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A/N: Hello everyone, this is my first official Jak and Daxter fanfic. The plot and summary will the same, just as the actual game series, except Jak will have a twin brother, Jsyn. Just like Jak, Jsyn will be a mute, but will be wearing a dark green tunic and having a scar over his left eye (which will be explained later on in the story.
Jak, Jsyn & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Chapter 1
"I have spent my life searching for the answers my father and my father's father failed to find. Who were the Precursors? Why did they create the vast monoliths that litter our planet? How did they harness Eco, the life energy of the world? What was their purpose and why did they vanish?" An elderly voice asked, belonging to Samos Hagai: the wise, yet hot tempered Sage of Green Eco of Sandover Village.
He had struggled to discover the origins of the legendary and mysterious Precursors. He and his daughter, Keira had devoted their lives to discover the truth behind the origins of the Precursors but were unsuccessful, despite finding and studying the ancient artifacts they had left behind.
"I had asked the asked plants, but they do not remember. The plants have asked the rocks, but the rocks do not recall - not even the rocks do not recall!" Samos had used his Green Eco powers to communicate with the plants and soil of the earth, hoping they could tell him something about the Precursors, but not even the plants or rocks could remember anything about the mysterious creators.
"Every bone in my body tells me that the answers rest on the shoulders of two young twin boys. Oblivious to their own destinies, uninterested in the search of truth and rejecting of my guidance!" The ill tempered sage referred to two young twin boys that he had taken under his wing and trained them in the art of using the abilities that resided in the different colors of Eco.
The twin brothers, Jak and Jsyn had laid side by side onto the floor of the speedboat that belonged to the local Fisherman in their home village. Both brothers were 15 years old, standing 5 feet 8 inches and having rather fit built bodies, due to the years of being trained into being Eco Channelers: humans who had the ability to channel Eco through their bodies after they are born. Jak and Jsyn had the same genetic features: tan skin, blonde hair point upwards with a shade of green at the bottom and cerulean blue eyes. The only two differences between the twin boys were their clothing and personalities.
Jak wore a blue tunic vest and white trousers and Jsyn wore a dark green tunic vest and tan brown trousers. Both boys were spirited youths, adventurous and loyal to each other, always together and completely inseparable. The one difference between them was that Jak could be a little reckless and rebellious, but Jsyn was more careful and levelheaded than his brother, he would think before acting and always listen to Samos when he warned them not to get into any trouble.
Both Jsyn and Jak glanced upward to see their childhood and Jak's best friend in the village, Daxter wobble around as he was getting seasick. Both boys would chuckle at their friend's expense, since they were just fine. That was when they heard a loud splash and sat up, seeing that Daxter had tripped off the side of the boat and climbed back up, while smiling sheepishly at the two brothers who rolled their eyes at his clumsiness.
"Daxter can be such a klutz, you know that bro?" Jsyn asked in sign language, since he found their friend falling off the boat hilarious.
"You know Daxter can't help being the way he is Jsyn. It's just in his nature." Jak replied back in sign language, as he also found the orange hair boy falling overboard funny before offering a hand to help pull his best friend up, which Daxter eagerly accepted.
That was when Daxter slipped and fell to his back after climbing back on the boat and the twin's burst into laughter again, with Daxter right beside them.
"And why would they want to listen to old Samos the Sage, anyway? I am only the master of green Eco, only the wisest of them all!" Samos continued, though sounding highly agitated that Jak, Jsyn and Daxter made it a habit of ignoring his words of wisdom and making incredibly reckless decisions and pulling stupid stunts!
"So it seems the answers begins not with careful research or sensible thinking, nay! As with many of fate's mysteries, it begins with a simple act of defiance." Samos sighed with a tone of disappointment, as Jak, Jsyn and Daxter were heading towards the one place he warned them repeatedly never to step foot on...Misty Island.
After nearing the spooky and fog covered island, Jak steered the boat towards a beach that was safe for them to dock as there were no sign of any Lurkers prowling around. After beaching near the shoreline, the three boys climbed off the boat and didn't need to worry about the vessel floating away as the water was flat: which meant no currents to drift it away.
