Sorry for the late update. I'm finishing up on high school and had to prioritise. Cookies to those who are still reading this. I do hope to eventually finish it, just that I am really busy and finding time to write is difficult.

I am going to Europe soon, so I won't be able to post any holiday chapters, but I'll see if I can get one up next term.

As always- constructive criticism is welcome.

The Ratchet and Clank Universe is owned by Insomniac. Enjoy!

Ratchets POV

Here I was, sitting in the dining hall, watching two strange Lombaxes eating fried leviathan meat as if they never had it before and wondering, What the hell?

After realising they were Lombaxes I was just too stunned to really say anything, so I just nodded and pointed to the kitchen when the pink guy asked if they could 'eat then explain'. Clank took over the cooking as they, too, stood wide eyed looking around the place, while I just tried to make sense of their odd behaviour and come to terms with the fact that there were Lombaxes in the station before I open my mouth and say something stupid.

Well, I hadn't uttered a word so the two strangers just kept looking around seemingly boggled until Clank came with food.

The girl, I noticed, seemed to be in charge of the two of them. She had a combustor and this 'we need to get stuff done my way' aura. (Yes I have come across this type of person before). If I hadn't just witnessed her horrific flying capabilities I would have assumed she was with the Polaris Defence Force.

The guy, well, he was quiet and pink. As my judgements have been wrong before I decided to keep my mouth shut and keep my impression of him at that before I think he's… yeah, stop there.

I heard Clank plonking in the seat beside me.

"They are rather strange, aren't they?" he said, his voice as neutral as ever.

"You think?" was all I could say back.

The two Lomabax's heads snapped up, their mouths still full of food. The girl swallowed in one big gulp and then gawked.

"He speaks," she said, her strange accent was thick in those words. I'm guessing she hasn't spoken Omniversal for a long time.

"Yeah…" I said with a slight snarl, "And who exactly is 'he' talking too?"

Her ears flattened as if she was hurt at my comment. As if realising that someone should introduce themselves before eating at a stranger's table.

"Sorry, I'm Priscilla Deveron and this is my partner Kilaven." She gestured to the pink guy next to her.

He gulped his food down nervously and gave a nod in my direction.

"We're sorry we disturbed you," she said, shrinking in her seat a bit. Hmmm… Talwyn always said I was intimidating. Didn't think she meant it…

"The disturbance was welcome," I told her, l leaned on the table in an attempt to relax. "Much better than listening to Qwark complain all afternoon."

She looked relived and muttered something in her home tongue to the boy. The boy simply nodded at whatever she said before giving me a nervous smile.

I gave in to my curiosity.

"So, how did you survive Tachyons reign?" I asked.

There was an awkward silence.

"Ah, we didn't," answered the boy. He had been sitting there nervous the whole time, but now his voice really dripped with the anxious emotion. I could swear I was seeing him sweat.

"Okaaay… Then where are you from?" I asked, a bit more curious this time. Must be from some other galaxy…

"That's a better question!" said the girl, a smile adorning her features. " We're from a floating rock in another dimension!"

There was another awkward silence as it sank in.

"Can you please repeat that?"

Aradia's POV

I woke to the sleepy, grumbling sound of a jet lagged Hidan. He had these purple bags under his eyes and apparently couldn't get back to sleep because of Ms Jasin's 'crazy flying'. I must have been a bit groggy too because it took me about five minutes to realise we were flying upside down.

"HOLY LEVIATHAN!" I screamed, suddenly feeling wide awake.

I then felt my body pull back against the seat as it dawned on me that the ship was going faster.

Humali was still next to me, she seemed to be very stiff and was clinging to the arm rests as if her life depended on it (which it probably did). Her pale eyes were wide with shock and she was panting heavily.

"She's been awake for the past hour," Hidan said. Muttering into my ear. "Poor thing… An hour of flipping, loop de looping and some other tricks I don't want to know about.

I felt really sorry for her too.

Then suddenly, with a quick swerve, the ship was the right way up again and began to slow down slightly. Humali started to look relaxed. This relaxed feeling was immediately broken when Ms Jasin's voice was heard over the intercom.

Everyone. The Nundac Asteroid Ring is in sight. We will be landing as soon as we get permission from whoever is in charge of the station.

