Here we are with chapter 9. I will say though to people who follow my Deviantart, I did upload a new image and if your not informed about it and you do follow it, do check it out if you want. I will say though that I am happy about your support for this story as we are now 454 views now in the story, so I thank you for all this and do keep up with the reviewing, favoriting and following. And speaking of that, I would like to thank pwgriffen for favoriting and following Worlds United, your support is much appreciated. And the last note is I said I would add weapon upgrades from last chapter, well I did in this chapter and I wont say what weapon it will be, But I will say its one of Jordan's weapons.

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Guest-Thank you for your review and I will happily answer your question. The upgrading system will work just like in the game and depending on how many upgrades a weapons has will determine what chapter I will put the upgrade on. I wont say though when I put one on though, But if you see the weapons our heroes use, then you can probably guess what weapon will be upgraded next.

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As the group was flying to the resort to destroy that array, Ratchet remembered something and he pulled something out of his left pocket and it was the picture he took before Ratchet and Jordan saw the video.

Ratchet ripped a picture from the multiple connecting photos and handed it to Clank "Here Clank, figured I'd get a souvenir for you."

Clank took the picture and looked at hit and didn't say anything but stare in curiosity on how Ratchet could've gotten that kinda body before he and Jordan went after him.

"That's fake Clank, if you were wondering." Jordan said.

"I wanna see it." Sophia said.

"Here." Ratchet said as he ripped another photo off and handed it to Sophia, In which she laughed hysterically at the photo.

"I do not understand." Clank said.

"It work like this." Jordan started "That isn't Ratchets body, it's someone else. This booth allows Ratchet to take a picture of himself and his head is cut and pasted on this body to make him or anyone else look like a heroic gladiator, thus making it a souvenir that you could have."

"Oh." Clank said, finally understanding it.

"Arriving at...Maktar...Resort." The dashboard said to the group.

"Well..here we go." Jordan said as Ratchet flew to the same landing pad as before.

Maktar Resort

Maktar Nebula

Bikers And Jamming Arrays

Once Ratchet landed on the pad at the Maktar Resort, he opened the cockpit of the ship and Ratchet and Jordan got out first, then Sophia and Clank. They walked down the flight of stairs and Jordan looked to his right and saw that in the distance was the floating rock that had the array in question.

"Well there it is." Jordan said to Sophia while pointing to the array.

"So we have to destroy it?"

"Indeed."

Jordan turned to look at Ratchet, who was at the vendor, but saw him quickly turn to Jordan and walk over with what appeared to him to be a new weapon. Jordan saw that the weapon was very large, larger thank his Lancer, and saw it had a handle on the side and some kind of scope on the top. Jordan of course walked over to Ratchet to see what he got.

"What did the Lombax now get to add to his never ending armory?" Jordan asked.

"Actually, this is for you."

"What?"

"Jordan I don't think you could really last with just a small blaster like the Lancer, so I decided to get you something more powerful."

"Oh...well uh...thanks."

"No problem."

Ratchet handed Jordan the weapon and Jordan definitely felt that due to the cooling system on the front, it made the weapons front more heavy. But Jordan was able to hold the gun properly and Jordan saw that the handle was connected to some kind of slit on the side of the weapon and wondered why it was like that, but he held the gun and aimed down the scope, but heard Ratchet talk.

"And if your wondering, its called the Blitz Gun."

"Okay...Lets just get to that array and finish the job."

Jordan, with the Blitz gun still equipped, followed the Lombax down a walkway that was in the direction of the array and as they walked, they saw five more of the strange robotic birds. Jordan looked at Ratchet and he gestured to him that he should handle this and Jordan really didn't know how he could. Jordan figured however that this would be a chance to test his new weapon and when he approached the bots, they noticed him and ran after him. Jordan aimed down the scope of the gun and as the first one approach him, he fired the gun and all he felt in that moment was a powerful force push the gun back and whale him right in the eye and knock him back. Jordan was knocked to the ground and it threw Sophia off him and as he opened his eyes, he looked in front of him and saw that here were nothing but pieces of parts, and multiple burn marks in the metal poles. After seeing the aftermath, Jordan could only theorize one thing.

"A shotgun...this will come in handy." Jordan said.