"Hey, uh, Jak, Jace? I'm not so sure coming all the way out here was a good idea." Daxter stated, as he was a coward by a nature and wanted to leave Misty Island the second they stepped foot on it. But the twin boys ignored him, as they didn't scare that easy and were eager to explore.
"Old green stuff told us to never come here." Daxter reminded them, although he never listened or respected the wise Sage himself.
After cautiously walking around the fog covered islet, Jak and Jsyn had listened to Samos when he told them that Lurkers had inhabited the island, but they could handle them. The Green Sage had also taught them how to fight and the brothers spared plenty of times, so they could hold their own against the Lurkers. Jak and his brother could also outsmart the vile creatures, as they were more brawn than brains.
Jak and Jsyn, along with Daxter had stealthily climbed up a towering boulder and quietly crept down. Well, Daxter had slipped and thudded hard and both brothers, whom were annoyed by how clumsy he was being brought a single finger close to their lips, as they were telling their friend to stay quiet. The three friends had glanced down as they had witnessed something rather strange; a small army of Lurkers had stood on their forearms and legs outside the steps of a closed door to what appeared to be an ancient structure, which they guessed was either a temple or arena that been created by the Precursors.
That was when two mysterious dark blue skinned figures had teleported in a dark purple/black smoke and looked down at the large group of Lurker. One of the figures was an elderly ghoulish male with a blonde goatee and blonde hair, pointed upwards and a female with strange long hair that ran down behind her back. The top half was ghostly white and the lower half was blonde, wearing a blood red leather bra and pants.
"Continue your search for artifacts and Eco. The locals possess Precursor items, you know what to do." The elderly male rasped, which sent a chill down Jak's, Jsyn's and Daxter's spines as the male had the voice of a ghost.
"Deal harshly with anybody who strays from the village, we will attack in due time." The female commanded in a deep and cold tone, showing nothing but cold and ruthlessness in her voice.
The three teenage boys glanced at each other incredibly worried by what they had witnessed and heard before they climbed down the boulder. Unfortunately, one of them had unknowingly had caused small pieces of rock to roll off the boulder. That was when a blue fur and skinned Lurker wearing the skull and rib cage of an animal as armor heard the crumbling and glanced in the direction of the boulder, while the rest of its kind paid no mind.
"What are we doing here anyway Jak? I mean seriously, Jsyn! We should get going before we get spotted by those Lurkers!" Daxter complained after what they had seen and overheard.
Jak, Jsyn and Daxter had made their way behind the sealed doors of the structure and looked around to figure out what it was they had just entered. In the center of the structure was a large size vat of Dark Eco, something that the three boys had never seen before. While Jak and his brother had looked around, Daxter had tripped over a small Precursor object that the orange hair boy failed to see in front of him. After hearing the thud, Jak and Jsyn turned to see that it was just Daxter and they couldn't help but chuckle at his expense.
"Huh? Oh, stupid Precursor crap!" Daxter groaned in annoyance as he turned to see what it was he tripped over and picked the object up, while brushing the dust covering it off.
"Whoa! What is that dark ooze?" The orange hair boy asked, as he and his two friends looked over the edge of the vat containing the Dark Eco.
"The Sage yaps on and on about the Precursors that built this place all the time like a broken record! Where did they go? Why did they build and leave all this junk behind?" Daxter jokingly mocked and impersonated the cranky and ill tempered Sage, which earned a small smirk from Jak. Although he tried to fight the urge, even Jsyn cracked a small grin.
"I like Precursor orbs and power cells as much as the next guy, but if you ask me: those Precursors must have been real losers!" Daxter said as he tossed the object overhead and walked closer to the vat, as if wanting to get a closer look at the Dark Eco.
Jak and Jsyn glanced upward in shock as they couldn't believe that Daxter would just throw an ancient artifact away without even knowing if it was safe or dangerous! Jak was able to catch the item and after landing in his hands, the item came alive and turned red.
"Whoa, how did you do that?" Daxter asked, as he turned around to see that his best friend had caught the object and see it turn itself on after Jak had caught it.
Jak was just as surprised, as he had no idea how he did it himself!
