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Disclaimer: I do not own Ratchet and Clank, Insomniac games does. I do, however, own the ideas to this story.

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"Well, Ratchet, nature sure did a number on you." Doctor Mathew Clark told Ratchet as he entered the room.

"It happens when you're stuck in the middle of no where's hell for five years." The yellow Lombax said, with a fake laugh.

"Five years, huh?" The Lombaxian (That is officially a word) doctor asked, cocking an eye.

The word made Ratchet's ears stand on end.

Five

Five years in the wasteland… The wasteland of what?

Wasteland of… death, love, discovery?

Hell

"Yeah…" Ratchet trailed off, wanting to get off the subject of it, but the Cazar seemed to want to know more.

"So your rescue… what really went down yesterday?" He asked while pulling out a white medical glove and putting it on with a loud slap.

Ratchet took a moment to look up and notice the first breathing creature he had had an actual relationship in five hellish years.

He was tall, a good four inches taller than Ratchet. He was a medic for the battlefield so he was more than in shape. The glint of Dr. Clark's glasses caught Ratchet's attention and it made him realize… he hadn't seen such simple things, such as glasses, in years.

Hell, he would've flipped if he saw a toaster.

Ratchet thought he might as well answer the man's questions, "Well." He began with a sigh, "It was your average every day hell. I was sleeping it must've been…" Ratchet thought about that day, "It was early, not too early to where the sun wasn't out, but early nonetheless." He said rubbing his temples in remembrance. "Anyway, I heard the distinct sound of something ended up being a chopper."

"hmm, it's a shame we hadn't put that planet on the routine check earlier. But hold that thought for a second." Mathew said taking out his pocket flashlight and spreading his two eyelids open to check his eyes in general. "Well your eyes check out as okay… but continue the story." The doctor said stepping back to here some more of the story.

"Well, I ran over to Clank, woke him up and told him to do whatever the hell what get the attention of the pilot." Ratchet said while shifting his position on the blue chair. "I set the regular fire as bright as physically possible. I must've chucked every last piece of my reserve wood into that pile of ashes." Ratchet almost chuckled at the thought of himself doing that. "I set off Clank's built in alarm and waved my arms like a bloody Neanderthal who had just found fire." The two laughed, "Fortunately enough, the pilot saw my notions and swooped down to pick me up and took me back here." Here being the Starship Trijalking, a military starship fairly close to the oh so familiar planet, Marcadia.

"Interesting phenomenon." The doctor noted. "Now, Ratchet, I'll need you to take off your shirt so I can continue with the examination." Dr. Clark said turning around a noting a few things on his clipboard.

Ratchet complied and took off the makeshift shirt the Ship's captain, Captain Simon, had offered him to replace his raggedy old clothes. The feel of actual material against his chest was a great relief to the dirt ridden rag of shirt, though, the fact he was being inspected by one of the highest ranked Doctors the army could offer, made him happily accept taking it off.

Ratchet was fit and in shape far before he was stranded, but being left alone to survive with nothing for so long, definitely didn't hurt his physique a touch.

Mathew walked over with his arms folded and looked at the shirtless Lombax.

"Well, Ratchet." He grabbed his stethoscope from around his neck, "Good 'ol nature gave you a few licks out there, eh?" He questioned, examining the cuts, bruises, and even a few scars. "For the most part you look healthy." He said taking his stethoscope from around his neck and putting the two ends in his large ears.

The cold metal touched Ratchet's bare flesh and made him shiver. He breathed in and out as the doctor ordered and finally put his shirt back on.

Cold… as heartless cold as the forest's wrath.

Or just cold.

"There's not too much I can do for you. You're strong, healthy and seem to be fine." Dr. Clark said flipping his clipboard to the first page.

"Before you go…" Ratchet said as Mathew was about to exit the room, "What's going on with military activity… any war I should know about?"

Mathew laughed at his curiosity, the war being one of the first things he jumped to ask about. "Come with me, Ratchet."

Ratchet was soon escorted to the cafeteria of the ship where Mathew was to talk about the war with Ratchet.

Once in the room, Ratchet grabbed a trey and finally was able to eat real food again. It was like a dream.

"So Ratchet," Mathew began sitting down at one of the benches, "You want to know?"

Ratchet nodded and began devouring the food on his trey.

"Well, you remember Aquatos, right?" The Doctor asked biting into a shiny red apple.

"Of course." Ratchet replied.

"Well, you remember how Dr. Nefarious controlled a large chunk of the planet? You see, when Nefarious was taken out of power, that half of the planet remained powerless for a while. And when we went in to take power and put them under the law of the Marcadian Government they did not take it too well."

Ratchet cocked his head intrigued to know more.

"You have to understand, Nefarious was harsh and unreasonable, but for the most part he didn't bother with the civilians much. Granted, they had to pay him every once in a while, but Nefarious actually indirectly protected the people. He didn't want anyone coming or going, and people didn't. He provided very acceptable protection, for his army mainly, but it they also kept out a lot of violence, for he feared rebellion. As for laws and other dilemmas like that, the Aquatosians (Once again, that is a word) were mainly self governing, but after seeing that any 'evil' man could easily go in and make Aquatos a sufficient place for military activity, the Army immediately stepped in, fearing that the Nefarious ordeal could repeat history. This is where a large majority of the people disagreed, and they literally drove the Galactic Army out! Coalitions were established and rebellion was everywhere, the people on that planet liked being lead by themselves. Surprisingly enough, the people of that small planet have really come together and put one man, Hal Ledok, into complete power, and they really like him. They still aren't anywhere near a full functioning army, but they managed to drive us the hell out and push forward on the planet, which is basically all theirs now. It's one of those one in a million things but it happened and they're proving to be a serious threat." Mathew explained.

