…?" I trailed off, breathing deeply, finding it a lot harder than it was before and Jak lifted me up bridal style and looking at everyone.
"We need to get her out of here," he said seriously. Pretty soon he was running and I saw we were passing by familiar halls and prison cells.
Tess said something about a Rift and Vin but I couldn't really remember what a Rift was and I really didn't know who Vin was either, "There it is!"
I breathed out, shutting my eyes and just blocked out the pain, letting my mind go black.
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3rd person
Everyone rushed down the stairs to the Underground and Torn stood quickly as Jak busted in, the ex-KG member staring wide eyed.
"You found her." Jak nodded, going over and laying Kida on a bunk bed and Tess walked over to Torn, shaking her head softly.
Torn stared at the blonde girl before looking at Kida again, "What the hell happened?"
Jak moved Kida's hair from her sweat coxed face and grabbed a towel, getting it soaked before Tess spoke, leaning back on the desk.
"She was being used as a test subject," she explained. Jak nodded rubbing her face with the cold water and watched as Kida breathed in quick heavy puffs, not use to breathing on her own yet.
Daxter ran over and climbed on the desk causing Torn to look at him, "All kinds of Eco was being pumped into our girl. Her eyes are…" He trailed off unsurely and the Shadow looked at Torn.
"Her reaction to all of the Eco will be unseen. She will be unable to control herself. It's like she'll be a new animal," he explained.
The old Samos nodded, "Unfortunately for us that could be very bad."
Jak looked at Kida and Daxter sat next to him.
"She's waking up," Dax mumbled. Jak nodded in agreement.
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1st person
I opened my eyes and regretted it when colors and lights danced around my vision just as before.
I looked around the unfamiliar place, feeling my entire being was weak when I turned my head to my right. There was an outline. No, two outlines. One was smaller than the other. I blinked repeatedly, trying to clear my vision as it got less blurry, I could see It was Jak and Daxter sitting at the bed side. Maybe…
My mind was spinning and could see who he was but I didn't want him to be another fake. Like Erol made. Jak opened his mouth, speaking something but I didn't hear as that voice in my head suddenly broke though and filled my mind.
'It's not real, Kida. It's a trick. Lies that Erol has made!'My breathing increased and I watched Jak reach out for me but I moved away, flipping off of the bed and fell.
Everything spun as I sat up on my hands and knees, my eyes darting around to see more and more fakes. Two Samoses and Tess. More KG in disguise. Another program Erol and Praxis were making.
They were the enemy.
I glared at them, my eyes daggers as I shook my head, growling lowly. The fake Tess gulped, she and Torn moving uneasily. If looks could kill they'd be six feet under already.
But Torn…oh even the fake Torn was worth killing. Worth ripping his throat out for what he did to me. I glared at the fake redhead and felt myself shake with anger. My sight was blocked when Jak kneeled a few feet away from me with Daxter on his shoulder and I backed up quickly more towards the stairs.
"Kida, it's Jak and Daxter," Jak said, causing Daxter to nod. His voice sounded far away at first, but it was slowly getting closer. Daxter motioned to himself, "Your friends…"
This didn't make sense. The voice said that they wouldn't come for me. But I had that dream that they came for me…and helped me out of there. Right? Was that even a dream or did that happen? Was it all another hologram?
When my head began to hurt and my heartbeat began to increase I breathed heavily, backing up once again to get away from him. I leaned back on my hands and knees, my hair falling in my face as I let my world start fading in and out.
"You're…a fake," I huffed. I felt hot as things started getting clearer and clearer to me and just as before when I was broken out of the tank in my dream, all of my senses began to take over. Lights were so bright they were blinding, the colors so clear I wanted to vomit.
Whimpering I grabbed at my head with both of my hands. Their voices all started to fill my head and I could hear the words of comfort, the Samoses whispering to each other and every movement, the smell of all of them in the room, the wood and fire to the Underground HQ so familiar. It looked like the Underground but that was impossible. I was in that tube.
'That's right. Fakes, Kida.'
"That's right," I repeated lowly, not recognizing my own voice. I shook my head again as they all stared at me, "It's all...Ugh." I grabbed my forehead in my hand, my feet turning so I could balance myself. It pounded loudly and I looked around wildly, not recognizing anything. Or rather recognizing everything. It was too much. I wanted to get somewhere I could be safe.
