Presence of an Assassin
7:17 AM, Perilous Plateau, Planet Veldin
"Ratchet… Hey …Ratchet!" shouted an anonymous voice in the dark. "Wha-, is it already time to-", before the dreary voice can finish his sentence, a loud noise erupted from an alarm clock. The sound of broadcasting news filled the Lombax's head, and as a reaction, the lombax slams his fist on the snooze button. Then radioed flickered back on, and in crackled an eerie voice, "who wants a hygenator…" Clank, unplugged the apparently broken alarm clock, and glanced at Ratchet who was rubbing his sleep-deprived eyes. "What now"? The Lombax Irritably asked, "I thought we decided on taking a vacation after all the Dreadzone crap we went thro". Clank optimistically pointed at the calendar behind him, Ratchet took a double take at the calendar and spat out, "Reelection day, I promised Sasha I'd be there!" He jumped out of the bed and attacked his closet. He jumped out wearing nothing but boxer's and the part's of his tuxedo over his shoulder. Ratchet ran out neglecting to fix his bed and to brush his teeth. As soon as Ratchet busted out of his new condo he headed for his ship, with Clank at his heel is carrying a metal suite case. The cockpit door's open, in they jumped, and the Cockpits door closed. The ship came to life, data about the ships condition was being presented on vivid LCD screens. Ratchet flicked on autopilot and selected a destination. Now the ship rose and Ratchet took a glance at his new condo. He remembered the time when his garage at Kyzill plateau exploded when he was trying out a newly upgrade rocket launcher, for gadgetron. He was foolish for leaving a crate of flammable explosive's outside the garage's gas pipelines, and so it was caught in the blast radius. Clank snapped Ratchet out of his trance and realized he managed to slip into his tux.
The ship now was on the confines of space, zipping toward Planet Kerwan. After realizing, he forgot to brush his teeth he popped in some breath mints into his mouth he found from within the glove compartment. Clank was busy watching the news. "I really want to start this vacation off smoothly." Ratchet said. "Don't worry Ratchet; based on these statistics they are displaying on the news, crime rate significantly went down." Clank replied as he turned off the holovid. After they entered the atmosphere of Kerwan, the first thing they spotted was a large city. After they parked their ship in the isolated part of the parking lot, they hopped out and sprinted towards the densely populated side of the Metropolis. Ratchet estimated at least a half of the planet's population is here to see the reelection ceremony of Sasha's father. Ratchet and Clank then took a Hub-Cab to reach the center of the city, where there was a large platform where the Galactic President's speech is going to be heard. After hopping out of the hub-cab and on, the platform Cheer's from the Crowd was chanting the names of the heroic duo. The cheers continue to Increase when everyone spotted the GP's Limo. After getting out and shaking hands with the advisor of Kerwan, he walked up to the platform. Sasha was seen coming out of the Limo and went behind the curtains. Ratchet followed her, to the back of the stage. He saw a mass amount of people scurrying about behind stage to make sure everyone is in place for the ceremony. Sasha tapped Ratchet on the back and smiled, "Nice to see you in a suit for once," Sasha remarked still wearing her militia attire. Ratchet rolled his emerald glistening eyes and gestured towards seats that were the closest to the platform. Ratchet sat in between with Clank and Sasha. Trumpets blared as the advisor of Kerwan went up on the platform. He raised his hand and the clamor seized. The advisor was a pudgy fat man, and had a little resemblance of Al, except he had five fingers and his hair was white. He donned a flash silver suit held a cane in one hand. Then the advisor spoke in a shrill voice: "Today, we are celebrating many events". The reelection is about to take place, At night we celebrate the planets full revolution, and Starring today until the end of month is Labor Month, which means no more taxes for a whole month!" The crowds cheered at the mention of tax-free month.
Then Ratchet zoned out as the advisor started to preach on his "contributions" to his home planet. Ratchet spotted Sasha's father, fumbling thro papers on his stand. It seems as though he was trying to memorize his speech. Ratchet then felt a disturbance in the air; he could have sworn he heard… "No way," Ratchet thought. "This place is heavily guarded with the tightest security", Clank reassured. Ratchet turned and smiled to his friend who just caught sight of the look of worry in his face. Still, he glanced at Sasha who was punching in keys at her PDA. He still had some doubt about the security around the city. Just then, his ears flickered up when he heard the faint clicking noise. It sounded like some one was loading a Flux. He can tell as it made a same familiar noise his flux's makes when he zooms with his scope. He cannot help but feel that there is a presence of an assassin nearby…
Thanks for reading, although I didn't like how this chapter came out. Don't forget to review, I'll use some of the criticism on this review as guidelines for my next chapther.