Ratchet and Clank Future:

Searching for Clank

Previously on Searching for Clank:

Ratchet left the Apogee Space Station and went off to go and find Clank after being taken away by the 'Zoni'. Talwyn finds it's not a good idea, but Ratchte heads off without anyone anyway. Talwyn, Qwark, Cronk and Zephyr follow the Lombax to Metropolis in the Solana Galaxy. He gets new armor, and bumps into Mayor Sasha; an old friend of his. They talk for a while until Ratchet heads off once again to start his mission...

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Chapter 2:

While Ratchet was talking to the Cazar known as Sasha, Talwyn was listening to every word they were saying. She couldn't help but feel anger rage up through her body when Ratchet and Sasha were talking. She didn't know what other feelings she had rising up in herself, but the main one was angry but, but something else was there as well.

He never talked like that to me that softly! Who does she think she is? She gasped to herself. I can't be jealous, can I? Talwyn was thinking, but noticed that Ratchet walked off heading for Aphelion; leaving Sasha behind in the dust when he took off, so Talwyn came up to Sasha and spoke to the Cazar.

"Hey, there. You one of Ratchet's friends, right?" Talwyn smiled, acting all happy when she really wanted to murder the girl deep down.

"Yeah I am. Why?" Sasha asked, sounding curious.

"Oh well, I'm a friend of his too. It's just that he never mentioned you before to me. I'm Talwyn Apogee." She said, putting her hands of her hips, with her tail swaying side to side.

"Apogee? You mean you're the Max Apogee's daughter." The Cazar said, in shock. This time she had her eyes as big as dinner plates.

"Yep, so, you have a name?"

"Oh yes. I'm Sasha Phoenix; Mayor of Metropolis. Look I want to help Ratchet find Clank. Hey, I know. Why don't we team up and help him?"

"You see, I'm already helping Ratchet without him knowing 'cuz he doesn't want help, but we're still going around following him just incase he gets himself in trouble." Talwyn replied.

"What if he sees you? And I don't think following Ratchet is good for him if he doesn't want help." Rasing an eyebrow slightly.

"Yeah well, if that Lombax gets into trouble with someone along the way, we'll be there to support him." Talwyn said, kindly but annoyed with Sasha from the inside.

"Excuse me young lady, but, did you just say 'Ratchet'?" A deep male voice asked Talwyn, from behind.

Talwyn and Sasha turn around to see a white furred Lombax with red stripes and amber eyes. His armor was black and grey with a glowing yellow circular pad on his chest. The Lombax looked like he was in his early 40's at least.

Talwyn's eyes went really wide. "You're a Lombax!" She said, shocked, 'cuz she thought Ratchet said he was the last Lombax in the universe. Sasha just stood there and stared at the man, confused.

"Yes I am a Lombax. The name's General Alister Azimuth of the Lombax Praetorian Guard and Advanced Lombax Research." He got down onto one knee and did a salute. He got back onto his feet and looked down at the girls. "You know that younger Lombax you were talking about?" Azimuth asked, curious.

"Yes, I did mention Ratchet." Talwyn replied.

"Are you looking for him? 'Cuz if you are, then he just left the planet." Sasha added, pointed a thumb over her shoulder.

The Lombax got annoyed and growled; you saw it in his face. "Damnit!" He shouted out, with his fists clenched tight. "Do you have any idea where he is heading next?"

"I'm sorry; I don't know where he headed off to." Sasha said.

Talwyn narrowed her eyes and looked at the General. "I know where he is." She said, crossing her arms. "But I'm not gonna tell you, 'cuz I don't know if I can trust you."

Alister sighed. "I'm not going to do anything to him but protect him; he is in great danger. Also...he's the son of my friend."

"In that case, come on. I have a nav-unit to show us where Ratchet is." Talwyn ran off; still not cure about the General but was heading towards her ship with Sasha and Alister not far behind. Everyone jumped back in the ship and blasted off to Ratchet's new destination.

