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The creature hissed upon their arrival. "Haaaa, finlly... you have decided to join us..." It turned its mass to face them head on. It eyed the three figures before it then noticed the bright green stone in the blonde's hand. "...and you brought the Precursor Stone..." It smiled even wider. Something glowing could be seen held in its grotesque tail, but it was difficult to make out. The creatured watched them with it's yellow eyes, taking in every aspect of their soaked and bloodied forms. "The boy will now play his final part" He began to laugh while unwinding his long tail from around his prize. Encased in a glowing orb was a small elven boy, looking no older then the tender age of 5.

"Not this time" The blonde hissed in reply. His heart was pounding as he clenched his fists tightly. His blood began to boil as his anger rose. The inner demon snarled angrily. 'How low can one go before they cross the line?' It growled and made a threat. The blonde nodded in agreement to himself.

"Oh, but this child is such a part of this..." He looked down upon the small sleeping child. "Such a part of you..." He grinned wickedly and showed his white fangs. "Don't you recognise him? The boy is YOU Jak"

He stared, afraid to ask the question. His gaze wandered to her and silently asked her for an explanation. She nodded towards the beast, urging him to continue listeing to the creature's tall tale. He didn't want to believe a single word of it, but he knew that deep down, every word, every syllable... was true.

"And this place...this is where you began" The beast hissed while trying to hold back a bellowing laugh. It smiled again and narrowed its yellow eyes.

His throat was incredibly dry and he felt the sting of Dark Eco as it crackled again and again through his veins. It burned like never before. He winced but made his voice work. "But how"

"You were hidden in the past with the hopes that you would gain the skills to face me today...but Onin was wrong... now that you have been tainted with Dark Eco, the stone will never open for you" The beast snarled again and stared at the renegades. He narrowed his gaze and fixed his eyes upon her slender form. Their eyes met and he smiled. 'Sakana, I have found you at last...' he thought. "But your younger self however still has the pure gift... He alone can awaken the Stone and the Precursor entity which sleps inside..." His long tail waved idly behind him. To his right swirled the vortex which carried Jak and Sake to this hell. The large Metal Head was the only thing that stood in between them and their destination, but he couldnt stop them even if he tried.

"This stone is a Precursor" inquired the blonde haired teen with a raised eyebrow while inspecting the glowing stone in his gloved hands.

"The LAST Precursor egg" roared the beast in a deeper, more angered voice than usual. He sounded quite annoyed. "Mar was clever...He covered his tracks well through time, hiding his last egg from me..." He continued to watch them with his beady yellow eyes. "...and building the sheild and city to defend it..." he smiled to himself while waving his tail idly behind him once more. "It has been a long seige, but today, I will finally feed on the last Precursor life force" He began to bellow with laughter.

"I think you're forgetting one thing Melalo-maniac, WE'VE got the Precursor Stone" Chirped the annoyingly loud rat atop the hero's shoulder. Realizing he may have made a DIRE mistake, he crouched down and held onto his friend's shoulder.

"Not for long" A halo of pirple energy began to form around the creature's mouth as a low growl rose from its throat. "DIE" it hissed as it opened it's mouth wider and wider. It lunged forward, launching the charged energy forawd like a bullet. The wave slammed into the small embankment the teens were on, making it crumble like foil.

She looked down to see the Nest floor quickly approaching. Then, something sparked inside of her. Her blood serged like never before as her eyes began to cloud over with a relentless and emotionless black. It was happening, and every second of the toture was more than she could handle. She could tell the same thing was happening to someone else, but she was to paralyzed with pain to even figure out who, or what it was. She screamed in agony as the familiar sting of the Dark Eco engulfed her figure.

He, too, was suffering from this monsterous change. His fingernails lengthened as his golden-green hair dimmed to a starch grey. The pain, the overwhelming pain... how he wanted to escape from it. How he wanted to run forever to escape the daily torment that drove him out of his mind, but there would be no escaping. At least not now, not ever. With a burst of speed, he thrust one arm up and climbed out of the pile of rubble that trapped him. His pale face twisted into an angry snarl as his gaze fixed it's self upon its target. He roared and rushed headlong towards the beast, but something was happening. He felt like he was getting steadily weaker and weaker by the second. Then, all at once, everything faded. He could no longer feel the stinging, nor the burning that came with his horrific transformations.

