Chapter 15: Monster
Damas tapped the end of his gun staff on the hard rocky soil as he looked out over the ocean at the Precursorean floating city or fortress, they didn't know yet which it was or why it had stopped moving into their harbor. The orange metal glistened and glittered in the early morning light. Davis, their head engineer, was trying to get some communications going back in one of the high wall towers but nothing had occurred, yet. In his other hand was a communicator, and though he held it he had yet to call the person he knew would know more about this then themselves. Turning his head slightly he saw the dark skinned warrior Sig standing there with his artificial eye on the object they were all watching.
"Should we call Seem?" He asked thinking the monks over on the island would be able to help them in case things went south.
Though the monks spouted off peace and love with the world and that the precursors were their creators and would only want to help them should contact ever be made; on more than one occasion he had seen those peace loving monks carrying strange Precursorean weapons and retrofitted armor under those robes of theirs. Seem, though she looked innocent, was said to be a deadly living weapon. Whatever that meant.
Damas closed his eyes. "No," he said pressing a number on the unit in his hands.
A moment later an annoyed voice answered. "Wadaya want?" said a groggy male voice.
"Daxter, where's Jak?" he asked.
A crash was his answer as the youth fell out of bed and fumbled with the unit. A feminine giggle caught the old king's ears. "Yer majesty!" Daxter cried out obviously awake now. "Jak, it's your Dad."
He heard a muffled laugh. "Tell him to call later" was her reply.
Daxter watched Jak cover her head and try to hide under the sheets. "Uh." He looked at the unit for a second before turning on the camera. Damas' annoyed image popped up. "Look King Damas, she's been running ragged for the last several weeks. Can't somebody else help you with whatever this is?"
"Who is the one person who knows more about Precursor shit Cherry than you and Princess there?" came Sigs voice over the unit causing the King to look over his shoulder.
Daxter heard a growl and looked over at Jak before laughing nervously at her glare. "I don't think calling her Princess is the riiig-" Daxter gasped as the comm unit was snagged out of his hands.
"What did you call me?" Jak growled. Her eyes narrowing at the image.
"Oh?" Sig raised and eyebrow. "Princess getting angry?"
Jak snarled as she threw the device off breaking the screen and floating capability. "Jaaak!" Daxters voice could be heard complaining.
"Get dressed Dax, we're going to Spargus and this better be fucking good or Sig's had it!" Jak yelled at her companion.
Damas cut off the comm after that and looked at his commander. Sig chuckled. "Cherry sure is sensitive." He smirked causing Damas to chuckle as well.
Jak had run around the room like a chicken without a head after Sog had called her a Princess. Daxter smirked as he watched he dress and clean herself before looking at him. He was holding a bag in one hand and her Tachi sword in the other. Her hard angry eyes softened for a moment before she ran over to him and took the items. He then grabbed his new sonic wave gun mods that Tess had given him and then put on his boots. Turning about face he followed Jak out the door and into the streets.
Yawning, Daxter ignored the passersby as they walked through the new district outside the slums. It was almost completed in it's construction. The old slums were almost all gone. The residents had been given new temporary homes only to be brought back once construction was completed. They also now had new and improved shielding technology, thanks to Keira and her geniusness.
Turning down to the sewers near the stadium Daxter groaned causing Jak to smile. "Are we taking the old railways again?" he asked with a complaint.
"It's the fastest way," she stated. "The transit cars would take a day to get to Spargus." She smiled at Daxter. "Besides it's more fun this way."
'Fun for who?' he wondered as he followed her into the sewers.
After a two hour trek through the underground sewers, followed by killing lots of metal heads and then finding the Precursor railtrains, they got into the cars and drove through the broken rails. The automated robots no longer saw them as a threat so they no longer were shot at by them. Once they came to a stop, they made their way through the maze that was the temple until Jak came to a stop at sensing something. Raising her hand Daxter paused and pulled out his weapon once more. He followed Jak. Slowly, the two came to a circular room and saw the one person they weren't expecting.
"Mar?" Jak questioned at seeing the armored Precursorean warrior.
Turning around the ancestor smiled at the duo. "I was not expecting to see you two so soon."
"YYYeah..." Daxter said, pulling out the word for emphasis. "Likewise big guy." He lowered his weapon at the ancient. "What brings you here?"
"I was trying to find a way to help Jak become stronger and possibly gain more control over the dark eco running through her veins."
Jak rolled her eyes. "Thanks, but I'm good." She turned to leave.
"The darkness will overpower you one day," Mar stated, causing Jak to pause in her footsteps. "You'll end up loosing your identity and who you are to the monster inside of you."
Jak smirked. "Monster?" She asked. "Who says she's a monster?" Looking over her shoulder she smiled. "She's a part of me. We work together. She doesn't like to be called names either. So watch what you say." She then left the room, leaving Daxter speechless.
"You should talk to her," Mar said looking at the young male before him.
Daxter scratched the back of his head, swishing his long ponytail. "Yeah," he said. "But I kinda like claw and daggers. She's fun. You see a monster that needs controlled. I see a strong, powerful and wonderful woman who has survived impossible odds." He smiled. "She's in control. Both of them. So don't call Jak or Adriana a monster." He then ran off after his companion.
Mar scratched his chin and looked up at the machine statue before him. 'Perhaps I was wrong. Perhaps this dark warrior is more than capable in stopping Errol.' Closing his eyes he smiled. 'Perhaps we have a chance in stopping this apocalypse after all.'
M-Angel: Phew! Long time since I've updated. Sorry for the long wait guys. Been busy with my Inuyasha and Yona of the Dawn stories. I do hope you guys enjoyed this! I'm hoping to get one more out this month.
xoxoangii: Yes, it's been too long but glad to see another chapter up! Hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did. :) See you in the next one!