Alright, after last chapter's cliffhanger, I couldn't let you all wait for long, right? So here's chapter 5! (Dang, I'm uploding chapters faster than I used to, huh?)
Anyhow, reviews!
rst64tlc: "Its the stranger from chapter one and three! But anyways great chiff hanger and chapter.
Also I just thought of an crazy idea. How about in the end instead of destroying the DePlanetizer, they remake it into a Replanetizer or something like that, it could create a new planet (Watch Titan A.E. for an idea on how it works.) Because lets face it, we see a lot of planet destroying and less creating so...you like the idea but hey, it your call."
Thanks! As for the stranger, you'll see if you're correct with that assumption soon enough. As for the 'replatetizer', I already have this whole story planend out, and I don't see any more changes to the plot happening anytime soon. Just trust me when I say that I've got an epic finale planned. Anyhow, I hope this chapter lives up to your expectations. Enjoy!
Max Chronicle: "While I am afraid of Pool Sharks, (Now called Sharkagators) I do like watching their fins get kicked around. Cool to hear that Epilogue is back for another one-shot. Am looking forward to that. And that really cool Captain Falcon vid. FALCON PUNCH! (Shatters computer screen) "Crap."
But I have not played Undertale, though I've heard a lot about it.
And finally, '...was a white-colored object coming into view and diving into the water, shooting at him with an incredible speed.'
I will now attempt to guess the speed at which this figure shot at Ratchet.
Was it more than 150 light-years a second?
(crickets)
(more crickets)
(even more crickets)
"Seriously, how are there even this many crickets?"
(crickets)
AHHHHHHHHHH!
Max out.
P.S. Now I'm off to Florana, there are sharks out there without knowing what it feels like to have sudden death dealt to them. (Pulls out several 'Inferno Mode' crates.) MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
Well, I'd rather have crickets, were I'm staying right now I've got earwigs instead, which are, if you ask me, some of the ugliest creatures ever to exist. I wonder if Insomniac took them as inspiration when designing the Cragmites. Anyhow, I'm planning on uploading that Captain Falcon vid soon enough. I'll say one thing though, AD64 and I start it with style, with saying 'Show me your moves!' at the exact same time. Also, why inferno mode crates? Last time I checked that didn't made Ratchet invincible to level hazards like Sharkagators. Instead, try giving the water a little shock... (and by that I mean keep firing lightning until all Sharkagators are fried). Anyhow, when you're done killing Sharkagators on Florana, I hope you'll enjoy this next chapter of True Heroes.
There was only darkness, and Ratchet could faintly feel the cold water biting at his skin. It was the only thing telling him that he wasn't yet dead, but he knew that it wouldn't take long.
But then he could faintly feel something cold press against his muzzle, and suddenly, there was a spark of pain coming from his lungs. Not as if they weren't hurting already...
But then, a surge of electricity went through Ratchet's body as there was fresh air being pumped into his lungs. His eyes shot open immediately, and he noticed some sort of mouthpiece pressed against his muzzle.
The mouthpiece was connected to a study, white metal hose, but Ratchet couldn't see where it went, his vision was too blurry.
However, Ratchet grabbed the hose and pressed the mouthpiece against his muzzle with all of his power as his lungs greedily sucked in air.
Ratchet noticed a white blob moving around in his vision, and slowly he could make out a hand. The hand turned into an arm, one that wrapped itself around Ratchet and began to pull him to the surface.
A pair of white hands pulled Ratchet out of the water, and before Ratchet even knew what was going on, he was being embraced by a white figure.
Suddenly, he felt warm, as if the figure was radiating heat. The figure patted Ratchet on the back as Ratchet began to cry, crying away all of the stress of his near-death encounter. The figure kept hugging and warming the Lombax until Ratchet had fallen asleep due to fatigue. Clank wasn't awake either, when Ratchet had hit the bottom of the tunnel a few minutes earlier, Clank had been smacked against the ground and knocked unconscious.
The figure picked up Ratchet whilst still radiating an aura of heat and flew through the tunnels, to an elevator that brought him back to street level.
Stepping out of the elevator, the figure found himself in a back street. A ship was parked up ahead, and a Rilgarian man was standing next to it. The man had green skin and eight spikes on the back of his head, two on each side of his head and four running back in a straight line, decreasing in size the further they got from the man's forehead. The man's eyes were hidden behind a pair of glowing, orange goggles and had a broken nose, judging by the plaster taped over it.
