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I do not own Ratchet and Clank or any of its awesomeness, That belongs to Insomniac Games, All I own is the story Idea and the OCs.
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Veldin, Ratchet's house, Planet Standard Time, 9:42 AM.....Three Weeks after the end of Drek and Nefarious
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
Ratchet moaned and rolled over in his bed. Trying to ignore the beeping of his alarm clock. While he might have succeeded, the warm form he rolled against couldn't. Sasha yawned and stretched cringing a bit as bolts of pain flew up her spine.
"Damn, Three weeks and there are still twinges" she thought as she rolled out of the bed. Ratchet muttered a little bit as she rolled out from next to him. She glanced down at him and chuckled softly. She walked around the bed and shut off Ratchet's beeping alarm. She shook her head as she walked into the small bathroom to get ready.
When she came out again forty minuets later dressed in her commander uniform, Ratchet was still snoring and had replaced her with one of his pillows. She sighed as she walked up besides him. She leaned down to shake him awake, but stopped halfway. A mischievous glint appeared in her eyes as she got a wicked idea to wake her boyfriend up. Walking back into the bathroom she grabbed a small cup from next to the sink and filled it with ice cold water.
Walking out of the bathroom she stood next to Ratchet's head and turned the cup upside down over him. Ratchet's eyes snapped open and he jumped out of the bed yelping. Sasha started laughing as Ratchet ran to the bathroom. He came out twenty seconds later rubbing his head with a towel.
"Having fun?" He asked shooting her a glare while she laughed some more. She braced herself against the wall as the laughter subsided.
"Yes" she said as she stood back up, Ratchet was still glaring at her.
"What? It was time to get up." He narrowed his eyes a bit before turning around and entering the bathroom, closing the door after him. She rolled her eyes as she walked out of their room. She stopped in the the large room and glanced around until she spotted Clank plugged in and charging. She walked over knelt down and rapped him on the head. Clank's eyes whirled open and he looked up at Sasha as he stood up.
"Good morning Sasha" he said as he walked towards the kitchen area of their house. She watched as he used his heli-pack to get up onto the counter and start washing dishes. Sasha walked up next to him and started poking around Ratchet's cupboards for something to eat. Upon finding nothing that would satisfy her she decided to just wait until they reached the Phoenix. Clank glanced up at her as she moved to sit down in one of the few chairs Ratchet had.
"Sasha?" She stopped and turned around to face him.
"What is it Clank?" Clank hopped off the counter and walked over to where she was standing.
"I want to talk to you about Ratchet" She looked at him curiously as she sat down.
"What is it?" Sasha asked
"Do you remember anything from when you were captured by Drek and Nefarious?"
"Why would you want to know that?" She asked him back
"Because he acted strangely during the fight and I was wondering if you may have noticed anything"
"Noticed what?" Ratchet asked as he came out of the bedroom in his cargo pants and toweling off the last of the water clinging to his fur.
"Nothing" Clank said and walked back towards the kitchen area, Sasha watched him go and realized that he didn't want Ratchet hearing this. Ratchet looked as Sasha
"What was that about?" he asked, she shrugged her shoulders and Ratchet walked back into the bedroom to put on his Aegis Mark V armor.
Twenty minuets later Sasha was outside prepping her starcraft, They had decided to take Sasha's craft for their vacation to Veldin. Ratchet walked out of his house dressed in his armor and Clank on his back. He climbed the passenger side ladder and hopping into it's seat, dropped Clank into the space between the seats. Sasha finished warming up the systems and closed the canopy. As they lifted off the ground Ratchet looked down at his house and sighed.
"What is it?" Sasha asked as she took them into the atmosphere
"Oh, It's nothing, I just can't believe our vacation is over already." He replied as the clouds faded to the blackness of space and the expanse of stars greeted them. Sasha leaned over and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey at least we got three weeks to ourselves" She said as she hit the warp drive switch and the stars vanished as they lurched foreward into a warp. Ratchet leaned back and Sasha put some head phones in. It was going to be a long three hours to Marcadia.
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Marcadia Orbit, Standard Planet Time 4:26 PM
Sasha's ship dropped out of warp on the night side of Marcadia, her radio instantly crackling to life with signals.
"Unidentified ship, Please identify yourself before we are forced to make you land." Sasha shook her head as she pressed another button
"This is Commander Sasha of the star craft BlueFire My dad is expecting us" The voice came back over the radio a little bit more humbled
"Oh, I'm sorry Commander, Please proceed to the other side of the planet to the Phoenix" Ratchet looked over at Sasha and mouthed "Phoenix?!" Sasha shrugged then pressed the talk button again
"Did you say the Phoenix? she asked
"Yes Ma'am" the voice responded
"We were under the impression that the Phoenix was still too damaged" Sasha replied
"No, Ma'am The president focused on getting it back into working order for your mission." The voice replied
"Okay, BlueFire is in route to the Phoenix" Sasha hit the thrusters and arced around the planet, Ratchets jaw dropped when the Phoenix came into view.
