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Act VIII: IronCalle

"Get me off this ship!" Daxter shouted as the IronCalle pulled away from the dock of Hevan City, everyone cheered for the heros that were leaving. Friends, family, loved ones, people that knew of the heroic actions of Jak, Daxter and everyone else.

"Daxter..." Jak growled. He had never been angry at his best friend, but Daxter was starting to push buttonsl; maybe it was just the Iron Eco he swam in. He didn't care that he was afraid of heights or water, he was coming along to Ironside if he hated it or not.

"I'll swim back if I have to!" Daxter shouted, the crew rolled it's eyes as Daxter ran to the upper deck of the ship. He was about to jump off when Ella grabbed his tail, she held the osslet out over the back end of the ship. She smirked and started to jerk him around, Daxter screamed and shouted for her to stop.

"Are you going to jump off?" Daxter shook his head.

"No... mom." Ella narrowed her eyes on him before she placed him on the ground, she sat on the egde and glared at him.

"You're lucky I'm a nice person."

"I'm not so sure about that!"

"I'm so willing to throw you off the egde!" Ella shouted, Daxter jumped up beside her.

"You wanna bet?! You're never been a nice person!" Ella grabbed his tail and hung him over the egde.

"Really? You wanna run that by me again?"

"Pull me up you preppy, know-it-all, ex monk!"

"That's it!" Ella shouted. "You'll be swimming with the fishes!"

"Michelle! Daxter!" Ella and Daxter turned at the sound of Samos' voice, they smiled as he grunted at them. "Come. I have something to show all of you, besides your beds, and the shower." Ella walked past Jak and Daxter and down the stairs, they followed behind her as they entered into a room. There were six beds, with sheets and pillows. Clothes laid on them, along with guns, a knife, a new comm.unit and a pack of Green Eco. "I want all of you to get dressed in these clothes, use the weapons and active the comm.units." Jak nodded and gathered the things, he watched Ella leave and pull on the black pants. He took off his old top and pulled on the dark blue one with bunckles that were goldish color, he add the old sliver plate on to it and the brown tie over his chest.

"Eww." Daxter laughed walking in. "Jak put your boots back on, you're losing friends!" Jak rolled his eyes and pulled on the new blue ones that were on the ground. He added the guns, and turned on the comm.unit. Daxter hoped on and smirked. "Did you miss me shoulder?" Jak rolled his eyes and went back up to the deck, he looked around at the crew.

They were all glaring at him and whispering among themselves, Jak walked up to the front of the ship and saw a huge mermaid from the Seeile Court. He leaned on the egde and looked out over the waters, he looked over to the left and saw Hevan City diseappering slowly. He looked to the right, Spargus was coming up slowly. He stood up right and leaned on the egde looking in on the boat, what was he going to find in Ironside? What was the purpose of going there in the first place? Samos never did tell him, and neither did Kaara. He'll ask when Samos comes out.

"That's the 'I'm thinking so hard I might expolde my brains out' face." Ella sat on the egde of the ship and smirked down at him through dark purple shades, she crossed her arms over her chest and sighed.

"I can't stop thinking about what might happen in Ironside." Ella shrugged, she placed her hands on his and smiled.

"You don't have to be worrying. Nothing will happen, I promise you." Jak was staring at her hands, she still had scars from when Kloud attacked them for the last time. He gripped the purple gloves and looked up to her, her purple jacket was fluttering in the wind and was closed. He placed a hand on her leg, which made her jump. She crossed her legs and looked out to the ocean, her eyes glanced back to Jak. "How far do you think Ironside is?"

"I don't know." He put his hands on the dock, he didn't look at her face but instead her boots. They were purple and had black laces, he could see the fish nets and long skirt under the jacket. "Do you know why we are going to Ironside?" Ella's face drained of all color.

"Don't you listen? At the end of this the Summoners have to go to the Summoner Isle in UnSeeile Court, but we want to get them there safely so we have to be at peace with them or the world is-" She trialed her finger across her neck. "Dead."

"Ohh."

"Don't worry, Samos said we'll get more 'man' power once we reach Icelands. For now we'll have to deal with him and the flying, annoying, colorful, gay-"

"You're brightly colorful and happy!" Ella twitched, Jak turned to see Precker on the dock. His colors starting to fade with old age.

"Hey Precker." Jak said clamly as Ella glared.

"Hello Precker."Precker landed on her shoulder. She crossed her arms over her jacket and glared at him, Precker spread his wings apart and shifted.

"Ella did I ever tell you you're shoulder is super comfty?"

"Really?" Ella questioned. "You know what?" She shoved him off. "This shoulder isn't for sale." Precker landed with a thump on the ground, he ruffled his feather and turned his back to her.

"You just lost a chance to have the great Precker on your shoulder."

"What do you want?" Ella shouted, Precker shrugged and motioned below deck.

"Samos is asking for you all to come down, now." The group sighed and went down the stairs, Samos sat in the middle of the room motioning his hands around as Green Eco floated around him.

"About time. I've been waiting forever!" Jak shrugged.

"Sorry we were caught up in the beauty of the ocean." Ella snickered at Jak's comment, only to get a glare from Samos.

"Well then, let me tell you." He grabbed the book on the bed and showed the group. "This book, the one Ella found in the Temple, has helped me a bit. It says that the lands must be in peace before the Summoners are allowed onto Summoner Isle or the one that goes on the isle will..." He turned the page and wrinkled his nose, he motioned to Ella. "Come here, Michelle. I don't understand this text." Ella walked over to him and lifted the book off the table, she smirked.

"It says... "If the Summoner comes onto the Isle without the lands being at peace, their hearts will start to race and the Summoner's Tree will send out a smell that only the Summoner can smell and thus the Summoner's body will start a countdown. When the number reaches 0, the body's-" Ella stopped.