"It sort of looks like a..." Jsyn started, as if figuring out what the object was as it started giving off a soft beeping noise.
That was when the blue skinned bone armored Lurker, whom had heard them had leaped over the wall and growled threateningly while swinging a spiked club like weapon over its head!
"Jak, Jsyn? Do something, we're in trouble!" Daxter screamed, cowering behind the twin brothers and they grimaced as their friend screamed close to their left/right ear!
"Jak, throw the device! It's a bomb!" Jsyn suggested as he knew what was the item was, a handheld bomb!
"Okay, got it bro!" Jak cried out as he figured it was a bomb as well, since the beeping was a dead giveaway.
"Hey ugly, catch!" He shouted in sign language as he lifted the bomb over his head and threw it with all his might towards the bone armored Lurker!
The bang from the blast had sent the blonde teen falling backwards and Jsyn stumbled as he caught his brother, but also lost his footing and bumped into Daxter..who screamed as he fell into the vat of Dark Eco!
Both Jak and Jsyn stared in complete shock and horror as they saw Daxter fall into the vat. They both closed their eyes in sadness, Jak more greatly as he thought he had lost his best friend. But that was when something very strange and unexpected happened...a yellow and orange rodent like creature had shot out of the vat and it wore Daxter's goggles!
"Man that stung!" The yellow/orange rodent cried out in Daxter's voice and glared as he glanced back towards the twins as they stared in complete bafflement.
"I told you guys we shouldn't have come here and neither of you would listen!" Daxter yelled out in frustration as he pointed his small rodent finger towards Jak and then Jsyn.
Both Jak and Jsyn looked complete shocked beyond words! They realized that the strange yellow/orange rodent was in fact Daxter!
"What? Why are guys looking at me like..." Daxter demanded as he finally noticed that Jak and his brother looked at him weird...until he finally saw for himself. He glanced at his now four small fingers, orange/yellow fur covered arms and glanced behind him to see he now had a tail.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" Daxter screamed at the top of his lungs as he realized to his complete shock that he had been turned into a rat!
"Okay...Okay...Stay calm, Daxter...it's only a dream...it's only a dream." He told himself to try to remain calm...which failed as he glanced down behind his legs and realized he was no longer wearing clothes and was 'naked' in his new form!
"AAAAAHHHH!" Daxter screamed again as he pounded both his hands against the floor!
Both Jak and Jsyn looked at each other, not knowing how they could fix this and knew the only one person who would...and gulped nervously at who that person was: Samos.
Jak and Jsyn had gone back to the Fisherman's speed boat with Daxter riding on Jak's right shoulder and headed back towards Sandover Village. After docking the boat, they headed directly towards Samos's hut and hesitantly stopped as they spotted the Green Sage levitating in the center of his hut with his back towards them. Knowing they would be in deep trouble for disobeying Samos again, they had second thoughts about asking him for help. But after Daxter had stepped through the doorway and caused the floorboards to squeak... that was when all hell broke loose.
"What in tarnation do you three want?!" Samos demanded as he turned to face the twin boys and the orange Ottsel, whom had cowered behind their legs after sensing the ire in the Green Sage's voice.
"We was...I was...They was..." Daxter stuttered greatly as he never heard that much anger in Samos's voice before.
"Don't tell me! Let me guess, as usual instead of heeding my wisdom, you three meatheads went venturing around the only place I told you boys repeatedly to never go near: Misty Island!" Samos stated, showing he already knew half of what it was they wanted to tell him and glanced outside his main window with his telescope pointed towards the islet.
"Yeah, that's right and then..." The Ottsel continued stuttering, not really surprised the Sage knew where he, Jak and Jsyn went as they hesitantly stepped inside.
"And you Daxter, finally took a much needed bath...but in a bathtub filled with Dark Eco!" Samos finished, as he rudely cut Daxter off from speaking, already knowing what had happened to the once annoying and clumsy orange hair boy.
"Look you old geezer, are you gonna keep yappin' or are you gonna help me change back?!" Daxter snapped, as he felt insulted about his personal hygiene and tired of listening to Samos running his mouth over and over!