Humali breathed out a sigh of relief. "It's finally over… " she said. I think I saw sweat dripping from her forehead.

Hidan (being Hidan) was looking absolutely distraught at her condition. "Are you alright?"

She gave a slow nod.

The moment of calm however, was interrupted again by Ms Jasin's voice on the intercom.

Could the youngsters get to the pit, now!

We shivered. So did everyone else.

The ship was stable, so walking to the cockpit wasn't a problem. However, having to climb over motion sick Lombaxes and the odd 'vomit spot' was. Humali must have a stomach of iron and I immediately felt respect for the strange Lombax.

The cockpit was no different from the cockpit that Hidan hacked into when we got here. Except this time there was three seats and more buttons. The middle seat was currently being occupied by none other than Ms Jasin while the two pilots on either side of her lay in a mess on the floor.

I couldn't see my father anywhere and Ms Jasin was looking at these glowing floating rocks with a smile.

"Well, Aradia, time for you to meet Ratchet," Her voice shook a little over his name but her expression remained unchanged.

I nodded silently and made my way to the thing labelled 'communicator'.

"I'll hook you up on three… say Transport 12 to Nundac Asteroid Station. Requesting landing permission, permission for others to follow. Do you copy?" she explained further.

I stared at the equipment with nervousness and felt a soft hand behind me, of course, Hidan was giving moral support.

"Three!"

I said the sentence smoothly, in Omniversal. "Transport vessel 12 to Nundac Asteroid Station. Requesting landing permission, permission for others to follow. Do you copy?"

A girls voice rang back causing the whole pit to slump. Nundac Asteroid Station to Vessel 12. Talwyn here. Permission granted for vessel 12. Only one landing pad is available so other vessel's need to hang back. Copy?

The whole pit slumped further.

Copy. I said back.

Take the entrance on the northside. See you soon.

A buzzing sound indicated the end of the communication.

"Well, that was disappointing." said Hidan. Really?

A look of disappointment was still on Ms Jasin face, she didn't seem discouraged however.

"Let's go," she said with an evil grin on her face.

The rest of us held on for dear life.

In the Apogee Space Station

Priscilla's POV

The place was gorgeous. From the 'garden' to the surrounding asteroid ring to the shimmer of glowing crystal things or leviathans in the background, no wonder Ratchet lived here.

Speaking of him. The guy took the news surprisingly well. As well as any other person would after learning that their species believes them to be a traumatic lost cause and wants them to return home or lead them to coming back to their home dimension.

He was sitting there quiet. Staring at the table, trying to come to terms with the offer. After all, it was BIG ask.

'Clank' was also quiet, looking as if he knew what was coming.

"I…" Ratchet began, looking grim."I…"

"Why don't you wait for the generals to get here, then you only have to say it once," Kilaven interjected. My thoughts, You idiot!

"That would be best…" said Ratchet, looking relieved.

A beeping sound was heard, a really annoying tune that was a mix between a pop music and a robot. Ratchet pressed the button on a device near the bottom of his ear, which I thought was some sort of weird dimensional jewellery, and spoke up.

"What's up Tal? I've got two guests at the moment and more on the way."

A female voice spoke back. "Guests!? You mean Lombaxes. I can pick a Lombax ship when I see one Ratchet and the others landing in the loading bay as we speak. Holy Leviathan, they have one heck of a pilot!"

"Better than the first one?"

I glared at him for that sarcastic comment. Then realised, in shock horror, Ms Jasin would have said the exact same thing.

"If managing to do loop de loops through an asteroid ring and getting to the bay in less than a minute is better, than yes."

Kilaven and I looked at each other wide eyed. Loop de loops…

Ratchet gave a smirk. "I have to meet this pilot."

"You will soon. Want me to do the introductions?"

He looked thoughtful for a bit, "If you could, I don't want to play host with more Lombaxes than I can handle, especially since there's a few generals on board."

"Copy that. See you at dinner. Talwyn out."

"Back at ya."

He looked up to us and gave us an all too familiar evil grin. (One that admittedly looked better on his face).

"Care for a tour of the station?"

Kilaven and I looked at each, both wondering what we were in for.

