Ok, here's pretty much a breathier chapter, where we meet some of Sonic's ideas. Also note that while Ratchet and Clank's backstory is sorta-ish a fusion between the Movie and the Original.

Their introduction is pretty much a retelling of the beginning of Ratchet and Clank 3: Up Your Arsenal.


Chapter 14: A Game a Chess

Meanwhile... in a Galaxy Far, Far, Far, Far Away

Yeah it's really far...

Planet Endako

Megapolis

"You ready for this?"

"May the best player win."

The room was silent, where two figures stood facing each other, with a table between them. There was a yellow fellow, and a small person, face to face.

The yellow figure, named Ratchet, was actually a feline humanoid alien known as a lombax. His body was covered with yellow fur, two large pointy ears with brown stripes. His eyes were green, but with a darker color than Sonic's. He wore a short-sleeved orange and blue shirt. He wore a green-sea colored pair of pants, with brown boots, the same color as his gloves. There was also a long thin yellow tail.

The smaller one was a small diminutive defect warbot named Clank, with grey metallic skin, large green circular eyes, a red antenna, small articulated legs and arms with large three-fingered hands. There was also an air vent on his chest.

Ratchet is what many can consider... a trigger happy lombax, but not too trigger happy. Ratchet lived most of his life on Veldin, living and working in a garage owned by his mentor Grimmoth. Most of his life, the lombax has looked up to many of Solana Galaxy's greatest heroes such as Ace Hardlight and Captain Quark. He always dreamed of exploring the galaxy, wanting to become a galactic ranger and being a hero. That dream came true when he encountered Clank, who was on the run from the Blarg, and had information of a terrible plan by Chairman Drek, whose race was living in a very poluted planet, wished to destroy multiple planets and use the pieces of the planet to create a new home. Seeing this as an opportunity to explore the galaxy and meet Captain Quark, the two journeyed across the galaxy to stop Drek, his followers, and put an end to his evil scheme.

Over the course of the adventure, they helped the Galactic Rangers save multiple planets, helped others who needed it, and eventually learned that Captain Quark, the celebrity superhero of the galaxy, was working with Drek because he was announced as the official spokesman for his planet, plus, he needed some money. This placed a terrible strain on Ratchet and Clank's friendship, with the former wanting vengeance against the captain, while Clank has his mission to stop Drek. But when the two learned of the destruction Drek was causing, and sacrificing innocent lives, even his own soldiers, for his own goals, the lombax and robot realized that this was much bigger and worse than they originally thought, but they learned that they needed to work together to save the galaxy.

Through the power of teamwork, the dynamic duo, and of course Captain Quark, who developed a change of heart and realized that Drek was planning to destroy the galaxy, were able to stop the Blarg Chairman and use his newly built Deplanitizer, which had the power to blow planets to smitherines, to destroy his new planet home. Celebrated as galactic heroes, the two decided to return home to live normal lives, but promised to help save the galaxy should anyone threaten it again.

Now, it was two years since, and the two were living in an Apartment Complex in the Bogon Galaxy on Planet Endako. And apparently, they were playing a chess game called Galactic Chess, which is like chess, but with aliens from the Bogon and Solana galaxy, and Ratchet had just taken out the Mutant Firefly with his Blargian Snagglebeast.

"Haha!" Ratchet said. "My Blargian Snagglebeast devours your Mutant Swampfly! Betcha didn't see that coming." Then in an instant, Clank moved his security bot horseman into the Snagglebeast king, and tipped it over, surprising the lombax.

"Hey, what are you doing?" He asked.

"Check, and Mate." Clank spoke. "I win."

"What?!" Ratchet asked. "You can't do that! That's cheating!"

"On the contrary." Clank said. "The rules cleary states that the Blargian Snagglebeast has an allergic reaction to the Mutant Firefly that lasts two turns."

"Huh?" Ratchet asked.

"It means it makes your king vulnerable to any attack and cannot move for two turns." Clank said. Ratchet was about to speak, but then he checked the rules once more. Clank was right. The Snagglebeast will be immobilized should it take out the Mutant Firefly for two whole turns, and seeing that Clanks's security bot horseman was close to it, the little guy was able to take him out and win the game. Ratchet only shook his head wth defeat.

"Ooohhh... man, I was really close to winning." He said with a sigh. "Still, gotta hand it to ya Clank, you know how to strategize."

