AuthorsNote1: Updates will be coming out less frequently from here on out, Caught up to what I have written, So, Need to start writing again.
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Starship Phoenix, Bridge, In-route to Snivelak, Four days later
Ratchet stood on the command overlook watching the various Galatic Rangers go about their business of keeping the Phoenix in top condition. He yawned loudly and felt his eyes start to drift close. He turned around and walked off the bridge figuring he might catch a few hours of sleep before they reach Snivelak.
He stumbled into his room and was instantly wide awake. Sasha was missing from the bed and sounds were coming from the bathroom. He walked over and thumbed the open switch. He sighed when he saw Sasha leaning over the toilet bowl.
"Hey hotshot" she said weakly as he walked in and sat down next to her. He didn't say anything for a moment.
"How long?" He asked simply. She lowered her head and puked again.
"A few hours this time....Rat....I'm starting to get scared" She responded when she recovered. Ratchet sighed and held her close.
"Me too, Sash, me too." They sat together on the bathroom floor till she fell asleep. He picked her up and lay her gently in the bed. he tucked the covers around her then lay down on the couch across from the bed watching her. He fell asleep after what seemed like hours but was really only a few minuets, worry etched into his face.
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Starship Phoenix, Angela's Room, In-Route to Snivelak
Angela was still up working at the desk in the corner when she heard a small tap on her door. She got up and went over to open it. She looked down to see Clank holding a hairbrush.
"I got what you asked Angela. Although I am still unsure what you want with Sasha's hair brush." He walked in after she took the brush and walked back to the desk.
"I want to find a cure for Sasha, Clank. I told you that." She began to study the hairbrush pulling out one of Sasha's hairs caught in the comb. Clank buzzed up onto her desk with his Heli-Pack.
"But, How does Sasha's hair brush help you with that?" He asked as he walked towards her.
Angela looked at him "You said that the best doctors looked at Sasha, and that Nano-Tech does nothing for her anymore. What if the problem is Genetics?" She returned her gaze to her equipment as Clank looked at her.
"You mean the virus affected her DNA somehow?" he asked puzzled
"Exactly. I'm hoping I'll find what I need in Sasha's DNA. I'm starting with her hair and hoping for some answers." She looked back at Clank "Oh, and don't tell Ratchet about this. I don't want to give him any hope." Clank nodded.
"Very well, Angela. I wish you luck" He turned around, hopped off the desk and walked out of the room.
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Starship Phoenix, Main Hanger, In-Orbit around Snivelak, Two days later
Ratchet was sitting in his starfighter with Sasha next to him when Angela walked in.
"Sasha, You're going to Snivelak?" Angela asked as she walked up to the fighter. Sasha looked down at her.
"Nope, Just enjoying time with my fiance." She stood up slowly and dropped out of the fighter. Wincing slightly when she landed. She walked up to Angela.
"Why, are you going?"
Angela shook her head. "No way, I had enough of that planet the first time. Ratchet is hitting solo this time." Angela and Sasha glanced up when they heard Clank make a small noise.
"Well, Not completely alone" Sasha said with a small grin. Ratchet leaned over the side.
"I would be going to Snivelak. If you two would move of course." He grinned as Sasha and Angela scrowled at him. He leaned down as far as he could and gave Sasha a kiss before leaning back into his fighter and closing the canopy. As the two girls walked away from the fighter and out of the way, Ratchet deftly lifted the fighter off the ground and blasted through the containment field.
Sasha and Angela watched him go.
"Hey, Sasha, Can I tell you something?" Sasha turned to look at her
"I can't help but notice your timing. You didn't want Ratchet to hear this right?" Sasha asked as she studied Angela. Angela nodded. "Allright, Lets go someplace private."
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Snivelak Surface, Old Thugs-4-Less Ruined HQ
Ratchet landed the fighter carefully on the side of a collapsed building. He shut the engines off and popped the canopy. Grabbing Clank and hopping out of the fighter he carefully lowered himself to the ground off the building and took a good look around.
