Man Vs Machine

by MedicineMan426

'The madness never ends.' the Human thought. First Drek, then the Protopets, and now this. Our beloved hero Jordan is brought back into the action, trying to take down a force that is possibly more sinister than Drek himself. But the problem is, how could he take down this enemy, if he is fighting another enemy that isnt exactly there.

12. Training

"FUUUUUCK!" Jordan yelled as he died once again.

Hello Fanfic world. MedicineMan426 here. And as promised, I bring you chapter 12 of Man Vs Machine. Sorry for the long delay. I have been EXTREMELY slacking recently. But I finally got the courage and finished this thing two days ago. The reason I didn't upload this sooner is because I accidently exited the website and it deleted all of the Authors Notes I made and it royally pissed me off. Right now I am in school and am uploading this too you know. Don't mind my friend in the background, he's playing Donkey Kong Country and is stuck on the first level of the second stage-

"DIDDLY DICK!" Jordan yelled again.

MedicineMan sighed heavily. "Anyway. I'm gonna be real with you guys. If you have been monitoring my story, you would have noticed that I have recently changed the rating from T to M. And the reason for that is, its gonna get pretty graphic from this moment on. Not for gore, not for nudity or sex, but for one thing.

CURSING.

Theres gonna be a hell of alot of cursing from this moment on and that is why I changed the rating. And the reason for that is...you will see and I will explain in the future. And speaking of which. I got one more thing I wanna talk to you guys about. Remember when I made the update and I told you guys about my poll. Well I just posted another one. If you wanna see what it is, please take a moment and check it out on my profile. It will be available until Christmas or possibly New Years Eve. After that, I will close it down and re upload the Deadlocked poll. And speaking of Christmas, this chapter is my Christmas present to you guys. And I hope you enjoy it because this chapter is LOOOOOOONG!"

"FUUUUUUUUUCK!" Jordan yelled again.

"You know, maybe if you took your time, you could get past the level alot easier." MedicineMan turned to Jordan.

"Its not that! Its because the barrels move too fast, and the controls is delayed. So if you press the button too late. You'll die, and if you press it too soon, you'll-"

POP!

"Exactly." Jordan finished.

"Just keep trying." Medicneman offered.

POP!

"Okay. The hell with his fucking shit. I'm playing Battlefront II."

"Okay then." Medicineman turned towards the monitor. "Alright. Now lets get to the reviews."

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And for Night Rider 7 and Max Chronicle- Really? You guys really thought my work was that good? I was just writing from the bottom of my heart, and knowledge on writing. Well I am extremely happy you guys actually like it. And I hope you guys are in for a treat on this chapter. I tried writing to the best of my ability and hope you guys enjoy it...And Jordan..You should come look at this.

"What!" MedicineMan invited Jordan over to look at the review. And Jordan was appauled at what he read. "Oh really! I should watch my langauge! Don't you mean my FUCKING LANGUAGE! Well guess what..Fuck you! Yeah yeah yeah fuck you fuck you fuck you dick dick dick dick!" Jordan then went back to playing his game.

Alright. Enough chit chat, it is now the moment you all been waiting for.

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Disclaimer:

Ratchet and Clank, associated characters, locations, weapons, etc. belong to Insomniac Games. Some real world companies and organizations belong to their respective owners, etc. I only own the right to some characters and some weapons and events introduced in this story.

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Starship Phoenix

Nebula G9-5781

3:35pm local time

Training

Once all of the dropships made contact with their respective landing pads in the hangar bay of the Phoenix, the hatches opened up and the Human quickly power walked straight to the living quarters and sat directly on the couch. As Jordan sat there, he heard quick footsteps from behind the sofa and saw a small Lombax walk around the arm of the couch and look happily at her Human companion. "Jordan!" she yelled as she climbed up onto the furniture and embraced her loving friend once again. "You know you really need to stop loving me this much."

"What?" Sophia said worryingly.

"What I'm just kidding." Sophia then rested her head on Jordan's chest and told him something that the Human was definitely expecting. "Why did you lie to me before you left."

"What do you mean?" the Human lied.

"Before you left for your mission, you told me to wait in Ratchet's ship. But when you left, you were in another ship and left me. Why?"

Jordan sighed, he knew he would sooner or later feel guilty about this. But he decided that now was the time to tell her the truth." Alright. You really wanna know why?"

"Yes yes now tell me."

"Because I want you to be safe. You will always be safe here and I don't want you out there in the field where you could possibly get hurt or worse."

"But I wanna help you guys."

"I know that and I appreciate the help. But things has been going really intense on these missions and-"

"Jordan. Don't worry about me. I've learned a lot from you guys. You even taught me how to shoot a gun. Remember? And if I don't feel safe on your back, then I always know my own ways on how to be safe."

"It's not just that I'm worried about…It's also.." Jordan looked down, really not wanting Sophia to hear what he was about to say.

"What? What is it?" Sophia rested her hand on the Humans right shoulder. "Tell me." She said softly.

Jordan took her hand off of his body, got up, and started walking around the sofa. "You're just a kid Sophia. And a child such as yourself shouldn't be seduced to this kind've violence."

"But Jordan I'm fine."

"But nothing!" Jordan walked over to the little Lombax and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Look, I know this is going to be hard for you to hear. But Ratchet is right, I have to take you to an orphanage."

"WHAT?!" Sophia yelled as she pushed his hands off of her shoulders and stepped back twelve inches. "Now Sophia just listen to me." Jordan said as he held his arms up in innocence, but the Lombax kept stepping back inch after inch away from the Human.

"You promised you wouldn't take me back." She pointed.

"I wasn't planning on taking you back. I was thinking about taking you to another orphanage much nicer than the one you were on."

"Jordan!"

"Please Sophia. Just sit down with me for a couple of minutes and lets talk about this."

"NEVER!" Sophia then rushed towards the bathroom and slammed the door. Jordan quickly followed her and started jerking on the handle on the door, seeing that she locked it. Jordan then started banging on the door. "You open this door right now young lady!" he yelled, but got no answer. "ANSWER ME!" he yelled again, but still didn't get a response. Jordan then heard footsteps coming from behind him and saw that it was only Ratchet, carrying a small container which must've been the pills he keeps telling the Human about. "Whats going on Jordan? I heard a lot of yelling?"

Jordan approached the Lombax. "I took your advice." He said in a menacing voice. Jordan then took off towards the living quarters and sat himself on the sofa. Ratchet wondered what he meant by that. What advice did he mean. Ratchet hasn't talked to him since their little fight on Tyhrranosis. Whatever it was it would have to wait until they complete their first task.

