Due to the length of gameplay, I have decided to make the epic conclusion of the game a two parter. part 1 consisting of mostly their fight towards Drek, and part 2 consisting of the final battle. Its definitely been rough for me this week, due to all other activity I couldn't right two chapters this week, and due to my lack of energy and insomnia today I really didn't feel like writing. But I knew there wasn't much far to go so I still pushed on and I now deliver you chapter 26. Also upon closer examination of reviews (I did get one new one), I forgot to reply to a review from The White Guardian and I will quickly reply to that.

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The White Guardian- Thank you for your review and I do apologize for the reply delay, this review is much appreciated.

-I do appreciate the enthusiasm you gave for this story and yeah, the Glove Of Doom and its cannibalistic bots, it is quite nasty, its good to add more realism to this story.

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-How much the Platinum bolt is worth? well your about to find that out right now.

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The groups hearts felt like they stopped from the offer that the vendor made. After selling him the bolt, the group now had 250,000 bolts on them. After making a quick stop on Blackwater City to buy the illegally acquired RYNO, Ratchet and Jordan split the other 100,000 bolts amongst themselves, now giving Jordan 51,200 bolts in his account. With everything now done, Ratchet set the coordinates to Veldin and they flew off. While flying to Veldin, Jordan decided to take the time to think about things.

Jordan was scared for whats about to come, knowing this will be the hardest enemy they ever faced. But Jordan thought he should at least take the time and silently pray before a possible demise. But after he prayed, Jordan felt Sophia sit on his lap and rest her head on his shoulder and Jordan knew she didn't look right.

"Whats wrong Sophia?" Jordan asked, not getting a response.

Jordan then looked down to see her eyes about to water and Jordan knew something was wrong.

"Scared?" he asked.

"No." Sophia said.

"Its okay if your scared, no ones gonna judge you." Jordan said.

"Yes..I'm scared."

Jordan could then see tears coming from Sophia's eyes and Jordan was quick to comfort her.

"No, cmon don't cry Sophia. listen, just stick with us and stay behind my back and I can promise you that you will be safe."

"What about you."

"What do you mean."

"What if..." Sophia couldn't finish the question but Jordan knew what she was trying to say.

"Then...I'm glad to have met you."

"Don't worry Sophia, It wont come to that." Ratchet said.

Sophia started to quietly sob into Jordan's jacket and Jordan slowly rubbed his hand along her back and started to reassure her that everything was going to be okay. But it wouldn't last long as they heard the females voice for the last time.

"Arriving at...Planet...Veldin."

"Well this is it." Ratchet said as they approached the atmosphere of the deserted planet that is Veldin.

Kyzil Plateau

Planet Veldin

7:00pm GST

A Race Against Time

As they landed next to Ratchets garage in the Kyzil Plateau, Jordan could see that the sky was dark and crimson red. But Jordan quickly shook off this thought and got out of the ship, pulled his hood up and followed the group. As they got out of the ship, the group saw a Gadgetron next to their ship. Jordan and Ratchet walked down to it and stocked up as much ammo as they could. After they bought their ammo, Jordan now only had 51,000 bolts in his account.

But Jordan ignored this and followed Ratchet up a bridge, where at the top was a Blarg on a jetpack. Jordan equipped his blaster and saw the Blarg was focused on Ratchet. Jordan patiently aimed and shot at him, hitting him in the chest, but not killing him. Jordan then aimed again and hit him in the chest again, causing his jetpack to spin out of control and cause him to explode in mid air. With the Blarg gone, they walked to the end of the bridge and started to walk along a narrow path and climbed up a small rock ledge.

On top they saw that there was another Blarg on a jetpack. Ratchet this time equipped his Devastator and shot at the Blarg, causing him to explode this time. They also saw that there were four orange colored looking toads with horns on their backs. Ratchet equipped his Suck Cannon and sucked up the four toads and the group moved on. They walked through the remains of a ship and walked along a dirt path, seeing five more toads now.

