Here we are with chapter 16. And of course school work got the best of me and that explains the delay (I'm telling you man, learning Chinese gets difficult sometimes), so I'd like to thank all of you for your patience and support, I really appreciate it. I'd also like to thank Adam the Pirate Assassin King for favoriting and following every story I have written. Worlds United, One For All, and Left Behind, I am grateful for your support.

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Light Seeker 001- Well I do hope so too. And yes the riddle is slightly confusing, but not much though once you think about it.

- Jordan might say "I KNEW IT!" but we'll have to wait and see.

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The Megacorp Games

Planet Joba

7:40pm Local Time

Gladiators And Levitators

Before heading to the disposal facility, everyone agreed to head to the Megacorp Games first to win a prize or two (not to mention that a few extra bolts could come in handy as well). Ratchet landed the ship relatively close to the giant structure that was presumably the arena. As Jordan jumped out of the ship, he saw that the surface of Joba were many tall, small islands with purple-ish water in between, though Jordan would rather travel through this than a murky swamp. While he helped Sophia climb onto his back, Jordan decided to not spend any money and waited for his Lombax friend to finish stocking up on ammo. Once the whole group was ready, they walked towards some sort of metal arch, apparently some sort of entrance to a building that was built into the wall. Standing outside of it were five aliens with red colored Armour, wielding a sword in one hand, and a shield in the other. Ratchet equipped his Mini Nuke, while Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer. Ratchet decided to attack first and took aim. As soon as Ratchet pulled the trigger, a giant bomb was launched that exploded in between the swordsmen, leaving them somewhat injured and with no shields. Ratchet then equipped his Heavy Lancer and, together with Jordan, fired three round bursts at the swordsmen. As primitive as they looked, their opponents weren't stupid, and soon the group of sword-wielding aliens were charging at the two Heavy-Lancer wielding heroes, though they and their primitive weaponry were no match for the barrage of fire that was sent their way.
Soon only two of the aliens remained, and they were getting closer and closer to the two heroes. Teamwork from Ratchet and Jordan quickly eliminated one of the two surviving swordsmen, but the surviving sword fighter didn't last much longer than his partner and died a few moments later, a headshot quickly taking care of him.

With all enemies eliminated, they walked through the metal arch and into the underground facility. A stack of fifteen crates quickly caught their attention though. Ratchet destroyed eight of the crates while Jordan destroyed the remaining seven, bringing his bank account's balance to a nice total of 6000 bolts. Then Clank spoke up from Ratchet's back.
"Ratchet, Jordan, I believe I saw a path outside."
The Human and Lombax walked back out, and indeed, there was a path to their left. They walked down the path, but soon had to stop due to a rather large gap, the only way across being two static Versa Targets. Ratchet equipped his swingshot and after a few scary moments in which the group were hanging in the air far above the water, they found themselves on solid ground again, this time on the other side of the gap.
The swingshot had to be used again though, this time to lower a bridge in front of the group by firing the swingshot at a blue target embedded in the underside of the raised bridge. The group walked across and saw that there was another bridge they had to lower. Ratchet lowered the second bridge and they saw that on the other side was a hoverbike, and a desert rider standing right beside it.
Clank quickly handed his furry friend the helmet they won in the last race. Once Ratchet took his Commando helmet off and put the Desert Rider helmet on, the group walked across the bridge. As soon as the man noticed the group, the man picked up Clank and examined the robot, much to the bot's surprise and annoyance. "Nice finish on that chrome. You buff this out yourself?" The man said to Ratchet, with Jordan finding it odd that he would say that to a robot that still had scorch marks on his body.

"I do my own buffing, sir." Clank replied, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Oh, sorry little man." the rider said while putting Clank on the ground. "I thought you was a crankshaft. Heh, cant see my own hand in front of my face without these." the man took a pair of pink glasses out of his jacket's pocket and put them on. Feeling Sophia move on his shoulders, Jordan knew she was about to burst into a laughter. "Sophia, don't!", Jordan whispered. "It's not nice to laugh at people because of how they look."

Ratchet, knowing exactly what was going on, quickly changed the subject. "No problem. So, how do I enter the big race?"

"Well, you got the helmet, you're in. Easy-peasy! The prize this time is some kind of special boots. I could use those myself, they'd go nicely with my leather chaps."

