I don't own Ratchet, Clank, or any other, er, things in the story. Or
the sequel. Now I don't need to say it every chapter. Remember this
before you sue me.
This is my first fanfic, so don't hurt me, will ya? Ratchet will do that
for me. DONK Ow! Thanks. OK, this is just a Ratchet fic I threw together
Enjoy! I hope u do (Zodiac opens) or you won't live to regret it.
JUST JOKING!
Slim's Offer(This takes place directly after UYA)
Chapter 1 Slim Needs Help
Ratchet woke up. It was 2 in the afternoon and he had overslept. It
wasn't that that woke him up though. He heard a ship set down in the
hangar. He got up quietly as not to wake Sasha. Too late.
"Uh, Ratchet, what time is it?"
"Hate to say this, but we overslept. It's 2pm."
"WHAT?!" Sasha jumped out of bed and in a flash, she was in her tight
commander suit.
"Take care, hotshot, I gotta go" she kissed him for probably more than
the time she should waste and dashed out. Ratchet's eyes followed her,
marveling at her speed.
Ratchet ran out to the hangar and gaped at the thing coming out of the
landed ship.
A huge steel cylinder with feet was walking towards him. It settled
down in front of Ratchet and said something that made him smile.
"My best customer. Just who I wanted to see."
"Well,well,well. If it isn't Slim Cogni..."
BONK! The cylinder crashed on top of Ratchet before the sentence was
finished. "HUSH! Not so loud. I don't sell away from the cops for any
old reason, you know."
"Sorry about that. So why did you..."
He broke off again to chase after the cylinder, since it had lost
control after falling on Ratchet and started rolling away. As Ratchet
ran after Slim, everyone stared at him and wondered if this guy was a
hero after all.
"So Slim," he said after catching him, "what are you doing here? You
can't set up shop here, mate."
"No,no, I didn't come for that. You see, I have a job for you"
"What job? I haven't got anything to sell, so..."
"No, a proper job. You will get your share from this though, don't worry about that."
"Erm... shoot. What is it?"
"That's the spirit! You see, for 14 years I have been in here and the
handle is rusted. Real hard. There's no way out. Can you help me out?"
"Uh, sure."
"Great. Here's what to do..."
"You're freeing Slim Cognito from his cylinder?" Clank and Sasha said
together.
"Yes. Listen, he's helped me more with weaponry and ship upgrades than
any other guy in the galaxy. Apart from bolts and raratanium, perhaps
I could do him a favor back."
"(sigh) Ratchet you can be so kind and gentle sometimes..."
Clank looked away as they kissed. Of course, not having a relationship
himself, he would do this.
When they broke apart, she said, "Why can't you just bash it open?"
"Because Slim says that thing is made out of Carbonox. I won't be able
to get through it."
"So what are you going to do?"
"Al's brother, you remember him Clank, on Pokitaru (the guy had got
Clank his thruster-pack) was the one who made the cylinder for Slim. I
am gonna go there and bring him back to the Pheonix. Apparently, only
he can take it apart.
"Ok, but be careful in that section of the galaxy."
"Why?"
"Uh... it's nothing. I'm just worried about my little hotshot."
After the plan, Ratchet and Sasha dispersed to do their own thing. Sasha
had to make contact with the rangers after the assault on Marcadia
(in truth, they had run off and gone to a pub somewhere so the GP sent his best men instead)
and Ratchet was going to Pokitaru.
On the way, he began to think. What did Sasha mean by that? Was the
planet in danger? Was someone after Ratchet? He forgot all about it
when a huge missile flew just past his wing.
"Clank, remain locked on to the co-ordinates"
"Got it!"
A fleet of 20 blargian starfighters were closing in. Ratchet fired up his laser blasters and let
rip.
"WHOOHOO!"he cried has he downed 12 ships in one volley of shots. What he didn't see was the
reinforcements behind him. Still not knowing, he fired a nuke at an asteroid and turned up his
shields to full power. The blast of the nuke knocked Ratchet around a bit but the rest of the
fleet and a few of the reinforcements were disintegrated instantly. Ratchet saw a piece of a ship
fly past (a tiny bit mind) and turned round. A fully fledged fleet greeted him warmly. Warmly
being lots of lasers in the hull.
