I now bring you the second to last chapter in the series and I must apologize for the delay. Its just that with school and writing and drawing and playing the division and read the new RATCHET AND CLANK MOVIE NOVEL! and other things that just got in the way and I'm sorry for the delay. But here we are with the final showdown with the protopet madness. I hope you enjoy it and hope that you guys continue on with your support for my work. Also I do want to thank AlexFalk for favoriting and following One For All, and for favoriting and following my profile, your support is much appreciated
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Megacorp Headquarters
Planet Yeedil
8:00pm local time
The Final Showdown
On the dark and rocky planet of Yeedil, Ratchet was able to find an unoccupied landing pad near the facility and as they got out, they looked at the enormous complex only roughly half a mile away from them.
Dominating the area and easily dwarfing some of the tallest buildings Jordan had ever seen, Megacorp's headquarters was both magnificent as it was intimidating.
"Well this is it I guess, no turning back now." Jordan said.
"Yep, the Protopet manufacturing area is in there somewhere."
"Let's hope we run into miss Cross while we're in there."
"Miss Cross?"
"What? Don't judge me on how I call people."
"Fine. Let's just get moving."
"Alright." After making a quick stop at a Megacorp Vendor to restock on ammunition, Ratchet and Jordan walked across a small bridge and saw that on the other side of a large gap was a small platform. On the platform, a robot stood guard that was similar in design to the ones the group had found in the factory near Angela's home on Grelbin.
The large dish on the robot's head gave a clear indication of what the group could use it for, and soon enough Ratchet was controlling the robot with the Hypnomatic.
Whilst looking through the robot's eyes by using the Hypnomatic, Ratchet saw that there was another gap, and that the platform on the other side was being guarded by another controllable robot, and thus Ratchet switched robots.
Ratchet made the new robot look around, and the Lombax saw that there was a laser fence in his path, and on the other side were three Protopets hopping around. Ratchet made the robot move onto a glowing button on the floor, deactivating the lasers and immediately riddled the Protopets with fifteen bullets. He then saw another gap and on the other side of it was another robot. He hypnotized it and after making the robot turn around Ratchet saw that blocking his path was some sort of maze, the maze's walls being forcefields.
Ratchet pressed the first button on the right and noticed two hostile robots behind the forcefield, which he was able to destroy with ten bullets, but he got hit twice in the process. He then deactivated the next field on the left and saw that there were three Protopets on the other side. He quickly destroyed them before pressing a button in front of him. Behind that forcefield were even more Protopets, though Ratchet was able to destroy the five creatures. He then head over to and pressed a button at the end of the platform.
Suddenly, two versa targets appeared in front of the group and Ratchet switched the Hypnomatic for his Swingshot. Jordan held onto him and they were able to swing across the gap and onto the laser maze. Following the path Ratchet had made, they reached the other end quickly and climbed up a small wall.
They were right in front of the entrance now, although getting in was not going to be easy, with two hovertanks appearing to prevent the group from entering the facility.
The Lombax and Human quickly took cover behind a large statue and equipped their MiniNuke and Bomb Glove respectively. But Jordan remembered something and equipped his Flux Rifle. While Ratchet fired four Bombs at the tanks, that destroyed their main hulls and exposed their orange weakspots. Jordan carefully peeked out of cover and sniped the tanks' weak spots, destroying them with two hits. They then walked into the building and saw an open door to their right. They walked through it and jumped up a ledge.
They then saw a gap and on the other side was another Receiver Bot. Ratchet equipped the Hypnomatic and began to control the bot.
It had been a trap.
Immediately the area the bot was on was getting flooded with Protopets and robotic guards similar to those encountered on Dobbo. Ratchet was quick and was able to destroy the four Protopets, and killed two of the guards before taking a hit. He then took cover behind one of the cells and waited for the robotic guards to cease their firing. Once they did, Ratchet steered the robot out of cover and fired a barrage of bullets, destroying the robots with ease.