Ratchet got on the hover bike and drove it down a small tunnel towards the race, leaving the Human and the Lombax behind. Jordan and Sophia walked back across the bridge and sat with their backs against a large rock. Jordan decided to use his E-Phone. It was a Megacorp hosted event after all, so perhaps they could watch the race online. Jordan soon enough found out that he was correct, the race was indeed broadcasted across the Holonet. Sophia rested her head on Jordan's chest so she can see the screen of Jordan's E-Phone properly, and they both saw the Lombax on a hover bike behind five other racers. They watched as the lights turned red, then yellow. At last, they all turned green, and immediately all racers took off, leaving Ratchet in last place. Ratchet frowned. 'I may be in last place, but that is not going stay that way.', The Lombax thought.

...

Ratchet was flying at full speed, skillfully steering the hoverbike to the right to gain a speed boost from an accelerator pad, shooting him past three racers and putting him in third place. He and the other two racers went into a narrow tunnel, made a left turn, and went into a wide open area that was covered in mud. One of the racers however got a boost and quickly flew in front of him and beside the other driver. Ratchet quickly got out of the muddy pit and was now coming up on a ramp. Taking the ramp, Ratchet landed in a small tunnel that made a right turn, then a left turn and flew across a booster that quickly got him close to the two racers that were still in front of him.

However, Ratchet failed to notice a racer coming up next to him. The alien rammed Ratchet's vehicle and almost caused him to crash into a tree, but Ratchet quickly dodged it and hit the driver with force, causing him to spin out of control and crash into another tree and explode. As Ratchet looked back to see the carnage, he failed to notice a blue box with a question mark in front of him and his bike ran right through it. Ratchet looked at the bike and saw that there was a button near the speed gauge on the bike and it was pulsating. Ratchet was approaching the other two drivers, but another one behind him picked up a boost and few past him up to the other drivers.

Knowing that he was losing, Ratchet decided to press the button that had appeared. Immediately a storm of plasma bullets were shot from the front of his vehicle. Some of the bullets hit the vehicles in front of him, one of them being damaged so severely that it exploded. Ratchet was now approaching a very narrow cave and he quickly picked up a boost before entering. Ratchet flew into the cave, made a left, right, then left turn again and exited the cave. He was now approaching the finish line and he decided to use his boost and caught up with the other drivers. He now finished his first lap and entered the same tunnel again.

He made the same left turn and drove past another weapon box. Another button beside the first one lit up this time and Ratchet decided to save it for the other drivers. He went through the muddy pit again, jumped over the ramp, made a right turn, and picked up a boost. He quickly used it and once he was close enough to the drivers, he pressed the button and saw a long line of electricity shoot out in front of him and electrocute the second driver, disabling the bike and causing it to explode. They were now entering the narrow cave again. Ratchet followed the driver through a left, right, and left turn. After passing the finish line again, Ratchet had started his final lap and as he was about to enter the narrow tunnel, he saw it slowly close up and open another one to his left. Ratchet and the rider drove into it. Not only was Ratchet able to pick up a boost, he found some more ammo too.

Ratchet used the boost and pressed the button to activate his turret, but at that moment, the driver in front of him smashed into an ammo crate and immediately a shield appeared around the driver that absorbed all of Ratchet's attacks, and this made the Lombax furious. They entered the muddy pit again and Ratchet used a boost to fly out of the mud pit as fast as he could. They now flew over the ramp and into the same tunnel for the third time. They made a right turn and Ratchet picked up a boost and used it to get closer to the driver in front of him. Ratchet was now really close, and the driver in front of him knew that all too well, so the driver in front of him decided to ram the Lombax. They were now approaching the tunnel and as they maneuvered around the turns, they started ramming each other again.

They were now getting close to the finish line and Ratchet was able to knock the driver away from a weapon box and pick it up. He then slowed down to let the driver go in front of him and Ratchet pressed a button on his bike to fire a wave of electricity at the racer in front of him. The sheer amount of electricity was too much for the bike's thruster; the bike shut down and came to a stop inches away from the finish line. Ratchet saw that the biker got off his disabled vehicle and started to drag it to the finish line, but the Lombax had one more trick up his sleeve. Using a boost that he'd saved for later, Ratchet shot past the driver and finished first, winning the race.