"Comes with being a robot." Clank said with a chuckle. But then the robot turned his head toward the TV screen.

"And now... a special look into the new action tv show!"

"Ooooo!" Clank said as he grabbed the remote. "It is on again!" He turned the volume up just as the show continued.

Maktar Casino

12:31am

It was a good throw for the legendary Secret Agent Clank, dressed in a black metallic suit and black bow, as he rolled the dice and scored a perfect five. The crowd goes wild as the undercover agent performed well at the game. To be hoest, he wasn't here to play though. He was here to take down his nemesis, Maximillian, the gold robot with the brown suit, red eyes and the single monecle over his left eye, and the owner of Maktar Casino.

"Your luck is extraordinary, sir." Maxmillian spoke as he took his metal cigar out of his mouth. "But do you lose as gracefully as you win?"

"I would not know, Maxmillian." Clank said. "I never lose."

"True, very true." Maxmillian said as his finger reached under the table and moved to press the red button under it. "There is a first time for everything, Agent Clank!" As he spoke the name, out of nowhere, well actually from above the ceiling, two Ninja Bots, orange and yellow colored robots with red lights and visors, and double-bladed laser swords came down to attack, while many of the players and audience made a run for it. Agent Clank, however, did not back down. He jumped on the table, ready to fight. One of the Ninja Bots swung it's sword, but Agent Clank jumped and dodged. Seeing this as an opportunity to strike, Maxmillian pulled out a pistol and aimed. Luckily, before he shot, Agent Clank took the metal plate on the table and held it up as Maxmillian fired, aiming it slightly towards the Ninja Bot as the red energy bullet hit, bouncing it back at the Ninja, killing it. Maxmillian fired again, but Agent Clank bounced the bullet back at the other Ninja, sending it to the ground. As the little secret agent landed on his feet, he threw the plate right at the ceiling lamp above Maxmillian, who was a bit surprised by this action, but laughed, not knowing that the cord was badly damaged and the lamp was loosening.

"Ha, you missed!" Maxmillian said. "So much for the famous secret agent-" Before he finished however, the lamp fell right on the casino owner, and was electricuted for roughly five seconds before powering down.

"Hmm, shocking." Clank said as the girl that was sitting next to him smiled.

"Oh, Agent Clank." She said as she gave the little robot a kiss. Pretty soon, the two exited the casino, where Ratchet... or Jeeves, dressed in a red limo driver suit and hat, was expecting them.

"Bring the car around, Jeeves." Clank said as he tossed the keys to the lombax. "And mind the ejector seat this time." As the robot and girl gave a friendly chuckle, the lombax only gave a groan.

Stay tuned for more SECRET AGENT CLANK!

The show ended as it went to a commercial. The show they were watching was Secret Agent Clank, a movie that is actually a parody of James Bond. The show stared Clank as the title character and Ratchet as his bumbling chauffeur, and the former takes on various villains such as Maxmillian, and the Mind Stealing Snot Beasts from Dimension X. Clank seemed to enjoy the spotlight of being a TV star, but Ratchet, while he was happy that his robot friend was getting some glory, was a bit embarrassed being a bumbling chauffeur instead of a badass partner. But it didn't bother him too much, though what really annoyed him was that many of the viewers and fans confused the show for being reality. After all, it is a holo-vision series.

"That was terrific!" Clank said.

"Yeah, great." Ratchet said as he rolled his eyes. "Now can we change the channel?"

"But the man said to stay tuned." Clank said. Annoyed, Ratchet grabbed the remote and changed it to a different station. One where it showed words in japanese with english subtitles.

"And Now, More Kamen Rider Amazonz!"

"There we go." Ratchet said. "Some human TV program with a cool language I can't understand." Clank only shook his head as they watched the show.

"Which one is this one again?" Clank asked.

"I think I've seen this one before." Ratchet said, seeing the opening intro of the show. "This is the one where the monsters are eating people. Man, I still can't believe Sonic helped us get channels from his galaxy."

"I do have to give credit to Miles." Clank said. "He really knows his way with computers. I wonder what they're both doing right now."

-BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BO BOP BO BOP-

The sound got the duo's attention, making them turn around to see a green light coming from the doorway.

"Oh, incoming call." Clank said as he got up from the chair.

