One of a Kind

It has been about fifteen minutes since Ratchet and Miyu left the Great Fox, and Ratchet was finally in the Solana Galaxy.

"Okay, we're here! Welcome to Solona!" Ratchet informed the lynx.

"Really? It feels like we are in the same galaxy." Miyu replied.

"I know, but I had to wait for my ship's warp drive to activate. Remember, after repairing the Aphelion, it takes awhile for the ship to reboot.

"Oh! Right..." Miyu suddenly spotted a planet from a far. "Hey, what planet is that over there?" The lynx pointed. Ratchet turned his head where she was pointing and also caught eye of the planet.

"That planet is called Veldin..."

"Veldin?" Miyu repeated. Ratchet nodded.

"That is my home planet. Well, I wasn't born there, but I lived there almost my whole life."

"Oh. So...what about the planet you were previously living on?" Miyu asked curiously. This made Ratchet a little pensive.

"I rather not talk about it." Ratchet retorted. Miyu noticed he is sad about something, so she decides to change the subject.

"So, you think we can stop by on your planet?"

The lombax's ears perked up in surprise.

"You want to go to Veldin?" Ratchet asked the lynx and she replied with a nod.

"Why? There's nothing there but rocks, cliffs, and the hot sun."

"Please!" Miyu said while making a puppy face.

"Okay, okay! We'll go there right now."

Ratchet changes course and headed to his home planet, but he was going really fast, dodging asteroids and other types of debris.

"WOOHOO!" Miyu screamed excitedly and full of energy. Ratchet was shocked to see anyone...scratch that; any female with the need for speed.

"This is one crazy chick! I thought she would freak out or have a heart attack at least!" The lombax pondered.

"Now approaching planet Veldin." The Aphelion informed. The Aphelion finally enters the planet's orbit, and Ratchet reduces speed.

"What happened?! Why are we going slow?!" Miyu whined. She realize they are entering Veldin and the lynx calms down. "Sorry about that. I like flying...

"Fast? Crazy?" Ratchet finished. Miyu smiles and nods.

After a few minutes, the Aphelion finally landed on the dry planet, near Ratchet's garage, and the two jumped out of the ship. Miyu obserrved her surroundings and noticed this planet is dry and hot as hell! Which explains the blazing sun.

"Whew! It's hot out here!" Miyu complained while trying to cool herself down.

"Tell me about. Lucky for me, I've gotten used to it." The lombax replied. He opened his garage, only containing tools, such as wrenches, drills, bolts, etc. Miyu whistled in astonishment.

"I see you like working on machines I see?"

"You can put it that way." Ratchet wondered in his old garage, still surprised he still have all of his equipment and tools. Miyu simply followed him. She paused for a split second after finding a large poster of a female robot posing.

"Courtney Gears? Who is she?" Miyu questioned, still not taking her eyes off the poster.

"Courtney? She's a singer...well used to be, then became a little..." Ratchet paused, trying to figure out the right words to say. "Psychotic."

"Oh..." When Ratchet went into another room, Miyu quickly tore the poster off the wall and ripped it into pieces. She found a garbage can nearby and quickly dispose the shredded pieces of paper.

Ratchet gathers a few equipment/clothing and resumes showing Miyu around the garage then they finally stepped back outside where the Aphelion was located.

"Okay, I showed you my home and my garage, now lets go to the Phoenix." Ratchet said while hopping into the Aphelion along with Miyu. The blue spacecraft blasted off the dry planet and into space.

"Wow...the stars and planets in this galaxy are so beautiful!" Miyu ponders in her head. She makes a quick glance at Ratchet. "He does look cute...his green eyes, his ears...and..." When she realized what she was thinking, she snapped out of her train of thoughts.

"You okay?" Ratchet asked the lynx.

"Umm, yeah...why you ask?"

"Just to be sure." Ratchet answered. After flying through the space of Solana, the two spotted the Starship Phoenix, which made Miyu jaw drop in amazement. Many years of living on the Great Fox, Miyu never expected to see a ship more advanced and more equipped with firepower! "Are you sure you are okay?" Ratchet repeated. Miyu simply nodded, but her mouth remained open. The lombax used one of his hands to close her mouth.

"Sorry...It's just that, I've never seen a starship so...advanced!" Ratchet chuckled as he entered the ship's hangar and lands the Aphelion. The lombax and his new friend hopped out of the Aphelion and the two was greeted by Ratchet's best friend.

"Hello Ratchet!" Clank greeted. The small robot focused his glowing green eyes at the lynx next to him. "Who's your friend?"

"My name is Miyu." The lynx introduced herself. "And you must be Clank!" The robot nodded and offers to shake her hand, and she obliged the handshake.