"That was a close one." Sophia said as she watched the screen.

"Indeed." Jordan replied.

The Human turned off the E-phone and as the duo walked across the bridge, they could hear the sound of an engine get louder and they both saw Ratchet fly the bike out from the tunnel and stop next to the Desert Rider. Once the group was reunited, the Desert Rider pulled out a pair of red boots . "Dang, I really wanted these boots myself." the Rider said angrily, then threw the boots to Ratchet "But they'll go real nice with your outfit. You can race again you know. Now the prize is a bunch of bolts."

The group walked across the two bridges and back to the ship. "Good job on the race." Jordan said.

"Thanks." Ratchet replied.

The group then made their way back to the ship. Standing next to their Star Explorer, they tried to find out what the boots could do. "So...how do these work?" Ratchet asked to nobody in particular.

"I'm not sure, maybe I can find something online, hang on.", Jordan replied, grabbing his E-Phone. Jordan decided to use a strange app called 'Blargle' that turned out to be a website made by the Blarg that resembled Google in many ways. Because Jordan was, of course, familiar with these kinds of websites, he found the instructions they needed within twenty seconds. "Okay, according to this guide, you need to press a button that's on the back of your right boot." Ratchet inspected his right boot and immediately noticed a small button. After pressing it, it started to glow in a faint blue color.

"Check." Ratchet replied

"Alright. Now it says put em on." Ratchet took off the boots that came with his commando outfit, threw them into the ship and equipped his new Charge Boots.

"Check."

"Then it says, tap the heels of the boots with your feet. Two times."

"Alright.", Ratchet replied. However, Jordan was so focused on the guide that he failed to notice what happened next, but a loud yelp gave a pretty good impression. Jordan quickly looked around. Ratchet was no longer in front of him. Ratchet was to the left of Jordan, charging at where the bolt crates used to be. Jordan immediately noticed that the hoverboots had no intention of stopping. "Uh oh."
Jordan quickly picked up Clank and started running after Ratchet, who, at that moment, slammed into the wall. Jordan looked down at the Lombax. "You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Ratchet replied, who now had a big dent in his desert riders helmet..

Jordan held his hand out and pulled Ratchet up. Ratchet then took the severely dented helmet off and gave it to Jordan. "It's a good thing you were wearing this. Otherwise you could be dead.", Jordan said.

Ratchet chuckled "Yeah. I wonder why they didn't stop though."

Jordan scrolled down the page of the instructions and saw that they did tell you how to stop "I guess I should've told you that you have to tap your feet twice again to stop."

"Oh."

Now knowing how the boots work, Clank gave Ratchet his Commando Helmet and stored the other helmet in his chest compartment.
They then decided to investigate the building they were in. In front of them was a large, deep gap with only one Dynamo target. Nevertheless, Ratchet equipped the required gadget and fired a green beam at the Dynamo target. What nobody could expect was that, instead of a holographic platform, the entire cap was suddenly covered with metal plates sliding out of the walls. Just as they were about to cross, they saw a door on the other side open, and standing behind it was another alien, but this time with a blaster. He was riding one of those strange purple monsters from Barlow. Ratchet immediately equipped his Seeker Gun and saw the enemy on the other side prepare his blaster. The alien fired and the duo quickly dodged the attack. Ratchet fired four drones, three of them hitting their target, knocking the alien out of the saddle. The one that didn't hit the alien with the gun hit the beast the alien was riding instead, taking a large chunk out of the beast's skin.
Startled, the beast charged at Ratchet and Jordan who, in return, equipped their Heavy Lancers and fired a barrage of plasma bullets at the creature. Hundreds of plasma bullets dug into the creature but against all odds it seemed to survive. Until three rounds hit him in the head, that is. The creature died in mere seconds and thus, had no chance to brake. It fell on it's face and slid towards the group, coming to a stop three feet in front of them.

Once the group had crossed the gap, they looked to their right and saw a bizarre but familiar object.
In a glass display of some sorts was a small pod with a piece of blue, holographic DNA inside of it. The group immediately remembered that it was a Nanotech upgrade. Ratchet's Omni-Wrench made quick work of the glass in front of the upgrade. After the glass had been taken care of, Jordan walked up to the object and picked it up, then turned to face Ratchet. "Here, take this." Jordan said as he held the pod to Ratchet.