"It's probably another telemarketer trying to sell more MegaCorp merchandise." Ratchet said as he rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I'll get it." The lombax moved to the door and opened it. He looked around, seeing nothing. But as he lifted his head up, he saw something in the sky... a strange looking object... falling straight toward their house!

"Clank! We Got a Hostile Approaching Us!" Ratchet shouted as he ran back into the house, and pulled Clank, jumping to the ground for cover, just as the mysterious object landed hard right at the front door. Turning his head, the lombax leaned toward the doorway to see what was outside, holding his Combuster gun, ready to fire just in case. It was... a small device with the MegaCorp M symbol on it.

"What the?" The lombax asked.

"It appears to be a Balloon-o-gram." Clank said. Quickly, the screen on the device began to turn on, showing a smiley face with one eye.

Hello!

Ratchet and Clank

You Lucky Devils!

Sonic the Hedgehog-

Has just sent you... A Galactic Greeting!

Then suddenly, Sonic appeared on the screen with a smile. The Lombax's eyes widened with a surprise, with a smile on his face too.

"Sonic?" Ratchet asked.

"It's Sonic the Hedgehog." Clank said. Yes, they knew Sonic as well. Almost eight months ago, Ratchet and Clank were brought to Bogon to assist MegaCorp, one of the most largest corporations, being the leading manufacturer of all products in the Bogon Galaxy, including household devices, appliances, robots, weapons, gadgets, and commercial entertainment, run by CEO Ambercrombie Fizzwidget. MegaCorp hired Ratchet and Clank, the former trained as a commando, and the latter becoming a head accountant. The two were tasked to retrieve a biological experiment from a mysterious thief. Though their mission was complete, they were abandoned by the CEO, who was acting out of sorts when they returned the experiment, and they eventually ran into none other than Sonic the Hedgehog and his friend Tails Prower, who were trying out a new teleportation device they found in Eggman's abandoned lab, and it teleported them to Tabora, the desert planet.

After a little brawl between the lombax and hedgehog, the robot and two-tailed fox managed to break the fight and call it a truce, and they worked together to get off the desert planet and find Fizzwidget. During their search, they learned from a Testing Facility that the experiment, dubbed the Protopet, possessed high levels of monsterpropanase in it's bloodstream, which led to violent tendencies, such as killing and eating people. They also learned that the thief, who was actually Angela Cross, used to work for MegaCorp and only took the protopet originally to fix it's flaws when the other corporatives of MegaCorp pushed the release date. They also learned from a video by Thugs-4-Less, who were hired by MegaCorp to capture Ratchet and Clank, learned that there was a conspiracy within the corporation to take over and use the money for their own needs.

Together, with Angela's help and assistance from Captain Quark, who was on an apology tour around the galaxy to make amends for his actions in the previous year, they were able to infiltrate MegaCorp Headquarters to stop them from releasing the Protopet to the galaxy. However, they were kidnapped and brought to Fizzwidget, who revealed himself to actually be Stuart Zurgo, who used to be captain of the Captain Quark Cadet Fan Club, and was a huge fan of the Captain until he learned of Quark's previous allegiance to Drek, and vowed vengeance not only on the captain, but on Ratchet and Clank. Zurgo joined with the conspirators in hopes to destroy Quark, Ratchet and Clank, but he betrays them in hopes to be a real hero. Using the Helix-a-morph, a device that Angela made, he mutated the Protopet into a monster, but it went rogue and ate Zurgo up, leaving Ratchet and Clank, with Sonic and Tails's help to stop and immobilize the Protopet. Angela found the real Fizzwidget, who Zurgo had locked in a closet all this time. Zurgo was arested for his crimes and was sentenced to fifty years of house arrest with his mother, a fate that is apparently considered much worse than a life sentence behind bars.

After that, Ratchet and Clank bade farewell to Sonic and Tails, who were able to get back home with MegaCorp's Intergalactic Teleporter, and the two duos have kept contact ever since. And now, Sonic was sending them a message.

"Hey guys!" Sonic said. "Hopefully you got this Balloon-o-gram by now. The Galactic Rangers told me that you guys were still in Bogon, so I decided to use this. Listen, I got something to tell you guys. I've been asked by some guys here on Earth to help them fight a group of bad guys who are up to no good. It's pretty much a save the world thing, but it sounds and looks bigger than I imagined. So, I need your help. I've already uploaded our planet's coordinates to your ship. If you get a chance, please come by, and I'll explain everything when you get here. See you guys soon... Ok, how do I turn this thing off-

Hope you enjoyed your Galactic Greetings!

