Return to Crusade
By Sarge11
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Michael Llu: Probably not for both of your ideas.
David the Great: What gives? Next time don't even bother.
r-random-r-and-c-fan: Don't worry about it. They may eventually work together.
Mr. D 91: Of course there will be more fights.
superdork398: Thanks.
Attention my loyal readers. Unfortunately, I have found out that my school no longer allows anyone onto our beloved The downside? I will not be able to write at school from now on. However, there is a good part. Although I won't be able to get chapters up as often, they will probably be better.
Chapter 10: RevelationThey stood there, waiting for Nefarious to stop laughing. Ratchet flinched because he felt a drop of some liquid fall on his head. He looked up and saw Skidd leaning over him, asleep and drooling. He sidestepped out of the way.
The mad doctor glared at them now that he had stopped laughing. "Hello, Ratchet. How long has it been now, to years?"
"It hasn't been long enough," said Ratchet under his breath.
"What are you planning this time?" asked Sasha, regaining her composure.
"Since you're about to die anyway, I guess it's safe to tell you," said Nefarious.
The crew started at this and looked around.
"How can you kill us; you're just a hologram," asked Ratchet.
"Listen," said the insane scientist.
As they listened, they could here the clinking of metal on metal coming from above.
Before they could say anything, Nefarious continued. "I plan to use my army of Tyhrranoid Momma clones to eliminate all organic life forms in the universe! Which I here is much bigger than a galaxy. They have swallowed machines that convert all living things that move through its stomach into machines. They will swallow them whole and spit them out as robots! It will be much more fun that way. For what it's worth, it may be of some interest to you to know that I am attacking Veldin first, with the help of my new minions, the Grays." Small aliens stepped into view. They were gray, had large, brain-shaped heads, and big, black eyes. He stuck his tongue out, stuck his fingers in the holes that served as ears, and raspberried them. "You can't find me, you can't find me!" he chanted and disappeared.
Clank announced to everyone in the room, "I have an idea." He turned to Ratchet. "Do you still have your Pyrocitor?"
"Yeah. Why?" asked Ratchet.
Clank ignored him and turned to Al. "Do you still want to install that blowtorch in my arm?"
"You bet I would!" said Al.
"Good, we will only need the front part of the gun," said Clank.
"What are you getting at?" asked Ratchet.
Clank just tried to smile.
(One minute later)
Clank climbed into the vents and moved slowly and quietly through the vents. After he had explored about half the ship, he finally heard the clinking sound coming from around a corner. As he edged around the corner, he saw simply a one-eyed Robonoid. However, as Clank moved in to investigate, it saw him, sat down and opened its mouth. Clank watched in horror as about thirty smaller OERs jumped out of its mouth. Immediately after they were settled, each of the thirty did the exact same as the first. Clank held out his arm and the Pyrocitor appeared. He activated it and bright red flame filled the vent. Only a few made it out of the inferno, though they were badly burned, and were quickly taken out with a few solid punches.
(Author's Note: For those of you who aren't military strategists, I will describe tunnel vision. Tunnel vision is basically when you focus only on what's ahead of you, and is mostly discouraged. The problem with tunnel vision is, it makes it very easy for the enemy to flank you, which means to come around from behind.)
Unfortunately for Clank, he forgot the rules about the rules of tunnel vision and didn't notice the red eyes that had suddenly appeared behind him. Sadly, the first time he noticed it was after half of his body was being chewed on.
The crew is trying to find out where the transmission may have come from. Sarge11 sat alone, deep in thought.
"Do you think he could be in Bogon?" asked Angela.
"No, he would have used a different transmitter, there was small a mirror in the background and it looked more primitive than any transmitter I've ever seen," said Sasha.
"How do you know?" snapped Angela.
"Because I'm smarter, that's how!" screamed Sasha.
Ratchet slapped his forehead and shook his head.
Sarge11 groaned and yelled, "Would you shut up? All this yelling is making it hard to think!"
"Well, you haven't exactly been helping out," said Ratchet.
"It's so simple." Sarge11 rose his voice. "Did any of you catch the sign on the wall?"
They were silent.
"The sign said Area 51. We need to go to Earth. That's where we'll find him," said Sarge11.
