AuthorsNote1: Here's the next chapter, I hope you enjoy.
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Snivelak Surface, Underneath Old Thugs-4-Less Ruined HQ
Ratchet proceed carefully down the tunnel, wary of another cave in. The eerie half silence of the cave gave him the creeps. For a tunnel made of junk it had some good acoustics. He could hear every single one of his metal clad steps echoing down the way.
"Which means if somebody is here. They will hear me long before I hear them"
The other sound was the almost random groans of metal. Ratchet flinched and glanced up at the celling every time this happened. Twice he broke into a run when he heard the screeching of twisting metal. He long ago gave up keeping track of how far he had gone in the cave. All he knew was that it had to end somewhere. Worse come to worse he could blast his way out.
He rounded a corner and stopped in surprise when he entered a large room. It was filled with various objects. Ratchet glanced around and saw a large bed, Vid-Screen, Refrigerator, Computer, and other odds and ends to a basic life, all looking recently abandoned. Glancing up towards the roof he noticed that what light there was in here came from a large glass pane.
He was jouslted out of his look-a-round by Clank's voice
"Ratchet, I have established a Connection with the Phoenix."
Ratchet jumped at Clanks voice, he had been quite it for so long that Ratchet had almost forgotten him. Glancing around the room one more time he glanced back at Clank.
"Good, Contact the Phoenix and update our positions on the map so we can get out of here. Meanwhile, I'll Check this console out. Looks like somebody left this place in a hurry, I wonder why?"
"I do not know Ratchet. But I have sent out location to the Phoenix and activated the locator on the ship to come and get us."
Ratchet nodded as he pressed a few buttons experimentally on the computer. He scowled when the computer beeped angrily at him. Pulling out his Omni-Wrench he sung it into the side of the computer with a solid thunk. The computer beeped a few times before the screen went black.
Clank dropped off of Ratchets back to look at his wrench currently embedded in the side of the computer. After studying it for a bit Clank gave a dejected sigh before turning to Ratchet.
"The computer is now useless, you have destroyed its power source." Ratchet glanced down at Clank
"Want to bet?"
With a almighty heave and a groan of exertion from Ratchet, He ripped his Omni-Wrench out of the side, taking most of the side off. Clank looked at the twisted metal that dropped off of Ratchets Omni-Wrench.
"And what did that accomplish?"
Ratchet ignored him and leaned down to reach through the hole, after a few seconds of digging through the inside of the computer Ratchets eyes lit up.
"Ah" he said as he ripped out the computers hard drive. "I'm sure somebody on the Phoenix can read this, then we can find out what this guy was running from"
Clank stopped as he went to get back on Ratchets back "Do you think this is where the assassin that went after Sasha's dad and Angela lived?"
Ratchet nodded "Yeah"
Clank hopped onto Ratchets back "How?"
Ratchet shrugged as his ship blasted through the skylight above. "Gut instinct"
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Starship Phoenix, Snivelak Orbit, Command Bridge
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Two Galatic Rangers looked at each other as they watched Ratchet docked his ship in the Main Landing Bay and jump out walking towards the command bridge gondola.
"So H-29, What do we tell him?" H-28 asked.
"What do you mean what do we tell him, we tell him that Commander Sasha and Miss. Cross took of in their ship while he was out of contact." H-29 replied.
H-28 looked down at another camera that showed Ratchet tapping his wrench impatiently while he held a small black box with a few wires sticking out.
"I dunno, I heard he can be pretty wicked with that Wrench H-29"
H-29 reached over and slapped H-28 on his shoulder plate.
"Suck it up 28, get out of here if you don't think you can handle it."
H-28 Saluted. "Sir yes sir" and ran over to the corner of the bridge.
H-29 was shaking his fist at him when the doors to the gondola opened and Ratchet walked in.
Ratchet entered the bridge and walked towards the overlook. He tossed the box at H-28, who caught it, barely. "Get that to the tech room, see if you can't get some info off of it. Might tell us where the assassin is." H-28 nodded and ran off the bridge glad for a reason to be out of there.
Ratchet looked over at H-29 "Can you locate Commander Sasha?"
H-29 glanced around at a few other Rangers on the bridge that had stopped working at their consoles to watch him. "Uh....She....Uh.....She's not locatable right now"
Ratchet glanced down at H-29 "What do you mean?" He asked
H-29 glanced around again. "She got on her ship with Miss. Cross and took off, reporting only that they were going out for some 'Female Bonding', That's all sir, I swear." Ratchet scowled.
"All right, I'll be leaving again in a few hours. Make sure my ship is fully charged and armed.
"Sir, Yes, Sir!" Both Ranger saluted as Ratchet turned and walked off the bridge.
"That was close, Sir."
"Shut up"
"Yes, Sir."
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Warp Stream, Destination: UnKnown.
Sasha fidgeted a bit and let out another whimper as she napped fitfully in her seat. Angela watched her from behind her, she had woken up a little bit ago, and come to the cockpit to find Sasha fast asleep and twitching with little whimpers.
"It even pains her in her sleep" Angela thought to herself as she walked up to the co-pilots seat and switched control over to her side. She glanced over at Sasha at the small beep the console made.
"She's really out of it." Sasha whimpered again "Except for the small spikes of pain. I hope this works"
The console beeped again as they approached their destination as Sasha stirred and sat up. She stretched out a bit twitched at the small spike of pain, and glanced over at Angela.
"I hope this place can help me Angela."
Angela shot a look at their destination. "Hopefully it will." Angela set the ship to auto-pilot and turned to face Sasha fully.
"Look, I know I said this surgery could heal you. But, If something goes wrong, you could get crippled for life. Or, Worse. Ratchet would kill me if I let that happen. So, for the last time, are you sure you want to go through with this?"
Sasha glanced over at Angela.
"Am I sure? Am I Sure? Do you have any idea what it is waking up in the morning and dreading moving because you know it's going to hurt like hell the moment you do? Do you have any idea what it is, to spend an entire day with you're bones feeling like they are on fire? How about running to the bathroom to puke because the pain just made you sick? Angela I am so sick of this, this, whatever the hell it is. I don't sleep at night anymore, and Ratchet is so sick with worry I'm afraid he's going to get himself killed worrying about me. Believe me, I want this, so please, just, let's land."
Angela blinked once "Okay, We're landing" She turned back to the controls so she could land the ship.
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