The group then heard a loud noise coming from behind them. They walked back out, and immediately they noticed that a huge door built into the front of the building had opened up. As the group walked through, a few robotic guards popped out of hiding and attempted to surprise the group, but they got a barrage of fire in response, getting destroyed in mere seconds. They went ahead and stepped onto a teleporter, teleporting right into the heart of the facility, near the Protopet Duplication Room.
They found themselves in a small hallway that led into a longer one, though the hallway they were in had a Megacorp Vendor conveniently placed mere feet from where they had teleported in.
They decided not to purchase anything and instead focused on the task at hand: find the Protopet Duplication Room and end this madness once and for all. They walked down the hall, made a right turn and walked into some kind of large room, with an oddly shaped construct in the middle of it and a glass walkway leading to the structure. They walked across the walkway and onto the oddly shaped platform, but then, all of a sudden a robotic guard came flying out of the abyss below, wearing a jetpack.
Ratchet and Jordan immediately equipped their Heavy Lancers and started firing at the robot. They dodged two shots from the robot, but before the robot had time to fire more, it's jetpack must've gotten damaged for the robot seemed to lose control of the jetpack, the jetpack propelling him into the wall where the robot exploded on impact.
Now the group knew that if they managed to hit the jetpacks of the flying guards, it would likely result in them losing control. They walked around the odd structure, only to see a walkway leading off the platform, with a few oddly placed crates on the platform up ahead.
The crates seemed to be there for a reason though, as a squad of guards suddenly popped up from behind the crates and opened fire. What the guards had forgotten however is that they were sitting ducks in the middle of those crates, and a few well-aimed Mini-Nukes and bombs courtesy of Ratchet's Mini-Nuke and Jordan's Bomb Glove respectively made quick work of the improvised ambush.
As they walked around the remains of what had been the crates, the group saw that there was a gap up ahead, and the only way to cross it was a bridge that was currently raised, though a blue target on the underside of the bridge gave a clear indication of what do do next.
Ratchet equipped the Swingshot and used it as a grappling hook, shooting the Swingshot's claw at the blue target before giving a hard pull, forcing the bridge down.
Once the gap could be crossed, they began to walk across the bridge, but as they reached the next platform two robotic guards teleported in at the far side of the bridge. Ratchet and Jordan equipped their Heavy Lancers immediately and riddled the two robots with bullets. But suddenly, two more robots teleported in on the exact same spot the other two robots had been, but with two loaded Heavy Lancers pointed their way they soon suffered the same fate.
With the security dealt with, Ratchet and the group approached a door in front of them and knew this must be the place.
"This is it, the Protopet Duplication Room." Clank said to the group as he got down from Ratchet's back.
"Well that's good to know, but where's Miss…" Jordan stopped as they heard footsteps behind them. As they turned around them, they saw Angela Cross running towards them at full speed. She came to a stop next to them, out of breath.
"Oh, there she is." Jordan finished.
"Yeah, sorry I'm late, I had some trouble with the guards."
"It's no problem, you're just in time. Jordan, you have that ID badge, right."
Jordan pulled the badge out of his jacket's right pocket. "Right here."
"Okay, let's see if this thing works." Jordan mumbled as he was about to scan the badge on the ID verification lock on the door. Suddenly, a vent to the right of them popped open and a pink infobot came shooting out from it, coming to a stop in front of Jordan while frantically waving her hands as if she was trying to warn the group of something.
"Hey! That's that pink robot from the prison!"
The infobot opened it's mouth, a huge TV screen forming. "And I think its trying to tell us something." Clank said
A video began to play showing what appeared to be Captain Qwark standing behind a counter in a store selling a personal Hygienator to a customer whilst wearing a large purple mustache.
"Bye now, enjoy the Hygienator. Remember. You bought it from "Steve!"
Once the customer left, Qwark laughed. "Steve McQwark!"
He removed his mustache and started talking to himself about his new evil plan. "Indeed! Now that I've sold my one millionth Hygienator, I can finance the comeback of the greatest superhero who ever lived, Captain Qwark! All I need is a new galaxy, with a new fan base, so I can rescue them..."
"From a new disaster!" Qwark finished as he pulled down a screen showing an angry Protopet standing on a lonely rock, the sky behind it on fire. Qwark laughed maniacally as the video zooms in, the Protopet filling the screen.
