This is a fanfic made by me (obviously). Ratchet, Clank, Sasha, Qwark, and just about any other character that I am putting into this fic belong to Insomniac Games. Same thing with planets, weapons, and virtually everything else that I’m putting in this. I own nothing. And, some things in here you will notice are from some of Sandy’s other work. She said I could include some stuff. But if you want to understand the story, read “Pokey”, “Sick Day”, and “Vacation”. And I won’t say anything about the story. Just read it.

The giant head of the Biobliberator exploded. Ratchet and Clank landed the Hover ship a few feet away from it. When they got out, Qwark, who had landed first, came over to them. “So, Ratchet, I think some congratulating is in order...” Ratchet just looked down, he new what Qwark was going to do, he had done it before... “And, some apologies and thanks, too. Ratchet?” he said as Ratchet looked up. “If it wasn’t for you and Clank, I never would have been able to get out here, and face Nefarious. And I’m sorry for before,” he said; this time he looked down.

“Aw, don’t worry about it,” Ratchet replied cheerfully. “So, what are you gonna do now, then?” he added.

Qwark stuck out his chest, and put his hand in the air, and said, “I’m going to go back to my hideout, get all of my gear, and once again, become the greatest superhero who ever lived! Captain! Qwarrrrrrrrrrrk! So long Ratchet!” he added, as he went back to his ship. “We shall meet very soon!”

“Great,” Ratchet thought to himself.

As Qwark left, a holo-screen opened up. It was Sasha. “Ratchet, you did it!” she yelled. Then, obviously embarrassed, quickly added, “Oh, and good job Clank.”

“Thank you, Sasha,” he said. “How is the re-transformation going with Skidd?”

“I think I can answer that,” Al said as he came into view. “I have re-calibrated this t.v. remote to send a huge amount of emp energy that will disable Skidd. Then, I will re-wire the circuitry board in his back, which will allow his computer inner-face to accept any new data. Finally, I will show him a 100% organic video which will hopefully make his computer explode, and then...”

“But won’t re-wire the board only make him broken beyond repair?” Clank butted in. “You should...”

Ratchet and Sasha merely stared at the two. “I’ll NEVER understand these two,” he said to himself. He could tell that Sasha was having trouble understanding them too. Then, very quickly, she looked at Ratchet, and smiled. Then realizing that Ratchet was fully looking at her, she turned away. “It’s like she wants to say something,” he thought. “Or, I don’t know...” Finally, Clank and AL were done babbling, and the ‘screen went away.

Right after it went away, it came right back, with a new face. It was Clank’s director. “Claaaank, bubby!” he said. “Where are you? I need you here for your next movie for the premier, pronto!”

“I was in the middle of saving the galaxy, sir,” Clank said. “I will come when I have a chance.”

“Right, right. You want a...” Boom! The holo-screen blew into tiny pieces. Clank turned around, and saw Ratchet with his Shock Cannon out. He had charged it up, and blown the screen away!

“Ratchet!” Clank yelled.

“Oops,” Ratchet said, grinning. “My finger slipped. It happens Clank, it happens.” Clank only shook his head.

The next few months flew by fast. Clank’s director, after hearing what had happened, agreed to let Clank have some fun, and get a little publicity. “It’s gonna help you big, baby!” he told Clank the next day. “Get more people interested in you, and we’ll REALLY get an income."

Skidd was finally turned back to normal, although he kept going around, asking “Where’s Courtney Gears? Where’s Courtney Gears? Hey Ratchet. Have you seen her? I think she likes me.” Later, Al told them that being Courtney was the last thing Skidd saw before the transformation, it was the last BIG thing he will remember, and that he should be left alone. Everyone agreed cheerfully.

