The Awakening

A/N: Hi there, is the long awaited chapter 4. Here Ratchet and Clank finally meet Sonic's friends, but you'll see a lot more, which I won't spoil. In addition, I would love to point out that Dr. Nefarious will play a major role in the story later on during the Black Arms invasion. Also Ratchet and Clank will join the Sonic X cast, and maybe stay on Earth, maybe! Moreover, I plan to bring in any person from the Ratchet and Clank games to have a minor but somewhat important role. Characters from the Ratchet and Sonic games will make appearances, but I will keep my mouth shut about this, but enough of my talk on with the show!

Ratchet and Clank looked on as they saw their new friend Sonic rushed up to four people. One is a yellow two- tailed Fox, this made Clank curious on how he formed this deformation, another one had red fur, with multiple locks dangling from his head, and appeared much taller then Sonic, and had spikes coming out of his 'knuckles,' this made Ratchet a little cautious of the creature. The third person looked little bit like Eggman, except he was skinny, much younger with red hair, and wearing a red T-Shirt with blue jeans. The fourth and last person looked a bit like Sonic, this time it was girl with pinkish fur, wearing a red dress with gloves.

"SONIC! SONIC!" The pink Hedgehog shouted as she ran up to Sonic. She started hugging Sonic with all her might, it started to make the blue hedgehog gasping for air. With all his strength Sonic managed to break free, and was panting heavily.

"Gee Amy I didn't your were this strong!" Sonic said to the girl who he named Amy, Amy giggled as she held up her Piko Piko Hammer.

"Well Sonic my love for you is stronger then anything in the world!" Amy said, Sonic blushed in embarrassment, hoping his new friends didn't saw that. Unfortunately, for the hero, Ratchet saw everything his green eyes has shown him, and started laughing at the odd couple. Clank caught note of this and tried to calm Ratchet down.

"Ratchet what is so funny?"

Ratchet stopped laughing and turned to his robotic companion. He rubbed his teary eye, and looked at Clank.

"It's just the way he was struggling with someone so small is just too hilarious!" Ratchet said, still laughing at the thought. Clank just smack his forehead and looked back at the Lombax.

"Ratchet don't make fun at Sonic, just because he's infatuated with his companion." Clank stated, Sonic heard this and looked back at Ratchet and Clank.

"Hey Clank, I'm not in love with her alright!" Sonic growled at Clank, he wasn't with love with Amy, and he didn't want any one to have that idea. Amy however just looked at the two shadowy figures Sonic was speaking to, Amy narrowed her eyes and she got a perfect view of Ratchet laughing again. Not wanting anyone making fun of her die-hard love for Sonic, she took out her hammer and headed straight to the lombax.

Sonic swiftly noticed this and knew Amy would give Ratchet a bump on the head.

"Hey Ratchet look out!" Sonic shouted to the lombax, hoping he heard the message, but the Hedgehogs screams were to no avail, as Amy continued marching to Ratchet, with furious look on her face when she was angry,. However, Amy wasn't angry, she was furious.

Ratchet continued laughing his head off, unaware of his impending doom. Clank only sighed, but was able to see Amy heading straight to Ratchet, her hammer ready to collide with his head.

"Uh, Ratchet." Clank called out, shaking Ratchet out of his episode.

"Yeah?" Ratchet said to Clank.

"Look…." But before Clank could finish, Amy hit Ratchet on the head, and the lombax collapsed.

"Out…" Clank finished as he saw Amy turning away.

"Nobody makes fun of me and Sonic." Amy said with pride in her words as she returned to her friends.

Sonic looked at the unconscious Lombax, and approached Amy. He formed a frown, and didn't like what she did.

"Amy you had no right to hit him!" Sonic said furiously.

"But he had no right to laugh at our love!" Amy replied. Sonic just smack his forehead in defeat as he knew Amy will never get. Still he didn't like how she treated Ratchet.

Ratchet regained consciousness, and stood back up. He rubbed his head which was now in pain, and gazed his eyes back at Clank.

"OW! This is the second time I got knocked out! Okay new rule stay off this planet once we get our ship back."

Clank just giggled at Ratchet's complaint, and turned back his eyes to Sonic.

"It appears Sonic you've have made some new friends, who are they?" Said the two tailed fox as he wondered who they are. He thought Ratchet came from his world, but kept his mouth shut before judging anything.

