"Maybe we should call galactic authorities?" Talwyn Apogee thought aloud.
"Are you kidding? Those idiots couldn't rescue a critter from a tree much less save a person." Cronk rambled "They probably wouldn't even want to save the lombax because he's a hero, stealing all their limelight. He's probably good as..."
Zephyr whacked the other robot and Cronk noticed the hopeless faces of Clank and Talwyn. Feeling instantly guilty he cleared his throat and began again.
"I, uh, mean not all hope is lost. There's still a chance we'll find him, but I suggest we don't get authorities involved; they usually just make things more difficult."
Clank nodded in understandment and let out a small sigh. "It is for the best I suppose."
"We should ask the Aphelion if she knows anything." Miss Apogee suggested.
"We're gunna have to put the engine back in though. You two are pretty handy with those sorts of things aren't you?" Zephyr said
Clank and Talwyn nodded in agreement and they set off into the garage to put the ship back together. It took a couple hours and a lot of trial and error, but they were able to get the ship functioning. Working on it made them seem to miss Ratchet even more as the ship hummed to life.
"Hello clank," it rang out "How may I assist you?"
"Ratchet has gone missing; we need to know if you have any information to help us." He explained
"Oh dear, what do you need me to do?" the ship asked.
"Can you run a criminal check on a smuggler? I'll feed you all the details."
"Of course."
Clank connected to the ship and fed all the infromation in his memory bank about the man to the other machine. Once Clank was done the ship searched through all the information it could gather until it finally found a match.
"The smuggler," It began a synopsis "Notorious for trading and selling illegal goods, not much is known about this character. He most recognised for his eye patch, rustic clothes, and parrot he keeps on his shoulder."
"Any information on his current whereabouts?" The Markazian asked
"He was last seen in planet Magnus," The ship explained.
"Then we must go there." Clank decreed
"But Magnus is a huge planet, how are we going to track down one person?" said Talwyn
"We could ask the locals, they might help us find him." Zephyr suggested
"We should wait until morning, it's getting late." Talwyn yawned
As much as it pained Clank she was right. They couldn't go looking for Ratchet exhausted. Just now did he realise how tired he was and the visible bags under the Markazian's eyes. They all stayed over at the duo's apartment, but none of them got very much sleep.
This chapter isn't as good as the others (I rushed it a little) because it's mostly just filler. The next chapters will have a lot more action. Thanks for your continued support! I get soooo happy and excited when I read your reviews!