(In Earth's orbit)
"The Dropship's all ready Sarge. You got all your crew together?" asked a Ranger.
"Not yet. Clank! Clank! Clank!" Ratchet called again and again with no reply.
"You'll have to go without him, Ratchet," said Angela. "However, I can give you this good luck charm." She walked over to him and kissed him.
Ratchet turned pink under his fur. Red because he enjoyed it, and pale because he was scared that Sasha would find out.
Now that they were finally done, Ratchet got on the Dropship and prayed the great prayer. I'm talking about the prayer that your ex-girlfriend who is still crazy about you didn't see you making out with a new girlfriend.
They landed on Earth and disembarked inside the secret base. Strangely enough, craters and bodies covered the place.
Sarge11, who used to work at Area 51, looked confused. "That's weird. I didn't think anything could penetrate the outer defenses of this place."
"Let's just get to finding Nefarious," said Ratchet.
"I know this may sound weird, but I saw another sign on the wall in the transmission. He's in the women's locker room," said Sarge11 uneasily.
"Well that certainly complicates matters," said Ratchet equally as uneasy.
They passed through all the corridors, trying to ignore the smell.
"Dead bodies," whispered Sarge11.
They finally came to the door of the women's locker room.
"You go first," said Ratchet.
"No, you go first," countered Sarge11.
"I'm not going in there," said Ratchet.
"Why don't we get a Ranger to check it out?" asked Sarge11.
"Sounds reasonable to me," said Ratchet. "You, go check it out."
The Ranger went in and checked it out. Seconds later, he came running out screaming.
"It was horrible Sarge! There were only toilets! It's like nothing I've ever seen before! The showers had some kind of strange soap in them! I think it was called moisturizer. What does that mean? Don't make me go back in there, Sarge!" the Ranger screamed.
"Sure," said Ratchet, shaking like he had never shaken before.
Sarge11 kicked the door down.
"Why'd you do that?" asked Ratchet. "It was unlocked."
"Because it's cool," he replied.
"I hope that Ranger was quiet while he was in here," said Ratchet.
They walked through slowly. The Rangers screamed and ran out. Ratchet looked in the direction the Rangers were looking in and felt sick. There were no Urinals. "What kind of a madhouse is this?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter. Look, he's already left," said Sarge11, gagging.
"Let's get out of here," said Ratchet. They walked out and shuddered. No doubt they would have nightmares about this.
(Back on the Phoenix)
Fortunately for Ratchet, Angela and Sasha were on opposite sides of the ship. Sasha was on the bridge and Angela was with Ratchet, who was working on his ship. Since they had last met, Angela had become quite the mechanic. They were putting in a newer, more advanced warp drive.
After it was installed, she gave him another good luck kiss and he took off for Veldin. Clank was still nowhere to be found.
(Kyzil Plateau, Planet Veldin)
Ratchet jumped out of his ship and was amazed and angered by what he saw. Hundreds of Tyhrranoid Mommas were swallowing all of his friends and neighbors whole. Ratchet clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Someone was gonna pay. Off to his left he saw a Lombax with cuts, bruises, and places where fur had been torn off all over his body, crawling toward him. His eyes lit up with hope after seeing Ratchet. Before he could reach Ratchet though, one of the clones stalked up behind him and swallowed the helpless Lombax.
Ratchet stared at it and brought out his Rynocerator. In a shaky voice he said, "You just signed your death wish."
But before he could shoot, Dr. Nefarious jumped up from behind the clone and landed in front of it. He blew a whistle and four more came running to his aid. After they assembled, Nefarious teleported out. Apparently, he had set up a trap.
It was a fierce battle, and eventually, they drove him near the edge of one of the Plateau's many cliffs. He managed to finally get four of them, but, as he turned his weapon on the last one, it knocked him off. He landed on some very hard rocks and jumped. The sickening crack echoed throughout the canyon.
A mysterious stranger walked up to Ratchet who had his eyes closed. He felt for a pulse. "Dead," he muttered. He slung Ratchet over his shoulder and carried him off.
Whew! Do you know how many stupid ideas I had to go through to make this story so great? FYI: I like Angela better than Sasha, so you can probably guess who Ratchet will go with in the end. You know the policy, withhold it.
-Sarge11