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// Spargus: The Final Battle 
// Story: Jak and Daxter: Heirs of Mar 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Jak, Twilight, Starlight, Cozy, and their Ottsel companions stood there for a few moments as they stared at Gol, Maia, and the three Ottsels who were standing on the circular platforms, as apparently the Precursors were Ottsels, something that just confused Daxter since he had no idea what that meant for someone like him, and not only had the Dark Sages kept quiet about this information, due to the fact that they had teleported down here, both Gol and Maia were also furry rodents as well, something that confused all of them and made them wonder what in the world was going on. Twilight already had a few ideas on the topic, though instead of voicing even one of them she decided that it would be best to wait until they had dealt with Errol and, more importantly, the Dark Maker ship that was coming towards their planet, though she was slightly curious as to whether or not the Planetary Defense System could destroy the ship or not. Of course the five Ottsels simply stood in their positions as they focused on the siblings and their companions, but made no move to talk, confirming the fact that they would answer whatever questions Jak and his sisters had once they had saved their world from the threat that was looming over their heads, though Gol and Maia looked like they wanted to say something to them and were respecting the Elder's decision on this matter, as that was what Twilight was going to call the chubby Ottsel. In fact it looked like Elder might be regretting his choice to tell them that they would answer their questions later, as there was an awkward silence as both groups simply stared at each other, even though it did give Jak and his sisters a few more moments of rest before they even worried about the Dark Maker ship that was approaching their planet.

As they thought about that, however, one of the terminals on the console that the three Precursors had been working on started to beep, meaning something must have happened to either the weapon or the ship they were aiming at, which was when all five of the Ottsels moved over to the console and glanced at their instruments for a time, which also told them that Gol and Maia now knew more about the ancient Precursor devices than what they figured they might know, something that only caused Twilight to wonder what else they might have learned.

"It would seem that Errol, spurred on by your constant success against him, has made more progress than we projected, in regards to the cargo of the Dark Maker's ship," Elder commented, meaning one of their machines had been set to scan the incoming ship and it had only now finished running the program they had activated, though Jak knew that Errol must be desperate to kill him and his sisters if he was willing to make progress in awakening the dark cargo, before he was able to reach the planet's surface, before he turned to focus on them again, "and the only way to stop him from awakening the ship's cargo, and unleashing nightmares upon this world, is to send the four of you and your companions to the ship and let you take the fight to him. We can open the way for you, but once you are up there we will have no way to contact you when the weapon is fully charged and ready to fire."

"We might be able to help with that," Twilight replied, speaking more in the sense of her and Midnight, where her other side emerged from her shadow for a moment and produced a small handheld item that looked like a cross between their Communicator and a beacon, meaning it was an alert system to let them know the progress of the weapon, where they paused for a moment as Midnight explained that very function to Elder before returning to Twilight's shadow once more, though Gol and Maia weren't surprised by this, "Now you can warn us about the weapon... whether or not we get your warning depends on us."

Elder said nothing as he accepted the device, even though he was getting used to Twilight doing things that might be odd or even impossible, before he nodded to the other Precursors and they tapped one of the buttons on the console, which caused a portal made of Eco energy to open in the spinning device behind the platform they were standing on, causing Jak and his sisters to nod their heads for a moment before jumping into the portal that had been provided, which would no doubt drop them off in a section of the Dark Maker ship. Sure enough Jak, his sisters, and their Ottsels appeared in what seemed to be the same area that Jak had been mentally sent to when he took control of that Dark Titan earlier, though a fair number of Dark Troopers happened to be standing nearby and stopped when they noticed that intruders had come to their ship, not that it mattered since the siblings were the first ones to move as Jak used his blade to cleave one in half in a matter of seconds, while Daxter leapt at another one and took it down with his Eco blades. While they did that Jak found that his sisters were blasting the remaining Dark Troopers with their magic and bullets, even if it was mostly the latter that they were using so they could conserve the former for when they found Errol, though their enemies collapsed as bits of electricity, Eco needles, and Reflector shots tore into them, displaying the strength of the weapons that the sisters had, all while showing that they didn't need to rely on their magic or abilities all the time. Even Alvin and his brothers got in on the action, shifting into their hybrid form and tearing through the Dark Troopers that were teleporting into this area to stop all of them from advancing, but due to the overwhelming power of Jak, his sisters, Daxter, and the three of them the enemies in front of them stood no chance and as soon as the area was cleared the door to their right, from the platform they had appeared on, opened, even if it was on the left side of the ship.