"You alright?" Ratchet said as he stood over the fallen hero.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Jordan replied

Ratchet held his hand out and Jordan grabbed it and the Lombax pulled the Human up. As Jordan was standing upright again, Ratchet noticed the blackened mark around his eye and pointed it out to him.

"You got a little..." Ratchet said as he pointed to Jordan's right eye.

"What?" Jordan asked.

Jordan activated his new Ephone and saw that there was a camera app on it and he opened the app up. Jordan saw a icon that looked like it would flip the camera over to show himself and once he pressed the button, he saw his own face but saw that there was a black ring around his right eye.

"Oh." Jordan said as he looked at his now right black eye.

"Yeah I guess I should've warned you."

"Ah its fine, I've suffered worse."

With the Human now recovered from his injuries, Jordan walked over to Sophia and put her back on his back and the group continued. They now reached the end of the walkway and saw that there was another part of the resort on the other side of a large gap, but it was blocked by some kind of laser force field. Ratchet and Jordan now knew they had to deactivate that, but they saw that to there left was another platform and saw that there was that familiar orange target on the bottom of it and Jordan knew what to do. Jordan equipped the Tractor Beam and he saw that the platform was blocking the entrance into some kind of building. So Jordan pulled the trigger on the inside of the weapon and he saw the beam shoot out and hit the target. Jordan then moved back and he saw the platform move with him and he soon moved the platform out of the way and the group entered the building. As they walked in, they saw that nothing was in the room, but a robot that had two antenna's coming out of his head and two red eyes was walking around, and he was holding some kind of strange clipboard.

Ratchet approached the wandering bot "Excuse me, we are..." Ratchet said to the bot, only to be ignored and saw the bot walk away from him and around the room.

"Guess it doesn't wanna talk." Jordan said.

Ratchet saw that there was a door on the other side of the room and saw that it was locked by some kind of Bio scanner across from it that had two shoe prints on it. Ratchet approached the scanner and stood there and Jordan saw a ring go up Ratchets body, then down. But Jordan saw the ring turn red and heard a female bot talk on the speakers.

"Access denied, only Inspector Bot personnel permitted." the robotic voice said.

Jordan, after hearing this looked at the robot and saw that it was an inspector bot, but wondered how they would get it to stand on the pad if it wont communicate with them. Jordan then saw the front of it and got a glimpse of its center and saw that there was a small orange target in the center of its chest. Jordan instantly got an Idea and he took the Tractor beam and approached the robot. Jordan pulled the trigger and he saw the beam stick to his chest, but only lift it up an inch off the ground. Jordan figured that but he knew what to do and he dragged the helpless bot over to the scanner and place him in the middle. The group saw the ring go up his body, then down it, the then saw it turn green and they heard the robot again.

"Permission, granted." the robotic voice said.

The doors slowly opened and the group saw that there was a hallway on the other side of it and it connected to another large room.

"Never would've thought of that. Good thinking Jordan." Ratchet said.

"Thank you." Jordan replied.

Ratchet and Jordan walked through the hallway and into the room and saw another bot walking around, but now saw a large spherical object and it had the orange targets on it as well. Jordan pulled the trigger on the tool and shot the beam towards the ball and as the beam hit the target, the ball started to beep, similar to an explosive. Jordan immediately let go of the ball and he heard it beep faster and then explode into pieces. Jordan now knew what this was and he looked to his right and saw a long hallway and at the end was a glass door. Jordan now knew what that ball was for and thought all hope was now lost, but he and the group saw a piece of the floor in the center of the room open up, then close as another spherical explosive popped out from underneath.

Now knowing what they had to do, Jordan approached the ball and launched his beam at the ball and started to run down the hallway towards the door. Halfway down he could hear it beep faster and once he was close, he motioned his arms in a motion like he was throwing something and he disabled the beam and flung the ball to the door and destroy it with the explosive. With the door gone, the group walked in and saw that there was another platform with feet on it, but there were two strange rods on both sides of it. Jordan knew they would need the bot for this and Jordan ran down the hallway back to where the bot was and he grabbed the bot with the beam and ran back into the room and placed the bot on the platform. The group saw the bot rise up in between the ends of the rods and saw a beam shoot out of both rods and attached to the sides of the bot. Jordan started walking back and saw the beams on the sides stretch out and saw that this sorta looked like a slingshot. Jordan knew this probably what it was as he looked at a ledge with a ladder on it, and saw that at the edge of it was another bio scanner, and a locked door across from it.