In the landing bay, Aradia's POV

Everyone on board, with the exception Humali and Ms Jasin, were in a mixed state of queasiness and shock while trying to forget the worst minute of their lives. The whole ship had been thrown around as if it was in a washing machine and everyone else looked as if they were in the laundry. Even my father had to run to the bathroom, which already had a long line up.

I was holding up okay. Queasy and a little dizzy, but okay. Hidan was seemed alright, except for the look of horror on his face. Humali looked as if she's been through it a hundred.

The only person with a smile on their face was Ms Jasin. Her son lived in the very station we parked at and I bet she was ecstatic to be so close to meeting him in person.

As such, she was the first one out.

"YOUNGSTERS! YOUR GONNA LOVE THIS!" she yelled back.

The three of us slowly staggered outside then, surprisingly, the view practically stunned us out of queasiness.

The docking bay towered above our heads in a dome like structure, easily the highest roof I have ever seen. The whole area was made of a clear material of some kind, giving a clear view of the stars and floating rocks around the station. To my right was a raised level with two sets of stairs leading up to it. I could make out some fancy equipment on the higher floor that I had never seen before.

Ms Jasin was right. This was amazing.

"Wonderful isn't it!" Speak of the devil, she was right behind me. "He lives well. That's for sure."

Turning around I saw this motherly look in her eyes. Sparkling with anticipation and pride, this is the place her son called home. Hidan was standing next to her, trying to look straight up, his head craned back so far it looked like he was going to fall over. Humali was wide eyed, lying on the floor to get a good view of the ceiling.

"Yes, mam. He certainly does," Humali said.

The other Lombax started to stagger out the vessel. Each one having the same reaction as we did. Well, each one except for the generals who at seen this type of thing before and couldn't understand what the commotion was about.

I don't think I will forget the moment I saw another sapient being that wasn't a Lombax. It happened at about that moment.

She was at the top of the stairs. She had pale coloured skin and was wearing green combat gear with a red bandana. The only hair on her body was her shoulder length brown hair held back with a second bandana and from where I was standing I could make out a long red tail that ended in the spike.

Needless to say I was somewhat terrified.

The being was casually leaning on the stair railings watching us and I had no idea how to react.

Ms Jasin called out to her, causing me to jump. She spoke to her in Omniversal.

"Markazian, who are you and what is your role here?" she yelled up.

The 'Markazian' smiled and walked slowly down the stairs while answering Ms Jasin question.

"My name is Talwyn Apogee and this is my father's station. It is currently used as more of a home for me and my friends rather than a research centre, though." Contrary to her appearance her voice was soft. "I'm going to take a guess and say you're the group the other two are with." She then gestured to the vessel 14 behind vessel 12.

Hidan, to my astoundment, was the next to call up.

"Where are those two anyway Ms Apogee?" he yelled, causing me to wince slightly at his recklessness.

Her smile grew even wider. "There with Ratchet, I believe he is giving them a 'tour' of the place along with the president," she explained.

Naturally everyone in the unit, about 20 Lombaxes, glared at invisible versions of the dynamic duo. Who were apparently enjoying spending time with the person we looking for and making us wait.

The frustration didn't last long however, as a blood curdling scream filled the air. This was followed by two familiar terrified faces bolting towards us at record pass followed by this big green guy in an expensive looking suit. They whizzed right passed us and hid behind one of the vessel.

Talwyn just broke into hysterical laughter and I swore I heard a more masculine version of it coming from the room that was just broken out of. Ms Jasin was the only one of the group to join in on the strange sense of humour.

"That never gets old," Talwyn managed in between spouts of uncontrollable laughter.

As if on cue, Mr Hotshot appeared at the door entrance in an absolute laughing fit with this 'I swear I've done this a million time for fun' look on. Looking as he did on the film, but in more detail. I could see the sparkling signs of life in his bright green eyes and how much better he looked in comfortable clothes than I ever will. Those ads really were unedited, he looked so perfect in real life, identical to Kaden. From the way his ears pointed to the movement of his tail, he looked fit and healthy and ready to take on the world.

At the sight of him, Ms Jasin went silent.

DUN DUN DUUUUUN! What do you think?

I want the next chapter to be based on Ms Jasin's perspective of the whole situation and how she goes about Ratchet and the life he has lived.

Spoilers! Ratchet has a surprise of his own

As I feel this is important, I'll try and get this chapter done before Europe.

Thx for reading!