Ch8

"Why are we going off to find some old Krimzon Guard hag anyway?!" Daxter growled as we neared Ashelin's personal craft... a hellcat. (Nice ride... could I break it?) (No! Ashelin is not a person to mess with, Malice!) (Duh! That's why I want to break it!) (Just stop... you'll get to face some Metal Puke soon.) "She's probably got more facial hair than me!"

That was when Ashelin jumped down from out of nowhere and grabbed Jak by the neck, pointing a gun at him. "Who the hell are you three?" she growled upon seeing us. Daxter immediately perked up when he saw her... racy figure. "Mmm I do love me a woman in uniform! Wanna bark some orders at me? Woof woof! I'm your soldier on the front lines of l-ack!" I stopped his unnecessary flirting with a hand around his neck and dropping him on the ground. "Heh. One thing we have in common at least," Ashelin smirked for once.

"Easy. Torn sent us to help you," Jak said. "I don't need help... but you might... we've got company," Ashelin frowned, looking over to the hillside as a plethora of Metal Heads came down from the cliff's edge. (ALRIGHT! My turn!) I didn't even try to stop her. Malice came forth from my mind and went absolutely berserk on any Metal Head that came close to Jak and Ashelin, gutting them with her sharp claws as well as shooting far away ones with the Peacemaker, wasting precious ammo.

When the dust cleared, the only Metal Heads still standing were the ones that were writhing in agony from their legs being ripped off. "Uh... impressive..." Ashelin gawked, something I didn't expect to hear from her mouth. (Okay I'm done. Coming back!) I regained control when she said that and I smirked at Ashelin as she went back to her cruiser.

"Watching me beat those Metal Heads was very... exciting, wasn't it sugar?" Daxter asked, the force from the hellcat powering up, pushing his tiny frame backwards. "Hey! Sweet stripes! Gimme your number so I can look you up sometime!" Daxter pleaded. "Tell Torn Baron Praxis is planning something big! I think it has to do with that symbol!" Ashelin yelled over her engine. "What is it?" Jak asked. "It's the seal of Mar, founder of Haven City. We're being sent on suicide missions to find artifacts from the time of his rule!"

"Maybe you can find some help from Onin, the old Soothsayer in the bazaar. Here, take these bazaar access security passes!" "Your name's Ashelin, huh?" Jak asked. "We're even now." She then flew off towards the city leaving Daxter to comment on what a woman she was... followed by a quick kick to his tail because he said that in the presence of another woman. "Hey! Cut that out!" Daxter growled. "Don't say stuff about women in front of women! That's one of the biggest rules in dating a girl, Daxter!" I growled back.

"Okay... say what now?" Jak asked me when I mentioned the elevator that led to the Baron's palace. "We need to see Vin so we can get up to the palace and attack from above," I smiled. We had just retrieved the 3 artifacts from the Mountain Temple and we now had to do the job for getting to the first boss in the game. "And how do we get to do that exactly?" "By asking him about it, of course!" I smirked. I then took them by the hand and ran with them to the power station... which was a very short run away. They were still frozen when I stopped at the station, however.

"Could ya warn us before jetting off like that, Alice?!" Jak exclaimed when he recovered. "Fine. Just wanted you to feel what it's like to run quick as me," I smiled. "Y-Y-Yeah... f-f-fun..." Daxter stuttered, his grip on Jak's shoulder during the run making small rips in his tunic. "You'll be fine. After all, you're the hero aren't you?" I smiled, giggling a bit when I said that.

We entered the power station where, thanks to some funny dialogue by me about how Vin couldn't try to help us get up the elevator if he tried, we were soon off destroying guns and slaughtering guards to power up the elevator. "Okay... the last button..." I smirked. "I got this." I ran over to the sentry turret and jumped high as it started to fire bullets at the wall and I did a booming smash with my fist, obliterating the gun instantly!

I pressed the button and smiled as Vin came on and told us the support elevator was operational now. "Good luck getting killed by the Baron, by the way!" he said quickly. "Yeah. We'll keep that in mind, bub!" I smirked. "Ready to go up an elevator?" I asked. "Is that even a question," Jak smirked at me as well.