Once In A Memory [ A Ratchet And Clank Fanfiction ]

[40] Let It Out

Another emotional roller coaster everyone!

Enjoy the chapter!

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[Clank]

He walked off the ship with a blaster at his waist...

"Oh my..." His voice trailed off as his eyes roamed the scene. Bodies were scattered about and blood soaked the ground. The stench of burning oil and blood assaulted his senses the more he walked forward.

He scanned...

....

Ratchet wasn't here among the fallen.

He kept his head held up high, refusing to look down at the ground the further he got into the bloodshed. It took a while to get to a clearing that wasn't stained with blood...

Still...no Ratchet.

He looked up to the smoky sky, watching as the ominous clouds rolled in and a distant rumble could be heard...He needed to find shelter but above all else...he needed to locate where Ratchet was.

He needed to know if he was here or not. The quicker he finds that out, the more his time could be spent doing something else. If he wasn't here and taken captive, he should get off this planet as soon as possible. If he is here...

...

It's a race against time.

"R-Ratchet!?" He called out, wincing at the crack in his voice, "Ratchet, are you out there!?""

He kept walking around, looking for any signs of where his friend could have been, and the more time that passed, the more he started to assume that Ratchet was taken.

Not dead...he couldn't be dead. Ratchet couldn't die...He could not let Ratchet die!

He stopped dead in his tracks once something pinged his scanners. He looked in the direction of the object...

Cracked ground...blood...odd markings on the ground...

Fur...

He ran over and bent down, brushing his hand along the ground and then bringing it back up to his face. And right there...on his palm...

Was Ratchet's fur...

He analyzed it...

It was quite brittle, probably because of malnutrition and stress. It was also stained with blood...

"Ratchet!?" he clenched his fist as he looked up, "Are you-"

There were drag marks...

He watched the trail stop short, and the odd indents in the ground cease to exist...

His eyes then trailed to the trees in front of him...

....

"Ratchet?"

He sprinted forward and went straight into the woods, going to-

"Gah!" his arms flailed as he tried to catch his balance, teetering on the edge of a cliff. It wasn't high, but if he fell from where he was, he would definitely get a few scrapes...

That was...until he spotted something down below...

He cursed under his breath, trying to find a safer way down but...he didn't want to waste any more time.