"Die" it hissed again as something jumped from the backside of its tail. Eggs. Lots of them, and they were all steadily growing. Something moved inside them. Soon, the eggs hatched and the young Metal Heads began trying to swarm him once they were free of their hard casings. Their quick feet moved across the ground like lightning as they struck at him with their pointed tails.

She could hear painful screams, but she couldn't move. Her obsidian eyes burst open as her lips curled into a monsterous snarl. Something was holding her down, but she couldn't tell what. 'Get up!' a voice said. 'I SAID GET UP!' the voice sounded very angry as it continued to demand the impossible. 'If we don't he's going to die...' She roared angrily, bursting from the rubble in a flash of brilliant lightning. "JAK!" She called. When she got no response, she began to panic. Her darkened eyes darted around, soon finding why she recieved no reply. The large Metal Head leader had her lover clasped tightly in it's gigantic fist and was steadily choking him.

"Just try and save him" The creautre laughed as he squeezed even harder, making his victim cry out. "Just try" He continued taunting her as she stood stationary, but she had to take a stand. For him.

"Put-him down..." She glared up at the beast from under her silver bangs. She seemed to dissappear, but she was moving so fast, she could barely be seen. In an instant, she was slashing at the face of the large creature. It grabbed her by the leg and flung her into a nearby wall.

"Where was I" He looked back at the prey still encased in his claws. It sruggled to escape, but it was useless.

The sound of gunfire resounded through it's ears and it looked over. There she stood, the guns trembling in her clawed hands. She fired several more times, each bullet striking a different part of the creature. An extreme pain began to spread through it's bloddied body. It started at its forehead and filled into the very tips of its body.

"No-No-NOOO" It growled, gripping the empty hole on its forehead. His prey slipped from his claws.

She had been aiming for his skull gem! His gaze shot towards the ring, and in an attempt to flee, he spread his wings and took flight towards the swirling vortex. However, he could not make it through. Upon impact, electricity passed through his large body, causing it to explode. The severed head fell to the ground at the feet of the now awake child. His little blue eyes showed fear at first, but mellowed out when he realized the beast was dead.

Her eyes faded back to their innocent blue as her pale skin took on a tanned tone. She smiled and looked at her hands. The claws were gone but blood was left from striking at the Metal Head leader. She looked at Him, feeling her heart sink once more. Mere feet from her hovered the Rift Ring. She knew she had do go but she wanted to stay so bad. "Jak, I..." she began slowly as he neared her.

He pressed two fingers to her lips, shushing her. He simply smiled and leaned close, but he stopped and looked down at his younger self.

The small boy stood and eyed the large green stone and placed his small hand on the seal of the house of Mar that was carved into it's glowing surface. Immediatly, something happened. A tall, glowing figure emerged and adressed all four of them.

"Oh man, a Precursor..." the blonde said to himself, but he was stopped by the glowing entity that hovered mere feet away.

"It is finished...our ancient enemy is no more. Take hope brave ones... for the darkness within you is now balanced by a glorious light..." With its last words still rigning through the heros' ears, they watched in enligntenment as it faded into the swirling gateway. Another familiar voice soon entered their ears.

"Hey, Jak, It's keira" The small orange ball of fur pointed towards a large crowd floating in on two large balloons. Riding on that platform was Samos, young and old, Keira, and Brutter.

"Heyyyy" Keira cried out while jumping from the balloon lift. She eyed jak, then Sake and smiled. She knew now what they had felt towards each other. It was actually quite obvious really... "We haven't much time...I've set the coordinates back to our villiage."

"But we are home..." Jak replied simply as he wrapped his arm around Sake's waist. A small green man stared up at them. He looked a little bit annoyed at them, but continued on past them.

