Daxter waltzed in with a smug look on his face with Jak and Audrey trailing behind, 'the 'demolition trio' has returned! One barbecued ammo dump served up hot!"
Jak rolled his eye and went back to business," We saw something odd while torching that ammo. The Baron's guards were giving barrels filled with eco to a group of Metal Heads!" Torn looked surprised at the new information,"Really! The Shadow will be interested to hear that." He said thoughtfully.
"You know, so far your gigs have been easier than stealin' grass from a sleeping yakow." Daxter pointed at the ex commander accusingly.
Torn chuckled darkly, "You and the rodent want to start proving yourselves? One of our 'suppliers' needs his payment delivered - a bag of Eco ore. Take the zoomer parked out back and drive it to the Hip Hog Heaven saloon in South Town. Ask for Krew - he'll be there. And don't let the Baron's patrols stop you." he glared," By the way, when you get there, pump Krew for information. He's wired into the City and may know what the Baron is up to. "
He ended up turning his back to the trio.
"You can count on us!"
"Are you still here?"
They made it to the saloon in good timing. They had ran into the kg the moment they entered the industrial section but Jak kicked the zoomer in gear and managed to slip right threw them. Audrey had nearly fallen off multiple times as she held the package in her hands while she tried to wrap herself around the blonde's waist. The alarm had finally stopped blaring once they entered the bar. It smelled heavily of cheap beer and smoked cigarettes. Audrey tried to suppress the cough that threatened to come out. Daxter pushed passed the teen's legs"Let me handle this, Jak. Watch my finesse and style!"
"Don't forget to ask about..."
"Everything's cool. Nobody panic."
Audrey rolled her eyes at the ottsel sharing a look with the renegade.
He went towards a tall muscular figure wearing what could only be armor made of metal head bones and with black skin who Audrey only knew as sig. Sig looked surprised as the ottsel passed him by, "Hey, big guy!"
An overly obese man came into view. He flew in a flying contraption that seemed to barely support his weight, His very skinny legs dangling from underneath.
Poor machine.
"You Krew? Well we shook the heat and your shipments in primo condition"
Krew smiled smugly, "That's good 'ey, because a cargo of rare eco ore is worth more than ten of your lives, mmmm and of course, I'd be forced to collect... ah slowly. Heh"
"heh. The Underground will take anyone with a pulse these days."His attention was brought to Jak as he spoke, and then it was brought back to Daxter, "And what do we have here? The Shadow's mascot of the month?"
The fat man grabbed a hold of daxter and began to stroke him, "Oooh, soft... Sig, this fur would go well with my silk suits, ey?"Audrey wanted to throw up. She always despised him, if not even more. Krew placed his attention to her, much to her disappointment, "and who is this? " he circled around her scanning her body up and down. Audrey sneered and hid behind Jak who held out his arm over her protectively," ooh yes, she's quiet the beaut. Why don't you come and work for me, ey? I could definitely use you, heh, if ya' know what I mean, ey." he winked.
The brunette blled up her fists and tried to control her gagging, "not even for all the money in the world." Krew glared heatedly and turned away, "very well, ey!"
The ottsel managed to get out of the man's chubby grasp and smiled nervously," Listen, ah, tons of fun, anyone can see that you, uh, and I have the real juice in this burg. We're both players, right? We're both looking for a piece of the action, right? I think we can do business, right?" his voice became a higher octave as he spoke.
Jak began to become frustrated and frankly a little pissed off," We did you a favor, now it's our turn. Why is the Baron giving eco to Metal Heads?" he asked angrily.
Krew flew up to the blonde's face, "Questions like that could get a person killed 'ey!" he retorted spitting out every word. The two teens backed away from the upcoming saliva that fell to the floor. Krew turned his back on them, "Sig, pay 'el Capitan' here and his friends a bonus." The black man, being Sig, gave Jak the Scatter Gun, "If you want to see what that baby can do, try the Gun Course outside show me some skill with that hardware, and I'll hire you for a job or two 'ey."
Jak let Audrey out the door first keeping an eye on the fat man before heading out himself.
Once they were out of ear shot, Audrey exploded into a fit, "EW! For god's sake! What the hell if wrong with that guy!" she rubbed her arms ferociously trying to take out the horrid tingling sensation crawling up her arms, "he's disgusting!"
"You're telling me! You're not the one who got molested by his ugly clammy fat hands!" Daxter pretended to barf out his insides over Jak's shoulder.
Jak placed his hand on her shoulder sympathetically, "let's just hurry up and go, do you know where the gun course is" he asked.
Audrey nodded and the three headed into the direction of the course.
A half hour later Jak had beaten the gun course with first place and collected the ammo. They headed out and went back to the bar. Audrey stopped by the door, "you guys go on a head, I don't want to be in the same room as him" Jak nodded and went inside. Audrey leaned against the metal wall waiting for the boys. The door opened and sig came out walking towards the pumping station most likely but not without sending a friendly smile her way. For a big guy in metal head armor he was pretty cool. He was one of her favorite characters.