As they headed through the now open doorway Jak found that they were in the other section of the first chamber he had moved the Dark Titan through, only this time he and his sisters had to move across a number of rotating platforms, which formed a path to the other side of the chamber, though what happened was that Twilight and the others flew through the air and blasted any enemies that dared to get in their way as Jak made his way across the platforms, allowing him to reach a chamber that had a glass path leading down another passage.

That allowed Jak and his sisters to reach a lower section of the ship, where Twilight glanced out at the dark components it was made out of and wondered if it was possible for her and her other selves to dismantle the ship, plus the cargo, which lead her to run her hand over part of the wall as she imagined the scene in her mind as they discovered that they had to move along the edge of the room the passage had brought them to, especially since it had some poles which moved out of the walls and went back in after a few seconds. As Jak moved through this area he found that his sisters blasted the new flying enemies that came into the chamber, in an attempt to destroy them so Errol could focus on deploying whatever was inside the cargo hold of the ship, but his sisters proved to be far stronger than these foes and the flyers were torn apart in due time, allowing Jak to quickly move through the obstacles on the sides of the walls and reach a door that their enemies had been guarding, one that opened and allowed them to progress once more. The passage on the other side happened to have a few Dark Troopers guarding the way forward, where they found that it lead to another chamber of the ship and held a door leading even deeper, so Jak and Daxter sliced their way through their enemies while Twilight, Starlight, and Cozy moved into the next chamber and opened fire on the flying enemies that happened to be there, wiping out some of their enemies so he didn't have to worry about them. Jak quickly discovered something interesting about the new section of the ship, there was no true path and that he was going to have to rely on his Light Flight power to move forward, hence why he tapped into his Light Eco not a few seconds later and started to fly from platform to platform as his sisters took out any enemies that dared to get in his way, even though it did look like they might have frightened their enemies, or maybe all of them had been taken out, though he shelved that though as he focused on their mission.

Thanks to their efforts Jak was able to reach the bottom platform and discovered another passage that would take them even further into the depths of the ship, one that was also guarded by a number of flyers and Dark Troopers, while it also had a gap in the walkway he would have to glide over, so he and his sisters lashed out at the enemies that were in front of them and quickly opened the way for them to move forward. That brought them to another door, one which was guarded by what seemed to be the rest of the Dark Troopers that were aboard the ship, leading to Jak and his sisters declaring war on them as he slashed and blasted his way through those that challenged him to a fight, while Twilight and Starlight just blasted their foes into submission as Cozy tore her way through the rest of their enemies. Once all of them were taken out the door opened and they found a decent sized rectangular platform that had to be a lift that would take all of them down into the depths of the ship, or at least to another level that they would have to fight through, to which they stepped onto it and let the door close before the lift started to move downward, allowing them some time to make sure their weapons were ready and that they were prepared for whatever was on the floor they were heading towards. It didn't take them all that long to reach their next destination, where the lift came to a stop in front of a door and it opened to reveal what had to be the cargo hold of the Dark Maker ship, a massive chamber that was hollowed out, due to a vast number of massive dark machines that looked like metallic spiders of some kind, likely massive war machines that also acted as a way to make the terraforming process that much quicker, and by Twilight's count there happened to be ten of them, at the very least, a force capable of taking over a world on their own.

Of course, as they expected, the siblings found Errol standing on a platform in front of one of the Terraformers, which was to be expected since he had been messing with the cargo for some time and might have awakened one of them so far, but right now it looked like they might have arrived in time to stop him from activating any of them, so if they acted quickly this war would be over and no one would have to worry about the activation of a Terraformer, even though Errol frowned as he turned and noticed them approaching him.

"Jak, so nice of you and your sisters to join me." Errol said, almost like he had been expecting them to show up, which was understandable given the fact that his sisters were capable of so much and could have likely teleported all of them up to the ship if they wanted to, and Jak was even sure that Twilight could dismantle the entire thing if she wanted to, though as they stared at him Errol held his hands out, showing them that he had repaired all of the damage his body had taken so far, and beckoned to the Terraformers that were all around them, "Just think what I could do with the might that has been sleeping aboard this ship!"

