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I updated so many chapters, because I felt like.
Thanks Black Rosettes, Mr. Grae and SLYFOXX for reviewing.
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Chapter Eight: A heinous encounter
Yet again, it was another boring and uneventful day on the Phoenix. The members of the Q-Force weren't even working. Al was playing Pong, Helga was looking up new recopies on the internet, Skidd was looking up the newest hoverboards on the internet, and Qwark was sleeping. Sasha was the only one working and yet she was also sleepy.
At about noon, the alarm went off and a voice appeared over the intercom, telling all fighting personnel to report to the Bridge.
Ratchet made his way to the Bridge.
"Attention…everyone," said Sasha, "it seems that someone is attacking Gadgetron HQ, on Planet Kalebo III. This 'someone's' identity is unknown, but let's capture him or her before anyone gets hurt. Come on people, let's move out!"
Ratchet was the first one to leave the Bridge. He ran to the display case and grabbed a few necessary weapons. He then dressed into his Electro Steel armour. He then ran to his ship, jumped in and flew off to Planet Kalebo III.
The red ship had a view of the same place Ratchet had landed the last time he came to this planet. But this time there was another ship parked on the landing pad. This ship was bright blue in colour, about half the size of a basketball pitch and had the letter 'H' on both sides. The whole body was rectangle-shaped, except for the front, which was slanting backwards for speed. Two small, triangular wings stuck out from the sides and each one had a jet. The ship was supported by three legs, one in front and two in the back. There was so sign of a door, though.
Too much space was taken, so Ratchet had to land somewhere on the bridge.
Ratchet took no notice of the other ship and ran across the bridge. All the defence robots were gone. Everything seemed quiet here, until Ratchet heard a loud blast come from the CEO's office. He quickly Charge-Booted to the office.
When Ratchet arrived there, he was given a disgusting site. The CEO was on the floor with a hole, the size of a basket ball, right through his belly. The expression on the carcass's face didn't make things look any bit prettier. I was a shocking expression, the mouth and eyes were wide open. And worst of all was that the floor was stained with blood. The site made Ratchet sick to his stomach.
Then Ratchet heard a laugh come from the other room. He slowly crept up and poked his head around the corner to see who was cackling.
He saw two robots; a tall one and a short one.
The tall one said, "This is perfect. Now, with this small robot troop, I am one step closer to taking over the galaxy and destroying all the squishies!"
"Well done, sir," said the small one.
Ratchet didn't hesitate. He equipped his Decimator and jumped out from his hiding place. "Not so fast, Nefarious, you bastard!" he yelled.
The two robots turned around. The site made Ratchet lower his weapon.
"You're not Nefarious," said Ratchet.
"No, I'm not and this isn't Lawrence either," said the taller robot.
"Then, who are you?"
"I'm Dr. Heinous and this is Albert!"
"'Heinous'?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing here?" Ratchet raised his weapon.
"Steeling robots."
"To do what?"
"Why, take over the galaxy and destroy all squishies of course."
"Did Nefarious send you?"
"Nefarious? HA! I don't take orders from that looser."
"Why are you doing this then?"
Heinous was getting annoyed. "I've had enough of your questions, squishy!" The raised his hand and shot a rocket at Ratchet.
The rocket missed Ratchet by a metre, but when it hit the wall, it started creating sonic sounds the only affected organics. Ratchet dropped his weapon and covered his ears. The noise was almost unbearable.
Heinous took this opportunity, "Albert, escort the robots to the ship," He ordered.
"What about you, sir?" asked Albert.
"I'll stay here and cover you encase the sonic blast wears off and our little friend decides to stop us. NOW GO!"
"Right away, sir."
Albert walked to the ship, while the robots, which were troopers, followed.
When the sonic blast wore off, Ratchet equipped his R.Y.N.O. and ran after them. But Heinous saw this and he jumped in front of him.
"Not so fast, squishy!" Heinous yelled, shaking a fist.
He jumped in the air and sprouted large, dragon-like, robotic wings. He then laughed and started dropping green plasma bombs. Ratchet dodged the bombs anyway he could and, at the same time, ran after Heinous, constantly shooting at him, with the R.Y.N.O.
The next bomb hit Ratchet and sent him flying, almost over the edge. If it wasn't for his armour, he'd be dead. Both of Ratchet's legs were broken. The pain was so over whelming, that he couldn't even swear at it. All he could do was slip into unconsciousness.
Heinous was about to kill Ratchet, when he stopped. "Forget it. You're not worth it, but we'll meet again," he said. He then ran into his ship. The ship then took off and left the planet.
Ratchet woke up in the infirmary. He looked around and saw no one. He then felt a throbbing pain in his head. He looked down to see if his legs were Okay. They were both bandaged and hung up. Ratchet was about to fall asleep, when Al and Skidd came into the room.
"Hey Al, hey Skidd," greeted Ratchet. This took Al and Skidd by surprise.
"Hey Ratchet!" said Skidd.
"We're glad to see that you're okay," said Al.
"What happened?" asked Ratchet.
"Both of your legs are broken," said Al. "When we found you, you were unconscious. We put you in the dropship and here you are. The nurse will come in about an hour, to give you some Nanotech. Oh, and Sasha's mad with you, for letting the enemy get away and going off by yourself, but she's glad you're okay."
"What about my weapons and gadgets?" asked Ratchet, running out of things to ask.
"Back in the display case, dude," said Skidd.
Al looked at his watch. "Time to get back to work. Come on, Skidd. Bye Ratchet, I'll tell Sasha that you're okay."
"Wait! I have some information about the enemy!" said Ratchet.
Al and Skidd stopped.
"What is it, man?" asked Skidd.
"Our enemy's name is Dr. Heinous, he's a robot and he knows Dr. Nefarious, but he's not working for him."
"Dr. Heinous, eh?" Al scratched his chin. "Okay, thanks, Ratchet, I'll tell Sasha."
Al and Skidd left the room and Ratchet went back to asleep.
"Al, Skidd, you're back," said Sasha, "is Ratchet okay?"
"Ratchet's fine, Captain. He said that our enemy's called Dr. Heinous, he's a robot, he knows Dr. Nefarious, but he's not working for him," Al said.
"Dr. Heinous? Thanks, Al. You two can get back to work."
Sasha went to the intercom. "Attention all Starship Phoenix personnel," announced Sasha, "our enemy is called Dr. Heinous. I want all of you to find out everything you can about him."
The next chapter awaits.