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Chapter one
Breaking Cell

By
KuuNara Luna Lynn

Polaris Galaxy

It was just a normal struggling day for Ash who was stranded on the planet Fastoon. She had made her way through areas, seeking out new water supplies. With a large watering towel around her head and half torn black suit the dam swayed back and forth before collapsing onto the soft sand below her.
"Damn this heat!" She said out loud as she tried to focus on getting back up. In the near distant there stood a large empty city with large skyscrapers touching the sky.
Sighing under her sandy mouth she rose up onto her shoeless feet and continued walking, still being a tipsy every once in a while due to exhaustion.

With every pressing step pain shot up her feet and echoed throughout her body. With yet another tumble to the ground she gripped her hands around the sand saying quietly.
"I just had to take old Betsy." She was speaking about her half broken space ship. Still on the ground, her ear twitched a bit hearing a faint sound to her left. Gazing slowly towards the sound she saw a pitch black space ship that looked like a cargo ship. Thinking for a quick second she got up and started walking at a quicker pace following the ship.
"It's my only way!" She said out loud, feeling like it was somewhat dumb to talk out loud, because no one would hear her.

As she got closer her walking soon became running for she was finally on solid ground. The ship landed in the heart of the deserted city, however there was life there, thugs seemed to scatter the entire area. Ash sneaked around corners and cans to hide from the thugs as she tried to get closer to the ship.

"It must be over there!" She said quietly as she saw a bunch of angry dudes caring their weapons around like a mob. It was only a matter of time before someone noticed her there, not to mention a lombax on a deserted lombax planet. Waiting inside a dirty rusty trash can she waited to the mob seemed to quiet down, she knew the ship would stay there for a moment, because it was anchored down.

Night finally came to the desert planet and everything seemed to be quiet. And the ship too seemed to be abandoned. Climbing out of the can quietly she gasped as her rested feet it the solid ground. Once again pain shot up to her spine from her feet she then made her way quietly in a stealthily towards the ship. Once near it she saw the anchor, and took her electronic B7000 Retriever to pry it up off the ground so she would be able to hack the ship. She did the same with the door, prying the lock with her Retriever.

She got inside just fine with no one looking, however she was unaware of the people inside the ship. There were two sleeping thug looking drones snoring away like two little babies. Ash tried to quiet her breathing for it was a bit heavy. She knew if they were to wake up, they would alarm the entire city. She slowly looked at her arm seeing that her Retriever's battery was almost dead. Looking back and forth from the thugs and her badge took a long deep breath and started her retriever up. Moving them off the cockpit seats and gently lowering them on the ground outside. But all of a sudden there was a loud cry from a bandit. Once the area echoed with his cry the two Drones woke up. With a quick scurry of her feet she shut the door and jumped to the driver's seat.
"It's time to get out of here!"
Starting the ship she gasped as she heard the drones trying to get in.
"Come on you little kitty get out before anyone gets hurt!" said one of them, as for the other just yelled continually. Ash didn't know what the hell she was doing, and she just stared pressing random buttons until she felt the ship hover; now she knew how to work it. And before the drones knew it, the ship took off into outer space.

Ash rested for a few minutes after the ship was set on cruise control. Looking around, she hoped to find some kind of first aid. Gazing around the small cargo ship she finally saw it. However it was on the ceiling of the ship.
"Just my luck." Being small the female lombax jumped up and down trying to get it, she would retrieve it, if her battery wasn't dead. Her feet were a tad swollen and the pain was almost unbearable. With one more high jump she finally reached it and grabbed hold of it until it dropped. Once it did so, she went back to the Driver's seat and tended her wounds.