Once all the business was done, the celebration began. Huge parades and parties and such were held for the amazing team. Qwark finally showed up again, and, like he said earlier, once again, well, you know. That thing. Yeah, anyway, Al had another wiener roast at his ‘Shack, and everyone was there. Even Al’s brother, and Ed, who turned out to be their sister. Ratchet found it very amusing to watch the three of them AND Clank argue about who-knows-what. All he remembered was Al saying that all his robots had perfect switch-drives, and that the hyper switch boards had perfect energy output impulsers, and Clank saying that his sensors detected something burning, and Al running over to the barbecue. Helga even made her meatloaf, although nobody ‘brought their appetites’. But through that whole time, Ratchet hadn’t seen a sign of Sasha anywhere. He wanted to see her, just to see if she was enjoying everything. He felt bad since she was demoted, and that Qwark took over the fight against Nefarious. And...well, he wasn’t even sure.

A couple days later, Clank’s big premier was to be held. Clank and Ratchet were the first to get there, followed by everyone else who was invited. As Ratchet began to sit down in his chair in the theatre, the Galactic President called him over. Before Ratchet could say anything, the GP began talking. “Son, I just want to give you my most profound gratitude. I know that I was a coward and that just because you were Clank’s chauffer, doesn’t mean you couldn’t fight. And I guess you’re okay for Sasha, if you really do like her. You can go sit by her.” he ended, pointing at Ratchet’s chair that now had Sasha next to. Ratchet was about to thank him, but then the GP got stern, and said “But if you make ONE wrong move in front of me, I’ll have the ENTIRE Galactic Squad on top of you!” he finished, pointing to a group of Rangers sitting at the top. Ratchet guessed there were more outside.

“Well, uh, you won’t have to worry, Mister President.” Ratchet quickly replied, and walked quickly over to his seat.

“Bet I won’t.” the GP replied, softly, as if trying not to draw too much attention over to him.

Ratchet sat down, and looked at Sasha. But all he could get out was a little “Hi.”, which Sasha replied with by saying “Ratchet, is something wrong?” Ratchet just shook his head, and looked at the screen. The movie was already starting. He was so nervous; he couldn’t even LOOK at Sasha. She just looked around, and thought to herself, “I wonder what’s wrong with Ratchet? He won’t even talk to me. I really wanted to tell him something...”

When the movie was over, everyone was clapping. Ratchet had to admit that Clank did a great job this time. While he was thinking about the movie, Sasha pulled him over, and she was smiling. She couldn’t take it any longer. But she didn’t say anything. Instead, she kissed him. Sasha couldn’t see, since her eyes were closed, but Ratchet was smiling. He was enjoying himself. “Oh man, she really likes me,” he thought. When she was done, and realized what she had just done, she looked away. She was embarrassed. But Ratchet kept looking at her. “She is kinda cute,” he thought. When Sasha finally looked back down at him, she couldn’t help but smile again.

A few minutes later, Ratchet and Clank were walking back to the ship. Ratchet was lost in his own mind. He kept thinking of Sasha. How she had kissed him again. And, just like any other guy, a dreadful feeling came over him: What did it mean? How far would she go? Did she REALLY like him, or just think it was proper to do that? Were they friends? Were they farther than that? What should he do?

As these questions kept filling up his head, Sasha came into view in front of them. He didn’t know where she was going, but he figured he should talk to her. After all, she still had duties to attend to, and he might not see her again. Ratchet started running, but remembering that Clank can’t keep up, he slowed to a jog. When he got close enough, he noticed something was different was about her. But what he couldn’t tell. Quickly, he called out, “Hey Sasha, wait up!” She stopped for a few seconds.

When Ratchet was right behind her, she quickly turned around, and Ratchet finally realized what was different. Her shoulder guards were bigger. As Ratchet ducked out of the way (they were that big), he remembered how he wanted to get close to Sasha, but couldn’t because of those ‘guards. He even had a strange thought that the GP did this, to make sure that he couldn’t get close to Sasha. Like a big, pointy, barrier. But the GP DID say he didn’t mind Ratchet being with Sasha, so what was the big deal? When Sasha turned all the way around, she said “Oh hey Ratchet. Like my new shoulder guards?” She started laughing.

Ratchet could only stand there. Was she making a joke, was she really listening to him that day on the ship, and decided it would be funny to torment him like this? When she stopped laughing, she started to explain why they were bigger. “I went up in rank,” she said. “And for women, you get these huge...THINGS. I don’t like them either, and luckily I only have to wear them at meetings."

