HI! Well, there's not much to say here. You know except the disclaimer. OH! And if any of you are wondering, Maddy is a channeler. (She can channel any sort of Eco, as Jak can.) This is important if I ever do a sequel. O, I'm sorry this chapter is really short, but I had to put this in, it adds substance.
I am not nor will I ever be Naughty Dog Corporation…
Chapter 4. Geyser Rock.
Jak looked at me, shrugged, and dove through the teleporter. Daxter stumbled after him, and I hesitantly walked towards, walked back again, and ran forward, somersaulting through it.
The feeling of going through a teleporter was one that was almost indescribable. I felt like I was being pulled apart at every seam, yet being so compressed inward I felt like I was about to explode. It only lasted for one incredibly long, yet oh so short second, before I stumbled out at the other end, being at Geyser rock.
Daxter was perched up on Jak's shoulder and said, "You're first time?" I nodded to convey that I needed a second to let the rest of my mind catch up.
Jak walked towards me and put a hand on my shoulder, steadying me. He had no idea that he just made it worse. I felt a jolt throughout my body, whether from his hand or from the added weight to one side of my equilibrium.
I took a deep breath and said, "Yeah. I'm Ok. I'm Ok." I gulped and looked straight ahead of me. "So . . . SO, where are we?" Trying to make conversation while winded doesn't work very well. But thankfully, my breath was coming back quickly.
I had directed the question at Jak without thinking, but it was Daxter who answered. "Geyser Rock. Ol' Green Stuff's training 'course.'"
At that moment and Kiera's contraption comes out of nowhere and starts talking to us. As we walk on, she directs us to do things. "Ok. Do you two see those dummies over there? I want you both to run up to one each and kick it down."
I walked up to one, and instinctively lifted it and put power enough into it to kick down the straw Lurker dummy. Jak had done the same.
"Ok. Now that you know what to do, go knock down the rest." Jak and I looked at each other, and at the exact same time, we nodded and took off, picking up a Power Cell and about 20 Precursor Orbs. Kicking, punching, spinning, and divebombing the dummies were so much easier than I expected it to be. The power just flowed naturally through my limbs, giving me the strength to knock down the test dummies.
"These are Scout flies. I sent seven of them out to each area to scout for Power Cells, but the Lurkers must have trapped them in these boxes." I experimentally walked up to one, jumped on top of it, and punched downward. I don't know what I was thinking, punching a metal box, but it broke easy and a scout fly flew out until Jak collected it and put it in his backpack.
Jak and I broke the rest of the boxes, got a Power Cell, and kept moving, finding the occasional clump of floating blue eco. Jak got to these first, and zoomed ahead of me.
Wheezing, I caught up to him smiling and a very windswept Daxter sitting on his shoulder. "Ok, you want to play like that. Now it's my turn!" I walked over to the blue eco vent and stepped through it without hesitation feeling a curious sensation course through my body. It was almost ticklish, but not really. I could feel power flowing through every limb, but mostly my legs. I had an urge to run, really fast. So I did.
I felt so free, running around like that; first I ran up the door that I knew was eco powered, and it opened so I kept running not even stopping to pick up the Power Cell i saw. I was sure Jak would get it. I dove over the cliff into the water. I felt like I could touch the sky, fly with the birds, swim with the fish, and live on the moon. I knew the power was weaning when I felt my legs go weak, well not really weak, just back to before I had the Eco.
"So you're a channeler as well as Jak? This could come in handy later on." Kiera's intercom thing popped up, again out of no where, "I'm almost positive there is one more Power cell up there, so you can go get it and come home."
"How 'bout we stay and swim for a bit?" I suggested hopefully.
"Yeah, come on Jak I'm tired!" He put most exaggeration on the word 'tired' and flopped down on the piece of floating wood dramatically. Jak's eyes were shining with laughter, so I took that as a yes.
Hoping to surprise Jak, I hopped on his back and tried to push him under, but the joke was on me. He knew I was coming and grabbed me flipped me over and dunked me.
Under water, I stopped struggling, and just sat there. Jak was holding me, but it wasn't aggressive, it was more of a friendly hug, like a cuddle. We were both underwater with me cradled to his chest. I wrapped my arms around his chest, completing the hug, and forgetting that I was just a side person here and not anything important. Jak ends up with Kiera. That's how it goes. But, right now, I was the one who got the guy. Not Kiera.
Then the sweetness of the moment was ruined by, guess who, Kiera's communicator. "Come one guys and gal. Hurry up and get home." Kiera's voice came stabbing through the water. I opened my eyes to see his innocent sky blue ones staring back at me.
Just as I started to feel the sting of no breath, and the sharpness of the water rushing into my eyes, Daxter jumped on top of my head and started tugging at my hair. "Come on, Jak! Are you trying to drown her?" Jak pulled us both up, still staring at me the whole time.
"No Dax I'm fine. Let's go get that last Power Cell and go." I felt dizzy. And it wasn't from the loss of breath.