The message ended as the screen turned off and balloons came out from the top of the machine.

"Wow, that blue hedgehog knows how to send a greeting." Ratchet said.

"And it also seems that he is in need of our help." Clank said.

"Well then, let's get going." Ratchet said as he headed back inside to grab his stuff.

Pretty soon, the two were outside, just next to their Class-G Star Jumper starship, a nice space ship with a four seat cockpit, two small thing wings near the back with lasers on the end, along with high-powered missile launchers below the wings, vents on the side, and three thrusters on the back. It also has a Hot Rod paint job with a red color scheme with yellow flaming stripes, with a nice portrait of himself with a fierce expression painted on the side. This was given to him by the Galactic Rangers after he helped them save Kerwan from an attack led by Victor Von Ion. Right now, Ratchet was checking the box next to the ship, where some of the spare parts were kept.

"I wonder what it is that Sonic needs our assistance for." Clank said.

"Well, it sounds really important, so might as well see." Ratchet said, leaning into the box.

"But Ratchet, Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy." Clank said. "It could take us days to get there."

"Not when we have this." Ratchet said, pulling out a strange device that looked like a plus sign. Clank nearly gasped in horror.

"Oh no... Not the Gravimetric Warp Drive...!" He said.

"Oh yes." Ratchet said as he approached their ship and he opened the compartment in the back.

"The untested gravimatric warp drive?" Clank asked. Ratchet didn't answer as he placed the warp drive into the ship, and it began to light up and power up.

"The one you built out of Blargian Scrap Metal?" Clank asked again. Ratchet only turned his head with a raised eyebrow.

"Coming?" He asked with a smirk. The small robot sighed as he lowered his head.

"We are doomed..." he said as he followed suit and the two hopped into the ship.

"Ok, settting course for Planet Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy." Ratchet said, punching the coordinates into the monitor. Turning the ignition, the ship began to turn on.

"Ratchet, are you sure about this?" Clank asked. "We haven't even tested if the warp drive works."

"You worry too much, pal." Ratchet said as the ship floated up into the sky, it's engines roaring and the thrusters began to light up.

"Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Here We Co-" Before he finished the sentence, the ship then took off, and lightning super sonic speed, a speed that was faster than light speed. In fact, it was Ludacris Speed! The kind of speed that would make Sonic's mouth drop.

-"OOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMME!" Ratchet screamed as he and Clank held on as the ship went so so fast, that it took them in a warp like tunnel.

"I Told You... We Are Doooooomed!" Clank shouted.

Then in an instant, the ship popped through a vortex of light and flew on steady.

"Woohoo!" Ratchet cheered. Looking at the displayed, the ship showed the exact location where they were.

You Are Now In The Milky Way Galaxy!

"Yes!" Ratchet said with a grin. The warp drive worked flawlessly, and they were in the Milky Way galaxy.

"You were saying?" The lombax asked, seeing Clank upside down in his seat, a bit dizzy.

"I stand corrected..." Clank said. Ratchet only gave a smile, and took his sight back up front, seeing a couple of planets ahead. There was one planet that was spinning on it's side, one that had icy rings around it, a massive planet that was very wide and big.

"Wow..." Ratchet said. "Those must be planets."

"The records show that these are one of the many planets that are unhabited." Clank said. "That massive one is known as Jupiter. The one with the rings happens to be Saturn, and the blue one is Uranus." Without hesitating, Ratchet let out a snirk. "What's so funny?"

"Sorry, that word sounds funny..." Ratchet said.

"What word?" Clank asked.

"Uranus." Ratchet said. Clank looked at him confused. "Separate the Ur from Uranus..." Clank began thinking, and then widen his eyes open with realization. He then shook his head in disapproval.

"Sometimes I wonder why the Universe has a weird sense of humor." Clank said.

"So, how much farther til we get there?" Ratchet asked.

"It should take us a little bit." Clank said. "We find the planet that has water, and green land areas."

"Shouldn't be difficult." Ratchet said. "Sonic said it's the third planet away from the sun."

"Then we should head there now." Clank said. With a nod, Ratchet powered the thrusters once more, going at a steady rate.

"We're on our way Sonic." He spoke as the ship continued it's course for Earth.