"We've thought about it, that's why we're here to stop you." Jak stated, where he drew his blade once more as his sisters shifted their stances, that way once a fight started they would lash out at Errol and likely target the Terraformers that were in this area, since they were more important right now, though he knew that their foe had no real chance of beating them in a fight, not after everything his sisters had done to counter his assault on Haven, Spargus, and their world, but given the fact that Errol was insane, to some degree, a fight was bound to happen, "Our world isn't yours to conquer, Errol, and we'll do everything in our power to stop you."

"You don't get it, Jak... none of you understand the power you've discovered," Errol replied, something that caused Jak, his sisters, and the others to raise their eyebrows for a moment, as while keeping him talking was a good thing, since it meant he couldn't activate the Terraformers that were all around them, it sounded like he might know something important and it was the only thing that stopped them from lashing out at him with their power, even though there was a chance he was lying and they kept such a thought in mind as they let Errol talk, "By this point you must have found the Precursors, who have been resting deep in the depths of our world and are the supposed 'most powerful beings in the universe', are not, in fact, as powerful as one would assume... they are mere guardians, moving from planet to planet as each group orders the worlds they come across, only settling whenever they find a Titan World-Soul."

"Come on Errol, you know that planets don't have souls." Starlight said, though this was mostly an attempt to keep Errol talking and give the Precursors the time they needed to make sure the weapon was ready, as none of them were taking his words seriously, even if Twilight and Midnight were likely recording what he said in some manner, so they could look back at his statements and claims when they had time, when the world was no longer in danger.

"You say that because you haven't learned the true nature of our world, which I learned from the Dark Makers that gave me my task," Errol stated, where it sounded like he was sticking to his story and wasn't about to change, making them take a moment to wonder if there might be some truth to his words, something they would have to ask the Precursors later, as in after this battle was over and their world was safe from the immediate threat, though Errol chuckled as he glanced at one of the Terraformers that were near them, "in the core of our world rests a source of unimaginable power, one that, if harnessed correctly, can be used to dominate all life and create a dark realm for someone like me to rule over... all I have to do is deploy all of these machines all over the planet, where they'll interact with the ancient devices of the Precursors and cover this world in darkness, allowing me to taint the slumbering power and twist it into what I desire. Once I'm done with that, and you four have been broken, I'll do the same to the rest of the nearby planets and..."

Whatever Errol was about to say was interrupted as a beam of energy, Light and Dark Eco combined, tore through part of the cargo hold and pierced the ship, like a lance piercing an animal, though Twilight, having felt it coming and said nothing about it, raised her hand and summoned a bit of magic that made the beam reflect all around the cargo hold, energizing the walls and components before it started to fall apart, as in she switched it to dismantle Errol's ship... though while that happened Errol slipped into one of the Terraformers and deployed it, causing her to teleport them down to the Wasteland as they watched it come down towards them.

"I was hoping he wouldn't have time to activate one of them, but I guess we have no choice but to destroy one of the dark Terraformers," Jak commented, where he and his sisters readied themselves for what would happen next, as it was time for them to deal with Errol and then focus on making sure their world was at peace, or at least forge a lasting peace for the two cities that they might be ruling over at some point in the future, though while his sisters nodded he had to wonder if all of the fragments of the Dark Maker ship had been caught in the explosion that happened in the atmosphere, meaning the beam must have struck the engine or something.

Not a few seconds later the Terraformer crashed into the ground and rose to it's full height, where they found that it was just as tall as the Great Volcano and possibly just as wide, if all of the legs were extended outward, though as the siblings watched it they heard Errol's laughter as he informed them that he would be killing everyone that stood in his way before he started to take over this world, to which they sighed for a second, as there was no helping him at this point, and then rushed through the air as they targeted the Terraformer. As they neared their target Errol activated whatever weapons were aboard it, where the siblings found a number of dark purple mines with black spikes being flung at them, with the same number of spinning blade devices following behind them, though Jak did nothing as Twilight and Starlight blasted their way through the obstacles that were coming their way while Cozy smashed through her targets, pissing off Errol in the process, which was what they wanted since it took his attention off his mission. With the defenses taken care of they were able to lash out at the Terraformer's legs, where Twilight found that if they attacked from awkward angles Errol had no way of hitting them with the head of his weapon, or whatever weapon might be attached to the head, though as she thought about that Jak and Daxter pooled some of their Eco powers into Jak's blade as he slashed his way through one of the Terraformer's legs. Such a thing opened the way for her and her sisters to replicate the same thing with the remaining five legs, as while it looked like a spider it happened to be missing two legs and only had six total, where Starlight used her magic and surrounded one leg with her floating orbs, which smashed it to pieces, Twilight gathered some of her magic to set up a number of energy mines on the leg she picked out and snapped her fingers to blow it apart, while Cozy used the power of her berserker form to slash her way through her target.