Making the Human take his medication.

Ratchet approached Jordan on the couch and sat right beside him. He than popped out two little capsules from the container and handed them to the Human. But as Jordan stared at the small capsules, Ratchet quickly realized something. "Oh! I almost forgot. I'll be right back." Ratchet quickly rushed out of the room and Jordan simply stared at the large HoloVision screen and sighed heavily. After sitting there for twenty seconds, Ratchet returned and this time had a glass of water in his left hand, and the pills in the other. "You probably would have a better time swallowing these with this."

Jordan stared at the pills once again for ten seconds and started hearing the voices once again. As they got louder and louder, Jordan snatched the pills from the Lombax, popped them in his mouth. Then grabbed the water and chugged it down in five seconds flat. "There. Doesn't that feel better?" Ratchet asked. But the Human just ignored him and looked at the cage that once held the deranged Captain Qwark. Ratchet sighed, knowing that the Human must still be angry about their little fight they had a while back. Ratchet slid closer to the Human. "Look, I know your still mad from before. But I know you're gonna thank me someday for giving you those." Ratchet then embraced the Human with his love. "I worry about you buddy. I don't want anything bad happening to you." This caused Jordan to look at the Lombax and saw that his ears were down, indicating a switch from happy, to sadness in the Lombax. "And…I'm sorry for how I acted back on Tyhrranosis, I knew you were just trying to protect us." From how the Lombax said those meaningful words, he worried tears would start to develop in the Lombaxes eyes. And since Jordan was a very forgiving person, his apology was forgiving enough. So Jordan wrapped one arm around the Lombax and hugged him. "So, does this mean you forgive me?" Ratchet said as he looked up to meet the Human's eyes.

"Yes. Yes I forgive you."

"Awesome!" Ratchet said as he hugged the Human even tighter and started rubbing his hand across the Humans back. They then held each other for one minute until Jordan began to part ways with the Lombax. Ratchet ears then raised back to their normal positions. "Well, I better go to Sasha so she can deliver the details to our next mission."

"Right behind ya." Jordan said as he got up from his seat. But Ratchet quickly stopped him and sat him back down. "Nooooo. Sasha told me that you need to stay here while the medication does its thing."

"And what exactly am I suppose to do while you're gone."

"I don't know. Maybe you can..type on your typewriter. Or maybe you can train your men some more. Or maybe you could-wait! I got just the thing. I'll be right back." Ratchet quickly exited the room and after waiting for thirty seconds, the Lombax reentered the room and held a small tape that looked similar to a holotape in Fallout 4. "And what is that suppose to be?" Jordan asked.

"It's the complete Collection of the Secret Agent Clank HV series. Remember when we stumbled across Dr. Nefarious's collection in his office?"

"Yeah."

"Well in the case we ever get a break from saving the galaxy. I figured I could maybe catch you up on the series with this. But that we before we knew about..you know. So maybe you could watch it for yourself now." Ratchet handed the small tape to the Human and Jordan examined it. He saw that it definitely was clear in color. And inside were two little spindles of what must be cassette footage. It truly was a cassette tape in the palm of his hand. "Okay. Uh, thanks."

"Your welcome buddy. Well, I'll leave you to that and I'll see you right after my mission is done." Ratchet walked out of the room and Jordan just stared at the holotape once again. Jordan then looked at the Holovision screen and tried to figure out how to get the tape into that monstrosity of a monitor. He looked at the sides of the screen, hoping that its construction was similar to a flatscreen TV, but saw nothing. He then looked towards a small cabinet on the right side of the monitor and walked towards it. He opened it and saw all of the accessories that must've been for the VG-9000. He moved the dance pad and the virtual reality equipment until he found an orange remote that had all the buttons of a normal TV remote. The only problem was,

All of the numbers and letters on the buttons were written in a different language that the Human couldn't understand whatsoever.

But Jordan knew exactly what he needed. Jordan activated the translator app on his E-phone and activated the setting that allowed it to translate signs or images by simply showing it to the small camera on the headset. Once the setting was activated, Jordan held the remote to the scanning range of the camera and it started to scan the remote. In just ten seconds, all of the gibberish turned into understandable English that the Human can read. Jordan looked at the buttons and saw an eject symbol on the top right of the remote. Jordan pressed while pointed the small antennae at the Holovision and a small compartment popped out at the bottom center of the monitor. Jordan approached the screen and saw a small hole that was in the shape of the holotape he was holding. Jordan inserted the holotape into the compartment and closed it. Once he turned the HV on, he saw that there was a menu sorta like a movie menu. He quickly selected the episode section and searched for the first episode of the collection.

The pilot.

Once he selected the episode, he began his learning experience of what it is like to watch his favorite robot become a movie star.

3 hours later…

After binge watching fifteen episodes of Secret Agent Clank, Jordan started feeling very drowsy. Jordan must've figured that the pills he took must've had a side effect of drowsiness. As the Human yawned, he heard footsteps behind him. Jordan didn't expect Ratchet to be done this quickly. So the Human turned around and saw that his expectations were immediately shot down as he saw it was only Sophia. "Hey 'hon." Jordan said.

"Umm, hey Jordan." Sophia walked around the couch until she stood by the arm. Jordan then looked towards her and saw her staring at him. "If you're asking to sit down with me? Than you're free to do that. You don't have to ask."

"I know that." Sophia then walked around the arm and sat on the couch. But she was completely on the far left side of it instead of being close to the Human and possibly snuggling with him. Jordan was put off by this and wondered why she was acting so abnormal. But Jordan immediately understood why. But it's been 3 hours since their little fight. How much time could a child possibly need to reconcilliate with the Human. "You're pretty quiet tonight." Jordan said, but go no response from the Lombax. "Are you still mad about our argument earlier?"

"If you don't wanna talk about it? Then fine. I don't really blame you." Jordan then lowered his head in sadness. This caused Sophia to turn towards the Human. "You know..I kinda remember when I was almost taken to an orphanage. When I was a baby, weeks after I was found by them, they would argue about what was best for me. For hours I would hear them fight. Would I be better off in an orphanage where I would get the finest education and possibly make great finest education and make some good friends. Or..I should stay with them and they raise me like they would their own. And they never told me their decision. But I somehow remembered it. It must've a long time ago. I must've been two-" Jordan was stopped as he felt Sophia climb onto his lap and kiss him right on his cheek. "-years old." He finished. Sophia then rested her head on the Human's shoulder and spoke to him. "I'm sorry for how I acted earlier. I didn't mean it."

