Ch7
After successfully saving Vin and ridding the Drill Platform of Metal Head eggs, I then actually got a quick call from Kiera on my communicator. "Hey, Alice! Are you free right now?" she asked. I smirked at her voice. "Yeah, I'm free hon, why?" I asked her. I intentionally called her 'hon' because... Jak was literally right next to me. (If she says the words 'I thought I told you to call me Kiera,' you realize how screwed you are, right?) (Like I don't already know the risks?)
"I actually have a job for you back at the garage... it's not a race, but I need... um... a bodyguard right now..." "From who?" "From this jackass Errol! I heard he's the one that turned you into that, so I need you to come over here and get him away from me." "I'll be there in about half a minute! Don't worry!" I said, ending the transmission and leaving Jak and Daxter slightly confused. "I'll let you guys go on ahead and I'll go act as a bodyguard. Ya dig?" "O-Okay... we... dig I guess?" Jak smiled awkwardly.
"Good! See ya!" I smiled, rushing off like a lightning bolt from the power station to the stadium in a record breaking fifteen seconds. I immediately noticed the Krimzon Guard zoomer and went into the garage. Errol was in there and trying to flirt with Kiera... and failing quite badly which I could tell made him upset. "Hey you! With the low self esteem!" I chuckled, making him look behind at me. It was silly to see his reaction since I had turned invisible. "Bok, bok bagock!" I clucked, making him shoot in my direction.
I then turned myself visible right on top of his head, which I could tell shocked him slightly. "Get off me, dark freak!" he growled as I started to dig my heels into his neck. I jumped as he aimed his pistol up at me and shot at the wall instead. I then kicked his gun out of his hand and pinned him against the wall. "Aw? What's wrong, Errol? Can't stand up to a girl that got tickled by dark eco?" I smiled, winking over at Kiera from behind me.
"You still don't have ANY idea what kind of freak you are, do you?!" he growled. "I know I'm what you called a dark freak... what else is there to call me, punk?" I growled. "There is only one way you can be completely unaffected by dark eco and that's if you have an unlimited flow of LIGHT eco! Why else would you feel no pain from the procedure?!"
"Oh, I can't feel pain but my cellmate could?!" I growled, pushing his face further into the asphalt. I let him go after a quick kick to his surprisingly unprotected crotch and let him squander off in pain. "I didn't deserve to be put in that chair and hell hath no fury for what Jak will do to you!" I growled. It was then that I realized what I'd just said. (CRAP!) I screamed in my head, amazed that I just said Jak's name in front of Kiera herself.
"A-Alice?... I-Is that true?" she asked, looking at me confused. "Is what true?" I asked her back. "T-That Jak's still alive of course! Is it true?!" (No way you're getting out of this one, bitch!) (I have an idea... and don't call me bitch!) "Yes, he's still alive. We both broke out of prison and now we're out to help the city," I smiled a small smirk at her. "He prefers to lay low whereas I do stuff more... how you say... more daring. Like literally kicking Errol's ass and making a clean getaway," I smiled as the Krimzon Guard came around the bend and gave a wink to Kiera.
"Call me if you have anymore Errol issues... I'll let Jak know I found you... if you want..." "Of course!" "Got it! Later!" I smiled, going invisible and letting Malice come out to play. No KG unit or cruiser was left in the stadium area after only forty seconds. "W-We're no match for her!" exclaimed a guard from a large troop transport. "Retreat!" The rest of them flew away without any haste and I heard a very sarcastic clapping from the shadows. "Well done... well done..." said Baron Praxis, astonishingly.
"Hello, robot-eye," I growled, making clear fun of his mechanical eyeball and making him growl from it. "Is that any way to speak to your superior? The one that created you into what you are today?" he asked. "Um... you didn't create me, idiot," I growled. "If you created me, then show me the DNA that says your my dad... oh wait... you're not my dad! My dad may have been bad where I came from, but he wasn't a power hungry jagoff that thought he was god's gift and decides 'hey! I'll give my citizens to the Metal Heads as a means to continue ruling!' Honestly, how can you possibly rule when your citizens are being digested or rotting in the streets?!"
Baron Praxis's eyes grimaced at me as I pretty much just blabbed out his plan in front of several witnesses. "You honestly haven't a clue about how things work here," he growled. "I am the ruler of Haven! You are nothing but a failed lab rat! I will destroy the Metal Heads and you will be nothing more than a snack for them!" he growled, jumping into the sky and landing inside a flying pod that appeared out of nowhere. "If you know what's good for you, you'll crawl right into the arms of my guards and go back to the cell you crawled out of!" He then flew off into the sky and back to the palace.
(What a prick!) (Probably... but not as big as certain other characters we'll meet later on.) I knew that by this point of the story that Jak and Daxter were probably getting sent to rescue Ashelin so I ran off and found a zoomer, turned on the ignition, and flew off in the direction of the pumping station. "Let's go see if I can make friends with a certain damsel," I smiled, running into Jak and Daxter quite literally as I entered the drain pipe that led there. "Hey! What kept ya?" Daxter asked. "Oh nothing much... just had to beat the shit out of Errol for a girl, get cursed at by Baron Praxis, and found out something about a certain girl who's name begins with K. So how's things on your end?"
"Wait! You found Kiera?!" Jak asked loudly. "Well, no, but I got some info from the mechanic," I lied. "She said that Kiera is somewhere in the Stadium section of the city and she's currently in hiding. She couldn't give me an exact location, but at least we know she's alright and around." (Playing with fire are we? Let's see what they say when they actually find out you lied to both of them...) (I'll tell them eventually... I just need a little more time... when Ashelin and Jak take out the Metal Head sneak attack, I'll reveal it to them then... got it?) (Fine... I'd love to see the sparks of anger though...) (Too bad!)