Here we are with chapter 3 and you maybe wondering, how come you were so quick? Well like i said, my beta reader gave me chapter 3 earlier. But he finally actually gave me chapter 2. So to any of you who haven't read the update yet, I suggest you go out and do so. So my authors notes on it are kinda, out of date. But as long a I have the chapter finished, thats good enough for me you know. All we have today are two new reviews and I will quickly reply to them.

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Kyzil Plateau

Planet Veldin

10:00pm local time

An Adventure Begins

It was a beautiful and quiet night on the Kyzil plateau. The only sound breaking the silence was that of the engine of a rocket sled, the driver being a small, golden Lombax known as Ratchet. He lived in the garage he ran with his boss, and the only person he considered a friend, Grimroth Razz. Ratchet wasn't much of a working person, but this Lombax has a dream, or rather, had the dream of being with the Galactic Rangers and saving the galaxy.

That morning there had been Galactic Ranger tryouts at the fairgrounds on the Plateau. Ratchet participated, but his dreams were brutally crushed when he wasn't just rejected, but insulted as well. When he returned to the garage that evening, Grim was waiting for him, "So, are you off to save the galaxy?"

Ratchet sighed and shook his head, his ears lowering like they always did when a Lombax was sad. "Turns out you were right. I should dream smaller." Ratchet then used his modified Swingshot and pulled himself up to the garage's gantry, walked along the scaffolding, and sat down on the end.

It was Ratchet's favorite spot to be if he had to think about things. That night, he didn't just think about his dreams, he thought of his entire life. Ratchet never was the social type, but he had always longed for one true friend to talk to, and share his progress in life, and perhaps even travel the cosmos together with, hoping to find the next adventure, but right now, he was focused on his dreams of becoming an ranger.

"I'll never be a ranger." Ratchet whispered to the stars as he laid back on the scaffolding. But then he heard an explosion. He looked up and and saw a huge fireball falling down from the sky and towards the planet's surface

"What the hell?" Ratchet said as the fireball shot past him and crashed a few miles from the garage with a loud boom. Ratchet quickly got up and ran back into the garage. He dropped down to the ground and jumped on his rocket sled."Where are you going?" Grim asked with curiosity.

"Something fell in the desert, I'm going to take a look at it."

...

"Aaah!" Jordan yelled in pain. Jordan couldn't really remember what happened before the crash, but all he remembered was waking up with a large shard of glass in his right leg. Jordan then looked to his left and saw that there was a robot next to him. It was a small silver robot, but it was unconscious. "Hey, wake up!" Jordan said to the robot, but got no response. "Cmon man wake up." Jordan started shaking the robot, but still no response.

"Dammit! Okay, let's not worry about that. First, let's get out of here." Jordan mumbled as he looked to his right and saw some kind of gun that was designed to be used in case of emergency. Jordan took the weapon, then focused on the main hatch to let him out. Jordan realized he had completely forgotten about his military machete that he kept on his right leg though. He used it mostly for protection, but perhaps it could prove useful in this situation as well.

Jordan decided to use his machete to try to pry the door open. Jordan found a small opening in the door, stuck his machete in it and started to push harder and harder until the door finally released.

"Yes!" Jordan then slowly stepped out of the ship and took in his surroundings. He saw that it was nighttime, and that he was in a desert. "Alright, it's time to find some shelter." Jordan started slowly limping out of the crater, completely leaving the robot behind, he couldn't help the robot right now anyway, so taking it with him would only reduce his chances for survival. As Jordan limped through the what seemed like an endless plateau, he looked back at the crater and heard an loud boom, followed by a large mushroom cloud.

Jordan gasped. He had no idea that the ship had been about to explode. The explosion also meant that he was completely on his own now.

….

After narrowly avoiding being blown to bits, Ratchet took the robot he found, gently set him down on the ground and carefully examined it. "No vector shell damage, sister board appears to be intact." Ratchet muttered to himself as he checked the robot's vital systems. Suddenly, the robot's eyes shot open and it got up, accidentally giving Ratchet a headbutt. "Ow!" Ratchet said as he stumbled backwards, hand pressed against his hurting eye.

"I must get to Aleero City." the robot said as he got up, but quickly fell to the ground due to a damaged sprocket in his left leg. "They're in danger."

