Ch4

When we got finished with a visit to the Oracle and a mission in the fortress, I actually found something very useful lying on the ground in front of the fortress gates. What was it? A red security pass! Either I was EXTREMELY lucky, or something fishy was happening. (It's probably just luck.) Malice chuckled in my head. (I said hush! We're going to get suspicious with your constant nagging!) I groaned back. (What do you mean? No one can hear what we think! Besides, I wanna see just how much of a challenge these guards really are...) (You are SO not killing any Krimzon Guards!) (Too late! Takin' over now!)

I didn't even have a chance to fight against her this time. I just groaned and accepted her to take control even though I knew that some guards would soon have orphan children soon. "Okay! Let's get this eco ore to this Krew guy or whate-" Daxter smiled but then stopped when he saw Malice standing right next to the zoomer. "Malice?" Jak asked. "I've been called that, yes," she smirked. "You um... you want something?" "I want to help... but it'll cost ya." (Why are you going to do this?) (Hush now! I want to see him in action in more ways than one!) (Sicko!) (Bitch!)

"What do you mean?" Jak asked. "Well, I've always wanted to do something a little risque with a hunk... if you're up for it that is?" Jak's cheeks flushed a lot. "Um... I... I guess..." "Great! I'll go on ahead then and deal with anyone that stands in your way!" Malice beamed, rushing ahead as Jak actually hopped in the driver's seat. "Hey? You hear something?" I heard a guard ask to another one. Malice had already done something I didn't expect her to do, though. She actually activated Dark Invisibility and snapped the guards' necks!

(That's two families without a dad now... how many more do you plan on doing?) I growled at her as the alarm was raised all over the city. (Oh, maybe twenty-four or so... whoever gets in our man's way!) (Hope that doesn't include civilians...) (Of course not! I'm not an animal!) (You sure do act like one sometimes... remember my tenth birthday party?) (Still going on about that one huh?) (I don't understand why you thought eating dog shit would be a good experiment!)

I didn't even notice that Malice had already gotten over the twenty-four limit she set and was well on her way to number thirty-five when I noticed Jak had gotten to Krew. (Okay. That's enough, Malice. He's made it there now.) (Oh? I didn't even notice! Okay then...) I assumed control again and ran into the Saloon, just as Jak and Daxter were met with the embodiment of gluttony and criminal mastery himself, Krew.

"You Krew? Well we shook the heat, and your shipments in primo condition," Daxter smiled. "And by shook he means I did the dirty work of clearing the way," I groaned, my clothes literally stained with blood all over the place. "That's good ey? Cause a helping of rare eco ore is worth more than ten of your lives!" Krew smiled, hovering over to me. "And of course... I prefer to collect... ah... slowly..." he chuckled, his breath reeking worse than than my late father after spending a night in the drug tank.

"The Underground will take anyone with a pulse these days!" Krew smirked when he went back to Jak. "And what do we have here? The Shadow's mascot of the month?" He then rubbed Daxter's mug and said "Ooh... soft..." Daxter gagged afterwards. "Sig. This fur would go great with my silk suits, eh?" "Listen... ah... tons of fun? We all know that you and I have the real juice in this burg? We're both players, right?" Daxter asked, getting steadily more creeped out at Krew as he went on.

Then Jak broke the awkward air. "We did you a favor! Now it's your turn! Why is the Baron giving eco to the Metal Heads?" Jak asked angrily. Krew instantly got defensive and got in his face. "Questions like that can get a person killed, eh?!" he growled. "Sig! Give El Capitan and his girlfriend... ah... a bonus." Sig then handed both of us a morph gun unit, something I didn't see coming... While Jak got the Scatter Gun, I got the Blaster to start with. "If you two want to see what those babies can do, head to the gun course by the harbor... do well and I may put you up for a job or two, eh?"

I didn't waste any time running off to the gun course. Why was I so excited? Because the last time I touched a gun was also the first time I went on a date and got laid!... it was my step brother of course, but hey, can't pick and choose can you? Especially when you're labeled as a criminal from birth because your parents were ex cons... Yeah... this world was really becoming more like my old life... except... I had no deadbeat family... and I could jump far gaps and go invisible... and murder monsters at will... I take it back! I don't EVER want to go home! Not when I can use an awesome gun like this AND have no family matters to involve myself with!

When I finally managed to reach the gun course, which Jak actually beat me to the point, I rushed in and smiled at Jak as if to let him know ladies first. "Okay, Cherry, the blaster is a long range weapon that is very effective at close range as well," Sig said in the communicator I got from Torn. "So... I just pull the trigger here, right?" I smiled, shooting at the dummy as soon as it appeared. "Heh! You've handled these things before, I can tell," Sig smiled. "Okay, now how about a strike attack? Hit the first dummy and then shoot to release three blasts at once!" Sig smiled. I did just that, breaking the first one and shooting the bullets at the other one as well as two other crates in the distance. "Ha! Those crates didn't stand a chance!" I smiled, running over to restock on ammo. Wanna take one the gun course?" Sig asked. "Why wouldn't I?!" I exclaimed, rushing into the course and preparing for the best time of my life!