Here's chapter 10 for ya. Now I know what your thinking, Why didn't you post a chapter last weekend (Weekday for maybe some of you). Well the answer to that question is, I had to go to my dads to celebrate my brothers graduation and since they tend to pull me away from things, it explains the postponing of this chapter. But I'm back at my house again and I have now posted this chapter. I was actually wanting to write last weekend, but laziness caught up to me so I decided to wait. But before I let you guys read on, I would like to thank Adewin for following this story, your support is much appreciated. With that out of the way now, I'll let you guys read the long waited chapter.

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As Ratchet flew the ship to planet Barlow, Jordan looked at Sophia and saw the gash on her cheek from the blow she took from the thief and felt totally forgetful.

Jordan took out the syringe and Vial of Nanotech from his right jacket pocket "Sophia." Jordan said causing the Lombax to look at him "I noticed that gash on your cheek and...you know...I want you to heal up for the journey ahead."

"Okay."

Sophia pulled the sleeve of her right arm up and Jordan filled the syringe with Nanotech and slowly injected the fluid into Sophia's arm and once he was done, he instantly saw the wound start to shine with light and soon it diminished and all that was left was a small scar. Jordan put the empty vial and syringe in a glove box located on the ship but then turned to look at Ratchet.

"Oh and Ratchet." Jordan said.

"Yeah." Ratchet replied.

"Maybe you should call Fizzwidget about...you know...the weapon."

"Sure."

Ratchet dialed multiple numbers on the dashboard of the ship and soon Fizzwidget appeared on the screen again, wondering why Ratchet was calling him at this time. "Mr Fizzwidget, I actually have one question to ask." Ratchet said to Fizzwidget "Something happened to Jordan's blaster and I'm wondering what caused it?"

"What happened exactly?" Fizzwidget asked.

Jordan equipped the Heavy Lancer in the cramped cockpit and showed it in front of the screen "This happened." Jordan said "The Lancer you gave me turned into this and I want an answer for this."

"Oh yes, you see. As part of Megacorps Weaponry, we've put state of the arc technology on it that improves its effectiousisness in combat. But the weapon has to have a certain...use requirement in order for it to upgrade."

"So your saying once I kill enough enemies with the weapon, It will upgrade into something like this?" Jordan said.

"Affirmulous."

"Well that's all we wanted to know I guess, well continue on the mission, Ratchet out." Ratchet said, pressing the red button to dismiss the call.

Now knowing what the heck happened with the weapon, they are now prepared for their weapons to be upgraded and seeing what he has seen with Ratchet and what weapon he used, Jordan expects what weapon will be upgraded next. Jordan's train of thought was broken however as he heard the ships robotic voice from the dashboard again.

"Arriving at...Planet...Barlow."

The planet was now in the window of the cockpit as Ratchet flew down to the planet. As Jordan looked through the window, he saw that the planet looked vary similar to Veldin and had no noticeable bodies of water on it at all. Jordan wondered how anyone could live on this planet, but Jordan knew they wouldn't be long and he was definitely going to be in some combat that would take his mind off of it.

Vuvkovar Canyon

Planet Barlow

1:00pm GST

The Big Race

As Ratchet landed on a landing pad on the planet, Jordan definitely saw the dried waste that was the planet, but saw a significant amount of buildings surrounding the area they were in. Ratchet landed the ship and as they got out, Jordan put his hood up and put Sophia on his back and Ratchet did the same with Clank. Now knowing that their ready, they stopped by a convenient vendor that was by the ship and restocked on ammo. Once Jordan was done, he saw that he now had 980 bolts left. But with ammo bought, Ratchet and Jordan looked over and saw that the start of their journey was a long gap that they had to jump across. Ratchet took a step back and ran full speed and used the Heli-Pack to jump across the gap.

