[center][h3][color=tan]Courier 6[/color] and [color=sandybrown]Jak &[/color] [color=darkorange]Daxter[/color] and [color=red]Cuphead![/color][/h3]
[b]Level8[/b] - (23/80) EXP (+20+2), [b]Level 6[/b] - (12/60) (+20+2), [b]Level 4[/b] - (26/40) (+20+2)
[b]Location:[/b] The End
[b]Word Count:[/b]776
Light Jak Healing - In Light Jak form, Jak can expend light eco to heal wounds instantaneously (from his perspective time freezes while his wounds mend up at an accelerated rate though he is incapable of moving from his position or taking other action, while to others it looks as though he simply recovered in a blink of the eye). The worse the injury, the more eco required to heal it, though he can stop the process early for a partial heal.[/center]

Hit after hit, blow after blow the dragon took a pounding from everyone. Cuphead’s energy beam, Daxter utilizing the morph gun in Jak’s stead, Linkle’s ice, and many more culminating in a giant slam from a mega sized Bowser, the ender dragon couldn’t keep up with the level of injuries being doled out to it after its healing crystals were destroyed. The dragon was in the midst of perishing before their very eyes, but something wasn’t quite right.

The Courier, still under the effects of his perception enhancing chewing tobacco, squinted at the dragon’s behavior. The cracks that began to form reminded him of something… Bad. Then it hit him. The dragon turned itself into a bomb! The Cadet realized this at nearly the same time and shouted a warning, but there wasn’t anything they could do at this point.

[color=darkorange]”Gah! Oh no! Jak! Get up, pal! Use your shield! Can you make your eco shield yet? I DON’T WANNA DIE!”[/color] Daxter took cover behind Jak’s prone body and tried to right him up, but the dead weight was too much for his little ottsel body to handle. Then, suddenly, Jak just sat right back up. He was still heavily injured, it hurt to so much as move still, but the life threatening burns and the deepest cuts were more shallow.

[color=darkorange]”Great, you got your healing back, BUT THAT AIN’T GONNA HELP US IF WE DIE!!!”[/COLOR]

Cuphead frantically looked around for someplace to run and hide, but it was too late. Even for someone as fast as him, there wasn’t any cover he could get to in time. The explosion went off… And then passed over everyone without causing any harm. The Courier let it pass by, ruffling the hair beneath his hat, while Cuphead grunted like he was just slapped. Only Jak, still feeling every movement of his body, reacted in a major way, letting out a yelp of pain like he had just broken a bone. The small concussive force still hurt when every bit of his flesh was tender.

Tora and Poppi had done [i]something[/i] to suppress the explosion, and a healing wave washed over them all just like back at Peach’s Castle. The Courier walked up to the nopon and ruffled his little ear-hand things. [color=tan]”Mighty proud a’ya, little guy. Ya done good with our posse.”[/color]

The red in Cuphead’s eyes faded, becoming black. He stumbled back a moment, holding his head. [color=red]”Uh… What happened? Don’t tell me I went to the wrong side of the tracks again and spent too much time in the Devil’s Casino…”[/color] He looked around to see the friends he had made recently, whom he had indeed met back in the Devil’s Casino, but the last thing he remembered was fighting some snipers in a spiral shaped mountain? More immediately concerning was the place they were in, as the black nether-like sky gave way to a gorgeous horizon of color of wondrous imagery… And they began to plummet.

Without the other worldly effects of The End, the big rocks they were on decided to obey normal physics, and that included gravity. The Courier had never been in such a situation before and he had nothing that could possibly help, but he knew what he could get. He ran toward the spirit of the dragon, but before he got to it Bowser tossed it over to him along with a little jab about learning to fly. [color=tan]”You ain’t whistlin’ Dixie, boss.”[/color] He had to admit, he didn’t expect Bowser to so readily part with the spirit, but the Koopa King seemed to be a turtle dragon of his word. Without the slightest hesitation the Courier pressed the spirit into his chest. [i]Wings, wings, wings, wings.[/i]

Jak grabbed Daxter before the latter could run off screaming. [color=sandybrown]”I only used enough eco to get me back on my feet. There’s plenty left to fly.”[/color] And with that Jak was enveloped in a silhouette of light, ethereal wings sprouting from his back. Daxter breathed out a sigh of relief as they two took to the air. Jak steered himself toward Blazermate, hoping she’d get the hint that he still needed quite a bit of healing.

Cuphead had no flight capabilities, not without a plane anyway. Thankfully there were others that could help out, namely Kamek and his toadies, and Linkle with her cuccoos. Given the choice between them, Cuphead dashed to Linkle and grabbed one of the chicken creatures and held it overhead. [color=red]”Fly, chicken! Fly!”[/color]