"I hope Earth is a lovely place." Clank said.

Meanwhile... The Wasteland near Spargus...

Actually, somewere near the Desert part of... the Grand Canyon?

"JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!"

The scream echoed as an armed vehicle was driving out of a cave, with a massive monster with yellow eyes was chasing after it. This vehicle was a buggy, a driving vehicle that relies on four rugged wheels for traveling through the Wasteland terrain, consisting of an open chassis built of steel framing, mounted with engines, boosters, seating, and weapons. This well-armored buggy was the Sand Shark, which had a compact metallic frame, two seats, dual-mounted machine guns, and dual turbo boosters. It has four drift-less wheels, capable of attaining fairly high speed and a decent turbo duration.

Driving it was Jak, a tall man about 5'10, with pointy ears and cerulean blue eyes. He had short yellow hair, similar to a buzz cut. His body build was lean, muscular, and also athletic. He wore a dark blue leather jacket, with a white sleeveless shirt underneath with the House of Mar symbol on the front of his shirt, and the back of his jacket. He wore dark tan trousers, and he also wore boots with metal straps. He wore goggles, one big red one on the right, and a small one on the left side. A metal plate was attached on his left shoulder.

Sitting and screaming in the passanger seat was Daxter, the orange 2'10 ottsel with a yellow underbelly. He wore a pair of goggles too, with aviator's gloves. His shirt was red with a yellow collar and sleeves, and he wore a pair of three-quarter length denim shorts with a small hole for his tail.

Jak is a very interesting one. He was the son of the Late King Damas, born to the House of Mar in Haven City. But after being separated from his father following Baron Praxis's coup, he was sent back two hundred years in the past to be safe, and was raised by Samos Hagai in Sandover Village in the distant past along with his friend Daxter, who used to be human until their mid teenage years. Jak has the power to harness Eco, the energy of the world, consisting of many different types, such as green for life, blue for motion, red for strength, yellow for distance. Jak also has the ability to harness Dark Eco, which is unstable and dangerous, transforming those into monsters, and of course Light Eco, which is pure and holy, granting those to protect, heal, and slow down time too!

Jak is brave and curious, willing to step into dangerous situations if needed. Over the course of his adventures, he developed an angry and reckless behavior after he was kidnapped by the Krimson Guard, followers of Baron Praxis, and was subjected to dangerous Dark Eco experiments, which allowed him to turn into a monster. But he still possesses his heroic personality traits, and now he is more relaxed, less angry and more mature, though there is some anger under the calmer exterior.

And Daxter, well he doesn't do much, though he can climb walls and go into small places that Jak couldn't go through. He used to be human until he inadvertently dropped into a Dark Eco pool, which turned him into an ottsel. He's more of a comical one to be procise, afraid of danger, wanting to take the easy way out. But despite that, he's very loyal and always willing to put his own life on the line to save the ones close to him, especially Jak.

When they were around fifteen, Jak and Daxter went on a little adventure to Misty Island, a place that was restricted by their watchover Samos. During their time there, Jak, who was mute at that time, and his friend learned of a secret plot to destroy the world with an army of Lurkers, beasts that came in all shapes and sizes. Jak also learned that he could activate precursor artifacts, objects left behind by the mysthical Precursors, ancient beings who could wield the powers of the Astrals, and helped create the world everyone knows now. They were caught by a Lurker, but Jak was able to defeat and inadvertently knocked Daxter into a pool of Dark Eco, which resulted him being transformed into an Ottsel.

Returning home find a way to turn Daxter back, Samos tasked the two to find Gol Alcheron, a sage who studied Dark Eco for a long time and lives far to the North, far far to the North. With the help of Samos, and his daughter Keira, Jak and Daxter went off to the North, helping friends old and new, and collecting power cells to assist them in their journey. However, they learned that Gol, and his sister Maia, were corrupted by the dark eco during their studies and wanted to plunge the world into darkness by opening the Great Silo, and they kidnapped the Sages, including Samos, to help them build a giant Precursor Robot to do so. But Jak and Daxter, with the help of the Sages, were able to defeat Gol and Maia with the power of Light Eco, and they destroyed the robot, while Gol and Maia fell into the silo, and they were lost forever.