"So long, fare well Planet poop-face." She said as a small giggled escaped her mouth. It had been long hard years for her being 17 at the time of arriving at the planet, and now 23. The years seemed meaningless after she stole the ship. A long lonely sigh escape her mouth before a yawn emerged. Cruising along, she started to fall asleep, as her eyes fully closed an alarm woke her up.
"What the hell!" She grumbled out loud, thinking it was an alarm inside the ship, however a voice came from the alarm.
"Pull over now, or be killed." Said a bot over a microphone, Ash was not about to go back on the planet Fastoon, she gunned the engine and took off as fast as she could at that gear, still with the Bot Cop behind her. Again the bot told her to pull over, and once again she didn't listen. She then started to quick gear the engine, making the ship go faster. Looking back she saw she was going faster than the bot cop.
"HA! You can't beat my tailless butt" She said as she wiggled her butt a little bit. The Ship was then quickly set off of auto pilot, and on freehand. A few minutes has passed and she was near the orbit of Planet Kortog. She was almost out of fuel and didn't know what else to do other than land on the planet, that or crash. The Long minutes quickly became short seconds as Ash was driving the ship down to the planet. The Bot Cop was still behind her, but away from her. The ride all of a sudden got bumpy as the ship started to get out of control. It was headed nose first into a large city. The only thing she could have done was scream and hold on. Seconds before crashing the ship somehow magically hover over the roads, leaving her unsaved or hurt for that matter. But again, it was surrounded by Bot Cops.
Looking around she jumped out of the ship and ran for her dear life do a dark alley. The dark alley was so dark no one could see the other side. The Bot Cops stopped following her, but that grew suspicion to her. Peeking out around the alley corner she saw the bots gather around one by one in front of a deserted church.
"What the?" She said still keeping quiet.

As the bots came in by the hundreds in the road and there on a pedestal was a wrinkled old male Terachnoids with a bizarre looking helmet. He then rose up two of his front limbs and yelled out.

"Bots of the city, I hear by the pitiful yellow fur ball is out of our solar system. However, I have got word from an ugly green guy that he was going to come back for revenge, on what I don't know. So keep your eyes out for him. He will kill anyone at sight! I want him alive!"

Ash heard the commotion and then immediately fell into the darkness where she could not be found. She heard the Terachnoid loud and clear about a furry yellow guy, and thought they were talking about her. Leaning on one wall she waited till the mob of Bots started to decrease.
A small coffee shop stood in front of her as the alley led to a road. Walking into the shop she saw other alien creatures having fellowship with others. Her eyes gazed back and forth seeing if anyone has watched her, but so far so good. Leaning up to the counter she asked if she could have some water. The employer laughed and said,
"Sorry fluffy, I can only give you what is on the board." Ash placed her hand in her pocked reaching to see if she had any money. Only 4 bolts were retrieved.
"What can I get with this?" She asked. The old looking employer looked at the 4 bolts and a few strands of lint.
"That can get you nothing Miss. Sorry, come back when you have more money." The man then pointed out of the shop. Ash slowing walked out of the coffee shop but didn't think about her getting caught, but a loud bark came from another Bot,
"It's him! GET HIM!" Ash looked at the direction of the shout. For a slit second she thought they were talking about someone else, however it was reverted to her. "NO I am not a guy!" She then dashed the opposite direction however; she was immediately met with 20 other bots.
"Come one guys! To many bots!" With hands up in the air there was nothing more she could have done. She was now a hostage.

A breathable bag was then placed over her head and all she could remember was being pulled left and right. Once pushed into a cell, the bag was then taken off.
"LET ME GO!" She shouted out. The bots however just ignored her except one.
"My master will see you soon." But he then turned quickly around and left the room.

Over a hundred miles away, Ratchet was loading up his ship for departure, but soon was surrounded by Bots.
"aw man, guys you guys keep on coming!" Ratchet took his simple wrench and started beating them up with it. With no other weapons the bots kept coming by the dozens, before he knew it he was trampled all over the place and locked into a moving cell.
Ratchet let out an angry sigh as he crossed his arms.
"Be warned, Clank will come get me." He said as he remembered leaving him back on another planet. Plopping down on the moving cell floor, Ratchet took a deep breath before leaning his back onto the floor to rest.

Hours has passed and Ratchet was pulled into a cell right next to Ash, however ash was under coverers and sleeping.
"Let me go!" he said with a loud cry, but he knew it would not work.
A bot then zoomed up to his cell and said,
"My master will see you soon." Before Ratchet could say anything he zoomed away.

The two laid in their cots, still unaware of each other. On the other side of the room there was a large clock. Ratchet watched the clock tick by, hour after hour. Soon the time hit midnight and a large door slammed open with a loud bang Ash woke up rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, but not saying a single word.

It was the Old Terachnoid on a luxurious hover chair.
"Wake up you two fools!" he shouted out as he hovered over to Ratchet's cell first.

Ash rose up onto her bed having her feet dangle from the cot, her eyes then gazed out of the cell, trying to see who was there, then all of sudden she heard a voice.

"So fluffy, so short, so Lombax, and so annoying!" Said the Terachnoid as he hovered around the room a few times before closing in with Ratchet.
"You two have been giving me many problems lately! My question is, who here is the main cooperate of steeling one of my cargo ships and landing it on this damn planet." Ash didn't know what he was really talking about at first being two of them. But after she heard him say something about the cargo ship she immediately looked the other direction.

