Chapter 3
"So this, is the great clock?" Talwyn asked with a hint of surprise in her voice.
"Yes, it is. What is wrong with it?" Clank asked.
"Nothing … being honest I thought it was gona be-"
"A big clock?" Ratchet pointed out the obvious.
"Sorta." Ratchet landed on a landing pad, near the Orvus chamber. They hoped out, well Ratchet and Clank did; Talwyn just used her jetpack.
"Easy some Tal, some of us have to walk." Ratchet mocked.
"Well, some of us don't have hover boots or heli packs."
"Touché." Talwyn flew around to look at the sights of what the Great Clock had to offer. Ratchet looked at Clank to see him with a huge smug grin on his face.
"What?" Ratchet asked suspicious. His head banged with pain again. But he didn't try to show it.
"Oh nothing, just you."
"Go on."
"Just you. Mocking and calling her Tal. You're shy about this whole business."
"No I'm not." Ratchet squealed.
"Really. Then how come you just did that little denying kid voice."
"The what voice Clank?"
"You know. It's like those little arguments kids have about being afraid of the dark and squealing 'no I'm not'. You're the kid afraid of the dark."
"Clank your circuits are crossed. The first bit I got you just trailed off."
"Oh I just think I'm glad to be back here. Going to be good to see Sigmund. To see how he is taking his position."
"Seems fair enough." Talwyn came back down. With a face like she had just won the lottery.
"This place is amazing." She shouted.
"Ratchet's afraid of the dark." Clank announced.
"No I'm not." Ratchet squealed.
"See my point is proven." Talwyn just stared at them both blankly. Clank step on the pad that slowly opened. Cogs and gears twisted and rattled until it all came together and made a face of Clank.
"Well who is that handsome devil? Hehehehehe." Clank joked.
"You were just waiting to say that, you little vain bolt head." Ratchet insulted.
"You just have to be a kill joy." They started to walk in through the hall that led into the chamber. Clank hit the button that closed the door. He remembered closing it shut in Azimuth's face and the massive rage he went in. He laughed quietly to himself. They were presented into the chamber. Glass dominated most of the walls, showing the breathtaking view of the universe.
"Sir!" A familiar voice came. Sigmund came from nowhere. "So good to see you sir."
"As same to you Sigmund. How is the post suiting you?"
"Great sir, the Zoni really like me and seem to get on well with them."
"Good, good. Speaking of the Zoni. Have that being seeming … odd lately?"
"Hmm… now that you mention it, they have being off duty now and again. Now that is not like them. They used to be always up to scratch." As Sigmund finished Zoni materialized out of nowhere and floted around for a few moments
"Speaking of the devils." Sigmund murmured. They turned to Ratchet and circled around him.
"We are sorry for the intrusion. You must know. He's not dead. Just gone. To where they have. He has started what he has begun before… but worse."
With a burst of light Ratchet was seeing vison of buildings, a nice plannet with a lovly summers day … and lombaxs. Then a figure that he had seen before. Lastly a traumatizing image.
"No…NO!" Ratchet screamed. He back with the others in the clock.
"What did you see Ratchet." Clank asked worried.
"He's not dead Clank… He's not dead." Ratchet fell on the floor weeping.
"Who's not dead?" Talwyn asked.
"T… Tachyon." Everything blanked out.