Back on Veldin Ratchet was going through all of his stuff, ever since they came back from Bogon the junk just seemed to pile up.
Three months had passed since they defeated Nefarious in the Breegus system and stopped him from misusing the Great clock and destroying the universe, Clank sat on an old bench and let himself bake in the sun, he kept thinking how Sigmund was doing and if he was capable of taking care of the clock.
„Ughh...did i do the right thing?" he kept asking himself. Ratchet came out of the garrage with his fur full of dirt and oil stains, „Well, i just finished installing a set of heat seekers to Aphelion" he said proud. Clank sighed, „Good for you..."
„Is something wrong?" „It´s just i´m... suddenly feeling so...useless" „What are you talking about!, Clank without you i´d be nothing!" „Thank´s Ratchet" Clank smiled. „I just wish i could serve a purpose like the one i did at the clock" Ratchet´s ears drooped a bit, he walked into the garrage feeling guilty.
He wondered what would have happened had Clank stayed at the Great clock, „*sigh* oh well...it can´t get any more dull than thi-.
He had bareley finished speaking when a large thunderclap was heard outside. „That didn´t sound like an ordinary thunder..." Ratchet ran out and saw the sun was gone and the sky was full of clouds, but that wasn´t all, the ground surrounding Ratchet´s garrage had been burnt and scorched.
He looked for Clank but he couldn´t see him, the spot that he was lying on had been turned to ashes.
Ratchet feared the worst, after searching for a few minutes he found Clank lying in the muck. Someone had done this to him there was no other logical explaination, Ratchet took Clank to the garrage for a cup of hot oil.
After Clank recovered he told ratchet that he saw a vortex/wormhole of some sort and this portal unleashed a devastating thunderstorm that threw him into the pond.
„It was very confusing, it felt like a rollercoaster with alot of pain included" „Do you have any idea why?" „None" Clank answered simply. They both went to sleep afterwards thinking about this strange day, as they drifted to sleep Ratchet started to get the feeling they were being watched...