"You need it more than me. I'm wearing Armour, remember?"

"No, I don't need it more than you."

"Jordan, you should take it."

"I appreciate your concern, but I'm quite fed up with all this weird Megacorp stuff messing with my body. I wish to stay like I am right now."

"Suit yourself then."

Ratchet took the upgrade and threw it at the ground, shattering the glass. The holographic DNA immediately wrapped itself around Ratchet, and soon a bright light hid the Lombax from view. Jordan and Sophia both moved their hands in front of their eyes and Clank adjusted his vision, though the light soon dimmed, revealing a Lombax with veins glowing like neon. With a Lombax upgraded once again, the duo climbed up a ladder behind them and walked out of the building into what seemed to be the courtyard to the complex. There was no threat around, though there was an odd turret up ahead with a metal door behind it. Jordan walked over to the door and tried to pry it open, but luck was not on his side. "I guess were gonna have to blast it open." Jordan concluded.

"Leave it to me." Ratchet replied.

The Lombax quickly hopped on the turret and aimed at the door. He then pressed a button on two handles and immediately saw bullets come out of the large barrels of the machine. After firing four shots at the door, the group saw it blow up into a thousand pieces. But saw this wouldn't go unnoticed as three aliens with sharpened swords came running out of the building straight at Jordan. Ratchet however was quick to respond and took aim at the sword fighters, destroying them all before they could even get close to the Human and the Lombax on his shoulders.

Ratchet then hopped off the turret and the group walked through the metal arch that once had a door inside it. Ratchet and Jordan climbed up a ladder on their left, but up top were two aliens. One riding one of those purple beasts and one on the ground, both of them holding some sort of blaster. They both charged forward and the Lombax and Human quickly ran back into the room they came out of and took cover. Once the enemies fired their weapons. Ratchet equipped his Seeker Gun, while Jordan equipped his Heavy Lancer. They both ran from cover and while Ratchet fired three Seeker drones at the alien on the left, Jordan fired a three round burst at the one on the right. Jordan was able to shoot three rounds in it's chest, and two at its stomach and head, killing it. Ratchet of course was able to kill the alien on the beast, damaging said purple creature in the process. The beast got ready to charge and as it ran at the group, Jordan decided to do something risky and he equipped his new Blitz Cannon. As the monster got close, Jordan aimed his gun right between its eyes, then fired, penetrating the creature's skull with eight rounds at once, killing it instantly. However, due to it's speed it tripped and slid towards Jordan, who quickly dodged it.

Once the threat was gone, the group walked down the long walkway and as they walked into another courtyard, Jordan looked to his left and saw a guard on a mounted turret and quickly pulled Ratchet back. Jordan told Ratchet to equip his Mini-Nuke and the Lombax did as he was told. Ratchet slowly peeked out of cover and quickly fired two bombs at the enemy, then got back into cover immediately. Once they heard two explosions, Jordan peeked from cover and saw that the only thing remaining was a turret and a few bits and pieces of alien flesh.

The duo walked out of cover and saw that behind the turret were two doors beside each other. Ratchet got on the turret and decided to shoot the door on the left. They saw that inside was a room with alot of bolt crates, but what came out were two purple monsters with no aliens on them. Ratchet however was able to shoot the creatures and bury them six feet under with gunshot wounds ridding their bodies. He then started shooting at the door on the right and saw that it lead into another building, but saw three enemies run out, with one wielding a blaster. Ratchet was able to kill the two aliens no problem, but had difficulties with the last one as it hid behind a wall to avoid the bombardment. It peeked out of cover and shot at Ratchet, but Ratchet was able to take cover behind the turret and dodge the shot. Jordan noticed that the alien focused on Ratchet only. Jordan reloaded the Blitz Cannon again and saw the alien take another shot at Ratchet. Once it got back into cover, Jordan ran towards it.
When the alien peeked his head around his cover again, he was staring down the gun barrel of Jordan's Blitz Cannon. Jordan fired before the alien had the chance to get back into cover, blowing the alien's head to smithereens. Jordan frowned in disgust when parts of what used to be the alien's brains landed on him. "This has to be one of the most disgusting moments of my life so far!"
Jordan quickly shook his head. "Nevermind, there's a task at hand."
But then a voice spoke up behind him. "Eugh! What is that stuff!", Sophia said with disgust.
"Trust me, you don't want to know."