With only two legs remaining, and it's balance was upset, the siblings watched as the Terraformer staggered for a couple of seconds and then crashed into the wide open area that was a fair distance from Spargus' main gate, as it seemed like Errol's first target was their father's new city, though Errol didn't seem to know that he couldn't beat them and was just determined to break them before doing anything else, hence why he seemed to press something and all of the fragments of the Terraformer shuddered for a few seconds. Jak and his sisters watched as the massive construct shuddered as the energized fragments flew over to where the dark device was resting, though that was when the Terraformer started to change before their eyes, the six legs merging into a pair of legs, more like what a Human had, while the section that they were attached to shifted and transformed into an armored chest of some kind, and it even broke apart and rearranged it's pieces to reveal a pair of arms. The siblings raised their eyebrows for a moment as the pilot section of the Terraformer, as in the head, pulled back and was likely inserted into the back of the body section, acting like a spine they guessed, before a more humanoid head emerged from the body section, though it meant that the Terraformer was becoming a construct of some kind, one that looked like it was ready for war or something, due to the fact that all of the dark components of the Terraformer's appearance had become it's armor. Based on what the siblings were seeing it looked like the Terraformer had taken on a brand new form, as it looked like it was crafted from stone and metal, instead of just twisted metal, and as the transformation was complete it's eyes snapped open, even though they suspected that Errol had to be in part of it's chest or something, before finding that the armor it had picked out was more like a dark knight of some kind, though for now it didn't look like it had any weapons and made them keep their guard up, just in case this was an attempt to make all of them lower their guard so he could surprise them.

Of course Twilight noticed that the transformed version of the Terraformer had access to a number of Eco powers, due to the fact that it clearly had an aura around it, though she and her siblings rushed forward and targeted the construct once more, as now that they had seen Errol's final hand it was time to take it out and bring an end to his attempt to take over their world, something that caused Jak to channel more of his Eco power along his blade as he targeted the right arm of Errol's dark toy. What happened next was that the Terraformer actually attacked them in return, where Jak switched his own attack to a defensive measure as he parried Errol's incoming attack, causing the air to shudder as their energies came into contact with each other, a surprise to be sure since they weren't expecting the Terraformer to be able to do this in the first place, before it actually sent him flying backwards, showing them that Errol must have been toying with them to see if the base form of his Terraformer would be able to beat them. A few seconds later Cozy flashed through the air, while the construct was distracted by knocking Jak out of the way, and lashed out with her right hand, discovering something that did make her pause for a second, the new skin of the Terraformer seemed to be stronger than what they were expecting it to be, as her claw attack really didn't seem to do anything other than leave a few very light gashes in the material, which meant playtime was definitely over. Starlight discovered that wherever her orbs hit, as she sent them into a frenzy just as Jak was knocked backwards, were followed by small craters forming around each of them, which would pass as scratches to something as large as the construct, though Twilight, having observed all of that, shimmered for a moment before she and her other selves separated, as this time around it seemed like the best course was to hit it multiple times, all while she would be looking for a better way to bring it down.

As that happened Pele dropped out of the air and punched downwards as she neared the Terraformer, where Errol raised it's right hand and used the arm to block her attack, causing the air to shudder as her fist made contact with her target not a few seconds later, while Shiva flashed around the area their foe was standing in and lashed out with a quick jab from her right leg, intending on using the force of her increased speed to knock the construct over, even though she was also using a bit of her power to try and lift one of the legs to turn things in their favor. Gaia, on the other hand, landed on the ground behind the construct and summoned vines that had, at one point in time, been growing out here, before the Wasteland became what it was today, and they turned out to be rather large vines, fueled by her Green Eco powers, which she simply wrapped around the Terraformer's neck while it was distracted, all while Bronte floated some distance away from their foe and gathered her power into a massive fireball, created from her magic and Yellow Eco powers. Thanks to the others the fireball was able to strike the chest of Errol's Terraformer and knocked it backwards, where Twilight formed a bow made out of her Light Eco and loosed a serious of Light Arrows through the air, which struck the chest of her target and she was pleased to find that some of the dark taint was cleared from the construct's chest, revealing some weak spots that must have been left behind from Bronte's attack. With the way open Midnight flew up to the Terraformer's chest and punched it several times, focusing on the craters that had been left behind by Twilight's attacks, where she smashed through part of the armor and what was below it, though while it didn't seem to do a lot of damage it was more than enough to force the Terraformer backwards and they watched as it started to fall towards the first part of the desert they had encountered a few of the Tainted in, but all of them waited, as the moment it hit the ground they were going to blast it apart and topple Errol's dark plans.

