Ratchet and Clank:
The Chosen One

I DO NOT OWN RATCHET AND CLANK, INSOMNIAC GAMES DOES! I OWN ANYTHING ELSE!


Chapter 9: Training and the Truth


A certain Lombax was pacing up and down outside the training room with a annoyed look across his face, thinking to himself. He was waiting for that damn young Lombax, which should of been here by now. He should of been here for the training General Kaden wanted him to teach the boy. Hmph. Why did it have to him? Why did he have to waste his time doing this? Stupid duties. He hated them most of the time. The young Lombax was meant to be here at 1;30pm. He stopped pacing for a second and glanced up at the clock that read 1:45pm. Where the bloody hell is he?! He started moving again.

Moments later, fast footsteps could be heard from down at the bottom of the corridor. He was late, crap he was late. Technically it wasn't his fault as no-one had given him directions and he ended up getting lost. At least he found it in the end, better late than never, right? He reached the training room, and found the same Lombax that he saw when he woke up on this planet. It was Max Dans. He swallowed and exhaled heavily. "S-sorry I'm late, no-one-"

"I don't care what reason you have to explain why your late, so you might as well shut up now!" Ratchet flinched slightly as the other raised his voice. He cringed mentally. Max sighed. "Look, just get inside the damn room and let's get this over with." He opened the door and waited for the younger to step in first, he then went in himself and closed the door behind him.

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"So, how did it go?" Ryan asked Kaden as they made their way to the training room to check up on Ratchet's progress. He knew what the younger wanted to talk to his father about earlier, but he had to ask if he now knew every detail of what was really going on.

Kaden looked at the orange Lombax with a slight frown. "Well, not exactly." He glanced in the other direction to not make eye contact. Why didn't he tell his son everything again? Oh, yeah because he was enjoying that hug with him too much. Nothing wrong with that to have an embrace with your son with you haven't seen in two decades, on the other hand it was bad not telling the whole truth.

Ryan stopped walking and crossed his arms. "You didn't tell him everything, did you?" He raised one eye brow with a 'I knew it' look on his face. As Kaden stayed silent, he knew he was right. He sighed heavily. "Kaden, you need to tell him before it's too late. You don't want to loose him again. At the moment, Rage has the upper hand, if you don't tell the boy the whole story, it's going to stay like that."

"I know... I know." The golden Lombax whispered. His expression grew sad. "I just couldn't do it. I'll tell him later though, after his done his training."

"Alright." Ryan nodded his head. "Come on, let's get going." He started to walk off again. Kaden smiled and went after him.

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"Get up!" Max yelled at Ratchet, who got knocked down to the floor by the older Lombax. They had been training for at least three-four hours now. The younger now knew the basics but still had a lot to learn. He was also getting tried by the look of it as he was getting distracted more often.

Ratchet groaned and pushed himself off the floor. He grabbed his wrench and stood up. This was stupid; he knew all of this stuff but Max didn't believe him. He didn't like the other, he was uptight, full of himself and just never smiled. He seriously needed to lighten up a bit. He sighed.

Max positioned himself in battle mode, holding his double-ended wrench in both hands. "Again." He didn't wait for the other to get ready and ran up to him. He used his wrench and smacked it across Ratchet's back without a second thought.

The golden Lombax yelped in pain from the surprise hit and crashed to the floor once again, the seventh time today. He moaned in pain as he laid on his stomach, spread out on the ground. A cough escaped his mouth. "Aren't you meant to wait for me to get ready?!" Ratchet yelled, angrily. He was getting fed up.

"Is your enemy going to wait for you to get ready?" Max crossed his arms. Silence filled the room, he knew the other couldn't answer his question. "Hmph. Thought so. Get up and get yourself cleaned up, you look like a mess." He then walked away and left the younger on the floor.

Ratchet got up slowly, but had to stop half way as a wave of pain shot up his spine. He hissed loudly. He waited for the pain to die away before picking up his wrench and leaving the room. As he closed the door behind him, he heard someone call his name. His golden ears shot up to their highest point and looked in the direction of where he heard the voice. He turned to his left and saw his father and Ryan walk up to him.

"Hey, son." Kaden greeted and patted Ratchet on his upper back but halted as Ratchet hissed again and closed his eyes. "A-are you alright?" He asked, worried.

The younger opened his eyes. "Y-yeah. From training that's all." He grinned sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Huh, I guess Max didn't go easy on you." Ryan spoke up, and frown ever so slightly. "Don't worry, he does that to everyone he teaches. Anyway..." He glanced at Kaden. "I better go do my duties. See ya guys later." He headed off down the other way.

Father and son watched as the orange Lombax turned the corner. Then the older looked at Ratchet and scratched his cheek. Well hello awkwardness, nice to meet you again. "So... " Kaden said, unsure of what to say. He could feel big emerald eyes on him. He glanced at his son. "Er, um, I like... need to talk to you about something."

Ratchet gave a confused expression. Why would he need to talk to him again? Unless it was about something else. "What about?"

Kaden's eyes widened slightly, but went back to normal. "I have to be honest to you. I didn't... tell you everything about Rage." He looked the opposite direction. "Come back to my office in an hour and I'll tell you everything you need to know." After that, he walked away in an awkward rush.

Ratchet's eyes followed his father until he couldn't see him. He didn't tell him everything? Why? He could only find out soon, so for now he made his way back to Clank and Talwyn.


A non-exciting chapter here, yeah, it wasn't that interesting but yeah, it had to be done sooner or later. I did this late at night so sorry if my grammar, spelling and such is bad.