The man was wearing blue jeans and black sneakers, and a short-sleeved leather jacket over a purple shirt that had a weird symbol on it that resembled some sort of explosion.
Reading the person's mind, the figure found out that the man's name was Slim Cognito. He wanted to speak with Ratchet to make a deal with him: he would give Ratchet the trespasser, a hacking device, if Ratchet would bring him a set of nine holocards. These holocards were different, however, as they didn't show a location, or person, or anything. Instead, they had blueprints printed onto them that, when combined, would form the blueprints of the legendary RYNO.
Short for 'Rip Ya a New One', the RYNO was a weapon so powerful that the people over at Gadgetron that came up with the idea were so scared of their own creation that they destroyed the weapon, split up the blueprints and printed them on nine holocards, then hid them all across the galaxy. The symbol on Slim's shirt was the emblem of the RYNO.
Noticing the Lombax in the figure's arms, Slim Cognito frowned. "What did ya do to him?!"
The figure completely ignored him and walked down the short street, up to a forcefield. "Hey, you aren't getting past that forcefield unless you hack it with a trespasser!" Slim yelled after him. "You know, I could give you one, that is, if you'd-"
The figure in white walked up to the forcefield. He let go of Ratchet, but for some weird reason Ratchet didn't fall to the ground, but instead kept floating in mid-air.
The figure spread his arms and two orbs of cyan, pure energy formed in his hands. He clapped his hands together, resulting in a beam of pure energy that blasted through the forcefield like a hot knife through butter.
Picking up Ratchet again, the figure kept walking up to the edge of the city, where they jumped down to the Sharkagator-infested ocean below.
However, instead of falling, he seemed to defy gravity as he turned left and entered the city again.
He landed in front of the best hotel Blackwater City had to offer, and walked in. There was a Novalian woman standing behind the reception, who gave him a weird look. "A room for one, please." The figure said.
The Novalian woman stared at the figure, then at Ratchet, then at Clank. "They... erm... they smell."
"Yeah, why else do you think I'd like to rent a room with a shower?"
"Uuh... why are those two unconscious?"
The figure shook their head with a sigh and began to walk up the stairs, having hacked into the hotel's systems in a matter of seconds and having rented a room on the seventh floor. Of course, he did pay, he was no thief. But Ratchet and Clank needed to rest, and he was tired of all the holdup.
Reaching the seventh floor, he merely walked up to the door of the room he had 'hired'. Normally visitors would have to show a pass with a specific electromagnetic signature, but the figure just began to radiate the exact signature required to open the door.
After closing the door behind him with his right foot, he took a moment to take in his surroundings.
The floor was covered with a soft, purple carpet and the walls were the same tint of purple with gold here and there.
The figure found himself in the living room, judging by the expensive-looking couch up ahead and the large window that provided an excellent view of the city. There was a bedroom to the left with a huge, soft bed, and the bathroom was through a door to the right.
The figure walked into the bedroom and lay Ratchet down on the bed. He removed Clank from Ratchet's back and placed the robot on the ground. After carefully tucking Ratchet in, the figure picked up Clank and walked back into the living room. Turning his left index finger into a screwdriver, the figure checked Clank's hardware. Apparently the impact had damaged the motherboard, but nothing a dose of Nanotech couldn't fix. After giving the robot some Nanotech and replacing a broken right eye, he placed the unconscious robot on the nightstand to the right of the bed Ratchet was in.
The figure turned around before leaving the room. "Pleasant dreams, kiddo." he said to Ratchet before he exited the bedroom. He down on the couch, and stopped moving. He sat there, motionless and waiting for the sun to rise again.
Ratchet yawned as he woke up the next morning. After stretching his tired muscles, he realized that he had no idea where he was.
It was at that moment that the door opened up and a figure in white came in. After some good sleep, Ratchet could finally see the person better. It was the exact same person that he had seen at the Ranger tryouts, the person that had stood up for him.
"Who... who are you?" was all Ratchet could say.
The man in white sighed and grabbed a chair. He pulled it over to the bed, and sat down.
"You must have many questions about me. But you must know that some questions are best left unanswered. I will tell you the truth and the truth only, but I cannot tell you everything. Are you okay with that?"
"It's better than nothing." Ratchet replied.
