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Chapter 11: Broken Seal of Courage
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Ratchet and Clank is still owned by Insomniac Games!
Umm sorry for not updating, I've been kinda lazy! Plus I won't be updating often since I'm going to go out of country for about 2 weeks. Don't worry! I'll still be writing from afar, but I won't be updating the story until I return!
-Alphonse
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Ratchet and his group head into the small area behind Angela's throne. There was a table next to Angela's throne which contained pictures of Ratchet without his consent. Ratchet picked up the series of photos and checked them one by one. The first photo was Ratchet asleep in his bed in his underwear, the second was of him playing a video game, and the final one was of him in the shower. Talwyn snatched the photos and told Ratchet, "Here I'll burn 'em for you." Ratchet thanked her and walked off to go to the seal. Secretly, Talwyn placed the photos in her pocket.
"This is it Ratchet, destroy the seal and find your undiscovered powers!" Gears said.
"Alrighty then." Ratchet said as he raised his wrench to attack. He hit the seal with a lot of force and it shattered. The room was shaking violently and roaring loud. There was a light that surrounded Ratchet and it was a bright red color. Suddenly the roaring of monsters could be heard from inside the temple. All of the monsters were being disintegrated and purged from the land. When it finally stopped the temple stood still and quiet.
"What happened?" Talwyn asks.
"The evil was purged from the land I assume." Clank answers, "Ratchet are you okay?"
The Lombax said, "Yeah, but I think I've got new powers. That light, it said something to me. It told me that there is another seal over past the sea. It's hidden in the Shrine of the Sea God."
"What about your true calling?" Gears asks.
Ratchet recalled something the light told him and answered Gears, "I don't think it said anything about that. Well let's see my new power." The Seal of Courage which he just broke bestowed to him a new feat; he was able to carry, move, and destroy large objects with his strength. He also gained the ability to destroy things faster with his wrench.
"Let's get moving, we should release the prisoners." Talwyn said as they moved backwards. An earthquake suddenly erupted. The floor shook as the group lost their balance. Clank looks upwards to find that a giant rock is falling down towards him.
"Help! Ratchet, above me!" Clank screamed.
Ratchet got up on his feet and he tried balancing. He ran towards Clank and went under the boulder. He raised his arms and said, "I sure hope this works!!"
The boulder stood in his arms. He carried the boulder and he told them, "Go now, before this thing crushes me!"
Clank, Talwyn, and Gears escape without a scratch. They see Ratchet who held up the boulder with his new strength. He tossed in aside and exited. The group goes up to the cages where the prisoners were held. There were at least 30 prisoners held captive. The prisoners served Angela for her evil purposes, mainly to help her with her sex tapes.
"How can we destroy these cages? I think its made up of Trillium Ion ore... It's almost indestructible!" Clank says.
"Maybe my wrench can take it down!" Ratchet said.
Clank interrupted Ratchet, "No wait Ratchet. There is an inscription. It reads; "to open the cage you must find the key. In order to find the key, you must be the key". Clank placed his fingers on his chin. "Where would a key be hidden here?"
Talwyn says, "Maybe under the welcome mat outside?" The group nods and agrees to check under the door mat. Nothing was under it besides the ground.
Ratchet then says to himself, "Hmm, where would Angela hide her keys?" An image pops into his head and he gets an idea. He goes over to Angela and checks her pockets. No dice. But after he searches her pockets he readies himself for the most vilest thing he has ever done in his short life.
"Forgive me Angela! Wait why would I want her to forgive me? She probably did this on purpose." he thought.
His eyes weren't fixed towards where he was reaching. Ratchet's eyes were half closed and seemed to be clenching his teeth. The prisoners were also staring at the lombax. The others were confused about what he was doing, but Clank finally figured it out.
"Ratchet! You pervert! Angela would never–," Clank stood speechless.
Ratchet reached into Angela's breasts and found a key ring. "Gosh I need to wash my hands!!" he thought. Talwyn looked at Ratchet with the stink eye and she crossed her arms. Gears was predicting that would happen. Ratchet walks back towards the group who were at the cage.
"Well Ratchet, how was it?" Gears asks.
"Shut up! It was for the sake of these people." Ratchet said as he didn't give any eye contact towards the Ms. Gears. He placed the key in the keyhole and turned it. The prisoners waited anxiously. He opened the door and noticed some people that he knew.
"Captain Qwark!? What the hell are you doing!?" Ratchet yells.
"I have just saved these countless innocent people from impending doom! That's what I did." he boasts. A female robot who wore pink and a couple of other robots soon went to Qwark.
"Ready? Action!" the first robot said. The second robot held up a camera and began filming the female robot.
"This is Darla Gratch from channel 64 news, I hear Captain Qwark has redeemed himself from his last spoof. Nope it is not the crotchitizer, or the personal hygienator, but the personal exploding alarm clock! He has just saved many dozens of souls from impending doom, including me, Darla Gratch." the newswoman responded to the camera. Apparently they were filming but nothing came through. Ratchet went up to the camera person.
"What!? He was in that cage!! How did he manage to get you out?" Ratchet says furiously.
"Well, who else would pipsqueak?" Darla replied.
"I'll tell you that Captain Qwark is just ******g old bastard who couldn't save the galaxy from a candy wrapper! That is what he is!" Ratchet said with his wrench up ready to attack.
"It is true. He almost choked when he stuffed a whole piece of candy with the wrapper still intact in his mouth!" Clank adds.
"But you silly Lombax couldn't have done any of this! You're you are so... tiny and have no iron hard abs like me." Qwark replies.
"Okay Qwark you've had this coming for a hell of a long time!" Ratchet pulls out his wrench. He jumped and hit Qwark on his head. He fell on the floor and Ratchet kept smacking him with the wrench. Clank went up to Qwark and casted the fire spell on his face. Talwyn and Gears also went up to him and kicked him they said, "Bulls-eye!" The idiotic phony laid on the ground squirming holding onto his crotch in pain.
Darla Gratch went up to the four heroes and said, "That is one lame man, so you guys saved us from impending doom!"
"Yes, it is quite logical." Clank said. Then a blue figure comes up to them.
"Hey if it isn't the little munchkin and his little pal!" the man said.
Ratchet gazed at him. It was the Plumber. "It's it's that guy!"
"No need to recognize me, I'm just a plumber. I came here to unclog the toilet Angela clogged. Sheesh her poop was big as a king amoeboid! Then she put me in there and well you get it." The plumber said.
They all stared at him in amusement.
"Well off I go. See you in a year or so." the Plumber said as he ran off into the distance.
"Well that was random..." Ratchet said.
"Indeed, quite random." Clank said.
"Let's get to that next seal guys." Talwyn said.
"Yeah, I'm sick of living like this." Gears replied.
The group left the room where Angela was left unconscious as well as Lawrence. As they were exiting the lair, they noticed that there were no more bats flying around or zombies wanting to eat their brains. It was peaceful, but still scorching hot. Gears took off her top again leaving Clank smiling. Ratchet was irritated by the blazing heat so he decided to take off his tuxedo he wore. He also stripped off his pants. Talwyn was shining red and chuckled a bit. Ratchet didn't seem to care about his indecency. Talwyn was inspecting the almost nude lombax.
"Wow, nice ass. That chest! And his adorable face!" she thought.
Clank was extremely relieved that he was wearing his boxers. They exited the temple and headed somewhere else. They needed to find a way to cross the ocean to get into the shrine of the sea god.
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