Chapter Thirty-four: Lunar battle, Part 1
PLANT!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Clank landed on Lunar City's curved road.
Sandy glared at him from across the road. Behind her lay pieces of a destroyed building.
The two colossal robots were the same height, more or less. Sandy's fin gave her extra height.
"Ready to fight?" Heinous voice came out of Sandy via loud speaker.
"I'm always ready!.!.!.!.!" Nefarious yelled back, holding onto Clank's antenna to prevent falling off.
"Always ready to get your ass kicked by yours truly!.!.!.!"
"Yeah," Raxamis' voice said. "We'll destroy you with our new Megazord!"
Everyone froze.
"……," Nefarious stared.
"….," Ratchet looked over Clank's massive shoulder.
"……….," Clank's mouth hung open a bit.
"…...," Sandy stood perfectly still.
"………," Heinous didn't say anything.
"……," and neither did Albert.
"What?" Raxamis sounded innocent.
"You watch that crap?" Heinous asked.
"Energy Rangers?"
"Yeah."
"No. I used to though. I got bored when the plot of almost every episode was the same."
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaay," Nefarious would have sweatdropped if he had pores. "Let's fight."
"Charge!.!.!.!.!"
STOMP-STOPM-STOMP!
Sandy charged.
Clank held his arms up in an 'X' position.
WHANG!
Clank absorbed the blow of Sandy's head.
With her new arms, the giant sand shark grabbed Clank's and tried to twist them.
Clank noticed. He rammed himself into Sandy.
The sand shark lost her grip and stumbled back, denting the face of an apartment building.
Clank ran forward and did a three-hit combo.
POW-POW-POW!.!.!.!.!
CRUMBLE!
The entire apartment complex was destroyed.
Clank raised his fists at the ready.
Sandy held her arms forward. Compartments opened in her upper limbs and missile launchers rose.
Clank blinked.
PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PHWOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!
Missiles flew.
Some hit Clank, damaging him a little. The giant robot jumped up high.
PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PHWOOOOOOOOOOM!.!.!.!
During his decent, he shot missiles of his own.
Just like Clank, Sandy was hit a few times. The gargantuan, robotic sand shark jumped backwards over a few buildings.
Clank landed in front of her and decided to hit her with his own fists. Sandy did the same.
Inside the sand shark, the cockpit rocked back and forth from the mêlée going on outside.
Raxamis groaned. "This is getting boring! Can I go out and fight Ratchet."
"Sure you can," Heinous said as he pressed different buttons, "but Vince is all mine."
"Alright!"
"I'll make Sandy use her bigass bomb, causing Ratchet to fall off. Then you'll jump off and lead him inside a building. Both Clank and I will try hard to keep each other away from you two, so you'll have him all to yourself."
"Aces!" Raxamis stood up, leaving his cape by his chair and ran to the door.
"Sir, are you sure it's a good idea?" Albert looked doubtful.
"He's just a kid," Heinous said casually. "Let him have some fun."
POW!
Sandy punched Clank.
The giant robot skidded back and prepared to shoot missiles.
Sandy opened her mouth wide and--
FLASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--threw an orange ball of energy without giving Clank time to jump.
WHAM!.!.!.!
As expected, Ratchet fell from Clank's back. Luckily, it was on his feet.
"Ratchet!" Clank turned around and called.
"It's okay, Clank!" Ratchet yelled. "I'm okay!"
"You won't be once I'm done with you."
"?.?.?.?" Ratchet looked in the direction of where the voice came. He frowned.
Raxamis stood, leaning against a pole of a luxury hotel's front canopy.
Ratchet looked back at Clank. "You go and fight Heinous. I'll take on this guy."
Clank nodded and aimed driving Sandy away from the area.
Ratchet looked back at Raxamis.
The robot was already inside.
Ratchet growled, equipped his wrench and ran in.
The lombax had no time to admire the lavish lobby, because he could already see Raxamis waiting for an elevator. The robot was whistling to himself.
Ratchet growled and ran at him.
Ding.
The elevator doors opened.
Before Raxamis walked in, he said, "Top floor, Ratchet."
He walked in and the doors closed.
Ratchet was too late.
