As I said in chapter two, there was a good chance of me uploading the next chapter on Wednesday, and since I'm already busy with writing chapter 7, there is no reason for me not to upload chapter 3 now. Since I've still got quite a lot of time before my bus arrives (half an hour) I thought that I might as well upload this chapter right now rather than this afternoon (or, at least, when it's afternoon on this part of planet Earth).

So, here we go! Let me take a moment to reply to the reviews though:

Reviews


Epilogue reviews:

Heather:

Chapter 16: "This was one heck of a chapter, that's for sure! I just started reading this story today and I love it already! You're an amazing writer!
P. S. I played Ratchet and Clank 1 and I absolutely hated the part with the sewer. I died about twenty times trying to do it the first time I played it. I still love the game itself, though.
"
Thank you! And yeah, I hated that sewer too. I've seen a preview of what it's like in the PS4 rema-erm, re-imagening, and I have to say, it got quite a lot easier. I've seen it in a stream, and although the player screwed up big time (getting hit by amoeboids, falling into the water), he still made it through (barely though) while a single mistake would mean certain death in the original game. So for a veteran like me (I've played and finished every game), that means I'll likely nail it on my first attempt. For Ratchet's sake, let's hope so... Anyhow, very glad to hear you like it so far!

Chapter 17: "Awesome chapter you wrote! Funny how Ratchet was joking around about pirates! Of course, it is true pirates are good at getting drunk... they get their hands on too much grog!"
Thank you! And yeah, pirates don't ever seem to be sober for some reason, as if they're addicted to getting drunk rather than whatever it is that they are drinking. I actually wonder, how can the space pirates possibly afford them being so drunk all the time? Drinking so much would cost them tons, and with Ratchet blowing up nearly everything, I'm surprised they can still afford it.

Chapter 18: "Well, looks like Ratchet's going to have some trouble on his hands! That's definitely going to be a punch in the gut for Angela. Anyway, as usual, fantastic chapter!"
Ooh, a punch in the gut it is, but unfortunately for Angela, there's probably more where that came from... And thank you for the compliments!

Chapter 24: "Things aren't looking good for the good guys. Again, awesome chapter! Make that beyond awesome! Er... be-awesome?"
Nope, they definitely got some trouble on their hands there. And thank you so much for the compliments!


Epilogue 2 reviews:

Max Chronicle: "Like I said, you have my reviews. And that review is...OH MY GOSH DUDE!
(Screams in frustration) THEY WERE SO CLOSE! (Screams again)
Besides that, ecstatic to see the second chapter up and viewable. Hope to see the shiz/spiz level up to that level which you are TOTALLY capable of.
Have fun with this, and I'll review when Chapter 3 comes around.
Max out.
P.S. About the whole permission to use Travel The Days...yeah, things got out of hand really quickly...
"
Indeed, they were so close! But will they get closer? You'll find out later... or sooner? And you bet there's some 'spiz' moments coming up! Lots of 'em in fact! And I can't wait for your review!

Destiny W: "Another great chapter, keep it up. : )"
Thank you! I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations.

Jadzia Kira Dax: "I really enjoyed this chapter. I never played Star Fox, so I don't know that much about the characters other than what I heard from friends but I enjoyed this chapter anyway. And yes, it's pretty fun, no, make that EXTREMELY fun to impersonate Nefarious. I just love making the Nefarious troopers dance. I did have one annihilated once just for fun. Anyway, keep up the amazing work!"
Thank you! And I'll try my best to bring out each character's personality so you get a basic idea of who they are. I'm trying to write this story in such a way that it is understandable for those who don't know either Star Fox or Ratchet & Clank. And I also enjoyed playing as Nefarious on that one part, though when I annihilated one of the robots... those lines... I'll spare you the details on what they said, but I reloaded my last save because I immediately regretted killing them just because of those lines. My thoughts: "Forget it, I didn't sign up for this!" And don't worry, this story is only getting started!

Heather: "Amazingly written chapter! You, sir, are very, no, extremely amazing at writing and this chapter was just perfect! Totally perfect! One hundred percent!"
Thank you! I hope you'll love this chapter just as much.


Alright, no more reviews to reply to, so let's get going then!


"Nothing here." Ratchet said as he regrouped with Fox after asking around in five different colonies on Aquas. "What's next?"

"Zoness I guess." Fox said with a sigh. He sat down on the ground, letting his head rest against the side of his Arwing. "This is so pointless. We'll never find her... I'll never see her again."

"Don't say that!"

"It's true!"

