Hi, Dark Fortresses here once again. Here I give to you a series of oneshots, and this is clearly the first one of three. Enjoy!

If you look up the word "hero" in the dictionary it should say something like "a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has preformed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal." I'm assuming you know who my friend Jak is right? Well, in all of our adventures, he's been in the spotlight, even though I'm always the hero. I have done some missions by myself, but not enough to be considered a hero by others. Except for Tess.

I remember a day where Jak was in the hospital, and Ashelin needed someone to do a mission involving air vents, and I just had to do it. I had to get a family of large rats out of there somehow. It seemed like an easy job, but as you'd probably expect, it was strangely hard. The average person would say "it's only a bunch of rats, right?" The only thing I would say to those people is "no, they're not just rats. They're disgusting creatures that are willing to piss on you to piss you off. No pun intended." I even have a stain on some of my lighter fur from those rats. Well, not them but their fecal matter, also known as crap. Gross, eh? It's as gross as Krew's ever so tightie wighties on a hot summer day.

Anyway, all the of the nine rats were huge. They obviously came from the sewer, judging by their smell. They were vicious too. Seven of them tried to eat me. The other two were just babies. Yes, I can do basic math.

I had to use a teaser(that was 10% larger than a normal one) to get the fully grown ones outta there. I could carry the two babies out. Getting them back to their home was another thing. Since the door to the sewer was too far away. I just I'd just lead them to the nearest storm drain. Those dumb rats could barely fit in the one that I found.

Once I got back to the palace, Ashelin was waiting for me patiently. Tess was waiting there too. The first thing Ashelin told me was "welcome back, Daxter. If you didn't do what you did, the rats' toxic fumes would have poisoned everyone who went outside. Thanks." Well, I guess I'll be one of those plumber heroes, workin' in the air vents. Thanks for readin' my story.

Well, I hoped you enjoyed it! I'll come out with the second one soon!