ForeWord: This happens to be my first fanfic and serious attempt at writing something, so forgive me for mistakes I may make. So a Bit of Foreground is required. First off, I'm setting this up as so. This is going off about a month after the Dreadzone takedown. Also knows as Ratchet Deadlocked. In my story Ratchet and Sasha are still interested in each other, but before either of them could admit their true feelings Ratchet got abducted for DreadZone. instead of that visiting Aquatos Stuff at the end of Deadlocked. I'm having it so that Ratchet Had Al and the Others drop him off on Veldin with Clank, where he has stayed out of contact. He also asked the others not to tell them that he was back. And that's pretty much it Ratchet has been laying low on Veldin enjoying his time away from the world and fixing things up at his house, which still needed some work after Dr. Nefarious had his little army destroy it. alright enough of the foreword enjoy the story.

Legal Stuff: I do not own Ratchet and Clank or any of its Characters. They belong to Insomniac, only thing I own is the Story Idea

Eight months ago. Somewhere on the edge of the Solona Galaxy a Sizable hunk of Rock floats around with two figures on it. One can be heard yelling at the other.

"LAWRENCE" Dr. Nefarious yelled for what have must have been the fifth time in the last hour.

"What is it now sir?" Lawrence asked.

"Why are you still wearing that STUPID outfit?"

"Because I have nothing else to wear, there's not exactly a closet around here" Lawrence replied for the fifth time in that same hour.

They had long ago ran out of things to talk or yell about. So, it had come down to the same thing over and over again.

"Wait...Whats that?" Nefarious asked pointing at a small hard to see black object spinning in the dark void of space. "Can you bring it here Lawrence?"

Lawrence judged the distance "I believe so sir"

With a sudden flash the black object appeared on their rock. upon further examination they discover that it was an escape pod of some sort, from a robot too.

"Lawrence, there's something inside. Can you get it open?"

Lawrence looked at the pod. "I can sir but I don't think that would be wise."

"And why not?" Asked Dr. Nefarious

"Because I will die you simpleton"

As Dr. Nefarious jumped back from the pod, a face appeared near the viewscreen.

As the Blarg face moved closer the two Villains could make out some details.

As he made his way closer to the view screen Drek could tell that his face was having an effect on the two robots outside.

"And why shouldn't it" He thought to himself. "I may have been able to escape the planet before that miserable rodent blew it up. but...just the flash of the exploding planet by itself...I still remember the bright flash...the scorching pain...the weeks of agony that followed...and the realization that part of my face had been flashed burned to the point of bone showing...an ugly scar at that too...I swear I'll make that Lombax pay...he will" Drek returned his attention to the two robots outside his pod.

Putting the tone that helped him so much as a Supreme Executive into action he turned on the pods communication system again. "So...uh...Gentlemen, What brings you to this lonely part of the galaxy?"

Dr. Nefarious launched into a small rant. "A miserable rodent named Ratchet, He messed up my plans to turn everybody into robots and stranded me on this god-forsaken rock. If we ever get off this rock I vow that he will pay."

Inside the pod, Drek had stilled "Can...it...really be? Could this robot be talking about Ratchet?" He thought to himself, the small gleams of a plan taking root in his mind. He waited for a moment before turning the communications system back on and interrupting the blue one.

"Ratchet?...Lombax?...Carries a little robot around on his back named Clank?"

Dr. Nefarious froze mid rant "What do you know about that lombax, squishie?" he asked with a glare. He waved his hands at the pod"Why do you care anyway? Lawrence get this thing out of here"

Drek acted fast looking at Nefarious "Because, he did the same thing to me that he did to you. Why do you think I'm in this escape pod? That miserable lombax cost me everything. My life, My money," Drek snapped for a moment and pounded the viewscreen. "My FACE"

After he calmed down he looked back out to Nefarious. "Now, I don't know who you are, Nor do I care right now. What I do care about is if you can fix a booster engine?"

Nefarious studied him for a moment. "Yes, but I don't see how that helps us, were still out here in the middle of nowhere."

Drek grinned "Because, this pod has a thruster that was damaged when I ejected. If you can fix it, we can get out of here and, quite possibly, our revenge on the Lombax that put us in this fowl straight."

Nefarous thought about it for a few long moments, he could always betray and kill the Squishie later...

"Deal, Mr...?"

"Drek"

"I'm Dr. Nefarious, and this is Lawrence. We will fix your booster, then together we shall defeat that lombax that did this to us and wreak our revenge on the galaxy"

Drek smiled to himself, this fool was even easier to fool then he thought. "I do like the sound of that, I do indeed"

Well, if you see this, congrats, you stumbled upon, or figured out what the Restoration project is. If you're a new reader to this, no worries, the story doesn't change, in fact, I'm pretty sure it gets better, considering, I'm going through my notes and adding things that didn't get put in before, plus the changes to my writing style. Also trying to make it a bit easier to read too. Anyway, Enjoy the story, new and old readers alike, and I welcome you to the epic tale that is Nightmares of the Past, the fic that launched the Trilogy, and now serves as the Backbone for Earth Bound. Sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy you're reading.

Peace,

Emile.