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Moments After Ratchet and Clank Found Themselves in Danville

"Lombax… Lombax… it's not coming up anywhere on the web." Doofenshmirtz mumbled as he turned around and walked over to Ratchet and Clank. "Getting another look at you, I'd say you're more of some kind of ferret."

"Ferret?" Ratchet quietly mouthed.

"Pardon me, doctor. What exactly is that machine over there?" Clank asked.

"Oh that?" Doofenshmirtz turned to a giant multicolored laser cannon aiming at the ground below. "That is the Animal Stampede-inator! With this machine, it will cause every animal in the world to stampede across the entire Tri-State area! The animals will then make their way to City Hall where the animals will hold my brother Roger hostage. He will have no choice but to give me the key to the city while butterflies, grasshoppers and birds are tickle torturing him! Hehehehahahahaha!"

Ratchet blinked. "...Dude. No offense… but you seriously need to get out more."

"I have a life outside of my daily "Try to take over the Tri-State Area", Ratchet the Ferret."

"Daily?" Clank wondered.

"Ratchet the Ferre-... no, I'm a Lombax!"

Ding dong!

"Oh! That must be my pizza!" He said as he walked over to the door, opening it to see a small pizza man in front of him. "Oh goodie! Just what I asked for!" He picked it up and opened the box. "Wait a moment, it's swimming in anchovies! I told you to go easy on-"

SPLAT!

Doofenshmirtz fell to the ground on his butt, pizza all over him. "Ooof! What was that for?!"

At that moment, the "pizza man" took off his hat.

"A Platypus Pizza Man?"

Fedora.

"Perry the Platypus Pizza Man?"

RRRRRIP!

"PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!"

Perry glanced over at Ratchet and Clank, raising an eyebrow and looked back at Doofenshmirtz. "Don't get any ideas, Perry the Platypus. They wandered in here via a teleporter and they wandered right into a trap that was meant for yo-"

He gasped, putting his hands over his mouth as Perry proceeded to kick his butt like usual.

"I take it these two are rivals." Ratchet said.

"By the looks of it, yes."

"...I don't know what's more embarrassing. The fact that he's getting beaten up by a platypus… or the fact he's losing to a Platypus."

Doofenshmirtz was pushed toward his machine. "Very good, Perry the Platypus, but let's see if you can handle ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE WORLD!" He aimed it toward Perry and pressed the fire button, causing every single animal to come out and ran forward. Perry simply used his jet pack to fly over them while the animals charged through and destroyed the cage… and somehow not hurting Ratchet and Clank in the process.

"Soooo, shall we go?" Ratchet asked.

"I want to see how this ends."

Crack!

Craaaaaaaaaaaack!

"Wait… all the animals in the world are in one place inside of my building. All of the weight would… uh oh… this should be fun…"

"Okay, now we can go." Clank said as Ratchet fired up a portal as the two ran inside right as the whole building started to cave.

At that moment, Perry flew down and grabbed a hold of Doof as the building collapsed straight through the ground. Amazingly, all the animals were relatively unharmed as Perry hovered down and went to the -Inator as he found a button that said "Return animals" as he hit the button, returning all of the animals to their natural habitats.

"I can't believe it. You sent every animal back to their natural habitats before I could send them over to Roger." Doofenshmirtz said as he gave an annoyed look to Perry. "Curse you, Perry the Platypus."

Back with the duo…

"Do I look like a ferret to you?" Ratchet asked.

"Of course not. You'd be a lot smellier if you were."

Ratchet frowned. "Gee, thanks…"

Clank chuckled as they emerged outside.

"Okay, by the looks of it, we seem to be on top of a mountain." Ratchet said.

"Oh look, there's a shooting star." Clank said, pointing toward the distance.

"Seems to be coming in hot. Must be-... heading right towards the mountain!" Ratchet grimaced as the shooting star slammed into a mountain, followed by a white streak slamming into said mountain, causing an avalanche.

