Meanwhile, Drek-sheep was being dragged by Nefarious towards an escape pod.
"You wanted New Quartu? Well, I'll GIVE it to you!" he sneered as he plunked him into the pod.
"Happy Trails!" Black Velvet called out as she pushed the button to launch Drek away.
The ship took off and shot towards New Quartu, with Drek inside it.
'Now entering Umbris atmosphere.' The computer reported.
"Yes, it's almost here," Dr. Nefarious grinned darkly. "The beginning of the end."
"The end of what?" asked a Blaarg soldier.
Dr. Nefarious took out a gun and shot the soldier with it suddenly.
"Shall we let the games begin, Doctor?" Black Velvet suggested.
"Indeed." Nefarious grinned.
Black Velvet beamed as she pushed a button for their world conquest.
'Remote detonation now activated,' The computer said as a timer was soon set. 'It is about to get real.'
Meanwhile, the Rangers' ship was close to the Deplanetizer.
"We're as close as we can get without being spotted." Elaris told everyone.
"Alright, so what's the plan?" asked Zofia.
"Go on. We're listening." Brax added.
"Well, I've been hard at work on a little something called the Hologuise," Elaris began to explain her plan. "It'll project a visual and audible replication of Captain Qwark so realistic, it would fool his own mother."
"Cool, I call first try!" LJ replied as he put it on and activated it. "Hi! I'm Captain Qwark, and I'm a big stupid doofus!" he said in a perfect imitation of his voice.
Some of the others laughed to that.
"I don't think I saw any difference." Zofia commented to her brother.
"Thanks!" LJ chuckled.
Tech soon took the device to give to Ratchet.
"Aww..." LJ pouted.
"With Ratchet posing as Qwark, they'll dock with the Deplanetizer by easily fooling the simple-minded Blarg." Elaris soon continued.
"Good idea." LJ replied.
Elaris smiled as she was finally being listened to at long last.
"What next?" asked Slam.
"Once inside, Ratchet and Clank will make their way through the Star Cracker chamber to the inner core." Elaris continued.
"Ooh!" Rev replied.
"When Ratchet exposes the stabilizer, it can quickly be disconnected." Elaris continued.
"Meanwhile, Clank will disable all the other weapons by hacking into the mainframe." Tech then added onto that.
"Brilliant!" LJ nodded.
'I helped her out a little bit." Tech smiled to them.
"Well, you guys work great together." Lexi replied.
"Thank you." Elaris and Tech said together in unison before looking to each other bashfully.
"No problem!" LJ and Zofia replied.
Elaris and Tech looked to each other as it seemed like they were made for each other.
"Seriously, though, you two are awesome for each other." Chip replied.
"Well, thank you." Elaris smiled to the blonde boy.
"My mama told me to be honest." Chip smiled back.
"Alright, people, let's get moving!" LJ remarked.
Everyone then went to their own battle stations to get the job done. Ratchet, in disguise, flew the ship onto the Deplanetizer base, managing to fool the Blaarg.
"All right, this is getting really good," Duck said. "This might even actually work."
Ratchet then used his wrench to pull out the stabilizer core and take it away.
"This is almost too easy, this plan is just fool proof! We sure are lucky to have Tech on the-" Rev beamed until Vincent closed the roadrunner's beak.
"Thank you." Tech sighed.
The Fudo siblings as well as the Schwartz kids began to look hopeful for both Tech and Elaris to become a couple.
"Weapons system disabled." Clank reported.
"Schwing!" LJ grinned.
"I think you're using that word wrong." Zofia commented.
"Maybe," LJ shrugged. "Still, context."
"Sometimes I think I'd fit in better if I lived with Beatrix Potter," Zofia said before smiling. "Mm... What a wonderful authoress... Of course, no one could beat Mother."
"Plus, I'm pretty sure Beatrix Potter is dead," LJ replied. "Besides, I'd miss the heck outta ya if you didn't live with us."
"Aww..." Zofia smiled to that before hugging him. "How're we doing, Tech?"
"Great!" Tech smiled back. "It's just like Elaris and I planned it!"
"Right on, lovebirds!" Ace whooped.
"All right, guys, I'm here!" Ratchet called out as he ran over with what they needed in his hands.
