Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time fanfic
Genre: romance, adventure, some mystery
Warnings: Slash, yaoi, boy/boy (you get the picture), the rating is T but could change in later chapters (not sure on that yet)
Pairing: Ratchet/Alister
Hope you all enjoy!
Only Time Will Tell
Ch. 2- Memory
There could be an orange sunset seen in the distant, but not for a certain yellow colored Lombax. For this Lombax was fast asleep and dreaming of other things, thoughts to be more precise, thoughts that haunted him recently.
A white Lombax with red stripes could be seen falling on all fours before looking up and shouting, "No! What are you doing?!" He saw a yellow Lombax with brown stripes trying to pull back a lever to shut off a machine. That machine could be more precisely called The Great Clock.
"Come on!" the younger grunted before completely breaking the lever and falling back. A ray of energy then came out of the machine and went to the ceiling. They both looked to the ceiling.
"It's not working. Why isn't it working?!" the general asked with great anger.
Ratchet yelled his answer, hoping to get through to the other, "Because it's not a time machine, Alister! The clock isn't meant to alter time! Only keep it!"
"Thirty seconds until total system failure." The computer system alerted after Ratchet's explanation. Ratchet tried to approach the machine but the excessive amount of energy pushed him back.
The elder Lombax looked down and said a quiet, "I'm so sorry."
Ratchet got up again because he knew he had to do something to stop that machine. However, before he could get too far, Alister stood in front of him and said, "No. Let me." He then turned his back to the other and headed towards the death machine.
"What are you gonna do?" Ratchet asked in a yell.
Azimuth stood in front of the machine before looking back with a slight smile and with his last words, "Take care of yourself Ratchet."
The last bits were like a blur to the younger. He saw Alister position his wrench to take the place of the original lever. Once done, the general had pushed until the machine had successfully shut off, but at a price. An explosion went off which caused Ratchet and Clank to fly back.
When the explosion ended, ticking could be heard. Clank stood up and Ratchet lifted himself up some on his arms to shake his head and then looked back at the machine. His eyes widened when he saw Alister lying on the floor. He got up and approached the other Lombax.
Ratchet stood in front of the elder before saying, "Alister?" He then got on one knee and looked at the pocket watch that was lying by Alister. The watch contained a picture of his father, Kaden, and of the General himself.
Clank stood next to Ratchet and said, "He did a brave thing Ratchet. You should be proud of him."
The yellow Lombax did not move at first. He then closed his eyes and shut the pocket watch. After that though, not response and no movements were made except when he opened his eyes again and would blink. When no response was made to what Clank said, it was as if he didn't hear his robot friend, but that was not the case.
Clank then disturbed the quiet atmosphere. "I will leave you alone for a while," the robot replied and then started to leave. He paused by the exit and said, "If you need anything, just let me know. I will be outside."
Ratchet was still on one knee but remained frozen; almost like a statue. It took a little bit but once the Lombax was sure that his friend was gone, the tears started to fall. It was slow at first but the more he thought of the situation, the more tears fell as he began to sob.
'Why Alister? Why!?' Ratchet wondered desperately, 'Why did you have to do this? Why did you have to be so God damn stubborn?!'
Ratchet continued to sob until it became hard to breath. He tried to slow down on the sobbing but that was easier said than done. He then wrapped his arms around the other to put the elder on his back before burying his head in the General's chest.
'I know you wanted to fix your mistake. I understand. But… why did you have to leave me?' the younger thought as he lifted his head to look at the elder's face. His eyes were closed and that helped give him a peaceful expression.
Ratchet's eyes started to water more. 'Why wasn't I enough?'
The younger then did an action that even surprised himself, but he did not care at the moment. Ratchet leaned over Alister and brushed his lips lightly against the other's before leaning up and saying a hushed, "Good bye."
The Lombax then got up and went outside to meet up with his best friend; taking the pocket watch with him. When they returned later, Azimuth's body was gone. Sigmund explained that he took care of him and that he would be safe until he could receive a proper funeral. This thought had put Ratchet's mind at ease but the whole situation with Alister's death still bothered him.
The sun positioned itself directly into the sleeping Lombax's eyes. This caused him to wake up slightly due to the brightness. Ratchet rolled on his side to block out the bright light only to feel hard, cracked ground by his turn instead of feeling the softness of his bed or sheets. This is when the Lombax really started to wake up.
He fluttered his eyes until they adjusted to his surroundings. Once this was successful, Ratchet sat up to look at his surroundings more closely.
There were a few trees but not many, and there were not many leaves present on them. The ground was hard and cracks were seen all through the ground. It was as if rain was rare in this part of the planet, or on this planet. He stood up and saw mines and caves not too far from his location.
'Mines? Where am I?' Ratchet wondered as he started to glance in other directions. Somehow, despite the fact that there were hardly any trees around, the ship had been caught in a couple of trees that stood by one another. 'How in the world did my ship get stuck in a tree? There are no fucking trees around and my ship gets stuff in one. Figures.'
He shook his head and continued to look around. 'Wait… Where's Clank?'
*Well, at least this chapter was a bit longer. I hoped everyone enjoyed. The scene where Ratchet sobbed because of Alister's death made me so sad to write. So, let me know what you guys think so far. Constructive criticism is appreciated but if this type of stuff isn't for you and all you have are negative comments, then please don't comment. It's been a while since I have written a brand new fanfic and this fandom is new for me too. Thanks for reading!