Soon after that, they discovered an ancient Precursor Door and with all the power cells they collected, they opened it to find an ancient rift gate and rift rider within it. Realizing that the two devices interact with each other, they decided to test it out. However, doing so opened a portal to the future and he and Daxter were separated from Keira and Samos, with the latter telling Jak to find himself. Jak and Daxter landed in Haven City, with the former being captured by the Krimson Guards and the latter escaped. Jak was then subjected to dangerous Dark Eco experiments for two years, and was rescued by Daxter, who realized that Jak, no longer mute, was more different than the curious boy he knew. Since then, the two had been on another adventure, taking down the Baron with help from the Underground, lead by Torn, a former guard turned rebel, and the Shadow, who was a younger version of Samos. They also took down the Metal Heads and their leader Kor, reunited with their friends, and secured the precious Precursor Stone, a stone that contains incredible power. After all that, the younger version of Samos went back to past with a young boy, who was actually a younger version of Jak, so that the latter would grow up safely in Sandover Village and become the hero and face against the threats his older self had.

After all that, Jak and Daxter and their friends decided to stay in the Present, finally glad to be back home, and also going on more adventures as well. Speaking of which, the duo were actually here in a Wasteland Cave outside the City of Spargus to investigate strange activity going on, and the source was the monster that was chasing them. While Daxter was screaming for his life, Jak was behind the wheel, keeping his cool.

"Hang on Dax, we're almost out!" Jak said.

"I Want Off This Thing!" Daxter shouted.

"You're more than welcome to get off anytime." Jak said.

"That's not funny!" Daxter shouted. "Can't this thing go any faster?!"

"You wanna drive?" Jak asked.

"Me drive?!" Daxter asked, and began to think. While he had ability to drive a race bike, he wasn't good with the buggies though. "On second thought, I'd rather have you do the driving!"

"You're welcome." Jak said. He then looked straight forward and saw light, at the end of the cave. It was the exit. He pressed on the gas, and speed up the buggy. And within an instant, the two were out of the cave, safe and sound.

"We made it!" Daxter called out with a cheer. Jak turned his head back at the cave.

"Not yet." Jak said, seeing the entrance of the cave bursting wide open, revealing a massive monster. They didn't know what it was, but it was actually a huge four-legged SHADOW-Kaijin! It looked like an Ambulocetus, a prehistoric-whale, and this beast had insectoid-armor and a powerful bite, from the looks of it's sharp teech. It let out a loud roar!

Ambulocetus-Shadow / アンブロセトゥス影!

Daxter's mouth hung open as he saw the monster. It was no metal head or any other monster they've seen before. It was definitely... something else.

"Oooh... my... god." Daxter said. "What is that thing?!"

"Whatever it is, it's angry." Jak said. "Hang on!" He shifted gear and turned the Sand Shark around, staring right at it. He drove forward, straight towards the monster.

"No no no no no no!" Daxter screamed, but Jak didn't stop. He then pressed a button on the steering wheel, and the machine-gun turrets rapid fired at the Shadowkan's feet, making it raise it's hands up to smash them upon the duo. But Jak then turned left and right, dodging the monster's feet while driving under it. As they passed it, they noticed a couple of other buggies approaching them. They weren't friends, however, as they possessed spiked wheels and addons, minimal armor made of scrap and they had open-seatings, with a red blaster on top of them. They were Marauders, savage humans whose only talents is killing people, so to speak.

"Oh great." Jak said. "We got company." He fired with the turrets to shoot some of the Marauder buggies, blowing them up, though some of the remaining ones passed the Sand Shark and had their eyes set on the Ambulocetus-Shadow. Some of the marauders, all wearing jagged armor and masks to hide their faces, got out to fight it with their swords and guns, only for the Shadowkan to swing it's mighty tail, sending them flying hard into rocks and trees. One Marauder buggie attempted to shoot it with their blasters, only for the beast to bite the entire vehicle with it's mouth and began chomping and eating it, including the savages that were inside.

"Ow..." Daxter said. Jak only stared at the beast with a face of determination. He knew if that thing was on the loose, there was no way Spargus, or possibly Haven City could stand a chance.

"Alright, let's do this." He said as he shifted gear again and drove up towards the monster.

"Oh god." Daxter said.

"Dax, get on the turret!" Jak said.

"We don't have a turret!" Daxter said.

"We do now." Jak said as he clicked another button on the wheel, revealing a bigger turret popping out of the top of the Sand Shark.