'Run!' I stood before he could even finish the word and shot to the steps. I started going up them, hearing everyone yell at me and I faltered when I felt how weak my limbs were.
Arms were around me before my legs gave out completely and I struggled instantly. Alarms were going off desperately in my head and I began to flail about before I felt him turn me around and I expected to see Erol so I shut my eyes.
"Kida, look at me," Jak commanded. I recognized his voice and looked at him wildly and he nodded slowly, touching my face with his hands. Warm hands that were real, gentle…Jak's hands. They weren't holograms like before. I stared at him warily as I blocked out the voice in my head…and felt my body relax in his hold instantly.
Jak watched my face, his blue eyes looking my facial features over and he nodded.
"We're all here. We're gonna help you," he said softly. I stared at him causing my eyes become normal and calm as I nodded. It was him. The person I'd been waiting so long to see. He was real. He had came for me.
"Jak," I breathed. Jak nodded again and I hugged him weakly, my eyes shutting and my mind cleared.
This was real. I was free and Erol was nowhere to be found. That meant everything was real, I was in the Underground HQ. Jak picked me up carefully but I didn't open my eyes nor let go as he set me back on the bed again.
When I shifted so I wasn't clinging to him I sat on the bed calmer now, feeling less defensive and I looked at everyone. Samos, young and old, Tess…Torn. Looking away from Torn I saw Tess hand Jak some clothes before she looked at everyone.
"Out," she snapped. They jumped, including Daxter, and ran. She followed them up the steps, leaving Jak and I to ourselves.
I looked down at my hands and I stared at them for a moment, the purple veins very faint now but there. Even so my shaking had ceased and I was in control of my emotions and mind again. I controlled my breathing and looked at Jak through my hair.
"I'm…sorry. I don't know what got into me." Jak sat on the bed with me, not speaking and I shook my head, grabbing it while shutting my eye, "It's just…the tests and tricks. Was all in my head…I still can't tell what's real and what's not," I explained quietly. I felt a hand on my face and looked at Jak. The blonde male shook his head softly, looking away as he helped me stand.
"It's something that happened to me too. That's…why I tried to kill you and Dax." I nodded remembering as I stood on my own weakly, my legs managing and Jak looked at me again.
"But this is real…and you're safe. I promise," he said softly. I stared up at him and then looked down, my heart clenching. This was real, I knew that, but that didn't ease the frantic defensive side I still had.
Sighing I moved and got my black caprice, pulling them on. It was hard but I managed to do it. I was tired all ready. Looking at Jak who was glancing off to the side I shrugged.
"I guess you're gonna have to help me."
He nodded and I looked at the bandages around my chest before going over to the desk and grabbing the knife. Walking back over I grabbed my bra from the pile, sitting down and slitting the bandages. Putting the bra on I pulled on the short white top but it stopped just below my chest. I almost gave up.
"I'm done," I grumbled tiredly. I heard Jak chuckle faintly and I looked up as he kneeled, pulling my suspenders on me. He tightened them at the bottom of my chest, holding the shirt down and grabbed at my belt.
I watched him as pulled the belt around my waist and let it hang loosely like usual. When he glanced at my face he stopped and just stared at me causing me to blink, my hands on the bed on either side of me. Shaking his head Jak ran a hand through my hair and I felt my bangs fall in my face gently instead of staying everywhere.
I guess I looked more tamed. I stared at him and he was looking into my eyes deeply causing me to speak instantly.
"What wrong with them?" He blinked and I shook my head, "I haven't seen them. I haven't seen myself. Everyone was staring at them," I said quickly. Jak stood me up and walked me over to the cracked mirror on the wall. When I got there I met the reflection of my own eyes and stared confused.
"There…slits. Like snake eyes," I breathed, referring to my long pupils. They grew thinner the more I went wide eyed and I called myself, watching as the slits widened a bit but not much.
Reaching up I touched my hair timidly. It was much longer, reaching passed my chest. Hair doesn't grow that fast. Before I left it had just grazed my shoulders. My hand trailed from my hair to the faint cuts on my face and traced them all the way down my neck and to my chest.
