Saving People Again-A RaC Fanfic-Chapter 1

Chapter 1
A Misadventure

“Walking with your friend in dark is far better than walking alone.”-Helen Keller

Ratchet hopped out of his ship and onto the dark, green planet. He sighed, then turned to Clank and asked, “Why are we here again?”
Clank looked at him and said, “You were there. You should know.”
“You have a better memory than me and I'm tired. Just tell me please,” Ratchet said wearily.
Clank nodded and said, “This is planet Marnith. We are here to find out why all of the people that come here keep disappearing. Anyone that comes to investigate disappears so we know almost nothing about it. We need to stop whatever is here causing trouble.”
“Great, we just waltzed right onto a deadly planet knowing full well what it is. Sounds fantastic,” Ratchet grumbled, “Come on, lets get this over with.” Ratchet started walking and looking around, trying to see anything suspicious. Clank scanned the area. All they could see was green. There were plants everywhere and they were all around the same green color.
After a while, Ratchet stopped and said, “I don't think anything's here, lets go back.” Before Clank could reply, the ground shifted beneath them, then fell. Thinking fast, Ratchet grabbed Clank's hand, then grabbed a vine that had fallen with them but was still attached up there. He held on tight and they started slowing down until they completely stopped. Ratchet was breathing hard and his hand ached. It took quite a bit of effort to do something like that. He looked down to see where they would have fallen. Ratchet gasped. Below them was a sea of dark green with light green spots. He couldn’t make out the shapes but there were so many waiting there for something to drop that he knew they would have been dead in seconds. He looked around and saw a ledge that they could get onto. He swung them back and forth until his arm screamed with the effort. Then he let go of the vine. They hit it and rolled up to the wall. They lay there panting for a moment, then Ratchet slowly got up and said, “You ok pal?”
“I’m fine. The question is, what are those creatures?” Clank said, getting up and looking down off the ledge.
Ratchet looked down too and said, “No idea, but there’s no way we’re getting back up the way we came. The only other way out that I can see is by going through them.” Clank looked at him in a startled way and said, “You can’t be serious! That was obviously a trap! We’ll be walking right into it!”
“We already knew we were walking into a death hole. Not much has changed. And do you have any other ideas? If you do, tell me,” Ratchet said.
Clank thought for a moment, then sighed and said, “Fine. You win. But don’t blame me if we run into some big trouble.” Ratchet nodded and Clank hopped on his back. Then Ratchet started climbing down, using all of the plants that covered everything. He had no trouble.
Before he got to the bottom Clank said, “Wait!” Ratchet stopped and asked, “What's wrong? Is something coming?”
“No,” Clank said, “It's just... be careful, ok?”
Ratchet smiled and said, “Don't worry, I'm always careful.” Clank rolled his eyes at that. When they got to the bottom he was able to look more closely at them. They looked like giant spiders with bulging spots of light green. He looked closely at the spots. They looked like they were light green because of a liquid in them. Then one of them noticed him. It made no sound as it charged him. He pulled out his wrench and hit its face. It went to the side but came back. Ratchet leaped over it, hitting it as he went. It turned and tried biting him. He dodged and hit it again. Light green goop came out. Then it fell to the floor and was still. Ratchet walked cautiously up to it and poked it. It was dead. He now noticed that it had a big mouth with long teeth. He shivered. If that had got him it would have hurt. He looked up at the hordes of these things. This was going to harder that he thought. He took out his Blaster and walked towards the creatures. More saw him and ran at him without making a sound. He shot them and hit them with his wrench. Eventually there were many of their bodies on the ground. But it didn't even look like he had made a dent in their numbers.
He sighed and said, “This is going to be harder than I thought.”
“Maybe we should make a plan before we go on,” Clank suggested.
“What do you think we should do?” Ratchet asked him without hope. Clank thought, then go an idea.
“Keep going, but only kill the ones in your way. That way you won't get so tired so fast. I'm warning you though, a lot more will be chasing you.”
“I trust you pal, so let's get going,” Ratchet said, then charged into the creatures. He made his way through many of them and when he felt a breeze on his face he knew they were close. Then there were only a few small ones with 2 big ones in a clearing. Ratchet fought them and when they were all gone rested there for a moment.
