Chapter Six.
Ratchet gazed into the ocean, which was the Zoni eyes, in confussion.
"What do you mean 'my race'? The lombaxes are either dead or lost." Ratchet was denying what the Zoni spoke of.
"You saw it yourself sire, you gazed into the dementionator's portal, you saw for yourself."
"How do you know that?" Ratchet was getting slightly nervous.
"We can see all of time and space."
"Little bit of a cheesy was of putting it don't cha think?"
"We put it how it is understandable to people sire. The lombax's did flee, they had more then a few demtinators to keep in-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do you mean a few?" Ratchet sounded worried. The Zoni reminded silent. It floated of into a nearby archway. The Zoni beckoned Ratchet to follow, Ratchet did as he was instructed. He came into a room to see a sphere placed in the middle of the room, connected to a variety of wires and circuits they flowed all around the room.
"It is not a hat… why is it not a hat?" Ratchet asked confused.
"It did not have to be a hat sire, they made it for us, we helped Orvus built the Great Clock and the Lombax's gave us the technology to help with the Clock."
"Right so what does the dementionator help for you here?" The Zoni vanished into molecules with a flash and reappeared closer to Ratchet.
"It allows us to move around easier. We Zoni need to help with any time disturbances in the Universe. We simply use its powers to get around quicker."
Ratchet smiled, Lombax's, always a good help.
"You think I could use it?" Ratchet asked determined.
"No reason to see why not sire." The Zoni replied.
"Right, give me a moment. I will be back just go back to your pod thing."
Ratchet had gone to his room to get some supplies, his trusty wrench, his simple however deadly Combuster pistol and a few pieces. He decided that he was going to need something else to give him an edge. He tiptoed his way to Talwny's room to 'borrow' her jetpack. Borrowing without permission … and if he broke it, it would be breaking without permission. He opened the door, thank god the Zoni made them quiet. Talwyn was sound asleep. Ratchet creped his way in her room. He felt a little bad for disrupting her privacy but still he needed the jetpack, as he did not want Clank. Her Jetpack was hanging up. Ratchet had great eyesight for the dark. He gently took off the Jetpack off the hook. Talwyn's communicator started to ring. Ratchet froze. Talwyn moaned and slammed her arm onto the device and picked it up. Ratchet stood with his back on the wardrobe, hopefully she would not see him in the light conditions.
"Hello?" She sounded agitated and sleepy. Ratchet could hear a loud girl's voice on the other end. Kim.
"HEYA. You ok?" The girl named Kim said on the other end of the line.
"Just was asleep." Talwyn said with a hint of annoyance.
"Oh sorry, where are yah?"
"Just crashing." Talwyn could not give where she was.
"Oh ok. Anyway how is Fur ball?"
"Who, Ratchet?"
"Yes, is there any other fur ball that I do not know of?"
"Waking up mode." Talwyn moaned. She got up. She was dressed in her pajamas. They were covered pink Protopet's. Ratchet tried not to laugh as much as he could. She walked to where the light was. Ratchet made a break for under the bed when she walked passed. It hit Ratchet how big the rooms were. He sighed with, relief he managed to make it before the light turned on.
"I just get so thick when I just wake up." Talwyn admitted.
"Nah you just do not think straight, so how is he? Last time I heard he was ill?"
"Oh he is fine, he just did not seem himself earlier when we were together he seemed … in a world of his own. Like something was bothering … him. Oh god."
"What?"
"It is nothing Kim, look I am going to need to speak to Ratchet but he is asleep. I am going to go back to sleep myself, I will talk to you when I wake up. Bye."
"B-bye?" Talwyn hung up the phone, Ratchet thought how loud Kim was or either Talwyn had volume on loud. Between what Ratchet was planning to do and a word needed with Talwyn … the talk made him feel more nervous. Talwyn fell like a heap on the bed and just fell back asleep. Ratchet crept from under the bed. He did not feel so good seeming like he was the buggy man but still he got the Jetpack.
He got back and the Zoni was floating around. It instantly stoped when Ratchet came in.
"Where are you planning to go sire?" The Zoni asked.
"Want to take a guess?" Ratchet said.
"You wish to go where he was sire?"
"If Tachyon knows where the lombax's are then that is where I am off to." There was a brief moment of quiet. The Zoni broke the silence.
"I will accompany you sire, you will need me to re open a portal back." Ratchet nodded. The Zoni gave off a burst of light and everything went blurry.
Ratchet woke up on the ground. He rubbed his eyes when he regained conscious. He sat up. He looked around. Buildings on the ground that once looked like they stood tall and proud, areas scurried with creatures searching for any scraps of food or anything useful. The area was dull grey. There was hardly any plant life either. The Zoni came in front of Ratchet.
"Was… this where the lombax's were?" Ratchet asked shocked and scared. All the Zoni could do was nod. Ratchet looked down at the ground. After a few moments he grabbed his wrench, got up and bashed the living hell out of the nearby glass windows. He screamed out in anger. A moment passed before he turned to the Zoni.
"Do you have a name?" Ratchet asked.
"My fellow Zoni call me Solo." Then gestured to the only antenna it had. Ratchet nodded. A growl came from nearby. Ratchet got his Combuster out and aimed where the growl came from. It went quiet. Within a few minutes that felt like hours fully-grown Cragmites became to materialized from various areas around Ratchet and Solo. The ugly faced, purple skinned Cragmites came in closer. Ratchet took Solo's arm and ran for a nearby broken building. He shot the glass on the ground floor of the building and smashed through it. The Cragmites materialized around them circling them. Ratchet looked a solo.
"Keep close." He ordered solo. Ratchet hit a switch on a pad on his arm and waited. The Cragmites and solo look confuessed at Ratchet waiting for something. Ratchet was frozen for a few seconds. Then spammed the pad a few times.
"WORK YOU STUPID THING!" Ratchet screamed. He punched the pad. After that Ratchet shot up and hit his head on the ceiling and then smashed through through a window. Ratchet squealed like a little schoolgirl when the Jetpack made him fly through the sky. Solo made a good job of keeping up Ratchet.
"HOW DO I TURN THIS THING OFF?" Ratchet yelled. Solo simply shrugged. Ratchet hit random buttons on the pad. He began to twirl and do zigzags. He began to lower down and ended up doing rolls on the floor and bouncing up and down. The Jetpack stopped. Well he broke it without permission. Ratchet was lying on the floor breathing heavily.
"Never … doing… that …again." Ratchet panted out. More Cragmites came about. Ratchet let out a scream, "AH COME ON!" Ratchet got his combuster out and began to fire. He took out a fair few however there was too many. Solo was firing Zoni blasts at the Cragmites as best as he could. A stray shot came about and hit Ratchet. He fell over. Everything began to fade.