The figure nodded. "Very well then. My name, is Hypernova, named after the most powerful explosion a star can produce. And I must say, when I saw you on Veldin, it was as if I was staring at a ghost. I saw that you were staring at me as well?"
"Yes, because I had no idea who you were, or why you were there. But why did you think that you were staring at a ghost?"
Hypernova laughed. "Because you look just like your father."
"I... what?! You knew my father?!"
"I didn't just know him, he and I were practically family."
"Tell me everything!"
Hypernova stayed silent for a moment. "I cannot."
"What?!"
"I said that I cannot tell you everything."
"But he's my father! I deserve to know!" Ratchet yelled. "I deserve to know... at least something about him." he whispered afterwards.
While Ratchet couldn't see Hypernova's face, he could feel that he was surprised. "You never knew your parents?"
"No." Ratchet said, ears lowering. Hypernova stayed silent for a moment, then spoke.
"Kaden and I were good friends, we even went to school together. But... just after you were born..."
"Then what happened?"
"I cannot say. I can tell you about Kaden though. He looked a lot like you. Well, maybe a bit taller, and he had two stripes on his cheeks. He had a mischievous glistering in his eyes that told you he was a prankster, but he was serious when he needed to be. He was also careful that his jokes wouldn't harm anyone else in any way. 'The point of a joke', he always said, 'is that everyone can laugh about it, including the person that got pranked or that the joke is about. Otherwise, it's not truly a joke, but rather malicious pleasure'. Yeah, Kaden was a wise guy, yet at the same time, he was gentle and caring to your mother."
'You knew her too?"
"Yes, but that's a story for another day, we should get going. Aleero city, remember?"
"How do you know?"
"I've been... keeping an eye on you ever since I saw you on Veldin. I may have lost Kaden, and I thought that I had lost you too, but when I saw you, I swore to the universe that I'd protect you until my last stand. Now, go take a shower, you smell like sewer. Still, you were pretty lucky that that button you pressed started the pumps that then began to pump in seawater, otherwise you'd have nearly drowned in-"
"Yes, yes, I get it." Ratchet said as he got out of bed and left the room.
But then Clank opened one eye. "Why can you not tell Ratchet about his race? If this is some sort of game, it is very cruel."
"There's a reason why Lombaxes are rare, Clank. And if I'd tell Ratchet why, he'll dive into trouble head-first and end up on someone's wall. Do you understand?"
Clank stayed silent for a moment, then nodded. For Ratchet's safety, he wouldn't press the matter.
When Ratchet came out of the bathroom again, wearing his usual pilot's suit and ready to go, they left the hotel room and walked down to the first floor. However, instead of leaving the building, they walked into the hotel's restaurant, despite Clank's protests. Ratchet, however, was starving, he hadn't eaten since breakfast the day before.
Perhaps that was why Hypernova didn't even raise an eyebrow when Ratchet ordered quite a lot of food. Clank, however, was confused. "Do Lombaxes need that much food to survive?"
"Only if they haven't eaten in twenty-four hours." Ratchet replied while chewing on a cheese-bacon sandwich. "Don't you need anything?" Ratchet asked Hypernova. The man in white chuckled. "No, I'm good. Thanks anyway, Ratchet."
In fact, Hypernova had been silently debating about something for hours now, and he had finally made a decision. "Ratchet?"
"Yeah?"
"There's... there's something I haven't told you yet. Kaden and I... we were such close friends, that... when you were born..."
Hypernova sighed. "I'll just get to the point. I'm your godfather, Ratchet."
Ratchet nearly choked on his sandwich. Hypernova patted him on the back. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, thanks." Ratchet said, still coughing a little. "I just... up until now I considered Grimroth as my adoptive father, while I assumed myself to have no relatives. In fact... it is almost as if I'm the last Lombax left." Ratchet said, sadness clearly present on his face and in his voice.
When Ratchet was done eating, Hypernova checked the time. "We should get going if we want to get to Aleero City in time."
"Got it." Ratchet said as he helped Clank climbed onto his back. Hypernova insisted on paying for the food rather than Ratchet, and a short transaction later the three heroes were on their way. As they walked out the door, however, Ratchet noticed that it was still raining. "Really? Why did I even bother taking a shower, I could've just taken some soap with me, by the time we get to my ship I'll be soaked!"
