Here is the first chapter, gotta say, wasn't planning on starting this this quickly but it is fun.

And it gives me somewhat of an excuse to play Infinite.

Chapter 1, Welcome to Columbia

Ratchet couldn't believe his eyes. He was standing on a stone walkway and saw buildings floating in the air. Connecting them were walkways, and rails that bore similarities to rollercoaster lines.

It wasn't the fact that the city was flying that caught his eyes; it was the fact that it looked too old to be able to fly. The architecture looked like it was straight out of an ancient history book, yet, it was flying. The city's inhabitants also shocked Ratchet; there were both humans, and lombaxes. Their garb matched the buildings in that they looked ancient.

Ratchet was standing on a walkway and beyond it; he saw a huge statue of a man holding a sword. The man had a beard and looked older. He held the sword high and proudly.

The statue stood in the middle of a hub with stores all around it. Above them were rail lines with freight cars running on their undersides.

"Whoa, where are we Clank?" Ratchet then realized he wasn't wearing his typical clothes. They had been replaced with a pair of pin-striped pants, a grey, long-sleeved shirt, a grey, pin-striped vest, black, leather boots, a pair of black gloves, and a dark blue tie.

"I do not know, this place… it is alien to me." Clank then realized he was a bit different as well. Oh he's still the small robot but his silver body was now a gold color.

"The humans, they said we needed to find a guy looking for a girl. But we have no idea who he is or what he looks…" Suddenly an image of a man flashes through Ratchet's mind "Aw! Man that hurt!" The edges of his vision took on a static feeling.

Clank was concerned, "Ratchet? What's wrong? Your nose, it's bleeding!"

Ratchet reeled a bit and wiped his nose, "Huh, what the heck was that? I think… our friends just gave me the man we're supposed to be looking for. Hs name… is… Booker… Booker DeWitt, huh, that's an odd name."

"Hmm, I guess we should…" Clank was interrupted when he and Ratchet heard groaning behind them.

"Ugh, what just happened?"

Ratchet exclaimed, "Rykk!" He hurried to help his friend to his feet.

The young Bonded (read Ravage) stood and was also in similar style clothes; albeit, the color scheme was different and he wasn't wearing gloves. "Tell me that a man and a woman told you to help a man get a girl or else we're stuck here?"

Ratchet nodded, "Yep."

Rykk chuckled, "Good…" he looked around and whistled. "…Wow, this place is something else."

"Yeah," Ratchet stated, "It's something, did you happen to get the name of the guy we're looking for?"

Rykk nodded, "Yeah, Booker… DeWitt I think." Rykk felt off and soon exclaimed. "Crap! I don't have my Alter!"

A few people looked at him with odd looks but ignored him.

Ratchet was concerned to say the least. "You mean you can't phase through walls?"

Rykk growled and nodded. "No flying or grappling either, but I think I can…" His slit pupils did glow yellow; "…can still see through walls."

Clank sighed, "Well that is unfortunate, what about you Ratchet? Do you still have your VIM abilities?"

Ratchet focused but nothing, he didn't grow or shrink at all. He gave an exasperated moan. "Son of a Quark, I guess not."

Clank jumped off of Ratchet's back. "I detect sounds of a carnival or fair in that direction." Clank pointed down a street, fireworks could be seen going off in that direction and there were balloons and red, white, and blue ribbons everywhere.

Ratchet nodded, "Okay, let's check it out."

Rykk, agreed, "Sounds like a plan."

The group walked down the road; people were joining them, evidently this fair was a big deal.

They soon found a sign that had a bunch of smiling people and was colored in red, white, and blue. It read, "Columbia Raffle and Fair"

Rykk chuckled and read it out loud, "Columbia Raffle and Fair, huh, well that's great, more people." he mumbled.

"Not in a social mood, eh Rykk?" Ratchet commented.

Rykk shot Ratchet an annoyed glare.

The group rounded a corner and saw an enormous, gold-colored statue. The statue was in the shape of an angel with her arms open, looking like she was going to hug someone. The sun was shining behind her and made the sight stunning.

Clank jumped off of Ratchet's back as he wanted to see what made them pause. "Oh my, that is gorgeous!"

Ratchet, "This is amazing!"

Rykk just gazed in silence before turning to the right. "The fair is this way."

Ratchet and Clank snapped out of their appreciation and followed Rykk.

All of their eyes were drawn to a man on a stage shouting about something called Vigors. Each one of the trio had seen posters advertising Vigors but were unsure of what they were.

Off of the stage and on the ground were two men in devil costumes. One was arcing blue electricity between his palms and the other was juggling a fireball.

This is interesting, how do they have those powers? Rykk thought, before something else caught his eye. "Ratchet, look over there." Rykk motioned towards the point of interest.

Ratchet's mouth nearly dropped when he saw a huge mechanical man. Or it was mostly mechanical; the device had a bald, scarred, human head with a human heart inside its chest. The heart was in a clear liquid and had tubes connected to it. Its mechanical body had odd proportions. It bore a similarity to an ape in that its legs were relatively small while its hands were huge and looked like they were made of porcelain and metal.

"Come see the incredible Handyman!" The announcer shouted but the Handyman looked sad or frightened at the crowd.

"That poor guy," Ratchet observed, "I feel sorry for him. But I don't see this Booker anywhere."

Rykk looked around; there were plenty of tents and vendors. Kids were running around and enjoying cotton candy and all the treats to be found in a fair. "Let's try that way," He suggested and the group approached a gate. It was shut and some mechanical machine guarded it.

The machination looked like a vending machine but had the upper torso of a mechanical man. It was modeled after a salesman and had glowing yellow eyes. "I'm terribly sorry folks, but the Raffle is all sold out!"

Ratchet's ears dropped a bit, "Great, now what?"