Jordan aimed the bot so it was parallel with the scanner and he let go of the bot and saw the bot fly up towards the scanner and stand right on it. They now saw the ring again scan the bot, then turn green and unlock the door.

"Clearance granted." A female voice said again on the speakers.

The group now climbed up the ladder and saw that behind the door was another hallway, and inside was four robotic birds. Jordan decided to use his Blitz Gun again and he equipped it and approached the birds. The birds saw him and started to run at him and the Human took aim. Jordan knew now to hold it farther away from him and once he got the shot lined up, he pulled the trigger, but the only thing he got was a clicking sound from the weapon. With the gun not functioning, one bird got close and snapped at Jordan, but Jordan dodged the attack and ran back.

At this point now Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and fired one bomb at the cluster and destroyed all of them. With the threat gone, Jordan stood there and tried to figure out what was wrong with the gun. Jordan looked at every single part of the gun and as he pulled the trigger and held the handle on the side, he felt it move. Jordan now thinks he has something and pulled the trigger and pulled the handle back all the way down the long slit. When he reached the end, he heard a clicking sound similar to the reload of a pump action shotgun and when he let go of the trigger, he pushed the handle back and heard another clicking sound as the handle locked into place.

Now knowing how to use the weapon, they walked into the hallway, but as they were about to reach the end and walk into another room, a thug appeared from behind the corner and shot a rocket at the group. Ratchet and Jordan ran back and hid behind the walls and they both equipped their Lancer and took aim. Ratchet went first and he aimed and fired his gun, hitting the thug right in the chest. Seeing though that the thug wasn't down, Jordan took aim but saw that the distance was pretty long but still was determined on terminating this creature. Jordan aimed at his chest and shot the weapon, but only saw the blaster shot go higher and hit the thug right in the head and kill him.

Seeing the lucky shot, Jordan felt the blaster start to vibrate until it was so much that he dropped the weapon. But Jordan saw it hover in front of him, then start to rise above him and spin clockwise. But Jordan was shocked at what happened next as he saw the weapon turn into something else like some kind of transformer. Jordan saw the center of the body get larger and more cylinder like, the barrel get longer, and a handle now pop out of the side of the weapon. The blaster then started to hover down to the ground until it was in front of Jordan and Jordan grabbed the weapon and he felt it not vibrate anymore.

"What in the world?" Jordan said in shock.

"I don't know either Jordan." Ratchet said.

"Make sure to call Fizzwidget when we get back to the ship."

"Got it."

Still unknown to what just happened, the group continued with the mission and walked through the hallway and entered the room the thug was in. Once they entered the room, they saw that to their left was another glass door, but smaller. And to their left was another long hallway, but consisted of moving platforms.

"You've got to be kidding me." Jordan said.

Jordan now knew what he had to go through to get that ball to the room, but knew they had to get through that door and was ready for what happens. Jordan and ratchet saw though that the platforms were touching each other so they quickly waited for platforms to align with each other, and ran across them. They did this for the eight other platforms and soon they were in the opposing room where the ball is. Jordan equipped the Tractor Beam and shot a beam at the ball and immediately went to the platforms. Jordan started waiting and running across all the platform and once he reached the end, the ball started to beep faster. Jordan at this point knew he wasn't gonna make it in time and once he reached the door to place the bomb, it exploded on him, but Jordan felt no harm from the blast at all.

"Oh." Jordan said, now knowing that the ball was harmless from the distance he was at.

With the door blasted open, he looked outside to see they were now on the platform where the laser force field was and Jordan and the group jumped down onto the large platform. The group saw though that by the force field were two pods on both sides of the field and they were shooting beams at the field and they guessed that those must be its power source. Ratchet equipped his Lancer and shot at one of the pods, but saw it had no effect at all. Now wondering how they will destroy those from where they were, Jordan looked over and by the force field was another pad with rods on the sides of it, but hovering over the center of it was another explosive bomb. Jordan now knew what to do and he used the Tractor Beam and shot a beam at the bomb and pulled it back. Jordan heard the bomb not beep at all this time and knew this was a good thing. Jordan saw the beams hold on the bomb and as he aimed, he let go of the bomb and saw it fly to the pod, but fly over it.