He thought about using the stairs.
"………Nah."
He found a second elevator and pressed the button twenty-two times.
He crossed his arms and tapped his foot. "ComeonComeonComeon…"
Ding.
The elevator car arrived. Ratchet ran in and pressed the button to the top floor.
The doors closed.
Ratchet silently waited.
The elevator music was the only thing sounding as the elevator car rose higher to the fourteenth floor.
Ratchet examined his watch.
The elevator music got to a point where it played the same notes again.
Ratchet scratched behind his left ear.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
He waited.
"………"
…………………………………
Ding.
The doors slid open. Ratchet jumped out, bearing his wrench and teeth.
Nothing.
He looked left.
"……."
He looked right.
"……..?"
A door was cracked ajar.
Ratchet approached and walked in.
The room he was in was quite expensive. In fact, it was too big to be a room. It looked like a middleclass apartment.
Ratchet entered the living room. It was a random decision.
Ratchet noticed this room had a closet.
He opened it and--
"Surprise!" Raxamis plowed at him from inside.
Ratchet back-flipped just in time to avoid Raxamis' punch.
The lombax landed in a nimble squat near the room's door.
VIIIIIIIIIIIIUM!
Raxamis equipped a red laser sword.
"Been a long time, eh?" Raxamis grinned.
"Yeah, it has," Ratchet smirked. "Of course…it'll be different now."
Raxamis raised an eyebrow as his grin shrunk. "How?"
"I have more weapons now," Ratchet said. "Not that I'll need them, of course."
Raxamis frowned. "We'll see, squishy!"
He charged forward with a sideways slash.
Ratchet twirled his wrench and deflected.
CLANG!
He pulled back and slashed downward.
Raxamis stepped back, dodging the attack.
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWOOOOOSH!
Ratchet performed a comet-strike.
Raxamis back-flipped and landed with one leg on a stereo and the other on the holo-vid.
Raxamis equipped his Rift Ripper.
Raxamis' eyes widened.
TWSH!
Ratchet fired.
Raxamis jumped to the side to avoid the artificial warp hole.
Ratchet prepared to fire again.
Raxamis noticed, picked up the closest object to him--a vase--and threw it.
Ratchet ducked, giving Raxamis enough time to--
"HAA!"
WHAP!
--kick the lombax in the chest.
Ratchet stumbled back.
Raxamis formed his arm into a laser cannon and fired.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Ratchet twirled his wrench and blocked.
CLANG!
Raxamis blinked. "How come you didn't fly back?"
Ratchet pointed downwards.
Raxamis looked.
The lombax was wearing Magneboots.
Raxamis frowned. "Cheater!"
Ratchet equipped his Megarocket Cannon and smirked.
"And proud of it!" he spoke above the charging.
PHW-PHW-OOOOOOOOOO-OOOOOOM!.!.!.!
Raxamis had no time to dodge.
He held out two laser swords out in the shape of an 'X'.
WHAM!.!.!.!.!.!
All four missiles struck him. Although part of the blow was absorbed by the rockets, Raxamis suffered a great deal of damage.
WHOOOOOOOSH!
He flew back.
CRASH!
The wall, window and lamp were destroyed.
Ratchet ran to the newly made hole and looked out.
Raxamis was being pushed further up. It didn't last for long, because the robot removed himself from the missiles, fell, grabbed onto a flag, let go and landed on the building in front. He gave the 'come on' sign.
Ratchet stepped back, took a deep breath, ran forward and jumped.
The building Raxamis was on was lower than the hotel, resulting in Ratchet having to wait for the right moment.
He waited.
Air--probably artificial--kicked at his face.
He waited.
The sound of the giant brawl going on could be heard on the other side of the City.
He waited.
He passed the tenth floor.
He waited.
His eyes watered from the rush of air flying into them
He waited.
Now!
Ratchet equipped his Swingshot.
POW!
The hook fired.
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWISH!.!.!
It swung around the flagpole Raxamis caught.
CLANK!
The hook caught on its metal rope.
SWOOOOOSH!
Ratchet flew at high-speed as his gadget retracted.
PLANT!
