" Clank, where are they closing up on now? "
" I believe they just made a particularly sharp turn right. It should be around the shopping forum. "
" Got it, that should be up around- "
" Here. "
Ratchet and Clank finally managing to tail behind the escaping bolt burglars and put them directly into place at the corner of the street, thanks to the newly installed heat sensors into their speeder. The craft barely nudged the criminals' speeder out of control as the vehicle almost slammed right into a pole. The Fongoid vigilantes jumped out of the car and got the heck out of dodge immediately. Ratchet hopped out as Clank jumped on with him as Ratchet began to pursue the robbers.
Clank activated his boosters as Ratchet began to close in. " Almost there, let's go, pal! "
" As you wish, " gallantly replied his robot friend as he began to speed up. " We are beginning to close in, Ratchet….50….40….25...10… "
BAM!
Ratchet grabbed onto one of the robbers' waist as he tackled him with sheer force, the two spinning across the sidewalk as bystanders and shoppers ducked into nearby shops and recklessly into the street, creating a huge traffic jam, but still rightfully so considering the situation at hand. This was certainly a big win for Ratchet.
Not so much for Clank.
Though he managed to….uh….not die(?), he was still taking a rough beating. As the two rolled around, the poor robot was scraped and bruised on the pavement; flakes of his precious metal were shaved off his adorable face, making a few people cringe at his torturous tumble. When Ratchet finally hit a stop, the two smacked into a pole in the road, with Clank being slightly crushed under Ratchet's back, flinging off it and smacked head first into a pole. Oof.
Ratchet had also taken his fair share of bruises, his fur scratched with scars here and there, and huge bruises lying on his palms. However, he was able to take the beating tougher than Clank did, as he immediately pointed his blaster at the criminal.
" 13 scandalous robberies, 2 counts of assault, 1 count of dirty dancing- "
" Pretty sure you made that up, " spouted the criminal as Ratchet socked him with his blaster.
" Archeus Joell...you are under arrest. "
" I guess you've beat me this time….this time. "
Ratchet raised an eyebrow. " Excuse me? " he said. Ratchet liked to put on a sort of tough guy act on the streets.
But things were flashing by way too quickly as Archeus reached into his pocket.
Clank had just caught this with the corner of his eye as he laid on the sidewalk, his limbs starting to degrade under the currently hot weather.
" R-RATCHET! LOOK OU- "
BOOM!
Archeus activated a secret bomb he kept in his pockets as Ratchet was blasted back by the sheer intensity of the blast, fortunately not fatally wounded due to his nanotech. He flung straight into the exact same pole where Clank laid in, A.K.A he flung right into Clank, crushing the poor bot even further as they both blackened out immediately.
As Ratchet attempted to gain conscience, his eyelids wavered up and down. People screamed and rioted through the streets. Police sirens and even some Ranger bots entered the city.
As Ratchet eventually lost consciousness, all he could see were two strange characters in hoods grabbing a bag and pulling it straight over his head as his hearing was immediately blackened.