Jordan now saw another ball somehow appear in the center of the rods again and Jordan got ready to line up another shot. Jordan grabbed the bomb again and this time moved moved closer to the rods to fling it with less force and once he let go, he saw the bomb fly and directly hit the pod in the center and destroy it. Jordan now grabbed another bomb and moved more to the right to aim at another on and he saw the makeshift slingshot move with him. Jordan moved back to where he originally was and he let go of the bomb and saw it fly up and hit the second one as well and destroy it. Jordan now turned to his right and aimed at the other two and he grabbed another bomb and stepped back.

Once Jordan was at the right distance, he let go of the bomb and saw it fly up, but fly underneath the pod. Jordan now knew he needed to be farther back and he grabbed another bomb and moved a foot back from where he was and let go of the bomb. He saw it fly up and hit the pod directly in the middle and now saw there was only one pod left. Jordan grabbed the bomb and moved a foot closer than where he was and when he let go of the bomb, he saw it fly up and hit the pod directly in the center and destroy it.

With the pods gone, they saw the force field slowly diminish and on the other side of it was another one of those rocket limousines. The group approached it and Ratchet looked at it, then the jamming array in the distance.

"You think that leads to it?" Ratchet asked Jordan.

"Probably does."

"Well then, lets get to it."

Ratchet hopped in the limousine first, then Jordan and Sophia and Jordan closed the doors of the vehicle and he instantly felt the limousine move.

Thugs-4-Less Jamming Array

Maktar Nebula

Four minutes into the ride, Jordan looked out the window and saw that the vehicle indeed took them up to the array. Jordan saw that the ship landed on the rocky surface of the asteroid and as the door opened up, Jordan felt the oxygen suddenly go away as there was none on the rock. Ratchet instantly pressed a button on the side of his helmet and Jordan saw a piece of a mask transform from the helmet and fit over Ratchets mouth. With Ratchet breathing perfectly, Jordan looked at Clank and tried to speak through his suffocation.

"Clank." Jordan said while trying to breath air.

Clank instantly went through his compartment and pulled out Jordan's old O2 mask and Jordan grabbed it from Clank and quickly put it on his head and took a deep breath. Thinking that the worst was over, Jordan looked over and saw Sophia and he could've swore he saw her face turn blue and he quickly closed the door and a robotic male voice talked from the speakers of the vehicle.

"Oxygen ventilation activated." The robotic voice said.

With air venting out of various vents of the vehicle, Sophia took a deep breath as well and the group now sat there and planned out this situation.

"What do we do now." Ratchet said.

"Simple. We go out there and destroy this thing, and Sophia stays here until we return." Jordan said

"You sure you want to leave her here all by herself?"

"I'll be fine Ratchet."

"See, problem solved, now lets go take this thing down."

Just before Jordan opened the door again, Sophia held her breath and once she did, Jordan quickly opened the door and Clank got on Ratchets back and the duo quickly got out of the vehicle. Before leaving however, Jordan turned towards Sophia.

"Just stay there and please don't touch anything okay." Jordan said.

Sophia started nodding at this in reply and Jordan quickly closed the door and they were now on the rock. Despite having no Oxygen, Jordan did feel the place did have a gravitational pull to it and knew he didn't have to worry about gravity as much. Ratchet and Jordan walked up to a bolt crank and Ratchet was curious about what it did and as he put his wrench on and started turning, he saw two large structures across from each other start to spin and also saw a rod start to rise from the ground and once he was done, the bottom part of the rod was exposed and he guessed they had to destroy these rods. Jordan decided to equip his new Lancer and saw that on the side of it was an engraving on it and it read "Heavy Lancer". Jordan figured this was the name of his new weapon and Jordan held the gun up to his eyes and aimed down the sight and once he was ready, he shot the exposed part and saw it start beeping like an explosive and the duo ran back and saw the tower explode.

"I guess these are what we have to destroy." Jordan said.

"Seems like it." Ratchet replied.

Ratchet and Jordan started walking to the right and kept walking until they saw multiple hovering platforms, and underneath them was a fiery pit below. Ratchet decided to go first and as he jumped on the first platform, then the second, he saw that on a circular platform were two blue robots. Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and he fired one bomb at the robots and destroyed both of them. Ratchet then jumped on the circular platform and Jordan followed him and they were soon both on the platform. Ratchet looked to his right and saw another platform but this one had a bolt crank on it and Ratchet jumped onto the platform and immediately got to work on the crank. As Ratchet turned the crank Jordan saw a rod from behind them start to come out of the ground and once Ratchet was done, Jordan equipped the Heavy Lancer and fired one shot at the exposed end of the rod.