"What happened to me..." I breathed softly. I could hardly remember anything but pain and darkness. How could this much happen in that much time…
How much time?
Turning I looked at Jak quickly, "How long was I in there?"
Jak put his hands on my shoulders and shook his head, "It was a week."
I looked down and he spoke again, "Your eyes…They're not as bad now that you recognize who we are. They were as thin as paper earlier," he said, moving me to the bed again.
I nodded some.
"That's good then," I said unsurely.
I looked at my arms and saw the bruises. They hurt with the cuts along them. I looked at my torso and saw marks all over it.
"You're back is the same way," Jak said not looking at me. I sighed some and turned when I heard Tess.
"Can we come back?" she asked. I nodded.
"Yeah," Jak said standing. I laid on my side on the bed and watched as everyone filed in. Daxter was on the floor and I grinned.
"Dax," I said, sitting up. I swung my legs over the bed and sat there just as he jumped up on my lap and hugged me.
"You scared me!" he said, shaking his head. I smiled hugging him lightly and looked at the…old…Samos.
"I'm glad we found you," I said with a nod. He nodded smiling and Tess grinned, leaning over some with her hands on her knees
"Your eyes are so pretty! I wish my eyes were like that!" she said happily. I looked at her and smiled sheepishly.
"Thanks," I mumbled. I looked at the one in the back and glared. Torn stared at me and stepped forward. I stood up, clenching my fists. That feeling of ripping his throat out from before…?
Yeah still there.
"You," I growled.
Everyone looked at Torn instantly and before I could think we were on the ground. He was caught off guard and we hit the ground and I sat up, my knees holding his arms down, and I hit him in the face.
Torn's head snapped to the side and he glared up at me instantly, "Stop-!"
I hit him again in the other cheek, my nails growing and I could feel my eyes change.
"Kida, stop!" Jak yelled. My body reacted to Jak's voice and I told myself to stop but didn't when I hit Torn again but he rolled us over. I struggled under him, hissing loudly and spat words up at him that even I didn't understand.
"Someone get her!" he ordered. I glared and flipped us over again looking up at all of them through my hair.
"I wouldn't do that," I growled as they all moved towards me.
I pulled my fist back and blue sparked from my hand the same time my eyes flashed. I slammed my hand down just as Torn moved and the ground shattered beneath his head. To my own surprised I had gotten stronger than I was before and I stared wide eyed giving him enough time to push me off of him with his feet in my torso.
I stumbled back and my back slammed into the wall. I stood easily, rolling my shoulders and heard my neck crack back in place, relaxing me. I looked at Torn, going right back at him and he spread his feet, this time ready. Once more I felt my eyes flash when I felt energy pump through me but Jak grabbed my waist at the last moment, holding me back.
"Kida, stop! It's Torn!"
"I know who it is!" I screamed. I glared at Torn as Jak looked at me strangely and I shook my head angrily. If looks could kill…
Suddenly my muscles tensed and I was forced to stop. I felt a deep pulse echo through my ears as my body thumped and I arched my back when pain shot through me. I groaned, falling to my knees and shut my eyes.
Jak fell with me but I shook my head, looking at Torn with an eye open.
"You said…all of those things! Horrible things! You betrayed me, Torn! I…my dream! My vision…I had no idea it was going to be you…I should have known…" He stared at me as angry tears fell.
"But…why! I did nothing to you! I trusted you!"
"It was an act! It was the only way to save everyone!" he snapped. Honesty was there but that didn't make my teary eyes stop glaring at him.
"You got my baby taken from me!" It was quiet and soon Torn looked away from my green slitted eyes. I put my hand to my heart, "They took him from me, Torn! He's not just…Now what!" I screamed. He said nothing and I felt the edges of my eyes get black causing me to lean back into Jak. (Longest rhyme ever:D)
"Where is he?" I whimpered. Jak shook his head when I looked up at him.
"…I'm gonna get him back," he said.
I nodded some, "You have to get him back with me."
"I'm sorry, Kida," Torn said, turning his back to me. I was lifted from the ground and stared at Torn.
I looked to the side before standing.
"I'm…going home," I said softly. Jak was right behind me with Daxter.
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Sorry about the person changes! It won't happen that much anymore guys! Hehe…
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