"Way to go, dude!" LJ whooped. "Now let's hope the rest works out."
"Yeah, me too," Ratchet smiled. "By the way, thanks for coming along."
"No problem, dude." LJ replied.
Black Velvet was soon seen rushing over to go with Dr. Nefarious as he was on his way out.
"Dr. Nefarious, sir... I mean, Doctor! Where are you going?" A Blarg asked him.
"Me? Nowhere," Dr. Nefarious replied. "Certainly not out of a system-wide blast radius."
"Well, while you were trying to get into fhat one-seater ship, I can't find Chairman Drek anywhere, and the Deplanetizer's Stabilizer Core is missing!" The Blarg explained frantically.
"Argh! You want something done right, you have to do it yourself." Dr. Nefarious grunted. He cracked his knuckles and shuffled down the hall.
Black Velvet looked over and decided to go and follow after Dr. Nefarious.
An alarm blared out over the speakers. "WARNING. WARNING. CORE STABILIZER OFFLINE."
"Everybody PANIC!" howled a Blarg, and they all screamed in terror.
Ratchet was soon coming to the others, but the real Captain Qwark caught a glimpse of him on screen. Akito and Lee soon helped Ratchet up as he struggled to climb up.
"And we're clear," Ratchet then said once he was up on his feet. "All units, move in."
"Yeah!" LJ smirked, giving Akito and Lee fist bumps.
"Way to go, you guys!" Zofia whooped.
'Yeah! Way to go, you guys!' Elaris repeated through the communicator.
Akito and Lee soon fist bumped LJ back before they all shared a special new handshake with each other.
"Bada-bing, bada-boom!" LJ smirked. "This was easier than we thought!"
"Uh, guys?" Clank said once he saw someone coming right behind them and it was Qwark!
"Greetings, Cadets." Captain Qwark greeted as he flew on his own jet-pack.
"Greetings... Traitor." LJ growled with a venomous tone.
"Looks like your troubles just doubled." Black Velvet remarked as she also entered the fight.
"Velours Noir," Felicity glared to what seemed to be her arch nemesis. "I knew that you would be back ever since you came back for me when I was due to meet Terry McGinnis!"
"That's right, sweetie," Black Velvet chuckled. "Both you AND your baby brother interest me."
"Captain Qwark, Black Velvet, on behalf of the Galactic Rangers, we're placing you under arrest." Ratchet glared to the two.
"The Galactic Court will show you no mercy, traitorous scum." LJ added.
"You can't do that; I'll just arrest YOU right back!" Qwark replied.
"I don't think that's biologically possible." Felicity remarked.
"On what charge?" Ratchet asked Qwark.
"False arrest? Being annoying? Who cares?" Qwark retorted.
"You stabbed your own team in the back, Qwark!" LJ snapped.
"Just like your friend stabbed me in the back," Qwark replied. "Taking my fans, my sponsors, my lucrative endorsement deals, my parking space!"
"You were his hero!" Akito glared with a small pout as he was mad at Qwark and sad for Ratchet. "Now, you're no better than Nefarious!"
"How dare you," Qwark glared back. "I am way better-looking than Nefarious!"
"You smug, arrogant bastard," LJ snarled. "You've had this coming for a LONG time. I've been wanting to punch your face in since I first laid eyes on ya... But I'm courteous enough to share your beating with my friends and family!"
"Oh, widdle boys and girls with widdle fighting skills." Qwark mocked.
Akito soon tackled him against the wall with a glare, using his special strength inherited from Atticus. LJ began to power up and launched himself at Qwark before turning rocky and smashing into his stomach. Qwark grunted, but glared as he took out his own gun to shoot at them. LJ just extended his hand behind Qwark to poke him in the eyes, while he used his foot to knock his gun out of his hand. Zofia winced from the 'Eye Scream' as it always made her cringe.
"Qwark, you don't wanna do this," Chip told the man. "We all could've been friends if you weren't such an egotist."
Qwark snorted. "I don't need your friendship. All I need is my sweet, sweet fame. And once I get rid of you brats, I'll be the best again!" he exclaimed.
"You are insane!" Felicity scolded.
