Return to Crusade
By Sarge11
Disclaimer: Who cares?
Sorry it took so long. Eighth grade is only part of the problem. One of the reasons could possibly be the fact that Ratchet: Deadlocked is a very distracting game. Ha ha! That's right, I've got Ratchet: Deadlocked. You can take that strait to the bank you suckahs!
Mr. D 91: Well, my friend, I guess you're gonna be a little disappointed. This chapter though, I went into a little more detail. No it's not Klunk (I mean the character, you spelled it right). I didn't have him ask because I didn't feel there was a need to. It's not lame.
Some Random Fanboy: Probably not. He's in his twentys, he's not gonna grow.
Gamer619: Well, I can say one thing, you will not be disappointed. Finally! Someone I can relate to!
jay.w: Here's what you asked for.
superdork398: Well, normally I don't like to contradict my readers but... Ratchet did not die twice. He only died once. You mean the last chapter got a ten? Cool.
Chapter 12: Plan of Attack
"O.K. Now that the problem is corrected, we can play back the video of what happened, and download Dr. Nefarious' entire plan. I get the feeling he's only told us part of it," said Al.
Ratchet looked worriedly at Clank. Since Clank was an old model, he required an outdated, nonexistent USB connection for downloading. Clank was a fairly frail robot, so if new technology was suddenly introduced to Clank, even something as simple as a cord, it could shut him down permanently.
Angela put a reassuring hand on Ratchet's shoulder and smiled.
Ratchet smiled back and nodded at Al. He plugged in the cord and they watched the fight in the ducts. They were staring, impressed with Clank's fighting ability, when the screen went black. It reappeared, except now the screen looked like the way a Terminator saw. Then Clank was completely overwhelmed, and the screen was covered with static.
"Hmm," Al mumbled. "Apparently, Clank's core CPU was changed while inside the Robonoid. Interesting."
"Hold on. How many Rangers were on this ship when I left?" Ratchet asked.
"About two hundred-fifty" answered Sasha.
"And how many were left after the attack?" Ratchet asked.
"Eight," Sasha responded.
Ratchet gulped. "Where did you put those Rangers?"
"In the repair bay. Why?" asked Sasha.
"Oh sh-" Ratchet was interrupted when the door to the repair bay was blown open and Rangers came rushing in, their normally yellow heads were red. Al ran screaming for cover, Qwark curled into a fetal position and Skrunch grabbed a gun, Skidd was laying down on a table sleeping, Helga climbed to a high position so she could squash them and "turn them into pretzels", Sasha brought a Shock Cannon to bear, Angela took her gun out of her equipment belt and armed her other various weapons, and Ratchet took out his Omniwrench.
Helga jumped down on top of them and crushed them into tiny bits and pieces, then picked up Skidd and threw him at the Rangers.
Sasha tossed Ratchet a Quantum Whip, and he put his wrench away for the moment, and started wiping out the Rangers just as they got up.
Qwark sat there sucking on his thumb.
Skrunch was jumping from Ranger to Ranger shooting in each one's head.
Skidd was still asleep.
Angela was moving much like Ratchet does, executing several aerial flips and firing, throwing bombs laying down those turrets.
Suddenly, Sasha had an idea and she told Al to regroup with her. She and Al moved towards Clank and, while she laid down covering fire (Which isn't all that hard to do with a gun like that), while Al worked on getting Clank back online. Just as her ammo count reached one, Al got Clank back online.
Clank didn't even have to be told what to do. He just started fighting, and rather well.
Eventually, it the flood of Rangers coming through the door slowed to a trickle, and finally, they stopped coming.
"Ha ha ha!" Helga laughed. "They went down like wee little girly men! Ha ha ha!"
"O.K. Arnold, now we need to check out the plans provided by Clank," said Al
"Forget that," Ratchet said. "We didn't know his plans before, but we stopped him then. I say, we just find Nefarious and do what needs to be done."
"Fine. But this time, we're gonna do it stealthily. No big guns," said Al.
"Sounds good to me. Let's find out where he is," said Ratchet. "For the time being, I'm gonna go down to Veldin to see if anyone survived the attack."
(On the surface of Veldin)
Ratchet clenched his fist and his teeth. All he could see for miles around was destruction, death, and robots.
Angela came up behind Ratchet and gave him a hug. She leaned down next to Ratchet and, knowing what just about all men desire most, whispered in his ear. "Hey, look at the bright side. When this is all over, we can have all the time and all the reason we need to "repopulate the species".
Though Ratchet was slightly cheered by the offer, and was greatly looking forward to it, he could not get the overall feeling of dread and sadness out of his head. "He made a mistake in coming here and killing everyone like this Angela. Now he's gonna pay for it."
(Back up on the Phoenix)
Sasha greeted Ratchet with a hug (girls can do that). "I'm so sorry."
"Where is he? I'll tear him apart. This time, I'll make sure he doesn't come back," Ratchet said darkly.
Sasha stuttered. "Uh, we we've located him on planet Florana. And you also might want to go in and see Skidd; we've been pushing him, jumping on him, even shocking him, but we haven't been able to wake him yet."
Just then, an alarm clock sounded, and Skidd emerged from his room yawning and stretching. He saw Ratchet and waved. "Yo, little dude, we're like under attack and stuff you know."
"The attack is over Skidd," Sasha explained.
"Oh," Skidd said and walked back into his room. Soon after, the sound of snoring came from his room.
"I'll never understand him," said Sasha.
"Get my ship ready," said Ratchet. "I'm gonna make him pay for this."
Not as long as I expected it to be but it's still a pretty good chapter. Anyway, I was thinking of taking another poll. It pertains to after the story is done. The first object that I require to be voted on is yet another sequel. The theme this time around will be more personal this time around and Crusade will not be involved. However, everything Ratchet has gained in this story (rage, Angela he he he, Sarge11 will still be there) will reappear. On the other hand, I could quit with this series for a while and work on a documentary for it instead. Either way, they're gonna be great stories.
-Sarge11