Ratchet and Clank: The Iron Devil(Discontinued)

Chapter 9

"I saw him. I really saw him! And that little bot called him by his name! I swear!" said Cayde-6.

The man was currently in Petra's Venj apartment and was talking about the events of the previous day. The woman was saddened and surprised to find out what her nephew had done, but she was also happy to know that the boy was alive and well.

She was also annoyed that instead of informing her of his visit, Cayde broke into her apartment while she was in her underwear, resulting in a close encounter between an Exo and a hot frying pan.

Either way, the woman could see that her friend still blamed himself for what had happened in the Prison of the Elders. There wasn't a day that Cayde didn't curse himself. Petra had helped him put himself back together, but the guilt remained.

Back to what Exo said. The current agent of Awoken Queen took her friend's word for it and offered help, which earned a firm hug from the man.

All that was left now was to try to predict where their nephew would go.

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After landing in Metropolis on the planet Kerwan, Ratchet and Clank began their search for Captain Qwark. Walking around the city, they asked citizens about the whereabouts of the famous Guardian and avoided the local officers.

After thirty minutes of gathering information, the guys were directed to one person, a female robot named Helga, who runs the local obstacle course. The woman said she would be happy to share what she knew about Qwark, if Ratchet could get through her obstacle course. The 18-year-old handled the challenge with no problems, commenting that him running  his underwear around the Iron Temple was more difficult. Despite being annoyed by this comment, Helga kept her word and informed that the local robot shop had recently done an ad with Qwark. The guys thanked and went there.

After a few minutes, our heroes saw the sign of the "Big Al's Roboshack" store. The guys went inside and saw that the only other person besides them was a man standing behind the counter.

"Welcome to Big Al's Roboshack! I am Big Al and I will help you with any problem. Of a robotic nature, of course."

Big Al is a chubby humanoid with yellow short fur, three fingers on his hands, short pointed ears, and short, spiky red hair. His attire consists of green-ish yellow glasses, a lab coat, and a green T-shirt with the Captain Qwark logo on it.

Our heroes went to the counter, in Clank's case he jumped on the counter, and they decided to talk.

"Hi. We have a few questions about Captain Qwark. Will you help us?" Ratchet asked.

"Sure. What do you want to know? As president of Qwark's fan club, I know everything about him. So ask away."

Lombax and the bot looked at each other for a moment, then returned their gaze to Al.

"Okay...So, do you know where he is now? We have information about one of his business partners and we wanted to share it with him," said Ratchet.

Al thought about his answer for a moment before finally informing the boys that he had not had contact with the captain since they made the advertisement for the store. This did not please our heroes. When Al saw their displeased expressions, he told them that on the planet Eudora the Blargs were carrying out a logging operation and that maybe one of them knew where Qwark was. Our heroes liked the news and thanked the shop owner. They were about to leave the building when they were called by Al.

"Wait guys!"

Lombax and the bot were surprised by this and approached the counter again and asked what was going on.