The bayous of Rivular were always popular with a certain crowd of people. And by a certain crowd, I mean people who call tying a sofa to a star cruiser a "roller coaster." Bob and Harvey happened to be two of those people. No sooner had they taken a bite of their homemade Fried Sandshark did they watch their picnic table becoming demolished by a landing ship.
"What the--are you guys crazy?!?" said Ratchet.
"Whuh--HARVEY, RUN! IT'S AN EVIL FUZZY MONSTER!" cried Bob.
"No, I'm not a--never mind that, don't you know that this is a landing spot for oncoming ships?"
"This be a what now?" said Harvey.
Ratchet and Clank had a feeling they were having an encounter with two of the biggest morons of the last 800 years or so. Nevertheless, Ratchet was motivated to find his friends on the Phoenix no matter what.
"Have you seen a ship somewhere around here? It's really….big, and really…..long."
Ratchet tried to dumb it down as best as he could.
"And it also has…um…."
"A 2400 Omega Meteorizer Engine in the Carbonox edition," said Clank.
"Come to think of it, we have done seen one of those," said Harvey, "It was burnin' up like a three eyed Hog on a grill! A-he-he-he!"
"But anyways," said Bob, "Yep, I believe we did see one. Oh, and by the way, we were told that we wasn't on a landin' spot."
"Oh, really?" said Ratchet.
"Nope, we was told we was on a Signallite spot!"
"A what?"
"The Signallite, Ratchet," said Clank. "I believe I have read about this in New Tech Weekly. It is a new gadget by Astroprod, the weapon and gadget manufacturers in this galaxy. It sends a signal beam up into the sky, allowing one to be picked up by a designated ship."
"Clank, if only we had one of those…." said Ratchet.
"Hey! Hey! I have one of them Signallites! Just picked it up this mornin'!" said Bob.
"Really? Where?"
"It be…um….I can't remembers."
"Oh, gosh darnit, Bob," said Harvey, "You must've gone and dropped it back in them huntin' grounds!"
Ratchet's eyes lit up. He had a plan.
"Bob, say we…found this Signallite in the grounds. Would you mind if we used it?"
"Why, o' course, buddy!"
"Perfect. Clank, let's get to those hunting grounds."
"WAIT! You's gonna need some firearms for them grounds!" said Bob.
"Yeah," said Harvey, "Here. You can use my Amp Cannon and Bob's Detona Bomb."
"But Harvey, I got that for Blarg Day!"
"Bob, somethin' tells me these guys need it more. And if you find the Signallite, we'll let you use them weapons forever and ever!"
"HARVEY!!!!"
"Bob, have a sense of generosity. Good luck to the both of you!"
With that being said, Ratchet and Clank entered the hunting grounds with two new Astroprod weapons in their arsenal. However, someone was watching their every move.
Someone had heard of these two heroes and had a feeling they were going to interfere with his plans.
"So, zee famous Ratchet and Clank have entered Thymol, huh? Oh hoh hoh, well I shall have a surprise for zem…."