Chapter Ten
Ratchet and Solo materialised from nowhere back to the great Clock. They ended up in the main lounge. Ratchet landed on his back and sat up. He faced the crystal screen where he could see the gaping universe. Solo hovered in front of Ratchet. Ratchet clenched his fist and put it to his mouth, he made a few various noises.
'Hairball Sire?' Solo asked curious.
'No, eh just felt a bit sick. This teleporting is really getting to me.' Ratchet gazed out into space and clenched his fist.
'Why me? Can I be the only one out there Solo? I mean sure we found all those others but am the only one that escaped Tachyon's Wra…-' It hit Ratchet, a flash back when the Zoni showed what happened. The buildings being destroyed, the lombax's running for their lives… and Tachyon. In the midst of it all. Ratchet gripped his wrench and swung with full force and smashed the table that was to the left of his.
'TACHYON.' Ratchet roared with full anger. He turned to see Talwyn, Clank and Sigmund gazing in shock. They were there for the full time Ratchet and Solo were talking. Solo noticed them before however he did not bother to mention anything to Ratchet.
'I will leave you be sire.' Solo disappeared.
'So that was the Zoni helping Ratchet.' Clank pointed out. Ratchet put his wrench away and stood still, Talwyn got out of her seat and walked up to Ratchet and placed her hand on his shoulder.
'Ratchet what happened?' Ratchet wrapped his arms around Talwyn and a tear came to his eyes and dripped into his fluffy fur on his cheek.
'They had them in a prison Tal. Tachyon must have found them somehow but I do not know how. They knew my father. They had the prison secure and the forces there seemed heavily armoured there was no way I could-' Ratchet could not go on, he felt even more guilty about leaving the Lombax's behind in prison. Talwyn put an arm around Ratchet's back and put her other on the back of Ratchet's head.
'Look Ratchet, it was not your fault that you had to leave them behind, by the sounds of things you would have ended up there with them and we would have not found out what would have happened to you most likely, and I do no think Tachyon would have gone to easy with you.' The two came apart and Talwyn smiled at Ratchet and Ratchet gave half a smile back. Ratchet looked over to Sigmund who was franticly typing away on his pad. He looked up.
'We got a serious problem.'