Wow. I am a BEAST when it comes to this story. I'm just goin' at it like cheese cake!... Damn it now I want some. Anyway loves Enjoy. A.T.
We ended up doing the race. I guess it's fine since we had other things to do; like the moles. Plus there was quite a few other things to do in the area that got us some power cells. So Yay! We went back to the Geologist first. I mean, she is extremely pretty and nice, but I do think she is a smidge strange. So after all that we go deal with the gambler again. I REALLY don't like this guy. He keeps looking at me strangely and he winked at me. Creep.
"Ah. Great moves kid! I knew that time record would fall. Now here's your power cell. Time to go collect my big pay off."
We also got one for ninety orbs from him too. But i noticed something. And this greatly disturbed me. He pulled both power cells... FROM THE BARREL. And not even the side. No. It looked like he grabbed it from his crotch. EW! I grabbed Jak to the water and scrubbed his hands FOR him. THAT is how gross I found that. I explained to them the reasoning for my random act, and guess what... Jak scrubbed even harder. So gross. Yeah... So once his hands were cherry red, we went to the Boggy Swamp. I froze at the edge before you actually ENTER the swamp and it caught Jak's attention. He could tell me face was turning green. I didn't want to leave them but... I just couldn't bring myself to do it. We had all played in mud and dirt before so it isn't like getting dirty bothers me. I just have a... feeling when it comes to swamps. Almost as if I had a repressed memory of something apparently traumatic happening in one when I was very little. Actually now that I mention that. I don't remember a whole lot from before I ended up on Saimos' door step. and what things I do remember... I'm not going to bring up anytime soon. I motioned that I would wait for then by the CLEAN water. I'd rather lose my foot to a lurker shark than go in there. They nodded and went off. As opposed to last time... I really WAS waiting for hours. I even got in a small nap. It was hard because of the boulder throwing monster, but I had suddenly felt so tired that I couldn't really keep my eyes open any longer. I woke to Jak gently shaking my shoulder with a calm smile on his face; like he was enjoying watching me sleep. That thought made me blush. I really need to stop blushing so easily. Daxter said we only had a couple things left to do now, which was go under water to the precursor city and see the oracle for the last couple cells here. For some reason I was getting more tired by the hour. Even with the nap. They took me with them over to a floating thing out on the water that would take us down, but when Jak turned to me to help me up I nearly fell in the water just from lack of energy to stand. I got extremely tired at that moment and was about to fall into the water but Jak grabbed a hold of my wrist and pulled me up. He sat us down and cradled my head to his chest as I yawned a few times.
" You have so much energy babe. How can you possibly be tired?"
Daxter was standing on my knee while looking at Jak behind me for some kind of answer. Daxter pulled the communicator from Jak's pack and called the Green Sage.
" What do you want?"
" We got a problem here big green and gruesome Scar is so tired she can't even stand up. She's barely conscious."
" Did you think that maybe all the running around she does with you two might be the CAUSE of it!"
" But she was fine not too long ago."
" Guh! Fine. When you're done... bring her to me. I'll see what I can do."
The line cut dead and my eyes were having trouble staying open. Jak laid me close enough to the edge I could see them or vice versa when they come back up and so I wasn't on the platform. My eyes finally slid closed as I felt Jak brush my bangs from my face before going down the platform. Everything was black after that. When I was able to open my eyes, I felt better but at the same time confused. I was back in the Blue Sage's hut. Then it hit me as to why. Jak must have brought me back here. I saw the Green sage talking with him and Daxter with Keira standing to the side looking annoyed. I began to sit up and caught the others attention. Almost instantly, Daxter and Jak were by my side. Dax looked a bit confused by something while Jak seemed to be thinking hard. Saimos stood before me with a thoughtful look. I waited for him to speak, and when he did, I was shocked at what he had to say.
" Scarlet. It would seem that some how, you and Jak have a very... unique... connection. If you far from him for too long you seem to become tired and weak. Normally, you are never very far from these two, or at least not for long. Otherwise we might have noticed this sooner. It seems recent events resulting in you being far from them for an extended period of time has caused this to surface. So... from now on, you MUST stick with Jak. Even when something happens where you are afraid you must stay by him... You only passed out this time. no Telling what would happen the next time. Hopefully we wont ever have to find out."
I nodded and stood slowly. I looked to Jak with an apologetic look, portraying how sorry I was for being an inconvenience He just smiled and planted a firm hold on my shoulder. I pointed out to the machine to move the boulder. I was afraid. Hell, I was freaking terrified. But I'll suck it up and take a big girl pill for Jak. We all headed for the machine so we could move that boulder and face tall dark and ugly. We got up to this giant area of lava, and this guy is so flipping UGLY! We had to jump from platform to platform and avoid doom. We managed to beat him with Yellow Eco, gotta love the stuff, and headed to the other side of the lava pit. I was shaking a bit, but I was proud of myself. I looked up and saw Jak and Dax smiling at me.
" You did pretty good Scar. Now uh... how about you do that from now on so I don't have to huh?"
