Whoa, erm, hey, FanFiction, long time no see!

Sorry, people, I haven't been writing much. Let's change that, shall we?

Anyhow... goodness, it's been so long it feels like I've forgotten how to write author's notes. So, uh, what did I usually do? Oh, yes, review replies!

Max Chronicle: "Reconstructing quote time: "Rock is food. Not Ratchet."
A surprise invasion of aliens, huh... I'm going to assume it went well because you're alive. And then you celebrated by playing Undertale. Cool.
That was a fun read and I can't wait for Blackwater City. Again, as long as there are no Lombax-eating sharks, it'll be good.
Until next time.
Max out.
P.S. Durn right, I enjoyed the Pokitaru vid. Best part was either leaving all the patrons with a disco or unloading the R.Y.N.O. on Al. Commentary equal genius.
P.P.S. 9.8. Impressive."
...yeaaah, I totally didn't make it up or anything... (not about Undertale, LOVE that game! Or, well, not LOVE as in... well... let's say 'Flowey's definition'). Anyhow, I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. Also, worry not, no sharks were fed during the makings of this chapter. However, since they're a crucial part of the level, I couldn't leave them out. They get what's coming to them, though.
P.S. Thank you! I've actually teamed up with my good friend Agent-Daniel_46 to provide a hilarious video... that is still in the makings. Still, expect a new Smash Bros video soon in which he and I demonstrate how to play as the captain of disrespect, Captain Falcon. I also plan on making some Undertale video's, if you've played Undertale, you probably know what the player is up against at the ending of the neutral run, and yes, you bet I've got some comments ready on that... thing.
P.P.S. Well, the outcome was never really in doubt (I already knew that I'd pass the exam), but a 9.8?! I still can hardly believe it myself.

Jadzia Ezri Dax: "I found this chapter interesting and enjoyable, and I'm glad you changed the Hydrodisplacer thing too. It made more sense the way you wrote it. You've got a lot of creativity, that's for sure. Anyway, can't wait for the next chapter.
P. S. As for my new OC for Zoniborn, here she is:

Name: Eliza Kiara
Species: Lombax( although everyone in Skyrim thinks she's a mutant anthromorphic cat)
Gender: Female
Fur colour: dark reddish purple with dark purple stripes
Hair: black hair put in a braid that goes down just below the shoulder blades
Clothing: Brown long-sleeved top with metal shoulder pads, dark brown pants held up by a black belt and holds a sword in a case that is attached.
Personality: caring, kind, courageous, nerdy about magic, easy to irritate though
Other: left-handed, super-intelligent, hyper-aware
History: You can make up her history if you want. I don't mind at all."
Thank you! Yeah, finding a gadget like that floating in mid-air in a seemingly random room made very little sense to me, and the room you find the Hydrodisplacer is quite pointlessly filled with water, it only acts as a quick tutorial (okay, it also hides a - wait, that'd be spoiling!), so I decided to give the water a better role in the story there to fully utilize the level.
P.S. Nice OC! It's actually what I had planned for Ratchet, everyone in Skyrim thinks that he's a deformed Khajiit. And I might actually write a history for her to better integrate her into the story, for example, why she's in Skyrim. Anyhow, I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations, enjoy!

rst64tlc: "Great Chapter. By the way, I remembered you saying about adding planets into the story in chapter 2? I think. There is a youtube video of planets that was cut-out of the ps4 ver. vs the ps2. Its called: PLANETS THAT WERE CUT FROM THE GAME! go check it out when you have the time and good luck."
Thank you! And yes, I plan on drastically adding to the plot, adding two whole new planets. I checked out the video, though I was actually hoping for some info on the 'new' planets Insomniac promised, I was given a list of what the PS4 game lacks in length. While I know this out of the back of my head, having played every R&C game, it's still handy to have a list, so thanks! Add to that, I'm really glad you like the story so far, and I hope this next chapter lives up to your expectations.

Since Rilgar was located in the same solar system as Aridia, the trip took but a few minutes. Ratchet landed Mr. Micron's ship on a landing pad on a small island just outside the city. "What a clever move, landing in an isolated area to prevent enemies from damaging the ship." Clank said.

"Uuh... yeah!" Ratchet said. He totally didn't land outside the city to avoid high parking fees.

