Ratchet and Clank:
The Chosen One
I DO NOT OWN RATCHET AND CLANK, INSOMNIAC GAMES DOES! I OWN ANYTHING ELSE!
Chapter 1: Things On My Mind
As Ratchet and Clank were flying through space in Aphelion, getting further and further away from the Great Clock, the young Lombax seemed quiet, which was not like him, and Clank could see something was wrong. "Ratchet, are you alright?" He asked, concerned.
The Lombax was in thought and didn't hear his friend at first. Why did you have to go, Alister? We could of found another way to find them. He frowned. You just didn't listen to me, and now I've lost you forever. You were-
"Ratchet?"
"Huh?" Ratchet snapped out of his thoughts and glanced towards his robotic friend, who was giving him a worried look. "I asked if you were okay. Are you?"
"Oh yeah, sure. I'm fine." He replyed, putting on a fake smile to hide his lies. However, Clank knew exactly what was going on in his mind and that he was lying. It was all to do with Alister Azimuth's death at the Clock in the Orvus Chamber. It happened a week ago, but still Ratchet wasn't like himself. He seemed to look like as if he was on another planet... A different galaxing perhaps? Alister was the closest thing Ratchet had of a father, even if it was not for long.
Ratchet juat sighed heavily. The robot was about to speak again when a transmission came through and a familiar face popped up. "Ratchet? Are you there?" It was a Markazian known as Talwyn Apogee, daughter of Max Apogee.
Ratchet didn't answer as he was too busy thinking again, so Clank answered for him. "Yes Miss Apogee, we are here."
"Clank? Is that you?" She said, sounding shocked. She looked at the passenger seat to see the little robot. "You're back!" She smiled. "Man, looks like I don't need to- Nevermind. Look, as you two are together again, why don't you come on by at the space station?"
"That would be nice, Miss Apogee." Clank turned to the younger and snapped him out of his thoughts once again. "What do you think, Ratchet?"
The Lombax thought about it for a moment as he rubbed a finger and thumb on his chin. "Well, okay. We have nothing else to do at the moment." He said, trying to hide the emotional pain he was in, he smiled.
Talwyn wasn't stupid. She could tell that her furry friend was in pain underneath, but didn't know what it was about. She starred at him for a while before replying back slowly, "Ok, I'll see you in a few then. Talwyn out."
The screen went black, leaving Ratchet's reflection in it. He looked at the blank screen thinking about how he was going to explain everything that happened over the past year since he saw her. Coming back to reality, he called for Aphelion.
"Yes, Ratchet? How may I help?" The Lombax starship, asked.
"Set course for Apogee Space Station." Aphelion used her warp drive to get to the destination quicker, and headed for the station. But non of them knew that someone was watching them from a different location.
In an unknown area...
"Hmm? He could be useful to us, don't ya think?" Said a male voice, sitting in a room full of his species. The room had a few windows with the grey curtains drawn shut. The walls were painted white but had some grey lines running through them, and projects were pinned up everywhere.
One of the creatures spoke up; it was another male. He was about 6ft tall and very muscular. He looked like he could be in his late 20s to mid 30s. His fur was white with black stops, and his eyes were a ruby red colour. "General, do you really think so? I mean, look at him. He seems possibly just 5ft tall at the least, and is very thin for his age." The white furred creature chuckled.
"Aww, come on, Max. Don't be that harsh on the guy." Said a female, sitting down on a chair with her legs up and arms crossed, from the other side of the room. She had cream/sand coloured furwith black stripes. Her eyes were the colour of the blue sky that stood out again the black diamond markings around them. Her long light ginger hair was tied up in a high pony tail. She looked as if she was Ratchet's age, maybe a little younger by a couple of years.
"Hey, Jasmine. Look at him. He looks so tiny for a male at his age. Compared to a lot of us and other enemies out there, he is just a small mouse." The creature, known as Max, said.
The General was getting fed up with this. "Quiet!" He ordered, slamming his fists on the desk. Everyone fell silent. "Look, even if he might not be that strong on the outside, there is still something on the inside, I know it. I'm sure of it. So we need to find him." He put an image of Ratchet holding his wrench and smiling on the big screen from everyone else to see. "This young Lombax is very speci and is in danger. I'll send a couple of you to go and search from him at this... 'space station.'"
Everyone in the room yelled 'yes sir!"
"Good. Alright then. Jasmine? Max? I want you two to go on this mission. Once you have him, bring him back." Said the General. The other two creatures saluted him and went to leave until the General stopped the male. "By the way, Sargent Dans. Bring the target back alive. I know how much you get carried away in missions like these, however this is a mission that has never been dealt with before and we certainly need him alive. Understood?"
Max frowned at this, but understood. "Yes, sir." He said, blandly.
"Oh, and if you run into any of his friends, just take the robot and Markazian... They could become use to us."
I decided to re-write this chapter and change and add a few things to make it slightly better. I've checked my spellings and grammar, but I'm still not sure if i's completely done properly. Let me know what you think :D