Jordan looked around but there were no more threats. He signaled Ratchet, and as a response the Lombax got out of the turret. They both walked into the room the two purple beasts used to occupy and smashed the crates, leaving Jordan with a nice 6500 bolts. They then walked out of the room and through the other door (or where a door used to be) and saw that they had to cross another gap. Ratchet noticed a Dynamo target to his left and fired at it with the required tool and as a result a holographic platform formed this time. They wondered how something this small would get them to the other side, but they decided to hop onto it anyways. Suddenly the platform started to move along the walls of the building with a relatively low speed. The group concluded that they just had to sit back and relax.

Wrong.

Suddenly, a rectangular object shot out of the wall and blocked their path. The duo quickly jumped over it and back onto the platform. They now started to ascend, then backwards. They turned to face the direction they were going and saw another large rectangular object shoot out of the wall. They jumped onto it and saw that there was another one right next to it. They walked back a few feet and ran and jumped as far as they could and waited for the platform to catch up to them. Once it did, they jumped back on it and felt it take them up again. They went the other way again after going up for a moment, and the group saw that there were two circular object sticking out of the wall. They jumped over the first one and saw that the second one was a few feet above them, so they simply ducked to avoid it. They then went up and in the other direction once again. This time an even bigger rectangular object protruded from the walls, but there was a gap beneath it that was big enough for the group to crawl underneath. But then another one came out and there was no gap at all this time. Ratchet and Jordan knew they were gonna have to climb this one, but it was too high for them to climb up separately. "How we gonna get up this?" Ratchet frantically asked.

"Use the Heli-Pack to boost yourself up, then pull me up."

"Got it."

Once they got close, Clank was able to boost himself and Ratchet all the way up the platform, and as soon as they landed Ratchet turned around and offered Jordan his hand. Even though climbing up was a bit harder with Sophia on his back, Jordan was able to climb up with the help of Ratchet. Once they were both up, they saw that the holographic platform was already ascending in front of them. The duo took a deep breath and jumped as far as they could and grabbed the edge of the platform. They climbed onto it and let it take them to the entrance of another complex. Jordan and Ratchet walked into the building and saw that inside were four aliens. Two of them conversating with each other, and two were fixing turrets on an upper level. Ratchet decided to use his MiniNuke to surprise their enemies, and launched a bomb at the two aliens that were conversating with each other. They had just enough time to look at where the odd 'thump' of a bomb being launched came from before being blown to smithereens. The aliens working on the turrets noticed the explosion of course and got into the turrets, then started to fire at the entrance.
Ratchet and Jordan quickly got into cover and tried to figure out what to do next. They were too far away and hard to hit with their Heavy Lancers, and Ratchet felt like saving his Seeker drones for later. Running out of options, Ratchet remembered something and got an idea. Ratchet pressed a button on his new Charge boots and stepped in front of the entrance. Right when the turrets started firing at him, Ratchet tapped his feet twice and quickly flew towards an opposing wall where the turrets couldn't hit him due to the edge of the platform the turrets were on. Once Ratchet got close, he quickly tapped his feet again and swung his feet in front of him and was able to slide across the floor over to the wall. Ratchet then used the MiniNuke and lobbed two bombs up and towards the turrets.

The Lombax heard two explosions, but wasn't sure if they were dead or not. But he saw Jordan walking out of cover and giving him a thumbs up. With no more threat around, the Lombax and Human climbed up a ladder to the upper level and saw a door leading to some sort of balcony. The only thing there though was a metallic zip-line that lead down to a platform, and standing there was someone that Jordan recognized. "Hey." Jordan said to Ratchet "Look who it is."

"Yeah, so?"

"Don't you recognize him?"

"No."

"That guy that sold us that RYNO in Solana."

"...You know what, he does sorta look like him."

"Well there's no other way except that zip-line. Lets go see what he wants to sell us this time."

Ratchet and Jordan went down the zipline with their wrench and machete and once they reached the bottom, they saw that the Shady Salesman noticed them. Said Rilgarian spoke up. "Hey, youse four going to the games?"

