Here we go the next part in Ratchet's mind, enjoy
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DM77's Psychonauts Chapter 23
Cybertron World Part 2
Nigel was a in the middle of playing a real life version of Cybertron board game in order to free Ratchet from the hold of a mental representation of his ancestor King Mondo. So far he has convinced Ratchet's champion piece Gourmet Guy to come out and Craftmon to come out and fix the bridge. Now he had to convince some Vehicon's to come out to fight Mondo's Cogs.
He makes himself the size of the pieces and said to Gourmet Guy "Alright, let's take Mondo's stronghold and win the game!"
"Game?" Gourmet Guy asked confused.
"War! Woooo!" Nigel corrected himself.
"Yes! The stronghold's wall is thick! But I shall crack it open! Like a candy wrapper!" Gourmet Guy said but then trails off "And I will rip that wrapper off, and…and place it…on a cake! And eat it, and gorge to my heart's delight."
"Concentrate….war time…" Nigel said to him.
"Right, well, just move me over there and take that cake!" Gourmet Guy told him.
"Stronghold." Nigel corrected him.
"Stronghold!" Gourmet Guy said.
Nigel then leaves as he goes to recruit some Vehicons, he climbs out of the board game and before talking to Ratchet sees something sparkling in the fireplace. He uses telekinesis to pull it out and into his hands and see it is a gold coin.
Ratchet seeing it said "Hey, you found my super valuable rare coin!"
"Yeah, I sure did." Nigel said and realized he could use this to convince one of the Vehicons to come out and asked "Can I have it?"
"Knock yourself out." Ratchet said shrugging. "I've got enough memories of my dumb ancestors hanging around!"
"Also another thing Ratchet." Nigel said putting the coin into his backpack "The problem is people think you don't care."
"What? I care!" Ratchet told him.
"Then lead them to victory, dumb bot!" Mondo told his decendant.
"Shut up!" Ratchet snapped back.
"They think you don't care if they live or die." Nigel told Ratchet.
"What do they want from me?" Ratchet asked him "A notice on my official stationery that says I'd be sad if they died?"
"Yep." Nigel said nodding.
"Huh." Ratchet said and signs as best he could with his hands bound, the notice and gives it to Nigel "Well, if that doesn't work…"
"Let me guess: you give up?" Nigel said to him.
"Bingo!" Ratchet said with a nod.
"Ha! Another game at which I would surely defeat you!" Mondo said with a laugh.
"Hey, you take that little victory if you need it, gear bot." Ratchet told him.
Nigel then goes back into the game board and heads to the house of the Vehicon who thinks Ratchet doesn't care about them. He knocks on the door holding the notice and said "Hey, I have an important message from your fearless leader."
The Vehicon opens the and reads it then said excited "Oh my Primus! He does care! He does! I knew it! Ratchet is the greatest leader of all time! I can't wait to die for his cause!"
"Well, you might not die. You might win!" Nigel tells him.
"Hey, he's a great leader but…he's still Ratchet." The Vehicon told Nigel. He closes the door and then appears on the game board as an imposing black and silve robot with a gun arm "Okay, hurl my innocent bones into the cruel machine of war. I'm ready."
Nigel makes himself the same size as the pieces and said to the Vehicon "Time to fight for the planet!"
"Okay, I'm ready." The Vehicon said "Now put me right next to Mondo's lackey and you'll see some action!" Nigel nods and does so with Telekinisis and as he does the Vehicon and cog begin to fight in a cloud of dust "Ha! Ah! Take that!"
"Die! Arr! I'll kill you!" The Cog said as he fights. When the dust settles both were gone.
"Oh, my gears! I cannot believe it, Ratchet! You have accidentally done something right!" Mondo said in shock.
"I have?" Ratchet said in surprise and looks at the board.
"Yes! But I'm afraid it's still not enough." Mondo said and orders "More manpower!"
Another Cog warrior exits the stronghold and said "Oh geez. I hate bridges!" He then destroys the bridge cutting the path off from the land that leads to the bridge to the stronghold "That is for killing my father, bridge!"
"Hey, stop killing my bridges. You're making me mad!" Ratchet said angry.
Nigel before doing anything else goes to the house of the Vehicon who wants to be paid for joining Ratchet's army and knocks on the door and said "Hey, check out this coin I found."
"MONEY! OH MAN!" The Vehicon said upon seeing it after opening the door. He takes the coin and said to someone in the house "Well, I'm off to die in battle, dear, for an incompetent leader who will never know my name. I hope you remarry well!"
"More of that negative talk…" Nigel said, Ratchet's mood really affects the pieces as well.
The new Vehicon appears on the field and said "I just hope she doesn't spend it all on scrapbook-making supplies. She's gone nuts about that stuff. Part of the reason I'm so ready to die. Anyway, let's go! War ahoy and all that stuff."
Nigel grows to the size of the pieces, he first moves Gourmet Guy over the bridge that was rebuilt, he then removes a bottle that was on the board. Then he moves Craftmon over to the new broken bridge.
"Aww, now who went and broke my beautiful bridge? Don't worry darling. We'll get you fixed up good as new in no time!" He then works on building the bridge and it was instantly repaired "Man, I am good. Mmm!"
Nigel then sends the Vehicon over the bridge to be next to the Cog. The Vehicon said in a cloud of fight dust "Pow! Gah! Oof!"
"Die! Arr! I'll kill you!" The Cog said as he fights. When the dust settles both were gone.
"Ha ha. Not bad, Ratchet!" Mondo said impressed
"What? What I'd do?" Ratchet asked confused.
"You're doing better than usual, and I hate to end the fun…But I guess it's time to put an end to this, usual." Mondo explained he then summons a third Cog and orders it "Guard the bridge to the stronghold with your LIFE!"
