Ratchet and Clank
Chapter 1 – All Alone
Disclaimer - Copyright, I do not own Ratchet and Clank. The Game and Characters all be long to Insomniac, Sony and its affiliates.
"Robotic Ignition Switch needed", said the Gadgetron Helpdesk,
"Aahh", grunted Ratchet as he threw his wrench on the floor.
"Would you like Gadgetron to send a Help Bot for a small fee of ten thousand bolts", asked the Gadgetron Helpdesk.
"Hell no", replied Ratchet who ended the call with Gadgetron.
"Lousy, no good Gadgetron", said Ratchet as he picked up his wrench on his way back inside.
Since being stranded on Planet Veldin three years ago, Ratchet had no means of communication or transport to get off Veldin. The only thing he had to entertain himself was a broken down Holovid which he managed to fix fairly quickly and his wrench and various other tools, but to Ratchet displeasure, there wasn't a whole lot for him to fix. With it being too hot to stay outside, Ratchet sat down on an old recliner, turned on the Holovid and relaxed.
"And that concludes this week's episode of Behind the Hero", said the TV presenter.
"W-w-what, I dozed off", said Ratchet.
Ratchet looked at the time on his PDA, he had been asleep for the past 6 hours, and with it being early evening, it was cool enough to go out for his stroll. Grabbing his wrench so he could hit some rocks into the swamp a mile away.
"Where's the smell of smoke coming from?" asked Ratchet.
Ratchet noticed that there was smoke in the sky not too far away and knew it was by some old abandoned diners. Ratchet began to pick up his pace and ran to the diners, to find that a ship had been abandoned, it disbelief, it took Ratchet a few seconds to realise that there was a robot lying there about to burnt to a crisp. Ratchet rushed over and managed to pick up the robot in time before the escape pod blew up.
"Eugh", said ratchet as landed on the floor with thud.
The robot began to move.
"Hey, can you hear?" asked Ratchet while gently shaking the robot.
With only making computer noises, the robot didn't reply until Ratchet hit it over the head with his wrench which seemed to work.
"I guess I'll call you Clank", said Ratchet.
"Nice to meet you sir", replied Clank.
"Call me Ratchet", said Ratchet.
"Nice to meet you Ratchet", replied Clank who stood up and wiped the dirt of his body.
"I have a place for you to crash if you want it?" asked Ratchet.
Clank looked at Ratchet.
"Oh sorry, bad choice of words", said Ratchet who chuckled nervously.
"It's okay and I'll take you up on that offer", replied Clank.
"Where are you from?" asked Ratchet.
"Planet Hoven", replied Clank.
"Never heard of it, why did you crash?" asked Ratchet
"I believe that I was an error, a robot that was never meant to be made and when I escaped, they shot down my escape pod and landed here", replied Clank.
"Well that blows doesn't it", Replied Ratchet.
"What brings you here?" asked Clank,
"I've been stranded on Veldin for the past three years, my Robotic Ignition Switch was damaged", replied Ratchet.
"I have a spare Robotic Ignition Switch", said Clank.
"What, you do, that's great", replied Ratchet.
"Yes, if you show me your ship, I'll install in", said Clank.
"You will", said Ratchet in such glee.
"Yes, you did save me from the explosion", replied Clank.
"No worries", replied Ratchet.
"We're here, and my ship is beside the hut", replied Ratchet.
A few minutes of clunks and clanks, Clank installed the Robotic Ignition Switch.
"Done", said Clank.
"Thanks buddy, I've cleared a space for you to sleep", said Ratchet.
"Thank you Ratchet", replied Clank.
Clank hopped into the space that Ratchet cleared and lied down.
"Night Ratchet", said Clank.
"Night Clank", replied Ratchet.
A/N – I hope you enjoyed Chapter One, and Chapter 2 will be up in a few days.