"Have you ever lost a penny to a vending machine? Well regain control of the machine with Possession!" A saleswoman said and Ratchet looked at her.

The woman was holding a basket full of stylish, green bottles. The bottles had the carved image of a woman swooning and had a pink heart for a lid. Ratchet was intrigued.

"Are they free?" The curious lombax asked.

"Why yes," The woman offered him a bottle and he took it before Clank or Rykk could protest. "With just a whisper, they're all ears." The woman said as Ratchet took a drink.

Ratchet then saw the woman make a glowing green circle, and he got some tunnel vision. What did I just drink? The woman then blew him a kiss and became covered in glowing green, mist-like energy. Within a few seconds, the mist vanished; as did the tunnel vision and Ratchet felt Rykk shaking him.

Rykk snapped his fingers in front of Ratchet's face, "Earth to Ratchet, you okay?"

Ratchet shook his head, "I feel… good, think that potion made me hallucinate. But I feel… something." He looked at the machine and shot his left arm towards it. A green ghostly figured left his body and disappeared into the machine and its eyes glowed green.

"Sorry I didn't recognize you sir! The raffle awaits!" The gate opened and Clank chuckled.

"Oh my Ratchet, it seems you can now make machines do whatever you want!"

Ratchet grinned, his left hand had a glowing green shimmer and a small, ghostly figure floated around it every now and then. "Yeah, maybe I can get that little robot secretary to fall for you buddy."

Clank chuckled again, "I do not know about that, but I feel this will come in handy."

Ratchet felt a little less energetic and noticed that his hand didn't glow as bright. He wondered why, does this power require fuel or something? He then noticed glowing blue, round bottles called Salts. The label on them said that they were needed to power vigors.

Ratchet took a bottle and soon, felt better. "Hmm, guys, if we come across any more of these vigors, we need this stuff called Salts to power them."

Clank studied the blue bottle, "This stuff looks odd." He took a bottle and placed it in his compartment.

Rykk nodded, "Noted, now let's find this guy."

Clank jumped onto Ratchet's back and they continued their search.

Soon they came upon a stage with a crowd gathered around it. The crowd was singing and there was a feeling of excitement. A man with a tall top hat stood on the stage. The crowd went silent as two policemen grabbed a man and one shouted, "It's him!"

Ratchet also said, "It's him! The man being seized, it's Booker DeWitt!"

The group got closer.

"Now, where did you get that brand boy? Don't you know that makes you backstabbing, snake-in-the-grass, false shepherd?! And we ain't letting no false shepherd into our flock! Show him what we have planned boys!"

Ratchet and Rykk jumped when they saw a policeman put some kind of contraption in Booker's face. The contraption was attached the cop's forearm and had three, spinning, sharp hooks. The hooks spun quickly and threatened to rip into his head.

Ratchet and Rykk began to move but before they made any distance, Booker has tossed a baseball, with the number 77 on it, into the air. This made the cop without the contraption look up reflexively and Booker shoved the man's face onto the spinning hooks, blood went everywhere and the hooks stuck in the man. The other cop lost his hook machine and Booker grabbed it and hit another cop nearby with it.

The crowd dispersed in a panic as cops started to attack. Most of them were already there and were only armed with batons and sticks.

Rykk began punching and fighting the cops off hand-to-hand (and with his tail).

Ratchet had found a red wrench next to a toolbox and began to fight with it.

"Who the heck are you?!" Booker exclaimed as he threw a cop, bleeding, off his hook device.

"We're here to help you get the girl!" Ratchet yelled.

"There's the tower!" Rykk shouted as he threw a cop into a wall.

All of them broke from their fights and dashed towards the statue. The floating island it was on was denoted as Monument Island by bright, light-up letters.

As they neared the bridge that would take them to the island, barriers were raised and the island disconnected from the bridge.

"Son of a…" Booker started and more cops showed up, this time, they had guns. The guns bore a resemblance to a Mauser C-96.

Booker closed the distance to one of them and stuck the hooks into the man's neck and spun them. He then threw the man away and grabbed his gun before doing so.

Rykk had managed to procure a hook from one of the fallen cops and was fighting them with it. I'm sorry about this, but you are trying to kill us and the man we have to help.

Ratchet was still using his wrench, that is, until he accidently lost it over the edge of a balcony. He grabbed a hook and was fighting with it. He was also able to get one of the strange pistols and fired back.

Soon, the cops were dead or knocked out, and everything was quiet.

"Why are you helping me?" Booker asked; his green eyes showed the slightest hint of curiosity.

"We were told we couldn't go back home unless we do." Ratchet responded. "Why are you getting this girl?"

"I owe a lot of money to people you don't want to. I was told that if I bring this girl to New York, the people that hired me would wipe away my debt. So, whoever these people are, they must want her real bad."

Clank got off of Ratchet's back. "Why did those cops attack you back there? What happened?"

Booker gave Clank a curious look. "Well… apparently they were expecting me; more precisely, someone with this brand." He shows the three that on the back of his right hand were the letters AD.

Rykk tilted his head in curiosity, "AD? What does that stand for?"

"Anna," Booker said coldly, "I'm not discussing that. And what are you? Some kind of half human, half lombax?"

Rykk went with it, "Yeah, I'm Rykk Whitetip."

"And I'm Ratchet Ellipse and this is Clank." The yellow and brown lombax motioned towards the small robot.

Booker chuckled at the small robot, "I'm Booker DeWitt, but I'm guessing you knew that already huh?" The trio nodded in response. "Normally I'd tell you three to leave me alone, that I can handle this. However, it seems we have the same employers, so turning you down would be unwise."

Rykk nodded, "We all want to get the girl, and get out of here. So let's go."

Will the Circle, Be Unbroken?