Author's Note: Thanks to Jonah-EN for reviewing, and I am male, thank you very much. But because he reviewed (though no one else did) I shall update, here it is; Geek out.
Chapter 5:
Return to Spargus
A Krimzon Guard Air Train flew over the desert separating Haven City from the city of outcasts, Spargus. The large, electric blue vehicle landed near an oasis outside Spargus, allowing its passengers to exit and walk into the city. Sig led the way to the gigantic door and banged on it with one large fist. A slot in the door opened, allowing two very familiar eyes to gaze upon the party of five.
"Hello Sig, and Newbie, and his rat, but who are these other two ankle-biters?" Crash and Spyro puffed up indignantly at being referred to as such.
"My name is Crash Bandicoot…and he's Spyro the Purple Dragon." Crash added Spyro as an after thought.
"And they're friends of ours, so let us in Kleiver." The large, round bellied man opened the garage door for them, allowing them to pass through the many vehicles parked inside. Crash stopped by the Gila Stomper and whistled slowly.
"Now I would love to get behind the wheel of that puppy," he said.
"In ya dreams, Fuzzball," Kleiver laughed, pushing Crash forward into the main city.
Jak led the way to the central market in Spargus, stopping once he reached the middle of the area of fruit carts. Crash stared around at them hungrily.
"You don't suppose any of those fruit carts have any Wumpa fruit do ya?" He smacked his lips at the thought of the sweet fruit.
"They're native to your world so I doubt it." Crash moaned, snapping his fingers irritably. Jak, meanwhile, was deciphering the message in his head.
"The Eco Staff can be found at the Heart of Spargus, where light flows from the ground. Where light flows from the ground…" He focused on the last bit of the message, scanning the area until he focused in on the Light Eco vent in the center of town. "Of course, where light flows from the ground, not actual light but Light Eco." He hurried forward, skidding to a halt beside the vent of flowing Eco. Crash and Spyro stopped beside him, looking at the vent as well. Crash's eyes went from Jak to the vent.
"So, what's the attraction?" Jak rolled his eyes.
"I'm trying to figure out how to get the Eco Staff from this vent." Crash's mouth formed a perfect circle as though he was saying "Ohh".
"Well, you could always try breaking it," he smiled weakly. Jak ignored this and focused more on the side of the vent, it seemed as though there was some kind of writing on it. Yes, there was and it read: "Darkness is the key". Jak looked at it in confusion, "Darkness is the key", that sounds like some sort of thing Erol would have for his slogan.
"Darkness is the key?" he pondered aloud.
"Darkness is the key? That sounds like something Erol would have for his slogan." Jak smiled, there was a reason he and Daxter got along so well.
"Well, maybe if we came back when it was dark then it would appear," he added in weakly, earning "Really?" looks from Jak and Spyro.
"I think it means that if Jak uses his Dark Eco abilities on the Light Eco vent, then maybe that would unlock whatever container holds the Staff." Jak smiled at the Purple Dragon.
"Spyro, you're a genius." He turned to Daxter on his shoulder. "Dax, I'm gonna need you to piss me off." Daxter raised his eyebrows in confusion but shrugged, leapt on Jak's head, undid his trousers, and peed on Jak's greenish hair. It worked, Jak's eyes flared dark. "Daxter you idiot I said piss me off, not piss on me!" Jak leapt up and did his Dark Bomb maneuver, engulfing the central area of Spargus in a cloud of Dark Energy. That seemed to do the trick, as Jak turned to his normal self a pillar of rock ascended from where the vent had once been. More writing was on the pillar which Jak read closely before falling over comically.
"The key to this pillar can be found in the temple by the sea? Oh my freaking god, here we go again." Jak seemed to be in a rather dazed state as he said this. A few slaps to the face from Daxter quickly put him back in "Jak mode" so he could get back into the adventure. He felt the keyhole, memorizing the shape of the key they were looking for. Jak nodded and turned to Kleiver, who had been watching the scene with an amused look on his face.
"Kleiver, I need wheels to get me to this 'temple by the sea'." Kleiver nodded.
"Your old friend the Sand Shark should get you there just fine." Jak thanked him.
Crash: "Alright guys, let's roll." Before he could take two steps, Jak's hand was in his face to prevent him from leaving.
"Whoa, I don't know why but I've got this feeling I have to do this alone. We're going to need reinforcements for the upcoming battle, why don't you go to Kras City and talk to my friend Rayn; she can set us up with some vehicles and reinforcements." Crash looked put out about not going to the temple but nodded and followed Jak to the garage with Spyro in tow.
In the garage, Jak climbed into the sleek bodied Sand Shark and prepped it for the long journey to the temple. He pointed towards the Javelin X parked in the corner of the building.
"Take that Javelin X; I used it to win the Kras City racing championship. It should serve you well if you get into a heap of trouble with the local gangsters and Coco told me you're a pretty good driver so I shouldn't have to direct you on how to handle her." Crash smiled as he took hold of the aircraft like wheel of the Javelin X.
"Ooh, Crashy like. Crashy really, really like, no problemo she's in good hands." Spyro leapt onto the back of the car and clung to it so that he wasn't left in the dirt as Crash sped away towards Kras City. Jak smiled and hit the gas of the Sand Shark to speed off in the direction of the temple.