Ratchet and Clank: The Iron Devil(Discontinued)

Chapter 14

After landing on the planet Rilgar, our heroes were welcomed by a sight of a Blackwater City, the so called Capital of Entertainment.  This city was build on a large archipelag and is mostly surround by the ocean. The closes land is many, many miles away.

This is city is also a place for a hoverboard tournament. And it is also where our heroes will find the next Scorn Baron.

Ratchet and Clank start walking around the city. Everywhere there were neon signs, holographic posters, and civilians. Typical sight in a city.

"So what's the plan?" Clank asked.

"We'll look for someone involved in hoverboard racing and ask around about Yaviks. Then we'll put her down." Ratchet replied.

The robot agreed to this plan and he and his furry companion continued walking. Less than five minutes passed and trouble found them.

"Amoeboids! Save yourself! Call the Exterminator bots!!" shouted one civilian, who pointed to the green slimy creatures emerging from the sewers.

Ratchet quickly pulled out Sirocco and started shooting. The Thorn didn't like this choice and it immediately started whispering into Lombax's mind, causing him to have a small headache. Despite this our hero managed to stop the offensive of the monsters until the Exterminators arrived.

These black and yellow robots immediately got to work and started spraying the Amoeboids with a green spray that instantly killed them. When the situation was under control, the robots returned to the aircraft in which they arrived and flew back to their headquarters, and law enforcement officers began to deal with all this chaos.

The officers heard that Ratchet had slowed down slime monsters and thanked him for it, but also informed him that they still had to question him. The young man agreed to this, in exchange asking for a information about the Scorn Baron and her gang. When the policemen heard that they immediately let him go and showed him where to go. Many minutes later, our heroes reached the their destination, where they were greeted by a humanoid lizard-like woman, dressed in a rather... skimpy purple jumpsuit.

"Hey, handsome! Welcome to Hoverboard Raceway Plaza! This is where we organize the most popular hoverboard races and competitions. I'm Starlene and it's nice to meet you," she said.

When Ratchet saw the woman and her outfit, he secretly thanked the female mercenaries and smugglers from Kyzil town for teaching him how to remain calm and serious during such encounters. He then started asking about Yaviks, which immediately changed the Starlane's mood to a more gloomy one. She told how the Scorn and her gang ruined this year's competition and despite the city authorities' actions, they were still running around. Ratchet immediately informed that he was here to get rid of the Baroness, to which the woman did not hide her joy. She recommended using the officers' vehicles, but quickly remembered that they had recently lost all of their interception flying bikes.

Fortunately, someone was here to help.

"Ratchet! Look here, kiddo!"

Our furry hero and his robotic companion turned around and saw that Grim and Mithrax, the Kell (the leader - added the author) of the House of Light,a Eliksni that faction decided to live among other races, were heading towards them. Behind them, several smaller Eliksni were pushing an object that was under the cloth.

"Grim? Lord Mithrax? What are you doing here?" asked Lombax, who approached the new arrivals.

Grim immediately took his grandson into his arms and started hugging him tightly, so much that the young adult almost ran out of air. When Lombax was released from his grandfather's clutches, he looked at Kell and bowed to him, which was reciprocated. Ratchet then repeated his question.