As they climbed out of the ship, a person whose voice Ratchet recognized from the radio, spoke through a speaker system that was built into the city to inform citizens in case of an emergency, such as now. "Attention citizens! We appear to be dealing with a small outbreak of Amoeboids. Our teams are working hard to rid the city of these creatures, but first, they have to get up, brush their teeth, get over here, really it's a whole process. So until they arrive, the race is postponed."

Ratchet growled. "Let's take care of those Amoeboids, I have a new McMarx hoverboard I want to try out."

Clank sighed. "Exactly what I was afraid of."

Ratchet used his Swingshot to reach a coast guard building on a neighboring island, one that had been evacuated due to two Amoeboids being inside. As Ratchet opened the door to get rid of said creatures though, he instead found two robots standing around green slime that once was an Amoeboid. They turned around. "Rodent-type organism detected! Exterminate!" the two robots blared as they grabbed their weapons. Ratchet got out of the way just in time to avoid a spray of acid.

Clank frowned. "Ratchet, could you make them shoot at you one more time?"

Ratchet stepped out into the doorway and waved at the robots. He got out of the way of another toxic cloud, but this time, Clank analyzed the light coming through the cloud, determining it's chemical composition by analyzing it's spectrum.

"Ratchet, this gas contains large amounts of chlorine, methane and hydrogen ions. It is therefore very poisonous and acidic, but the methane is explosive."

"Got it." Ratchet said as he threw in a Fusion grenade. The resulting explosion was spectacular, and unsurprisingly, when Ratchet stepped through the doorway there was nothing left to spray poisonous gas at him.

Ratchet jumped across a few boats to reach the next island, which had another building on it, although this building as actually one end of a bridge connecting the docks to the main city.

The doors were made of glass, though, and Ratchet saw robots identical to the ones that tried to kill him earlier fighting a group of Amoeboids.

"Let's give them some time alone." Ratchet said as he waited outside. Sadly, it was raining, and after five minutes Ratchet shivered. "Think they're done yet?"

"Perhaps, we should take a look." Clank replied, unaffected by the rain. Thankfully he was waterproof.

Ratchet walked over to the door. The robots were fighting off the last Amoeboid. Ratchet was sick and tired of waiting, so he equipped the Pyrocitor. "Ratchet, remember that the gas tank those robots, that are called 'Extermibots' according to my databanks, are wearing is highly explosive."

"Right, I shouldn't use fire then." Ratchet said as he switched to his Fusion Grenade instead and threw a bomb at the group of enemies.

After they had been dealt with, Ratchet walked to the other side of the building and stepped onto a button on the floor, activating the bridge. On the other side however, was a group of Extermibots. Thankfully the Fusion Grenades were more than capable of taking care of them before they could even get close to Ratchet.

Ratchet walked to the other side of the bridge and waited for the elevator, that would bring them to street level, to come down to their position. When it did, however, it brought two Extermibots with it. Ratchet's eyes widened and he threw a bomb into the elevator. He could step aside just in time.

When the elevator reached street level again, Ratchet could see what a mess the Amoeboids were making. Extermibots were running left and right, fighting off a group of large Amoeboids in the middle of a short promenade running along the city's outskirts.

After both sides had been dealt with, Ratchet walked through a deep crimson building and used his swingshot to reach a lonely platform just outside the city, likely it was used as an anchoring point for larger ships. From there, Ratchet was able to reach a swingshot target hovering over a street in the distance. After landing on top of a bike shop, Ratchet wondered out loud why that last swingshot target was in such an unusual position.

Clank explained that swingshot targets could also be used as an anchoring point by some ships, and unfortunately, an Extermibot drop ship was about to demonstrate how. Ratchet couldn't prevent it from reaching it's destination, and soon Extermibots were teleported onto the roof. Ratchet had to make a run for it, jumping off the roof and landing painfully on his side. "Ouch, that hurt." Ratchet said as he got up.

"Ratchet, try to find a Gadgetron Vendor. They sell Nanotech along with ammunition."

Thankfully there was a Gadgetron Vendor nearby that supplied Ratchet with ammunition and medication. Ratchet reloaded his weapon just in time to give the extermibots that has been teleproted onto the roof of the bike shop a warm welcome as the robots dropped down from the roof.