…And sucked the duo in.

"Waaaaaah!" Ratchet yelped as they were quickly buried within the snow several yards down the mountain before they stopped.

Clank emerged from the snow and pulled himself out, and then noticing Ratchet's legs poking out of the snow. Clank walked over and pulled Ratchet out. "Th-thanks, b-bud… achoo!"

"You're welcome."

Ratchet shivered. "Alright… what's-"

"You want to die for this planet? Fine! What's seventeen more years?"

The two of them turned their heads as they walked over… and saw Omni-Man proceeding to punch the daylights out of his son.

"I could always start again! Make another kid!"

He continued to beat him up while Ratchet and Clank looked on in horror.

"...Clank."

"Yes?"

"RYNO."

Clank pulled it out and gave it to Ratchet, who proceeded to shoot directly at Omni-Man.

BGM: 1812 Overture

"Rrrgh!" Omni-Man grunted, getting knocked off of Mark as Ratchet continued to fire at him.

"I don't know why the hell I'm hearing the 1812 Overture… but that's getting annoying!" He exclaimed as he flew around and shoved Ratchet into the ground.

"Oooof!"

"You stay right where you are!" Omni-Man pulled back his fist, but Clank grabbed the RYNO and shot him point blank, knocking him back.

"Let's get out of here!"

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Ratchet said, shaking it off as they opened up a portal and jumped in right as Omni-Man got back up.

End BGM

"Hmph. They got lucky." He grumbled while dusting himself off… and then continued to clobber Mark.

Back with the duo…

"Thanks, bud. Thought I was a goner." Ratchet said.

"You're welcome." Clank smiled as they wound up in another snowy area, this time surrounded by trees.

"Okay, I doubt this is our destination."

"We could ask where we are." Clank said as they started to walk around, where they would come across a man with his back turned to them, though he had a head on his hip.

"Brother. Are those two like the people you described in that tournament you went to?"

BGM: God of War (God of War 2018)

The man stopped… and turned around.

"Kratos?!" Ratchet said in surprise.

"It has been a while, Kratos."

"Yeah, haven't seen you since that tournament! How you been? Love the beard!"

"Mmmph." Kratos grunted, scowling at them.

"Aaaaand you're still a sour puss…" Ratchet sweatdropped. "Riiiight… we'll just be going!" He said, opening up a portal as they went through.

"Sounds to me like you're not a fan of those two, brother."

"Those two were… tolerable compared to the others I've met."

End BGM

Back with them…

"Ya know, compared to last time, I think he's mellowed out some." Ratchet said.

"Indeed."

"...I still don't want to get on his bad side though." He shuddered as they emerged outside.

"According to my calculations, this seems to be a dungeon of sorts."

"A dungeon? Huh… wonder if we'll find something valuable." Ratchet wondered as they walked around.

"Help! Help!"

The two of them turned to the source of the voice as they quickly ran off.

"It's so dark and scary!"

Ratchet and Clank ran into a room… and saw a girl's upper torso inside of a mimic with her feet kicking around in dismay.

"Oh gosh!" Ratchet said as they quickly went to help her as Ratchet tried to pry open the Mimic's mouth open while Clank tried to jump up and down on the Mimic, in hopes to give it a headache and open wide.

Pretty soon, the Mimic opened wide as Ratchet and Clank pulled an elf girl out.

"Phew… you okay?" Ratchet asked.

"I thought there'd be a grimoire in there…" She pouted. "...Oh. Hey. You two are new."

"I'm Ratchet."

"And I'm Clank."

"Frieren." She greeted, shaking Ratchet and Clank's hands.

"Soooo… what were you doing?"

"Trying to find rare treasure. However, this dungeon is filled with treasure chests, so I'm sure there's going to be something valuable in one of them."

She turned around. "Come on, boys. We'll find that treasure."

The duo nodded as they walked around, and as they walked, the duo explained what they were doing.