"No it isn't! Searching for the one you love is never pointless, giving up is! You've been searching for her for so long now, you can't possibly be considering to give up now, after so much effort."

Fox stayed silent.

"Look, I understand you've getting hopeless, but giving up is not an answer. If you do, you'll only feel guilty."

"You're right." Fox said as he stood up. "I would be an idiot to give up on someone like Krystal."

"That's the spirit! Now, let's go to Zoness."

"Okay." Fox said as he climbed into his Arwing. As Ratchet and Fox flew through space, Aphelion received an incoming call from the Cornerian spacecraft. "Hey Ratch?"

"What's up?"

"Thank you."

"No problem."


Meanwhile, on Zoness, Angela and Kursed were asking around in the only colony on the planet. Kursed wasn't wearing her cloak this time because it was a colony that feared her. A gateway to the criminal underworld of Lylat.

"You there!" Kursed barked at a nearby Macbethian. "Have you seen anyone that matches the following description..."

Kursed described Ratchet. The terrified Macbethian replied that he hadn't seen the Lombax. Kursed walked on and regrouped with Angela. "Nothing. Have you had any luck?"

"Nope. I suppose it's best to go back to Corneria and get the scanner fixed again."

Kursed growled. "That stupid bloody piece of-"

"Hey. Calm down."

Kursed growled. "Whatever. Corneria it is then."

The two women got into their ships and flew off, heading to Corneria once again. As they were leaving Zoness' brown atmosphere, two other ships were entering it. The ships passed each other, but none of the four pilots had any knowledge of the other ships due to Zoness' dense cloudlayers. As Kursed and Angela left the atmosphere and as Fox and Ratchet entered it, they had no idea that they had just passed the people they were looking for.

Fox and Ratchet landed on Zoness, in the colony Z-3589, the only colony on the polluted planet that was being protected by a sturdy glass dome supported by a solid steel framework.

They began their search, but after hours of asking around, they were about to leave empty-handed.

Suddenly, however, something pulled on Ratchet's ears. The Lombax wanted to yell in pain and anger, but a rag was forced into his mouth, preventing him from speaking. Luckily, Fox was quick to notice Ratchet going missing and turned around just in time to see Ratchet's tail disappearing around the corner. Fox sprinted after the tail, and as he ran around the corner to continue his pursuit, he saw Ratchet being dragged away in the distance, hands bound together behind his back, rag in his mouth, blindfolded, and being pulled by his ears.

Fox growled, and ran as fast as he could. It may have been a while since his last mission, the Anglar Blitz, but he sure as hell hadn't gotten weaker. Within seconds he had caught up with the criminal attempting to abduct Ratchet, and he gave the person a forceful kick in the abdomen, making the cloaked figure tumble over and curse in pain. Fox grabbed the criminal's collar, lifted him off the ground, pulled away the person's hood, and pressed a gun against the criminal's head.

"Now we're gonna have a little chat." Fox growled as he broke Ratchet's bindings with a well-aimed kick.

"P-please, don't hurt me!" the Venomian ape pleaded. "I-I was only following orders!"

"Yeah, I bet you did." Fox said, glaring daggers at the ape. "Whose orders exactly?"

"I-I-I uuh... I... J-J-Just mere hours ago this-this-this feared bounty hunter comes by a-a-and asks me if I had seen some guy, I hadn't seen him, and then I saw him (the venomian nodded towards Ratchet) who matches the description she gave perfectly, s-so I grabbed him!"

"You know, I should kill you for being such an idiot."

"N-N-No!"

"Who. Was. The. Bounty hunter?!"

"Kursed!"

"Describe. NOW!"

"BLUE FUR, PURPLE EYES, SHORT BLUE HAIR, VIXEN, THAT'S ALL I KNOW I SWEAR!"

Fox' eyes widened a bit. "Tell me more! Tell me all you can think of!"

"Uuuh... she... she was with someone... golden fur, golden striped ponytail, striped tail with a puffball at the end that had a slightly lighter fur color, sapphire eyes, large ears that were roughly triangular in shape, female."

"That sounds like Angela!" Ratchet said, who had removed the blindfold and gotten the rag out of his mouth.

"WHERE WERE THEY HEADED!?" Fox barked maniacally, using the ape's fear against him.

"CORNERIA!" the criminal ape barked, nearly beginning to cry. "NOW PLEASE LET ME GO!"

"Okay. Pleasant dreams!" Fox yelled as he knocked the ape out cold with the side of his gun.

"What did you do that for?" Ratchet asked.