"I know you didn't 'hon." Jordan hugged his Lombax companion and told her his own form of apology. "Sophia. I just want what is best for you. I want you to have a good education and make some good friends to make you feel safe everyday."

"But I do have some good friends."

"You know what I mean. I want you to have friends that are your age. You can't just hang around a bunch of adults forever."

"Who said you were adults?"

Jordan felt slightly offended by that. "I am an adult."

"No your not."

"Yes-I am!"

"You don't act like it."

"You know what young lady. I'm done talking to you." Jordan turned his head away from the Lombax. So to get his attention, Sophia kissed the Human on the cheek. She then did it again, and again, and AGAIN. That's when the Human's head snapped his head in place to face Sophia's and muzzled her mouth with his free hand. "We need to talk."

"mmmmmm-MM-MM!" Sophia tried talking, but of course her mouth was muzzled and Jordan couldn't hear a single word she was saying. "Oh yeah, right." Jordan released his hand from the girls mouth. "There. Now what were you trying to say?"

"I said I know..this is about the orphanage right?"

"No, it's about that." Jordan pointed to her lips.

"Why? What's wrong with them?"

"I meant your kissing!"

"What?..you mean…you don't like it?"

"Sophia. I like how you show your love towards me. But frankly, I'm just not that comfortable that you do that."

"So you don't like it?"

"No no I do I do I really do like it. But Sophia-"

"Then why are you complaining?!"

"Sophia listen-"

"I know what would make you change your miiiiind."

"What." Just as Jordan said that, Sophia moved her lips closer and closer to the Human's cheek once again. But Jordan quickly muzzled her mouth again. But this time she started resisting and put more of her weight on the Human to try to kiss him again. But the Human resisted. "Hey, stop that!" no matter how much the Human tried, her lips came closer, and closer, and closer. "Get away from me!" Jordan shoved the Lombax off of him and quickly got off the couch and ran away from her. Sophia playfully chased the Human around the couch and after making three rounds around the furniture. Sophia knew she had to cheat. Sophia climbed on top of the couch and jumped from it, tackling the Human on the ground. It was now all but a wrestling match between the two as she continued her mission to try to kiss the Human on the cheek. But Jordan resisted. "I mean it Sophia! Quit it!" Jordan yelled. But all the Lombax did was laugh. They wrestled on the floor for one minute until the Human heard footsteps from down the hall. He looked up and saw that it was both Ratchet and Clank coming by to greet them. But Ratchet quickly noticed the little situation he was in and wondered why him and the smaller Lombax on the floor wrestling. Were they really fighting. If that was the case, why was Sophia laughing uncontrollably. "Help me Ratchet!" Jordan yelled as he held a hand out to the Lombax. Ratchet smiled and decided to "help" his friend in need. Ratchet got on his knees and held the Human's arms down. "Wait! What are you doing?!" It was at that moment that Sophia went in for the kill. "Nooo! Noooooo! Noooooooooo!" as much the Human resisted, it had no prevail as the Lombax planted a kiss on his right cheek.

Jordan then looked at the laughing Lombax above him and decided to give him a taste of his own medicine. "Why you little!" Jordan threw Sophia off of his body, jumped to his own two feet and grabbed Ratchet by the neck. But his grip wasn't tight enough to choke the Lombax out, it was more like a playful grip. He then started "choking" the Lombax out. "How dare you turn a sweet little girl into a you!" Jordan brought the Lombax down on the floor and started wrestling with him now. As he was playing with the Lombax, Sophia got on top of the Human and tried to pull him off of his friend. "Help me Clank!" she yelled to the robot. But Clank simply stood there and assessed the situation the three were in. If Jordan was really choking the Lombax to death, why were both the Lombaxes laughing. Clank didn't really understand normal behavior when it came to Lombaxes or even Humans for that matter. So he continued to monitor the three and once the Lombax held a hand out to the robot, he knew right away that the Human really was choking him out. So he quickly started pulling on Ratchets arm and tried to pull him away from the Human. But Sophia was successful in pulling Jordan off of Ratchet and he ended up landing on top of the smaller Lombax. Ratchet slowly got up and his laughter began to fade. Jordan then rolled off of Sophia and the entire group stood on their own two feet. "Well that was fun." Sophia said.

"Yeah, I guess so." Ratchet replied.

"So you got done with your mission?" Jordan asked.

"Yeah. But Sasha has asked me me and the rest of the Q-Force gather in this room and discuss what we found."

"Q-Force?"

"That's the name Qwark gave our entire team. Pretty stupid isn't it?"

"Agreed. So we just sit here and wait for everyone?"

"Yep."

"Okay then." Jordan paused the Holovision and the entire group sat on the sofa and waited for the entire group to arrive.

3 minutes later…

One by one, all of the members of the Q-force showed up in the room. Starting with Sasha, then Skidd, then Al. One minute later, Helga came in, then Skrunch, and finally John arrived. But there was only one problem they were facing. Where the fuck was Captain Qwark. "Where the fuck is Qwark?" Jordan said.

"Jordan!" Sophia said as she covered her ears.

"What?"

"He's out to lunch with the president. But that's okay. Eight of us should do." Sasha said.

"So what's the mission?"

"First. Ratchet, go get the white board."

"Yes Sasha." Ratchet ran out of the room and fetched the whiteboard that was located in the storage room. Soon Ratchet walked in with the large board and set it in the center of the room. Jordan then saw Sasha insert a thumb drive into the side of the board and a large holographic display appeared in front of the board. She then pulled out a pointing stick from her pocket and pointed towards the blueprints displayed. "According to the most recent reports from Ratchet on Planet Daxx. He was able to acquire the blueprints on Dr. Nefarious's most recent project. And its something called a "Bio-Obliterator".

"A Bio-Obliterator?" Jordan asked.

"That is correct."

"What does it do?"

"That's the only information we couldn't get out of the computer. According to Clank, the files were deleted by the time they reached it."

"So what's our next plan?"

"Were not sure yet, I still need time to come up with-" before Sasha could finish, a bright light flashed in the middle of the room and a small disc appeared on the coffee table in the middle of the room. As light pulsated through the disk, it soon became a blinding illumination and the whole group shielded their eyes. Once the light faded, a hologram appeared from the disc and the image show the evil mastermind himself, Dr. Nefarious. But Jordan noticed that there was another, shorter robot next to him. And the Human had no idea who he was. "Sooo, this is the infamous Q-force I've heard so much about. Pathetic! I could annihilate all of you and it wouldn't even make SUPERVILLIAN WEEKLY!" Nefarious yelled.