Ratchet, with his Suck cannon still equipped shot the four toads at the group, destroying all the toads. They continued to walk along the path and saw two Blarg on jetpacks this time. Ratchet equipped his decoy glove and threw a decoy. The Blarg saw the inflatable Ratchet and started to shoot at it. Jordan decided to use this and he started to fire two shots at one Blarg, and Ratchet fired four shots at the other, killing both of them.

The duo walked up a bridge and saw that at the end was a laser fence, and beside it was another lock. The group saw that there was no hole for Sophia to climb through so Ratchet equipped his Trespasser and started to work on the lock, Jordan simply sat across from him and waited. Five minutes later Jordan saw the lasers go down and Ratchet put the device away and the duo walked through. The saw that on the side of a building was a metallic shaft and Jordan got the Magnetic boots from Clanks compartment and handed them to Ratchet. Ratchet put the boots on his bare feet and Ratchet started to walk along the shaft.

Jordan was quick to follow and while Jordan felt more pressure around his chest, he followed Ratchet on the shaft. The walked straight up, then walked right, and straight again. They now walked up again and soon the shaft was over. At the top of the building they saw a giant pool with alot of water and beside it was a place for the Hydrodisplacer. Ratchet equipped the device and inserted the nozzle into the hole, causing the water in the pool to drain and enter the tool.

With the water gone, the duo climbed down a ladder and saw that there was a circular door, and that strange circular button again. Clank equipped his Thruster-Pack and Ratchet positioned himself on top of the button. Ratchet jumped high in the air and Clank used his thrusters to pushed Ratchet down on the button and cause him to push it into the ground. The door opened and the group walked through the door, climbed up a ladder and climbed up another ledge. The group saw that on the other side of a tiny tunnel was four Blarg on jetpacks, and ten more toads.

Ratchet equipped his Devastator and shot one missile at one Blarg, then another missile at another, then another missile at another one, and finally one missile at the fourth one, killing them all with just one missile each. With the Blarg gone, they walked through the tunnel and Ratchet got straight to work with the toads with his Suck Cannon. Ratchet sucked up five of the toads with the weapon and decided to save them and Ratchet and Jordan used their melee weapons to kill the other ones. Jordan made sure to keep his distance and used his Machetes ability to slice through two of them, and Ratchet used his wrench to smash the other three. They now walked to the end of the cave and saw that there was a long gap with an endless abyss at the bottom, and the only way across was by two small circular platforms.

Ratchet went first and swiftly jumped from platform to platform and reached the other side. Jordan however took a more slow approach and slowly jumped from platform to platform until soon he was on the other side as well. They now walked outside and walked in the center of a large metallic platform and saw that on the end of a narrow metallic walkway was another Blarg on a jetpack.

'First ground troops now there's air troops.' Jordan thought in annoyance, knowing how easy these guys are to kill.

Ratchet equipped his Devastator and shot one missile at the Blarg, causing him to explode with one missile. The duo walked up the walkway and onto another platform and saw that the only way to get to another platform was by four smaller platforms with small gaps between them. Ratchet went first and quickly jumped from one to the other until he reached the other side, and Jordan took a slower approach and soon they were both on the other platform. They walked over to a ledge and saw that it was too high to climb up, so Ratchet used his Heli-Pack and jumped in the air and Clank gave him enough boost to get him high enough to climb up on the ledge. Jordan on the other hand equipped his machete, activated its ability and jumped as high as he could and rammed his machete into the side.

Ratchet held out his hand and Jordan grabbed his hand and used it as support as he removed the machete and rammed it higher up the wall and soon Ratchet pulled Jordan up and Jordan removed the machete and placed it back into his sheath. They saw that there was another walkway and this time there were five toads on it. Ratchet decided to use his bomb glove this time and Ratchet threw three bombs at the group, killing all of them in a shower of green goo. The duo walked along the walkway and saw that they had to jump another gap. Ratchet took a step back and ran and jumped, causing Clank to use the Heli-Pack and safely glide him over to the other side. Jordan equipped his machete, activated its ability, took a few steps back and ran as fast as he could and jumped as far as he could.