"Who said anything about walking?" Hypernova said. Suddenly, a cyan-colored bubble of energy formed around them. Because the bubble was slippery, Ratchet fell and landed rather uncomfortably on his rear, while Hypernova flew to Ratchet's ship, which was still where Ratchet had left it the day earlier.
From above and now that he wasn't on such a tight schedule, Ratchet could finally take in the city. Blackwater city had a futuristic design with sleek, tall buildings and an overuse of neon, while combining non-futuristic elements such as a park, or walkways made of stone tiles rather than metal, with futuristic elements such as the use of various metals and neon. It was an unusual sight, though not at all ugly.
When they reached the ship, Ratchet and Clank climbed in, but Hypernova stayed outside. "You coming?" Ratchet asked. Hypernova laughed. "I don't need a ship, Ratchet. You lead the way, I'll cover you."
Ratchet shrugged and started the ship. He closed the cockpit and began to fly up, through the dense, dark rainclouds and out of Rilgar's atmosphere. Meanwhile Hypernova was flying after him, seemingly unaffected by gravity. "Hey, Ratchet?" he sent through said Lombax through the radio.
"Whatever happens on Kerwan, for what it's worth, I voted for you to be the next Galactic Ranger. That's because you do have what it takes, heck, I dare say that you're stronger than all of the rangers combined! Anyhow, brace yourself, we're not going to make it in time unless we speed things up a little. Therefore, shut down your ship's engines. I know that sounds weird considering we have to go faster, but trust me."
A few moments later the engines of Ratchet's ship shut down. "Thanks, Ratchet. Hang on."
Hypernova focused and summoned all of his power. He began to tear a hole in reality itself, and after creating another hole near Kerwan and linking the two, the wormhole was done. Suddenly, a green vortex opened up in front of Ratchet's ship that swallowed the ship whole before Ratchet could even react. The wormhole closed after Ratchet, but that was no problem. Hypernova took a deep breath and shut down all unnecessary systems as he began to absorb every kind of energy.
Gaining more energy, he flew closer to a star until he was literally hanging mere yards from the swirly, hot surface. The temperature of 9000 degrees Kelvin supercharged him. He focused all of that energy on the boosters embedded in his shoes, and off he went, shooting at Kerwan at a speed that would make light green with envy. Arriving at Kerwan, he saw Ratchet's ship entering the stratosphere. He flew after Ratchet, to the hall of heroes.
Meanwhile, Clank realized something. "Ratchet, why did you not just call the rangers to inform them of the invasion?"
"Yeah, like they know who I am." Ratchet replied, sarcastically.
"But I thought you said the Rangers were your friends?"
Ratchet's eyes widened. "Whaaaaat? I think you're quoting me out of context here." he replied, but Clank didn't buy it. He stood up and pressed a button on his chest, and a recording of a familiar voice began to play.
"The rangers are actually my, uh... friends!" a recorded Ratchet said while Clank was staring at the real one with an emotionless expression.
"Do you record everything I say?" Ratchet replied, slightly angered. "Do you record everything I say?" Clank's recorder replied. Clank smiled, but then they realized that they had reached the ground. They held onto each other for dear life as they smashed through a billboard advertising Captain Qwark's cereal brand ("Qwarky-O's! Get healthy by eating me every day!") and were sent plummeting towards another rooftop far below.
"Hang on, I can fix this!" Ratchet said as he began to press several buttons, putting the thrusters on overdrive and rotating them 180 degrees, so that they were pointing at the ground.
The ship barely managed to stop in time, coming to a halt mere inches away from the terrified face of a Tharpod child (who was a huge Qwark fan, judging by the fact that he had painted a pair of old leather gloves, his sneakers, his pants and his shirt green, as well as a helmet. He even tried to paint himself green, judging by the splotches of green paint on his forehead).
Ratchet reorientated the ship so that it was horizontal again, before turning the thrusters around again and blasting off.
The Tharpod child watched them fly off. After a few seconds, he yelled "THAT WAS AAAAWESOOOME!"
Ratchet sped through the city, barely dodging buildings and traffic as he made his way to the Hall of Heroes as fast as possible. A few drivers angrily yelled after him, and Ratchet could vaguely hear "YOU MANIAC!"
"You'll thank me later." he growled. "Clank, how far is it?"
"At this rate, we will arrive in mere seconds." Clank said, who was holding on to his seat for dear life. "But I am uncertain if we will arrive in one piece."