"Why are those guys attacking us anyway?" Ratchet wondered out loud

Just as he had said that, the man that they had heard just after landing spoke again. "Attention residents of Blackwater City. In order to combat the outbreak, we've released a whole mass of Extermibots into the city. We've also deployed some automatic tanks, just to speed things along. However, the on-board A.I. doesn't let them distinguish between local residents and trespassers, so for now, it's probably best to remain indoors."

"Are you kidding me?" Ratchet said. Clank hummed in thought. "Perhaps we can slip past the Extermibots by using the chaos to our advantage. There is an elevator up ahead that leads to an underground containment area, from which an elevator can bring us back to street level. Seasalt Avenue to be exact. The mechanic on Seasalt Avenue has an elevator in the back that should lead straight to the plaza where the race is being held, according to the city plan, this was made so that damaged hoverboards could easily be repaired."

"Awesome. Let's get going then."

After making a turn right, however, Ratchet came face-to-face with a tank. Ratchet quickly hid (or, tried to hide) behind a fire hydrant and watched as the tank took down a group of Amoeboids.

"How are we gonna get past that thing?" Ratchet asked Clank. "Any ideas, pal?"

Clank searched the holo-net and was able to find the schematics for the tanks... after hacking into the city's defense system. But, this was an emergency.

"Ratchet, the tanks seem to have a weak spot, it has an unarmored underside. Detonating an explosive underneath it will suffice."

"Right, but how do we get it to drive over a bomb?"

Clank's eyes narrowed. "I think I have an idea."

"Hey! Over here! Hello!"

The tank turned to where the yelling was coming from. There was a small robot standing in the middle of the street, waving at the tank. Identifying it as a potential threat, the tank began to approach the robot at a menacingly slow pace. However, it was so fixated on the small robot that it failed to notice a Fusion Grenade coming from the left that landed just in front of the tank.

The explosion was spectacular, strong enough to destroy a power supplier, causing a local black out.

Now that the force field that had been blocking off the elevator had temporarily vanished, Ratchet used the lack of power to their advantage, grabbing Clank and running into the elevator just in time...

...and right into two Extermibots. Ratchet had to think fast and threw Clank at one of the robots. Thankfully Clank had seen them and used the momentum to deliver a forceful kick to the robot's face, buying Ratchet enough time to bring out his wrench and ruin the other robot's day.

After both robots had been dealt with, Clank attached himself to Ratchet's back again.

"Well, it could take a while for the power to come back online, is there some way I can force the elevator to go down?" Ratchet asked.

There was indeed a way, but it involved detaching the elevator itself from the machinery that allowed it to go up and down. But, having no choice, Ratchet reluctantly detached the elevator.

Gravity reclaimed ownership of the elevator immediately as it fell down to the ground. Ratchet would've broken his leg if he hadn't jumped at the right moment.

Walking out of the elevator, Ratchet was both fascinated and intimidated by the sheer size of the room he was in. He was in a cave of some sorts, underneath the city. "Are you sure this place is safe?" Ratchet asked.

"Absolutely." Clank said.

That wasn't entirely true. When Ratchet walked on, he realized that he was standing on the upper level. The lower level was a circular area in the middle of the room, where a bunch of Extermibots had just finished imprisoning several Amoeboids for research. However, they had also closed off the path leading to the elevator.

Luckily, Ratchet was able to deactivate the forcefields by using an override button located on the other side, and immediately it was chaos. The Extermibots were victorious, although the two that survived the sudden Amoeboid outbreak were quickly taken down with a surprise Fusion Grenade from above.

Moving on, Ratchet stepped into the elevator, and soon he found himself in Seasalt Avenue. What Clank had failed to find, however, is that the Avenue was currently being used as another containment area, the small street was completely blocked off by various containment areas.

Ratchet was able to disable a containment area using an override button on the floor, then deactivated the next containment area with another override button.

Sometimes he had to fight small groups of imprisoned Amoeboids, sometimes a few Extermibots that were teleported in to investigate who was disabling the forcefields.

But when Ratchet pressed the last override button, however, all hell broke loose.

Some sort of alarm went off, and suddenly, two tanks were teleported in, as well as an entire army of Extermibots.

Ratchet immediately began to throw Fusion Grenades like nobody's business, taking out most of the Extermibots, but he couldn't stop the tanks. Not this time.

But that's when the tides miraculously turned. The two tanks suddenly exploded, taking the Extermibots with them.