A minute later Jak and Daxter came out," cmon we need to head out to the pumping station and take out some metal heads"
"oo joy, what fun we'll have," she said sarcastically. Jak rolled his eyes and grabbed a hold of a passing zoomer knocking the guy off the seat and taking his place, reaching out his arm to her. Audrey sighed and grabbed his hand pulling herself on to the back of the zoomer. she wrapped her arms around his waist and they headed off.
The final Metal-Head was down for the count.
"BOOM! Home team 5, Metal Heads nothing. That was the last one. Tell Krew we got 'em all cooked and caned. I'm gonna clean Peace Maker and pick up the trophies. Ya did good, rookies."
the mission went smoothly save for a few minor scratches. they collected the gems that popped out of the dead corpses and left the station. suddenly Jak stopped in his tracks, a dazed look in his blue eyes. Audrey looked at him concerned, "Jak you okay?" he didn't answer her. instead he began to walk ahead as if in a trance,
"Jak, buddy?"
Daxter looked up at the brunette, " whats wrong with him?" he asked
"i don't know" she shrugged. Daxter climbed onto her shoulder. Audrey followed Jak as they made their way around the boardwalk. no matter how many times they called he wouldn't pay any attention. jak stepped in front of an old makeshift house and pushed back the curtains. inst this the oracles sanctuary? she wondered, is that why hes like this? are they... calling him?
the female stepped in to the candle lit room. the statue of the oracle sat proudly in front of them. its eyes glowing eerily, "hey look its one of those oracle thingies, me and Jakkie boy used to collects precursor orbs so we could get its power cells back home"
"Greetings, great warrior." a booming voice greeted. Audrey jumped in surprise at the sudden volume,"I sense there is a dark rage burning within you, and in time, it'll destroy you with its madness. Only the last power of the Precursors can save you. Destroy my enemies, those creatures that you call the Metal Heads. Bring me 25 of their skull gems and I will teach you how to control these powers!"
the orcale shot out a wave of dark eco into Jak making his transform into his darker self.
jak dropped down to the floor in a crouched position. he looked around the room with his black irises. his eyes landing on the the girl and the ottsel.
Audrey stood completely still as Jak approached her. he seemed...curious... of her. he stood on his feet in front of her and began to..wait...was he sniffing her?!
jak grinned maliciously as if he liked the way she smelled of honey. it didn't seem that he would attack her but that didn't mean she wasn't at all cautious of what he may or may not do.
"jak, do you remember who i am?" she asked softly.
the white haired demon cocked his head curiously at her. sparks of dark eco cracked around him. he watched her intently as she moved her hands up and pointed at herself, "i'm Audrey, remember? and this is your best friend, daxter," she lifted her finger to the ottsel who waved at him.
"Dax-terrr..." he groveled with a deep throaty voice.
"that's right big guy"
Audrey sighed and sat on one of the crates beside her. Jak crawled over to her and sat on the floor beside her still observing her. he didn't seem all that threatening. he acted more like an animal, a dog, even. a very dangerous, dark eco filled dog.
soon enough he reverted back to himself. he eyed the girl wearily," did i...?" she seemed to understand what he was refereeing to and smiled, " no you didn't, don't worry" he let out a shaky breath and they walked out the house.
Jak stared at the girl beside him," were..you scared?"
Audrey blinked," what? no. not at all. your surprised me that's all."
the blonde looked surprised, " really?"
Audrey nodded,"really."
"so your fine with this?"
"absolutely"
he wondered why she hadn't asked an questions about why he is the way he is. she seemed at peace with it. too at peace. she should be scared of him, fearful. she should be running away calling him the monster that he is, but she's not.
he didn't question her after that though. they walked in comfortable silence back to the hip hog saloon.
Author's note"
well alrighty then, there's that chapter. hope you guys liked it. again love the reviews guys. Audrey is kinda Mary sueish. but its on purpose. ill spoil you guys a bit
a few chapters later there will be a point in time that audreys personality might change do to some events that leave her kinda messed up and when you read it you will understand why.
at this point i want Audrey to be the regular teen girl kinda happy go lucky girl no matter how many bad things happen to her or the problems she will run into. you can say shes kinda like a beacon of hope especially to our favorite hero. you see so much sadness in this game. alot of depression. jak has to go through all kinds of crap so i was hoping that Audrey could lift his spirits. shes supposed to be the goofy sweet girl with a bit of a temper . yea kinda Mary sue-ish but she will change lol
lol funny thing too: i read a lot of fan fiction and i used to think that the OC characters who are the goth very depressed hates life kinda character and looks for comfort in another were Mary sue-ish lol. you know, the ones that always where black and have crazy highlights and stuff like that. it was too common for me and rather silly and boring.
so instead why not just put a normal girl who may seem too typical and switch things up a bit. Audrey has a bunch of twists still yet to be uncovered. it seems silly at the beginning but the story will become, if not more, serious. and i hope you guys will stick with till the end.
anyway hope you guys like it and i will see you in the next chapter! :)
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