Ratchet and Clank:
The Chosen One

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

Chapter 11: Using Magic To Heal Those Bruises

The group landed down onto Planet Volzar after visiting Cobalia. It was lucky none of them crashed in the middle of space by how fast they were going; Kaden wanted to get Ratchet healed as soon as possible. So it took them half the time getting back than it did they getting there. Kaden jumped out of his ship, carrying his son on his back again, and rushing to the medical room in the hospital where Alice Coba was waiting for them. He didn't wait for anyone, and went straight on ahead.

In 5 minutes time, he reached the medical room and went right in. There were many beds lined up on both sides of the walls, at the end of the room on the right side was a bed set up specially for Ratchet. A dark blue female Lombax was standing there waiting. She had shoulder length light blue hair with yellow parts mixed in. Her eyes were a deep red and had a bright yellow where the white should be. She had two yellow stripes on her small ears, a similar shape to Angela Cross', she also had a single yellow stripe on her left cheek, and her nose was pink. Alice looked like she was in her late 20's, but was the same age as Kaden, 40. She wore 3/4 length brown trousers that were kept up with a red-brown belt, a 3/4 length orange top and a pair of hoverboots on her feet. She had no tail, and no stripes on her legs, arms or hands.

Alice smiled and walked up to Kaden. "It's good to see you again Kaden. I was surprised it wasn't you that needed healing this time." She chuckled at the past memories of healing Kaden so many times she had lost count. She was known very well for her healing abilities; she could heal anything apart from diseases, infections, and such. She noticed that the yellow-orange Lombax was struggling. "Here let me help you." She gently, but a firm grip, took hold of one of Ratchet's arms, while Kaden took the other. They moved him over to the bed Alice set up for him and laid him down carefully.

Alice checked him over while Kaden explained what happened. He couldn't tell her how he managed to gain the bruises he did as he wasn't there at the time. "Well, it seems that he hasn't broken any bones but the bruises are extremely bad." When a worried expression fell upon Kaden's face, Alice added, "Don't worry though, they won't be a hassle to heal." And with that, she started working on healing Ratchet before he woke up. It is less painful getting healed by her powers when you're out, 'cause you won't notice it... until you wake up of course.

"Thank you." Kaden said, smiling. "I don't know how many times I've said that to you." He chuckled, but grew serious a minute later. "Just tell me when he wakes up. I've got other things to do." The Lombax walked off to his office after that.

2 hours later...

Ratchet groaned in pain for the blast Rage threw at him. His whole body throbbed with agony. Slowly, he opened his big emerald eyes, at first everything was blurry but started to clear up after a while. Once it did, he observed that he was in a bed in one of the medical rooms. Someone must of brought him back to Volzar after he fell unconscious, most likely his father, Ryan or Scar. Looking at his surroundings, he noticed that there was a female Lombax standing at his bed-side.

"Hello there, it is nice to see that you're awake." She said, smiling. When the younger raised an eyebrow, she introduced herself. "My name's Alice Coba, a good friend of your father's." She held out a hand, which Ratchet slowly took to shake. Once she shook his hand, she let go of it and then turned around to pick something up on the medical table.

While she did, Ratchet looked down and realized that were his top part of his armour should be, were bandages wrapped tightly around his chest. His armour top, protection pads, gloves and cap were at the end of his bed. Alice faced Ratchet again, but held a long, thick needle filled with a blue liquid, most properly Nanotech. He flinched at it but didn't look away from it. He knew that he had to take it however he didn't want to: he hated needles.

The female Lombax took note of the flinch he made, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Don't worry too much about this, it doesn't hurt as much as you think it would." She reassured him. When he closed his eyes in defeat and looked the other way, tensing up as well, he held out his bare left arm for the jab to take place. Alice gently took his arm and observed how tense his muscles were. "If you relax, it will also reduce the pain." It took him a while to relax, but in the end he succeed, if only by a bit. Alice took a while to find the right place to put the needle into his arm, once she did, she jabbed it in his arm and ejected the Nanotech into his system. It was an easier way to get rid of the after effect of her healing powers, depending on how bad the wounds are depends on how big the needle needed to be, and seeing that Ratchet's wounds were pretty bad Alice decided to use one of the biggest needles.

When the needle pierced into his bare arm, he jumped as he didn't get a warning, and then the pain came. At first it was painful as the needle was nearly as thick as the metal part on a screwdriver, but after it was in he didn't feel it until it came out again. "Huh, I thought it would be worse than that." Ratchet said as he lightly rubbed his left arm.

Alice smiled. "I told you it wouldn't hurt much, but to warn you now, it will hurt later on and more tomorrow." She scratched the back of her head as if she was embarrassed or in a some-what sorry way.

The golden Lombax's ears drooped and his shoulders slouched. "Oh man." He mumbled.

"Sorry." The blue Lombax spoke. "Oh by the way, I sent a message to your father to let him know that you're awake. He said he is sending someone to collect you." Alice made some quick notes on a clipboard and then looked back at Ratchet. "I have some other duties to be getting on with. Just... be a good boy and don't do anything reckless like your father to end back up in here with injuries worse than the last." She then put on a white doctors coat and walked off into another part of the hospital.