"Yeah, whats it to ya?" Ratchet replied.

"Whoa, take it easy chief. I ain't looking for no trouble, just an honest man looking to make an honest buck."

"I, sincerely, doubt that." Clank said.

"Hey, I ain't the one trying to get into a sold out arena. Your gonna need this Levitator to get in there." the Salesman pulled out a strange jet-pack of some kind that looks similar to the Thruster-Pack. The Shady Salesman wanted 20,000 bolts for the device, but with no other way, Ratchet reluctantly bought it and the man threw it to Ratchet. "Nice doing business wit'cha again." The man then pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Jordan. "Time for me to, ah, relocate."
As the salesman was getting on an airtaxi, Jordan looked at the paper and saw a picture of the Leviataor, but saw that all around it was strange symbols and letters that he didn't recognize at all. "Uh, sir? All of this is..." Jordan tried to finish his sentence, but saw that the man was already flying away from them. "Gibberish." he finished. Ratchet heard this and walked over to look at the paper.

"The instruction are in Blargian."

"I though they spoke English like everyone else."

"They don't."

"Then how did Drek speak it clearly."

"Drek was the chairman of Orxon," Clank spoke up. "He spoke for the Blargian race in the galactic government. Or, at least, that was what he was supposed to do. Anyhow, representing the Blargian race and speaking for them required Drek to learn English so he could communicate with the other races. Only Blargs who often communicate with other species, such as Scientists, learn English.", Clank explained.

"Well...can you read this?", Jordan asked Ratchet.

"No."

"Goodbye." Clank quickly added, sounding afraid as he started walking away. But Jordan quickly reached over and grabbed the little robot.

"Not so fast. We need this to get into the arena." Jordan said as Clank was trying to break free from the Human's grip. "Keep on squirming, it ain't gonna work."

"Maybe there's something on your E-phone to translate this." Ratchet suggested.

"Maybe." Jordan opened the phones display and sure enough, there was an app that was able to translate hundreds of languages spoken in three galaxies, Bogon being one of the three. Jordan was able to configure the app to translate Blargian to English and once he looked at the paper through the screen, he saw that the words looked like they were reprinted onto the paper, this time in English. He then looked at the paper and saw that it was Blargian, then looked through the screen again and saw it was English.
Now knowing how to translate the guide, Jordan handed the E-phone and the instructions to Ratchet, and together they installed the upgrade.

"This says 'Tab A goes into slot B'... Okay, and then magnetise the gravitron matrix, remove your left arm..."

"Wait, what?!" Clank said.

"...And done!"

Jordan removed his grip from Clank and he slowly got up, seeing that his new upgrade look just like the Thruster-Pack, but the wings were inverted and pointed down. Clank saw this and was surprised that the Lombax didn't damage him while installing it. "You do have skills." Clank complimented.

"You know it." Ratchet replied.

"Well lets get to that arena then." Jordan said.

"Uh, Jordan?"

"What?"

"According to the instructions, there's a specific weight limit for this to actually work."

"So?"

"I don't think our combined weight will allow us to fly."

"So your saying we all have to take turns using it?"

"Well I could take Sophia with me, but you'll have to fly on your own."

"And how do you plan I do that? I have no way to hold on to Clank."

"Well there's one reason you should've kept your armored jacket"

"Would you forget about that thing? I'll just figure something out then."

Clank got on Ratchets back while Jordan helped Sophia climb down from him. He then put her on Ratchets back and watched as they got on a strange blue pad, then flew off. Jordan watched them fly up to the building that they figured to be the arena and saw them land on a platform in front of it. Then something silverflew at him, and Jordan realized it was Clank. Once he landed, he asked what Jordan was planning on doing.

"How do you suppose to get up there without any way for me to help you?"

"I may have an idea."

Jordan picked up Clank and put him on his back, and used his arms as a restraint to keep him in place. "Are you sure this will work?" Clank asked.

"I hope." Jordan said as he stepped on the blue pad.

"May I offer an alternative? Why don't you use your jacket and-"

"Just lift me up there please."

Jordan took a deep breath and suddenly felt himself being lifted off the ground. It was at this moment that Jordan held on for dear life as he firmly pressed Clank against his back. Jordan then felt like he was about to have a heart attack as he looked down and stared in the abyss underneath him.

