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Meeting Up on Aquatos
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An Uncharted Island, Planet Aquatos, Solana Galaxy
After a great deal of time recovering from their experience on DreadZone, Ratchet and Clank had decided to take up a prior offer from their fellow captive on the discontinued gladiator show, Hydro Girl, to catch up on her native Aquatos. Following her directions, the heroic duo as well as Clank's tech-bot girlfriend from DreadZone, Venus, had meet up with the aquatic adventuress on one of the ocean planet's few islands, which Hydro Girl herself had discovered long ago and used for private leisure since then.
Resting on the beach with her three friends in tow, Hydro Girl turned to Venus on her far right, who was cuddling close to Clank, and said, "So, Venus, how does being a famous holo-film star feel?"
Turning her gaze from Clank to Hydro Girl, Venus replied, "It's humbling and awesome put together! I didn't expect For Your Optic Sensors Only to be such a hit, but it was. I was even offered my own talk show, too."
Ratchet chuckled a bit before commenting, "Hopefully, you'll have better luck in that line of work than I did, Venus."
Laughs were shared all around and then Clank inputted, "I think Venus's future is well-secured, Ratchet, but thank you."
In response to Clank's words, Venus held on to him tightly, saying, "I still wish you and I could hang out more, Clank."
Overwhelmed by Venus's affection, yet appreciative of it still, Clank kissed her in response and said, "Have no fear, my dear. I am confident that you and I can still keep in touch."
While the two robots in love kept at it, Ratchet turned to Hydro Girl, and after a moment, decided to make conversation with her. "Anyway, Hydro Girl, I don't suppose you can tell me what your real name is underneath the hero identity?" Seeing that she looked surprised, the Lombax fumbled with his words while saying, "But if you want to keep it private, that's fine, too."
"Hydrella," his fellow hero said not so long after. Seeing that she had Ratchet's attention, the native of Aquatos showed a warm smile before elaborating, "That's my real name, Ratchet. I was just surprised that you hadn't looked it up on the Holonet already."
A bit offput, Ratchet said, "Yeah, well, the Holonet is massive and contradicting, but I get your point."
Giggling to herself, Hydrella then grabbed hold of Ratchet, saying, "Come here you," and then proceeded to give him a deep kiss that the surprised Lombax soon came to reciprocate in response.
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Originally, I considered renditions of either Ratchet owning a Roboshack on Veldin as much as a garage, or him being raised up in the Bogon Galaxy, but the first one might have changed the dynamics of his relationship with Clank from best friends as close as brothers to a near father and son relationship, and I could not help but think that there are few places in Bogon Ratchet could have been safely raised at.
Anyway, while I have seen some Ratchet & Clank fanfiction writers label Hydro Girl's real name as "Nika" after her voice actress, I figured "Hydrella" would be more fitting in-universe, so I went with that. Would be nice if Hydro Girl herself appeared in a future game to lay that mystery to rest, but that will not happen as far as we can tell, huh?