“Can you go on?” Clank asked his friend, who was sweating and panting.
“Ya, just give me a little time to rest,” he replied, sitting and wiping the sweat from his forehead. When he was rested enough he got up and stretched.
“Really would be a cool place to explore if these things weren't crawling all over,” Ratchet said as he looked around.
“Indeed,” Clank said, looking around for danger instead of really listening.
“Ow!” Ratchet said as something that felt like daggers clamped onto his leg. He looked down to see very small creature.
Clank asked, “What's wrong?” Ratchet bent down and tried prying its jaws apart. It was strong, even though it was a baby. He whacked it with his wrench while Clank kept asking, “What's going on back there?” Finally it was dead and it let go. Ratchet sat back down and winced. His leg hurt.
“Are you alright?” Clank asked.
”Ya, fine. One of those creature's babies came up and bit me. But I'll be fine. Just stings a little,” Ratchet replied.
“Are you sure…” Clank started to say.
“Yes, I’m sure,” Ratchet said in exasperation. He got back up and tried stepping on the leg. It hurt a little but was fine. He then went around the corner to see more of the creatures.
He sighed and said, “More? It seems like there’s no end to them. We should come up with a name for them. What do you think Clank?”
“How about ‘Norpiods’?” Clank suggested.
“What does that mean?” Ratchet asked with curiosity.
“Nothing. I just made up the word. Fits them, don’t you think?” Clank said, trying to get a look at the creatures.
Ratchet turned so he could see them and replied, “It does. Norpiods it is then.”
Then he charged at them again. He fought and fought, but then his Blaster ran out of ammo. He put it away and pulled out his Bomb Glove. This decimated them. Why didn’t I use this before? Ratchet wondered. He did eventually find more Blaster ammo, which must have been dropped by one of the explorers, but decided to keep it for later. He was hitting one of the Norpiods when he felt a breeze. He looked in that direction and saw light. They were almost out! Ratchet fought harder than before, knowing that soon he wouldn’t have to fight any more. He finally got to the light and looked in to see robots holding Blasters pointed at them.
“Put your hands in the air and come quietly!” someone from in the robots said.
Ratchet put his hands up and walked among the robots. Then he use his Bomb Glove, which was still on his hand, to shoot a bomb into their ranks. It blew them to bits. The rest of the robots were confused and that was perfect for Ratchet. He started shooting more bombs at them then hit the rest with his wrench.
Then Clank yelled, “Look out!” Ratchet rolled and a shot from a Blaster went right over him. He turned and saw a bigger robot walk forward. It pointed its Blaster at him again and fired. He jumped out of the way and the shot hit one of the other robots.
The big robot said, “Move away! Give us room! I’ll deal with him.” They moved into a circle, making escape impossible now.Ratchet put away his Bomb Glove and took out his Blitz Gun. The big robot shot at him and he jumped around, dodging them all. It stopped to reload and Ratchet shot it with the Blitz Gun. It fell back and Ratchet kept hitting it with the Blitz Gun. It suddenly surged up and tried to hit him. He ducked under its arm, almost getting hit, and hit it with his wrench. It staggered back and pulled out its Blaster again. It shot at him again and he jumped out of the way again. Once again it had to reload and Ratchet again ran up and hit it with his Blitz Gun. It fell again and he kept hitting it. This time he saw parts flying off of it. Soon it stopped moving and Ratchet stopped shooting. It was quite, the robots looking in shock at their leader. Ratchet took this opportunity to shoot them with the Blitz Gun. Then they came to their senses and started shooting at him again. Ratchet cleared a path through them, trying to make it to the exit. He could see the light coming through and feel the breeze. Suddenly Ratchet felt himself being pulled back by his harness for Clank. He was pulled of his feet and thrown into the wall. Everything was fuzzy and swirled. When his vision cleared he looked at the robots. They had stopped shooting and were watching him. And right in front of him was a light purple crocodile creature with orange armor on. And in his claws he held Clank.
“Clank!” Ratchet cried and went to get up.
“Not so fast! If you don’t want to see your friend squashed you won’t move,” the crocodile creature said in a husky voice. Ratchet stayed where he was and glared at the creature.