His feet 'caught' the pole. He jumped and as he did, the Swingshot retracted all the way. Ratchet landed on the roof of the building across the street of the hotel. The lombax looked around.
"……."
He spotted Raxamis leaning against an A/C unit. The robot was currently inspecting his nonexistent nails, humming an annoying tune. He probably noticed that Ratchet was on the same roof as him, because he looked up.
He smirked. "You're nothing without your toys."
"You use laser swords!" Ratchet retorted.
"That's not even a fifth of the arsenal you're spoilt with," Raxamis shot back. "I swear…...you're nothing without your weapons."
"I can beat you with only one," Ratchet growled.
"Whatever, dude," Raxamis shrugged. He stood up straight and equipped two laser swords--one blue and the other red--and joined them together by the hilts, forming a purple colour.
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWIIIIISH!.!.!
He spun the double-bladed weapon and struck a deadly pose.
With only his wrench, Ratchet ran forward.
He swiped at Raxamis horizontally.
CLANCK!
As expected--and hoped for--Raxamis deflected.
SWOOOOOOSH!
Ratchet swung his foot low.
CLUTCH!
Raxamis caught it.
Ratchet's eyebrows rose.
Raxamis prepared to bend Ratchet's leg the wrong way while the two still had their weapons touching.
Ratchet got desperate, pulled back his wrench, avoided the swipe of the purple weapon and threw the tool at Raxamis' ankle.
WHACK!
"YAAAAAAH!" Raxamis hopped on his unhurt leg, and--
WHUMP!
--fell on his butt.
Ratchet picked his wrench up.
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWOOOOOSH!
He did the comet-strike.
Raxamis flattened himself on the roof--his back facing down--and avoided the attack a second time.
"HIAAAAGH!" Ratchet came over him with a hyper-strike.
Raxamis rolled to the side.
WHAP!
The wrench missed.
ZAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAAP!
Blue lasers came at Ratchet.
CLANG! CLANG!
Ratchet held his ground and deflected the first two with two side-swipes. He simply jumped over the third one.
Raxamis ran--
SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SW-SWIIIIIIIIIISH!
CLIIII-IIIING!
Ratchet jabbed his wrench in the 'fan', stopping it.
"Hey!" Raxamis yelled. Cl-CLACK!
ZAAAAAAAAAAAP!
Raxamis fired a laser with his free hand.
Ratchet leaned his head to the side.
A beat.
Ratchet smelt smoke. "You really hate easy, don't you?"
"No, how else can you listen to my insults?" Raxamis simpered, the barrel of his laser-cannon-of-an-arm smoking. "I don't have the time to learn or speak with sign language."
"I see your point."
"….."
"……"
Five seconds of straining.
Ten.
Twenty.
Thirty.
……………………
GRIP!
Ratchet let go of his wrench with on hand and grabbed Raxamis' laser cannon limb.
The robot had no time to react.
Ratchet pushed the hand away so he could swing his leg low and hit Raxamis.
SWOOOOOOOSH-THWAP!.!.!.!
Raxamis fell backwards.
Still gripping his double-bladed laser sword, he landed in a fist/handstand.
SWIIIIIIIIIIIPE-SWIIIIIIIIPE-SWIIIII-IIIIII-IIIIIPE!.!.!
Ratchet ran forward, swiping his oversized tool.
Raxamis avoided with a series of flips.
Ratchet didn't stop swiping after him.
The two combatants were coming close the A/C unit from earlier.
Raxamis landed on his feet for the last time and--
CLANG!
--deflected Ratchet's wrench with his purple-coloured weapon.
The next few seconds were filled with the sounds of deflecting.
CLANG! CL-CL-CL-ING! CLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNK!
The both jumped back and stared at each other.
Ratchet panted.
Raxamis smirked.
"What……are you……….smiling at?" Ratchet asked.
"You're tired," Raxamis said simply.
"I still have a lot more energy in me," Ratchet said with one breath.
"I'm getting bored of this rooftop. Let's find another place to fight."
Ratchet smirked. "Lead the way…and if you stop……I won't wait."
"Fine by me."
Raxamis ran to the edge of the roof. He jumped over a narrow alley, landed on the other side and kept running.