Jordan got close to the edge and rammed his machete into the ledge. Jordan then climbed up and put the machete into his sheath again. The duo climbed up another ledge and saw that at the top was a long gap, with two yellow connecting versa targets in the center. Ratchet equipped his Swingshot and Jordan held onto Ratchet and Ratchet launched the hook at the first one, hitting it in the center and causing them to swing. At the height of the swing Ratchet let go and launched the hook again at the second one, causing them to swing once again and once they were over the land, Ratchet let go and they were now on the other side of the gap. Once on the other side the group saw that there was another laser fence, and only one toad. Jordan decided to take this and as he approached the toad, he heard a strange sound from his shoulder and saw a beam coming out from behind it. Soon the toad turned into a chicken and Jordan knew right away that it was Sophia who did this.

Jordan looked over his shoulder "You know I had that one Sophia." Jordan said.

"What, I'm just trying to help."

"We'll I appreciate it."

The group now looked at the fence and saw another strange lock. Ratchet equipped his Trespasser and got straight to work on the lock. Jordan sat beside him and waited for him to be done. four minutes later, Jordan saw the laser fence deactivate and Ratchet removed the device and the duo continued on. They saw that the had to walk through a shallow pond and the duo did so.

They walked right and saw that there was a narrow path that had four Blarg with jetpacks. Ratchet equipped his Decoy Glove and tossed a decoy down. The Blarg saw this and immediately opened fire on the inflatable Ratchet. Ratchet decided to use this and Ratchet equipped his Suck Cannon and aimed at one of the Blarg and fired, causing the toad inside to spiral towards the Blarg and hit him square in the chest, causing the jetpack to malfunction and cause the Blarg to explode. Ratchet then took aim at the second closest one and fired again, hitting him in the jetpack instead, but still causing the Blarg to explode.

The group saw that there was no decoy now as the Blarg finally destroyed the decoy and saw that they noticed the group. The Blarg started to shoot at the group now and they saw that there was a large rock big enough for cover and the duo ran over to it. Ratchet and Jordan both equipped their blasters and they waited for the Blarg to be done shooting at them so they can have a chance. The Blarg soon stopped and they duo popped out of their cover and aimed at the two Blarg. Jordan aimed to the one on the left and Ratchet to the right and Jordan aimed and shot at the first one, hitting him in the stomach.

Ratchet did the same thing, except he hit his in the chest. The duo aimed at them again and fired, with Jordan hitting his in the chest, and Ratchet hitting his in the chest again. They saw though that they weren't dying and saw the Blarg start to shoot at them. The duo got behind cover again and waited, and soon enough they stopped and they popped out of cover again. They slowly took aim and fired, hitting both of them in the chest, causing both of them to spin out of control and finally explode.

With the threat gone, they saw that there was a tunnel and a long gap that separated it from them. They saw however that there was a green versa target by the tunnel and Ratchet equipped his Swingshot. Jordan held onto Ratchet again and Ratchet launched the hook towards the target, hitting it spot on and pulling the group over to it. Jordan let go of Ratchet and they walked through a small tunnel and walked towards a ladder and climbed up it. once they reached the top, they saw that across from them were four circular ships and saw them immediately fire on them. The duo took cover behind a metal crate and planned.

"Now what?" Jordan said.

"Hmmmm." Ratchet thought, "Maybe its time to use the RYNO."

"Are you sure, shouldn't we save the ammo for Drek."

"Relax, we have the PDA so we can buy more rockets, and we have alot of bolts to spend."

"Well..alright then."

Ratchet equipped the RYNO and waited for the ships to stop bombarding them. Once they stopped, Ratchet got out from cover, got down on one knee and aimed at the ships. Once he was sure he was ready, Ratchet pulled the trigger and Jordan saw nine rockets quickly fire from the nine barrels, and also saw Ratchet starting to fall back from the recoil. But Jordan saw the nine missiles hit the four ships and destroy all of them. Jordan walked over to made sure Ratchet was alright and he was and the duo continued on through a small tunnel and now were in a large room, with a drained pool and a tunnel too high for them to climb up in.