"Wow, Fizwidget wasn't kidding when he said this place was destroyed." Ratchet said as he walked to the edge of a cliff and stared at the destruction surrounding him. Any buildings that had once stood strong and tall were now no more then pieces of rubble. Twisted metal covered most of the ground, and a strange green haze covered most of the surface. Ratchet snapped on his O2 mask.
Ratchet could make out where various roads used to be. All buried under tons of melted and broken steel or covered with chunks of rock. Scorch marks covered pretty much every piece of rubble, and you could tell where the bombs had gone off.
Ratchet walked over a bridge he had once fought on a long time ago and stopped at the edge of a cliff.
"Clank, Connect with the Phoenix and find a way down this cliff. I see a cave that looks like it was made recently." Ratchet dropped to his knees and leaned over the cliff side trying to find a way down while Clank up linked to the Phoenix. After several minutes of studying Ratchet stood up.
"Clank?" he asked
"I am sorry Ratchet, I can not connect to the Phoenix. Something is blocking my signal." Clank replied. Ratchet looked around at his surroundings again.
"Any of these wrecked buildings could hide a jammer." He sniffed the air through his mask "Or it could be this green mist." He turned around so his back was facing the cliff. "Ready then Clank?" he asked
"I am ready Ratchet."
Ratchet back flipped off the edge of the cliff over the entrance of the cave. When he straightened out he heard Clanks rotor snick out of its storage area and start to noisily chop through the air. Ratchet knew that he couldn't do anything here but he still twirled his tail hoping it would make them go faster. Shortly he felt Clanks arm rotors start to slice through the air as well and they drifted into the cave.
As they touched down a loud rumbling sound started. Ratchet looked up at the celling of the cave, eyes wide, as pieces of it started to fall. He dashed forward dodging pieces as they fell. He rolled clear of a particularly large piece that crashed down behind him. He ran forward a bit more before he realized that the rumbling noise had stopped. He turned around and looked at the now blocked entrance to the cave.
"Well, We're not getting out that way. Might as well poke around a bit." He turned around and moved farther into the cave. The only light coming from the pulsing panels off his Ageis armor turning the cave tunnel an eerie green.
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Starship Phoenix, Ratchet and Sasha's Private Hanger Bay
Angela followed Sasha out of the elevator into her and Ratchets hanger. Sasha walked over to an object covered with a cloth cover and pulled it off revealing a sleek mostly blue ship. Angela studied the ship as Sasha keyed in a code on the side.
"It's a Phoenix" She said simply, surprised. "A Blue Phoenix" Sasha looked over her shoulder as she climbed a ladder that had sprung from the side.
"Yep, My Vain moment as I told Ratchet." She slid over the side of the cockpit and powered up a few systems. "I need to run some diagnostics on it. So, what did you want to talk to me about, without Ratchet hearing?"
Angela walked over to the star craft and looked up at Sasha. "It's about you're condition" Sasha stopped what she was doing and slowly looked over at Angela.
"What about my condition? What do you know about it? Better question, How do you know about it?"
Angela was slightly shocked at Sasha sudden hostility. "Ratchet told me" she said quietly shrinking away a bit. "and...It wasn't hard to figure out somethings paining you"
Sasha studied her for a few seconds before turning back to the console. "I'm Sorry, you were saying?"
Angela took a step forward "I think I know why you're still having pain. Even after all this time"
Sasha snapped her head around to face Angela again. "What?" she asked thinking she had misheard.
Angela took another step forward and boosted her self a bit on the ladder "I know why you're still hurting" She repeated. Sasha pressed a button to eject the ladder on the passenger side.
"Get in"
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AuthorsNote2: Review please, and can I get some feedback on that Poll on my profile page, it's two minuets of you're time, please? Also, anybody interested in being my new BetaReader? TJay dropped off the grid.
