Chapter II
Telther grinned maliciously as he hung up with Q'inn. He gave an evil laugh as he walked over to a figure chained to a wall. "You hear that, Lombax?" He jeered at Ratchet. "Your friends are on their way hear. Too bad they're coming to their own funerals. And yours." Ratchet glared at Telther. His left eye was swollen shut, and there was a deep gash on his cheek, staining his fur red. "Telther." He said in a weak voice. "I-If you hurt Clank, or Soara, I am going to-" Telther laughed, cutting Ratchet off. "A threat?!" He said. "While chained half dead to a wall? You never cease amaze me with your futile determination. But don't worry." He got up in Ratchet's face so they were only a couple of inches. "You'll be dead long before they get here." Ratchet spat blood in Telther's face, who jumped back in disgust. After wiping his face off, Telther smacked Ratchet across the face with the back of his hand. Ratchet grunted in pain. "You think that's funny, boy?!" Telther said angrily, grabbing Ratchet around the neck. "I promise. I will make the rest of your pathetic life a living hell if you don't-"
"Thelther!" Came a woman's voice from behind. "Stop playing with my trophy!" Telther took his hand off of Ratchet's neck at the shout. "As you wish, Miss, Tachyon." Ratchet looked up in fear at the sound of the name. There was a young woman standing behind Telther. A short, dark-skinned creature Ratchet had never seen before. She walked over to Ratchet, and stared at him with dark red eyes. "Hello, Ratchet." She said to him with as smile. Ratchet looked her. "You know me." He said. "But I don't know you."
"Oh, but you will." Said the woman "After all, You killed my father." Ratchet blink at her. "What?" He said. "Emperor Percival Tachyon." Said the woman angrily. "Ruler of the Polaris Galaxy. I am Ellyra Tachyon, his daughter!" Ratchet stared at Ellyra for a moment, then said. "You sure don't look like a Cragmite to me." He said. "No, you actually make the Cragmites good-looking." Ellyra slapped Ratchet, her long talon-like fingernails cut into his face, releasing fresh blood onto his face. "Filthy space-rat!" She hissed. "Tachyon found me wandering Quantos when I was just a child. He took me and raised me as his own." She pointed one of her fingers at Ratchet. "And YOU killed him!"
"Yeah? Well, join the club." Said Ratchet. "As I recall, your father killed MY father. Along with the rest of my race." Ellyra chuckled, turning away from Ratchet. "He was ridding the universe of a bad pest." She said. "Tell me, Ratchet. Have ever wanted vengeance on someone who had done you wrong? Have you ever wanted to make someone suffer worse than they had made you suffer?" She turned back to looked at Ratchet, who said nothing, but was staring determinately at the floor. "Of course you have." Said Ellyra. all corporeal beings have. It's in out nature to seek revenge." Ratchet still said nothing, staring at the floor. Ellyra flared up when she noticed Ratchet was ignoring "LOOK AT ME WHILE I"M TALKING TO YOU, LOMBAX!" She shouted, grabbing a handful of fur on Ratchet's head, and yelling into his ear. "I'm going to make you pay for what you've! I hope you understand that! I will make you wish your were not a Lombax, that you never met Emperor Percival Tachyon!" Telther quickly ran over and hand Ellyra a shock-rod, which she snatched without looking at him. She then activated it so it began to glow and sparkle with electric currents. Ellyra smiled gleefully, and jabbed the rod into Ratchet's stomach, who grunted and shook at the electric currents began to surge through his body. "Aw. Did that hurt?" Said Ellyra removing the rod. Ratchet said nothing, but just was breathing heavily. "Good!" Ellyra continued. "Which means this will hurt even more!" She turned up the shock-rod to a higher setting, then rammed back into Ratchet's stomach. Ratchet yelled in pain and began shaking violently. Ellyra's smile widened.
Meanwhile, Soara and Clank had just entered the Solana Galaxy in there ship, and were on route to the Dayni Moon. "I've never been in this sector before." Soara was saying as she piloted the ship. "Although, it really doesn't look any different from any other sector I've been." "I suppose you have a plan for once we reach Dayni?" Clank asked, who was sitting in the passenger's seat next to Soara. "Kill and not be killed." Soara answered, not taking her eyes off of the stars. "Isn't that generally the plan?" But Clank gave Soara a "Seriously THAT'S your big plan?" look that she could see with her prefreal vision. "What?! I didn't hear YOU make any suggestions." she said to him. "We do not even know where on Dayni they are holding Ratchet." Clank pointed out. "One step at a time, Clank." Said Soara. "Let's get there first." "Assuming Q'inn is sending us in the right direction." "You've got trust issues, don't you?" Said Soara, raising an eyebrow to Clank. "First me, then Q'inn" "You have proven yourself to have earned my trust." Said Clank. "Q'inn has not." Soara chuckled, rolling her eyes. "I doubt Q'inn will get the same opportunity as I did." She said. "Probably won't be seeing-" Soara was interrupted by the ship's alarm that suddenly started to blare. "Warning! Incoming enemy fighters!" It announced. Sure enough, Soara saw several blips on the radar drawing nearer to their ship. "Oh great. Here we go again." Said Soara. "Hang on, Clank. Looks like we'll have to fight our way out of this."