"Nefarious, mmm? Can't say I've heard of the man… but with a name like that, I feel he may be up to no- oh!"

Frieren spotted another chest. "Here we are."

"Frieren, if I may… this chest could be another trap." Clank said.

"Nonsense. I can sense some powerful magic coming from within this chest. That means there's something valuable in here!"

Chomp!

"Ack! It's so dark and scary! Someone get me out of here!" Frieren cried as the duo pulled her out again while also clobbering the Mimic.

"As I predicted." Clank said once Frieren was out of there.

"I have faith that the next chest will contain treasure."

Several hours and a few dungeons later…

Ratchet sighed in dismay while Frieren got eaten again. "Clank… how many Mimics has this been now?"

"Two hundred and fifty one."

"And how many chests have not been Mimics?"

"Zero."

"Sounds about right…"

They pulled Frieren out once more.

"Hmmm… maybe I need to change my approach. Perhaps-"

Frieren looked up, seeing a portal closing with no Ratchet and Clank in sight.

"Ratchet? Clank? …Where did you go?"

With the duo…

"I hate to say it, but I feel she's a lost cause." Ratchet said.

"I'm sure she'll get one eventually."

The two of them emerged from the portal, finding themselves in an elevator. "Huh… we're in an elevator?" Ratchet wondered.

Ding!

The duo peeked out of the elevator.

"It looks like we're in a shopping mall."

Ratchet sniffed the air. "It definitely smells like pizza."

The two of them walked out, looking around… when suddenly, a robot ambushed them out of the blue.

"Wah!" The duo yelped.

"Hi. Please take this map."

Ratchet blinked. "What?"

"Take a map. Take a map."

"Ah… we'll pass."

However, the robot would not let them escape so easily, insisting on them taking a map.

"Take a map. Take a map. Take a map."

"Ratchet, I think it will leave us alone if-"

"Yeah, I gathered… fine…" Ratchet mumbled as he took the map.

"Thank you."

The robot moved away from them as Ratchet looked into it. "Okay… Fazbear Pizza Plex… wow, this mall's huge!"

He walked off, unaware of where he was going considering his face was in the map. "I wonder if we could snag some pizza before we try to world hop again."

"Considering the amount of security robots, I'd say it's around closing time."

"Ah, I'm sure we'll get a quick bite before-"

Suddenly, he was grabbed by one of the security robots. "Ack!" He yelped as the robot pressed its face against Ratchet. "Mmmph… hello…!"

The security bot dropped him and started alerting a local animatronic that was nearby.

"You can't hide from me, kid!"

"Uh oh!" Ratchet grimaced as he grabbed Clank as he quickly ran off… only he ran into the dining area as he looked around and hid underneath a table.

"I do not think this is a good hiding spot."

"Well, you got any good ideas?"

Clank glanced over at an empty box nearby. "I have an idea."

The two of them quickly made their way toward said box as they put themselves under it.

"Now we are safe."

"...Yes. But this doesn't have any holes in it. I can't see a darned thing!"

"Hmm… perhaps we ought to make one."

"Nah, too noisy. We just gotta be discreet."

The box slowly moved forward with the duo crawling through until they smacked into something. "Ooof!"

"Did we hit some stairs?" Clank wondered.

"Let me check."

Ratchet slowly lifted the box, letting his hand examine what was in front of him, feeling something metal in front of him. "Question, were the stairs made of metal or carpet?"

"I cannot say for sure."

"Well, let's try to climb them up anyway."

Both of them stood up, their feet poking out of the box as they tried to move… and then felt something tackling them to the ground, destroying said box in the process.

"You can't hide from me with that pathetic disguise, Gregory!"

"...Gregory? Who's Gregory?" Ratchet wondered as he got out of the mess with Clank, seeing a wolf animatronic in front of them. "...Whoa!"