“Well, that’s good.” Ratchet replied.

“Why?”

“Well, uh, you know...” Ratchet didn’t know what to say. He didn’t think it would be right to say that he would be able to get close to her. What should he say? His ears drooped, and he scratched the back of his neck. He had to say something; Sasha was getting impatient. Her eyes were narrowing a little bit. “Well, uh, because you’re right, the big ones look really stupid, and, uh, I don’t like them!” Sasha burst into laughter. What was she going to do with that lombax?

A few minutes later, she said, “Well, *giggle*, now that THAT’S all figured out and done with, you wanna go do something?”

Ratchet stared. “Uh, like what?”

“Well,” She replied, “Due to recent events, I really don’t have to work for a while.”

“Oh.” Ratchet began thinking. What did she want to do? I guess we can go somewhere... Uh, you’ve ever been hover boarding?”

Sasha’s eyes widened. “No, but I always wanted to. I just never had the time! Can you teach me?”

“Yeah, sure.” The truth was, Ratchet hadn’t hover boarded for a while himself. Would he still be able to do it? Of course he could, he was Ratchet! As they all went into his ship, Sasha took off the shoulder guards. She looked really small without them. He told they were going to Black Water City.

“That’s fine,” she said. Luckily, they were all able to fit in his ship (Sasha is much smaller than Qwark), so they could all sit comfortably. And about halfway there, Sasha’s eyes started drooping. She fell asleep. Ratchet and Clank looked at each other.

“Uh, Clank, do you think you can take the controls for a second?” Clank nodded. Ratchet pressed a button, and a hatch opened in the back. He then dragged Sasha over to it. In there was a compartment that could allow 2-3 people to sleep in. It was a lot cozier than a chair. When he set Sasha down, she made a noise. Ratchet was afraid he woke her up. But, she just kept on sleeping. “She really does sleep heavy,” Ratchet thought. “Good thing she doesn’t snore...” Ratchet went back to the front, but kept the hatch open. It got dark in there, being that there was no way light could get in with the hatch closed, and he didn’t want her to get scared when she woke up.

They were about a 10 minutes away from Rilgar when Sasha finally woke up. When she did, there were two things that she immediately realized. One, she wasn’t in a chair. Two, she was hungry, which she knew because her stomach growled. And it was after she realized THAT when she finally figured out where she was. She was in a compartment in Ratchet’s ship, he had shown her before. She had asked him where he kept all his weapons, and he said “In the back.” She must have looked really confused, because he had taken her into his ship, and shown her. She took a small flashlight out of her pocket, which was for emergencies, and turned it on. Sure enough, all his weapons were locked in these big cases on the one side.

She noticed the hatch was opened, and crawled out. Ratchet turned around, and said “Sleep well?”

“Yeah,” she replied. “Did you take me back there?”

Ratchet looked down a little bit, and said “Yeah, well, I figured it would be a lot more comfortable back there, since...”

Sasha put a finger on Ratchet’s mouth. “Thanks,” she said, smiling. Ratchet smiled too.

“Ahem.” Ratchet and Sasha turned to look at the other chair. Clank was sitting there, his arms crossed. “If both of you are done, then we have to prepare for landing. Sasha, you can sit here. I will sit in the middle.” Clank said as he moved to the middle. Sasha sat down. She couldn’t wait to try hover boarding.

When they landed, Sasha asked Ratchet if they could eat something first. Ratchet nodded, she could tell he was hungry too. They found a Galaxy Burger on the way to the track, and got some food. When they were done, they went to the hover board track. Luckily, nobody was there, so the three had the track all to themselves. That is, Ratchet and Sasha had the track to themselves, Clank stayed on the side. Since the last time Ratchet went hover boarding was BEFORE he became a commando, he and Sasha both had to rent a board.