Black Velvet soon came up behind Felicity and hugged her shoulders. "Don't worry about that, dear... You'll be happier with me..." she then smirked. "Embrace the darkness. You and I could have so much fun together."
"Get. Away. From. My. SISTER!" LJ roared angrily.
"No, LJ, it's okay, this is my fight." Felicity told her younger brother.
LJ sighed. "Alright, then. Give her a good thrashing from the both of us. Show her what happens when you mess with the Schwartz family!" he replied with a thumbs-up.
"You be safe now," Felicity smiled before glaring with a growl before lunging out to Black Velvet. "I will never join you!"
"Well, then: maybe your siblings will!" Black Velvet smirked darkly before shooting black lightning blasts.
"Let them alone!" Felicity cried out before gasping. "LJ! Zofia! Look out!"
LJ blocked his blast, while Zofia dodged hers.
"Leave LJ and Zofia alone!" Chip glared to Black Velvet. "Leave Felicity alone! Just go back to wherever you came from and leave all of us alone! As long as I'm here, I won't let you take any of them because they're my family too!"
"Hmm... No thanks," Black Velvet shrugged. "I'm having WAY too much fun!"
"All right, I didn't want to have to do this..." Chip said before he took out a fighting sword.
This surprised some of the others.
"Tell me, do you fence?" Chip smirked to Black Velvet.
"Never had a reason to before." Black Velvet replied.
"Well, I suppose it would be unfair if I fenced you," Chip said. "Bottom line: Stay away from my family and my one true love."
"Aww... Chip really loves Felicity." Estelle smiled as that was cute before she took out a Pokeball.
The Pokemon soon came out to help out.
"Grizzly Bear!" Zofia panicked.
"It's okay, it's okay, that's just Teddy," Estelle replied. "He's my Ursaring."
"Fair enough," LJ replied with a smile. "I wanna get involved in that kinda thing next time!"
"I'm sure you'll be a great Pokemon trainer someday," Felicity smiled. "Come on, Mismagius!"
Tyraniter, Mismagius, Ursaring, and Ninetails soon came out at first.
"Hey, wait for me!" Arcanine, who belonged to Lee, soon ran after the other Pokemon to help out.
"Okay, then... NOW it's a party!" LJ whooped.
Chip glared as he held his sword close with the Pokemon beside him.
"How cute. A little monster army." Black Velvet smirked before she made shadow copies of all of them for back-up.
"A Shadow Squad?" LJ remarked. "Impressive. But I doubt they can beat the originals!"
"Why don't we just find out?" Black Velvet smirked. "I also like that name... Shadow Squad? Attack!"
The Shadow Squad soon attacked their lighter counterparts.
"Why do you want me so bad anyway?!" Felicity complained.
"You're better off with me..." Black Velvet told her.
"Jeez, I haven't heard such a load of baloney since Qwark thought he wasn't any worse than Nefarious!" LJ remarked. "So basically...4 minutes ago!"
"You're only going to make it harder." Black Velvet smirked darkly.
"Lady, if I wanted things easy, I wouldn't have started going on these adventures!" LJ replied.
"Perhaps you're troubled as well," Black Velvet smirked. "Maybe you could work with your sister and I."
Suddenly, the villainess was electrocuted before falling onto the floor.
"Way to go, Pikachu." Emi smiled as she stood by her and her brother's Electric Mouse Pokemon.
"Shocking!" LJ remarked.
Pikachu smiled to LJ as he helped out before growling towards Captain Qwark.
"Nice... Shocky... Rodent... Thingy..." he urged, putting up his hands in defense.
"You're NEXT!" Pikachu glared and soon shot his trademark Thunderbolt at Captain Qwark.
"GWAAAAH!" Qwark screamed in pain as he spazzed and twitched in mid-air while being electrocuted.
"That should keep him quiet for a while." Emi said before petting Pikachu since he did a very good job.
Pikachu enjoyed being petted as he smiled.
"Sorry, Qwark and Black Velvet, but you forced us." Vincent said.
"Not like we had a choice." LJ shrugged.
"Why though?" Captain Qwark grunted, a bit weakly.
"I'm sorry, but we have to help save Umbris." Felicity replied.
"Besides, you used to be a hero before you let the fame go to your head." Ratchet added.
Captain Qwark looked to them like he was going through some sort of change.