"I'm gonna keep yappin'! Because in my professional opinion as a Sage...the change is an improvement." Samos snapped back, while seeing how ridiculous Daxter looked now as a rodent and found it rather amusing. Daxter growled in annoyance and anger towards the Sage.
"Plus...I couldn't help you if I wanted to." The Green Sage added smugly, showing there was nothing he could do for the Ottsel.
"WHAT?!" Daxter demanded in complete shock after hearing Samos say he couldn't help him!
"There is only one person who has studied Dark Eco long enough to have a chance at returning you back to your original form: Gol Acheron the Sage. But he lives far north. Far, far to the north and no one has spoken to him in ages!" Samos explained as he revealed the name of the Sage who could be Daxter's one and only chance at becoming human again.
"I could teleport you there, but I can't do that either. None of the three Sages that maintain the other teleporter gates have seen fit to activate their ends on for some time!" The Sage added, gesturing to his teleporter gate which was the only one activated.
"The only other way north is by foot through the Fire Canyon, but its volcanic soil in hot enough to melt Precursor metal. You three can't just walk through it!" Samos concluded, explaining the second and usable method of traveling north while also making it sound like it was impossible.
"But you could fly over it! If you had a Zoomer outfitted with a heat shield." The four of them glanced back to the doorway surprised as Samos's daughter, Keira had appeared outside the hut and stepped inside.
"I just happen to be working on such a thing at this very moment. All I need is twenty power cells to give it the necessary power and energy to withstand the canyon's heat. Isn't that right Daddy?" Keira asked as she ignored Daxter flexing his scrawny 'muscles' and pointed her thumb at him, which made both Jak and Jsyn laugh at their friend's pathetic attempt to 'woo' their childhood friend, whom was also like a sister to the twins.
"Well...yes Keira, in theory that might work. But where are two boys and a half going to get twenty power cells?" Samos stated in a more civilized tone, showing he agreed with his daughter's idea of using her Zoomer to navigate the canyon...while whacking Daxter upside the head with his walking staff and and he glared angrily at the Green Sage.
Jak and Jsyn continued laughing as they found Daxter's suffering completely funny!
"From the villagers. Most of them have a power cell or two stashed away somewhere and keep them as personal possessions. You guys are just gonna have to convince the villagers to hand their power cells over by either trading Precursor Orbs or earning them by running errands or favors. There might also be some power cells out there in the wild, waiting for certain adventurers to find them." Keira explained to how Jak, Jsyn and Daxter would collect the necessary power cells they'd need to use her Zoomer to navigate the Fire Canyon.
She even fluttered her eyelashes at Jak and he smiled, flattered at the gesture. Jsyn smiled as he playfully nudged his brother's shoulder.
"Go get 'em tiger." Jsyn playfully teased his brother.
"Oh, shut up Jace." Jak playfully replied back, since it was pretty obvious that he and Keira had feelings for each, the only problem was...that Jak would never be able to tell Keira how he felt about her, due to being a mute.
"Well, we got the brave adventurer, at least." Daxter claimed, lamely referring to himself as the 'brave adventurer'. Which was a complete crock.
"Brave adventurer? Ha, you three couldn't get out of the village without proper training!" Samos snapped, highly doubting Jak, Jsyn and Daxter were up to the task and they looked at each other, feeling highly offended!
"Before you boys do anything else, use the Warp Gate and teleport to get some practice on Geyser Rock. Come back only when you finish your training." Samos instructed, as he wanted Jak and Jsyn prove to him they were worthy of being trusted with such an important task.
"Uh, we're not gonna find anymore of that disgusting black stuff are we?" Daxter asked as he was concerned and worried about being exposed to any more Dark Eco.
"'Cause I'd hate to fall into anymore and then turn into you!" Daxter added jokingly, as he couldn't resist trading insults with the cranky Green Sage
"Get in there! Before I turn you three slackers into ferns!" Samos demanded angrily, showing he was losing more and more patience of putting up with Daxter's mouth!
Jak and Jsyn looked worried at each other and immediately entered the Warp Gate, not wanting Samos to take his ire out on them. Daxter had smiled innocently before following the twin brothers and jumped through the Warp Gate after them.