It was Jordan's turn now and he took a few steps back and ran as fast as he could and jumped. Jordan was able to only grab the edge but Ratchet grabbed his hand and pulled him up. Now that they were across the gap, they looked over and saw four strange aliens with blue skin, long necks, and purple eyes were standing in a circle conversing with each other and when the group approached them, the creatures noticed them and pulled out their weapons. Jordan saw though that they weren't exactly modern in terms of weaponry as they all had a sword in one hand, and a shield in the other. Jordan knew this would be easy and he equipped his Blitz Gun and aimed at the group and fired.

He saw though that the shield held up quite well as he saw the holes that were left in them. Seeing that they were still not dead, Jordan reloaded the weapon and fired another shot, causing the shots to hit the four creatures in multiple places and kill them. With the threat gone, the duo walked into a very small building and as they walked through, two more blue aliens ran from behind the doors and approached the group. Ratchet decided to use his Gravity Bomb this time and he aimed and fired one bomb at them, but aimed a little above them and cause the bomb to explode behind them and kill them. They now walked out of the building and saw that there was another blue creature, but he was on a large beast of some kind. Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer and didn't bother to aim as he unloaded twenty rounds on the beast and killed it. The alien now fell off the creature and Jordan decided to equip his machete and he ran up to the alien and as he was about to stab him, he said something to him.

"I'm so sorry for this." Jordan said.

Jordan used all of his force and rammed the machete into its neck and Jordan looked away, knowing how much pain he must be going through. Jordan saw the blood gush from the enemies neck and quickly walked away knowing he couldn't stand the sight of it. The duo saw a small hillside and walked up it and saw that at the top was a bridge and the duo decided to walk across it. As they walked across the bridge, they saw five aliens run from the other side towards the group and Jordan equipped his Blitz Gun, and Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb. When the creatures were close, Ratchet aimed and fired a bomb at the group and saw that it killed only three of them.

Now leaving two standing, Jordan reloaded his weapon and fired a shot at the last two and saw the shots pierce through the shields and body and kill them. Jordan reloaded the Blitz gun and the duo walked all the way across the bridge and looked to their left and saw two more large purple beasts again, but saw there was nobody on them. Jordan and Ratchet decided to keep their distance on this one and Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer, and Ratchet equipped his normal Lancer. The duo slowly aimed and fired single shots at the beast and after six shots to its large face, the beast fell down and never got up again. The other one however saw this and started to quickly run at the duo. Ratchet and Jordan now had to think fast and they quickly aimed and fired continuous shots at the creature and after exhausting ten rounds from each, the creature fell and slid across the ground until it came to a complete stop. Ratchet and Jordan hesitated and after six seconds, they saw the creature lie there and knew it was probably dead. They now walked up to an entrance into another building and saw there were two more blue creatures guarding it and the duo knew this would be easy.

Ratchet and Jordan equipped their Lancers and Jordan took the alien on the left, and Ratchet on the right. Jordan aimed and fired his weapon at the alien and saw it pierce through his armor, but not kill him. The guards now noticed the group and ran after them and as they got close, Ratchet equipped his Gravity bomb and aimed at the creatures and fired, only killing the wounded one, but not the other one. Jordan now aimed his blaster at the final one and fired a shot that pierced through his chest plate and kill him with one shot. The group now walked across the bridge that lead to the building and once they reached the end, they walked in and saw four of these strange dog like creatures with large purple ears.

Jordan equipped his Blitz Gun and aimed at the creatures and fired one shot, killing all four of them. The duo saw the exit and walked out of it and once they did, they saw that it consisted of a ledge and below them was a campfire with five more of the strange blue aliens. Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and aimed an fired one bomb at the group, but only killed three of them. Ratchet then fired another bomb at the remaining two that were rushing to find cover and Jordan saw the bomb luckily kill the last two. With the enemies killed, the duo jumped from the ledge and saw there was another building in front of them and entered it and saw no enemies in it this time.

