"Run my friend,srun so fast you just can,Im efter you... t it doesn't matter how fast and strong you are,I catch you before you know what happen...you know that you have no chance to run away fron me,dont deny it,accept the fact and come to me,so I take the pain away,soon all this is finish...trust me."
His strange was gone for long time ago,the lung hold to explode off exertion.Rain pouring down and get the water and blood flow around in big pools.
He couldnt move or move,he just layd still there,tryed to breathe.
He was vanquish of a person he trought he could trust one.But so wasnt.He was a unknown guy for everyone.
What happened whith them both?Why wanted he kill him,for what? Ratchet try to see his face,look in his eyes but no way;the backpain was too strong.
-So here we are-said the person,so called Invincible -I warned you in ten years,you rember that?But you didnt listen to me,as always.See you around.Tenthousand fivehoundred people have deid,only of one reason,and this reason is youself.
Invincible stamped on Lombaxes one crushed leg.
The fallen solider stoped himself from skreaming of the pain.If this didnt stop soon,he shall to die of the pain,and not of his damage.
"Stoped" that was his only wish "Go away now,you have won the fight with me,stop torture me"
Invincible maybe knowed what his enemy thinking.He stamped harder on the leg and laughed at him.
"So where is the hero know?I cant belive that you have bet Tachyon...you are so weak Ratchet.When one know how one shall brake you down,are this easy to defait you.Say me one thing...where is you little friend Clank?He?s not here,he cant wath how you deing after a long but not good e on.Answer me"
Invincible grab a stranglehold on Lombaxes neck and press him down so hard he could,but dont let him strangle.He sew how his enemy gasp for breath but didnt take off his hand of his neck.
"Come on,say that...I can "Take cear" of him,better that you doing...he dont be with you anymore.Besides,we to have much to talk about"
"Im not going to say where he is" hissed Ratchet between tooths andtry to be free,but for no reason.
"Ratchet,Ratchet,always angry and naive...Clank is not your friend.Someone day you will understand that,but this can be to late"
"GO AND DIE YOUR IDIOT"
Lombaxens scream slammed through the air.The pain was terrible,he can't stand out with this any longer "Torture me how long time you want,I keep quiet anyway"
"I see you have take a choise" Invincible stand up and looking aon him with a angry face,but behind this was more feeling; one of them was enjoyment.He loved to kill andhurt people.Ratchet have watched what he could do with them;that thing ho one couldnt describe or even dream about.
"I give you a way out from the death,you didnt take this...so if yo really will die today so fine for me"
Invincible raise his one hand with a metal thing on.
"Have sweet dreams...and dont wake up"
The last Ratchet heard was a mentally ill laught.Everything rotateting,before all get black."
He wake up,again,total horror-struck.The sweat ran down on his neck and face,heart knock as he run in the full speed the entire night.
Everything was black around him,he could turn on the lights.This wouldnt help him so much.
"That was a nightmare...again" he thinking before he step up and walked to bathroom.He took a fast shower before he get out and set on a chair,close to the window.He opened it and the cold nightair calm down him a suspicion.
Gud,how many times he have the dream,again and again?He couldnt sleep at all nowadays.He was afraid for the nightsleep.Clanks presence sisnt help anymore,that going be worse and worse for every day.
Sometimes he was so tired that he almost faint.
Fenix suggested him to take sleepmedicine,but he refuse.
Nobody know that,but when he was five years old,he was dependence of them.That practically finished with a suicide.
He sighed and his thoughts come over to Clank.The little robot was allways there for him when he was sad,angry or sick.He helped him so good he just could and never reveal his secrets.Why could he tell him how he was feeling?That he was like a dead person,a zombiee?
Whatever this was,he couldnt tell him the truth.Something stoped him do that.That was not fair to his friend.He have right to know that..he maybe have a idea how to help himself?Help him find his soul and be the old Ratchet everybody know?
He laid his head in the table and closes his eyes.The eyelided burn off the fatigue like fire.
He could rest a second,before he get up to the job ceep going with his plan.
Clank wake up five hours after that Ratchet have get away.He got panic when he sow that the Lombax was gone.This have happend many times;he just run fron him,some off he was hunting him or something.
This was maybe the hight time to press him and get him tell whats his problem was.
"What happend with you?I cant just look on you and dont help when I see that you suffer all the time"
he thinking, sick worried about his friend.What have crack him like this?Or...ho?
He jumped off of the bed and go to the controllroom;he was maybe there.
But no,he wasnt.The only person he saw was Fenix.
-Hey there-said the new Q-Force member and look on him -Have Ratchet run away from you again?
-Yes,he have-said Clank little tired -Dont worry,boddy.He can take care of himself...I think.
The last commenst get Clank no calm exaktly.
-Can you contakt me if you see him?-asked he.
-Yes,I can.But wait for a moment,this is a thing I will talk about with you.
-What is it?
-You see...this have got five weeks then Ratchet have comming here.If you have notice that,he is much worse that he was on the hospital.Im afraid hes not comming to be better if we dont help him out of his situation.
-But how?He didnt want ours help.
Fenix was right.Ratchet stop eating,and he couldnt sleep now too.His legs make hurts more and more and this was days when he was total strengtless or when he couldnt walk whithout his one crutch.