“What do you want?” he asked.
“The name is Jorgmet, and I would like you to come with me without a fight,” it replied calmly.
“No Ratchet! Don’t do what he wants!” Clank cried out.
“Silence!” Jorgmet snarled at him. Then he turned to Ratchet and said, “So what is your answer?” Ratchet looked at Clank in dismay. Then Clank winked at him. He had a plan.
Ratchet smiled and said, “I’ll never go with you!”
Jorgmet snarled and said, “Then watch your robot friend die!” Clank then used his Thruster Pack upgrade to shoot out of his hand. He roared in rage and pulled out a Blaster, then fired at Clank. He weaved in between them with no problem. Jorgmet put the Blaster away and jumped at Clank. He was fast and got to Clank quickly. Suddenly a knife came out of his armor arm.
“Clank, look out!” Ratchet yelled. Clank moved out of the way but was too late. The blade hit Clank and cut into his side.
“Clank!” Ratchet yelled and leaped for his friend as he started falling. He caught him and took a look at his cut. It was bad, it had cut deep, deep enough to mess up his system. This was as close to death as a robot could get to it.
“Clank! Please wake up buddy, you've just got to!” he wailed. But Clank didn't move. His eyes and antenna weren't even glowing anymore. Jorgmet came closer to them and Ratchet held Clank closer, making sure that not even one of the pieces fell out of his hand.
Jorgmet smiled and laughed, saying, “That should teach you. Now come with use or you'll soon be just like him. But you'll both be little pieces instead of just having a little cut.” Ratchet looked at Jorgmet in rage. He would avenge Clank. But right now going with him was the best thing to do. He could fix Clank, so he couldn't die in a battle to avenge him. He got up carefully, holding Clank and all his pieces carefully so none of the pieces would fall. He had to have all the parts to fix Clank. He got up and walked behind Jorgmet, the robots surrounding him, making sure he didn't run for it. They walked for a while when Ratchet noticed that the walls of the plant maze were turning into metal and weren't nearly so tall. The robots couldn't fit with a big group around him so they thinned out, but went behind him instead. He later saw some tunnels branching from the main one but Jorgmet just walked right past them without even a glance. Slowly the group of robots got smaller as they went into different tunnels. Eventually they were a small number but Ratchet knew he was in to far to go back now. So he kept following Jorgmet. Finally they reached a big room at the end of the long hallway. The robots stopped and guarded the door while Ratchet and Jorgmet went inside.
Jorgmet opened a grate in the ground at the far side of the room and said, “Stand still.” Ratchet did and Jorgmet removed all his weapons except for his wrench.
Jorgmet saw his surprised look when he left it there and smiled, saying, “Just giving you some false hope of escaping and fixing your friend there.”
Then Jorgmet pointed to the grate and said, “Get in.”
Ratchet did as he was told and Jorgmet closed it behind him, then walked out of sight. Ratchet heard Jorgmet's foot steps as he got further away. Then he heard the robots going with him. Then it was silent. Ratchet turned and looked at his prison. It was small, with metal walls, floor, and ceiling, but it had a table, two chairs, a light, two beds, and some dishes. Ratchet set Clank on the table by the light and got a better look at him. A bunch of his pieces had fallen out and a lot of wires were cut. But Ratchet just knew he could fix him. He at least had to try. He sat down and got to work, twisting wires back together and putting parts back in. He worked for a long time. He only guessed that night had passed and it was morning when a robot came and put food in his door, saying, “Morning! Time to eat!”
Then it went away. Ratchet wasn't really hungry so he ignored it and kept on working on Clank. He did this for many days and nights, not eating or sleeping. He started getting skinny and his eyes were sunken in. He only kept track of the time by when the food came. Eventually there was only one thing left that was needed to fix him. His power box. They only problem was that it was split in two. And there was no way he could fix it. He was starting to despair. Would he never fix his friend? Then he heard the robot with food come and his stomach growled loudly. He would get food and sleep first, then try thinking of some other way to fix Clank's power box. He ate the food, which was nasty but tasted good on an empty stomach, then got right into the bed and fell fast a sleep.