What actually happened was that the Terraformer was able to save itself using it's left leg, stalling their efforts to bring it down to the ground, before it released a burst of dark energy that slammed into Jak and knocked him into the sea, while Twilight and her other selves used their powers to form a barrier between the Terraformer and Spargus, since it looked like the attack was damaging the ground, and her sisters did the smart thing by joining her, though she had a feeling that this power had to be due to how long the machine had been resting in the Dark Maker ship, soaking in all that dark energy so it could corrupt another world.

In the following seconds the water burst outwards as Jak emerged, even though Daxter had, somehow, appeared in the barrier that Twilight and her other selves had created, where they found that Jak was channeling all six types of Eco at the same time, the left side of his body glowing with a brilliant light while his right side contained a terrible darkness, though there were markings all over his arms, legs, and chest that reflected the other four types, something that seemed to be reflected in his hair as well. A few more seconds later the sea burst open, raining water all over the place, as the rest of the group noticed that something else was emerging, a massive being that stood even taller than the Terraformer, as in it was probably a head taller than Errol's construct, before they discovered a few things about it, as it happened to have fair skin, covered by Precursor armor that looked like it was made for a warrior king, and there was a large one handed sword in his right hand, and they determined that because the face looked male. In that moment, however, Twilight's eyes widened as she realized that she, her sisters, and the others were staring at someone who resembled the statues of Mar, which meant that either the Precursors had been hiding another weapon from them or their battle with Errol had awakened something special, which had been slumbering inside the depths of their world, before they noticed that Jak had his hand out like the warrior did, meaning he had to be partly in control right now. Errol, upon seeing this happen, started to shout at them, as if it was their fault for this happening, though it was hard to make out exactly what he was trying to say, even though they did know he was mad at them once more, which gave Jak time to walk forward, even though he seemed to be walking on air and it was possible that Errol's earlier blow had knocked him out, though for now Daxter, his friends, and the sisters just stood there and watched what was about to go down.

As Errol took a step forward, and swung the right fist of the Terraformer, Jak shifted his body and the being behind him raised his left hand, forming a circular shield, also made out of Precursor metal, out of thin air as he parried the attack with ease, before bashing the arm away and swung his sword, slicing through the armored chest of the Terraformer like it was nothing before the might of his blade, even though the sisters were stunned when they found that it had severed the large machine in half, both sides falling to the ground as they realized what had happened. In that moment, as Errol emerged from his portion of the ruined machine, Midnight snapped open another portal to the Plane of Torment and they watched as tendrils reached out towards Errol, who actually damaged his arms and legs to prevent the tendrils from dragging him into the realm that was on the other side of the portal, showing them that he still felt fear, even though his form was that of a robot. Eventually, however, he failed this game of his as one of the tendrils grabbed onto his leg and tripped him, as it caused him to fall face first onto the ground and was followed by him cursing their names as the remaining tendrils came over to wrap around his arms, legs, and chest, hauling the robotic man through the portal as Twilight sentenced him to the Plane of Torment, though given his nature it was likely that he was going to tear his own body apart while he was there, so they didn't have to worry about dealing with him. Once that was done Twilight's other selves returned to her as she and the rest of her group watched as the massive being approached them, where Jak floated down to where they were resting and seemed to regain himself, like this had been a trance of some kind and he was only now leaving it, though he took a look at what was behind him and seemed unsure of how to explain what had just happened, before they watched as the massive being started to shrink before their eyes.

When the being was more their size, however, Jak and his sisters found that he was still slightly taller than they were, and a red cape appeared behind him when he came to a stop in front of them, one that totally looked like what was attached to every statue of Mar that had been in Haven City, at least before Veger and Errol ruined the city, where the siblings felt that it possessed the emblem of the House of Mar on it, which only left them with more questions than answers and made all of them wonder what they might learn during their talk with the Precursors.