The video ended, but when the robot was about to close her mouth, the suddenly shot forward, shot in the back.
"WHOA!" Jordan yelled as he jumped aside.
And then the shooter made it's presence known. Or rather 'their' presence known. Mr. Fizzwidget came walking in with an evil grin, escorted by two robotic guards.
"B-b-but…" is all Ratchet could say.
"Sir, I do not understand." Clank said.
"Mr Fizzwidget?!" Angela cried out.
"No, that not Mr Fizzwidget." Jordan said. "That's-"
Fizzwidget started unzipping a zipper from the top of his head, and who comes out of the costume is not other than…
"Captain Qwark!" he announced as he started laughing manaically.
"Alright. Just what the fuck is going on here?!" Angela yelled, enraged.
Qwark laughed. "Allow me to explain, I'm about to save the galaxy from the Protopets, and you are about to become public enemy number one! oh, and two and three and four and five. Guards! Seize them!"
The guards approached the group and Sophia was hoping that Jordan had a plan, "What are we gonna do now."
Ratchet tried equipping his MiniNuke, but Jordan stopped him. "Don't, its no use. I may have an idea, but not now."
They were pushed into a corner of the Protopet Duplication Area,
"I SHOULD'VE KNOWN! YOU DESTROYING OUR SHIP, YOU EJECTING US OUT OF YOUR SHIP, I SHOULD'VE KNOWN!" Jordan yelled as he was trying to resist being pushed by the guards were.
Qwark focused a camera on himself and instructed the group to smile. "Smile, its showtime."
Qwark cleared his throat. "Citizens of Bogon. I am Captain Qwark. I come to you, in this darkest of hours, to shine the flashlight of justice on your galaxy."
Ratchet laughed "Flashlight of justice?!" Ratchet stopped laughing when a guard slammed his blaster into Ratchet's chest, making the Lombax yelp.
"As you know, a living menace called the Protopet has been sent loose in your galaxy. But fear not Bogonites! For I, Captain Qwark, have caught the perpetrators."
The camera then turned to the group of hostages that were Ratchet, Clank, Angela, Jordan, and Sophia. "Yes good citizens, these are the masterminds behind Megacorps experiment with death! And now, with this... 'super electro-gadget' I invented, I will end the Protopet threat once and for all."
Qwark pulled out a strange device with four tentacle like rods protruding from it and if what Jordan's hearing is true, the rumors online were actually right.
"The rumors were real!" Jordan said in surprise.
"That's my Helix-o-morph,!" Angela yelled. "I invented-" Angela was interrupted by one of the guards ramming one of it's blasters into Angela's stomach. Angela stumbled backwards, and looked up, glaring daggers at Qwark.
"Ahem. Stay tuned, dear viewers, as I amplify the signal from this, Helix-o-thingy, and render every Protopet in the galaxy completely harmless. Allow me to demonstrate." Qwark finished, turnin to the original Protopet, confined in a small holding cell in the wall. Qwark pressed a button. "Huh, it's not working, hang on."
He turned the device around. "Ah, batteries. Anyone got batteries?"
One of the guards handed him two batteries. "Ah, thanks." Qwark said, inserting the batteries and powering the device. He pressed the button again, and this time, the device came to life and began to turn the aggressive killing machine into a harmless furry pet.
Or, at least, that was what it was supposed to do.
The Protopet started to grow, quickly becoming far too big for the cell it was in. The cell burst open, and the Protopet grew even further, until the top of it's antenna almost touched the roof.
No longer did it look harmless, it's soft blue fur had turned into a coat of rough, thin deep blue fur. Two once rather cute eyes were now white with thin, predator-like pupils that scanned the room. The creature showed it's teeth, a row of sharp teeth that vaguely reminded Jordan of a mix between a shark and an alligator.
The beast turned to Qwark, and licked it's lips menacingly. Qwark barely had enough time to yell "Mommy!" in fear before the creature dove forward and swallowed Qwark whole. The guards, watching the scene, quickly turned tail and got out of there. The Protopet turned tail too, although it jumped through the wall rather than running down the hallway, landing on a circular platform, and from there, glared at the group, silently taunting and challenging them.