Jordan heard the rod start making beeping sounds and soon saw it explode into pieces. With another one down, Ratchet and Jordan jumped back onto the other platform and went back the same way they came. Once they were back at the ship, they decided to walk to the left this time and as they navigated the small rock, they saw another bolt crank guarded by six robotic birds. Jordan decided to take these things and he equipped his Blitz Gun and approached the cluster. Jordan didn't really bother aiming this time and once he was close enough to the robots, he pulled the trigger of the gun and destroyed five of the bots with his first shot.

The birds now saw him and ran after him and Jordan ran back and pulled the handle back, then push it up. He then waited for the birds to come close and once they were, he delivered another blast to the remaining cluster and destroyed them. Ratchet started turning the crank and Jordan saw the rod rise again and once Ratchet was done, Jordan used his still equipped Blitz Gun, reloaded it, then fired one shot at the rod, causing six of the shots to go in and destroy the whole rod. They now started to walk forward to find anymore rods and what they found instead was a pulsating platform that had an arrow that pointed forward. They looked in the direction of the arrow and saw there was nothing, But Jordan looked up and saw another floating platform high up above them and got an idea on what this pulsating platform does.

"What do you think this does?" Ratchet asked Jordan.

"I think I know." Jordan said.

Jordan stepped on the platform and Jordan saw the pulsing stop and instead glow brighter and once it was very bright, he felt an energy push him up and soon he was high up in the air. Jordan felt like time slowed down as he knows he has to be quick on this or he will plummet to his death. Jordan quickly leaned forward and his body moved forward and he saw that he was high enough on the platform to land on it and once he was above it, he felt himself fall to the ground and when he did, he rolled to stick the landing, but saw that the platform was infested with six robotic birds. Jordan quickly got up and ran around the platform and as he did so, he equipped his Blitz Gun, reloaded it and aimed it at the running robots and fired it, destroying all five of them. Once the threat was gone, he looked to his right and saw another one of those rods, but got an incoming call from Ratchet and he answered it.

"You alright?" Ratchet asked with concern.

"Yes I'm fine." Jordan said.

"Where are you now?"

"Above you, that thing is some kind of jump pad and it brought me up to this platform leading to another rod."

"Oh."

"You better come up her too."

"On it."

Jordan ended the call and he looked down to see Ratchet get on the jump pad and soon he saw him shoot high up in the air, then use his Heli-Pack to fall slowly down on the platform. With the duo now high in the air, they looked and saw that only two platforms separated them from the rod and they slowly jumped from one platform to the next and soon they were on the next platform. They however walked around it and saw another circular platform with the bolt crank and two blue bots on it and Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and slowly aimed and fired at the two blue bots, destroying both of them with one bomb. Ratchet and Jordan now jumped onto the platform and Ratchet started turning the bolt crank and Jordan saw the rod rise. Once Ratchet was done, Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer again and slowly aimed and fired at the exposed part of the rod and Jordan heard it beep three times again then explode into a million pieces.

With another one gone, Jordan looked down and saw they probably had to jump off and Jordan grabbed onto Ratchet and the Lombax jumped from the platform and activate the Heli-Pack and the duo slowly hovered down to the ground. With the duo now safe, they saw that they landed right next to another jump pad and Jordan went first again and stepped on the pad and soon launch himself in the air. He looked in front of him again and saw another platform and he fell and roll to stick the landing. Soon Jordan saw Ratchet get on the platform as well and now they saw that on it was nothing but another jump pad at the edge of the platform. Jordan went first again and he stepped on the pad and felt it launch him up again and Jordan saw that it lead him to a platform with the rod on it and he fell and landed on the platform. But he wasn't very lucky as he saw that there were two blue bots on it that immediately noticed him and walked after him with their vicious saws. Jordan ran around the platform again and while doing so, he equipped his Blitz Gun, reloaded the weapon and slowly aimed and fired at the two robots, riddling them with holes and killing them. Jordan looked over and saw Ratchet slowly hover on the platform and they walked around it and saw that there were two floating platforms separating them from the bolt crank. Jordan went first and he and the Lombax slowly jumped from one platform to the next and soon they were by the bolt crank and Ratchet got to work on it.