'Just stay calm and relax. You got this ' Jordan thought as he took very deep breaths.

But Jordan relaxed a bit when he started looking around, seeing all the colors and feeling a slight breeze. Jordan then wondered if this was how Ratchet felt every time he did this. But as quickly as the Human thought he would never do this again, he got a feeling that if he got some kind of way to keep Clank on his back, he would do this more often. But everything comes to an end, and so did Jordan's flight as they approached the platform. He let go of Clank as they landed. Clank flew over to Ratchet and landed beside the Lombax. "We better get into the arena." Ratchet said.
Ratchet and Clank walked over to an elevator that would take them into the arena, but Ratchet noticed that Jordan and Sophia weren't following. Ratchet turned around. "Well cmon."
Jordan then set Sophia on the ground and crouched down to her level. "I want you to stay here."

"What, why?"

"I don't need you getting hurt."

"I will be on your back the whole time."

"I've seen what it's like in there and I know its not a place for you to be."

"So you think its better to leave me out here by myself."

"I will stay with you." Clank added as he walked over to the Lombax.

"Clank we might need you." Jordan said.

"Do not worry, she is safe with me."

Jordan sighed "Alright."

Jordan got up and walked over to the elevator. Jordan felt it take them down at a surprising speed, but Jordan was able to get one last look at the little Lombax and Robot before going underground. The duo stood there in silence for five seconds until Ratchet broke that silence. "You did the right thing leaving her there, making sure she's safe."

"I know."

'Time to commit some more savagery again.' Jordan thought.

Jordan pulled his hood up, leaving only his mouth visible. The elevator suddenly stopped, and a gate opened in front of them. As the duo walked into the arena, they noticed that it was similar to the one on the Maktar Resort. People cheered loudly as the duo walked to the center of the arena. Once they reached the center, Jordan crossed his arms and observed the audience. "Are you ready for the main event!?" the announcer yelled. "Introducing two of the fiercest gladiators in the galaxy: Ratchet." the Lombax posed when he said this and the crowd cheered even louder. "And... this... guy."
Despite the fact that Jordan didn't strike a pose and just stood there with a blank expression, the audience cheered just as loud as they did when Ratchet was introduced. "Let's see if they're lucky enough to survive the toughest gladiators in the galaxy! Lets get it on!"

With that said, a gate behind them opened up and what came out was another purple monster. Ratchet and Jordan knew exactly what to do. They jumped out of the way of the creature and Ratchet fired a Mini-Nuke at it to injure it, while Jordan shot it in the face once it turned around.

Two gates then opened up and ten spider-like robots came crawling out of them. "Oh god, I've always hated spiders." Jordan said as he felt his skin crawl just thinking about the germ-filled bugs. Ratchet used his MiniNuke on them, immediately taking out seven of them. The other three were put out of their misery by one shot of Jordan's Blitz Cannon.

"Wow! Look at them go!", The announcer complimented.

Three gates from various parts of the arena opened up. Two of the three gates opened up to reveal four green aliens with armor, shields, and futuristic looking medieval flails, while the third gate opened to reveal two blue MSR's (Megacorp Security Robots), who were wielding chainsaws. Since the green aliens were much faster and closing in for the kill, the duo quickly decided to take those out first. Ratchet fired a Mini-Nuke, destroying their opponent's shields and damaging their armor. Jordan then destroyed their armor and finished them off with a headshot with only two shots of his Blitz Cannon.

Another gate opened up and two red MSR's came out with their intimidating flamethrowers, so they had to keep their distance if they wanted to avoid being roasted. Jordan used his Heavy Lancer while Ratchet relied on his Chopper, saving his bombs for later. The bots approached at a slow pace and while Jordan fired three round bursts at the enemies, Ratchet threw three blades at them and watched as they sliced the robot on the right across the chest, then it's neck. It hit the MSR in the neck once again, taking it's head off, while Jordan destroyed the other MSR with fifteen more shots from his Heavy Lancer. Once the enemies were gone, Ratchet felt his weapon start to vibrate. It suddenly shot out of his hands and started to hover in mid-air. The weapon suddenly transformed, becoming longer in shape and more rectangular. Once the weapon hovered down to Ratchet, he saw the engraving on the side that now said "Multi-Star".