"Who's in danger?" Ratchet asked, puzzled.

"An army is coming, I must warn them."

"Hang on, slow down, you've been in a crash. What do you say we get you back to my garage? I'll run a diagnostic and fix you up in no time." Ratchet said as he knelt down next to the robot.

"Thank you, I appreciate the assistance."

"It's no problem. So... what do I call you?" the robot got up and started walking again."I suppose my proper designation is warbot defect B5429671-"

The robot was interrupted when he fell once again. Ratchet helped him get back up. "Maybe I'll just call ya Clank. My name's Ratchet." Ratchet held out his hand. However, Clank didn't seem to understand and just stared at it.

Ratchet rolled his eyes, took Clank's hand and shook it. "Up and down. Yeah, there you go, you're a natural." Clank then continued to shake, and shake."Okay, thats enough" but Clank still continued to shake."Or keep going, that's cool too." Ratchet said.

Clank then finally stopped shaking and started to look around the area, remembering that he had not been alone in the escape pod. "What's wrong?" Ratchet asked.

"There was someone else with me in the crash, have you seen him?

"No, you were the only one I saw in the ship,"

"Oh, he must have wandered off then."

"Maybe. Should we go look for him then?"

"Perhaps we should, he could be injured." Clank and Ratchet both got on the rocket sled and started searching for the missing pilot. First they searched the canyons, then Ratchet drove to a higher part of the plateaus for a vantage point from which he could scan the area. However, there was no sign of life. Ratchet then noticed a red substance on the ground. "Hey Clank, what do you think that is?"

"My scanners indicates that that is blood."

"It looks like a trail, and it seems to lead... to the garage!"

Ratchet followed the blood trail and indeed, it lead to the garage. Ratchet parked his rocket sled in the garage and started looking around for this unknown pilot. But he was nowhere to be found.

That is, until Ratchet walked up to the next level of the garage and saw a person going through some cabinets in Ratchets workshop, desperately looking for something.

"Hello there." Ratchet said to the person. But in response to the friendly gesture, the man turned around and pointed a gun at him. "Whoa, it's okay, it's okay, I'm not going to hurt you."

Ratchet started walking closer to the person, but the man fired three shots at the Lombax' feet and made him stop instantly. Ratchet held up his hands innocently. "Hey, c'mon now. I'm not gonna hurt you."

Ratchet slowly started moving closer to him and saw his wounded leg. "You're hurt, I can help you with that leg." as Ratchet got closer he saw the person's hand start shaking. Once Ratchet was close enough, Ratchet placed his hands on the gun."Shhh, trust me."

However, when Ratchet pulled the gun away from him, the person grabbed his machete and swung at the Lombax,

Ratchet luckily dodged the attack and regained his balance "WHOA!"

The person then swung at him again, and again, and again, and Ratchet kept dodging the attacks."Dude, calm down!" Ratchet said, but the person kept attacking him. It was at this point that Ratchet had no choice but to perform an move he had seen on the Holovision.

"That's it, you made me do this!" Ratchet got behind the man and pressed his hand against the person's mouth whilst using his thumb and index finger to close off the man's nose. The man tried fighting his tough grip, but to no avail, and soon the man was unconscious. Ratchet laid the man down on his bed and focused on more important matters.

1 hour later

With both Clank and the man's leg both fixed, Ratchet and Clank both sat by the man and waited for him to wake up. "So, this was the guy you told me about?" Ratchet asked.

"Indeed."

"Was he like this when you two first met?"

"No, in fact he was quite friendly when we first met."

"But why was he with you? What about his home planet?"

"Actually, he told me that he was from another galaxy."

"What, no wonder I can't recognize his race."

"Neither can I." Suddenly, the man's eyes started to open "It appears he is waking up." Clank pointed out.

Once the man completely opened his eyes, he immediately looked at the two figures and tried to grab his machete. But Ratchet immediately put his hands over the man's mouth, ready to knock him out again. "C'mon man, I don't wanna do this again."

But then the man noticed Clank. He finally started to calm down and slowly got up, staring at his leg.

"See, like I promised, I fixed your leg while you were knocked out." The man saw that not only had the glass been removed, but his leg had been patched up really well, all that remained was a little scar. "Now that you're calmed down, do you mind if I ask you why you were in that crash?"