"Sweet!" Daxter said as he jumped back and hopped into the turret, aiming it right the Shadowkan. He pressed the fire button and the turret fired large bullets at the Shadow-Kaijin, breaking off some of it's armor off it's sides and it's face, showing it's yellow eyes.

"Ok, now what?!" Daxter asked.

"We're gonna get on it, that's what." Jak said.

"What?" Daxter asked as Jak turned the Sand Shark around and drove behind it. Getting enough distance, Jak turned the buggy around and chased after the monster. Seeing a ramp nearby, Jak drove towards it.

"Here we go!" He called out, as Daxter jumped onto his shoulder. Jak slammed his fist on the red button near the gear pad, and as the Sand Shark leaped up off the ramp, Jak and Daxter were ejected out of the buggy, high into the air. As Daxter screamed, this time with excitement, Jak somersaulted onto the Shadow-Mutant's tail and leaped onto its back. He then pulled out a cool weapon known as a Morph Gun, a very unique weapon that are mass produced in Haven City. It may look a bit small, but it's power lies in the Eco Mods it uses. Given a specific mod, it can transform based on the eco mod it uses. Jak equiped it with a yellow eco canister, allowing it to transform into an appearance of a rifle, dubbed the Blaster Mod. He then aimed at the parts where there was no armor and fired, shooting through the beast, causing sparks to burst out.

"Pull over, you son of a bitch!" Jak shouted as he kept firing all over, making the monster spark up and roar in pain. He then pulled out cool looked weapon known as a Macestaff, a club-like staff that was found in an old Precursor Temple. He then slammed it down on the Shadowkan's head, making it dizzy, before giving one final shot through it's neck, making it spark up and begin to blow up.

"Jak, we should probably get off now!" Daxter said.

"Got it!" Jak said as he and the ottsel jumped off the monster as it sparked up and exploded, with nothing left but it's head fall to the ground, along with a green crystal that was attached it's neck. The two approached the head and picked up the crystal, examining it. This was an Eco Crystal, a green eco crystal, which is a crystallized form of eco, which could explain the glow it was giving.

"Hey, an Eco Crystal!" Daxter said.

"Nice." Jak said. "Wonder why it had it."

"私たちは...多く... / Watashitachiha... Ōku..."

The man and ottsel turned their heads straight at the Shadow-Kaijin's head, hearing the voice coming from there.

"What?" Jak asked.

"Did that thing... just talk?" Daxter asked.

"私たちは勝ちます... / Watashitachiha kachimasu..." The Ambulocetus-Shadow spoke.

"Hey... speak a normal language, will ya?" Daxter asked as he jumped off of Jak's shoulder and kicked the side of it's face, mostly the strange device on it's cheek. It sparked up, and the Shadowkan spoke... in english.

"You cannot stop us..." The kaijin growled. "The Shadowkan... shall rise... again..."

"Yeah, not gonna happen." Jak said as he aimed his Blaster up and fired, shooting through the head, and finally silencing the Ambulocetus-Shadow up.

"Oh yeah!" Daxter said. "You sure showed him! Oh yeah, that was good."

"Welp, the desert's safe." Jak said. "Let's go." The two then left to head back home, but then a metal pad dropped from the Shadowkan's cheek, and it lit up.

"Ambulocetus Shadow, Report!" A voice spoke through, though it sounded static. Jak and Daxter turned their heads again, and saw the metal pad next to the Shadow-Kaijin's corpse. It beamed up and showed a holo-gram of a small bald and thin asian man, mostly Japanese, somewhere in his sixties or seventies, wearing a pair of large black rimmed glasses with aqua lenses, and of course a burgundy bathrobe with light red trim, black trousers and shoes underneath.

"This is Dr. Otomo Kamikazi, and I demand a report!" The holo-gram, Dr. Kamikazi spoke. "You better have that crystal we sent you to get, or you'll be swimming with my mutant octopus! We need the crystal for our plan! Where are you?! You mutant jackass, where are y-" As the old man continued ranting, Jak and Daxter looked at each other and shrugged. They approached the pad, just as the holo-gram of Dr. Kamikazi turned to face them.

"What the?!" He asked. "Who are you?!"

"Your mom, bitch." Jak said as he aimed his Blaster and fired, destroying the pad, and erasing the holo-gram completely.

"Ha!" Daxter said. "Hoped he knows who he just messed with, because if we see him again, he's gonna get a taste of Orange Lightning."

