Return to Crusade
By Sarge11
Disclaimer:I own nothing, just the references to my prelude.
I bet you thought I was finished with this Crusade stuff didn't you? Wrong as you can see. Hahahahahahahahahahaha! I will be making a return, but I don't know. If you don't like me then just tell me in the reviews and I'll kill myself off. Just so you know, Sarge11 is now a Captain, but his name is still Sarge11. I don't know, the name just stuck.
Chapter 1: Foolin' Around
It has been a month since Ratchet, Clank, the Galactic President, and Sarge11 escaped from the mud ball planet of Crusade. The galaxy is in a state of civil war. The Tyhrranoids have amassed a large enough resistance movement to start another war. In the spots where my stories usually begin, the Republic had recently won a great victory over the Tyhrranoids and are celebrating at a local cantina on Metropolis.
"Hey Cap'n, where'd you pick that up?" Ratchet asked gesturing at the human woman in scanty clothing Sarge11 was carrying in his arms.
He grinned and said, "Got er' backstage! It's awesome! Veterans like us can get back there for free!" He walked over to Ratchet and sat the girl down next to Sasha. "Sasha, Ratchet, this is Amy."
"Tootles y'all," she said in a very southern accent.
Sasha piped up. "That is it! Who bringses a strippers to a funeral?"
He leaned close to Ratchet and whispered in his ear, "Watch out, she's getting that look in her eye she gave me that night on Batalia when it happened. Believe me, you don't want her father to find out."
Ratchet shuddered and said, "Thanks for the tip. I definitely don't want to deal with that." Now he turned to Sasha and said, "Hey, Sash, it looks like you had a rough day maybe you should go to bed."
She just looked at him with a neutral expression and glazed eyes… and threw herself on Ratchet.
"O.K. I guess you are pretty tired. Time for bed," Ratchet said nervously.
Once they left, Sarge11 said to his new girlfriend, "What he doesn't know is that this is exactly what happened on Batalia." He sat back in his chair with a smirk on his face.
(Five hours later)
A shaky Ratchet came back and found Sarge11 and Amy still sitting at the table.
Sarge11 said to Amy, "Watch this." He tapped Ratchet really hard on the shoulder and yelled almost in his ear, "Hey, what happened to you!"
Ratchet nearly jumped through the ceiling and shouted, "IT WASN'T ME!" That little outburst was all it took for the Captain and Amy to see that his teeth, specifically where fangs would be were a bit longer than normal.
Sarge11 clapped once, and Amy covered her mouth with her hand.
"So that's why it took so long! What happened?" Sarge11 asked.
"Oh mah goodness." Amy said.
(The next morning)
Ratchet awoke to the sound of a trumpet. His eyes flew open and he rolled out of his bed to land on something cold, hard, metal, and painful. The sound of gears churning met Ratchet's ears.
Clank's muffled voice came up. "You are on top of me."
"Oh, sorry," Ratchet replied.
When Ratchet got up, he was stilla little shaky about what had happened the night before.
Unfortunatly for Ratchet,Clank noticed. "Ratchet, why are you so fidgety? And you had better tell the the truth, because I have a built in lie detector."
Ratchet groaned, knowing that Clank woud notleave him aloneuntil he told him everything.
..."And that's what happened," Ratchet finished.
Clank tried to scratch his chin, only to find he didn't have one. "It seems you are racked with guilt."
"You think!"Ratchet yelled.
"The only thing to do is tell the President-"
"NO!"Ratchet cut in. "He can't learn about what happened! It'll ruin me!"
Clank, rolled his eyes. "You are starting to sound like Captain Quark."
"Forget it, let's just go see what all the commotion is all about."
(In the Briefing Room)
"People! People! Settle down!"Sasha shouted at the group of Rangers and officers in front of her.
Ratchet saw the Captain and sat down next to him.
Ratchet leaned over and whispered, "Do you have any idea what this is about?"
"Not a clue." Sarge11 said with wide eyes. "I would have thought you would know."
Sasha cleared her throat...
She doesn't look like she remembers anything about last night. Maybe this won't be so bad.
His hopes were shattered when he heard Sasha say, "Ratchet, Clank, and Captain Sarge11 are going back to Crusade to take it for ourselves."
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-Sarge11