Bonds And Love(Rivchet)

Friendly Gesture

*3rd Person P.O.V

The next morning came around quickly. Alister was the first to wake up in the base and after stretching to get out any soreness that may have taken root had decided to get ready for the day. One of the benefits of having so many lombaxes in the base was that each room had its own personal restroom so there wouldn't be arguments among them as the lombaxes had actually switched out the old council who abused their power more often than not for a council that was actually understanding and actually treated everyone equally instead of low lifes. When Alister had found out about the change in leadership it had given him a sense of relief as he knew if the old council was still in charge he wouldn't have gotten as far as he had.

He knew in his heart that the old council would have more than likely killed him as he had broken his exile order when he assisted Ratchet with finding the clock however, he had been doing it for what he had thought was the right thing until he got some sense kicked into him though at the time he had thought he wouldn't live but, he had been fully willing to die to allow Ratchet to live by saving the universe from his mistakes again. Alister had never expected to see another lombax who just so happened to be his best friend's son all grown up and yet here he was now with his daughter, Ratchet, his old friend Mags as well as a base literally filled up with lombaxes once again after almost three decades of being thought to be gone and they were all free of Tachyon's tyrant.

Alister's mind recalled when Ratchet had been launched off the pedestal and had just barely avoided being struck down by another bolt of lightning and as these memories played out in his mind he had remembered understanding what ratchet had meant about the clock despite Alister's rage at the time that the clock as had only been created to keep the universe from imploding on itself after the fongoids misused the gift they were given and not alter it like Alister had originally thought.

It didn't take long for his mind to click the pieces together as he figured out what ratchet really meant and that's when he decided to willingly jam his own wrench in to act as the new lever before putting his all into pushing the lever to its off position before quickly feeling himself get struck from the backlash of the sudden shutdown before everything went silent until Alister found himself coming back around where most call the in between and had been given a second chance because of  Orvus seeing that Alister had died after fixing his mistake though he had no clue several years had passed as it had only felt like it had been only a couple of days.

Back in the present Alister's ears twitched when he thought he heard one of the other lombaxes stirring and so he finished up what he had been doing before heading to the shared kitchen to make some coffee for himself and those that will be returning from patrol soon knowing that the squad would want something warm to drink. It was just him and his thoughts for about a half hour so he had made himself some oatmeal and a cup of the freshly brewed coffee for himself. When he heard the sound of the returning ships heading into the ship bay he had left the kitchen after cleaning the dishes he had used and waited for the sounds of clank or kit stirring. Unknown to him however was that the two had actually already arrived and so he got slightly startled as he hadn't heard them at all though he didn't really know why except the fact that he had thought he was alone.

When the initial shock passed Alister saw that Clank was on the couch reading the news on a tablet while Kit was busy watering the various plants that her and rivet had bought during one of their days off which were really nice looking within the living space. The plants have actually managed to help calm the lombaxes that were on edge or just in need of a bit of color.

Fastoon may be our home planet though it lacked anything that showed life was thriving as it was a desert planet so there was a lack of greenery which made the planet seem barren to anyone that was used to seeing lush forests and tropical plants. I couldn't blame Rivet for wanting some color here on fastoon as she had grown up with plants because of her Savali being surrounded by greenery. Despite a good chunk of the plants being deadly Rivet loved where she had grew up and with the help of the morts taking great care of her she grew up being a literal softie underneath all the fierceness that she had to gain to deal with her nefarious when he took control.

Soon enough the sound of the elevator reaching the upper floor could be heard before tired yawns and slight grumbles filled the room though overall it seemed the patrol hadn't ran into any trouble on their shift which was a really good sign especially sense this particular quadrant we were in was now aware of our return which did reawaken some of the anger towards us despite not knowing why the lombaxes fled so many years ago however, with talwyn's help we were now protected.

As the room filled up I had decided to take my leave to get ready for my shift which was in about a hour as I was going to be busy training twenty young lombaxes along side Rex on the obstacle course today and knowing ratchet was still hurt I had gone over to clank and Kit to let them know that both ratchet and rivet could observe if they wished though they were not to join in on the training today as they both needed to rest. Despite my request Clank and Kit both gave me that all too familiar look basically saying "are we thinking of the same two energetic lombaxes?" And I couldn't help but give the smallest of smiles before nodding "yes" and the two bots shook their heads sharing a small smile themselves before nodding and heading off to let their respective partners know. With that taken care of I went to my room to get ready and hoped ratchet and rivet actually listened though I wouldn't put it past them to want to join and knew I should be prepared for a bit of a stubbornness battle just in case.