"Nefarious is tricking you," Ratchet explained. "He wants to destroy the entire system!"
"Do you wanna be remembered by helping him?" Akito added. "It doesn't have to be this way!"
Qwark blinked in shock... And dropped his weapon. "I'm... I'm sorry," he exclaimed. "I don't know how things got this far..."
The others soon looked to him.
"Now you see what you were doing was dumb and dangerous?" Felicity replied. "We all could've been great friends."
"I... Guess you're right..." Qwark sighed. "I DID do some pretty stupid stuff...and for what-infamy? No thanks. I'm willing to accept my punishment and come along quietly."
"Do you promise?" Felicity replied.
"I do..." Qwark reassured. "You have my word."
Felicity nodded firmly once it seemed like they now made amends with each other.
"Oh, you have GOT to be kidding me!" Nefarious screeched in anger.
"By the power of friendship!" Chip called out as he drew out his sword before glaring. "I HAVE THE POWER!"
"This is just... Pathetic!" The demented doctor remarked as he emerged from hiding.
Black Velvet soon looked over to him once she recovered from the Thundershock.
"And YOU!" Nefarious exclaimed. "I expected better from you..."
"I did my best, alright?" Black Velvet glared slightly. "I was mostly after the pale girl! She and I are best together, but no, she had to choose those rotten Loonatics over me! I could've been like her Aunt Vivica or something!"
"Ugh..." Nefarious growled under his breath. "I KNEW I should've worked alone!" he pulled out a pistol and zapped Black Velvet, making her pass out.
Black Velvet let out a shriek and soon passed out.
"How harsh... Then again, I probably should've seen that coming." Zofia commented.
"As head of the Galactic Rangers... He places you under arrest." Qwark explained, referring to Ratchet.
Some of the others gasped, though not in a bad way of course.
"Me?" Ratchet replied.
"Absolutely!" Qwark beamed to him. "Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy."
"MY CRIMES?!" Nefarious screeched. "The REAL crime is how YOU treated ME! THE RANGERS COULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME A PROPER LABORATORY!!"
"We have an operational budget!" Qwark retorted until they got into a bit of an argument.
"You called me 'King of the Nerd Herd'!"
"It was a term of endearment!"
"Day after day, I slaved away, creating all the weapons and devices that made you look like a hero, but you're not a hero," Nefarious laughed. "You're not even a good villain! You're the galaxy's biggest joke."
"Maybe, but the last laugh is on YOU!" Qwark responded.
Nefarious looked ready to shoot back before looking confused. "Wait, what? That didn't make any sense."
"Sure it did." Qwark replied.
Everyone else just looked between the two in silence as this didn't seem to go anywhere.
"No, it didn't," Nefarious told him. "It sounded like you were combining 'The joke is on you' with 'I'll have the last laugh'."
"Take your pick." Qwark shrugged.
"That's not how it works!" Nefarious hissed.
The kids rolled their eyes.
Meanwhile...
"Get ready to engage mag-boosters!" Brax grinned.
"Ratchet, Clank, and the others are still inside!" Elaris replied.
"We don't have any time!" Cora exclaimed.
Elaris and Tech looked to each other as they moved forward.
"My point is, if you're going to use a one-liner, it should make sense, and be relevant to the situation!" Nefarious continued while the Pokemon seemed to fall asleep and the teenagers began to look bored and Felicity looked through a brochure of a place called Swallow Falls which looked a bit gray and dreary with a huge population of sardines.
"Look, I workshop thousands of these a year, and they can't all be gold!" Qwark glared to him. "Now, put your hands in the air!"
"Over YOUR DEAD BODIES!" Nefarious exclaimed.
Everyone soon yelped and jumped back into action as they were nearly shot at.
"You can't shoot me!" Estelle glared. "I'm a highly-trained babysitter!"
"Ask me if I CARE!" Nefarious screeched.
Ratchet and Clank soon tried to escape in their own way. Estelle soon glared to Nefarious before shooting a Brain Blast at him.
Nefarious got knocked back, before getting to his feet. "You know, maybe Drek was right. Maybe I AM a mad scientist." he stated.
"Ya think?!" Akito and Estelle deadpanned in unison.