"Hey Sonic are these the ones who came out of that red space ship, because they don't look like there from around here like you guys," said the red haired kid as he looked at Ratchet with curiosity.

"He doesn't look like he came from our world, but he looks kinda suspicious. Especially with that robot, he has with him. I bet they work for Dr. Eggman." Said the red figure, cracking his knuckles, he was ready for anything Ratchet might have in store and was going to beat him for a pulp.

Sonic just smiled at friends, he knew Ratchet and Clank were good guys, and he wanted to show his friends how good the duo were really are.

"Now Knuckles don't get treat my friends like if they were one of Eggman's robot's." Sonic said smiling at the Echidna. Knuckles, Chris, Tails, and Amy all stared at Sonic, and all were confused by his words. Knuckles, being the stubborn guy that he is approached Sonic and demanded an answer.

"What do you mean your friends?!" Knuckles was shaking left fist at Sonic, with a red vein in his head. Chris went up to Sonic and wanted to know to.

"Yeah Sonic why," Chris said in a much gentle voice compared to Knuckles loud voice.

"Because these two have kept one of the Chaos Emeralds safe from Dr. Eggman, and they gave it to me for safe keeping." Sonic relied, the words Chaos Emerald made everyone jumped. They knew how powerful there are.

Knuckles went up to Sonic and started him shaking violently, "You mean you had a Chaos Emerald along and you didn't tell us?"

Sonic pushed Knuckles away, and glared at him. "No I said these two kept the Chaos Emerald safe from Dr. Eggman, and gave it to me." Sonic took out the red chaos emerald and handed it over to Chris. Chris looked at the emerald before putting it away in his pocket.

Amy went up to Sonic wanting to get a clear of things, "You means these aren't the bad guys?"

"Nope, look I'll explain everything." Sonic told his friends about the events that happened to Ratchet and Clank during their stay on Earth. Sonic told everyone about Ratchet and Clank's encounter with Dr. Eggman, and how he took their ship, leaving the two to be stranded, and their encounter with Sonic. In the end all, the information was absorbed to their heads.

Amy looked at Ratchet and Clank and started feeling sorry for them. "Poor Ratchet, stranded here with no place to live."

Knuckles, unlike Amy, had little sympathy for the lombax, "Well he's stranded here with like us, what's makes him any better! At least he had something to leave the planet, and was stupid enough to lose it to Dr. Eggman."

Tails overhead Knuckles, and didn't like the words his friend spoke about Ratchet. Tails wondered why he had to be so hard on Ratchet, but he wouldn't let Knuckles talk such stuff on Ratchet. "Hey knuckles! That's not nice!"

"What?" This caught Knuckles off guard, he never expected Tails to stick up for a stranger before. He looked at the two-tailed fox nervously as he was soon out numbered, as Chris joined in as well.

"Tails is right Knuckles; you have no right to speak mean things to people like that! In fact I'm going to meet Ratchet and Clank right now!" True to his promise Chris went off to see the duo, leaving Knuckles mesmerized by his words.

Chris walked up to Ratchet and Clank, he wanted to meet them after he learned that those two saved one of the Chaos Emeralds from Dr. Eggman. Chris was near the duo, and focus his eyes on the lombax mainly.

"Hi there," Chris said in a sincere voice, as Ratchet turned away from Clank and saw Chris. Ratchet just looked at Chris.

"Hello there sir, my name is Clank and this is Ratchet my faithful companion and partner." Clank greeted as he pointed to Ratchet. The mechanic greeted Chris as well as his eyes met with Chris.

"Hello my name is Chris Thorndyke; I would love to say thanks for keeping this emerald safe from Dr. Eggman even though he took your ship, I guess you have no where to go. I'm sorry for you being stuck here, but it's very important that Dr. Eggman hasn't gotten the Chaos Emerald." Chris took out the Chaos Emerald that Ratchet saved from Dr. Eggman.

"Hey it's no biggie, we been stranded on other planets before." Ratchet replied, as he wasn't upset. It was true, he faced bigger problems then being stranded, and was stranded on a desert planet with Clank after Qwark destroyed his ship.

"But we still need a place to rest, before we get our ship back from Dr. Eggman." Clank interjected.