"Does that Helix-o-Morph actually work?" Ratchet asked Angela.
"It used to. I can probably fix it."
"Well come on then guys. let's get it back." Jordan said, walking over to the gap in the wall, Ratchet and Angela right behind him.
As one they took a few steps back, and jumped down into the arena. The Protopet roared ferociously, as if it knew that it would all come down to this. Would the group become lunch, or would they be able to stop this monstrosity and end the Protopet madness once and for all?
Ratchet and Jordan pulled out their Heavy Lancers, while Angela pulled out a small blaster. They scattered as the Protopet rolled forward, attempting to squash them. The Protopet bounched around the arena like a pinball, but as it could only focus on one person at a time, two of the heroes were always firing at the beast, the third having to dive out of the beast's way.
The Protopet must've realized that, with the technique it was currently using, it was going to lose, therefor it suddenly jumped and slammed into the floor. It got up and slammed into the floor two more times, breaking it on it's third attempt, sending them all falling down to a lower level of the facility. Ratchet quickly dove down and grabbed Jordan's and Angela's hand, Clank's Helipack slowing them down.
As soon as they landed, they focused on the Protopet again, but suddenly, a small squad of robotic guards joined the frey. Ratchet was about to aim at one of them, but Jordan stopped him. "Don't worry about them, there focusing on the Protopet."
With a small army of robots on their side, the Protopet had to do something quickly or it would lose inevitably. Suddenly, the Protopet began to suck in air, as if it was going to try to devour the group. However, the beast's eyes were fixated on the boxes full of ammunition spawned into the arena. Sure enough, the closest ones began to move before getting sucked up by the monster.
The moment it had sucked up some ammo, the Protopet spat out two rockets that destroyed two of the guards, before curling up into a ball and bowling over the other guards.
As they were dodging the attacks and shooting the creature, Jordan's gun started to make clicking noises instead of firing, indicating that it was empty. "Dammit, I'm out of ammo! What now?!"
"Try using your Flux Rifle on it!" Ratchet yelled over to him, rolling out of the way of another attack courtesy of the King Protopet.
Jordan equipped the weapon and started firing at it, but after firing two shots, his weapon started to vibrate and float into the air. "Oh, out of all times that damn thing could've upgraded!"
The gun started to transform, but at the same time, the creature started to suck, it's eyes focused on Jordan's gun. Ratchet noticed though, and fired a Mini-Nuke into the creature's gaping maw. The sheer power of the explosion sent the Protopet staggering back a few feet. Deciding to take things to the next level quite literally, the Protopet slammed into the ground three times once again, sending them all falling to the next floor. However, at the same time, Jordan's weapon had finished upgrading and came falling from the sky. The group fell, and while Angela quickly grabbed Ratchet's hand, Jordan did not react. Meanwhile the Protopet had reached the next platform, and apparently it knew what the Human was waiting for, curling up into a ball and waiting for the Human to drop into striking distance.
Ratchet grabbed Jordan's hand just in time to slow the Human's landing, before running out of the way and opening fire on the creature once again, Angela right behind him.
"Uh Jordan." Sophia said nervously as Jordan's eyes were fixated on the gun falling towards him, while Sophia was staring at the creature that came rolling towards them at full speed.
"Wait for it..." As the Human had barely grabbed the handle of his gun, he was suddenly pushed out of harm's way by Ratchet. However, it was too late for Ratchet to get out of the way.
Angela pulled him out of the way just in time. "This isn't a game of bowling!" she yelled as she pulled Ratchet away.
The Human gave Ratchet a thumbs up before looking over at his weapon. This time, the word "Vaporizer" was written on the right side of the weapon. With a newly upgraded gun in hand, Jordan started to open fire at the beast, while Angela and Ratchet were already raining plasma fire on the King Protopet's battered skin.
However, soon enough both Ratchet and Angela ran out of bullets. They ran over to Jordan, and they stood together as one. With one last trick up its sleeve, the Protopet sucked up ammo once again, but it was too far away for Ratchet or Jordan to interfere with a bomb.