"One: so he wouldn't come after us. Two: so he'll still be here when the authorities come to pick him up. I've already sent them a signal, they'll be here soon. What surprises me though is that he described someone eerily similar to Krystal. What's more, only Cerinians, Krystal's race, had blue fur, and she is the only one to have survived the destruction of her homeworld."

"Destruction of her homeworld?"

"Yeah, apparently her home planet, Cerinia, was destroyed. As long as I know her she's been trying to find out what happened to the planet."

"Well, whoever that guy (Ratchet nodded to the ape) saw is getting away, we better hurry if we want to catch up."

"Agreed. Let's go."

"Hang on..." Ratchet said, remembering something. "I may have a better plan."

"Well, I'm all ears, but make it quick."

"My ship, Aphelion, should be able to track down Angela's ship, Perihelion, since it's similar in design. And since she had it built on Fastoon, the Lombax homeworld, by the recently returned Lombax race, it's Lombax technology. Aphelion doesn't know her ship's ID though, for that we need to get close to her."

"Let's race to Corneria then, we might be able to intercept them, let's use your ship's scanner as a last resort."

"Alright."

They raced to their ships, and within minutes they were shooting out of Zoness' once so calm and velvet blue, now violent, dense, and sickening orange atmosphere. "Wait." Ratchet said.

"What?"

"Stay right behind me. Whatever you do, you must stay right behind me."

"I can do that, but what for?"

"Just do it!"

"Okay..." Fox said, piloting his Arwing to behind Aphelion.

"Now, disable your ship's engines."

"What?!"

"Just do it!"

"Okay! Okay! They're off, now what?!"

"Aphelion, engage hyperspace warping device, head to Cornerian orbit." Ratchet told Aphelion as he grabbed Fox' Arwing with Aphelion's tractor beam, much to Fox's annoyance.

"Hey?! The hell are you-AAAH!" Fox yelled as he suddenly found himself right above Corneria. "What the crap just happened?!"

"I've activated a warp drive built into Aphelion that is designed for travel between galaxies, so when used interplanetary it means near instant travel, though it is not very comfortable."

"Between GALAXIES?! How fast did we go?!"

"A few thousand times the speed of light, why?"

"That's physically impossible!"

"Yes, but there is a loophole. We did not travel through space, we bent space around us. That's what a warp drive does."

"Math class later, let's search for the woman that ape described."

"Alright. Oh, and by the way, physics, not math."

"Whatever, let's just get moving." Fox said as he restarted his Arwing's engines, and together the two ships entered Corneria's atmosphere.

Meanwhile, a small group of engineers got the scanner built into Perihelion to work again, although it was as broken as before: it could only track Ratchet's flight path, not Aphelion directly, for that it was too damaged, and the technology in Lylat was not advanced enough.

"According to the scanner... they went to Aquas rather than Zoness!" Angela said.

Kursed huffed. "Darn imbecile gave you wrong info, let's race to Aquas then!"

Meanwhile, Ratchet and Fox were landing only a few block away from where Angela and Kursed had landed. Ratchet and Fox began to search the area, only for Ratchet to look up when he heard a familiar sound. "Did somebody just steal my ship?!" he thought as he noticed a familiar sound of engines. He did see a ship similar to Aphelion flying off, but this ship was blue. He also noticed a combat-class spacecraft following it. "Found 'em!" he told Fox through his communication unit, that as if by some miracle had turned out to be compatible with Fox' headgear.

"What?! Where?! It it Krystal?!"

"I just saw their ships leave, let's go!"

Ratchet raced to Aphelion who, thank goodness, had noticed the presence of another Lombax ship, and was able to trace Perihelion. "Follow me!" Ratchet said as he sped off, Fox right behind him.


As Ratchet and Fox frantically raced through space, Angela and Kursed were asking around on Aquas. So far they hadn't had any luck, though some people did remember seeing someone who matched Ratchet's description.

Then, Angela got lucky. Someone had overheard Ratchet and some other man talking about 'searching on Zoness next'. "We were so close!" Angela thought. But then it hit her. "Wait, searching? What is Ratchet looking for? And who is that other man? Is Ratchet in danger?"

Scenarios of what Ratchet could be involved in began to flood Angela's mind, some worse than others. She frowned and her eyes filled with determination. "I have to find him."

"I've got a lead." Angela told Kursed when she found the bounty hunter. "Zoness."

"Zoness? We just were there!"

"Tell me about it. But we're getting closer, I can feel it."


"We're getting closer, I can feel it!" Fox said as he and Ratchet approached Aquas. "We're getting closer to finding Krystal!"

