Bonds And Love(Rivchet)

Chp.2: Free time

*Alister's P.O.V*

It was around ten in the evening when I switched places with Rex however what should of been a relief became concern as I heard Ratchet scream suddenly signaling another nightmare. Hearing this I didn't waste any time going into action and told rex to a stay while I went to check things out and after getting a nod from rex I went to try to console Ratchet through whatever nightmare he's going through this time

Ever sense Ratchet had re-encountered Tachyon and nearly died, he's had constant nightmares with maybe two weeks in between each one where he isn't plagued by them . Sometimes they were ones of Tachyon being back, other times where he is alone again, ones of his friends and his new found family being butched in front of him by grunthors or other baddies and ones that reminded him of mine and his battle in the clock.

The nightmares seem to alternate and don't seem to have any pattern of when they will show up which makes it very hard to try to help get him through the after images. Rivet has been able to help him on occasion especially with the one when Ratchet deals with the nightmare with the baddies and/or the bone grunthor and clank is able to help with the ones where Ratchet is dealing with the great clock nightmares but, all the others were difficult.

As I came close to the room I could hear my daughter speaking quietly to Ratchet on the other side and I heard her letting him know he was ok and that everyone else was ok. It seems the nightmare this time was one of the two latter ones I thought in my head. Despite knowing rivet likely had it under control for the most part I had decided to gently knock on the door before letting them know it was Alister. It felt weird using my name in the third person but, if it helped me to get in to help the two through what was going on I was willing to do so when needed and in moments I heard the panel door open from the other side however what I saw made my heart ache.

In the door was Rivet and Kit and it didn't take a genius to tell everyone in the room was exhausted. I could see the bags under rivet's eyes have grown much darker and she looked as if she had been in a slight wrestling match as her fur was in different directions though no injuries were seen except for the scar that Ratchet inflicted on her by accident a while ago. Right behind her and kit was Ratchet and clank in a similar state however Ratchet was shivering and was hiding one of his arms behind his back as his other hand had his claws out and had very small traces of blood on them and seemed to refuse to retract them until he had cleaned the blood off them.

In the background Clank had gotten out some of the spare nanotech that they kept in stock just in case and had asked Ratchet to show his hidden arm before glancing at me very quickly but, carefully as to not give hints to Ratchet that he wanted me to be in the room. As I stood confused rivet had whispered to inform me that Ratchet's nightmare this time was the worst yet before glancing toward Ratchet with a sad look as he very slowly revealed his arm to reveal a rather large amount of blood on it.

As soon as Ratchet had revealed his arm it was quite clear he was trying to get free from something in the nightmare as his forearm was completely covered in rather deep scratches and I relized that where his arm was scratched was the same area that one of Tachyon's robotic throne arms had wrapped around it the year prior. Knowing roughly what the nightmare was about now I had grabbed out the first aid kit and a crate of nanotech that was also in the room. The nanotech that was currently stored were of the less effective variety as its use was for mild scrapes and not deep cuts like Ratchet's were but, it would help regardless.

As me and clank worked on getting ratchet bandaged up I could hear rivet wringing the end of her nightshirt however I was unsure if it was out of nervousness or if it was out of concern though with the situation I'm leaning toward concern especially now that I had gotten the cuts cleaned and knew how deep they actually were after a few tries of using the antiseptic alcohol wipes that came in the first aid. They obviously stung basing from ratchet's ears going back and him giving out a low growl from the sting however I had to clean the cuts before we could use the nanotech to give them a easier chance at stitching up the injuries from the inside out to make it a faster recovery and it has the added functionality to minimize infection.

By the time me and clank were done Ratchet's entire lower arm was bandaged and though a little blood did seep through it wasn't bleeding nearly as fast as before and I was thankful for that. Soon enough Rivet had brought Ratchet into a hug bringing him in close and nuzzled into his cheek. I simply watched them smiling for a bit before putting the first aid kit back where it belonged and left the room to give the two their space before going to my own room to get some sleep before the sun rose. I was exhausted and laid in my cot though no matter how tired I was I would be there in case something came up though I hoped the rest of the day would be calm so we could all rest up today.

*Rivet's P.O.V*

The afternoon came quickly as ratchet was out late into the morning however I had made sure to get some food set aside for him from what was available and he had taken it gratefully. As he ate I though of the project to restore fastoon and though it was slow going we were making progress. Several of the buildings had already been rebuilt and were staffed already. For common places there was a general store, a small hotel, about twenty houses that housed small families and for our defenses there was an armory and a small military base. My dad decided to take the training area of the base as he wasn't allowed back into active military service for the front lines yet however he was allowed to do surveillance and train new recruits alongside Rex as long as he didn't use the electricified side of his wrench and jumped in if needed if a recruit got really hurt.

Seeing first hand what my dad was capable of was sometimes chilling but, so was watching Ratchet when we were fighting my Nefarious to take back control of the dimensonator and fix what my Nefarious had done. Seeing that fire in his eyes and the sheer anger he had towards the now ex-emperor  was one of the reasons I had gained respect for him as well as everyone we were both able to round up for the final battle. Pierre and Quantum may have been cowardly at first but, both proved themselves worthy of their leader titles that they both gained however I refused to admit that to Pierre because of his in my opinion rather strong romantic nature despite being told multiple times that I wasn't interested in him.

Soon enough I was brought out of my thoughts when I felt a gentle hand on my flesh shoulder. When I turned around I saw ratchet had finished his food and seemed happier then he had in a while. Soon after I felt Kit touch my leg and ask me if we had anything we had to work on today as the other lombaxes that were assigned jobs were busy doing various tasks or if we were part of the off group today along side mags and a few others.

Before I could give an answer I heard clank speak up from ratchet's back holster who had turned around for clank to dismount so he could be heard better. Clank had informed us that we as a group were to take a easy today though if we did want something to do we could help the recruits with Rex and my dad as they were practicing targeting and long distance training today. Me and ratchet must of thought the same thing as we met each others eyes before giving each other a smile as our partners got on their holsters and then owe were off racing each other to the training grounds.