This time, small explosives came out of its mouth, but Angela and Ratchet were able to dodge the explosives, Jordan wasn't as lucky as a bigger one was sent his way. He and Sophia were sent flying by the blast. Ratchet noticed immediately that Sophia was sent flying his way, and he dove forward, catching her in mid-air. Sophia's eyes were fixated on Jordan however, and she could only scream his name as the creature charged at Jordan.
Jordan had barely gotten up as the creature had reached him. It was too late. The creature opened it's mouth and, with a loud roar, dove forward, swallowing Jordan whole. "JORDAN!" Sophia screamed.
…
Like a slide, the Human slid down the esophagus and soon fell into the belly of the beast. Jordan splashed down into a pool of green slime that must've been the acid of the stomach. Jordan quickly got up and stood along the walls of the stomach to avoid the acidic substance. But as he was observing his surroundings, he noticed Qwark across from him, holding the device that could save this whole galaxy. Jordan walked over to him and saw him laying in the acid. "What are you doing?"
"I don't know, waiting to be digested I suppose."
"Cmon, what happened to the 'Save the whole galaxy"' shtick?"
"Can't you see the truth? It's over. I tried turning this thing harmless and look what happened. Now I am going to be nothing but skin and bones in a few minutes."
"Maybe you can fix it."
"How?"
"Give it here."
Qwark handed Jordan the device and Jordan took a look at it. Jordan didn't know much about this galaxy's techonology, heck, this device was most likely too advanced for him, but the least he could do was try.
The outside of the device looked intact, and the device had worked, the problem was the effect being reversed. Jordan figured that the problem must've been internal. Opening the device, he noticed the problem immediately.
"Qwark, how do you insert batteries?"
"Uuh... place plus on minus, right?"
Jordan facepalmed, and this time, he inserted the batteries correctly. "Alright, batteries are in the right way now. I guess inserting the batteries wrong must've powered the parts of the device in the wrong sequence or something."
Perfect, now let's make this beast docile." Qwark said.
"No, we can't test this while were still inside it."
"Then how do you plan we get outta here?"
"I may have an idea. I'm not much of a doctor or know much about the digestive system, but I'm pretty sure if we fill this stomach with enough blood, the acid will react with the blood and hopefully regurgitate us."
"Right, so he'll…"
"He'll throw us up."
"That brilliant! you go ahead and do that then."
"You're not helping?"
"No, I'm not a hero. I'm just a big shot who thought he'd have it big with the big time, but I'm just a loser."
"You're not a loser Qwark. You know, this reminds me of a time before all of this, in which I believed myself to be a loser, but look at me now. I did the right things and now I am a hero for it. Being a hero is not about doing big things, it's about doing the right things."
"You know. You're right, it's not about saving galaxies or the universe. It's about fighting crime or showing the world how majorly awesome I am."
"So what do you say. Wanna play the hero?"
"I'm in. But how are we going to put blood in this creature's stomach?"
Jordan walked over to the walls of the stomach and pulled out his machete. "Observe." Jordan stabbed the wall, and they could hear a faint roar of pain. Not only that, but a stream of blood began to spray out of the wound, and soon enough, the acid became a deep crimson color.
Qwark then pulled out a lancer pistol and shot at the walls of the stomach, causing a few small wounds to spew blood.
Jordan then realized that these injuries were too small, they had to go bigger. Jordan stabbed the wall again and this time pushed the blade down, carving a huge hole in the creature's stomach. Qwark then started firing his pistol in automatic mode, causing more wounds to show up and more blood to fill the stomach. Jordan and Qwark started stabbing and shooting the beast until there was nothing but dark red in the creature's stomach, and it was filling up fast. Soon the blood was up to their ankles, and in one minute it was up to their waist. "C'mon, c'mon, throw up already."
Suddenly everything went silent, and soon Jordan felt the air go up through the creature's throat like a vacuum, and at the same time, the blood was rushing towards the throat, "Uh oh." Jordan said.