Ratchet realized that Sasha was actually, well REALLY GOOD at hover boarding. Luckily, Ratchet was able get used to it again quickly, so it wasn’t long before the two of them were racing each other around the track. They were both evenly matched, and they tied nearly every race. It was probably 4 hours later when they figured that they should leave. Ratchet asked Sasha if she wanted to come to his place for a while. “Sure!” she replied. “I’ve never seen Veldin, let’s go!” But as they walked back to Ratchet’s ship, somebody began following them. The person stayed in the shadows as it watched the three of them jump into Ratchet’s ship, and leave. The figure pressed a button, and its ship came down. It got into its ship, and began following them.

A few hours later, the trio made it to Veldin. It was in the middle of the day, so it was hot. Sasha couldn’t believe it. “Its so...hot! Ratchet, where’s your house?”

“It’s over there.” He said, pointing to the north. Lucky for him, he had enough time between all the celebrating to come back and clean up.

As they entered, Sasha encountered a strange odor. She put her hand to her mouth. “Ratchet, what’s that smell?” she asked.

“Smell? I don’t smell anything,” Ratchet replied.

“Well, were you working on anything recently? It smells like grease and oil.”

“Oh, yeah.” Ratchet replied, sheepishly. Sasha just shook her head. Ratchet led Sasha to a door in the back, which led to a stairway, which in turn led to the rest of Ratchet’s home. Underground. “Everyone on the planet does this.” Ratchet explained as they were going down. “A lot cooler underground.”

And it was. Sasha could finally take her hand off her mouth; the smell was gone. She began looking around. They had descended into what appeared to be Ratchet’s living room. There was a big T.V. at one end, a table in front of it, and one big couch in front of the table. On the table was a VG9000. NOW Sasha knew where that went. She didn’t really care, though. Opposite the T.V. was a door, which led to three more rooms: a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Also in the living room was a big case filled with games for Ratchet’s VG9000.

“You uh, wanna play for a little while?” Ratchet asked when he noticed Sasha eyeing them. She turned to him and grinned.

“Sure, I’ll gladly beat you!”

“You’re on!” They both jumped onto the couch, and grabbed a controller. Ratchet already had a game in. It was “Ace Bunyon’s Extreme Aerial Combat”. Clank saw that he was no longer needed. He just smiled, pulled a chair to the T.V., and began reading a book.

It was midnight. The lone figure had finally made it to Veldin. The figure had underestimated Ratchet’s ship, and its speed. Not only was the ship already fast when he got it, but Ratchet had made modifications to it. The figure saw Ratchet’s house, and smiled. It took one step, and tripped! He fell flat on his face.

Or, SHE did. The figure was Angela! “What the heck is wrong with me?” She said to herself. “I really got to pay attention. Ratchet thinks he’s all cool, thinks he can just ditch me, go come back to this galaxy, and just find someone else. Well, I’ll show him!” And with that, she marched up to Ratchet’s house, stumbling all the way. When she got to his garage, she found it was open. She was about to go in, but she decided not to. She remembered when she was here last time, Ratchet almost hit her with his wrench. She decided to wait in her ship until morning.

Inside, Ratchet and Sasha were still playing. And they were tied. They were both getting closer to the finish line, when the screen went blank. “Hey, what gives?” Sasha asked, as she turned to Ratchet.

Ratchet only laughed, and replied, “Sasha, we’ve been playing non-stop for HOURS. The system probably overheated. Yep, it did.” He said as he put his hand on the VG9000. He yawned. “Well, I’m gonna turn in. Where do you want to sleep?” But it seemed that Sasha had already decided to sleep on the couch. “She falls asleep easily.” Ratchet said to himself.

He went into his bedroom, carrying Clank with him, who too had shut down for the night. He put Clank in his usual spot, and went into his closet, and got some spare blankets. He went back to the couch, and covered Sasha with them. Even though it was a hot planet, it could get cool down there. When he was done, instead of going back to his room, he sat down next to Sasha. He was REALLY tired, though, so he had to make a choice of whether to get up and go to his room, or to sleep there. He chose the couch. He didn’t know why, but he just wanted to sleep there. He didn’t think Sasha would mind, after all, she DID already kiss him twice; she DID pull him next to her on the Phoenix when he was having problems with her shoulder guards, and she DID take care of him when he was sick. She really just made a lot of moves on him, why shouldn’t he do something? So, he lay down next to her. She was breathing so softly, and looked so peaceful. Ratchet closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

The next day, Sasha awoke to find, well, a furry THING on top of her. Ratchet had rolled over in his sleep. When she realized who it was, she just laughed to herself. But her laughter stopped when she realized that she couldn’t get Ratchet OFF of her. She tried a couple times, but to no avail. She started to shake him. Ratchet woke up. “Wha? What? What happened?” Ratchet said, sleepily.

