Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time fanfic
Genre: dark themes, adventure, mystery, some humor, possible romance
Warnings: violence, suspense, cussing, some death
Summary: At the Great Clock after Alister's death, Ratchet explores the Great Clock and finds a room that sends him to another dimension. In this dimension, Ratchet was never born and Dr. Nefarious succeed in robots ruling the universe. Organics are either caught and turned into a robot or killed. Ratchet must find his way back to where he belongs before he's caught or killed.
Hope everyone enjoys!
Another Chance
Ch. 8- The First Call
Beeps could be heard. A hand reached towards the sound until a button was found and pressed. The noise stopped which caused a smile to form on the yellow Lombax's face before turning over.
The quiet was not to last, however, for the door was slammed open. This made Ratchet become wide awake and even fall out of bed from surprise. He sat up and looked to see Helga at the door.
"Rise and shine lazy ass!" She practically yelled, "you know how long you have been asleep?! Lazy! I should make you pay for such laziness I will make you train! Train! TRAIN!"
"Enough Helga."
Ratchet looked past Helga and Helga turned to see Alister Azimuth.
"Leave him be. I will be training the boy today."
The female robot crossed her arms and said, "Hmph," before leaving the Lombaxes. Alister looked back and saw Ratchet getting off the floor.
"How did you sleep?"
Ratchet grinned once he was up. "Great. I haven't slept that good in days."
"Good to hear because we have a long day ahead of us."
A frown formed on the younger's face.
"Don't look at me like that. You asked me to train you so I will." Azimuth responded before the other could say anything. "Now, get ready and get some food. Meet me in the training area by your room in an hour."
The general left the room right then. Ratchet knew he had asked for training, but this was going to suck. The Lombax changed into more appropriate clothes, well, armor, and then left to get some food.
Entering the meal hall, other members of the Q-Force could be seen. There was Helga flirting with Captain Qwark. Ew, gross. And then there was…
"Hey Ratchet."
He turned, "Oh, hey Sasha."
"I saw you come in. Would you like to eat with me?"
"Yeah, sure."
She smiled, "Ok. I'll get us a table while you get food since I already have mine."
Sasha walked off to find a table. Ratchet knew where this could go but wasn't sure if it should. After all, in his time, they were together before and it had not worked out then.
Also, the Lombax had not planned on staying here. He was not really sure what he was doing here honestly or if he should stay or try to find a way home. He did miss Clank, his best friend…
These thoughts were running through his head as he got food and then headed towards the table. Sasha saw him approach and smiled. Ratchet truly had missed her smile. He sat down in front of her.
"So, how did you sleep last night?" She asked.
Ratchet grinned, "Great. I haven't slept that good in a while. You?"
"Fine. I'm a light sleeper though so I don't sleep deep or much really."
"How come?"
Sasha laughed lightly, "Well, when you have to worry about your ship being attacked by robots all the time, you generally don't sleep much."
"Ok, I'll give you that one."
She laughed again, "You're a funny guy."
"Thanks," Ratchet answered while scratching the back of his head.
They both talked and ate for a little while longer before having to go their separate ways. Sasha went back to piloting the Starship Phoenix and Ratchet went to go to training.
When in front of the door, the yellow Lombax entered. It was the round room with moving platforms that could easily disappear; and electricity running through spots on the floors with no floor there.
"Hey General." Ratchet greeted when he walked into the room.
The white Lombax turned to see Ratchet and smiled slightly. "Hello Ratchet. Are you ready for training?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"Alright. To start off with, we will practice fighting with our wrenches."
They took out their weapons. Then, the fighting began. Ratchet was surprised by the sudden attack. He had expected Alister to at least warn him, but the younger recovered quickly.
Ratchet then took a swing but Azimuth dodged it easily. Wrenches clashed and dodges as well as blocks were made.
The younger started to have problems after a while and eventually was tripped and had wrench ends in his face.
"You need to concentrate," the elder stated before helping the other up, "Ratchet, you must believe in yourself more. Forget thoughts of doubt; thoughts of conscience. Instead, focus on the victory. Everything else will fall into place."
'Wow. That's familiar. I'm pretty sure he told me that before shortly after we met the first time.' Ratchet thought.
Azimuth got back into position. "Now, fight me once more."
A nod was given before the yellow Lombax ran towards the older Lombax with his wrench. Alister jumped out of the way when Ratchet slammed his wrench down. The elder struck right then but Ratchet was prepared and quickly dodged the attack.
After some thoughts, the younger decided to try the other's words. Yes, he had told him once before, but the advice had never actually been used. So, instead of worrying about the outcome, he was just going to focus on winning the fight.
Ratchet ran up to Alister once more. The long wrench was over the owner's head and went down. However, the younger blocked the attack and made the wrench go to his right side before quickly moving his wrench to knock behind the general's knees.
Azimuth had obviously not expected that because he fell to his knees. In the next moment, wrench ends of a smaller wrench was in Alister's face. A smirk appeared on the general's face before he swiftly moved his wrench and caught one of the younger's feet and pulled him to the floor.
"Just because you have a wrench to the enemy's face does not mean they are beaten."
An alarm started to go off abruptly. Both of the Lombaxes stood up.
"Hmm…"
"What's going on?" Ratchet asked more to himself.
Alister responded, "I'm not sure but it's most likely a stress call."
"Stress call?"
"You see soon enough if that's what it is. Let's head to the bridge."
Ratchet followed the other out of the room. They both arrived at the bridge shortly after. Everyone was there.
"Alright! Quiet down!" Sasha practically yelled to make everyone else stop talking; which they did. "So, as most of you probably guessed, we received a stress call. It came from Planet Rilgar, right by Blackwater City."
"Whoa,whoa! Wait a minute!" Skid interrupted, "You mean to tell me we have to go near Blackwater City? Are you crazy!? There are tons of robots there. We wouldn't stand a chance."
Al interrupted this time, "What I would like to know is why an organic by Blackwater City. That is one of the larger robot cities. What idiot would be near there?"
Ratchet whispered to Alister, "Organic? And what's with Blackwater City?"
"When we receive a stress call, it's a sighting or a call for help from an organic. Apparently, one has been sighted near Blackwater City. As for the city, it is one of the largest locations for mass amounts of robots. It is not the biggest location, but it is pretty populated."
"So," Qwark stepped up by Sasha, "Who wants to go save this organic today?"
Everyone was quiet. Ratchet knew that something had to be done. He was used to doing the dirty work anyway. The yellow Lombax raised his hand.
"I'll do it."
Everyone looked at him in shock. Even Alister did.
"Ratchet. I admit you are a good fighter, but I do not know about this…"
The younger grinned at the general, "Don't worry. I'll be fine."
"… I am coming with you," Alister responded.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. You should not go in there alone." Azimuth then turned to Sasha, "Is there anything else we need to know?"
She grabbed a remote and clicked a few buttons. "I just sent the exact location and some information about it to your ship. Also," she looked towards Ratchet, "Be careful. It will be dangerous."
The Lombaxes both nodded before leaving the bridge and heading towards the general's ship. Ratchet was not sure what to expect, but he knew that this was not going to be an easy task to accomplish.
*Finally! Sorry I took so long to update guys! Thanks for reading! I hope you guys enjoyed and I hope to see everyone in the next chapter.