"Keira, I'm afraid your rift rider must be used to send young Jak here to a place where he will grow up safe from harm..." He smiled down on the small boy who hugged Sake's leg. With wide smile, she picked him up. "He must become old enough to complete the destiny he has fulfilled today." finished the green man as his eyes followed Sake's every movement. She set the small boy on the ground once again and he took off towards the Rift Rider.

"Wait a minute" Said ANOTHER small green haired and skinned man. He looked alot younger than his time twin. "It's you-I mean me... I have to take him back and watch over him, don't I" His older version nodded with a smile. "Aww Grub Roots... talk about being in the right place at the right place..." A heavy sigh escaped the younger version's already old lips as he hung his afro head between his shoulders.

"Hey kid..." Jak smirked a bit as he looked at his younger self. The small child looked very innocent. He didn't want to send the boy into the past because he would only go through the same events, but it had to be done, or time would faulter, and he might never be born. "You take care." He lifted the small mass onto the platform with the Rift Rider and poked his rounded stomach. "Oh, and trust me on this..." His voice lowered a few octives as he smiled faintly. "Stay away from ANY wumpbee nests on your 9th birthday, K" Little Jak nodded then ripped a small glowing medallian from the chain around his neck then handed it to his older self. Jak stared in awe at it then smiled while standing up. He winked then stepped back.

"I sure hope I built this replica right. I don't know if" Keira began, her high voice taking on an unsure tone as she began to think. Samos interrupted her in mid thought however.

"It's perfect Keira. Its the very machine we found - or WILL find later." He rested a weary hand on the Rider's frame to support himself. He was getting too old for this kind of stuff...

"What? I just built this - after seeing the first one. It's based on what I remember from the" she was once again carelessly cut off by Daxter.

"Honey" he began with a sly smile. "The more you think about it, the more it hurts the head." He smiled and furrowed his eye brows at her. She glared at him.

Jak took this time to think. How were things going to be once it was all over? He stared at her, vexed by her returned gaze. With a small smile, he neandered over to her side then stared into her eyes.

"I guess it's time I get going..." she smiled and absently rubbed her arm. She looked down at the soft mud below and drew a small picture with the tip of her worn boot. She didn't want to leave, but she knew well what must be done. She looked up at the Rift Ring as young Jak and Shadow climbed into the leather seats of the Rift Rider.

"I'll miss you..." He lifted her chin to be at eye level with her and smiled. This was it. Their last kiss before fate would tear them apart. He gently pressed his lips to hers and closed his eyes, pulling her closer to increase the passion between them. She responded with the same passion then wrapped her arms around him, afraid that if she let go, he would be gone forever.

Keira looked on horrified. Sake was kissing HER Jak, but her look of disgust melted and was replaced with a look of happiness. 'Good luck...' she thought. Samos looked at her and chuckled to himself. Teen love...

"Sake, it's time..." he said simply while looking up at the teens as they parted. He thought it was cute to see Jak with someone, but he had to break up the moment, before it...transformed. She nodded.

Slowly, Jak slid his hand into his pocket and pulled something out. It was a rather elegant bracelet made with a silver band and diamonds. He slid it onto Sake's slender wrist then kissed her again.

"I love you..." She smiled and began to step away from Jak, slowly inched towards the Rift Ring. She looked back to see young Samos and young Jak entering the Rift on the Rider. A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she felt herself being lifted by the rings gravitaional pull. She hovered in mid air for a moment and reached out to Jak. She clasped his hand, but they slowly parted as she slipped full into the vortex.

That was it... she was gone..."I love you...Sake...always and forever..." The demon wiped away a small tear away from his eye...

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I blinked a few times to make sure I was still alive, and thankfully, I was. But, I wasn't in any place familiar... and it smelled like... a hospital! Why in the hell- I froze. I WAS in a hospital! and I was hooked up to all sorts of odd machines and what not. I looked around and scanned the room for anything familiar. There were several other people in the room. Some were old, and some were younger than me. The odd thing was, is they looked like they were sleeping...deeply.

