Wastland Mayham (Jak 3 Fiction)

Lab Rat

"Wonderful, Jak! I knew that machine was special!" Samos praised. I folded my arms and grumbled lowly to myself. My wings had been badly torn during the fight to clear the forest so that we could even get to the Astro viewer, I was currently working on fixing them as fast as I could. I took care of most of the dark creatures that could fly while Jak focused on the ones on the ground. Jak walked up to the Astro viewer and looked into the scope.

"Aagghh! Get out of my head!" Jak said trying to look away. I got behind him and opened my wings around Jak and casted a shield hoping to weaken the Dark Makers signal enough where Jak could just do what he needed to do and not have to deal with any of there shit.

"Jak! Jak? I'm losing ya buddy!" Daxter said frantically.

"It's linking me into the Dark Maker ship systems. They're taking me to them." Jak said then his eyes went blank.

"JAK! JAK!" Daxter screamed trying to get a response from his friend.

"Calm down Daxter he'll be fine." I said closing my eyes in concentration.

"Calm down! CALM DOWN! Jak's gone all brain dead! Those Dark Makers are up there probing him or something awful!" Daxter said.

"Calm down Daxter! He's fine as long as I'm here with him. I'm keeping a good eye on him. I don't know how I can explain this but I can feel how Jak, and you, is feeling right now. I can hear your heart beat even." I said taking another calming breath. I heard the thunder in there, and my own, chests. Jak's had accelerated but was slowly going back down while Daxter's was still a constant drumming against his ribs.

"What? Can you get him back or something?" Daxter asked.

"Yes, but there is something he needs to do up there that will be important in buying us more time to defend this world." I said soothingly.

"What does he need to do?" Daxter asked.

"Blow open a door." I said simply then continued to focus on Jak and fixing my wings at the same time. It was weird using two or more powers at the same time. It was almost like rubbing your stomach and patting your head for the first time. I just hoped it would get easier as I went.

"Oh......" Daxter said calming down. He sat down at Jak's feet and we waited. It was long and drawn out but I kept an eye on Jak and made sure that they didn't tamper with his head. They tried breaking through relentlessly but I refused to give them an inch of ground more then they needed. It was a battle between us and I had the upper hand being so far away and on the defense. Didn't mean I still didn't get a huge ass headache and the horrible feeling of doom, but that was the side effects of fucking with the Dark Makers....well only two of the thousand.

"What the... Daxter?" Jak asked tearing his gaze from the Astro viewer and looking down to Dax. I dropped my shield and continued to work on my wings.

"What? What? What'd you see? Let me look... let me look... let me look. Hello, elevator, bottom floor, goin' up. Come on! Aaggh! I hate being short." Daxter said jumping up wanting to take a look too. I shook my head and rolled my eyes.

"It just seemed for a moment... it looked like... Nah, it couldn't have been." Jak said shaking the thought away I sported an all knowing smile and jumped down to the next platform.

"What couldn't it have been?" Daxter asked getting back up on Jak's shoulder.

"Let it go Daxter he's a little loopy after what just happened." I said making an excuse for Jak before Daxter drove us both crazy with questions.

"Oh.....Okay then. Where off to next?" Daxter asked.

"I say we go back to Freedom HQ." I suggested.