"I'm not giving you anything! Clan-" Ratchet screamed but the crook tightened his grip on the lombax's neck cutting off his air supply. Ratchet struggled harder gasping for breath.
"Now now, we wouldn't want to get your little robot friend included in this, unless you want me to take your worth from him instead." He said with a wicked grin on his face.
"Don't you fucking touch him." Ratchet choked out hoarsely.
"Then I expect you to come quietly." The lanky smuggler hissed in the golden lombax's ear.
Ratchet still struggled as the man tied his hands together and gagged him, but half-heartedly. He truly didn't want Clank involved with this. He was the one who bought the illegal weapon, he was the one who pissed off the smuggler, and he was the one who had to pay off the crazy lunatic.
Ratchet was pushed out of his garage roughly, nearly tripping several times, toward the old broken down ship, he guessed what the dealer used as a replacement for his confiscated one. The bird on his shoulder squawked loudly sounding almost like a mocking laugh, as Ratchet closed his eyes and prayed this wouldn't be the last time he saw his friend.
Clank blinked awake. There sure was a lot of noise coming from the garage. "Ratchet probably just dropped or broke something. He might be a little clumsy from lack of sleep." He thought and tried to fall back to sleep, but something didn't feel right in his servos. It had gotten quieter, but it sounded as if Ratchet was talking to someone. "Maybe he had turned on the radio?" But something told Clank that wasn't it. He hopped off his bed and crept down the hallway.
"Ratchet?" He whispered calling out his pal's name. Suddenly he heard a cut off cry of his own name, and Clank gasped. Something really was wrong! He ran as fast as his little legs could take him, through the house and toward the garage. He pulled open the door that connected the garage to the house and yelled out the lombax's name. Ratchet wasn't there. He noticed the main door of the garage was slightly ajar and he peaked out through it. There is the distance he saw the rough tied up form of his best friend being tossed in the back of a ship. Clank could only watch in horror as a mystery man closed the trunk, got in, and flew off into the night.
Thanks for the reviews so far! I didn't realise so many people were enjoying the story. Anyway next chapter is when things start to go down :D