_ Chapter 1: Relaxation…Or Not_

Location: Ratchet's House, Planet Veldin

Ratchet sighed as he flopped down on the couch. "It's nice to finally get some relaxation. What an adventure!" Both the Lombax and his small robotic companion had just returned from the Great Clock after Ratchet: 1) Defeated Emperor Percival Tachyon, 2) Searched for Clank for over two years after his friend had been abducted by the Zoni, 3) Defeated hundreds, maybe thousands, of pirates in search of his friend, 4) Met another Lombax by the name of General Alister Azimuth, 5) Went back in time {at least twice}, 6) Defeated Dr. Nefarious {for the umpteenth time}, 7) Gotten himself killed by Alister when the Elder had tried to misuse the Great Clock, 8) Was resurrected when Clank went back in time six minutes, 9) Defeated Alister, and 10) Restored peace to the cosmos and was reunited with his long-time friend. Now that he thought about it, this had probably been the longest, but best, adventure he had ever been on in his entire life! Not only did he have his best friend back, but he also had yet another story to add to his growing reputation.

A knock suddenly came from the front door. Darn it, Ratchet thought to himself. And I just sat down for some relaxation…I could ignore it…then again it could be important… Another tap came at the door. With a sigh of resignation, the golden Lombax stood, walked to the door, and opened it.

"Hey, Rookie! Have you been lounging around on yer tail all day? You should get some...some rigorous exercise. It's a nice day today!" Zephyr was the speaker. He, Cronk, and Talwyn Apogee were all at his front door. Ratchet smiled warmly at them, glad to see a few friendly faces.

"Hey, guys, come on in." He stepped aside so they could enter, and closed the door after they were inside. "Excuse the mess, please. We just got home about five minutes ago."

"Four minutes, fifty-six seconds, and counting, to be precise," Clank said from his position on the couch. He had the holo-screen on and was watching an old episode of 'Secret Agent Clank' from back when he was a celebrity.

"Oh, no! Not this stuff again! Do we seriously have to watch this, Clank?" Ratchet complained.

"No, we do not," Clank said matter-of-factly. He continued with a slightly smug attitude. "But I am the one with the remote, and this is what I chose to turn to." He ended with a chuckle.

Ratchet teasingly glared at his friend. Then turning to his three guests, he said, "Please, take a seat. How you been? Anything up?"

"Yes, Rookie, you hear the news?" Zephyr exclaimed.

"Huh? News, what news?"

"A little robot bug has been chasing the people all over town," Talwyn explained.

"Robot bug?" Ratchet asked with confusion.

Cronk pointed out the window, and yelled, "Hey, there it goes now!"

Ratchet looked out the window and saw strange-looking robot scouring the town and calling out, "Where is Ratchet? Where is Ratchet?"

Ratchet's ears shot up at his name. "How the hell does that thing know my name?" he asked apprehensively.

The robot whirled around at the Lombax's exclamation. "Ah, so you are Ratchet. I have been looking all over for you."

"Okay, okay, who the hell are you and what the hell do you want?" Ratchet asked with suspicion.

"I am Motobug," the robot explained. "I am a most humble servant of the great Doctor Eggman, and I have been told to give this letter to you."

"Hm, letter?" Ratchet asked. He took the letter from this so called 'Motobug,' and looked at the seal. "This is a strange insignia." He looked back at the bug, who saluted and left. Then he opened the envelope carefully.

Hiya, Ratchet,

There are some folks down here at the Planetary Defense Center who want to meet you. It's about some kinda merging of worlds and whatnot. Please come down as soon as possible.

Signed,

Quark

Ratchet sighed. "Knowing Quark, it's probably some dumb reason to just get us to give him company, but who knows? It might be true. Shall we?" He said to his four friends.

"Yes, we shall," Clank replied.

In no time at all, the five of them were at the new Planetary Defense Center of Kerwan. Ratchet was just about to knock on the door when Quark yanked the door open and shook the Lombax's hand. Sadly for Ratchet it wasn't just his hand that was shaken. Quark spoke so fast that he was almost unintelligible. "Hiya, hiya, hiya, Ratchet! You too, Clank! Talwyn, hi! You guys had better get inside before those twenty-four weirdies get too impatient."

"Twenty-four!" Ratchet exclaimed. They all walked in and Ratchet yelled, "Alright, what's this all about? This had better not be some dumb charade! I just got home!"

"Have patience, furry one," a voice came from the shadows. "Seriously, our planets won't be going anywhere for a while." Ratchet froze when the speaker appeared from the shadows.

The speaker was a blue, furry creature with blue spikes on his head and back. He wore white gloves and a pair of red shoes with white straps and gold buckles. His eyes were emerald green. He flashed a friendly smile and asked, "You are Ratchet, I presume?"

Okay, there's the first chapter. I plan to have the first chapter of three of my other Ratchet and Clank/ Sonic the Hedgehog crossover stories. Because I would rather not deal with them all at once, I am asking you, dear readers, to help me on which one I should work on until it is finished. They are all hopeful series. Choose wisely, chose carefully.

But till then, I say farewell to all my readers.

Ah, hell! That was formal! Dang it! Anyway, laters, peace, whatever y'all like to hear.

Oh, and R & R (whatever that means)