Disclaimer: I do not own Ratchet and Clank in any way, anything I use in this FanFiction is purely coincidental.
Chapter 8: Surprise Rescuer
The heroes, now held by guards, watched as the Hero Collector laughed at them.
"Why Leila?" asked Hydro Girl.
"I didn't want to be subjected to torture, you understand?" she said.
They registered she meant she betrayed them to save herself from the bondage torture.
"We understand." said Ratchet.
"You fools, you really think I am that low?" the Hero Collector said.
"If you can stuff heroes, then not much else can surprise us." said Kid Nova.
"Well, I wouldn't be as low as to put a beautiful royal flower into my theatre." and he laughed.
"What you do is the worst thing you could do, I think any one of them people would rather be stuffed like us than the fate they have now." yelled Hydro Girl but she couldn't struggle free.
"Another reason I won't do that to Leila is because she will fulfil her destiny, she will become a queen, ha ha ha, my queen."
"Oh, my God, Leila, we're sorry." said Ratchet.
"Ha, sorry. You fools! She practically chose this fate when she betrayed you, she is my diamond."
Clank closed his eyes, it may have been an attempt to ignore the Hero Collector but he was actually sending a message.
"And, you will join the heroes already on display, by the way, I have even recovered some who were close to death, remember DreadZone team, I have more than half, the Omega Twins, Ace Hardlight, Captain Starshield and many more. I recovered their bodies and now they are on display at my base." he laughed.
"You are twisted." said Ratchet.
"Guards, take them away, but wait, leave the girl to me, I will deal with her."
"Hydro!" shouted Kid Nova.
Hero Collector walked up to her and the guards holding her made her bow.
"You are a delightful heroine and you deserve a reward before your life is terminated."
He cupped her face in his hand and kissed her, then he laughed.
"Hydro, I'm so sorry." whispered Leila as her tears dropped.
"You are a wonderful heroine, oh look, your time is up, you will now have no fun, take her to the others." he said.
"Hydro?" but Kid Nova was wrong, it was a different guard, moments later, it opened again.
"Here you go, baby, solitary confinement." he dumped her into a single cell.
"Ratchet? Are you nearby?" asked Hydro Girl.
"Hydro, here, what did he do?" asked Kid Nova.
"He kissed me, I struggled, I think he wanted more but then sent me down here." she said.
Clank closed his eyes again, his message was being answered.
"We will be free soon." he said.
"You sent a message and didn't say?" asked Ratchet.
"I asked for help, my message has been answered." he said.
Two hours later.
"Leila, darling, tonight I will personally kill your friends, my artist will stuff them and then we can see them on display when we get back to my home." said the Hero Collector.
He grabbed the chain and lifted Leila to her feet.
"What's wrong, child? Do you want to join the others?" he yelled at her as she turned away.
"No, please, I will join you, no matter what." she said.
He appeared to be coming on to her but he punched her between her legs and threw her backwards into his throne.
"This is my world, so you are mine, I can touch you, be nice, yuck, or I can abandon you." he laughed.
She whimpered but nodded. Then an explosion ran through.
"The cells, they might escape." he ran down.
"Clank, we must get out." it was Venus, Clank's girlfriend.
She saved Hydro Girl and they all escaped.
"No! My heroes got away, damn." he went back to Leila.
He grabbed her chain and carried her to his ship.
"You better keep me happy Princess or I will dump you out the airlock." he said.
He took off, preparing to catch the heroes.