Ratchet sped down to Pokitaru at blistering speeds. Directly inside the atmosphere, Ratchet
jumped out and snapped Clank onto his back. He fell for 2 minutes (thats a lot while falling)
dodging missile after missile launched at him. The commander of the fleet looked at his fellow
Blargians on the vid-screen.
"(In blargian) There's no way he could have survived that fall. Move to Snivelak and we'll talk
more there."
On Pokitaru, Ratchet drifted down slowly, Clank bearing his usual heli-pack gear.He landed
silently, crouched behind an overgrown mushroom and looked around. From what he saw, he feared
for Al's brothers life.
It was choas. Tourists were running around scared, missiles, explosions, laser fire, and zapping
noises. Ratchet moved forward slowly, heavy lancer at the ready. Out of nowhere, a blargian jumped in front of him and brandished his plasma...sword?
BANG! CLICKCLICK!
Ratchet had equipped his blitz gun at lightning speed and 'blitzed' the blargian right between
the eyes.
Another 4 blargians jumped out, carrying plasma storms. Ratchet picked up the plasma sword on
the floor.
SQUELCH! CLANG! CRUNCH! SQUISH! CRACK!
The blargians lay dead on the floor, blue-coloured blood everywhere.
Ratchet put the sword in his storage glove and used the charge boots to speed past the thugs that
appeared in front of him.
CRUNCH! While speeding, he crashed right into one of the thugs. The thug died instantly, but
Ratchet took a few seconds to continue.
He finally reached the store that the guy owned. He noticed there was some sort of forcefield in
front of the gap into the store.
"DAMN IT!" Ratchet thought to himself and leant on the forcefield in anger. He fell straight
through it. He was relieved to see Al's brother behind the counter. Strangely, he was very jolly.
"Welcome to my robo-shack! We have plenty of merchandise available, especially for you. What
would you like sir?"
Ratchet raised one eyebrow. "Have you noticed there is a battle going on outside?"
"Battle?" The man looked bewildered and looked outside. "There's no battle going on! You
youngsters are so fresh these days!"
"But, there is! You even put up a shield!"
"That was to stop the (mumble) getting in to take me out like the rest of the tourists."
"The WHAT?"
"Yes, we are all angry, but don't beat yourself up kid. So what would you like?"
"Er... got any new pack-upgrades?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!"
"I'll have that then."
"Come here, scrappy crappy dude."
"Hey, wait..."
DRILL! SCREW! SCREECH!
"Clank, you look like a new man!"
"Hehehehehehe."
Clank certainly looked new. His arms were not needed for this pack. His legs emitted a strange
aura. He was floating too!
"Anti-force," the man explained."Activated when an unfriendly force affects you like gravity.
At clank's free will, it will repel this force, allowing you to float, stop directly in your
tracks no matter how fast you are going, stop getting burnt from friction, keeps you upright and,
as an extra bonus, it will work no matter how you are standing. On a ceiling, a wall, it
doesn't matter!"
"Cool! But we already have gravity boots..."
"Yes, but this works on any surface."
"Ah..."
"Ratchet, the reason for coming?"
"Oh yeah, thanks Clank. Ahem, sir will you come with us for a short period of time? We have
something that needs doing."
"Huh? No way!"
"This is serious. Slim needs help."
"Ah, Slim Cognito... why didn't you say so? Let's go!"
"Freeze, fuzzball!"
"Typical..."
Ratchet put his hands up and so did Joe (A/N the guy's real name, albeit not really I think) and Clank.
"I've been waiting a long time for this, fuzzy."
The assailant walked in front of them. Ratchet knew that voice.
END OF CHAPTER
(A/N Cliffhanger! Tell me what you think review please! Don't throw lightning at me. This is my first)
Stay tuned for the next chapter!