"And?" Daxter said leaning forward on Jak's shoulder.

"It's ripped, the text isn't there."

"Damn it." Jak growled. "Now what are we suppose to do?"

"We can test it." Daxter piped. "Where's Martinique, and that Ava girl. Lunnamarra is okay but... you never know she turn out just like Martinique."

"No." Samos growled. "We have to keep the girls safe! No matter how annoying Martinique is."

"Excuss me!" Everyone glanced up, a man in a black suit and tidy red hair stepped down. He held a clip board and smiled at the group. "I am Mr. Calle, designer of the IronCalle. Me and the Captain wish that the group will join us for dinner tonight?"

"No, we're busy with our plans." Jak growled, Ella glared at him. Samos coughed and walked forward.

"We'll be there." Mr.Calle glanced to Ella, and smiled.

"Good."

--69--

Jak looked at Ella, she kept her head down as Samos and Daxter agured about what the Captain was like. Her eyes were on the white plate under her face and was like a mirror for her, he could see her green eyes staring down at herself. Jak reached across and touched Ella's hand, she looked up and smiled.

"Are you okay? You look-"

"Torn." Ella whispered looking back down. "There's something... creepy about this ship. Like someone pulled a thousand souls and wove them into the wood." Everyone went quiet.

"THAT'S IT!!" Daxter shouted. "I'M GETTING OFF! IF A HIGH PRISTESS THINKS THIS SHIP IS HANUTED THEN I'M OFF!"

"Well," Everyone turned towards the doors, a man in a dark suit walked forward. He held himself up with a bone color cane, he had a huge hat with a feather sticking out. His skin was dark and his eyes even darker, he limped behind Ella. He leaned down to her ear and smiled. "This Ironsider has a good sixth sense." He grabbed a lock of hair, she gasped and snatched a knife off the table.

"Michelle!" The group shouted standing and knocking everything off the table.

"I am Captain Sake. I was born in Hevan City, and grew up in the UnSeeile Court."

"And we care why?" Daxter piped up.

"Because I can throw you off the ship." The Captain growled, Daxter swallowed.

"Fair enough." Sake let go of her hair and sat down beside Samos, he crossed his fingers and glared at all the people at the table. "I know... most of your stories, heros, healers, Prescusors, Ironsiders." He motioned around the ship. "How do you like the ship so far?" Ella, still holding the knife, clenched her hands.

"What's it made of?" Sake laughed and walked to the window, he looked out and touched the sides of wood.

"From what Mr. Calle tells me, it took six years to make this ship. Since they couldn't do it in the major cities, they took it to the Seeile Court. Many women, childern and men offered to build it for next to nothing. When we were finshed, and the sails went high and blew in the wind for the first time. I laughed like a manic."

"Why?" Jak asked, Sake smirked and sat back in his chair before the door was opened. Mr.Calle walked in, he leaned on the post and watched everyone. Sake looked up and smiled at all of them.

"Once the project was finshed, we killed every Ironsider and fused their bones into the ship's wood."

"That's sick!" Ella shouted, the two shrugged.

"They don't think so, half of them were willing to jump in the pot of oil." Mr.Calle walked towards Ella, he stopped infront of her. "Tell me, would you do that?"

"No!" Ella shouted, she pointed the knife at him. "Sane people don't do that!" Mr.Calle grabbed her wrist and shoved her to the floor, ripping the knife out of her hand. She laid on the ground as Mr.Calle placed his boot over her wrist, she started to kick when Captain Sake shouted.

"Okay! I've had enough of this! I won't have a women hurt infront of me," Ella sacked Mr.Calle and grabbed another knife, she stood near the door as Jak and Samos came over. "Sleep well all of you." Jak took Ella's hand and turned away from the crazy men when Mr.Calle started shouting.

"You think she's beautiful now, boy?" The group turned, the trio stared down at the man. "Once you enter the UnSeeile Court, that Glamour will be ripped off and you'll see how ugly she truly is!" Jak pulled Ella closer and walked up the stairs, Ella's fingers started to slip out of his fingers as they made their way around the ship back to the rooms. Samos unlocked the door and walked in, Ella sat on the bed and stared off into space.

"This ship is insane." Jak growled, he paced around the room. Daxter sat on the bed next to Ella, as Samos started to hoover in the corner. "How are we going to get out of it?"

"There's no way out, my boy." Samos spoke. "We have to get the Summoners to the Isle, and this is the only way."

Ella nodded. "He's right you know." She played with the knife for a second before Jak took it out of her hands and shoved it under the bed, she yawned and laid back.

Daxter yawned. "Let's just get some shut eye, maybe this will all below over?" Ella pulled the sheets over her head, Jak sat beside her as Daxter curled up at the bottom of the bed.

"How can a person sleep knowing they are laying on a child's bones." The room went dead quiet and Daxter sighed, Jak pulled back the sheets. She gave a small smile and touched her face, Jak pulled back her hand and kissed her forehead.

"Go to sleep, you'll feel better tomorrow." Ella nodded and rolled over, a couple hours after once Jak and Daxter were asleep; Ella got out of the bed and went above deck. The wind blew around her as she walked towards the dock, her green eyes changing color everytime she walked towards the bow. She rumbed her eyes and clenched her fist, Red Eco sparkled all around her before she unclenched her fist.

"I know you're out there." Ella growled, hair turning dark and her skin becoming paler. Pink dust started to float around her mixing with the red and turning dark. "And when I find you, I'll drink you're blood..."

'I'LL KILL YOU FIRST...' A voice whispered before Ella's heart stopped beating for a second and she fell to the floor, pulse beating faster and faster. 'THEN I'LL KILL JAK, DAXTER, AND EVERYONE ESLE.'

TBC...