"Huh?" The animatronic scratched her head. "You're not… I could've sworn you were-... huh, that would explain why your scent was different."

"Soooo… who are you?" Ratchet wondered.

"Name's Roxanne Wolf, though I go by Roxie. And you two are?"

"Ratchet."

"Clank! Nice to meet you."

"Yeah, nice to meet you two… have you seen a weird kid around here? Kid got trapped in the pizzaplex and we're all trying to find him. Freddy's not exactly being helpful at the moment…"

"No idea who you're talking about." Ratchet said.

"Meh… I'll keep looking."

Roxie turned around. "By the way… you really need to work on your stealth skills." She walked off.

"Was it really that bad?" Ratchet wondered.

"Well… boxes aren't known to move."

"Right… fair enough." Ratchet nodded, opening the portal and then they jumped in…

…And came out in a very circus-like area.

"Okay… now where are we?"

"Why, you're in the Amazing Digital Circus, of course!" A voice said as they turned to see a person with teeth for a head and eye balls in his mouth.

"...Clank. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"Yes. And I'm having a hard time believing it."

"Looks like we have a few new players! Allow me to show you around… oh by the way, name's Caine! Anyway-"

As soon as Caine turned around, Ratchet immediately opened a portal and quickly hopped in with Clank behind him.

"WAIT! WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT! TAKE ME WITH YOU! TAKE ME WITH YOU!"

The portal closed right before Pomni could try to make her escape.

"Huh? Oh… I guess they decided to make themselves at home. Oh hey there, Pomni."

Pomni whimpered. "Why me…"

Back with the duo…

"I just know I'll be severely traumatized if we hung out with that weirdo for a second longer." Ratchet said.

"Agreed." Clank nodded as they emerged from the portal, finding themselves in an open field.

"Seems nice." Ratchet said. "Maybe this is the Mushroom Kingdom where-"

THUD!

"...Clank."

"Yeah?"

"There's something huge behind us, isn't there?"

"More than likely."

The two turned their heads to see a giant foot just mere yards away from them. They looked up to see a skinless hulking behemoth standing proudly above them.

…Also known as the Colossal Titan.

BGM: Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack on Titan)

"Oh, you gotta be KIDDING ME!" Ratchet yelled in exasperation.

"Shall we run for our lives?"

Ratchet picked up Clank. "Yeah, I'm not sticking around for this!" He said, strapping him to his back and took off running.

The Colossal Titan continued to walk, unaware of what was below it.

"I'm wondering if we shrunk." Clank mused.

"We didn't shrink… but I sure as heck don't wanna know what the heck they feed these things!" He said, quickly opening up a portal as a shadow was cast over them. He quickly activated Clank's thrusters and boosted his way through the portal right as the foot came crashing down.

End BGM

Ratchet was on his hands and knees, Clank getting off of him. "Hah… Hah…"

"Is that… Ratchet and Clank?"

"What are they doing here?"

Clank spotted WSSP and co. "Ratchet. It seems we've finally reached our destination."

"I can see that… hoo…" Ratchet stood up and looked at them. "You would not BELIEVE what we just went through."

Meanwhile, back at Danville…

"You know something, Perry the Platypus… there's actually an -Inator in this pile of rubble that I can use. I call it "Restore My Home-Inator"! I got the idea after your last visit made my living room look like a tornado went through."

Perry said nothing, but instead he shrugged with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah yeah, keep pretending to be innocent." He said as he dug through the rubble. "Let's see, it's got to be here somewhere… ah! I recognize this feeling. I remember how it feels! This is it! Now let me just find the-"

BOOOOOM!

Doofenshmirtz was covered in soot as behind him, Perry put his hand over his mouth, desperately trying to hide an amused smile.

"...You can stop laughing, Perry the Platypus."

Deadpool: I guess you can say it... blew up in his face?

Ibuki: Eyyyyoooo~! *high fives*

Shout out to Wyvern for that Amazing Digital Circus suggestion.