Digital Nexus: Book 4 – Prologue
Location: Time Vortex, TARDIS
Xoruxshy: Well, Kevin, how do you like the TARDIS?
Kevin Levin: It's amazing! So, where are we headed?
Xoruxshy: Well, we're headed to Planet Veldin. After the Nobodies attacked us, I figured we needed to lay low for a while. Plus, Ratchet here needs to return to keep up appearances.
Ratchet: Yeah.
(Suddenly, the Cloister Bell goes off)
IF: Xoruxshy, we've got a problem!
(The TARDIS shakes from something impacting it)
Clank: What was that?!
(The screen shows one of Vilgax's drones attacking the TARDIS)
Xoruxshy: How did that thing follow us?!
(The console explodes in Xoruxshy's face, sending shrapnel through her stomach and heart.)
Xoruxshy: (spurts blood out of her mouth) Shit… not again… Everyone…prepare for a crash landing… (passes out from the pain)
Location: Veldin, Ratchet's Old Home
(The TARDIS crashes through the repaired roof, ruining the repair job, and spitting out Xoruxshy in a blast of electricity, with the other IFF following soon after)
A/N: In case you were wondering, Tails and Sundae went home.
3 Months Later…
(Xoruxshy walks into the garage/home of Ratchet. Her appearance has changed from her previous regeneration. Her fur has retained its core orange color but gained a sleek, electric-like sheen. Due to a possible personality shift, she has adopted a more daring outfit, replacing her previous attire with a black leather bustier top and a long, flowing skirt that splits at the thigh, allowing for greater agility. Her eyes remain amber in color, but the irises have taken on a sharper, more piercing quality. Her tail also retained its orange fur color but has gained a black tip, resembling a lightning bolt. This also caused Kevin to become more attracted to her. Swaying her hips with confidence, she reaches Ratchet and Clank)
Xoruxshy: Ratchet, you have that interview coming up in an hour. Just making sure you're prepared.
Ratchet: Thanks, Xoruxshy.
Later…
Behind the Hero Show Host: Welcome back to "Behind the Hero." Tonight's heroes are the duo who recently restored peace and order to our galaxy. Ratchet, Clank, Xoruxshy, and IF. So ladies and gentlemen, tell us about your latest incredible adventures!
Ratchet: Well, about a year ago after we left Veldin, we journeyed to another universe in the Milky Way Galaxy. There, we met a trio of family members named Ben, Gwen, and Max Tennyson. Now, I won't go into details about their private life. But due to certain circumstances, we had to leave Earth and return here. Unfortunately, while doing so, we were followed by a drone sent by a warlord known as Vilgax. Xoruxshy had to undergo another regeneration, which as you can see, may have altered her personality. After that we caught up with our friends from this galaxy. During this time, there were parades, press conferences, fancy dress balls…
Clank: …and the weiner roast at Al's.
Ratchet: Oh, yeah – that.
Xoruxshy: And then things started to slow down a bit. After that we… well…
IF: There was the Grand Opening at Groovy Lube.
Ratchet: Right! I think that was last week…
Clank: Two months ago.
Xoruxshy: We're still pretty busy, but in a more… uh… domestic sense.
Clank: Yesterday, I flushed out my radiator core.
Ratchet: I guess no one needs a hero right now.
Xoruxshy: And with the TARDIS currently out of commission, we can't leave.
Meanwhile in the distant Bogon Galaxy…
?: Miss Noodlebottom… I've found our man!
Seconds later…
(Ratchet and Clank are teleported out of the room, shocking Xoruxshy)
Xoruxshy: What the?!
(The TARDIS dings)
Xoruxshy: Right on time, beautiful, let's see what we've got today!
Upon entering the TARDIS with IF and Kevin, they see that the 4th Generation TARDIS underwent a whimsical makeover compared to the 3rd Generation. Its console room adopted a rustic, Dwarven theme, and a hidden garden room was nurtured with Dwarven flora. Secret compartments are everywhere, while the gentle sounds of nature have been incorporated to create a truly immersive experience. Upon tracing the teleport signal to the Bogon Galaxy, they took off, landing right next to Ratchet & Clank. Upon exiting they find a hologram of a strange two-antennaed humanoid in front of them.
?: I'm Abercrombie Fizzwidget, founder of the Megacorp company in the Bogon Galaxy
Ratchet: Bogon…?
Fizzwidget: I'm sorry to incapacitate you but our entire galaxy is in a very precocious situation. I must humbly request you sustenance on a mission of dire urgitude… a mission of superfluous peril… a mission of unequizzical imperitude…
Clank: Did that make any sense?
Ratchet: So… you need me to go on a dangerous mission in another galaxy?
Fizzwidget: Indubitably! A few days ago, this top-secret biological Experiment was stolen from our testing lavatory by this dupliferous criminal mastermind and I need you to get the Experiment back!
Ratchet: We'll do it!
Clank: We will?
Fizzwidget: Crank, I have precipitated your recalcitrance and have made special improvisations for you. We are prepared to give you a job as the head accountant of Megacorp, plus a penthouse suite in lovely Megapolis… and our state-of-the-art robotic masseuse!
Clank: Deal.
Fizzwidget: As for you, Ratchet, I'll need you in superlatory shape! While in transit to the Bogon Galaxy you will undergo heavy training and conditioning including, martial arts, heavy weaponry, survival skills, stealth, macrame, ballroom dance and origami!
Later…
Fizzwidget: We've used bipolar vector regurgitation to track the thief's location to a flying base in sector seven. Infiltribulate the base and retrieve the experiment.
Ratchet: Sir. Ready for launch.
Xoruxshy: Us as well, sir.
Ratchet: Ratchet reporting. I'm on final approach to co-ordinates three seven alpha.
Fizzwidget: Good luck. I'm counting on you.
Ratchet: Affirmative. Beginning radio silence.