Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time fanfic
Genre: romance, adventure, some mystery, humor
Warnings: Slash, yaoi, boy/boy (you get the picture), the rating is T but could change in later chapters (not sure on that yet), cussing
Pairing: Ratchet/Alister
Hope you all enjoy!
Only Time Will Tell
Ch. 4- Small Town Surprises
The sun had been up for a couple hours now but had not affected a yellow Lombax that slept beside a tree. The morning light really started to affect him when the sun was high above the trees. Light shown on Ratchet's face and he started waking up from this.
After a few grunts of protest, he decided to give up on getting back to sleep. Once Ratchet's eyes adjusted to the brightness, he stood up and stretched. 'Now that I'm up, I need to find that town,' the Lombax thought as he started to wonder away from his sleeping place.
Not too long of wondering had Ratchet found a dirt path. He decided to follow the downhill path and see where it would take him. The longer he followed the path, the more tree and grass appeared. This was not considered a lot of plant life but it was better than it was when he had crashed.
Ratchet started to rub his neck some while traveling. 'Damn. I must have slept weird. My neck's pretty sore.'
The travel was unsurprisingly quiet and uneventful. He walked for what felt like a lifetime before he noticed smoke in the sky. The Lombax quickened his until he saw a town when he was standing on a hill.
'Thank God!' Ratchet grinned as he ran down the hill. 'Hopefully there will be maps and ship parts. Maybe even someone has seen Clank.'
entering the town, the Lombax noticed that he received a lot of confused or surprised looks from the residents. Of course, none of the residents were organics. The residents were not just robots, but junk robots. The robots had many parts with rust and most bodies were made with mismatched parts.
Ratchet noticed a small building with the sign 'Supply Shop' on the outside, so he entered. The worker behind the counter was extremely skinny and wore glasses. The store had small electronics, home décor, books, and other various items. The Lombax walked up to the clerk.
"Well, hello there good sir! And what can I do for you? /would you like a new microwave? Or perhaps you're trying to replace that old toaster? No! No! You're looking for a new book to explain why your toilet keeps getting clogged! Or perhaps…" This robot was a rambler, and a quick one at it.
Ratchet just rolled his eyes before interrupting the clerk. "I'm looking for a map actually."
"Oh! Oh. Heh, I knew that! Just a second!" The clerk rushed into a door behind him and returned just as fast with his arms full.
"We've got galaxy maps, sector maps, planet maps, 3D maps, 2D maps…" the clerk got cut off again when Ratchet said, "I'll just take a look. Thanks."
That finally shut the sales clerk up. The Lombax looked through most of the maps. He picked up a map of planet Torren IV. It was a flat map but a small red button could be pressed to make a certain part of the planet 3D.
"Which part of the planet are we on?" asked Ratchet.
The clerk took the map and touched their location before pressing the red button. "If you're ever unsure of where you are, you can press the green button to pinpoint your location on the map." Ratchet then noticed the green button on the opposite side of the map from the red one.
"How much?"
"Uh… I'm not sure. Just a second. Let me get the owner." The clerk turned and opened the door behind him, "Hey! Uncle Ted! I need a price check!"
'Uncle Ted?...' Ratchet wondered. It seemed like a really strange name. A tall, skinny robot that was covered in smoke dust came out. He was holding a particular item…
"Wait," Ratchet said, "Is that a … a bong?"
"One of a kind my dear boy. Ho ho ho!" The older bot laughed. The Lomabx just face palmed his forehead. "Now, what did you need?"
The clerk answered, "A price check on this map."
The older bot looked at it and answered, "300 bolts."
"I'll take it." Ratchet paid for the map.
"By the way, I was wondering if you may have seen a friend of mine." Ratchet explained what Clank looked like but they both shook their heads. The Lombax sighed. "Also, do you know if there are any places that sell ship parts?"
"Not around here," the clerk answered, "But if you follow this path," he pointed to a path on the map, "You can get to a city and there could be ship parts there. If you leave now, you should arrive there in about three to four days."
"Three to four days?!"
"Yeah, but that will depend on how fast you travel." The clerk grinned.
Ratchet let out a defeated sigh and said, "Well, thanks for the help guys." He then left the shop.
The Lombax exited the town shortly after and tried to find that path. When he did, he was looking at his map for any possible shorter trails that he could take. Ratchet then noticed something that he hadn't before which was a small path up a ways and to the left. He knows where that path leads.
'That path leads to Alister's old home. It's going to be out of the way a bit for where I'm going but it should be close to night by the time I get there. Also, the general could have had some spare ship parts,' his stomach growled, 'And maybe there's a place near there with food.'
Ratchet headed up the path a ways but had trouble finding that small path. He the noticed a figure in a black cloak walking not that much further ahead of him.
'Should I…?'
Deciding that asking for directions couldn't hurt, he caught up with the figure and said, "Excuse me?"
The figure stopped dead in its tracks but did not turn around. Ratchet continued, "Um, hi. I was just wondering if you knew where the Cornux Path was?"
The mysterious man turned to face Ratchet. The yellow Lombax could not see the other's face because of the hood.
"Ratchet?"
The figure removed the hood to reveal a very familiar face.
"Alister?!"
'Alister is… alive!?'
*Hey guys! Alister is finally in the story. Yay! I'm excited for the next chapter because I have some stuff planned for that one. Thanks for reading so far and see you in the next chapter! :D