I do not own Ratchet and Clank (I wish I did) this is for entertainment purposes only.
I went with RandCAbrigded's idea for the chapter. And a side note to all of the others who sent me ideas for the chapter, they were all good but this one stood out the most to me. maybe next time. on with the story.
Ratchet and Kate were being handcuffed while they were staring down the barrels of the traitorous praetorian guards. They could not believe that the lombaxes would be so quick to betray one another. Kane walked over to Ratchet who was now laying face down on the floor with his hands tied behind his back. Kane knelt down in front of Ratchet and grabbed him by the throat and lifted his head up "not so tough are you brother" Kane started "all tied up and helpless, just wait until you see what I have planned for Fastoon" "you have lost your mind Kane". The anger started burning inside of Kane, he punched Ratchet in the mouth and walked into the cockpit. Ratchet spat blood on the floor of the ship "how the heck am I going to get myself out of this one" Ratchet thought to himself. "approaching Fastoon in T-minus ten minutes prepare to enter atmosphere". All of the praetorian guards sat down and strapped themselves in leaving their prisoners on the floor.
The ship entered the atmosphere of fastoon and it shook violently as they approached the surface. Ratchet, Kate and pentigril were given the ride of their lives on that entry. The ship landed in the praetorian guard headquarters, when the hatch opened in the back, Ratchet Kate and Pentigril were being used as human shields by the corrupt praetorian guards and Kane. The praetorian guards that were stationed at the headquarters immediately aimed their weapons at the traitors. "Lay down your weapons or they all die" Kane said without a hint of emotion while holding a small blaster to Ratchets temple. The guardsman complied with the order and put their weapons down. Kane gave a nod to his men and they shot down the surrendered guardsman where they stood "NO!" Pentigril yelled, his captor smacked his gun over the back of his head knocking him out. "spread out, blend in and strike at the council chambers" Kane said before knocking out Ratchet and Kate.
Ratchet woke up in a prison cell laying next to his mother who was still unconscious, the sound of gunfire could be heard in the distance "damit!, how could i be so stupid" Ratchet started "I need to get out of here, but how" Ratchet pondered the thought, but he could not find anything to use to get through the energy field.
Plasma flew through the air, people were dying left and right in the once more burning Fastoon city. The inhabitants were either running for their lives or locked up tight in their houses waiting out the fight. Kane was prevailing in this battle, and he knew it. "sir we have breached the council chambers, but we are meeting resistance to the east" one of Kanes goons said "good, move your squad into a defensive formation around the council, I will be there in a few minutes" Kane said "yes sir". Kane started walking to Fastoon prison where he had Ratchet and Kate locked up.
Ratchet was sitting up against the wall of the small cell that he was sharing with his mother. They heard footsteps coming down the corridor and they stopped in front of the prison cell. "I take it you won, or else I would be out of here by now" Ratchet said in a depressed voice. "yes dear brother I have prevailed" Kane started "if you would have only backed my decision you would not be sitting in there" Ratchet jumped to his feet and punched the energy barrier "you would have me commit mass genocide" Ratchet yelled "I would have you do your duty as a lombax, brother. And right now your duty is to be an example to any who oppose me" Kane motioned to a few guards to retrieve Ratchet and Kate. "Escort them to the court, its happening in the morning" Kane said before walking away.
(the next morning)
The sun was coming up over the horizon lighting up the battle scarred city. Ratchet and Kate were locked up with the rest of the elders who were beaten and bloody from the confrontation the night before. The broadcast system came online across the city "this is Kane, your new leader, as you know we have the elder council under our control. I instruct every inhabitant to come down to the elder council courtyard, i have a little surprise for you" with that the speakers went silent.
Footsteps were heard coming to the door of the main chamber, the door opened and Kane walked through accompanied by ten of his men. "Bring them out" Kane said. His men escorted the council members along with Ratchet and Kate to the courtyard and they forced them onto their knees in a line. "god help us" Ratchet thought. They waited until a large crowd of lombaxes formed in the courtyard, that is when Kane gave a speech. "These men and women want to deny our revenge. They want to do nothing about the great crime that was committed against our race. They are no better than those who let us get to the verge of extinction, and we had to run like cowards. I am here to give you a chance to fight for all of those who died on that terrible day twenty three years ago. and to offer a punishment to those who would try to stop us"
Kane loaded up his blaster and aimed it at General Pentigril and pulled the trigger. Pentigril fell over in a puddle of blood. Kane then sidestepped to elder McGill, the adviser of combat and he shot him as well. He then sidestepped to elder Weiss, but when he pulled the trigger it just clicked. "Damned twenty year old weaponry" Kane fixed the jam and put the gun to Weisses head but before he could pull the trigger a wad of plasma slammed against his leg which made it buckle and burn on impact, Kane screamed in pain. Kane turned to where the shot came from, and there standing with a smoking splitter rifle was Lucilla accompanied by twenty other armed lombaxes. "Run!" Lucilla yelled. This was their chance Ratchet, Kate and the elders went into a dead sprint towards the resistance groupe. The resistance had Kanes men pinned down, giving everyone time to get out of there.
Once again thanks RandCAbridgded for the idea for this chapter. i had a great time writing it, i hope everyone enjoys reading it. Leave a review on how you think I did. I love you guys (Evil Ratchet Out!)