"But you'd be doing the fashion world a huge favor." The robot beside him said. They both then just stood there for ten seconds of silence until Nefarious instructed his robot companion to turn it off. "You can turn it off now Lawrence!"

"Oh may I sir? What a treat." The robot turned off the hologram and the whole group stood there in silence. But the sinister mastermind forgot about one thing, the hologram can be tracked using the Phoenix's advanced technology. "A robot?...that's it?...THAT'S OUR BIG THREAT?!" Jordan yelled.

"Do not underestimate him. That man is extremely dangerous and will stop at nothing to destroy the universe." Clank said.

"Even though I find that hard to believe. I'll keep to your word. But who was that robot beside him? He had a strange suit on."

"That was his butler Lawrence." Sasha said.

"He has a butler?"

"Yep. A legit butler." Ratchet said.

"But wouldn't he know how evil he was and question who he was working for? Or is it just because he is a robot?"

"Money can do a lot of things to good people." Sasha said.

"Amen to that." Jordan said. There's a reason greed was a deadly sin in the bible.
"Sooo. Does anyone know where this might've come from?"

"I might know." Al said. The alien then pulled out a small remote from his pocket and started pushing buttons on it. "Lets see. Backtracking the signal at this very moment. What a bunch of amateurs. And viola! You guys might want to see this." Al transferred a program that was tracked on his remote and displayed it on the Holovision screen. And what played was an episode of what Nefarious was talking about. SuperVillian Weekly. "On this episode of SuperVillian Weekly. We take a look into the enigmatic mind of Dr. Nefarious, on the weapons facility on Planet Daxx, home of such super weapons. Such as the dreaded Rainbow Afrolyzer. Dr. Nefarious, what do you think of critics who say that your latest work is just more of the same?"

"I WILL ANNIHILATE THEM!" Nefarious shouted.

"Lawrence. Tell us a bit about this super weapon you're creating?"

"Well "Super" is such a strong word. And for that matter "Weapon" maybe a tad over-doing it. But we do however have a lovely view of the ocean at sunset."

"Is Dr Nefarious on the brink of Galactic domination? Or is this just the first in a series of maniacal pipe dreams? Stay tuned for more on SuperVillian Weekly." The video ended and Sasha went over with the group on what Ratchet exactly saw on Planet Daxx. "So Ratchet, what exactly did you see on Daxx?" Sasha said to the Lombax.

"Well Nefarious wasn't lying. He definitely did have quite an operation on Daxx. Lots of warehouses, and a lot of giant mechanisms and hardware were being mass produced. But thanks to me, you could say we made a little setback in his production."

"Well despite your so called "chaos", it's best that we don't try to halt his production at all. The Sooner he builds this thing the better."

"But..Why? Don't you think it is a better idea if we halt this production so we can find the right time to strike?" Jordan asked.

"Until we get more information from his computers on what he is up to or possibly more construction blueprints. We won't be able to get anywhere if we stop it. So that's why we need him to speed up his production. Get as much information as possible. Then, when the moment comes, that's when we'll strike."

"Well then I'm all ears for what we have to do next."

"Al. Can you track down where that hologram was being recorded."

"According to this device." Al said as he looked at it. "That transmission was coming from the Ubani Moons."

"Well we better get moving." Jordan got up from the couch, but just like before, Ratchet stopped him once again. "Not so fast buddy. You are going to sit down here and stay here where it's safe."

"Oh yeah?! Who says?!"

"Sasha. It was by her instruction that she told me to tell you that you have to stay here. We don't want your condition getting worse."

"What condition?" Sophia said.

"Not now Sophia." Jordan said. "You really need to quit worrying about me!" Jordan yelled to Ratchet.

"Actually Ratchet. We want Jordan to go with you on this mission." Sasha said.

"What!?" Ratchet and Jordan said in unison.

"Seeing the high levels of activity on those moons. It's probably for the best that you have an extra hand on you for this mission."

"I can handle myself just fine."

"No doubt you do. But it's for the best we keep you safe with him."

"Well..alright." he then turned to the Human. "Just as long as you don't get involved in any combat at all. I'll let him come."

"Good. Now there's just one more thing to attend to."

"And what exactly is that, just by curiosity?" Jordan asked.

"Your training. You and the Lombax both."

"Training? What training?" Ratchet said.

"Proper Galactic Ranger training."

"And what do you mean by that?" Jordan asked.

"You guys need to get the proper training if your going to last out there. They were instruction by the Galactic President."

"Your dad wants us to be trained."

"Dad!?" Jordan asked.

Sasha sighed "That is correct. And yes Jordan, he is my father."

"Oh."

"Well this shouldn't be too hard. We passed training when we were in the Bogon Galaxy. How hard could this be?"

"Yeah..about that."

"What?" Jordan and Ratchet said in unison.

"That training was mostly consisting of shooting medium to long range weaponry. Typical trainee stuff. What your going to be going through is much different."

"How different?" Jordan said. Sasha then started telling the duo what Galactic Ranger training was all about. Since its been years since they used their special training methods, she tried to explain it as best as she could to them. Since their training program lasted a full year, these two would be getting the accelerated course. What they would do is train in sessions such as Short range, long, range, and medium range combat. They would also be tested in agility and endurance. And lastly would be hand to hand combat. They definitely were going to be used to using guns. But Endurance and hand to hand? Ratchet wasn't sure why they would be needed to be trained in those areas. What's wrong with just using a gun. Jordan however was excited when he heard hand to hand combat. Now he was going to learn five million ways to break someone's arm. Actually, that might've been exaggerating a little bit, since Jordan only knew of a couple ways to break someone's arm. But Sasha led them down the hallway to the first door on the left. They walked in and saw that the only thing in the room was a 15X15 space, with two chairs against the wall, and a large Holovision screen above them. "Uhh. May I ask what all this is?"

"This is the combat simulation room. Here is where you'll begin your training."

"Well this doesn't seem like much. How could we train in a cramped room like this? Where's the shooting range? Where are all the weapons?" Ratchet asked.

"In here of course." Sasha pointed to the HV.

"I don't get it." Jordan said.

"Just wait right here. I'll be right back." Sasha and the rest of the rangers walked out of the room and left the Lombax and Human. Ratchet and Jordan decided to sit in both of the chairs while they waited. Thirty seconds later, only Sasha and the robotic nurse game in, pushing in a huge piece of wires and hardware. "Okay. May I asked what that is?" Jordan asked.