Ratchet started turning the bolt and once again he saw the rod rise until the bottom end was exposed. Once Ratchet was done, Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer and aimed it at the rod, taking his time knowing how far the rod was. Jordan however held his breath and fired his blaster, hitting the exposed part of the rod in the center and cause the whole thing to explode. With another one down, Jordan looked and saw another rod in the distance and looked around and knew that this must be the last one. Jordan grabbed onto Ratchet and the Lombax jumped in the air and used his Heli-pack to slowly hover down to the ground.

Once they were safe on the ground, Jordan saw another platform high above them and underneath it was another jump pad. Ratchet decided to go first this time and he stepped on the pad and Jordan saw the Lombax fly in the air and safely land on the platform. Jordan knew it was his turn now and he stepped on the platform and felt it shoot him up in the air and as he was in the air, he looked down and saw Ratchet using his wrench to defeat four robotic birds. Despite Jordan wanting to help, by the time he reached the platform Ratchet was finished with the bots. They looked at the edge of the platform now and saw another jump pad and Ratchet volunteered again.

Ratchet stepped on the pad and jumped all the way up to another platform and Jordan did the same not long after Ratchet. They now saw that they were on the rod, but walked around and instead of platforms, they saw a jump pad that lead them to the bolt crank. They however saw no danger on the platform and Jordan went first this time and he used the pad and shot himself up in the air, and on the platform. Ratchet then followed him and once they were on, Ratchet got to work on the bolt crank and Jordan saw the rod rise from the ground. With the final rod in their sight, Jordan was about to aim at the rod, but heard something behind him and saw two robots appear from under the platform and jump in front of the duo.

Jordan, with his Heavy Lancer still equipped took the one on the left, and Ratchet took the one on the right. Jordan was being now being pushed to the edge and as he was about to fall off, he knew this was his opportunity. Jordan aimed the barrel as best as he could at the robot and Jordan pulled the trigger and caused the blaster to fire out shots as fast as a light machine gun and riddle the robot with holes.

Jordan felt that not alot of kick came from the weapon and Jordan surprisingly held the weapon steady when he was firing it. But Jordan looked over to see Ratchet dodge attacks from his robot so Jordan decided to help. Jordan aimed his blaster at the robot and once the robot stood still long enough, he fired at shot at the robot and hit it directly in the arm. But seeing the robot wounded, Ratchet used his wrench and whacked it in the side of the stomach and cause it to fall from the platform and hit the ground below. With the threat gone Ratchet decided to destroy the rod this time and he aimed his Lancer at the exposed part of the rod and shot at it, hitting directly where he wanted and caused the rod to all the rods gone, Jordan grabbed onto Ratchet and the Lombax saw the limousine and jumped towards it and used the Heli-Pack to help him and Jordan slowly glide down to the ground. Once they reached the limousine, Jordan opened the door and saw that Sophia was holding a tall glass bottle and he saw her put it up to her mouth and Jordan was quick to react to this.

"DON'T DRINK THAT!" Jordan yelled as he jumped into the limousine and snatched the bottle away from her. Ratchet saw this as well, but got in the cab and closed the door.

The group felt the limousine start to move and while it was moving, Jordan put the bottle back on a shelf in front of him, removed his mask, handed it to Clank and looked at Sophia "I told you not to touch anything." Jordan said with some anger in his voice

"I was thirsty."

"That doesn't mean you should just grab the nearest bottle and start drinking it."

"But-"

"But nothing."

Jordan saw Sophia's ears start to droop and saw her put her head down and Jordan already felt bad on what he did and decided to apologize "Look, I'm sorry I snapped at you, I just didn't want you drinking this, but if your just going to grab bottles like this, you should at least get permission by me before you do so."

"Okay."

Sophia lifted her head and looked at the bottle, then back at Jordan "Can I at least try it."

"I don't think your gonna like this Sophia."

"How bad could it be."

"..Well, I warned ya then."