"Well its certainly not me!" said Ratchet as he crossed his arms and looked the other way as well. The Terachnoid then squealed loudly,
"Well one of you two Lombaxes must tell me who did it! Or you both will be executed! Swiftly but painfully!" Ratchets eyes widen up a bit wondering there was another lombax in the room other than him, Ash did the same thing. At the same time both Ash and Ratchet jumped to their feet saying,
"Alister?" The two lombaxes were mind blown at the voices they heart but saying the same name. Not to mention Ratchet was mind blown hearing a female voice.

"Angela?" He then questioned himself. Ash froze her pose and paused her talking for a few seconds after Ratchet spoke.
"I'm not Angela." She replied. Backing away she looked at the Terachnoid seat, and saw he was getting closer to her cell.
"I bet you're the little one who is the culprit! Any last words before I kill you?" he said as he raised his hand up to snap his fingers. But before anything, Clank the robot pounded one of the doors on the other side of the room with a new Gatling gun.

"Are you alright Ratchet?" he said as he blew out the smoke from his gun.
"CLANK!" Ratchet shouted, "I knew you would come for me!" Ratchets tail then waved back and forth, happily seeing Clank. The Terachnoid however raised both his hands, yelling out,
"GUARDS!" Before the guards could come, Clank told Ratchet swiftly to get out of the way. He ran to the back of the wall then braced himself. Clank blew up the cell doors and rescued Ratchet.
"Here you go Ratchet." Said Clank as he threw Ratchet a gun to shoot at the old male Terachnoid,
"Get lost Mr. Terack!" Ratchet pointed the gun at the Terack and put his finger upon the trigger.
"STOP!" Terak said before zooming out and away from the area. His guards didn't come and he could not take down Ratchet alone at this moment.

Ratched smirked and said,
"Baby." His gaze then looked away from the door way here he escaped and gazed into Ash's cell. Looking around, Ash hid under her bed, not wanting to be blasted away from the blast Clank made.
"Hey come on out!" Ratchet said after shooting at the lock of her door. Ash Looked out seeing his feet, but wasn't sure what to do. Her mind was blown she was only told there was one Lombax in this solar system, or cosmos for that matter. She crawled out from under her bed and kneeled up looking at Ratchet.
"Who are you?" She said as her head tilted one way.
Ratchet leaned in with a smile and his hand down to help her up, "I'm Ratchet, and this is clank." He then pointed over to the small metal robot.

Ash took his hand and went on her bare feet, still gazing at him.
"And you are?" Clank asked. The dame quickly let go of Ratchets hand and held close to her heart.
"I am Ash, Ash Azimuth, I'm here to look for my father, Alister Azimuth." Ratchet and Clank both looked at her confused a bit, there was a long silence in the room,

"I never knew Alister had a daughter." Said Clank as he scratched his metal head. Ash leaned back and sat back on the bed,
"So you know where he is?" She asked looking at both of them.
"Well, yea, I mean we did, I mean… Im sorry." Ratchet too scratched his head wondering, she looks nothing like him, not to mention doesn't really look like him at all.
"What Ratchet was trying to say is yes, however he did have an accident where he is no longer able to be around us."

Ash jumped off the bed grabbing him, "Where is he, where is my father! I want to see him now."
"Your father is dead Miss Ash. I am sorry." Clank said as his robo eyes looked down in sorrow.

"What that cannot be, I still have life signs that he's alive!" She said, walking to her cot she pulled out a small device on his readings.
"I have never seen anything like that." Clank once again spoke, Ratchet took a step back away while Clank reached up to grab it. "It says he is still alive."

"Well how can that be? We buried him." Ratchet then spoke, also talking with his hands. "We checked his pulls and his everything, he can't be." Clank looked at the gismo seeing that inside what Alister's white hair, "I am afraid we might be wrong Ratchet, analyzing this hair, it seems that it is 100% proof that its Alister's." Clank analyzed the hair again and again, and it came up with the same answer.

"Well, if that thing is telling us that he is alive, then let's go to his burial and see. If he not there, looks like we have a good adventure ahead of us!" Said Ratchet.

"Well what are we waiting for Ratchet, lets go."

And off they went into Clanks space ship, traveling to find Alister, will they find him? Or will it be to late?

More Chapters are coming.

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