The two continued to scream as Aphelion crashed into a forest, tumbled and slid until she was totaled. They were headed right for the edge of a really high cliff then just stopped as the ship hit an area where time had completely froze. Ratchet looks around as does Qwark. "Come on Qwark; let's find out where we are." With that the two find away back to the cliff while using the totaled ship to climb over. Ratchet blinked at the sight of a figure not that far off, though she didn't seem to be moving nor was there another ship in sight.

Qwark seemed to notice the figure as well and he glanced at the young Lombax who shrugged. Ratchet, the one with guts, slowly walked towards the still figure. It was a girl close to his age with ear only pointed slight at the tip, pure white hair and wore a similar outfit as Talwyn only a little bit more girly and less pirate-like. "Is it dead?" Qwark asks, once again in Ratchet's personal space. The Lombax rolled his eyes and shakes his head. "She's breathing so no." He replied. The girl groaned groggily before a pair of pale brown eyes could be seen.

Ratchet and Qwark jumped back when she suddenly sat up. She started to fall backwards again with a hand on her head and Ratchet gave a helping hand. "Easy there, don't hurt yourself." He said quietly. Her pale brown eyes went wide and she jumped to her feet, still feeling a little weak. Ratchet stood and placed his hands under her arms to help her stand. "Relax; we're not going to hurt you." Qwark waves casually. "I'm Ratchet the guy with the antenna's Qwark." She blinked blankly and stared at Qwark. "As in Captain Qwark…?" She asks quietly, moving her snow white hair from her face.

"That's right little lady! The greatest superhero to ever defeat the evil Dr. Nefarious and live!" Qwark says full of pride. She glares and pulls away from Ratchet's supportive grip. "Greatest superhero to ever live my hot blaster, you're nothing but coward people look up to only to get hurt!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there little girl. What did I ever do to you?" Qwark lowers himself to her eye level. "You ran away when people needed you- do you realize how many innocent lives were lost after you fled the scene because YOU wanted to live? We needed a hero and you ran... And now... Everybody's dead. What's-his-face destroyed my home with the push of a button all because an ACTOR with an ego the size of space tried to save us! I think you're a fraud who thinks movie business and reality is the same thing! Well it's not…"

The girl moved her broken gaze to the ground with pain filled brown eyes and tight fist balled up by her side. Qwark stood baffled that someone as young as she was would talk to him in such a rude manner but he was also feeling guilty. Ratchet slowly came up behind her and placed a light hand on her shoulder, he knew how she felt on a different level and she realized that when she looked into the green eyes of the golden-yellow with brown stripes Lombax with common armor. "The last of the Lombax's…" She covered her mouth and moves away from him. "Oh my... I-I'm so sorry Ratchet…" He shakes his head and smirks lightly. "I was pretty upset when I found they left me behind."

The girl looked at the two of them and held a hand to each. "I'm Kate, I don't know how I can be of service but please let me tag along, just for a little bit?" Ratchet and Qwark shook the offered hand then released. Qwark wasn't ALL for it but nevertheless when the two exchanged glances then looked back at her, he spoke up before Ratchet got the chance. "It's the least I can do, you can join our little duo for as long as you'd like." Kate gave him an annoyed look then glanced at Ratchet who nodded. "This duo just became a trio."

Kate's face brightens and she hugs the young Lombax without thinking. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Ratchet staggers backwards a little due to force of her sudden hug. "Um, you're welcome." He responds with a hint of awkwardness in his voice. Kate blinks and quickly releases him, flushed from embarrassment. "Come on, Qwark and I were just about to try and find out where we are." Ratchet says before turning and walking away. Qwark followed and Kate followed behind him. They got to an area where a bunch of tiny zyphoids settled until they sensed the group, and then they went to attack. They were smaller version of the mutated alien mushroom, so they wouldn't by much of a problem.

