(A/N For the last time, no matter how much I wish it changed, I do not own any characters in my fanfics except for the made-up ones)

Chapter 3 We're not so different after all

(Ratchet POV)

I looked at my hands. They were an incredibly dark blue and the colour was pulsing like the rest of the body was. As soon as he thought I would get used to it, my body turned a light shade of blue.

"What the hell is going on?" I yelled.

Daxter looked at Jak.

"Someone's gonna be in trouble."

"Shut up, Dax."

Longer claws than usual and huge fangs spawned in my dark state. When I turned light, they disappeared and I sprouted great angelic wings which looked like connected tentacles. In fact they were, and they separated at my will. I looked around. Sasha would change her face. From horror when dark, to a loving gaze when light. Al was punching in buttons on his Pocket PC. Skidd had his 'Whoa, dude' look on his face, Captain Quark was unconscious on the floor smelling of beer, Skrunch was stuffing piles of bananas in his mouth, Helga was staring in awe, Joe was helping Al.

"What? What? What's going on?" Slim's canister was looking the other way.

"AAARRRGGGHHH!" I screamed as dark blue lightning coursed through every inch of my body. Then it all shot outwards and destroyed the lights. I fell to the ground and closed my eyes.

"Ratchet, wake up! Please wake up!"

I opened my eyes slightly to see Sasha bending over me with tears in her eyes. It quickly changed to tears of joy and she hugged me. That made me feel better.

"Ugh, my head..."

"Here, drink up."

I gladly accepted the water given to me and finished it in a second.

"Wha...what happened?"

Al came in to explain.

"You came back with Jak, right? Well, he says you two shook hands back at Pokitaru. That single action must have passed his dark eco and light eco into..."

"Dark what now?"

"Two years ago, he was infected with two things. Dark and Light eco. It makes him change his form depending on how he felt. When he was angry, he would form a dark creature. When trying to perform good deeds, he would turn into an angelic-type creature."

"Wait, wait...I can MUTATE DEPENDING ON MY EMOTION?"

"Natch!"

"This blows."

I looked at Jak. He was looking at the ground.

"Hey, don't get down on yourself, buddy. It wasn't your fault."

"You think?"

"Yeah. You can't think about eco when meeting an old friend again, right?"

Jak grinned. "Thanks, buddy."

"Hey, Sasha. Get me into a training room. I'm gonna see how this thing works."

Everyone grinned. They knew about Jak, so they would know I could control what I do, mutated or not.

Sasha joined in."OK, Ratchet. But don't let your forms get in the way of us."

This time everyone laughed, including me.

I walked into the VR deck so see Jak standing there.

"Wha... but...you were..."

"I slowed down time. I think I can help you control your new power. Come on."

We entered the VR module. I saw thousands of robots coming towards me, armed with R.Y.3.N.Os.

"OH. MY. GOD!"

"Ratchet, focus all your efforts on the space between your hands."

I looked at my hands and imagined a great energy there. To my surprise, it happened. I looked at the robots.

"OK, on the count of three, release the energy. One,two, THREE!"

I let go of the energy. It transformed in a spinning globe of electricity and cut through the robots in an instant.

"YES, YES, YES, THIS ROCKS!"

"Just remember. These robots are very weak. Proper cannon fodder will be much stronger."

"Right."

More robots appeared while I was still in my dark form.

"Right. Jump up and slam the ground. Then jump up and spin."

I did as he said. First the robots went flying to the ground. Then they got zapped into oblivion.

"Last thing, imagine no-one knows you are there."

I thought that no-one could see me. I walked behind Jak quietly and tapped him on the back.

He jumped then turned. "It worked! You're invisible!"

"OK, onto the light form. Imagine you are fighting for the good."

Instantly I transformed into my light form.

"Good. Now, kneel down and clap your hands above you."

When I did it, he seemed to slow down. I walked to the other side of the room and looked closely and saw he was nodding in very slow motion.

Then it went fast again. When he found me I asked, "what the hell happened?"

"You slowed down time. Onto the next thing." He got out a gun and shot me square in the chest.

I fell back and stared at him. "Why?"

"Concentrate! Imagine you have no wounds at all."

Slowly I rose into the air and a bright light shone on me. My laser wound quickly disappeared, along with all the pain."

"WOW."

"Next, imagine no-one can hit you."

A shield formed around me. It seemed solid and moved with me. Jak fired a few round of his shotgun but to no avail.

"Good. Now the very last thing. Imagine you are one with the wind."

My big angelic wings started to flap. I was flying! It was an amazing experience. I felt like I could never be happier.

"That's excellent. That's all you can do."

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Back in the real Phoenix, Sasha grabbed me and kissed me.

"That was pretty impressive, hotshot."

"Thanks. I thought I was gonna kill everyone when I looked like that."

Laughter filled the room.

Sasha went back to her serious tone.

"Ratchet, did Joe tell you anything else other than to get the tools?"

"Yes, he said the blarg were still at large."

Everyone went serious except for Quark, who ran out of the room screaming and got into his ship.

"Did you say the blarg were still at large?"

"Yes. And it gets worse. I suspect an old enemy lives. I think Drek is back."

END OF CHAPTER

(A/N What do you think? Quite a cliffhanger, huh? Please review, review, review! Anyone want me to do more eco action? Or back to classic guns and gore? Please tell me. Also, if anyone wants lemon, TOUGH. I'm always caught doing that kind of thing. I could do references, but nothing more. Well, if you are lucky, I could squeeze in some RatchetXSasha action but only if I get more votes for want than don't want. If anyone wants to give me their own characters to put in the story, get in touch. Be warned, he could just be in for a chapter then get killed off. Perhaps I could be generous and make him/her a main. Just do what you want from I said, OK?)