Ratchet and Alister:

The Blue Orb

I DO NOT OWN RATCHET AND CLANK, INSOMNIAC GAMES DOES!

Chapter 15 Oh dear:

It didn't take Alister long to catch up to Ratchet on the hoverboots. On the other hand, it wasn't long before one of Vorselon's battleships caught up with the two male Lombaxes too. The younger looked behind him and shouted towards the General. "We're almost there!" Getting a thumbs up back, he knew the other understood.

They hovered quickly around a corner and in their sight was a cave small enough for both of them to fit in. The Lombaxes literally dived into the enterence just in time when the ship flew past, still going foward. Turning off their hoverboots, they sighed at the same time. "Man, that was too close." Ratchet huffed.

"Yes, it was." Alister replied, groaning. While Ratchet checked if the close was clear, Azimuth looked at the area around them, he sighed again. Long sharp stalactites hung everywhere, and it didn't look good, they seemed to be very loose. It properly wouldn't take much for them to be knocked off the ceiling. There was even some stalagmites, but not as long as the stalactites but still just as sharp.

Perking his ears up to listen for sounds deeper in the cave. It sounded like there was a water stream near by; that's good, at least they won't dehydrate. But the other noise disturbed him, this definatly wasn't good. Tetramites. Well, if they get pass that water stream, then they'll be safer.

Coming back in the cave, Ratchet jogged towards Alister. "Well, looking like they won't be coming back this way for quite some time." He said, pointing a thumb behind his back at the enterence.

"Good. We better set up a make do camp for the night." Alister said. "We need to cross a water stream before we settle down." He started to walk further into the cave, with Kaden's son a few steps behind.

"Why do we need to cross a water stream?" Ratchet asked, confused. What, are Vorselon's troops scared of water? He chuckled in his mind and a smirk appeared on his face.

He sighed. "There's tetramite nests in this cave. As small as they are, they can devour anything edible in just a few bites if you're not careful. And you can't kill them easily, so the best way is to get rid of them is to be faster and smarter. They hate water, so they don't go anywhere near it."

"Woah." He whispered. He didn't know that they could be that dangerous for such little creatures. Scanning the sights around him, he thought he saw something move on some rocks to the side of them. Looking straight ahead again, he felt as if someone, or something, was watching their every step. "Erm, General?"

Moaning, he turned around to face the shorter Lombax. "What is it, Ratchet?" He asked, it sounded like there was a slight annoyance tone in his voice. Maybe he didn't like too many questions asked at once.

"I-I think someone is watching us." He said in a quiet tone. He didn't like this feeling; it always made him a little uncomfortable. He never knew what could just pop out from behind the rocks lying around the dark cave. It remined him too much from when he was searching for Clank with Talwyn and Rusty Pete quite a while ago in Morrow Caverns.

"Look, I know how you feel." He said, placing a hand on the other's should while kneeling down on one knee. He moved to whisper in Ratchet's ear. "I have that feeling too." Getting up quickly, he shot an electric blast from his double-ended wrench behind the Lombax. A screech filled the cave. Lightening up one of his glow sticks and passing it to Ratchet. He moved closer to where he shot.

Ratchet watched as Drake came out from the darkness.

Oh man, sorry it took so long, but here it is :D Drake's back! :O

Me and Night's Beast has thought of a contest to do ^_^ The contest is that you've got to make a piece of your own artwork for each chapter of this story. Submit the all your artwork to me or Night's Beast, so we can decide which one is the wining one...

You'll have 2 weeks to submit your artwork, and we'll choose the winning one, but don't worry; every piece of your work will still be posted even if you haven't won :)

Rules

1) You have to read the story from the beginning, then up to the last chapter available.

2) No one gets to submit for chapters ahead of the one we are currently asking for. We start with chapter 1 and work our way up in order.

3) Nothing sexual but we don't mind kissing, massaging, stuff like that.

4) No bases can be used! We want to see your own artwork!

5) Any work that is submitted after the closing date, will NOT be posted!

6) You don't have to be a great artist, we'll still like to see you try :D

So there you have it! Starting drawing and submitting your artwork to us now! The closing date to submit artwork that has something to do with chapter 1 is at midnight on 6/07/12. Submit your art work to this link:

Hope to see some fantastic artwork soon!