Ratchet equipped his Charge boots and sped after him.
FWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!.!.!.!
WHAP!
Clank was uppercut.
GRIP!
He grabbed onto the side of a nearby building for support.
"Whoa!" Nefarious held onto Clank's antenna tight as he spun twice.
FLASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Sandy 'vomited' an orange ball of energy.
Clank jumped to avoid it.
PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PH-PHOOOOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Sandy jumped over a block to her right, avoiding the missiles that were being thrown at her from above.
"How can he be so fat and fast?" Heinous' voice cackled.
PLANT!
Clank landed in the same road as Sandy. He raised his hand and flung a blue bomb.
FLASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Direct hit.
STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP!
Clank ran at Sandy and grabbed her head fin. He was trying to throw the overgrown sand shark, but she grabbed his waist and pushed.
Nefarious frowned after a few seconds passed. "This is taking too long."
The inside of the warehouse was very typical. It was hollow and filled with wooden crates. Although it was meant only for show, it gave the feeling of reality. And soon, it was going to go off with a bang…or in this case--
ZAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The sound of a familiar laser cannon could be heard from the warehouse's roof.
CRUMBLE!
A small piece of the ceiling fell. In its place, was a hole…with a lombax dangling from it while holding tight onto the edge to prevent falling.
STOMP!
"YAUCH!.!.!" Ratchet screamed as Raxamis stomped on his hands. He had no choice to let go…
CRASH!
…and land back-first on a stack of empty crates.
"Incoming!" Raxamis screamed as he dove into the hole, emerald claws extended.
Ratchet rolled to the side.
CRASH!.!.!.!
Raxamis struck nothing but wood and plenty of it.
Ratchet stood up and held his wrench ready.
Raxamis looked at him and the surroundings and smirked. "Just like the cartoons."
Ratchet equipped his Bomb Glove and threw several bombs.
VIIIIIIIUMM!
Raxamis equipped an orange laser sword. He held the weapon in front of his azure crystal.
B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-B-BOOM!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Raxamis blinked. The bombs all missed their target.
"--?"
WHOOOOOOSH!
Ratchet flew at him, his left foot ready to kick.
Raxamis held his laser sword at him.
Plant.
Ratchet landed behind him.
Raxamis was about to kick--
WHOOOOOSH-TRIP!
--when Ratchet swung his foot low and tripped the robot.
Raxamis landed on his back, his head at Ratchet's feet.
Ratchet equipped his Multi-Star.
TWIIIII--CATCH!
Ratchet's eyes widened.
Raxamis had caught the star. He tossed to the side, morphed his arm into a laser cannon and fired.
ZAAAAAAAP!
Due to the fact that Ratchet appeared upside-down, Raxamis missed. However, Ratchet got the picture. He ran up some crates, jumped and landed on a wooden horizontal beam.
Raxamis stood upright, his arms both laser cannons.
ZAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAAP! ZAAAAAAAP!
Blue lasers flew at Ratchet.
The lombax sprang into action. Raxamis traveled up to his level.
He arched his body left, missing a laser. He flipped backwards, missing another one. CLANG! He deflected another, giving him extra speed. And the last one struck the ceiling, causing no damage other than a second hole.
And all this was happening while Ratchet was in midair. Between dodges, he landed on a wooden beam and jumped to another.
Pl-plant.
He found a wall and kicked off it.
Raxamis was waiting for him.
Ratchet flew over him and--
THWAP!
--kicked off his back.
Raxamis teetered forward. He morphed both laser cannons on to arms and grabbed the wooden beam so he wouldn't fall off it. He growled, turned and jumped after Ratchet.
Ratchet was five beams ahead of the robot. He jumped a beam and in mid-jump, he equipped his Plasma Storm.
Raxamis grabbed onto a vertical beam to stop himself.
FWOOOOM!
Ratchet fired.
Raxamis did a back-dive and avoided the attack.
Ratchet frowned.
"…………"
From behind--
SWOOOOOOSH!
Plant.
Raxamis landed next to the lombax after performing a high jump.
Ratchet punched at him.
GRAB!
Raxamis caught the fist and hurled Ratchet into a stack of crates below.