In Aphelion, Ratchet was heading through space peacefully but he had a lot on his mind about where he was going to go next, all of a sudden ships out of nowhere attacked him for no reason bring him back into reality. However Ratchet got knocked into the side of his ship; banging his head pretty hard but not enough to send him out. One of the attacking ship's shot a dead hit in one of Aphelion's engines and everything went offline. The engines stopped working and started to smoke rapidly. The starship was plummetting down towards the closest planet to them.

"Aphelion, what just happened?" Ratchet yelled over the noise and alarms inside the ship.

"It appears to show several ships shooting us down and one hit my engine to cut it offline. Meaning we are crashing, perfect time to enjoy the views of the planet." Aphelion replied.

"No time to be funny Aphelion!" Ratchet shouted, angrily. "Looks like this is going to be a bumpy ride, hold on!"

Aphelion goes top speed into a planet's atmosphere and crashes half-way into the ground. Leaving a mess around the crash site; parts of Aphelion were scattered everywhere. The young Lombax moaned in pain. His head was throbbing, his side hurt and...and his legs...hmm, could he feel his legs? Ratchet held his head in one hand with his eyes clamped tight shut. A few moments later he opened his eyes, well at least his head wasn't hurting as much. Slowly moving his hand to his side, Ratchet carefully touched his left side. Sudden pain flowed through his small and slim body, making him groan lowly. Putting his hand back in sight, there was a deep red liquid covering his fingers. This ain't good. Ratchet thought. The hurt Lombax tried to get out of his wrecked ship, however something was holding down his legs. Aiming his head down, he could see that the dashboard had colapsed during the crash; so meaning he was stuck until someone had found him. Hopefully it would be someone who would help him, not try to kill him. In the meantime all he could do was rest his big green eyes for a while and hope for the best.

Ratchet started to wake up by hearing familiar voices around him. He groaned and slowly opened his eyes, however was only met with a blurred image; so he clamped them shut again. Well, at least he was out of the ship, that was a good start. He felt no pain either, but, but something felt wrong. Like something wasn't right, like something-

"Ratchet, can you hear me? It's Talwyn." He heard his female friend, Talwyn say in a worried tone, but just about got it through the ringing in his ears. His head had a horrible headache at the back of his head, that wasn't a great thing but it would have to do at the moment.

Ratchet eyes opened again, this time he saw clearly and the ringing went slowly but the headache still remained. Finally he pushed himself off the ground, he put his right hand on his throbbing head. He saw Talwyn kneeing down next to him, smiling. "Talwyn? What are you doing here? What happened?" Ratchet asked, confused.

"Well first it's good to see that you're awake." She smiled but it only lasted a few seconds. "Ships attacked you up in space and one of Aphelion's engines went out; so you crashed landed on this planet. We saw you crash, and came to help you. But when we got to the crash site...you wasn't in a good condition. Your legs were jammed, your head was bleeding and your left side had some glass stuck in it. You lost some blood but enough to live. We was so worried about you." She explained.

Did that really happen to me? Oh man, it's a good thing I have life insurence. Back to the subject..."We?" He asked, still confused and slowly got up by the help of Talwyn. Sure she would be with the warbots but...something told Ratchet that she wasn't just with them. He could feel more than 3 pairs of eyes staring at him.

"Yeah, me, Cronk, Zephyr, Sasha, and General Alister Azimuth." Talwyn replyed.

"Who's General Alister Azimuth?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow. General Alister Azimuth, Alister Azimuth...hmm, no nothing in mind of who he is.

"That would be me, my dear boy."

The younger Lombax quickly turned around the see a taller Lombax with white fur and red stripes. Ratchet stared at Alister (who came up to them) with a shocked face for a minute. "You're…you're a L…a Lom…" The golden Lombax juttered. He swallowed and tried again. "You're a Lombax! But...that's impossible!"

"Yes, I am a Lombax...and no..." Azimuth chuckled slightly. "It's not impossible, but you my dear boy..." He looked into Ratchet's green emerald eyes once more. Heh, I know them eyes anywhere. "You look just like you're father."

The emerald eyes widen as big as they could go. "You knew my father?" Loads of questions filled and raced around Ratchet's mind. "What was his name? How did you know him?"

Alister smiled warmly. "Come here and I'll tell ya."