And there it was, at last, the Hall of Heroes. Ratchet had seen it numerous times on Holovision or on posters, he never could have imagined seeing it in real life. He had dreamed about it though, more often times than not, marching through the hallways as a famous Galactic Ranger.
But then something caught their attention. A huge, deep crimson colored vessel made their way through the city, towards the hall of heroes. It smashed anything and everything in it's way. As it reached the hall of heroes, it released a whole swarm of drop ships.
"We're too late – the invasion has started!" Ratchet said. "Scan the emergency channels. We need to find out what's happening on the ground!"
Clank began to mess with the radio, and he soon found what they had been looking for. A voice that Ratchet recognized as Elaris, one of the rangers, was sending a distress signal across the city.
"Attention all units! The Hall of Heroes is under attack! Repeat, enemy ships are now in the central district of Aleero city! Galactic Rangers are under heavy fire at the Hall of Heroes, and there's a Blarg transport closing in fast! Brace for Warbot reinforcements, Rangers! All civilians, evacuate the area!"
"We must assist the Galactic Rangers." Clank said. "Activating weapons systems."
Clank began to mess with a few settings and soon enough a bleep told them that Clank's work had been successful. "Weapons online. You may now attack the transport."
Ratchet wasted no time in bringing down a Blargian drop ship heading for the Hall of Heroes.
"Captain, we have an unidentified ship providing assistance!" They could hear Elaris say through the radio. "Transport down!" She said with a hint of disbelief and respect in her voice. "Whoever you are – thank you."
"More transports!" a voice that Ratchet immediately recognized as Cora yelled.
"Those transports are dropping off Warbots all over the city!" Elaris said, praying that the unidentified ship's pilot would hear her.
"Not on my watch." Ratchet said. The nearest transport was immediately introduced to a barrage of plasma bullets that sent it spiraling into the depths below. Ratchet immediately searched for and found the next transport, who was dropping off Warbots near the Grav-Train station. The transport soon followed in it's comrade's footsteps as it was destroyed moments later. The Warbots noticed what was going on though, and Ratchet barely managed to dodge the plasma bullets they sent his way.
"He took out another ship!" Elaris said.
"Whoever is doing heroic things up there," Captain Qwark began and Ratchet was already expecting a thanks. He smiled, Captain Qwark was going to compliment him!
"This is our turf!" Qwark finished.
"No offense, Captain, but we kinda need the help right now." Cora replied.
After hunting down the last three transports, Elaris sent them another message. "Thanks, guys – looks like you got all the transports. But we still need to take out that warship circling the Hall of Heroes."
Clank began to dig through his databanks. Being a defective Warbot, he, too, was provided crucial information about the invasion. Including information about the Warbots, as well as the warship.
"Hmm... the Warbot's armor is made of a Raritanium Alloy. If we could propel a Warbot at the ship with sufficient velocity, I believe it would penetrate the hull."
"Awesome! Eh... how do we do that?" Ratchet replied.
"Your weapon package includes a Mag Booster. I am rewriting the software to isolate the Warbots' armor, but I need time." Clank replied.
"Alright." Ratchet said as he went after the various Blargian 'saucers' swarming the area. "Hey, where did Hypernova go? Wasn't he right behind us?"
Little did Ratchet know, that Hypernova was watching them from afar. He was clinging on a wall of a skyscraper and used his expert vision to track the blue ship that brought down ship after ship. "Sorry, Ratchet, but this is your fight." he mumbled. He noticed a Blargian saucer attempting to flank Ratchet and Clank. Hypernova raised his hand and fired a blast of energy, precisely calculating where the Blarg would be, and hitting it from a good few miles away. "But that doesn't mean I won't help here and there." he said as he jumped off the wall and landed on a walkway below. He charged through the city, engaging the enemy on the ground while Ratchet and Clank took the skies and the spotlights, exactly as he had hoped they would.
Meanwhile, Clank was finished with his rewrite. "Ah, there. You should now be able to pick up Warbots using the Mag Booster."
"Okay - let's try this out." Ratchet said as he charged at the Hall of Heroes, diving to the square in front of the building and activating the Mag Booster. He grinned as he saw Cora, Brax and Qwark stare up at him in surprise as the blue ship shot past and took half of the small army they had been fighting with it, up into the sky. Ratchet shot at the warship and, once he was close enough, he launched the Warbots. It left a big hole in the warship, but it was still flying.