We shook our heads at Daxter and kept going. When we got to the start of Mountain Pass, guess what we found. THE ZOOMER! great. I HATE this thing. I held onto Jak tightly till we got to the end. We had to beat some lurkers to a BOMB detonator at the end, but Jak has mad driving skills. We ended up in Volcanic Crater. This is where the Red Sage is supposed to live. WHY! The heat... is unbearable. I pulled a small but convenient pack off my hip and took out a small water pouch. I took a sip, trying to save what I could, and handed it to Jak. He then handed it to Daxter, who not only gulped it down but poured the rest on himself. JERK! That was all the water I HAD! I looked at him in disbelief. He smiled innocently and shrugged at me. I was going to strangle that ottsel... ANYWAY! We made our way into the Red Sage's home, with the ever impatient BITCH nagging about us hurrying to turn on the portal. I don't see HER doing any of this hard stuff! We turned on the portal and poor Saimos came falling out again.
" OW! I always wounder if I'm losing body parts in those things."
He turned himself over off the ground and turned to the room.
" HOLY yakcow. The Red Sage's lab looks worse than the Blues'."
" Well it definatly looks as though there's been a struggle here."
No shit Keira. The hazardous mess just screams I surrender...
We heard laughing from above and looked to see one of the creepos we first saw on Misty Island before Daxter fell in the Dark Eco.
" I hardly call it struggle. Would you dear sister?"
He turned to look at the other one.
" Certainly not. The Red Sage gave up with so little effort. No fun at all."
Saimos took a closer look at the two and seemed to recognize them.
" Gol?! Is that you? You've finally gone off the deep end eh? And Maia, I TOLD you the Dark Eco would affect you both. Ooh. No body ever listens to old Saimos."
Poor guy... Ahem...
" What have you two done with the Blue and Red Sages?"
" Don't worry about your colorful friends you old fool! They're perfectly safe in our citadel. Our special guests."
" They have graciously agreed to help us on a little... project."
" You were Wrong Saimos. Dark Eco CAN be controlled We've learned its secrets, and now we can reshape the world to our liking."
This guy... has some SERIOUS problems. And his sister is no saner...
" You can't control Dark Eco by itself. Even the precursors..."
" Till now we've had to scrape by with what little Dark Eco we could find near the surface. But soon, we will have access to the vast stores of Dark Eco hidden deep underground."
Saimos looked panicked.
Not good.
" Not the silos!"
" Yes. The silos. They WILL be opened, and all the Dark Eco in the world... Will be OURS!"
" But that's impossible! Only a precursor robot..."
" Oh DON'T look so upset Saimos. We've got BIG plans for you."
I REALLY do NOT like the way Maia said that...
Her laugh sent chills up my spine. Daxter looked from them to Saimos... or well, where the siblings Used to be. They disappeared.
" Wait a minute,"
Dax jumped in front of Saimos.
" THAT was Gol? The same Gol that's supposed to change me back?! GOL is the guy trying to kill us? I'm doomed."
Poor Dax looked so defeated. Saimos slammed his staff.
" We may ALL be doomed. If they open the silos, the Dark Eco will twist and destroy everything it touches. We simply MUST get to their citadel to stop them."
Of course KEIRA knows a way there. Miss know-it-all.
" The fastest way there is through the lava tube at the bottom of this crater. A few more power cells and your zoomers heat shield SHOULD get you across the lava safely."
Saimos turned to Jak and I. Mostly Jak.
" Alright my boy. You know what to do. Take the flee bag and go round up more power cells. And be careful of Scarlet." He levitated away from us and left us to go cell hunting... AGAIN! And great... A lava tube. Such a wonderful way to travel. We went to talk to Saimos once more only for him to tell us something I REALLY didn't want to hear. Mainly because it's something I REALLY don't want to do. But now because of my little... problem... I HAVE to go.
" Great balls of Eco! There seems to be a large lurker presence in the Spider Caves."
" Great. Sounds like a real cheery place. Let me guess... There are SPIDERS in the Spider Caves... RIGHT?!"
" Of course there are spiders in Spider Caves. But that's the least of your problems. The lurkers are after crystals of concentrated Dark Eco. You've got to destroy the crystals before those monsters get their hands on them. HOP TO IT!"
Man. Saimos is really under a lot of stress. After all this is done I think I'll get the others to help me send him on a small vacation. We went off into one off the many tunnel to see two minors working at a humongous crystal. A tall lanky one that seemed dumb as a rock saw us and turned to his short pudgy buddy... Gordy. And guess what the dense ones name was. Willard. Poor thing. Gordy turned to us. He was trying to get us to leave. Yeah we already noticed the huge gem pal. After we explained only wanting power cells he had the nerve to charge us ninety orbs each. I think I'll become anti-social towards assholes. My patience with them wears thin. We managed to get all of then instantly. Now the guy was basically telling us to go the hell away. lol. We found more cells with an oracle. Fun. They charge more than ANYONE! We went around and did all sorts of crap. We made our way to Spider Cave... And I am already shaking... Jak grabbed my hand and we went on. That we went up the gondola up to the Snowy Mountain. We took forever up there and I am NOT going into it. However, Jak and I had a moment on the ice. We skated around. It was fun. But I kept falling till Jak grabbed my hand. I was happy and relaxed for once since this journey started. I'm not brave. Honestly. But I want to be. For Jak. I swear now to try my best to become more brave as well as stronger. I want to not be a burden to him. When this is all done I'll ask Jak to train me to be stronger. Sadly being braver... I'll have to do that on my own.