-And another strange thing is...Skidd said that he saw him yesterday on Veldin,there he train really hard.
-What?
Trainded?In his condition?Ratchet was no stuped,he could hurt himself any more that he was now...or he didnt care?
-Clank,if you see someone day that he doing something as is dangerous for him now...you promise me that you stop him and tell me that?
Clank was quiet a long time before he nodded.
This day wasnt his day at all.His legs hurt too much so he could run,and his strenght dindt hold out to that.
That was bad,very bad.If he wasnt forced to hide when he trained shall that was little more easy,but he couldnt say to everyone "I trained again".They would stop him in one second.
Ratchet set on a cliff and looked over the wather.How many times he have run after Clank here and contrary,on the vacation.
At the time was that so easy,but know...he couldnt run 800m in full speed without overstraining himself.
Have he someone chance to be healthy?Or was that a impossible dream?
"This is time to go home" he thinking and walked away from all his memorys with spark of hope that everything shall be okay.
On the Phoenix,he looked up a quiet corner and lean the back on this before he slowly fall to the floor,whith tear flowed down on his face.
He laid his head on his on hand and begin to cry,for the first time then he was a baby.
He have no energy to fight,he didnt want to just give up.
But someone voice in him said that he couldnt be the same person like before.That he never could fight on the battle again.He was finish.He was complete worn-out after everything.
Four month have passed and Ratchet was so bad manhandled physique and psychic that Fenix start wonder if he ever would be healted at all.This have moved too far to repareted all damage.He knowed that was cut ho never healthed.Maybe this was the time to decide if this not was better to just...let the Lombax go.He suffered every second of his live;that was a never-ending tourture for him.
Clank dont give up and try to understand his friends fear for everyone and everything but couldnt.He didnt know what have happend with him or how he feel.The Lombax didnt want theirs help and close himself in i a invincible shell to protekt himself.
That was not so easy too speak with him even in tree second.If he thinkt that somebody will speak "what happendto you?" or something in this way,he just run away.He havennt seen another Q-force membrs or another person then he come from hospital or "hellhause",some Ratchet called it.
This day was Ratchets bad day.He was so much in pain that he couldnt move and was almost unconscious.He gasp for breath and shaken again.
Clank pull a extra felt over him but that not helped.
Fever was high,and get the Lombax even weakness than before.
The little robot was indignant and angry.Ho in the hell have get his friend in this condition?
That was close that he have died outthere.Rangers have find him in the last second.
He could kill the idiot if he find him someone day.Nobody treat his best friend on this way.
Ratchet moved little and opened his eyes.He look on Clank,confiused.
-I trought you was on Holowid-recording-he said silent -And left you here in this condition,alone?Never mind!
Clank shake his head and notise that the Lombax was little more calm that before,but this maybe depend on that he was sick.
And maybe tis was the right time to talk with him about everything?Know he couldnt run away.He didnt want press him to do that,but he have no choice.
-Ratchet...I know that you have very hard time right now,but this is important.I most know...what happend with you,otherwise I cant help you.
His friend froze and that hostility come back.He shall fight opposite so long he could.
-Dont care about that,Im fine-the Lombax said and close his eyes,pretend that he wanted sleep.
-Youre not fine,you know that too.What happend?Before you speak with me when you have a problem or when you needed help.Now you push me away all the time.
When Ratchet didnt reply,he ceep going to pull the past,as far as he sew Lombaxs tear ho ran down his face.
That didnt want to get him so indignant.
-Sorry,I didnt want to.
-Shut up.I want hear that again.You know that I cant help that I have change after...the atack.
This is not your problem,this is something I must come over myself,so stop speak about it.
-If you will forget that,you must speak about it with someone-said Clank calmly -Fenix begin to talk about to go to a psychologist with you,so you have a choise;speak with me or a alien.
-Fenix can say what he want,I dont care.
Leave me alone.
-But.
-LEAVE ME ALONE FOR THE HELL!
He shout out the last opinion,but he wasent angry,he was scared.Afraid for his owns thougts,and for how he feel inside.
-No,Ratchet.Not this time.
Clanks answer was short but definite and gentle.
He saw that Lombax involuntary begin to cry violent,saw how he ashamed for doing that in front of him.It doesn't matter;that was maybe a signal that he wanted open himself for anyone but not daring do that.He have very hard to talk about himself.
-Dont ashame for what you feel-said Clan quiet but he knowed that Ratchet hear that -This is no wrong with that.After everything what have happend shall that was very wierd if you didnt feel anything.
You have right to be angry,upseat and sad,but you have no right to scream on me or another like that.We will help,not hurt you.
Clank hug his friend and wait until the Lombax was calm again.He knowed that the ise between them began to collapse.
-We speak about this when you feel little better-said the little robot -But push me never again away like you have doing this time.Dont try to run away from that;this comming up to you sooner or later.
Ratchet couldnt speak just know.All pain have being worse but he feel not so bad that before.Now he knowed that Clank shall help him with this,that he wasnt alone anymore.He have so right...he was unjust against everyone.They couldnt help that he was attacked that day.
His pain and damage vas "Invincible" responsible for.
For a week before have ratchet aunderstand that his dreams wasnt just a nightmare;he dreamed about what have happend.He sew everything again and again,and soon he maybe get know ho "Invincible" was too.
And then...he shall pay for that.