"Well I'm glad you asked." The nurse robot said. She then started explaining what all that was to the duo. "This is a special machine that allows you to isolate the cells in neurotransmitters in your brain and allow you to enter a lucid state of mind and set yourselves into a simulation that will be displayed on that Holovision screen. Then, that will allow you to perform certain tasks while your mind is still mimicking real life situations in your head and allow you to learn things in the simulation and still remember them in real life."

"Awesome!" Ratchet exclaimed.

"But wait." Jordan said. "Are you sure this thing is safe. What if we die in the simulation?"

"You'll immediately wake up, similar to waking up from a horrible nightmare."

"I definitely know that feeling. But what if we get hurt? Don't tell me you're gonna hook something up to us so we can actually feel it? Right?"

The nurse pulled out a bunch of cables and electrodes from the compartment just below the computer. "I'm afraid so."

"Great." Jordan said, having a bad feeling about this.

"Alright. Now let's get you two hooked up." The Cazar said. The nurse decided to do the Human first and she started applying all the electrodes across his body. Starting with his head, then his arms, then his torso, and finally his legs. Once both the Human and Lombax were finished, the nurse hovered towards the computer and started up the simulation. "Are you really sure this is safe. What iiiif-" Ratchet and Jordan both zoned out in just three seconds flat and that told the nurse that the machine was still working. The nurse then loaded the simulation up on the HV screen and they looked towards it to see if it really worked.

It was complete silence for one minute. But soon the Human felt like he was going a million miles and hour as he felt like he was passing through time and space. But after five seconds, he started seeing a bright light and could soon feel himself reanimate, similar to the feeling of teleporting. Once his vision was clear, he saw he was in some kind of large grid and everything was a neon green color. But Jordan looked around and saw that he was all alone. But after waiting for five seconds, he looked beside him and saw Ratchet reanimate from a bunch of pixels. "Where are we?" Jordan asked.

"You're in the simulation of course." A voice above them said. The duo looked behind them and saw a holovsion screen hanging one hundred feet above them. "How is this even possible?" Jordan said as he looked over his body, making sure everything was intact.

"You wouldn't believe the technology we have developed over the years." Sasha said.

"Now that we know it's fully functional. Let's get to work." The robotic nurse started typing on her keyboard and started a simulation that is focused on endurance and Agility. Ratchet and Jordan looked around them and saw that many different sized platforms and blocks formed right before their very eyes as they cover the room. Jordan was ready to get into it since it has been a while since he has done full parkour like this before. But Ratchet, not so much. Ratchet wishes he really had Clank right now for this. But I guess you can say that he had to learn from the master. "So what's the first task?" Ratchet asked Sasha.

"Your first task is testing your endurance and agility. Complete this course and reach the top. There's not time limit and you can do this as long as you like. Just as long as you complete this course. Understood?"

"No problem."

"I'm right behind ya buddy." Ratchet said. Both the Lombax and Human then looked at the entire course and saw it go up the room like a spiral staircase. But these stairs consisted of long platforms, short platforms, short and long gaps, and moving platforms. The duo were definitely in for the ride as they begun the simulation. They walked up to the first platform and saw that it was five feet above them. Ratchet immediately got an idea and explained it to Jordan. "Alright I might have an idea. If you could help me, you could maybe give me a boost. Once I'm up there, then I can-"he was cut off as he saw that Jordan was already on top of the platform. "How'd you get up there so quickly?"

"It's all in the technique. Now cmon, we gotta get moving." Jordan held his arm out to the Lombax. Ratchet then grabbed the Human's hand and he pulled him up. Now that they were at the top of the platform, they now saw they had to cross a long gap. There however was a wall to the left that was the size of the gap and the Human knew what to do. Jordan took a few steps back, ran as fast as he could and did a wall run across the gap and stuck the landing on the other side. "Alright. Now it's your turn." Jordan said to the Lombax.

"I don't know about this Jordan." Ratchet said. Looking down the gap. He saw that it was only five feet. But Ratchet knew nothing serious would happen if he didn't land it. So Ratchet repeated what the Human did and he was barely able to make it. But he was quickly able to grab the ledge and pull himself up. After walking for twenty feet. They saw they had to cross another gap. But this time, there was no wall beside it and the gap looked too far to jump. But that's what the Lombax thought. The Human however was able to jump across the gap with all his might and grab the ledge on the other side and make it.

It was now Ratchets turn, and he once again repeated what the Human did. But he stepped back five feet further than what the Human did, just to make sure he makes it without any troubles. Ratchet was able to reach the other side by grabbing the ledge and the Human helped him to his feet. They walked twenty feet again and saw that this time this gap was impossible to jump over. But above them was a long, thick pipe that led to the other side. Ratchet studied the Humans movements and saw him take a few steps back, run as fast as he could, and jumped up towards the pipe. Jordan felt the pipe and knew that this was enough to support his weight. He then slowly climbed across the pipe like a monkey on a tree branch and dropped down onto the platform on the other side. Ratchet did the exact same thing and Jordan saw one thing the Lombax was actually good at. And that was climbing. Once they were both done with the obstacle. They now saw that there was a spiral staircase that led one hundred feet up to the top. Jordan knew that time was of the essence as he started running up the staircase. But Ratchet decided to race him and he sprinted up the staircase after him. Ratchet quickly passed the Human. Jordan knew that it was really on and they both raced to the top. And the winner of that race was…

Both of them.

Jordan didn't really cared who won, he just wanted to get through this and be out of there in time for dinner. Ratchet however felt victorious as he looked towards the Human. "Woo. That was a close one huh?" Ratchet said as he playfully punched him in the shoulder. Jordan then looked at Ratchet with a look not so amused as he shoved him off of the platform and saw him plummet to the ground below. Ratchet yelled and once he reached the bottom, he immediately turn into a million pixels and disappeared.

"AH!" Ratchet yelled as he shot up from his chair. He then looked around and saw that he was in the exact same room with the nurse and Sasha. He then looked toward the Holovision screen and saw Jordan waving at him. "Not funny pal!" Ratchet said as he frowned at him.

"Just get your ass over here and let's continue!" Jordan yelled at the screen. The nurse then loaded Ratchet back into the simulation and he started off where the Human was. They then saw that their next obstacle was another long gap, but this time there was a horizontal pipe above the gap. Jordan knew they would have to swing across and the Human did just that. Ratchet quickly followed them and they reached their next obstacle. This time it was the exact same thing. But the gap was one hundred feet long, and there were multiple pipes that were across it. Just like before, Jordan jumped towards the pipes and slowly used his swinging momentum and like a monkey climbing across the branches, he was able to grab pipe after pipe and make it to the other side. Ratchet repeated what the Human did, but he was sure taking his sweet ass time making it over to him. "Any fucking day sweetheart!" Jordan yelled.