They walked out and saw there was an open area and in it was another purple creature, and two blue creatures around it. Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and he ran up to the group and fired on bomb at them and killed only the two aliens, but not the hulking beast. Jordan quickly equipped his Blitz Gun and as he saw Ratchet running back with the creature right behind him, he ran up to Ratchet and when the creature was close enough, Jordan fired his weapon at the creature and planted eight of the shots into its head and kill it. They now walked towards the area where the enemies were and as the walked into the center, they saw a fence behind them pop out of the ground and block their only chance of escape. They looked over and saw seven blue aliens run across a bridge that lead to a larger building and circle the group.

Jordan equipped his Blitz Gun and Ratchet equipped his Gravity Bomb and Ratchet fired one bomb at four of the aliens, and Jordan fired his weapon at the other four and saw that they each only killed two of them. The group now ran at the duo and Jordan tried to run past two of the creatures, but saw one of the swing his swords at him and Jordan was quick to dodge. Jordan ran under the slash and he brought his weapon up to the creatures body and fired on shot at him and kill him. Ratchet easily ran through his enemies and once he was far enough, he fired another bomb at the aliens and kill both of them. With only two left, Jordan reloaded his Blitz Gun and ran up to the two creatures and fired one shot at them and surprisingly killed both of them with the eight shots that came out of the blaster.

With the enemies gone, they walked across the bridge into the large building and once they were inside, they saw that it must've been some kind of shop as they saw displays of weapons familiar to Jordan lined up on the walls and waiting by a desk was a female robot with green clothes on and had the letter G on the shirt. Jordan also saw that she was similar to the help desk lady from years back, but saw she was much..larger.

Ratchet and Jordan approached the lady "Mind if we have a look around?" Ratchet asked.

"My word, you young people are so fresh these days." The robot said in an older sounding voice "Did you know that I've been with Gadgetron since the beginning."

"So you sell all these Gadgets?"

"No darling, they sell themselves."

As Jordan was looking at the wall of displayed weapons, he saw that all of them were weapons that he known and loved since their last adventure. Like the RYNO, Visibomb Gun, and best of all, the Morph-O-Ray. Jordan also saw the Bomb Glove, Decoy Glove. Jordan decided to buy these weapons but surprisingly, the lady decided that since they were old and not worth alot on Bogon, she decided to give away all of them for free. Jordan decided however to stick with just the Bomb Glove and the Morph-O-Ray, and Ratchet kept the RYNO, but knew he would only use it on a special occasion. The duo decided though that some time they might return and as they left the facility, Jordan took the Morph-O-Ray and handed it to Sophia.

"Here you go Sophia." Jordan said as he handed the weapon back to her, in which she kindly accepted.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome, now you can help us."

Sophia smiled at this and knew she would help them as much as she could. The duo looked over and saw that across a large gap was another blue alien that looked similar to the one on the video and knew that he must've been a desert rider. Ratchet went first and used Clank to hover across the gap, and Jordan stepped back and ran as fast as he could and jumped. Jordan once again only made it far enough to grab the edge, but Ratchet helped him up and they approached the desert rider and saw that he was standing beside another one of those strange computers.

"Hey, who let you in here? get lost before I turn your little robot into a hub cap." The rider threatened with the same deep voice like in the video.

'Should've figured they would be hostile.' Jordan thought.

Jordan had just about enough of all of this hostility towards the group and they didn't do anything to deserve this threat. Jordan equipped his machete "TOUCH HIM AND I'll SLIT YOUR FUCKING THROAT!" Jordan yelled.

The group now saw the riders mood change from angry, to upset and saw tears almost form "Gosh, you didn't have to yell. why did he have to yell?"

Jordan instantly felt pity for the rider and put his machete back into its sheath and readied the apology "Look, I'm sorry, it was completely uncalled for." Jordan sincerely said.

Jordan saw the rider wipe a tear away "Its okay. Sorry little guy." The rider said to Clank.

"It is okay sir, we are your fellow Desert Riders."

"You are, so, you understand me?"

"Absolutely sir, we are just here to race." Clank said.