Chris just Chuckled, he was about to have new friends joining him soon, like Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Cream and Cheese, and Amy did when they came to Earth by Chaos Control. Chris admired the thought more and more. "You two can stay at my mansion, that's where Sonic and his friends are staying after they came here to Earth months ago."

Clank and Ratchet looked at each other, and Ratchet pondered on it for a second, and nodded his head. "Okay we'll stay with you until we can our ship back and whoop Egghead's shell." Ratchet stated, thinking about it already. Chris was overjoyed, he made friends with Ratchet and Clank. Chris took Ratchet and Clank back to where the gang was.

"Everyone I like you to meet our new friends, Ratchet and Clank. They'll stay with us until he gets his ship back from Dr. Eggman. Ratchet, Clank, I like you to meet Amy, Tails, Knuckles, and of course you already know Sonic my best friend." Chris introduced Ratchet and Clank to everyone properly.

"Hey guys nice meeting you all." Ratchet waved to his peers, looking at everyone with his eyes relaxed.

"It's good to meet your acquaintances." Clank said.

"Nice meeting you to Ratchet, I like to say thanks for keeping the Emerald safe. I'm sure we'll get along just fine." Said Tails.

"Hey I'm sorry for hitting you back there, but you got to understand I may get a little mad now and then." Amy apologized in a sincere voice. Ratchet just grinned at her.

"Hey no problem, I faced bigger abuse before." Ratchet rubbed his head. Knuckles calmly walked up to him and landed a gentle smile at Ratchet.

"Hey if you protected the Chaos Emerald from Dr. Eggman, I guess your okay in my book." Knuckles said firmly.

"Gee Thanks, I guess." Ratchet replied uneasily by the presence of Knuckles.

"Hey guys we should go before Dr. Eggman pays else a visit for the Emerald." Said Sonic. It was pointless to face Dr. Eggman right now with out conserving energy. Everyone nodded as they headed to the X-Tornado. Clank hopped on Ratchets back, as Ratchet stood on top of the left wing. Before the X-Tornado started, Ratchet spoke to Clank.

"Clank" Ratchet said to his companion, the engines of the X-Tornado started humming, as Tails got ready for lift off.

"Yes Ratchet?" Clank replied.

"I feel we may stay here," Ratchet said with no emotion as the X-Tornado took off for Station Square.

At Eggman's Base…

After stealing Ratchet's ship, Dr. Eggman was interested in it's technology and data of another galaxy. All night Dr. Eggman took the ship apart to learn its technological secrets. The Doctor was able to take a piece of the ship where'll he will use it for a brand new project. Dr. Eggman then hacked the ships computer, and quickly learned of the Solana galaxy and all its worlds that it contained.

"Interesting! Now let's find more information on you my furry little friend!" Eggman smirked as he looked up Ratchet's diary. In 20 minutes, Eggman was now familiar with the lombax's adventures in the Solana and Bogon galaxy. He learned of Ratchet's battle with villains like Drek, Qwark, the Protopet, Dr. Nefarious, and Gleeman Vox. However this made the Doctor a little uneasy. He was facing someone stronger then Sonic, and could possibly kill him. However, Dr. Eggman knew he'll kill him with his secret weapon.

Dr. Eggman approached a tank filled with green fluid, bubbles were bubbling like crazy, as the Doctor looked at the figure inside.

"Soon Shadow…Soon you'll be awake and serve me with out question."

Near Earth…

Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence were still a few thousand miles away from Earth, but they're were nearing it every passing second, as they were close enough to view its beauty. Lawrence continued playing his guitar, as Dr. Nefarious looked at the planet they were nearing.

"Look at it Lawrence, a planet just begging for to rule over, and stage my comeback party!" Dr. Nefarious admired the thought of revenge each second; he already had plans for the blue planet.

Lawrence, however just eyed his 'dim-witted boss', as he would say, as he continued playing his instrument. "Sure sir, what ever you say! Oh and by the way, find a place where no one can find us like last time, and make sure it's all nailed down," Lawrence referring to their base on Aquatos, after it being intruded by Ratchet and Clank.

"Yeah! Yeah! But soon I will reign supreme again!" Dr. Nefarious cackled as the two drifted towards Earth.

Near Earth's Orbit…

In the dark reaches of Space above the atmosphere, a giant Cosmic black rock, otherwise known as a Comet slowly approached Earth. Inside a shadowy figure looked at the blue planet with every intention of destroying it.

"It begins…"