Ratchet yawned and woke up, feeling fresh. He turned over to see if Talwyn was awake.
She wasn't there.
'Hmm...she must be awake already.' he thought.
"Ratchet? Have you seen Miss Apogee?" asked Clank.
"No, I just woke up." replied Ratchet.
"We can't seem to find her!" said Cronk.
"Where could she possibly be?" asked Ratchet.
"We don't know. She usually never leaves, without telling us." replied Zephyr.
Suddenly, a familiar face came up on the screen.
"Did you miss me lombax?" asked Nefarious, laughing.
"Nefarious! Where's Talwyn?" shouted Ratchet.
"Oh her. She's safe...with me." replied Nefarious.
Ratchet looked at him, shocked, "You unbelievable son of a bitch!"
"See you at my new hideout in the Korthos sector." said Nefarious and disappeared from the screen.
"You guys stay here. I'm going after Talwyn." said Ratchet, going to Aphelion.
He jumped into Aphelion and immediately entered the coordinates to the Korthos sector and flew off.
Meanwhile...
'Oh Ratchet, please save me, I love you.' thought Talwyn, who was being suspended in the air, with chains at her arms and legs.
"Your lombax boyfriend isn't going to save you this time, ain't he?" said Nefarious.
"Oh don't worry, he will, he'll kill you, then i'll kill you!" shouted Talwyn.
"You? Kill me? You really think someone as pathetic as you could kill me? Ha!" replied Nefarious.
"I could if I tried!" said Talwyn.
"You know, I will kill you, if you piss me off. I just want that lombax dead. You know, he's my enemy. I'm just using you as a hostage. I hope you understand that. Unless you want to die, I can happily arrange to kill you." said Nefarious.
"If you kill Ratchet, it's the last thing you'll ever do." said Talwyn.
"What could you possibly do, besides scream and cry?" asked Nefarious.
"I can do more than that!" replied Talwyn.
Suddenly, the door burst open and in came Ratchet, with his Alpha Cannon. He aimed it at Nefarious and fired it at him, sending him blasting through the wall.
"Ratchet! Oh my god! Please save me!" said Talwyn, happy to see him.
"Jesus Christ! Why did he take you?" asked Ratchet.
"He said he was using me as a hostage, to get to you and kill you." replied Talwyn.
"Him? Kill me? You really think someone as pathetic as him can kill me?" asked Ratchet, freeing Talwyn.
"Oh Ratchet, I knew you would save me. You're always there for me." said Talwyn, leaning in and giving him a huge kiss on the lips.
After ten seconds she pulled away.
Ratchet put his right hand on her left cheek.
"I love you so much Talwyn. I always have and I always will." said Ratchet.
"Ratchet, I love you more than anything in the world and that is never going to change...ever." replied Talwyn.
Ratchet smiled and they hugged.
Coming through the broken wall, was a heavily damaged Dr. Nefarious. Sparks were flying out of his head, his body was dented and his right eye was broken. He was limping.
"You actually think you can just take my girl, keep her hostage and get away with it?" asked Ratchet.
"This is far from over." said Nefarious.
"Geez, I never realised how easy it was killing you. Now I will destroy you Nefarious, as I destroyed Vorselon." said Ratchet, getting a piece of broken wall and slamming it against Nefarious, damaging him even more. He then took out one of his Energy Swords and stabbed the spark out of him, finishing him.
Talwyn gave Ratchet a tight hug.
"Thanks Ratchet!" said Talwyn.
"You're welcome Talwyn!" replied Ratchet, returning her hug.
They released themselves.
"Now, about this place. I'm not sure if I can be bothered destroying it. We'll just leave it." said Ratchet.
"Yeah." replied Talwyn.
"Let's just get the hell out of here" said Ratchet, "Oh and we'll take Nefarious with us too."
"Why?" asked Talwyn.
"Just in case he somehow returns from the dead." replied Ratchet, picking him up and making his way back to Aphelion.
"I hope something like that never happens again." said Talwyn, getting into the passenger seat.
"Me too, but now they know where we are. We'll have to be ready, just in case any left over troops come and invade the station again." replied Ratchet, taking off.
Ratchet held Talwyn's hand. She looked at him and smiled.
Talwyn placed her head on Ratchet's shoulder and held him tightly.
Ratchet put his arm around her shoulder.
10 minutes later...
Ratchet landed Aphelion inside the station.
"I'm sure Cronk and Zephyr will be happy to see you again. They were worried about you." said Ratchet.
"I'm sure they were, knowing them." replied Talwyn.
They both made their way to the main room.
"Miss Apogee! You're alive!" said Cronk, as he and Zephyr gave Talwyn a hug.
"Thank god you're all right Talwyn." said Clank.
"Thanks guys and thank you Ratchet!" said Talwyn, giving him a kiss on the muzzle.
"Anytime!" replied Ratchet.
Okay guys, there's chapter 9. I also re-did chapter 8, for those who didn't notice. Some sad news though, the next chapter will be the last chapter of the story. I'm not going to have it up until a while because it's going to be a bit longer.