Soon, Qwark and Jordan were thrown out with all the blood and bile, and were quickly sucked through the throat, out of its mouth, and into the light. Jordan and Qwark hit the ground, and Jordan slid across the glass, nearly to the edge.
But as he was about to fall over the edge, a furred arm grabbed Jordan's. "You okay?" Ratchet asked.
"I've been better, a lot better in fact, but I'm still breathing."
As if by some miracle, Jordan was still holding the Helix-o-Morph, but the creature had recovered, saw Jordan with the Helix-o-Morph and, with a roar of rage, charged forth.
However, the creature was sent flying by a missile to the face. It stumbled and wobbled, before tumbling over. They had won.
Jordan looked to where the rockets came from. Positioned on a nearby pipe sat the same thug that had helped them escape from the Thugs-4-Less prison, wielding a bulky blue weapon that had eight barrels spinning like a minigun.
"Hey! It's you again, from the prison!" Jordan said. The Thug jumped down. "Actually you can call me John if you like."
"John huh. Well, thanks for the save. And what is this thing?" Jordan said, nodding to the weapon.
"The RYNO 2. Wielding this, you can take on the entire Thugs-4-Less fleet."
"So... I guess you're not working for Thugs-4-Less anymore?"
"Nope. Turned in my reason for quitting, packed my things and left."
"Well, you did the right thing."
"Thanks."
Right after the thug named John said that, Jordan felt something strong wrap around his waist. He looked down, only to see Sophia hugging him. "Hey Sophia." he said softly as he picked her up and hugged her, with her wrapping his arms around his neck.
"I..I was so worried and scared and sad and... and... you're covered in blood!"
"Yeah, it's kind of a long story."
"Jordan!" the Human looked behind himself and saw Ratchet giving him a concerned face. "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just fine."
"But you're covered in-"
"I'll tell you later. But first." Jordan looked over and saw Qwark lying on his back. Jordan walked over to him.
"Good work partner." Qwark said, offering Jordan his hand. But the Human didn't reply as the stomped his foot on Qwark's chest, equipped his Blitz Cannon, and aimed it right at Qwark's head. "Whoa whoa what's going on here?" Qwark yelled.
"Endangering the whole galaxy and once again putting us in danger, I ought to kill you right where you stand!"
"Wait! But what about all that talk of being a hero and saving the galaxy?!"
"Its called deception Qwark, something you seem to be skilled at." Jordan got closer to his face, looking him straight in the eyes. "And if you don't remember." he growled "I warned you about putting Sophia in danger, a second chance you call it. And what did you do? You tried to get us all killed once again. I hate people like you Qwark, and I am going to make sure you don't do it again."
Jordan aimed his gun right at Qwark's head and as he was applying pressure on the trigger, something touched Jordan's shoulder. Jordan looked at the hand's owner, Ratchet.
"Lets just go Jordan, leave him."
"No, you saw what he has done to us. He's tried to get us killed and he deserves to die for what he's done to us."
"What about Sophia? do you think this is the kind of example you want set for her?" Jordan looked over and saw Sophia standing there with her hands together looking at him.
It was at that moment that Jordan sighed, realizing Ratchet was right, and Jordan remembered his motives. He knew that if he did this, he would turn into something that he was not and didn't want to be.
"Fine." Jordan said as he unequipped his gun. Jordan stepped off Qwark.
"I believe we are forgetting something.
Everyone looked over to Clank, who pointed at the downed Protopet. Jordan pulled out the Helix-o-morph and approached the creature. The beast saw him and tried to eat him, but Jordan pressed the big red button on the device.
They watched as the beast shrunk down to it's original size, it's wounds vanishing in the process.
Once it was it's original size again, it charged at Jordan. "What the hell?! Wasn't it supposed to be harmless now?!" Jordan yelled as he prepared to make a run for it, but Ratchet stopped him "Wait. Trust Angela." Ratchet said, noticing a glistering in the Protopet's eyes that he knew all too well, he had seen it in Sophia's eyes various times.
The creature had reached Jordan, and the Human closed his eyes, preparing to feel teeth chomping down on his leg any second, but instead, he felt something furry rub itself against his leg.