"Ratchet, can I speak to in private?" Clank asked. Ratchet looked at Miyu and she only smiled.

"Go ahead, I'm gonna explore!" The lynx wandered off to her liking.

"What's wrong Clank? Qwark has gotten himself into trouble again?"

"No..." Clank started.

"They're shutting down Galaxy Burger?!"

"No.."

"Scrunch has gotten a hold of my RYNO again?"

"No..."

"Sasha still have a crush on me?"

"No...well yes, but that's not what I'm talking about..."

"Well what are you going to say?"

"Are you leaving the Phoenix?"

"I'm not leaving. I'm just going to be an engineer for Miyu's team. Besides, If it weren't for her captain, I wouldn't be standing here. Plus, their old engineer retired. I'm replacing him." Ratchet explained.

"Oh. Well, you won't mind if I tag along with you?"

"What kind of question was that? Sure you can come! Fox and his team wouldn't mind at all. And I can probably use the extra help fixing their Arwings."

"Fox?" Clank misunderstood who the person his best friend is talking about.

"Oh yeah, he's a captain of a starship called the "Great Fox". And he's the same guy who saved my life." Ratchet informed. Clank made a small smile to the lombax, knowing that Ratchet can be a little...unstable, but he's glad to see him not broken or dead at least. This Fox character saved his life, and offered him to become one of his mechanics! Clank just have to meet him.

"I'll go gather a few things and then I will meet you back at the Aphelion." Clank said to the lombax.

"Same here buddy." The two went to their rooms and gathered necessary belongings. About half an hour, the two returned with their things.

"Hmm...where's Miyu?" Ratchet asked Clank.

"Maybe she's..."

"Are you guys done?" Miyu replied while standing next to the Aphelion.

"Never mind." Clank answered while jumping into the Aphelion with the two. Clank began glancing back and forth at them and a giggle came out of his mouth.

"What's so funny" The lombax wondered.

"Oh nothing, Ratchet."

"O-kay..." Ratchet said while taking off out of the Phoenix.

Meanwhile at the Great Fox...

"I'm so bored." Falco said to himself.

"Then go to sleep or something. That always help me when I'm bored." Krystal replied.

"I don't like sleeping! What if we are in a situation that doesn't require sleeping?!"

"Read a book?" Krystal asked, having Fox chuckle. The avian looked at Fox.

"What?"

"You can't read a book! You won't be able to get pass the second page."

"You're telling me I can't read?"

"No...actually yes. Plus your laziness has increased tenfold."

"I'm not lazy!"

"Oh really?" The vulpine takes out a heavy/large book filled with galaxy load of pages. "Here, read this."

Falco grabs the book. "Fine! I'll show you who can read."

"It'll be better if you read in private. You know, we may distract you and your thoughts." Fox added.

"That's not a bad idea, Captain." Falco said, then leaves the bride to go to his room, not realizing he has been tricked. A couple of seconds later, Fox and Katt starts laughing.

"Oh I love reverse psychology!" Fox uttered, and calms down.

"Wow, I can't believe he fell for that." Krystal responded while making a face palm.

"INCOMING TRANSMISSION" The voice computer informed.

"Accept transmission." Fox said, and a huge screen shows a familiar gray canine with a few scars.

"Hello Fox, glad we can meet again." Wolf greeted. The group scowled at him.

"What do you want this time,Wolf? Are you looking for a death wish?"

"I should be asking you that, McCloud. You see, I've grown tired of this feeling for killing you, so I decided to blow you and your petty mercenaries into bits!"

"Oh yeah? You and what army? After that war, you we're left with nothing. I'm surprised you still had clothes on your fur." Katt said.

"Oh really?" Wolf zoom out of his transmission feed to see a horde of attack cruisers behind him. "As you can see, I've found some associates that also wants you dead."

Katt eyes widened at the horde. "Me and my big mouth."

"Such a shame that you won't be able to live another day, but I'm going to be nice and let you live for a good twenty minutes." Wolf added while ending the transmission.

Fox and his fellow mercenaries quickly activated the Great Fox's advanced defenses, and shield; having enough time, the group quickly scurried to their Arwings. Falco comes out of his room, after realizing he had been tricked. "Wait a minute!" He yelled.

"Not now Falco! We need to prepare for a dogfight with Wolf and an army that wants us killed!" The Fox snapped while running to the hangar.

"YES! Finally, some action!" The blue avian follows the group.

Sorry about not updating. I know it has been a year since I've updated any of my stories, but I've been busy. School, family, etc. Plus I turned 18 a few weeks ago, and was looking (still looking)for a job. I hope you guys understand. Thanks for reading, and next chapter will be up eventually or around June/July. See you later!