Ratchet attacked with his wrench and Qwark shot the little buggers with his blaster. Kate hid behind a really big plant, feeling guilty as she watched the two. Ratchet seemed to be doing all the work. Kate slowly and silently made her escape and ran back towards where the Lombax's ship crashed before tripping over her own feet and falling face first into the charred dirt lit with small fires here and there along with embers that were still glowing hot. She groaned and rolled over on her back to at least look at the blue sky. When the littlr zyphoids were all dead Ratchet put up his wrench and looked around. Yeah, the enemies were dead, but Kate's scent had left the area. "Kate?" He called.

"Where'd she go?" He asked quietly and glanced at Qwark who shrugged. "She probably ran, HA! Who's the coward now?" He laughed. Ratchet shakes his head and backtracked until he saw her lying in the dirt. "Kate!" He called and rushed towards her. She glanced at the young Lombax when she heard her name and couldn't help but laugh at herself. "I feel pretty pathetic right now… I hate to tell you this but, I can't fight." Kate admits, slowly closing her eyes until Ratchet pulled her to her feet and onto his back without saying anything. "What're you doing?" She asked with confusion in her voice.

"You can't walk right?" He asks casually. "Ratchet…" She began to say but was interrupted. "Look, I'm used to taking up for other people, it's like it's a part of who I am. I'm not going to leave you here just because you can't fight." Ratchet explains as he makes his way back to where Qwark stood. "Hey, you found her!" The actor beams just a little too brightly. Ratchet rolls his eyes. "Let's keep moving." He states as he walks towards some spaced out platforms and jumps from one to the other with the feather-weighted girl on his back. Qwark follows.

They walk for some time, Qwark busted down at least two or three doors that wouldn't open, raised two brides, fought more of the zyphoids, found out that the time of this planet was all- "not working" and heard Qwark complain about various things along with screaming like a little girl before passing through an opening where a mother Fongoid who lost kids and asked the group to find them. "Qwark you stay here, I'll rescue the children" Ratchet tells him. "You can leave here with us if you'd like" Qwark says as he stands beside the mother Fongoid.

"Kate stays with me." Ratchet responded quickly as he turns to head out in search for the lost kids. Two of the kids were in an area crawling with zyphoids, so after fighting off the creatures he returned them to their mother. The other was stranded on a platform where time rewound and fast-forwarded certain settings. The kid wasn't in the middle of the time ripples so that was sort of a plus. When the boulders were positioned so that Ratchet could get around and to the kid, Kate focused on stopping the time ripples for a short time and it actually worked.

Without asking questions, Ratchet took the allowed route and got to the kid sooner than the time ripples played on. He used his wrench to extend the bridge and got the girl back to her mom. "Oh thank you young Lombax." She says then explains how her kind had to take refuge as she leads them to her village. After telling the Fongoid on the other side of the door to open up, the female rushed inside with her kids and the chief made a gesture for the group to come in before closing the door again. "I saw your ship crash from the top pf the village, maybe we can fix it." The chief said as he led the group towards the village.

"Ship's trashed, there's no way we can fix it." Ratchet replied as he followed with Qwark behind him. "May be we cannot, but I think I know who can." The chief said with some pride. "Who?" Ratchet asks curiously. "The zoni's of course." The chief replied simply. "Meet me at the Temple of Zhan, I will explain everything." "The Guardians of time?" Kate asked with a hint of disbelief in her voice. "I thought they lived in the Great Clock." She added before the chief rushed off towards the temple entrance, quieting herself once she realized how confused the young Lombax was.

Not asking any questions, Ratchet followed the chief to the temple. After reaching the top of the stairs where Qwark, one of the young Fongoids and the chief were waiting Ratchet let Kate down on her feet since all the other Fongoids were staring and his white haired friend was getting nervous. "We might not be able to fix it, but in here is a vessel that can rescue the lost beings with a great power- a power that should not be abused." He explained as he opened the door and led the group inside the temple. Three buttons lie ahead. "We'll have to close you off until you return, are you sure you want to do this?" The chief asked as the three got on each button.