Ratchet had already devoured his plate of food and was now very intrigued by the happenings of events.

"A lot can happen when you're gone for five years…" Ratchet said looking up. But he had one burning question… he needed answered more than anything.

"Have you heard of a Captain named 'Sasha' lately…?" He asked with hope.

"Sorry buddy, Can't say I have…"

It had been a week since Ratchet's rescue and his face was just starting to be plastered everywhere with taglines like, "Lost soldier found!" or "Hero returns from the dead!"

He was just starting to get in newspapers and even the national news on the holo-vision.

(Sasha and Kevin's house Late night one week after Ratchet's Rescue)

It was around 12:00 at night and both of the kids, Max and Sasha's new baby girl, Ashley, were tucked away in bed sleeping happily.

Sasha was lying in bed with her husband. The two had just gotten done with a very stressful day of work and both were ready to relax.

Sasha looked over at her husband; He was a tall, handsome, strong Cazar, like herself. He looked over at her and smiled. She loved him a lot… their one year marriage proved a lot.

Sasha finally smiled back and wrapped her arms around Kevin and nuzzled his bare chest. She giggled as he put his arm around her and moved his lips closer to hers. The two approached and romantically kissed.

Sasha traced her finger up and down across his chest, lustfully going over and over, resulting in a purr from her husband. (Yes! I know we went over this a LONG time ago and officially, Cazars can purr. :3 )

"What's gotten into you, love?" He joked and put his other arm around her. "Feeling in the mood?" He asked while kissing around the base of her neck.

"Maybe." Sasha giggled at the attention she was receiving from her lover.

Kevin slowly made his way up to her face and licked her ear playfully. He made his way back down to her lips and kissed her again passionately.

"I love you Sashy." He said using her pet name.

"I love you too Kevy." She laughed mimicking her own pet name.

The holo-vision was playing in the background, general news about the rebellion. Surprisingly enough the two hadn't been assigned to fight yet. But both knew it was inevitable and soon enough they would be sent to fight against the rebels.

The couple continued to fool around until something caught the ear of Sasha and she sat up straight in the bed, leaving Kevin in a very awkward position.

"What's this for?" Kevin asked but was cut off by Sasha shushing him and putting her finger over his lips.

The news caster started talking, "Yes, you heard me right; Sergeant Ratchet of the Galactic Army has been found alive after being stranded on a planet for five years! His ship was shot down in the intense fall of the Annihilation Zone Army…" The newscaster continued to tell about him.

"R-r-ratchet!" Sasha couldn't believe it. She began stuttering and shaking, she was overcome with every emotion she could think of.

"What's wrong, Sasha?" Kevin asked sitting up straight.

"That's Ratchet!"

"Ratchet?" Kevin asked.

"You know… my ex-husband…" She said slowly.

Kevin was speechless; even he didn't know how to react.

Tears began forming in her eyes and were soon spilling out of her eyes.

She didn't know what to do.

All she could say was, "I have to see him, Kevin."

She bolted right out of bed and began getting dressed.

Kevin was left dumbfound and speechless.

"We can't just leave the kids! I'm not taking them on a warship!" He said scratching his head in confusion. "And how am I supposed to know something isn't going to 'happen'?"

"Kevin!" Sasha said angrily. "Sometimes I just can't believe that you would think I would do that." She said putting on a shirt.

"He is your EX-husband!" He said putting stressing the ex part.

"Look, I'll be back tomorrow sometime, just trust me. I need to see him again."

"Well, Alright, just, call me when you get there. I trust you, Sasha, don't loose that." He said with a stern look.

"I know…" She said slowing down and going face to face giving him one final kiss, and then she was down the stair and out the door.

It all happened so fast…

Fast like, never before… like in five seconds.

Or was it five years?

Five…

So fast like nothing happened, and she was gone into the night, searching for a lost love.

Kevin didn't manage to fall asleep that night… he stayed awake, wondering what would become of their relationship.

(Starship Trijalking Early morning)

Sasha paced around the front room where they granted access.

The secretary at the front desk, a petite lizard like creature, took notice to Sasha's antsyness.

"Ma'am." She began, "You can go ahead and see Ratchet."

There were hundreds of people wanting to see Ratchet, but Sasha got in on account of her situation.

She approached the door that Ratchet was residing in.

Her hands were shaking violently, her bare palm touched the cold door handle and shakily opened it. A tear began to stream down her face when she entered the room.

She took two steps and Ratchet's head darted up from across the room.

"Sasha!"

She took two more steps while crying still and yelled "Ratchet!"

The two ran at eachother, Ratchet still completely oblivious to what he was destined to find… and it wasn't… love.

(A/N) Phew. Look people, as far as the Aquatos thing goes, I sort of went on it on a whim, so any complaints you have about it feel free to leave it in your reviews, but please make it constructive and not a blatant flame!
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