"I hope so." Ratchet replied. Ratchet didn't lie, he hoped that they would find Krystal soon. He truly did not want to let Fox search the universe alone, but soon Clank would return from recording another Secret Agent Clank movie at Holostar Studios, and if Ratchet wasn't home when Clank would return, Clank might get worried. "Perhaps Angela got worried too, that could explain why she's in Lylat."

Ratchet growled. He still didn't want to see Angela after that argument. Not because he couldn't forgive her, but because it would tear him apart that with that argument any chance of her liking him went out the window. If she blamed him for everything, then she couldn't possibly like him, Ratchet concluded, ears lowering in defeat.

He shook his head, he had to stay focused. He noticed a glistering of blue in the distance. He checked Aphelion's scanner. It was indeed a Lombaxian starfighter, and very likely Angela's. "Over there!" he said.

"I see 'em!" Fox replied, and the two pilots activated their ships' afterburners.


"Alright, Zoness..." Angela mumbled.

"Hey." Kursed suddenly said to Angela through the communication channel established between their ships. "So far I've worked non-stop for nearly a whole day, when do you plan on paying me?"

"I'll pay you as soon as we get to Zoness, alright?"

"You better, or-WATCH OUT!"

"What?!"

"We've got company, two ships at six!"

Angela activated Perihelion's combat systems. Perihelion wings opened up into an X-like formation, cannons got ready, afterburner on standby, all reaction wheels and gyroscopes pushed to the limit, and... then she noticed that one of the ships had a strangely familiar shape and color.

"Wait!"

"I'm going in!" Kursed yelled, activating her ship's weaponry and charging at the two ships.

"But that's-"

Angela was cut off as Kursed suddenly broke the communication channel. "Damn it!" Angela yelled. "She'll kill them!"

Angela growled and charged after Kursed. "If that lowlife even DARES to lay a finger on Ratchet I'll kill her myself!" Angela thought.


"Wait, the ship Angela's with seems to be coming our way."

"That's... could it be?!" Fox said in disbelief. "Could it be Krystal?"

"I dunno."

"I'll try to communicate with it, hang on." Fox said. He broke the connection with Aphelion and commanded his Arwing to reach out to the ship flying straight at them. The other pilot accepted, but only voice-communication, not video. "Krystal?" Fox asked with a hopeful voice the moment the connection was established.

For a moment it stayed quiet. Then the other pilot growled. "You..." a harsh, though strangely familiar female voice spoke. "You! WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE YOU!?"

"What are you-"

"Grrraaah! I'll KILL you! I'LL KILL YOU BOTH!" the other pilot yelled before breaking the connection.

Fox reached out to Ratchet's ship immediately. "It's not friendly!"

Ratchet had no time to activate Aphelion's weaponry, for the hostile pilot opened fire.


Angela growled as Kursed began to fire at Ratchet and whoever was piloting the other ship. She activated the afterburners and began to lock on to Kursed. If that woman even thought about hurting Ratchet...

Angela watched as one of Kursed's plasmabullets hit Aphelion's right wing.

"ENOUGH!" Angela yelled as she began to fire everything she had at Kursed. "NOBODY, AND I MEAN NOBODY, TRIES TO HARM RATCHET WHILE I'M AROUND! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR, YOU GOOD-FOR-NOTHING LOWLIFE?!"


Kursed cursed loudly as her ship shook violently from an impact. "Where did that come from?!" she barked as she used her ship's technology to calculate the source of the attack.

When her ship finished calculating, Kursed growled. "That backstabbing bitch! I'll rip her head off and sell her ship for scrap!"

Then Kursed noticed that the two ships she had been attacking were using the distraction to get away. "No." Kursed growled as she began her pursuit. "You are NOT escaping my wrath!"


"The hell did you say?!" Ratchet yelled as he and Fox sped away.

"I only asked if the pilot was Krystal! That's all!"

"Well, whatever you said, you really pissed someone off!"

"I didn't say anything offensive, I swear!"

Then Ratchet noticed that they were being followed, not only by the ship that had been attacking them, but by Perihelion as well, who was in combat mode. "Is... is Angela coming to kill me too?!" Ratchet thought. "But... but that means... she'll never..."

Ratchet almost had the urge to fly into a nearby asteroid and end it right there, but in the nick of time, he remembered someone.

Clank.

The little robot had always had his back, and Clank would surely be devastated if Ratchet would die, so for Clank's sake, Ratchet would stay breathing, though Ratchet had already died on the inside.