"Holy cow – that was awesome!" Elaris cried out.
"Whatever you're doing, it's working!" Brax yelled over the sounds of gunfire.
"Impressive." Qwark said. "But my perseverance will defeat these Warbots... eh... eventually."
Hypernova saw it happen, and saw an opportunity. He had been fighting an entire army of Warbots, so he had to get rid of those first. He slammed his fists into the ground, generating a massive shock-wave that knocked the Warbots off their feet, buying him time to charge up two orbs of cyan energy in his hands. He slammed them into the ground, triggering a massive explosion that destroyed the bridge he had been fighting on, sending the countless Warbots falling into the cloudy abyss below.
Hypernova turned invisible and shot at the warship. He cloaked himself in cyan energy as he blasted through the warship's fuel tanks, causing the whole ship to go up in flames.
As the warship exploded spectacularly, civilians slowly got out of their houses. Seeing the massive fireball in the sky, they cheered for their rescuer, the pilots of the blue ship, that was currently landing in front of the Hall of Heroes.
The roof of the ship popped open and Ratchet and Clank stood up. Ratchet shyly scratched himself behind his ear at the sheer amount of attention he was getting. He could even see reporters Darla Gratch and Dallas Wannamaker standing in the crowd.
Little did he know that on a faraway planet called Veldin, Grimroth had been eating his breakfast while watching the news. He had already frowned when he recognized the ship, but when he saw Ratchet, he dropped the spoon full of cereal. The spoon landed in his breakfast (Qwarky-Os! Get healthy by-okay, I'll quit it) with a splash as Grimroth could only stare at the screen with eyes the size of dinner plates and with a dropped jaw.
Suddenly, Captain Qwark popped up in front of them. "All right, everyone, let's give these heroes some breathing room. I'm happy to field all questions on their behalf." Qwark said. Meanwhile, Hypernova had been flying to the Hall of Heroes. He stopped when he heard what Qwark said. "That son of a-"
"Dallas Wannamaker here." said news reporter replied. "Does this mean you'll be asking these two heroes to join the Galactic Rangers?"
Qwark's big grin faded immediately. "Say what now?"
Hypernova grinned. "And that's what you get."
Qwark turned around to see who he 'was going to ask to join the Galactic Rangers'. Recognizing Ratchet as the Lombax he had rejected during the tryouts, he gasped. Ratchet nervously waved at him while Clank just stared at him with a questioning expression.
Realizing how embarrassing this was going to be either way, Qwark chose looking like a fool in front of the team and the Lombax over looking like an idiot to the entire city by rejecting the person who had just saved said city.
"Well, I don't... see why not?"
Ratchet could barely believe his ears, but judging by the approving roar coming from the massive crowd, his dream had finally come true.
The crowd gasped though as someone else was landing next to the ship. "Congratulations, Ratchet. I always knew you could do it."
"You?!" Qwark cried out.
"Yes, me." Hypernova calmly replied. "But let's save greetings for later, this moment belongs to Ratchet and Clank. Folks, let's give them one last hooray, and say thanks to the duo who saved Aleero City today!"
After about fifteen minutes Galactic Ranger robots began to guide the crowd away from the Hall of Heroes while Ratchet and Clank were being interviewed by Darla Gratch as they stood next to their ship, which had been relocated to a landing pad just outside the Hall of Heroes.
However, as they were all so focused on Ratchet and Clank, everyone failed to notice a Blarg sneaking behind Ratchet and Clank's ship and planting a bomb on the underside of the ship.
Not even the cameraman Darla had with her noticed it, although his camera managed to capture it.
"Wait, what is-" Grimroth said as he narrowed his eyes and walked closer to his holovision. His eyes widened, and he gasped. "It's a bomb! Ratchet, please, in Zoni's name get out of there!"
But nobody noticed it, nor did anyone hear Grimroth's desperate screams.
It was then that, as if by some miracle, Ratchet turned around to face Clank, and as the little robot walked forward, he noticed the metal device sticked to the underside of his ship. "Wait, I didn't add..."
When he realized what it was, he instinctively grabbed Clank and dove off the platform just in time as the bomb detonated. However, Ratchet didn't have the time to plan this properly. They were still in one piece, but now they were falling into a seemingly endless, cloudy abyss.
And on another planet, as the ship exploded, Grimroth fainted.