Escape to Crusade

By Sarge11

Disclaimer: I, Sarge11, do not own Ratchet and Clank. I do own my planet and myself! Go me!

Chapter 8: Sarge

Ratchet and Clank have been searching for parts and found nothing. However, after they were done moping around, someone new emerged that would really help them; a human about 21 years old. He wore a tattered, old military uniform.

Ratchet's ears perked up as someone new entered the area. "Hey, who are you?"

The stranger replied, "Sergeant, uh well, everyone just calls me Sarge. Sergeant of the 11th Army's Armored Ranger Battalion. You know the tank guys? With my command group everyone just calls me Sarge11."

Ratchet looked a little lost so Clank cut in, "Ratchet, that's your old unit."

"Hey it is. How'd you wind up on this pathetic excuse for a planet?" Ratchet questioned.

Sarge replied, "Well, I was just 20 at the time. I remember, we were one of the units chosen to fight on Veldin against the Tyhrranoids. My tank transport was a little late; I had to hurry, because if my unit were any later, I would have been demoted down to Private. So we took a shortcut over Tyhrranosis. Well, what happened next was pretty hard to remember; I myself was unconscious after the first wave of missiles. Anyway, we crashed on this planet so, here I am. I'm the only one that survived long enough to find the Dropship again. So, there's my story, how about yours. Oh and, what's your name?"

"So that's what happened to the last Sergeant! The name's Ratchet, and this is my buddy, Clank." Ratchet told his story, starting with Drek, moving on to that Protopet incident, as it was called in those days, and finally, onto Nefarious.

After he heard that he was the one who defeated Nefarious, Sarge's eyes got real big. "You defeated Dr. Nefarious? Wow! So what are you, a General?"

Ratchet looked at him funny. "No, you don't have to have a high rank to be a hero. In fact, I'm just a Sergeant."

At this, Sarge's eyes nearly popped out of his head, and his jaw practically fell down on his feet. "Get out! There is no way that a Sergeant could have clearance like that!"

Now it was Ratchet's turn to be smug. "Yeah, unless your girlfriend was the Captain of the Phoenix, and you saved two other galaxy's!"

Now the Private's jaw fell through the floor. "What! You have got to be shitting me! You're going out with Sasha? Lucky!"

Ratchet chuckled a little.

Sarge slapped Ratchet on the back of his head. "Hey, I've never seen a Cazar and a Lombax mix, let me know what they look like."

"My Sasha and that Chauffer, Jeeves mix? Unheard of!" The President came out of nowhere.

"Oh no. I thought you were asleep."

Sarge looked a little confused. "Hey who's that tub a'- oh my gosh! He-he-he-he-hello Mr. President. Imagine seeing you here."

Now the GP looked really angry. "What are you doing here? I thought I banished you after that affair you had with Sasha!"

Sarge looked extremely nervous. "Um what affair? I don't know what you're talking about."

This just made the President more furious. "Don't play dumb with me soldier! I know all about what happened between you and Sasha!"

Sarge panicked. "It's not my fault! The Galactic Rangers had just heard of Drek's defeat and were having a party at a local bar on planet Batalia! She was drunk and was moving in on me!"

After hearing this, Ratchet raised an eyebrow and his ears perked up. "What's he talking about?" Then it hit him. He gave Sarge a mischievous smile.

After the President had left for the bathroom, Ratchet turned to the Sarge and said, "Luckier!"

Sarge gave him a nervous grin. "Heh. Hey, what's with this chauffer stuff anyway?"

Ratchet explained to him the whole Secret Agent Clank thing.

Realization crept into Sarge's face. "Oh. I guess I never had time to watch the tube in the army."

Ratchet's eyes were once again full of fire. "All right. We've finally got enough people with sense. We have been having trouble finding the right materials for a beacon. Maybe you can help."

Sarge also looked eager. "All right, let's get to it."

I know, I'm a nasty little Lombax. I need ideas for the next chapter, PLEASE! Don't you just hate them cliffies? Reread the entire story now and tell me what you think. I need some more reviews!

NOTE: Sarge11 :) is now a Private.

-Sarge 11