The angry pilot began to open fire again, and Ratchet and Fox had to use breakneck maneuvers to stay in one piece. "That piloting... those skills... those tricks... I know only one person..." Fox thought as he avoided being blown to bits. For hours the two ships avoided everything, before they finally reached a planet.

"What is that?!" Ratchet asked.

"That would be Fortuna!" Fox yelled over the sound of explosions. "It's a planet covered in forests!"

"Wow..." Ratchet mumbled.

But then, something shot past them.


Angela had been firing everything she had at Kursed, but the bounty hunter dodged all of the Lombax' attacks while she continued to fire at Ratchet and the other pilot.

If things would stay like this... surely Ratchet would become exhausted, and if he would lose his focus for only a second...

Then Angela had an idea. She began to fire at Kursed once again, though this time, Angela wanted to miss, detonating the space around Kursed's ship. Then, all of a sudden, she shot an ion bomb at Kursed while keeping the vixen pinned down by blowing up bombs all around the spacecraft.

The ion bomb hit. Kursed's ship sputtered and sparked, then died at last, and began to fall towards the green planet below.


"KRYSTAL!" Fox yelled as he watched the ship fall. He growled, his fur standing on end. He suddenly pressed his foot on the brakes, and the two Lombaxian ships shot past him. He locked onto the sky blue ship. "YOU! YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO KRYSTAL!" Fox yelled as he began to open fire. Perihelion's engines exploded, and the ship began to fall towards Fortuna.


"Angela!" Ratchet yelled as he watched Perihelion plummet towards the surface. He forced Aphelion to stop immediately. "DO YOU REALIZE WHO YOU'VE JUST SHOT!?" he barked at Fox through the communications channel. "YOU KILLED MY FRIEND!"

"AND SHE KILLED MY LOVE! WHOEVER IT WAS, THEY GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESERVED! HELL!"

Ratchet's fur stood on end, his eyes were ablaze with fierce hatred and he showed his fangs. "I will blow you into MORE PIECES THAN THERE ARE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE!"

"Bring it on!" Fox yelled.

The two ships began to circle each other, slowly, waiting for the other to make a move. Suddenly, Fox shot forward, and began to open fire at Aphelion from behind. Ratchet responded immediately by dropping a bomb behind him.

Fox flew out of the way with ease, and some quick plasma fire destroyed Aphelion's left wing. "EAT IT!" Fox roared.

But then Aphelion launched an entire army worth of missiles at once. Thousands of cluster missiles closed in on Fox from all angles. The vulpine attempted to destroy some of the rockets with plasma fire, a smart bomb, and even a barrel roll (A/N: DO A BARRE-okay, I'll quit it) but nothing worked, and soon the missiles slammed into his Arwing.

Fox began to fall towards Fortuna, but he left a little present behind...

Ratchet flew after Fox and began to open fire once again, only to fly right into a smart bomb.

The two pilots fell towards the unforgiving ground far below.


Her legs and her left ear were on fire and her right arm wouldn't move. Angela screamed and cursed as she desperately tried to get out of what had been her ship. Suddenly, the windshield that had been pinning her down shattered. "A... last... gift..." Perihelion muttered before the screen sparked and the ship stopped functioning. Angela crawled out of the wreckage just in time to see another ship falling from the sky. It was white in color, the cockpit in the middle, and roughly had the shape of an A. Angela moved back a bit, using the wreck of Perihelion as protection from the ship falling from the sky. The ship slammed into the ground not too far from Perihelion, and the pilot crawled out. Angela crawled over to him. "Hey!"

The pilot carefully stood up. It was a fox. "Hey!" Angela yelled again, catching the man's attention. "Help me!"

The man stared at her in disbelief. "Plea..." Angela muttered before the pain of her injuries became too much for her, and she lost consciousness.


Ratchet yelled as Aphelion slammed into the ground. The impact shattered one of Ratchet's ribs and broke the Lombax' left arm, but Ratchet wasted no time in grabbing his wrench and breaking open the cockpit by smashing the windshield.

He climbed out, only to see a ship's wing vanishing below the surface of a lake nearby. A figure crawled their way onto dry land, gasping, but not dead at all.

The figure stood up, and Ratchet could see who it was.

The person matched Fox' description of Krystal almost perfectly, save for the short purple hair and the cold, dead eyes that seemed to stare into his soul.

Ratchet instinctively grabbed his wrench.


Oooh, things are not going quite well down there, huh? I do plan on updating this Saturday, so then you will all find out what happens to them. Until then, please leave a favorite/follow/review if you liked, and (hopefully) see you next time!