"I'll be fine. Kate stay here, Qwark, use the communicator on your belt to keep in contact." He says before heading deeper into the temple. "Operation Red Shirt is a go." Qwark confirmed with a since of pride in his voice. He waited a little before contacting Ratchet's nav-unit. –I'm in.- Ratchet voiced. "Okay, in situations like this it's best to avoid phrases like 'this isn't so bad' or 'it's going to be alright'." –I hope this vessel is worth it.- Ratchet voiced after a long moment of silence. "Oh it is. According to the chief, the vessel will allow you to rescue the lost Zoni and harness their power." Qwark responded. Kate shakes her head lightly.

The wait seemed to be endless until Ratchet's voice was heard again. –Qwark, there are two Zoni in here.- "Catch them with the vessel and get out of there." Qwark says based on what the Fongoid chief told him. It wasn't much longer before the young Lombax rejoined with the group and the five of them headed back out to the village that was under attack. The chief made it out first and was herding the others into the temple when Qwark, Ratchet, and Kaye rejoined him. "Quick! Everybody into the temple, Vorselon is coming!" "Qwark, you ready to let those stallions out of the stables?" Ratchet asks as he glances at him. "I was born ready." Qwark responds. Kate stands behind the boys and looks at them with a concerned expression.

"Azimuth!" A floating head in a powered suit known as Vorselon yelled as he appeared beside Qwark, who screamed like a little girl and jumped into the arms of the Fongoid chief. "I believe Dr. Nefarious was clear as to repercussions of leaving your hovel. The clock is ours." He spoke, making himself very clear. Ratchet took a step back and looked at him very confusedly with a sheepish grin. "Wait, who?" Qwark stands in front of the young Lombax with a very stern expression. "Dr. Nefarious has no authority here villain, I'm not completely convinced he's even a real doctor."

Ratchet grits his teeth and glares at the idiot of the galaxy. "So return my side-kick's pal before I bring the thunder." Qwark adds and get into a fighting stance. Ratchet put a hand on his head and shakes his head. Kate blinks and admires his act of pure courage, even if he was being an idiot by standing up to a villain who was convinced that Ratchet was a guy named Azimuth, and had a bone to pick with him. Vorselon just looked at him and pointed a strange claw-looking weapon and put Qwark in a bubble that floated off into his ship.

"Kill the rebel and bring the others in for questioning." Vorselon ordered his troops before teleporting back to his ship. As the invasion went on, one by one the villagers were being captured like Qwark had been only minutes before hand. "Oh no! He's taking the villagers, we have to help them!" The Fongoid chief cried. Ratchet rushed onto the battle field to back up the other Fongoid's that were defending their home. Kate backed into the closed temple door as she watched the battle unprotected and completely vulnerable to the robots. It didn't take long before a few of them had spotted her and came towards the cornered and defenseless Lekti.

When they raised their arms to attack Kate closed her eyes and yelled "time!" freezing the two robots temporarily and ran around them, finding somewhere to take cover, and taking a little too much time. A bubble formed around her and was pulled towards the large ship. "Ratchet!" She yelled through the unbreakable matter. The young Lombax bashed one of the last standing robots with his wrench before hearing his name, his ears perked slightly. He looked up just in time for the bubble she was in to disappear into the ship. Ratchet tightly gripped his wrench and glared at the ship.

"Come, there is one last place where we keep a Zoni in case of emergencies." The Fongoid chief said after the area was secured and took the lead. Ratchet followed behind him, soon coming to a door in which the Fongoid chief opened and the young Lombax caught the little Zoni. The exit opened and Ratchet smashed a wave of robots. "There's an old teleport pad that will take you to your spaceship. Follow me." The chief says before taking the lead once again. Ratchet follows, passes through two more doors before helping the villagers fight off the robots then following the chief through another door and up a large flight of stairs.

"I was thinking about dismantling this thing, but now I'm glad I didn't." He said and waited for the young Lombax before teleporting them to the teleport pad near the totaled Aphelion, and then the chief went back to his village. Ratchet opened the vessel containing the Zoni's and they immediately took to fixing the ship. After it was fixed, the young Lombax jumped into his ship and headed back into the Polaris Galaxy.