It didn't take long before Jasmine walked into the room. She stopped for a second gazing around the room, and when she found what she was looking for, she walked in that direction. "Kaden, said I'll find you here." She said, eyeing the half naked golden Lombax in front of her. She couldn't admit to herself, or anyone, from glancing at his slight muscular arms and chest. Snapping out of it, she picked up his armour parts and passed them to him. He took hold of his armour, and touched something extra. Their fingers touched ever so slightly, but they felt the warmth even through Jasmine's gloves. They gazed into each other's eyes for a minute until Jasmine realized what she was doing and stepped back. "Erm, you just... get dressed. I'll wait outside." She stumbled back a bit before rushing out of the room.

Ratchet sat there thinking to himself for a while. What was that about? The touch, the look, the... silence. I feel weird when I'm around that girl, like, a nervous feel. He gasped, and his eyes went as wide as dinner plates. That can't be right, I've only known her for a few weeks. I- I can't be... in love with her. Can I? Not wanting his trail of thoughts to go any further, he began to put his armour back, leaving the bandages on for extra protection for his bruises. He stepped outside and went up to Jasmine, who spotted him coming. She jumped off of the bench she was sitting on, and grinned at him. "Ready to go?"

Ratchet nodded, his ears bobbing up and down as he did so.

"Good." She punched him lightly on his left arm, but froze when he yelped in pain. "I-I'm so sorry!" She shrieked, covering her mouth with both hands. She watched him as he rubbed his arm, and glared at her. It wasn't a hateful glare, more of a tired one. "It's fine. You didn't know." Ratchet replied.

"I'm still sorry." She rubbed the back of her neck. Her ears perked up at a thought that came into her head. "Before we go. I'd like to show you a place that it special to me." Jasmine took Ratchet's right hand with her left one and ran towards a forest behind the hospital. The two Lombaxes walked threw the forest, Jasmine still hadn't let go of the other's limb yet. Night time was coming fast, but that was the best time to be at the location the female Lombax had in mind.

"Er, where exactly are we going?" Ratchet asked, nervously. He was worried of where she was taking him. If she tried anything, he had a disadvantage of not knowing his way around the forest or even planet. But had an advantage of properly being the strongest one out of them. Properly.

"You'll see." Jasmine glanced back at Ratchet, grinning innocently. After about 10 more minutes of walking, they came to an opening surrounded by bushes, trees and flowers. The grass was a nice length to sit on comfortably, and the flowers seem to glow ever so slightly in the night. The night sky was clear and showed all the star possible to see, the 3 moons were bright and full hanging in the sky. The area was simply beautiful. Jasmine dragged Ratchet in the middle of the opening, and made him sit down next to her. It was then she let his hand be free. Silence fell upon the two for a while. Jasmine was looking up at the sky, while Ratchet stared at Jasmine. "This is where I come when I'm ever hurt." The female Lombax whispered. "Ever since the divorce between my parents, I've been coming here either when I have the chance or when I'm hurt: emotionally or physically. I thought they were alright before the divorce, it was just out of no-where." She gazed at him with cloudy eyes for a second, then looked away.

Ratchet, who didn't grow up with his family or kind, didn't know what it felt like if his parents broke up. But he felt extremely sorry for Jasmine. They must of been a happy family before it happened. He wanted to comfort her, so without thinking he put his right arm around her shoulders and let her cry into his chest. Butterflies started to appear in his belly. His heart raced, pumping extra blood around his body making him feel light-headed. A few minutes passed before Jasmine gazed into two emerald eyes. "Sorry for going down that path. It was the best way to explain why I come here. It thought this place would make you feel better." She whispered again.

The golden Lombax half closed his eyes, and smiled warmly. "Thanks for caring, but there is no need to be sorry for, it's not your fault it happened." He whispered back. Jasmine muttered back in agreement. "Alright, I have to ask... why we are whispering again?" Ratchet asked, in a hushed tone. He moved in closer.

"I don't know." Jasmine replied back in the same voice. She took the same position as Ratchet but closed her blue eyes, and sealed the distance between them placing her lips onto his. The kiss was soft and sweet, and went on for a while before the female made a move. She sat in Ratchet's lap for a more comfortable position without breaking the kiss, and wrapped her arms around his neck. He complied by putting his an arm around her waist and pulled her closer. His free hand was placed onto her cheek. Jasmine smirked as she changed her hands to be placed on Ratchet's shoulders and shoved him to the floor, laying on top of him. Ratchet used his fingers on one hand to move her hair out of her face while glancing into her bright eyes. They closed their eyes again, and shared another kiss for a few more minutes.

Jasmine wanted more: her Lombax instincts taking over. She nibbled onto Ratchet's lower lip, in which he jolted his mouth open in surprise. Having her plan succeed, she then pushed her tongue into his mouth, playing with his tongue. Both Lombaxes ended up groaning from the touch. This went on few a while, until they pulled away to catch their breath. Jasmine came off of Ratchet, and laid her head onto his chest, while he wrapped his arm around her shoulders again. They both closed their eyes to listen to the sounds around them before falling asleep.

YAY! I finally got this chapter done, it took me hours to write! :O I'm glad I got it done though, it was so worth it, right? Some more Ratchet/Jasmine here. I just adore that couple (*whispers* Jasmine is my own character) Anyway!... Heh, getting back to the proper conversation (if you call it that)...

You've now got a rough idea of what my other OC, Alice Coba, is like in person. A nice, kind, lovey female Lombax who has healing powers :D It's a slow progress getting all the characters I want in this story, but they will get there at some point. I don't even think this is half way of this story seeing as so many people like this story, I'm trying to keep it going for as long as possible :) Hope you liked this chapter. Keep tuned for more. Reviews, please, it would be great. It doesn't take long to write one, come on