"None shall past!" The Cog said standing at attention.
Nigel then moves Gourmet Guy to a spot near the bridge to the stronghold. Then goes to the house of the last Vehicon he can recruit. He knocks on the door and said "Hello? I'm recruiting soldiers for the army of the caring and generous Ratchet…"
The Vehicon opens the door and just said "Weapon."
"What?" Nigel asked taken aback.
"Weapon. That's what I want. I'm not going to die like the others, okay?" The Vehicon explained.
"That's the spirit!" Nigel said with a smile.
"You get me my special ion blaster and I'll come out. I think I left it burid in some energon hay in that heavily-guarded building over there." The Vehicon said pointing to a building under guard by Micromanagers "Then I'll sign-up and kill me some Machine Empire. Got it?" He shuts the door.
"Be right back!" Nigel said to that. He heads out and fights some buff and regular Micromanagers and also some Kaboombas. Along the way he finds another Mental Vault in the stronghold and cracks it open.
The reel for this one was titled 'Ratchet vs. Mondo.' The first slide showed a score board of Ratchet and Crocker with Crocker having won a lot while Ratchet still had zero wins. The next one showed a dazed and confused Ratchet leaving the table while Crocker watches smirking. The third slide showed Ratchet looking in restroom mirror, but his reflection was off King Mondo, the following slide then had Mondo coming out of the mirror and grabbing Ratchet by the neck. The final slide showed Ratchet as he is in the present date now.
Nigel puts it down now understanding the cause of Ratchet's mental problem. He then finds the Ion Blaster and takes it to the Vehicon's house. He knocks on the door and hands it to the Vehicon when it opens and said "Okay, there's your special ion blaster. Ready?"
"Alright! Now I'm set to go rob that stupid Craftmon!" The Vehicon said excited.
"What?" Nigel said shocked "I got you that gun so you could fight Mondo's army! Not Craftmon."
"I've been trying to break into his house for days now, but he's always got a fire going so I can't go down the chimney!" The Vehicon explained revealing he was the thief Craftmon was on about on the roof.
"Well, could you just fight this one lousy Cog first? He's kind of in the way anyway…" Nigel asked.
"Okay, but just as practise." The Vehicon said and closes the door and appears on the board. "Where is he?" Nigel then gets to the pieces size and moves the Vehicon to the Cog and they start fighting like the last two "Cool Ion Blaster, huh? Oh, wait. Have to reload here…"
"Die! Arr! I'll kill you!" The Cog said as he fights. When the dust settles both were gone.
"But…I…how…" King Mondo said in utter shock. He then called out "RETREAT! Everyone into the stronghold! Raise the drawbridge immediately!" Indeed the drawbridge of the Stronghold retracts and something like a pin was used to jam the gears "Jam the mechanism with something! Anything!"
"Hey, you can't jam the gears! That's cheating!" Nigel said to Mondo.
"All is fair in love and war!" Mondo told him and adds with a grin "You have fought well, but that's as far as you shall go my friend!"
"Ha! We'll see about that!" Ratchet said with renewed energy.
"Ratchet? Was that you?" Nigel asked in surprise.
"Yeah! Come on! We're winning!" Ratchet told Nigel. "All we have to do is unjam those gears."
"I'm on it General." Nigel said with a nod.
Nigel shrinks down and fights the Micromangers and Kaboombas as he makes his way to the gears of the draw bridge and uses Telekinesis to unjam the gears lowering the drawbridge and then goes to piece size and then move the Gourmet Guy into the stronghold.
The Gourmet Guy laughs as he said "Your walls are no thicker than the crust of a freshly baked pie!" He lands in the stronghold "Behold the tapping of my fork!" The symbol of the stronghold changes from the Machine Empire to the Autobot logo, signifying Ratchet winning the game.
"Ahhhhhh!" King Mondo let out in shock as we returned to the sitting room outside the game. "What? What is this? Ratchet? Did you do this?"
"Huh? What?" Ratchet said confused.
"I can't believe it. You…you ARE a part of my royal family! There is some Machine Empire in your veins after all!" Mondo said sounding pleased.
"Well, maybe…" Ratchet said unsure.
"Finally! I can resign myself back into my glorious history." Mondo said relieved "The future is yours, Ratchet. You are indeed a true warrior. Go forth and fight all your battles with the same determination you showed here, and your life be an endless parade of victories. Like mine!"
"Yes! Well, except for that last one! You know, the one with the Z-Wave…" Ratchet said thinking.
"Mmmm, I was unwell that day! Very bad circular headache. Let me tell you, that's why I have the large gear in my back all the time to maintain my steam levels, you know?" Mondo said with a chuckle as he fades away "You'll find out when you're older. It's hereditary." With that he was gone.
Nigel took this as his sign to leave Ratchet's mind.
Nigel returns to his normal body and reclaims the Psycho-Portal.
Ratchet looks around confused and asked "Is he really gone? Hello? Hello? Anyone else in here?" He smiles excited "Hah! We did it, Nigel! I'm all me again! One person! Not a part of the Machine Empire!" He then turns and said "Get me out of this darn jacket so I can strangle me an orderly!"
"Hey good thinking, Ratchet!" Nigel said smiling undoing the latchets of the blue jacket and claims it "That sure would save me a lot of work."
"Yup! Right after I take a nap!" Ratchet said stretching and goes to lie down.
"Yes, a-a what? Nap?" Nigel said shocked
"War is hell Nigel, and I'm sleepy." Ratchet said sighing as he drfits to sleep "I'll take care of Crocker for you, just as soon as I…" He falls asleep.
"Oh, man." Nigel said face palming, guess he'll go claim the last thing he needs as he heads up to El Toro's room.
Well that was a fun game and we're two thirds away from the disguise, just one more residents mind we need to enter.
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