"Well, you can borrow my blue bell, just as long as your gentle. She just needs a few repairs" the rider said pointing to a bike behind him that had three thrusters on it and two barrels on the sides of the vehicle that must've been for rockets and other things.

"Don't worry brother, blue bell is in good hands." Clank said.

Ratchet approached the computer and Ratchet equipped his Electrolyzer and inserted the two barrels into the two holes underneath the computer and got to work on it while Jordan circled the bike to get a better look at it. Jordan saw that the front of the bike had a skull on it that must've been the desert rider logo, and he also saw two barrels on the sides that had rockets in then and knew those were the weapons. Jordan was definitely glad he wouldn't have to ride this, but he suddenly heard the bike come to life and he looked over to see that Ratchet was done fixing the computer. Jordan heard the rumbling of the machine and saw Ratchet and Clank get on the bike. With the duo on the bike, Ratchet saw the entrance to the race in front of him and hovered to it while Jordan and Sophia watched from a small TV screen that showed a cameras perspective of the race.

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Ratchet saw from the top left of the race the light switch and saw it turn red, then yellow, and finally, green. Just when the lights told them to go, Ratchet twisted the handles on the bike and he was already ahead of the five players. Ratchet flew under a bridge and made a sharp right turn and went through a tunnel where he jumped off a ramp and collected his first power up. He decided to save it for later and he as he drove through a long tunnel consisting of long right and left curves, he made it out into the open where he flew right over a booster and boosted right up to the robot in first place. He then rode across a long bridge and went into a cave where a rider from behind him boosted up in front of him and placed him in third place. After riding through the long cave, he made it outside where he dropped down to a very narrow bridge and soon made another right turn and ended up on an open area that lead to a narrow entrance into a tunnel.

Ratchet decided it was time and Ratchet pressed a button on the front of the bike and felt it boost him all the way past the rider in front of him and put him in second place again as he flew through the entrance. He then saw the tunnel branch off into two different segments and he saw a guy from behind him drive up beside him and try to ram him into the wall. Ratchet still maintained his speed and saw another narrow entrance into another tunnel and at the last second, he pushed the guy with great force beside him and saw him fly right into the wall buy the entrance and explode, now only leaving four riders. Ratchet rode the tunnel up and saw that it was a ramp and as he reached the exit, he felt him and the bike fly high in the air and land right over the finish line and complete his first lap. Ratchet now had to deal with the rider in front of him and Ratchet saw a booster appear at the entrance into the first tunnel and Ratchet flew over it and saved it for the perfect moment.

Ratchet flew through the tunnel, jumped the ramp and flew through the long tunnel and made it outside again. Ratchet then flew over the booster at the exit of the tunnel and flew right beside the rider in front of him. The two riders fought for first place as they flew across the bridge, through the tunnel, and back out onto the narrow bridge. Ratchet knew he wasn't gonna pass this guy and he slowed down to make sure not to crash and once he was on the bridge, he used his booster and caught right back up with the rider. They fought for first place again as they entered the opened area, then through the tunnel. They however saw a guy boost up behind them and they saw the center of the room divide and as they reached the wall that divided the room, they branched off into the two sections of the building and caused the guy behind them to run right into the wall and explode, leaving only three riders now.

Ratchet flew through the room and went right up the ramp and flew over the finish line and completed his second lap. The Lombax was still not satisfied in being in second place and he flew across the bridge, entered the tunnel, jumped the ramp, and rode through the tunnel until he reached the bridge with the booster on it. As Ratchet was exiting the tunnel, he saw the booster and flew over it and saw that he was now beside the rider again. Halfway down the bridge the rider pushed Ratchet to the left and slowed him down enough for the rider to get ahead of him. Ratchet was now in fury mode at this point and as he flew threw the next tunnel, he saw a power up booster and flew over it and now had his final weapon of attack for the finish.