Jordan saw Ratchet look over and see a nozzle for the Hydrodisplacer to fit into and Jordan followed him along the side of the wall until he reached it. Ratchet equipped the overstuffed Hydrodisplacer into the nozzle and Jordan saw the pool slowly fill up with water until the tool was drained. Once it was done, Ratchet removed the tool and Jordan and Ratchet proceeded to get theirs, and Sophia's mask from Clanks compartment. Jordan lowered his hood and got his mask on, then helped Sophia's get hers on. Once everyone got their masks on, Ratchet went first and jumped into the water, then Jordan followed. Jordan could feel more pressure around his chest but continued to follow Ratchet through the small tunnel, then back up to the surface.

They climbed up the ledge and they took their masks off and put them into Clank's compartment. Jordan put his hood up and they looked and saw a long fall they had to endure in order to get to a giant pad that looked similar to the one on Quartu. Ratchet went first and used his Heli-Pack to slowly fly down to the surface, Jordan however equipped his machete, activated its ability, sat close to the wall and jumped down. Once he was down far enough, Jordan turned around and rammed his machete into the wall. Once he was ready, Jordan removed the machete again and softly landed to the ground. Jordan put his machete in its sheath again and the group looked at the pad. Jordan saw that the only way to get out of there was by destroying a structure in front of them and the group knew what this meant. Jordan saw that there was also a control panel by the pad and Jordan got behind that, while Clank got off of Ratchets back and stepped on the pad.

"Ready Clank?" Jordan said.

"I am ready." Clank said back.

Jordan pressed a red button on the panel and the group saw Clanks legs grow to gigantic size, then his body, then his arms, and finally his head. Jordan looked down at Ratchet and lowered his hand, in which Ratchet walked on and Clank lifted him up towards his back and Ratchet climbed over and grabbed onto the two handles on his back. Jordan then walked over to Clank and Clank lowered his hand again, in which Jordan walked on it and Clank lifted him up towards his shoulders and Jordan climbed on his shoulder, equipped his machete activated its ability, then rammed it into his back and Sophia simply held on tight. With the group now on Clank, Clank looked at the blockade they had to go through and he raised a fist and punched with full force at the blockade, destroying it with one punch. Clank started to slowly navigate himself around the large buildings and he found another blockade.

Clank approached it and punched with full force at it, destroying it. Clank now saw a large circular platform and slowly made his way towards it. The group saw that there were toads underneath him but saw them quickly get squashed by Clanks giant feet. Soon Clank walked onto the Platform and the group heard a noise above them. The group looked up and saw another black robot, similar to Clanks size fly down onto the platform and the group saw that its head was made of transparent glass and inside was the sinister mastermind himself.

Chairmen Drek.

OOOH ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER, but as I said the next chapter will be the epic battle. I know 250,000 bolts seems a little too pricy for that kind of bolt but I think right now I will shed a little history on this bolt and its outrageous value.

The platinum bolt was a bolt produced by Solana's government in the case of an intergalactic marketing crisis. meaning if they were losing money that they couldn't get back, they would sell the platinum bolts to another galaxy and hopefully get the money back that they needed. But that didn't work out of course due to how expensive it cost to make the bolts. The government soon got itself into debt and only five of these bolts were made before they stopped production. Most of the bolts of course are in security of the government and it is believed that some are kept in very secured banks, in which Drek got into one of them and must've stole the bolt that our heroes found and sold back. I cant say though what happened to the bolt but I bet someday it would get back into political hands again and be safe and sound. but that is definitely one shady vendor.

But now that I'm done with that little history lesson, there chapter 26 and stay tuned for the epic battle that will determine the fate of not only the galaxy, but maybe the universe itself.

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