"Whoa...Its like shes was never attacked" He said, Sasha was equally dumb founded, They had both expected to have to take some small craft on this mission, Not the comfort of the Phoenix. Sasha's radio crackled to life again and her Dad's voice erupted out of it.
"Sasha, Ratchet, Glad to see you made it. The main landing bay is open and ready for you" Sasha turned the BlueFire towards the main landing bay and turned on the radio
"Thanks Dad, We'll be landing soon" They flew into the Phoenix's Main landing bay and shut off the engines. Sasha popped the canopy and climbed down the ladder as Ratchet hopped over the side. They walked up to the Galactic President and saluted. He waved them down though and leaned over to hug his daughter. Sasha had an embarrassed look on her face as Ratchet snickered
"Dad....Please, Not in the middle of the landing bay" Sasha said as she pulled away from him. He laughed at her embarrassment.
"Okay, okay" He turned around heading for the transport to the bridge waving at them to follow. All three of them stepped onto the transport and it shot off towards the bridge. Her dad seemed a little giddy for some reason.
"Just you guys wait to see what changes we made." Ratchet and Sasha looked at each other
"Changes?" They said at the same time. The transport thunked into place and its door slid up to allow them access to the bridge. They walked on and while the Galactic President walked straight out onto the command overlook. The two of them glanced around, Ratchet spoke up first.
"Uh, Sir? I don't see anything different." The Galactic President looked over his shoulder and waved them up next to him.
"That's because you're not looking in the right spot." he said as they approached. he gestured to a small row of buttons that were attached to the command chair. (which had finally been refit to Lombax-Cezar size) Ratchet and Sasha stared at the buttons.
"Dad...What are they?" She asked confused
"They are the buttons to the Phoenix's new systems" he said as he pointed to one of the buttons. "This activates its new warp drive, Will get you around a lot quicker." he pointed to another one. "This one activates a back up generator for the shields for emergencies." He point to the last one "This one is my favorite" he said "It's a cloaking feature" Sasha and Ratchet glanced at each other, They had heard of cloaking technology being developed but they didn't think it worked yet.
"Cloaking?" Ratchet asked, The president nodded.
"Yeah, The Phoenix looses most of her speed but she is undetectable" Ratchet and Sasha grinned at each other. This would make their scouting mission so much easier. They jumped as the president clapped his hands.
"Right well that was shorter then I thought it would be." He shrugged "Oh well" he looked down at them "You have forty minutes to get settled in your new room. Then I want the Phoenix on it's way to Earth." They nodded and the President walked past them and headed for the transport. Ratchet looked over at Sasha.
"He did say Room and not Rooms right?" he asked her. She nodded surprised as well. A ranger walked onto the bridge and leaned down to talk to Sasha, she nodded at him as he left.
"Well we better go unpack, That Ranger just told me even with the Phoenix's new engines it's still going to take a few weeks to reach Earth." Ratchet nodded as he followed her off the bridge.
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Planet K4858, Three weeks later.
Ratchet walked onto the bridge as the Phoenix dropped out of its last warp jump. Sasha was sitting in the commanders chair overlooking the Galactic Rangers. Ratchet walked up next to her, she glanced at him.
"Just in time hotshot, As usual." He grinned at their private joke.
"Am I ever late?" he asked, she shook her head as she reached over and pressed the button for the Phoenix's new cloaking system.
"Lets hope this works" he muttered as a slight vibration fluttered through the deck below him. A ranger stood up from his console.
"Sir we are fully cloaked and hovering outside the orbit of the ninth planet in this system" Sasha looked at Ratchet
"You read the files right?" she asked, He nodded
"Yeah they call this one Pluto if I remember right" Sasha nodded as she turned to look back at the Ranger
"Take us in behind their moon, We need to be ready to act as a relay when my Dad calls them" The Ranger nodded as he sat down at his console and put in the new coordinates. As they moved in behind the moon the Vid-Screen on the deck flicked to life and Sasha's dad appeared. Ratchet, Sasha, and all the Rangers on deck saluted.
"At ease, Your in position correct?" He asked them, Sasha nodded
"Yes, sir. We're holding position behind their moon staying out of sight just in case." Sasha told him
"Good I'm about to make contact." He turned around towards a small radio.
"Let's hope this goes well" Ratchet muttered to Sasha as they watched her Dad press some buttons on the radio. She looked over at him
"Why do you say that?" She asked in a whisper, Ratchet glanced up at the Vid-Screen to make sure her Dad couldn't hear
"Sash, These guys have had three world wars in the time it took me to take down Nefarious and DreadZone" Sasha looked stunned
"Three?!" She asked amazed, he just nodded again
"I'm not sure if we should let them join the Galactic Senate" Sasha glanced down. She was about to speak when one of the Rangers spoke up
"Sir, We're receiving the Galactic Presidents Signal, Proceed with transmission?" he asked, Sasha looked over at him
"Proceed"