"All enemies clear. Well done!" Clank complimented. Ratchet decided not to tell Clank that he had no idea what had happened. As Ratchet walked into the deserted mechanic's building, however, he noticed a figure watching him from a nearby building out of the corner of his eye. When Ratchet turned to look, however, the figure was gone.

Ratchet pushed it to the back of his mind for now. He walked through the mechanic's workshop and took the elevator to the raceway plaza. As he stepped into the elevator though...

"Good news! It appears the city is now Amoeboid-free, and we have two citizens to thank: Ratchet and Clank!" various speakers yelled through the city. "The race is back on, so stay tuned for updates!"

Arriving at the raceway plaza, Ratchet noticed an long waiting line, apparently racers were signing up by the truckload now that the race was back on.

Ratchet's ears lowered, this was going to take ages. But then someone called his name. "Hey, it's Ratchet and Clank!"

It was a Rilgarian woman standing behind a table in the middle of the plaza, where racers could sign up for the race.

The woman introduced herself as Starlene, and told Ratchet that, if he wanted to enter the race, he didn't have to wait in line and would be guaranteed to race. All he needed was a hoverboard.

Ratchet grinned, and within minutes he was sitting in a waiting room along with the other racers that had been chosen. A timer above the door counted down the seconds until the race would start.

And when the timer finally reached zero, Ratchet followed the other racers out of the room. Stepping out into the rain and onto the racetrack, Ratchet could feel the adrenaline rushing through his body. His tail swayed excitedly as he activated his hoverboard and got on.

The race started soon enough, and all hoverboards went pedal to the metal, shooting off at an incredible speed. The track made a turn right right after the finish line, followed by the track splitting in two, a higher and a lower route. Ratchet took the higher route and flew through two booster rings. These blue rings provided his hoverboard with an extra-strong propellant that allowed for a temporary speed boost.

Ratchet used it a few seconds later to overtake two racers, making a turn right and taking the high route once again.

Shortly after, the track made a turn right, then right again, then left, followed by a massive ramp. Taking the chance, Ratchet used the ramp and flew through yet another booster ring. "Ratchet, I have been reading through the rules for tips, and did you know that you can perform stunts to earn boost charges?" Clank spoke up from Ratchet's back. Ratchet responded by performing a somersault. When he landed, he noticed that boost charge was being teleported into his hoverboard. "Awesome!" Ratchet said. "I suppose we're rewarded for being cool!"

"It appears so, though, please do not try anything too crazy." Clank replied.

After making a U-turn to the right followed by a turn left, Ratchet crossed the finish line. One round down, two more to go.

It took Ratchet a lot of effort, but he managed to overtake the last racer in the last few seconds.

The crowd went crazy, and Ratchet was pulled onto a stage. He waved at the crowd for a few moments before the race was officially over, and people started to leave.

"Nice! You're the first Lombax to ever win a race!" Starlene said as she handed Rathet the prize money, two thousand bolts.

Afterwards, Ratchet stepped onto a taxi and instructed it to bring him and Clank back to their ship.

"We should head to planet Kerwan." Clank said.

Before Ratchet could reply though, the taxi started to play a message that was broadcasted to it from somewhere within the city.

"Hey, kid! You got some hoverboarding skills – I could use someone like you. Come see me and let's talk business. But I, uh, ain't sayin' where I am, but the sewers under this here city? Yeah, they're pretty interesting, don't you think?"

Ratchet noticed a large sewer pipe sticking out of one of the buildings at the edge of the city, with a few swingshot targets leading to it. Despite Clank's protests that they should go to Aleero city, Ratchet made his way to the pipe. He took a maintenance elevator down into the sewers, deep below the city. "Hmm, what's down here?" Ratchet wondered out loud, failing to mask the disgust in his voice.

As the elevator stopped, Ratchet found himself on one side of a large, rectangular room. The room was divided in two basins, the one near Ratchet being filled while the one on the far side of the room was empty.

Ratchet considered dropping down into the water and swimming across at first, but then he noticed a shark fin sticking out of the water. Ratchet noticed a hydrodisplacer connector nearby though, and was able to drain the pool.

After introducing the now immobilized Sharkagator to his OmniWrench, Ratchet climbed out of the basin and, after taking out another Sharkagator that was inhabiting the other basin, Ratchet filled this second basin, enabling him to reach a sewer tunnel.