The Deplanetizer missed Umbris, tilting to the side.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" The Pokemon yelped.
The trainers soon returned their Pokemon as they were tilting suddenly like a pinball machine. Ratchet nearly stumbled before stepping on a button.
"What's happening?!" Nefarious cried out.
'Deplanetizer now online.' The computer said.
"Qwark!" Ratchet yelled. "Don't let him turn it on!"
Qwark looked down to him before soon grabbing Nefarious by his ankle.
"Get off me, you has-been!" Nefarious glared to him.
As they grappled, they knocked the Deplanetizer off-course, causing the beam to miss Umbris.
"This can't be happening!" Duck panicked. "I never got to kiss Misty Breeze!"
"Calm down, ya knucklehead," Ace remarked. "The blast missed. We're alive!"
"We're alive? We're alive!" Duck then realized. "I knew my hard work would pay off sometime!"
The other Loonatics just all gave him a look of deadpan.
Back on the Deplanetizer, Nefarious was in a fit of rage.
"NO! My PLAN!" he screamed with anger. "You RUINED MY PLAN!"
"Sorry about that... But not really..." Lee smirked.
"Looks to me like the bad guys are blasting off again." Emi added.
Getting to his feet, Nefarious pulled out a large blaster device. "You've had this one coming a LONG time, Qwark. Out of all my inventions, it remains my favorite one." he explained.
"NO!" The teenagers cried out.
Ratchet was soon seen running towards Nefarious to stop him.
"Meet the RYNO, as in, 'Rip You A New One™'!" Nefarious grinned darkly.
"Hey, Nefarious!" Ratchet yelled.
"What?" Nefarious replied. He was then hit and sent falling over the edge.
"Meet the Omni-Wrench." Ratchet remarked smugly.
Nefarious screamed as he fell into the Deplanetizer's beam... And seemingly vanished.
"Wow! Awesome, Ratchet!" Akito beamed.
"Aw, it was nothing. Really." Ratchet replied.
Just then, another message rang out. "WARNING: NOW ENTERING UMBRIS ATMOSPHERE." Apparently the Deplanetizer had begun to plummet from the sky and fall towards Umbris.
"Any ideas?" Qwark asked them.
"I'm not sure if I have any." Jenny replied.
"Hmm..." Clank soon paused to himself in thought. "We must find one of Drek's teleporters." he explained.
"Come on, guys," Elaris felt anxious for the others. "Get out of there. Come on!"
Tech soon held her hand to help calm her down a little. LJ glanced at the unconscious Black Velvet, her body lying nearby. With a sigh, he picked it up, and hoisted her over his shoulder. They soon rushed out with a scooter as Clank told them what to do so that they could make it out in time.
"It's here!" Ratchet explained. "Hit the brakes!"
"Relax! I know what I'm-" Qwark smiled until they suddenly flew off of the scooter and yelled out on the way.
Akito soon paused in the air and held himself before he began to fly in safety before helping the others.
"Qwark!" Ratchet yelped.
"I can't reach you in time," Qwark grunted. "Just get out while you can!"
'Teleporter charging.' The computer stated.
"We can't leave you!" Chip frowned.
"We have to do SOMETHING!" LJ replied. "But what...?"
Clank was soon seen running off.
"Clank! What are you doing?" Ratchet called out.
"I think that little metal man has a great big plan." LJ commented.
"Oh, Clank, come back, it might be risky!" Zofia cried out.
"Zo? He knows what he's doing," LJ replied. "If he's got a plan, I suggest we take it. Might be our only chance to make it out of this alive."
"Are you sure?" Zofia frowned out of concern.
"As sure as can be," LJ replied firmly. "Just hang on."
"...All right, LJ... I trust you." Zofia soon said out of full respect.
"Good." LJ replied.
Zofia gave a small smile to him. LJ smiled back as Clank began to adjust the teleporter platform to be directly above them.
"Teleporter charging." Said the machine's voice.
"Clank..." The others smiled to the tiny robot as he helped out.
"What are you doing?!" Qwark shouted.
"Improvising." Clank replied as the teleporter platform fell towards them all in a bright flash...
"Ooh, this is it!" Chip cried out. "Everybody hold on!"
Everyone felt nervous at first as they were taken by the bright light.