Ratchet and Clank: The Iron Devil(Discontinued)

Chapter 19

After a few days of traveling through space, Cayde-6, along with the Noble Team, Clank and the unconscious Ratchet, went to the planet Vorkun, knowing that Iron Lord's Temple would be the safest place for a Lombax right now.

However, when they got here, Mike inform his boss that they meet a massive snowstorm, that make their sensors go crazy, which make landing hard. Cayde slapped his forehead, realizing that he forgot about this part of this planet. Because of this, the man instructed Mike to land on the nearest possible terrain.

Not wanting to distract their young pilot, Cayde left the bridge and went deeper into the ship. On his way, he saw Sant and Vincent maintaining the weapons, making sure they worked as best as possible. Exo praised them for this, to which they thanked him. Few seconds later he found himself in the infirmary, where Don and Clank were taking care of Ratchet. "Any improvement?"

Cazar took his eyes off the holo-notebook and looked at Exo, adjusting his glasses slightly.

"His condition is stable but his mind hyperactive. I suspect that since Thorn was with Ratchet for most of his life, its aura and twisted magic must have been affecting the body and psyche. This is a common, but also very delicate, situation with such "disconnections". This can often lead to various changes and side effects. As I mentioned before, his brain activity is now very active, which may suggest dreaming," he explained.

Hearing this, Cayde sighed deeply. He looked at his nephew with sad eyes, then sat down next to him and grabbed his only hand.

"You've been through hell, haven't you? I hope you dream about pretty girls, kid," Exo said with a slight smirk.

Oh how wrong he was.

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All Ratchet could think about now was to run. Get as far away from this monster as possible.

Our Lombax was back on Zariman. As soon as he woke up here, the first thing he did was scream out all his anger, all his regret and sadness.

Angry at himself, because he realized what he had done. Those Eliksni in Eramis' Fortress? They were ordinary civilians who had nothing to do with his torture.

Regret, because he realized that since he managed to escape from the imprisonment of the House of Salvation, he had never once gone to the graves of his parents, or even spent a moment with Grim, only go after his revenge.

Sadness, because all this made him realize how not only his actions had dishonored the Iron Lords, but also deprived him of their dignity. Instead of taking care of the Order, he only followed his selfish reasons. If the Iron Lords would see him, they would probably be disappointed with him.

For the next few minutes, Ratchet knelt on the ground and screamed loudly, hitting the ground with his only hand.

His very intense emotions got into the Void itself and it make a certain entity loves it.

"Hmmm...Let's have some fun!!!! Tag! You're in, kiddo!!!"

Hearing demonic and distorted voice of The Man in The Wall, Ratchet quickly stand up and start looking around for any troubles. He then heard a loud screech not so far from him and the scraping of metal against metal. The young adult turned around and saw a monster coming towards him.

Its body resembled a humanoid, each of its four limbs ending in blades. There is a deep cut extending from the bottom of the torso to the top of the head, revealing the blue inside of the body, pulsing with the energy. There were also two curled blades that resembled wings on its back. The entire body is made from a material that resembles liquid metal.