"Relax. Sasha said we could take out time."

"Well I wanna get this done and back in time for dinner. I'm starving."

Ratchet reached Jordan and agreed with him on that point. "You know what. I'm kinda hungry too. It would definitely be nice to have good hot meal before we got out and get ourselves killed."

"Agreed." Jordan and Ratchet walked up to their last challenge. They saw that there was a long fifty foot vent that led to the top of the course. The only problem was, this vent was very narrow and could only hold the duo. "You know what we have to do with this buddy?" Ratchet asked.

"I may have an idea what to do." Jordan put his left foot on the bent while keeping his back towards the Lombax. Ratchet tried to mimic what the Human was doing, but didn't exactly know what he was doing as he crushed him on the left side of the wall due to all of his weight. "Ah! What are you doing!" he muttered.

"Alright. This is what we're going to do. If you do exactly as I say we could get outta this. What we need to do is align our backs against each other. Then, using our upper body and leg strength, we will push our backs against each other and slowly walk up and out of the shaft.

"Are you sure that kind've thing would work. I don't even think I have the leg strength to do this."

"Sure you do. Now cmon, let's get this done." Jordan once again put his left foot on the vent and Ratchet did the same thing. Then, on the count of three, they both put their right foot on the wall and begun their ascent. They both put their left foot a few inches above their right foot and the repeated the same thing with their right foot. Slowly but surely, they were slowly climbing up the pipe inch by inch. "This is killer on my legs man." Ratchet said as he was grinding his teeth and closing his eyes., trying his best not to give up.

"Just…keep…going..we're…halfway…there!"

"HALFWAY!?" Ratchet and Jordan kept going up the vent and light could be seen two thirds of the way up. "My legs can't hold much longer." Ratchet said.

"Almost..there!" they were now a few inches below the exit and they used all of their mite and pulled themselves up and out of the vent. They then quickly released themselves from each other and layed on the sides of the vent while breathing heavily. "I..hope..we..never have to do this again.."

"Same here." The Human nodded. "At least we're finally done with this course. Let's go see what we have to do next."

"Right behind ya." The Human and Lombax got up and they walked over to a circular platform which was the finish line. Once they were both on it, they both started to deatomize and it felt like they were cutting through time and space once again. And after five seconds, everything turned black.

Slowly, the Human and Lombax opened their eyes and saw that they were once again back in the simulation room with the nurse and Cazar. "Whoa! That was fucking crazy!" Jordan said.

"Agreed." Ratchet replied.

"Now that we have tested your overall endurance and agility. Now we will start next with your overall strength and abilities." Sasha said.

"Abilities?" Jordan asked.

"It's time to teach you different ways to defeat enemies than just guns."

"Awesome!" Ratchet exclaimed.

"Now let's get started." The nurse loaded up the simulation once again and the duo were quickly brought back into it. But this time, Jordan was the only one that showed up in the simulation since they were going to test him first. Jordan looked around himself and saw that there was only a twenty foot circumference around him that was visible. "Okay. Whats going on? How come I can't see very well?" Jordan asked on the holovision screen.

"This is the walls that separates you from the enemies that I will summon on the simulation.

"Greeeat" Jordan said with sarcasm in his voice. "So, what's the first test?"

"We will first test close combat. You are armed with only your machete and you have one minute to take out as many enemies as possible. You ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be."

"Good. Aaaaaand begin!" Jordan started to hear noises coming from the shadows of the arena. He started looking around, but he couldn't see anything. But somehow, he sensed that something was right behind him and he unsheathed his machete and swung his blade one hundred and eighty degrees around him. It turns out that there was a robotic like man, who looked unusually similar to a Human, and had a red stitched heart directly in the center of his chest. Jordan blocked the figures club with his machete. He then punched it in the throat and felt the felted fabric that made up its skin. He was able to temporarily immobilize the figure and used this moment to stab it directly in the heart. But before he could pull the blade out, the mannequin fell over and allowed the blade to come out with ease. But that's when Jordan saw the worst part of the enemies.

Their realistic blood color.

Jordan saw the mannequins liquid start to turn the floor a dark red as it quickly oozed out from its body. But as he looked at the thick fluid, he noticed it on his hand and his machete. Jordan tried not to have a panic attack, but he quickly realized something. He still had a job to do. So Jordan decided to do a little breathing technique he learned from a video game he played back of. And when it comes to gruesome scenes like this, it actually works.

Count to 4..inhale. Count to 4..exhale.

Once he was relaxed, he started focusing on more incoming enemies. First came one from the left, then one from the right. But Jordan was able to quickly cut them down by stabbing one directly in the throat. Then twice in the chest for the next one. But more enemies came in twos this time, then threes. But Jordan was able to slice them all down with ease. Slicing arms, and neck, but nothing severe. Jordan soon heard a loud alarm go off, signaling that time was officially up. After waiting for five seconds, his score was displayed on the holovision screen.

Kill count: 35.

"Now it was the Lombax's turn. Jordan was quickly pulled out of the simulation in exchange for the Lombax. Once the Human woke up, he looked behind himself and saw the screen. He focused in and saw Ratchet in the exact same situation as Jordan was in. But instead of being equipped with a machete, Ratchet was equipped with his favorite Omniwrench. Jordan saw the nurse spawn in wave after wave of enemies and the Human saw the Lombax take them all down one by one. But they looked at the score and saw that the kill count was only at 5. Ratchet must've been knocking them out and not officially killing them. They saw the enemies start getting back up for round two. But that's when Ratchet started beating every single head in until they were nothing but a mashed mess. Ratchet then looked around and saw the bloody disgusting mess. "Ugh. Guys. Can you please get me outta here. I think I'm gonna-" it was at that moment that the Lombax started gagging while covering his mouth, ready to blow chunks all around the arena.

"What's the matter Ratchet. Can't handle a little blood and carnage?" Jordan with confidence.

"Oh shut up." He said to the Human. The robotic nurse then pulled Ratchet out of the simulation and Ratchet took a deep breath as he rose from the chair. The nurse was them ready to pull them into the next test, mid range combat. "If you would now please sit back in your chairs again, we can start the next test."