CR-CRASH!
Ratchet groaned.
"Nnnnnnghh!" he forced himself to stand up.
ZAAAAAAAAAAP!
Raxamis fired from the beam he was still perched on.
Ratchet equipped his wrench, twirled it and deflected.
CLANG!
Then, he equipped his Devastator.
PHWOOOOOM!.!.!
Raxamis did the same move he used to avoid the Plasma Storm attack.
BOOM!
The beam was broken.
Ratchet waited. He was getting sick of waiting.
VIIIIIIIIUM!
He didn't have to wait long though.
CLUNK!
Ratchet avoided the wrath of a green laser sword from above by crouching and holding his wrench above him.
"NNNNNNGHH!" he pushed Raxamis off of him.
Raxamis landed, skidded on the ground and stopped himself with his free arm--
CL-CLACKKK!
--which turned into a laser cannon.
Ratchet was ready.
Raxamis aimed and--
STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP!
--stopped.
He listened.
So did Ratchet.
STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP-STOMP!
Raxamis' eyes widened. "Uh oh." He ran.
Ratchet chased after him.
Using his arm, which was still a laser cannon, Raxamis blew a hole through a wall.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAP! CRUMBLE!
He ran through the newly made hole and into the streets.
Ratchet followed too, avoiding--
CRUNCH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
--Sandy's plummeting body.
PLANT!
Giant Clank landed--destroying an apartment--after having thrown the giant sand shark from above.
The entire block was destroyed as the sand shark skidded.
"Ratchet!" Giant Clank noticed the lombax brushing himself off from all the dust. "Are you all right."
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Ratchet yelled to make his voice reach the colossal robot's nonexistent ears.
Sandy slowly stood up. She looked like she was about to collapse.
"That's it!" Heinous boomed from the inside. "Time for plan B."
"'Plan B'?" Nefarious remarked.
"Raxamis, if you can hear me, come here now. We're leaving!"
"Gimme a minute!"
Ratchet looked over.
Raxamis was running up the road towards the giant sand shark.
Inside Sandy, Heinous spoke into a communicator.
"Alright, send it in."
"Roger."
He put the communicator away, grinning.
"You're in for it now. I'm gonna use Plan B. HAHA!"
"What's Plan B?" Clank asked.
"You'll see."
As if on cue, a small Thugs-4-Less dropship landed in the middle of the two sides.
Its door-ramp opened. And a single thug stepped out. In his reptilian hands, the thug held a metal box. Something was in there. It was obvious on account of the fact that the box was shaking violently.
The thug placed the box on the tarmac and pressed a single button on it.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
A red light started blinking from the button. The thug ran to the dropship as quickly as he could. The door closed and the ship hovered a few feet above the ground, not leaving yet.
The box kept shaking and beeping.
The heroes stared, ready for anything.
Heinous put the communicator away after giving an order.
"Shouldn't we leave?" Albert asked.
"No, I wanna see this," Heinous replied.
"I'm back!" Raxamis said as he ran through the entrance--which was left open for him.
"Good, you're just in time to watch the show," Heinous couldn't stop grinning.
The box shook.
Ratchet raised his wrench just to be safe.
"………."
Clank kept his distance, but still prepared to shoot missiles at anything that would appear dangerous to him.
"…………"
Nefarious grew more anxious. He still stood on Clank's giant head, holding the antenna as to not fall off.
"…………"
The box beeped and shook.
"This fight will be your last."
Nefarious was about to say something--
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
The box opened via lid on top with hinges.
Something jumped out.
Ratchet's eyes widened.
So did Clank's.
There.
Standing in the road.
Jumping.
And growling.
Bearing its sharp teeth.
Stomping two small legs which were the only limbs it had.
Antenna bouncing in rhythm with it.
Was none other than…
………………
……………………
…………………………
………………………………….
…the protopet.
But there was something different about it.
Instead of soft and fuzzy.
It was hard and metallic.
In other words.
It was a robot.
The little thing was currently attacking an innocent fire hydrant.
"Where did you get that?.!.?.!" Ratchet bellowed.
"A Thugs-4-Less member took it from that lombax girl's house………… Angela, yes!"