Ratchet flew through the cave and was now on the narrow bridge and as he flew past that, he saw that the rider was already on the wide open area and Ratchet used his booster to catch up. Ratchet was now on the riders tail and as they entered the building with the divided rooms, Ratchet glanced over to the left side and saw another booster and flew to the left side of the room and picked it up. Ratchet now saw the room connect again and he was right beside the rider again, and in front of the was the ramp. Ratchet saw the rider about to hit him but the Lombax now knew the perfect moment and as he was about to hit him, Ratchet pressed the button and used the booster to boost him into the ramp and looked back to see the side of the riders bike hit the wall and saw it hit one side of the ramp to the next until it finally exploded. Ratchet was now ready for the winners circle as he flew off the ramp and landed right over the finish line, winning the race.

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Jordan and Sophia can now hear a fake audience cheering from the speakers as the camera was now following Ratchet, who saw the exit of the arena and flew out of it. Jordan now heard the roaring sound of the bike again and he looked behind him to see Ratchet slowly approaching and then see him come to a complete stop by the duo. Ratchet and Clank then got off the bike and walked over to Jordan.

"Well done." Jordan said.

"Thanks." Ratchet replied.

The group saw the thug walk over to them and saw he was holding a helmet similar to the one on the video "Great racing buddy, here take this helmet so the guys know your one of us." the thug said as he put the helmet on Clank, which looked way to big for his size.

"Thank you sir." Clank said through the helmet.

Suddenly a beeping sound appeared from the hovering TV and the thug immediately knew who it was "Uh oh, incoming message from the boss." the thug said as the group looked at the television.

What appeared on the screen was video of a darkened room and in there was a silhouette in the center of the room and the group saw that he had red eyes and Jordan definitely didn't want to think the person is who he think it is "Attention all Thugs-4-Less employees. first off, whatever slug brain whose been eating all the snacks in the break room, better quit stuffing his face or I'll-." The thug was cut off as someone hit the light switch to illuminate the room and once the lights turned on, the figure was who Jordan thought it was, the thug from Megapolis that he thought they killed. "HEY, TURN THOSE LIGHTS OFF!" the thug yelled to his right side. The group then saw the lights turn off again and saw the thug focus his attention on the center of the screen again. The thug cleared his throat and continued "Next, our space rendezvous point has been moved to the Feltzin System in sector one, two, three, four, five. If your no good with numbers, find a buddy to help ya. Lastly, the company picnic is this Sunday, don't forget to bring your own juice this time.". Just as the thug finished his sentence, someone turned the lights on again and the thug instantly reacted to the light "HEY, I SAW THAT CLETUS, YOU JUST EARNED YOURSELF A WRITE UP!" The thug yelled to his left side now. The video then cut off and once the video was done, the thug took the TV and put it in his back pocket

"Don't worry, the boss only yells because he loves us." the thug said.

"Yes sir, I do fell his affection." Clank said "Well we know now."

"Did you see that broadcast?" Ratchet asked Clank.

"Not really." Clank said.

"Maybe we should scope out that rendezvous point."

"Yes, we might intercept some stray transmissions."

"First lets get that helmet off of ya." Jordan said to Clank.

Jordan got on one knee and pulled the helmet off of Clank and decided to wear it. Jordan placed the helmet over his head with the hood still on and they decided to head out to the ship and get ready to get to that rendezvous. They jumped the small gap that led to a small cave and as they walked through it, they saw that the the exit lead right back to their ship. Once they walked through the cave and got back into the ship, Ratchet set the coordinates that he got from the video to the Feltzin System and they flew up through the atmosphere and were now in the void of space again.

"I thought we killed that guy." Jordan said.

"So did I." Ratchet replied.

And there's chapter 10. I do sorta apologize if the race wasn't very detailed, the race happened so fast while I was watching it I couldn't make a real good description of it, So I did try my best to make it sound good and if it did..well...great. I also have another Idea for a story in my head (I was watching TV when it happened), But it's probably one I am going to preserve until the end of this whole story saga (Maybe earlier). But there chapter 10 and stay tuned as the group reaches the rendezvous point in chapter 11.

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