“Well,” Sasha began, “You’re on top of me for one, and I can’t get you off.”

Ratchet was embarrassed. “Sorry.” He mumbled. Sasha just shook her head, smiling.

A moment later, Clank came in. “Good morning, Sasha. Good morning, Ratchet. I am going to make breakfast. What do you two want?” They told Clank what they wanted, and he nodded, and went into the kitchen. When he left, the two went outside. It was only 9:00, and it was already warm. They sat down on a nearby rock, and began talking. They talked about their favorite games, what sports they liked, and stuff like that. It was going fine, until...

“RATCHET!” Ratchet and Sasha turned around. Standing there was Angela, looking angry. VERY angry. She started to walk towards the two, talking at the same time. “Ratchet, WHY did you leave? Who’s this? What about us? I thought we had something...” When she was right next to them, she stopped. “I can’t believe you did this...”

“Angela, what are you saying?” Ratchet said a little frightened. “Don’t you know where I’ve been? What I’ve been doing?”

“Yes, but you could have told me something, instead of leaving, and finding some WOLF girl...”

Now Sasha got into the argument. She stood up, and started yelling at Angela, even though Angela was twice her height. “How DARE you say that!” She snarled. “You just insulted me, and poor Ratchet here. THAT doesn’t fly by me very well.”

“What, you want to fight? Bring it on, wolfie!” Sasha jumped at Angela, and they began rolling around, screaming, kicking, biting... Ratchet just stood there, jaw open. He didn’t know what to do. He tried pulling them apart, but they would just hit hard, and continue fighting. Finally, Ratchet went inside, and Clank.

“Ratchet, WHAT is going on out there?” Clank asked as Ratchet appeared. Ratchet told Clank what was going on, and told him he had a plan. Outside, the two girls were still fighting. By the looks of it, they really wanted to kill each other! A few minutes later, a loud mechanical noise rang through the plateau. And towering over everything was Clank. He has used his pad, and grown bigger. He picked up each girl, so Ratchet, who was on Clank’s back, could talk to them.

“Sasha...” He began, pointing to Angela. “This is Angela. Clank and I met her when I was a Commando. I had left in a hurry when I heard that Veldin was under attack. Angela, this is Sasha. I just met her...” But Angela wasn’t going to listen. She told Clank to put her down, which he did. Then, she walked back to her ship, almost tripping a couple of times. She took off, and was never heard of again. Ratchet tried to say something to Sasha, but she turned her head. After Clank turned back to normal, they all went inside in silence, and had breakfast.

The rest of the day went by slowly. Sasha still wouldn’t talk to Ratchet, so he just worked on his ship, while she explored the planet. Clank didn’t know WHAT to do, so he just sat down, and read a book. That night, Sasha slept on the couch again, and Ratchet slept in his bed. Little did they know that the next morning, they would be fighting for their lives.

The next day, Clank woke up to the sound of bombs going off. He looked outside, and gasped. Veldin was under attack! He ran over to Ratchet’s room, and began trying to wake him up. “Ratchet! Ratchet! You must wake up! Look outside! We are under attack!” If Clank hadn’t said that last part, Ratchet would have never woken up. He got his gear, and ran outside, Clank on his back.

Ratchet had noticed that while he was getting ready, Sasha wasn’t on the couch. He hoped she was alright. As he ran outside, he noticed a drop ship, with Sasha in it, and some Galactic Rangers. “Oh no, not again...” Ratchet thought to himself. As he boarded the ship, the Rangers began telling him what was going on.