As Jordan carefully opened his eyes, Ratchet laughed. He had been correct, the glistering in the Protopet's eyes had been happiness, not anger. Jordan picked up the Protopet, knowing that it was completely harmless and looked at it.
"Not so tough now huh?" Jordan said as he looked at the creature, who in return started licking him with its long tongue. "Okay okay, you're cute alright, now stop!" the creature stopped licking him and Jordan looked around the room.
"Speaking of Miss Cross, where did she go?
"I don't know." Ratchet look around and saw Angela walking towards them with another possible impostor of Mr. Fizzwidget. Jordan followed Ratchet's gaze, and immediately equipped his Blitz Cannon and aimed at the possible impostor.
Angela's eyes widened, and she quickly stepped in front of Fizzwidter. "Stop! This is the real Mr Fizzwidget. Qwark had him tied up in the supply closet all this time."
"Gentlemen, you have my most profound gratitude." Fizzwidget said, and immediately Jordan unequipped his weapon and gave the Protopet to Fizzwidget. The Protopet leapt off Jordan's arm and positioned itself on Fizzwidget's shoulder, playfully rubbing itself against Fizzwidget's cheek. Fizzwidget laughed "I see you were also able to cure it!"
"About that, how were you able to fix the Helix-o-morph?" Ratchet asked, turning to Jordan.
"Batteries were in backwards."
"Oh."
"But how are we gonna cure all the other protopets?" Jordan asked, turning to Angela, who took her invention from him.
"I'll just have to amplify the device with Megacorp TV transponders and it should cure all the other Protopets."
"Sweet." Just as Jordan said that, the Protopet on Fizzwidget's hand started to cough.
Suddenly, the Protopet coughed up something that shot at Sophia. She caught it, and looked at it.
It was a giant, pink ball of fur. Two seconds later, two eyes started to open and not only did it have pink eyes, it also had eyelashes. Soon it's feet were also revealed, showing that it was actually a pink Protopet.
"Magnificent." Fizzwidget said. "A female protopet, I never would've thought of that."
"It looks like a baby too. I don't see any teeth." Sophia said.
"Well then, maybe I could use her and produplicate more pink Protopets and we could give them to any boys or girls looking for a girl companion."
"That settles it then. Alright Sophia, give her to Fizzwidget."
"But Jordan, I like her. Look how cute she is."
"C'mon Sophia, Fizzwidget needs her to make more of them for the whole galaxy."
"But Jordan."
"Sophia. Think about it, if you give her to him, you could make a lot of people happy with more of these pink Protopets. Doesn't that matter?"
Sophia sighed. "Oookaaay." she said, sounding depressed. Sophia walked over to Fizzwidget and gave him the pink Protopet. The Megacorp CEO stared down at her. "She'll be in good hands, little one. I promise."
Jordan then knelt down to Sophia's level and told her something "Hey. I heard that when you do good things, good things will happen to you. I dont know, just something for you to think about."
The whole group started to walk out of the duplication room, and as they were walking, Jordan looked over and saw Clank by the damaged pink infobot, looking rather frightened. Jordan broke from the group and approached him. "Maybe Ratchet can fix her."
"Do you think he can?"
"I'm certain." Jordan picked up the infobot and Clank and Jordan walked after the rest of the group. Fizzwidget didn't follow them though, giving instructions to some robots about Qwark, and what to do with him. As they reached their ships, Angela turned to them. "So... What now?"
"Let's go to our apartment, we could all meet up and celebrate."
"Sounds like a plan." Ratchet, Sophia and Angela said at the exact same moment. "Excellent idea." Clank said.
Angela climbed into her ship as Jordan, Ratchet, Sophia and Clank climbed into their star explorer, Clank carefully holding the damaged infobot, and they took off, leaving the atmosphere far behind and entering the realm of countless stars once again.
Just one more chapter to go for this story. And I must say by the time this is uploaded, I will actually be done writing the epilogue as it was part of the delay. But stay tuned for the epilogue as the group chills at the apartment. While our Human friend tries to find a way home.
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