Disclaimers: I don't own Ratchet and Clank or anyone or anything featured in the game. Anyone or anything NOT featured in the game is mine.
I was going to wait a week to update this chapter. But when I realized how short Chapter 6 was, I just had to update this chapter to make up for it.
Chapter Seven: Transformation Part 2
A bright, orange laser beam shot from the laser and hit the sand shark. A powerful force shook the lab. Albert thought that the ceiling was going to fall on him and Heinous. But the shaking only lasted for five seconds and was over as soon as it started.
Heinous removed his sunglasses and walked over to the tank. Albert, still with his eyes shut, now covering them with his red hands, walked as close as he thought he could without knocking something over.
"Did it work, sir?" he asked.
Heinous didn't reply.
"Sir?" asked Albert removing one hand from his face. When he saw what was in the tank, he gasped.
Heinous then said, "It... it… it… it… it… worked………. IT WORKED, IT WORKED, IT WORKED!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!"
"Congratulations, sir," Albert smiled.
Heinous then started jumping around the lab, saying 'it worked' over and over again, like a child, which, much to Albert's surprise, he had never seen him do.
Albert then looked into the tank again, just to make sure his eyes hadn't deceived him. In the tank was the sand shark, unharmed. But, now there was a huge difference, being that the sand shark was now a robot. I looked exactly the same as before, but now it was metal.
When Heinous had calmed down, he became serious again and said, "Come Albert, it's your turn."
"Sir, may I ask a question first?" asked Albert.
"What?" Dr. Heinous asked back.
"Was that special chemical all that was required for the transformation?"
"Yes."
"Then why did you waste time getting all the other things?"
"I'm glad you asked that. The reason is that all those ingredients put together, in one concoction make an orange colour. And what's my favourites colour, Albert?"
Albert sighed, "Orange, sir."
"Exactly! Now stop wasting tome and get in front of the laser."
Without questioning, Albert stepped in front of the laser and closed his eyes again. Heinous filled the, now empty, canister with more of the chemical in the cauldron, jammed it into the back of the laser. The laser began powering up. Heinous put on his sunglasses again and pressed the button.
The same thing more or less happened and, standing before Heinous, was his butler, now a robot, still with his uniform though. Albert, like the sand shark, looked exactly the same as his organic self, but metal and, unlike the sand shark, with red eyes.
Albert went to the near by mirror and looked at himself.
"I like it, sir," he said.
Now it was Dr. Heinous' turn. Like before he filled the transparent canister with the remaining chemical, and left in the cauldron. But this time he did something different. He squeezed the last drop from the pipette into the canister. He jammed the container into the back of the laser. When the laser started powering up, Heinous called Albert.
"Albert, when I say 'now', I want you to press this button," he pointed to a big, red button, "understand?"
Albert nodded.
Heinous walked and stopped in front of the laser and, this time, closed his eyes.
"NOW!" he yelled.
Albert closed his eyes again and pressed the button.
Again, the same thing happened.
"Sir?" called Albert. He was shocked at what he saw.
The transformation was a success, Heinous had been turned into a robot, but instead of looking the same but metal, he was more different.
Dr. Heinous was much taller. Albert usually reached Heinous' shoulders, now he reached Heinous' hips. Luckily, Heinous didn't bump his head on the ceiling. His fingers had sharp edges. His body was dark green. The top of his long, pointy head was red, but it wasn't transparent, like Dr. Nefarious'. His ears were replaced by one antenna per ear, which had a glowing, blue bulb at the tip much like the gadge-bots. The hair on the top of his head was replaced by another antenna, which had a glowing, red bulb at the tip. His eyes were the same shape, but now they were bright yellow. There was a circular shape on his chest which was also yellow. There where yellow stripes from his knees to his ankles and from his elbows to his wrists. Other than those, Dr. Heinous looked exactly like Dr. Nefarious' robotic form.
"Perfect," said Heinous. His voice hadn't changed.
"Okay, we're now robots. What do we do now, sir?" asked Albert.
"We go to Planet Kalebo III."
"What for, sir?"
"To steal some robots for my army, or at least some protection."
"What about the sand shark?"
"Put it back in the tank."
Albert put the sand shark in its tank. Then the two robots made their way outside, to the ship. They quickly went inside. They then went to the cockpit. Heinous graded the controls and the ship left the planet.
Not much of a cliff-hanger, but it'll do. I'll update Chapter Eight soon.