He dropped down into the cold water and swam across before pulling himself up and into the pipe. The pipe lead to a small platform. Ratchet noticed a submerged tunnel to his right as well as a Sharkagator swimming around.

After draining the basin and getting rid of the Sharkagator, Ratchet inspected the tunnel. He blew up a few fences blocking his way before coming out on the other side. Ratchet noticed no other exits save for another floor above him. Realizing what he had to do, he walked back through the tunnel, climbed up to the Hydrodisplacer connector by using a ladder and refilled the basin.

Ratchet took a deep breath and swam through the tunnel. He gasped for air as he breached the water's surface on the other side of the tunnel before climbing out of the water.

Hearing an angry yelp to his right, Ratchet turned around to see an Amoeboid.

After getting rid of the creature, Ratchet realized the only way forward was a steep tunnel leading down to who knows where.

But, having no other options if he wanted to proceed, Ratchet carefully stepped into the tunnel, only to realize his mistake as he slid down the tunnel instead.

Ratchet found himself in a small, circular room with a button on the floor. The tunnel up ahead was blocked by a steel fence, and after some failed attempts, Ratchet realized that it was impossible to climb back up.

Out of curiosity, Ratchet pressed the button, hoping that it would remove the fence that was blocking his way.

It did remove the fence, but...

"Sewer pumps activated." a robotic, female voice spoke as a concerning amount of water was being pumped into the room. "Oh, boy." Ratchet said.

"I believe we should run now!" Clank said. Wasting no more seconds, Ratchet ran off into the tunnel, hoping to find a way out before the whole tunnel would be flooded.

Making a turn right, Ratchet ran up the stairs to a higher tunnel. He noticed the few Amoeboids moving around, but he ran past them, having no time to waste as the water was rising and fast.

Ratchet turned right once more and ran up a ramp before realizing in shock horror that the tunnel up ahead was flooded. Ratchet dropped down into the water and swam through the tunnel, praying that it wasn't too long.

He was lucky, after ten seconds he was already climbing out of the water, using a ladder, although the water was catching up to him.

Ratchet ran as fast as he could, through a large, circular room, jumping across platforms as he huge room was flooded below him.

Ratchet noticed that the tunnel up ahead was flooded, and ran as fast as he could. He took a deep breath and dove down into the dark.

The tunnel was long, far too long. Ratchet began to panic as his lungs kept reminding him of their need for fresh air. And still, the tunnel showed no signs of ending anytime soon.

However, after making a turn right, Ratchet realized in shock horror that the tunnel up ahead was blocked. Instead, he had to swim up. He could see the air he needed far above him, and he swam up as fast as he possibly could.

But it wasn't enough. The burning in Ratchet's lungs slowly turned into a hellish inferno, and suddenly, when he was but a few meters from the surface, a large cloud of bubbles escaped his mouth as he began to inhale water.

Ratchet clawed at his throat and his legs kicked around wildly, but he only sank deeper and deeper, and further away from the air.

Clank realized what was going on and began to paddle with his arms and legs, but Clank wasn't strong enough to carry Ratchet. In fact, he was too heavy to be able to swim, let alone while carrying a Lombax.

Meanwhile, Ratchet was dying. His consciousness slipped away as he clawed at the air far above him. It was almost as if it was taunting him.

The last thing Ratchet saw before he lost consciousness was a white-colored object coming into view and diving into the water, shooting at him with an incredible speed.

Alright, fans of the Epilogue series probably have an idea of what's going to happen next. Still, will everyone's favorite Lombax survive? Or will Clank have to team up with someone else for the rest of the story? Find out in chapter 5!

Also, I'm going to make an announcement. I've played Undertale for quite a while, and I like the game so much that I'm actually going to write a fic about it, starring one of my OC's, so if you're interested, keep an eye on the Undertale archive! Or, well, just keep reading my stories, I'll let you all know in the author's notes when I've started writing it.

Another thing I want to let all the fans of the Epilogue series know is that it's back in action! You see, surprise surprise, I'm actually writing to you from Switzerland rather than the Netherlands! As I'm on a vacation/holiday (the correct word depends on where you live) I've decided to give our heroes some time off as well, so expect a story in which they're having fun after the ending of Epilogue 2.