I slowly climbed off of the warm bed and put my feet on the cold floor. I shivered, but ignored it. I was wearing the oddest thing ever. A paper dress, you know, those THINGS the nurses give you at hospitals before a surgery? Yeah, one of those. Those things that show off your peachy white butt to the world. Well, I looked out a window and saw people running around like the world was ending. Something was missing. The funky clothes, the odd hairdoos, and THE EARS! I was home! I smiled to myself and looked out of the window again, glad that I was back in my world, or...was I dreaming? No, this felt too real to be dreaming! I had to be home!

I heard a door open and I watched as a woman dressed in a tacky white dress entered the room. On top of her head rested a Nurse's hat. She stared at me with wide eyes before dropping the tray of tools in her hand. She screamed like mad. I covered my ears, which were no longer long and pointed at the end. Oh god that hurt! SHUT THE HELL UP! She was acting like she had seen a damned ghost!

Then it hit me. A doctor rushed into the room; his ruby red face plastered with an ear-to-ear grin. "Your finally awake" he exclaimed. "Your mother will be enthrawled" he ran out of the room like his rear was on fire. I couldn't help but look stupid. I stared blankly in blatent disregard for the world around me. "My mother" I asked myself with a smile. I WAS home! I looked around for her, but she was nowhere to be seen.

The door opened once again and an old haggered looking woman stepped in. It looked like death had warmed over YEARS ago because she had silver hair and a wrinkled face. Something about her seemd familiar though... Her smile, her sweet smile. "MOM" I cried while running to her. She awaited me with open arms. "Sake, your awake! Your finally awake..." her voice cracked a few times, but I didn't really care. The point was, was I was finally home. Oh how I missed the smell of that gawdy perfume she wore. We wrapped each other in our arms and hugged as the doctor smiled.

"You've been in a coma Sake..." She said quietly after we pulled apart. Coma? What coma? I wasn't in a coma, I was in Jak's world fighting evil and killing people. how could I have been in a coma"You've been gone for 3 years..." 3 years! That's how long I was in Jak's world! This is really freaky now... We hugged again and I smiled, just thankful that I was finally back to my own world...

She explained to me what happned that faithful day those three long years ago. That was the day I was pulled into Jak's world. She told me that she heard me call her name but she was busy trying to fix the power by tripping a few of the brakers in her bedroom. They shocked her, but she lived. Well, obviouisly... I guessed that when the brakers shocked her, that was when the wall of the demensions tore.

Anyway, on with her tale. She rushed to the Family Room once she got the power back on and found me out cold on the floor. The TV was trashed and my PS2 had exploded. Parts of it were imbedded in my body. My Jak 2 disk was in pieces. Parts of it was also imbedded in my body. She called the ambulance and they rushed me to the hospotal. After cleaning me up, they diagnosed that I was in a deep coma and they weren't sure how long it would be until I regained full conciousness. She also told me that my friend's still lived nearby and came to visint me almost every day. God I had some awsome friends...They were always there... The first friend I thought of was Brianna. Oh how I longed to see her smiling face again!

My mother and I hugged yet again, but something took me by suprise this time. As I draped my head over her shoulder, I looked at my wrist. On it was... Jak's bracelet! How could that have been! Then I felt an intense pain wash over my body. That voice... No... it wasn't true. Please, Mar, don't let it be true...

'It's not over...' Hissed that oily voice. It was still there, lurking in my mind. How could this be! I wasn't in his world anymore! I was no longer a hero of Haven! How could this have happened! my mind raced as I searched every nook and cranny for the answer. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. I didn't want to scare my mother any worse than I had already. Soon that voice faded, but I could still feel it lurking within the catacombs of my mind...

What if. What if this had never happened? What if I had never been drawn into that hellish world? What if I had never met... him?

I wouldn't be this happy...

-The End-

COMPLETE!

Id like to thank everyone for their humble reveiws. Ive been through alot with this fic, and im finally done. Id like to thank one reveiwer in particular. Happy Jak: I was an ass, and i apologize. I thank you very much for your generous advice. and everyone else, Thank you so much for your support in making this fanfiction a success. I would have never been able to finish it without your help and comments, as well as farfetched suggestions... hehe. well, I hope you enjoyed the ending! I wanted to cry! Also, this chapter holds the record for being the longest! over 3700 words!