"I guess while this one is recovering." He pointed to the Lombax. "I'll go first." Jordan sat back down in the chair and the nurse loaded Jordan back into the simulation. Once he was in it. He looked to his left and saw a gun rack that was sorted with a wide array of weapons and explosives on it. "In this test, we will be testing you short to medium to long range capabilities. You are allowed to have one primary and a secondary weapon. Once you have picked your weapons, we will start the simulation." Jordan then looked at all of the weapons. 'look at all these weapons' he said in his mind. Jordan didn't know which one to pick. But since they were testing his medium range skill first, he decided to go with an original.

A standard issue Shock Blaster.

Jordan wondered though if he could use a different blaster for a different test. Would he have a chance to pick a different weapon? "Will this rack still be here even after I completed a test?"

"That's correct. Before we test you on the next trial, you will be able to pick another weapon of your choosing to use in the next test."

"Cool." Now Jordan was certain he was going to stick with his gun for the first test. Now he had just one more choice. Jordan looked at all the weapons and found one that caught his eye.

The N60 Storm.

Once Jordan was ready, the gun rack disappeared and the arena was set. Jordan stood in place and listened for the voices. Jordan looked and saw that this time he was able to look one hundred feet in front of him and a hundred feet behind him. Once Jordan heard a loud yell come from in front of him and saw a small armada of the enemies sprint towards him, all wielding both clubs and blades. But instead of going all over the place like he normally does in battle. This time he decided to make every shot count. Jordan waited for the first mannequin to get close to him. Once he was the right proximity, he shot once in the head with one clean bullet. He did the same thing with the next one, then the next, then the next. Soon there was no one left to kill and the next trial began. Now the Human could see three hundred feet in front of him and knew this must've been the long range test. The gun rack appeared and Jordan decided to go for something a little bit longer range than just an ordinary pistol. Jordan picked off a sniper rifle from off the rack and looked at his engraving and saw the name.

Flux Rifle.

Once he was ready, the next test began. The first enemy came out from the shadows and Jordan aimed down the scope of the rifle and shot the enemy directly in the heart. The next enemy came out and Jordan shot it, but missed. He tried again, but missed once again. This time he decided to implement a breathing technique he learned from his dad whenever they would go out hunting. He slowly inhaled, focused, then exhaled. Once he pulled the trigger, he shot the mannequin right between the eyes and blew its head up into tiny pieces. Soon there were too many enemies to handle as they came out in one big cluster. Jordan then equipped his Shock Blaster and started blasting away at multiple enemies as they got close. But he was too late to pick off the last one as he approached him and brought a battle axe over its head and struck at the Human. But he was able to block it with the main body of the shotgun and blow its head into a red mist with his flux rifle in his other hand. Soon the simulation ended and Jordan saw his score.

Kill Count: 45

It was now the Lombaxes turn. Jordan was pulled out of the simulation and Ratchet was quickly pulled into it. Jordan quickly got up from his seat and looked at the monitor. He saw the Lombax picked up the Shock Blaster and the N60 Storm. Once the test begun, they saw the Lombax take down wave after wave of enemies. But unlike the Human, he was all over the place with his shots. By the end of the first test, he was all out of ammo. Luckily the nurse put a code into the simulation that filled the ammo to the brim. For the next test, Ratchet exchanged the N60 Storm for the Flux Rifle. The second test began and just like the Human, Ratchet decided to conserve as much ammo as possible. But Jordan saw he was still all over the place with his shots, especially with the Flux Rifle. So Jordan decided to give the Lombax some pointers. "Don't breathe. Slowly exhale before you shoot and stand still if you want to be more accurate."

"That's kinda hard to do when you're being-" Ratchet dodged a spikes club as he shot the mannequin directly in the face with his Shock Blaster. "Struck at!" he finished.

"Just trust me on this." Ratchet followed the Humans directions and slowly exhaled as he pulled the trigger, hitting the enemy right between the eyes. He then shot the second and third target directly in their chests and killed them instantly. He did this with the rest of the enemies and they all fell to the floor without a single one being a single centimeter near the Lombax. The simulation was finally over and they looked at his score.

Kill Count: 50

Despite the fact that Ratchet got more kills than his Human counterpart. Jordan still knew in his mind that he did a much better job than the Lombax. Ratchet was pulled out of the simulation and this time they were both tested on one more scenario.

Hand to hand combat.

Jordan was pulled into the simulation and this time he had a twenty foot diameter of light around him. But Jordan had a lot of doubts about this test. First of all, Jordan wasn't exactly the strongest tree in the entire forest. And two, he didn't even know any techniques on how to kill someone with his bare hands. Why do you think he always carried his trusty machete around. "I'm not so sure about this. I don't even know how to kill someone with my hands."

"We figured this. And that is why we're going to run you through a little training course on some of the easiest moves you can do." Sasha said.

"Okay. I can agree with this." Jordan was uploaded into the simulation and soon saw the bland neon green grid. He looked to his left and saw a mannequin just standing there. But this time it had stitched black pearl eyeballs and no mouth. And it just stood there, somehow mounted on there with no sticks or mounts visible. Jordan ignored it and wanted all of this madness to just end. So he approached the dummy and looked towards the scoreboard and saw instructions on the first move that was displayed from a first person perspective. Jordan looked at the screen and saw that it was a simple arm snap by pulling it over his shoulder. Once he read the instructions in detail, he was ready. Jordan walked up to the dummy, grabbed its right arm, brought it over his shoulder, and made one quick flick of the wrist. The arm broke with ease. But somehow, he snapped the arm way too easily. This made Jordan turn his head and ask the nurse if there is a difficulty setting on the simulation. "What's the difficulty on this thing anyway?" Jordan asked.

"Its set to the easiest difficulty possible."

"Turn it up to the hardest. I want realism here."

"If you insist. Setting realistic difficulty now." The robot entered the code and the entire simulation reset itself. Jordan was pulled back in with the same dummy and move and he tried again. But this time, he had a much harder time trying to snap the bone. No matter how much leverage he had, he couldn't even make a simple crack of the bone. "I need a lot more training." As he started breathing heavily. "Do you have any other moves that could possibly make use of my legs at all?"

"Loading the next move now." The current move Jordan saw disappeared and this time a new move appeared and this time the move had a name.

The side swipe

Jordan saw that he would have to use his leg and swipe the dummy while spinning three hundred and sixty degrees. He then would kick the dummy directly in the center of the forearms hinged joint and snap it. Jordan did just that and saw that this time he was able to snap the bone with ease and he was ready for the next move. This next move was called "The Roundabout". Jordan saw that he would use his legs and grab the dummies neck with them. He would then use his body by spinning three hundred and sixty degrees in the air and pin them. He would then use his legs to snap the victims neck. Jordan did the exact same move on the dummy and the group was shockingly impressed the how physique the Human was. His Lombax friend was amazed as well. He then went through a bunch of other moves and tricks and learned one of the galaxies most basic fighting techniques.