"Is that the same protopet?"
"Mmhmm. I transformed it into a robot."
"That's impossible!"
"Boy, you have a short-term memory. I'm a robot and I used to be an organic fife-form. The same for Albert and this giant sand shark you see before you. What's to say that I can't do it to the protopet, A.K.A. Megacorp Experiment Thirteen?"
"What's a protopet?" Nefarious bent down to ask Clank.
"I shall explain later."
"This is unbelievable," Ratchet groaned.
"It gets less believable."
"How?"
"It's emitting a special frequency out of its antenna. A frequency that can interrupt signals. In a matter of seconds, there will be a field surround this move that doesn't allow electronic signals to pass through. You won't be able to call for help."
"So?" Ratchet remembered something. "Clank can squash it."
"Not quite."
There was a pause. Heinous was doing something else.
Then…
"Watch this."
The dropship moved into position near the protopet.
A long object that resembled that of a satellite dish came from the bottom. It aimed at the protopet.
ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
An orange beam shot at the protopet.
A flash of light.
Then…
"RRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRR!"
Ratchet groaned again. "Great," he said sarcastically.
Instead of the protopet, there was the mutant protopet.
The thug ship left the moon.
"Can we please just get to the fight?" Raxamis' voice asked.
"No yet."
"But we're wasting time, Uncle!"
"I said NOT YET!"
"Clank can still squash it," Ratchet said; the mutant protopet was the same size as before.
"I don't think so. Get Clank first!"
The robo mutant faced Clank, opened its mouth wide and--
FLASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
Nefarious leapt off the robot and landed on a nearby rooftop.
Familiar sounds could be heard.
Ratchet's ears dropped. "Oh no," he whispered.
Clank was back to normal size.
The tiny robot 'gasped' and looked at himself.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There are two more things for it to do--"
"Sir…"
"What?"
"It's aiming at us."
"What?.!"
It was true; the protopet was aiming at Giant Sandy. At the moment, it was walking closer to get in range.
"Stop!"
It didn't stop.
"Damn, it's not working!"
"Make Sandy move!"
"I can't; she needs to recharge after the fight. She's new to this."
"Then there's only one thing to do……let's get outta here!"
"I'm with you on that!"
The mutant protopet was in range. It opened its mouth and shot the shrink ray.
FLASH!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!
The sounds of machinery shifting could be heard.
And……
Sandy was back to her small form, very weak.
She collapsed, coughing.
Heinous ran up to her and picked the sand shark up.
"How is she?" Raxamis asked.
"She's fine," Heinous said. "She just needs recharging, is all."
Plant.
Nefarious landed on the pavement and started running towards his stepbrother.
"What else does the protopet do?" Albert asked.
Heinous' eyes widened. "…shut down any robot within a ten-mile radius excluding itself."
"………"
"They'll turn back on after the protopet is defeated."
"………."
"We gotta destroy it and then find a way off this moon."
Ratchet and Clank heard everything.
Nefarious was too busy running.
"What's it doing now, sir?"
Heinous looked. "Charging the attack."
"…."
"……"
"This is not good," Raxamis, who had been listening, said.
FLASH!
Clank stopped.
Nefarious stopped.
Heinous stopped.
Albert stopped.
Raxamis stopped.
Sandy didn't change for obvious reasons.
Then…
Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank. Clank.
Six robots fell to the ground, still in the same positions they were in.
Ratchet was the only one left.
He shuddered.
The protopet turned around and glared at him.
"RRRRRRRRRRRHH."
It recognized the lombax.
Ratchet turned around and ran.
The protopet rolled onto a ball and went after him.
Ratchet running wasn't out of fear; it was out of safety.
He had to lead the monster away from Clank and Nefarious.
The others didn't matter.
Ratchet stopped in the middle of some grass.
The protopet stopped too.
FLASH!
A shield appeared, blocking out all exits.
Ratchet was trapped on the grassy area of Lunar City.
With the robotic protopet.
"ROOOOOOARRR!"
Ratchet equipped a weapon.
And prepared to fight.
Yes, I know. There was more of a Ratchet/Raxamis fight than a giant robot fight. No need to tell me. Just review