Jordan grabbed a tiny shot glass from a shelf in front of them and filled it a quarter of the way up with the liquid and question and Jordan could already smell the alcohol coming from the drink. But Sophia asked him to try it and he knew she wasnt gonna like it. Jordan put the bottle back on the shelf and handed the cup to Sophia and saw her look at the bottle, then raise it up to her mouth and sip it. Jordan immediately saw a reaction as she spit the liquid back up and go into a fit of coughing and Jordan decided to pat her back to help get all the liquid out.

"I warned you." Jordan repeated.

"This is disgusting, who drinks this?" Sophia said.

"People that are not kids." Jordan replied.

Sophia handed Jordan the shot glass back and Jordan placed it and the bottle back on the shelf and looked out the back window to see the jamming array start to slowly destroy itself as it started to explode in different places. Jordan's attention however was cut off as he heard a television screen in front of them activate and soon the familiar face of Fizzwidget popped on the screen.

"Good work Ratchet and Jordan, you are proven to be invaluable in this underwear. And I see you rescued your little friends." Fizzwidget said.

"Yes we did and were ready to continue on the mission." Ratchet said

"Well it appears the thief is now under the protection of Thugs-4-Less. But, I may have found a way to incinuate their operations."

"Is it...dangerous?" Ratchet asked.

Fizzwidget chuckled "No, no, no, well, actually it is."

'Figures.' Jordan thought.

"Good." Ratchet said.

'You always like things to be dangerous.' Jordan thought again.

"Take a look at this." Fizzwidget said.

Fizzwidget disappeared from the screen and instead there was some kind of video, but it was black and white and it showed some kind of dog-like alien and there was a man commentating in the background with a relaxing tone in his voice.

"Wind in your hair, the sun on your skin. and the bugs in your teeth, we are the desert riders." The man said with the video switching to the logo of some kind of bike and to Jordan it sorta looked like a speeder bike from Star Wars, but Jordan continued to focus on the video. Jordan now saw the video switch over to a camera and it showed the same alien from the black and white footage, but this time had color in it and Jordan saw he had a spiky helmet on, blue skin, some kind of strange biker clothing, and beside him was the bike that must've been on the logo.

"Before I became a desert rider, didn't fit in anywheres. I had low self esteem and bad breath. But these guys understand me, they really do." The biker said in a deep voice.

The video now showed another biker who looked much taller than the last guy, and way different, but Jordan saw he had a biker jacket on, shoes and pants to match, and he had a red bandanna on his head. "yeah I'm just here for the bake sales." The man said with a more lighter voice than the last guy. The group saw the guy belch but quickly pull from his right pocket these bright orange gloves, obviously too big for the riders three fingered hands "Oh yeah and I also make these cute little gloves for the guys."

The video now showed the same black and white footage with the same alien again but this time he was on a bike, but quickly showed a picture of some kind of card with the same alien on it and on th bottom were twelve numbers and Jordan didn't know what it exactly was but he continued to focus on the commentator "So if you got what it takes, use this temporary membership to enter the grueling hoverbike race in the galaxy. Win it, and become one of us." The video now showed a picture of some kind of helmet and Jordan saw it had a spikes on the top of it with flames painted on top as well, and it also had red goggles attached to the front of the helmet. Jordan then saw the video show the logo again and heard the commentator finish up "Desert Riders, the number one choice of Thugs-4-Less."

The video finally ended and Fizzwidgets face appeared on the screen again "Desert Riders all use Megacorp bikes, so I just have to pull a few strings, contact me as soon as you get more indigtation. Fizzwidget out."

Fizzwidget disappeared from the screen again and the TV turned off, but the relaxing was short lived as they were already at the Maktar Resort.

Maktar Resort

Maktar Nebula

The limousine parked itself exactly where it was last time and once the ship was still, the group exited from the vehicle and saw a holographic walkway bridge the gap that lead back to their ship and once it was done, Jordan and the group walked through it and back to their ship. Once everyone was in the ship, Ratchet entered the coordinates that they got from Fizzwidget to planet Barlow and they group flew off into space once again.

And there's chapter 9. So as you can see Jordan's Lancer was upgraded and Like I said, the most used weapons Ratchet and Jordan has used will be the first ones to get upgraded in the future chapters and maybe in a couple of chapters or so, I will upgrade one of Ratchets weapons, and you can probably guess what weapon it will be. I am thinking though that in a few chapters I might introduce Nanotech upgrades, we'll just have to see. But anyway, there's chapter 9 and stay tuned as the group deals with bikers in chapter 10.

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