"He must've been using this Shadow monster to collect this crystal." Jak said, looking at the crystal in his hand. He then glanced at the monster's corpse. "What are these things?"

"Well, let's not think about it too much, Jake." Daxter said. "Let's get out of here. This desert's giving me the creeps." He had a point. There was not much to do now but leave. With that said, the two left. As they made their way towards the Sand Shark, which was unharmed, something popped flew from Jak's backpack and morphed in a floating pod, equipped with a speaker, camera, antennae, and microphone array. This was the duo's communicator, or talk box radio so to speak. It's a device that allows Jak and Daxter to contact their friends and allies.

"Jak, you there?" a rough voice spoke through.

"We're here, Torn." Jak said.

"And we have one monster dead and served up hot." Daxter said.

"Nice works you two." Torn spoke through the box. "Now the Wasteland can be more quieter now that the shakes have stopped."

"Definitely." Jak said. "So, is there anything else that needs done?"

"Actually, we just got a call from a friend of your's." Torn spoke. "We're linking the signal to you now."

"Copy that." Jak said, putting his morph gun in the back trunk as the talk box linked the signal.

"Hello, is anyone there?" Sonic's voice spoke through the communicator. Jak and Daxter turned their heads back to the talk box.

"Wait... is that?" Jak asked.

"Sonic?" Daxter asked.

"Yep, it's me!" Sonic's voice spoke. The two smiled as they heard his voice. Yes, these two know Sonic as well. A year ago, during the War for Haven City, Sonic went to the war torn city after learning that Eggman was sending some of his old scrapped robot parts to the KG Deathbots, lead by Cyber Errol. Sonic crossed paths with Jak and Daxter, which led to a fight, but then a truce when they were attacked by a Metal Head . The two worked to storm the KG War Factory hovering above the city. They were able to shut it down, and Sonic left after that, but returned when the Freedom League launched an assault on the Metal Head Tower to put an end to the monsters. The duo kept in contact with Sonic, who would visit Haven City sometimes to hang out or go on an adventure in the Wasteland.

"Hey, you're sounding pretty lively." Jak said.

"Sure am." Sonic said. "The guys told me you two were in the wasteland, so they linked my call up to the Radio Box. Hope I'm not interrupting something."

"Nah, it's cool." Jak said. "We were actually thinking about calling you tomorrow."

"So, let me guess." Daxter said, knowing something is going on. "You callin' us for something?"

"Actually, yes." Sonic said. "Now, I know this is all of a sudden, but I need your help. Some guys asked me to help them save the world, and I agreed to help them if I bring in some friends. I was hoping you guys can help us out."

"You kidding me?" Daxter asked.

"C'mon Dax." Jak said. "What's the situation, Blue Blur?"

"Well, it's kinda complicated." Sonic said. "Apparently the group that asked me for help are the SPD. They're like intergalactic guardians that protect Earth from strange Kaijin monsters, you know, humanoid creatures. They're like the Metal Heads... except their vicious and they're japanese, or something ike that. I've also called in couple of friends to help out, and the guy I'm working with is picking up his recruit right now. I'll be happy to give you more of the details, if you wanna help out." The two looked at each other and smiled. To be honest, with all the adventures they've been on, they've enjoyed going out on one. Since this was another opportunity to explore more of the world and help their friend see the world, they were really itching for a much grander adventure.

"We're always up for a little rubble, right Dax?" Jak asked.

"Fish in the barrel, baby." Daxter said with a smile. "Fish in the barrel. Which means yes."

"Alright!" Sonic said. "Oh... and by the way, I have another favor to ask you."

"Sure." Jak said.

"It better be easy." Daxter said.

"Well... I need you guys to pick someone up." Sonic said. "But be careful... he's an interesting one."


3!

Well, that's the end of this chapter. It's gonna be interesting bringing these guys into the fray, don't you think?

As for the other hero, let's just say that's being kept underwraps for a little while longer. So anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Also... next chapter... Shit is about to gone down. You'll see.

The Shadowkan monsters are property of Kainsword-Kaijin. Please check out his DeviantArt page for the cool designs and artwork.

Oh, and here are some Japanese Translations

We... are... many... / 私たちは...多く... / Watashitachiha... Ōku...

We shall triumph... / 私たちは勝ちます... / Watashitachiha kachimasu...