"I..I don't know, I just wanna go home."

"Well if you tell me what planet you're from, I'd be more than happy to take you home."

"Earth."

"What?"

"Planet Earth, in the Milky Way Galaxy."

"I've never heard of that Galaxy."

"Well, you have to help me man."

"I will, I will, but first I have to figure out why you guys are all the way out here."

"I am on a mission of galactic importance," Clank said.

"I was teleported here by some kind of device."

"Galactic Importance? I can totally help!" Ratchet immediately said to Clank.

"Oh no, I could not ask an civilian to get involved in something so dangerous."

"I'm not just a civilian. The rangers are actually my, uh... friends! Why do you think I have so many pictures of them?"

Clank gazed around the room and saw the many posters of the galactic rangers. However, there was something else that he noticed about the posters as well. "But why are you not in any of them?"

"Well someone had to take the pictures, right? I mean, c'mon, I even have a ship!"

The group stared down at the ship as they saw a wing break off from it. "It disassembles so it can infiltrate enemy strongholds." Ratchet said with an embarrassed chuckle. "So, what do you guys say?"

"I would gladly take you up on that offer." Clank said.

"What about you over there?" Ratchet asked the man. The man walked over to Ratchet. "Alright, but you must promise me that if I help you, you help me find a way home, understood?"

"Alright, deal." Ratchet held his hand out and the man shook it. "By the way, what's your name?" Ratchet asked.

"...Jordan."

"Well it's nice to meet you, Jordan. My names Ratchet, and this is Clank."

"Pleased to make your acquaintance, Jordan."

"You too Clank."

"Wait a minute, wheres Grim?" Ratchet said, noticing the absence of the otherwise always present engineer.

"In here Ratchet." Grim's not amused voice came from a supply closet across the room.

"Oh yeah. I forgot I locked him up in there." Jordan said. Ratchet quickly walked over to the closet and let Grim out. "Is it true what you said? You're going to help this little robot save the galaxy?" Grimroth said with a raised eyebrow. He then turned to Jordan. "And you, you've got some nerve, breaking in and locking me up in my own garage!"

"I'm indeed going to help that robot, Grim." Ratchet said.

"But you don't have a ship." Grim said. "Besides, you promised to help me with those Proton Scrubs!"

"I have that ship." Ratchet said, pointing at the busted up ship.

"That's Mr. Micron's ship!"

"He said it was his." Jordan said.

"It is, it is, don't worry." Ratchet then walked over to Grim and whispered something in his ear, "Don't worry, I'll bring the ship back in one piece."

"No." Grim said. "What do you think Mr. Micron will say when he returns and hears that you 'borrowed' his ship? That'd destroy the reputation of my garage! No!"

Clank walked over to Grimroth. "Excuse me Sir, but we must borrow the ship regarding galactic security."

"Galactic security?"

Clank nodded. "Yes. I am a defective warbot from planet Quartu. While I have rejected the programming that would turn me into a mindless killer, I do know the nefarious plan behind the creation of me and the other warbots. The warbot assembly lines on Quartu are there with one goal: to create an army to take over the galaxy. Their first target is the headquarters of the Galactic Rangers in Aleero City on planet Kerwan, and I am afraid that the Rangers are completely unaware of this incoming attack. Therefore it is very important that I inform them of the incoming attack, otherwise they will likely be killed."

Grim sighed, and stared out the window. After a few seconds, he shook his head. "Fine. But you get back here the second the rangers have gotten the message, clear?"

"Awesome, c'mon Clank and Jordan, we better get moving." Ratchet said.

"Indeed." As the group got into the ship, Grim yelled one last thing over the sound of the thrusters. "Hey Ratchet!"

Ratchet looked at Grim. "Be careful!"

"I will Grim, I will!" With that said, the group flew out of the garage and into the cosmos above.

"And you better come back to help me with those Proton Scrubs." Grimroth said, shaking his head. "God, why did I even agree to this madness?" he said with a sigh.


Well thats chapter three. And I know what your thinking. "DUDE! WHERES SOPHIA?!". Dont worry, next chapter we will see the arrival of the cute, yet naive Lombax, Sophia. Stay tuned for chapter 4 when the group heads to their first destination.

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Thank you for reading.