“It seems that when Dr. Nefarious was defeated...” one of them began, “his army wasn’t fully wiped out. One last group of ‘noids and robots are making a stand. This time, Sarge, we won’t leave you. Are you with us?” Ratchet nodded. The hatch closed, and the drop ship took flight. It stopped in midair, and opened. Ratchet, Clank, and the Rangers would have to freefall. All the Rangers jumped. Ratchet was about to jump, but was stopped by Sasha.

“Ratchet, um...” she began. “I just wanted to say that I’m sorry for yesterday, I just got emotional. And incase you don’t make it out of here...” Sasha grabbed Ratchet, pulled him close, and kissed him. Again. It was a short kiss, but for them, it seemed like forever. When Sasha was done, she looked into Ratchet’s eyes, and said “I..” Just at that moment, the ship lurched. Ratchet lost balance, and began rolling towards the end of the ship. He grabbed hold of the open door just in time. Clank was dizzy, he couldn’t see. Ratchet could see Sasha at the other end, holding on to the side. Ratchet winked, and let go.

If there was one thing Ratchet liked a lot, it was freefalling. He didn’t have much time to enjoy it, however, because mortars were being fired at him. He had to dodge them, and it wasn’t easy. It was a good thing that Clank couldn’t see; he would have passed out.

When they got closer, Clank activated his thrusters, and Ratchet touched down safely. He got out his N60 Hurricane. It was time for fun.

Ratchet didn’t know HOW many weapons he went through, but he knew it was a lot. His arsenal was big, but not that big. Clank kept giving little thrusts every now and the, to help Ratchet with all of his dodge movements.

Finally, most of the opposition was gone. But the robots still had one last plan of attack. As Ratchet was whipping a ‘noid with his plasma whip, he heard a loud noise. He looked up, and gasped. On top of a cliff was the biggest robot Ratchet had ever seen! Bigger than the red ones that he fought on the Phoenix. Luckily, it just stood there. But when the last enemy was defeated, it sprang to life.

It activated jets that were on its back, and flew into the air. It then looked down, and pointed to Ratchet. “It wants me.” He mumbled. His face then got serious. He told Clank to get off his back. Then, Ratchet turned around, and began talking to Clank and the Rangers. “Let me handle this one.” he began. “Something tells me he wants to fight me, alone.” They all nodded. The drop ship came down. With one last look, they all boarded, and flew away. Ratchet turned around. That must have been what the robot wanted, because it came down as the drop ship flew away. Ratchet readied his Decimator, and fired.

It was the longest and toughest battle Ratchet had ever endured. The robot kept firing rockets at Ratchet, so Ratchet had to dodge these and return fire. When the robot was almost defeated, it did something Ratchet didn’t expect it to. It shot itself! But by doing so, a huge shockwave was released from the robot, and was coming towards Ratchet! It was a kamikaze robot! The wave got closer, closer...

Sasha, Clank, and the Rangers were watching the shockwave come for Ratchet, through a camera which had been placed on Ratchet’s breast plate. “Move, Ratchet,” Sasha thought to herself. “What are you doing?” Just then, the screen went black. Sasha couldn’t believe it. She was getting cold hands. She didn’t know what to do. Then, she turned around, and went to the closed hatch, while strapping a parachute to her back. She opened the hatch, and before anyone could say anything, she jumped.

On the ground, she began searching for Ratchet. She even called out his name. A few minutes later, she found him. He was lying on the ground, and looked as though as if he were dead. She ran over to him. She put her hand on his neck. No pulse. She fell on top of him and cried. Tears ran off her cheeks onto Ratchet. After a few minutes, she felt his chest thump. “Wait, a thump?” she said out loud. She checked his neck. She felt a pulse. “Ratchet...Ratchet, wake up!”

When Ratchet opened his eyes, he saw Sasha staring at him. He smiled, and kissed her. And the first words that came out of his mouth were “I love you.” Sasha smiled, while wiping a tear out of her eye. She lay down next to Ratchet. Both of them could tell everything was going to be alright...

So ends my story. The rest, my friend, is up to you.

The end