Four gates opened up so BladeBalls could enter the arena, twenty bots in total. Ratchet equipped his MiniNuke while Jordan equipped his Bomb Glove. as they got close, Jordan and Ratchet used one bomb each, destroying half of the robots at once. They then ran away to gain some distance and destroyed the remaining bots with two bombs. Two gates opened and one had another purple creature inside, while another one had two more blue MSR's. The purple beast immediately charged at them, but was incinerated by a blue flame that suddenly shot out of the arena floor. The remaining two bots were quickly destroyed by Heavy Lander fire, causing them to explode.

Three gates opened to allow six spiderbots, two red flamethrower-wielding MSR's and two gladiators to enter the arena. Sixteen Heavy Lancer shots fired by Jordan made quick work of the spiders. As Jordan turned around, he saw that one of the gladiators was hit by a fireball shot by an MSR, igniting the gladiator. Jordan then used his Blitz Cannon to put the gladiator out of his misery, then shot the other gladiator with a headshot of the Blitz Cannon. What remained were the two MSR's, though they were quickly destroyed by two Mini-Nukes and two bombs from Jordan's Bomb Glove.

The final wave. Three more gates, one containing a purple creature, another one containing two blue MSR's, and one containing seven of the green BladeBalls, though the BladeBalls were destroyed when they accidentally triggered an arena trap and were burnt to a crisp. The purple beast charged at the duo, but was obliterated by a Mini-Nuke and a few bombs from Jordan's Bomb Glove. The last two MSR's were no match for Ratchet and Jordan, and were annihilated by Heavy Lancer fire in less than ten seconds. The audience practically exploded, and Ratchet and Jordan walked to the center of the arena to claim their prize. Just then a pair of boots fell from the ceiling of the arena and Ratchet caught them. They were blue in color and the bottom of them had the same type of texture like the Magne-Boots did back on Solana. "All of that fighting for this, I feel like I should get something too." Jordan said. Just then, he got a notification from his phone and he looked to see that 30,000 bolts had been added to his bank account. This almost made his heart drop, having so much money to spend. With nothing left to do here, the duo walked back to the elevator and took it all the way up to where Sophia and Clank were. Once they reached the top, Jordan suddenly felt something try to crush his torso. Looking down, he saw Sophia hugging him.. Jordan returned the hug and picked her up and set her on his back. "That was awesome!" Sophia said.

"You saw all of it?"

"There was a Holovision over there and we watched all of it." Jordan looked over to see that on the wall was indeed a HoloVision screen. Jordan then realized that he didn't gave her his phone; he'd left her with nothing to do. The group then got on a conveniently placed airtaxi and let it take them back to their ship. While on their way to their ship, Ratchet gave Clank the boots he won in the arena, and Clank stored them in his seemingly endless storage compartment.
When back at the ship, everyone agreed that it was time to get to the Megacorp Disposal Facility to rendezvous with Fizzwidget. "Sucks you didn't get anything." Ratchet said while starting up the ship.

"Actually I got thirty thousand bolts."

"WHAT! Well you do know I bought the Levitator for Clank right?"

"Just keep flying."

There's chapter 16. Now I know what you're going to say: "What about the cage battle?". Now I know there's a tool that you have to get called the Infiltrator and that could be only acquired during the cage battle.
However, Ratchet and Jordan would need two pairs of Gravity Boots to walk on the walls of the arena, and they only recieved one pair (and a few extra bolts), I decided to leave the cage match out of this story. There was another idea I had, but it wouldn't make any sense. So instead, Jordan's gonna use his Megacorp Games money to buy it.
And what Clank said about the whole jacket thing, what he was going to say is that Jordan should tie the jacket around himself to hold Clank into place. But as you know, Jordan is a very shady character and doesn't trust anyone at all, that's why he cuts him off before he finishes the sentence. However, this shady side of Jordan might change a little and he may put Clank's suggestion to the test (If they ever use the Levitator again. I've played the game but have a very vague memory of what happens), but only time will tell. Anyhow, there's chapter 16 and stay tuned for chapter 17, when the group heads to the disposal facility... where not everything goes according to plan.

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