Daxter remembered everything as a blur. After leaving the room an Underground team found them in the tunnels and led them to the nearest exit. During their trip back to the hideout, Daxter avoided looking at Jak's muscular form.

He was covered in blood.

Not his. His victim's blood. Especially his hands. They were slick with this awful stuff. Every time Daxter tried to bring himself to look at his best friend he found himself feeling nauseous. Nauseous! He couldn't even look at Jak without feeling sick! It was so much damn blood!

That memory burned deep.

Jak got himself cleaned. He didn't say a word since the 'rescue'. He was in the shower a long time, probably trying to scrub and clean off all the crimson that dried on his skin. After the shower Daxter could almost sworn to see those thin fingered hands slightly off colour by the blood stain or maybe his mind was playing awful tricks.

Kiera was happy to see Jak again. She practically leaped into his arms and sobbed on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" she sobbed over and over feeling guilty for treating him differently and fighting with him in the race garage

Despite knowing the heart felt reason why Kiera was apologizing he couldn't help but roll his eyes. It sounded like an old soap to him. Jak seemed oblivous to Daxter's observation and just cherished the hug. He had been away from his friends--no family-- for so long, he didn't know he would see them all again. Ok he hadn't seen them for a month or two but to him it seemed like forever.

"Awwww" Daxter drawled, "Now you two are back together I'll betcha have a lot of 'catching up' to do!"

The pair turned to see the fuzz ball wiggling his eye brows at them. They just rolled their eyes at his attempted humor.

In the days that followed Colson had the White Eco bullet removed and eventually joined the Underground. Having a purpose to fight the Baron made him feel more better about himself. Colson wanted to turn over a new leaf and have nothing to do with the Dreekle Necklace or T.I.D.A.M ever again. Torn was reluctant of the new recruit but he eventually warmed up to the young man.

Daxter secretly kept the stone under his cap. In its original place. He just kept it for luck. Anyway he didn't want to fall into the wrong hands again. He didn't want this whole situation repeating even though it was him keeping the stone that landed them all into trouble in the first place. He also heard Ashelin was in a coma and Erol was alive. And he thought he got rid of that bastard for good!

T.I.D.A.M organization was finally shut down by the Krimson Guards. The organization couldn't keep afloat without a leader so they fell mercy when the Krimson Guards stormed their main base of operations. The gang members were arrested and shipped off to prison. The fortress was cleaned up. All bodies were ceremoniously buried and all blood washed off the walls. New fears and stories of Jak's alter ego circulated around the city but none were spoken out loud, out of fear and superstition that the creature might come and kill them... they way he killed the Krimson Guards in the fortress...

The Lieutenant that was spared by Dark Jak survived. He did what the demon had said. He quit the Krimson Guard and he and his family sought refuge with the Underground. Luckily the Baron was busy with something else to charge the man with Treason.

After a well earned rest and a long awaited feeding Jak settled down. He was deeply traumatized physiologically by his killing spree he had went on in the fortress and even more so in the T.I.D.A.M hideout. While under the influence of the demon he witnessed the most gruesome and bloodiest deaths. He 'loved' it then but now he was haunted by them. Sometimes he would wake up from a nightmare and vomit from what he had seen in his dreams, knowing they were memories.

Jak quietly and slowly withdrew into himself. He'd avoided his friends when ever he can and kept all his feelings bottled up. He never wanted to talk about it. Instead he focused on his ultimate goal, the downfall of Baron Praxis. He learned about the Baron's plans with the Precursor Stone and he knew he would be relied upon to bring down the Baron and eventually the Metal Head Leader.

Daxter knew Jak was a man of a few words but this was crazy. He never saw his friend so withdrawn before. Daxter knew he copped a lot in the two years they were apart and he was always had that drive. Now his 'gift' seemed to weigh down on him. He couldn't watch his friend deteriorate right before him. He felt so helpless and so guilty.

Daxter and Colson rebuilt the relationship that was torn between them. They started over in their friendship and things went good from there. Daxter still kept the now dormant necklace under his cap. His dreams were gone. No memories or voices for that matter surfaced again. Which was a good thing for his sanity.

Even with this seemingly happy ending, it was all in a nutshell. The Baron needed to be overthrown, a child needed to be protected and a Metal Head menace needed to be disposed of. The battle continues and Jak and Daxter more determine than ever to go and defeat the Baron and hopefully save the world... again.

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The End

Yup that's it for this story. This chapter was just a wrap up. I hoped you enjoyed this story as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Yeah I had to put a fluffy moment for Kiera and Jak. It just couldn't be missed.  It just was unavoidable.

Last reviews in! Tell me how the whole story appealed to you!

Thanks to the people who read and/or reviewed. You gave me a lot of support and critism and made my darkened day a little brighter! You guys encouraged me greatly and inspired me to write better. Even though this story was getting a lot of reviews (which I'm not complaining), you kept on sending them in.

Since you all been very supportive I might even treat you all to a sequel... if you all play nice. Ok?