Onamietakrosu

It was now the Lombax's turn and Jordan was pulled out of the simulation so the Lombax could learn this ancient combat style. Once he was done, Jordan was pulled back and they now begun their first test. Jordan looked towards his leg and saw that he no longer hand his machete. You could say that thing were about to virtually become,

Primal.

The first enemy charged towards the Human and saw that he had no weapons on him. So Jordan decided to perform the oldest trick in the book.

The good ol' punch to the throat.

Jordan dodged the punch of the enemy and punched him directly in the throat. Jordan saw the enemy gag while holding its neck and slowly fell to the floor, drowning in its own blood as he saw the liquid ooze from its mouth. The next enemy arrived and saw that this time it had a club in hand. Jordan was able to perform the roundabout on the enemy and snap its neck with ease. He now used its club and was able to take out four other enemies until the club snapped into two. He continued to use this knowledge of onamietakrosu to kill more and more enemies until the timer run out. Once the test was finished, he saw his score.

Kill Count: 50

It was now the Lombax's turn and Jordan was pulled from the simulation. Once Ratchet was in, he saw him use identical moves and tactic and saw him plow through wave after wave of enemies using deadly force. Once he was done, they saw his score.

Kill Count: 35

Once the test was over, they brought Ratchet back to reality and they both sat in chairs waiting for what's next. "Your training is now complete." Sasha said.

"What!" they both exclaimed.

"You mean that's it. No more training. Doesn't training like this normally last for weeks or something? We pretty much got lucky with what we did." Jordan said.

"Our training usually lasts a full year. But due to Dr Nefarious, and the fact that you both have saved two galaxies from intergalactic destruction. Lets just say you two got the accelerated course."

"Well that's good." Ratchet said. "So I take it our next mission is to go to that moon and investigate?"

"That is correct."

"Alright. I better get going."

"Right behind ya." Jordan said as he followed Ratchet out of the room and to his ship. Once they reached the starfighter, Ratchet stopped him right in his tracks. "What are you doing?" Jordan asked.

"You stay here."

Jordan rolled his eyes. "Here we go." He said as he heavily sighed.

"You are safer here. You and your mind are much safer here. Not out there. I'm not gonna sit by on the battlefield and watch your insanity get worse!"

"And I'm not gonna stand by and watch yourself get killed!"

"I've been through worse."

"NO! You fucking haven't!"

"I just return from that recon mission haven't I, and look at me now."

"You didn't deal with any combat like we did on Tyhrranosis. That was just a recon mission you went on."

"How do you know I wasn't in any danger."

"I CAN SEE IT THROUGH YOUR FUCKING EYES! I KNOW A LIAR WHEN I SEE ONE!"

"JORD-" before things could get out of hand, Ratchet took a few steps back. Counted to 4..inhaled. Counted to 4..exhaled. And stepped up to the Human and put his hands on his shoulders. "Look. I know you want to help. And since Sasha said I need you on this mission. I'll allow you to go. BUT. You should at least take your pills again just in case something bad doesn't happen."

"If it means getting you to shut up. Then fine, I'll take them." Jordan walked back over into the living quarters and took two more pills, swallowing them with his saliva. He then looked towards Sophia who was still in bed. Jordan opened her pod and started lightly shaking her to try and wake her up. "Sophia?" she whispered into her ear. She moaned in response as she moved her body. Jordan then got on top of her, gently grabbed the sides of her head, AND SHOOK HER HEAD VIOLENTLY. "WAKE UP!" he yelled.

"OW!" she yelled in response as she lifted her head and shot daggers towards her Human companion. "You know there are easier way to wake me up."

"Do you wanna go on an adventure or what? We're leaving towards the Ubani Moons if you wanna go."

"I'll get my things."

"You got twenty seconds." Sophia yawned as she outstretched her arms. She then slowly got outta bed, grabbed her backpack, and walked alongside the Human as they got to Ratchet's ship. "OH NO!" Ratchet said as he pointed to both of them.

"What?" Jordan asked.

"You can't take her with us."

"Why not."

"You know why."

"Who cares what you think. Sophia get in the ship." He ordered to Sophia. As he made her way to the cockpit, Ratchet grabbed her arm. "Oh no you don't. You stay here." He commanded.

"Sophia, get-in that ship." He pointed as he grabbed Sophia's other arm and pulled her toward him.

"Who you gonna listen to Sophia." Ratchet said as he pulled her towards him.

"Obviously me!" he pulled towards him.

Ratchet shot daggers towards the Human, but his look completely changed once he thought of a pretty clever idea. "You know what…you're absolutely right." Ratchet said as he let go of Sophia.

"What do you mean?" Jordan said.

"Your right. Sophia should come with us. Sophia, go on and get in the ship."

"Okay." She said as she quickly ran towards the side of the ship and hopped into the cockpit. Jordan approached the Lombax and saw him give him a very confusing look, almost like he was up to something. "What are you giving me that look for?" Jordan said.

"Oh nothing. Now let's get moving."

"Alright." Jordan go into the cockpit and left the Lombax. Ratchet still had that look on his face. He knew exactly what to do once they reached the moons. Once his plan was set, he got into the cockpit and the group flew off to the Ubani Moons.

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Well! There you go. There is Chapter 12 of Man Vs Machine.

"FUUCK!" Jordan yelled as he died once again.

"What? Now your having problems with his game. Ignore him, he is playing BattleFront II and keeps dying in it."

"Oh and one more thing!" Jordan approached the monitor once again. "To those of you who blame EA for the downfall of Star Wars. Don't. If its anything I blame the players more than EA. They just had to play along with the Microtransactions and have to have these unfair advantages that I call CHEATING! I had high hopes for this game. But NOOOO! All of you asswipes just had to play along with the Microtransactions, what use to be a great game. You fuckers turned it into a steaming pile of shit! and if you disagree on me with his, fine. This is just my personal opinion. But if any of you flamers want to PM me if your really pissed off with what I'm saying to you right now. Go right ahead. you've got a storm coming. I'd rather 69 a grizzly bear while shoving King Kong up my ass than play this game. Actually, better yet. I'd rather play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on NES than play this. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna play that game right now." Jordan turned off his PS4 and loaded the NES with the exact game he was talking about.

"...Anyway. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and tune in next time as I upload the next chapter to One For All (Redux). This is MedicneMan426, signing off.

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