Sly looked down at his food, it had been hours since he made breakfast and it was now cold. Bentley forced him to eat, and the raccoon wasnt acting like his normal self. The others would often times catch him spacing out, and he would always respond with an "im fine.." when asked if he was doing well. Besides that, jak and ratchet hadn't gotten along with each other since their argument, they seemed to be carrying more about themselves then the others. It saddened him since they were all growing apart and there was nothing he could do about it.
"Sly!" The raccoon jumped when the robot grabbed his shoulder rather hard.
"Oh..hello..nefarious.." sly responded with a forced smile.
"How are you doing? The others have told me you have been..sick.."
Sly pushed his hand away, "im fine, thank ypu for your concern."
The robot frowned, "now..there's no harm in telling me what is happening.."
Sly once more shook his head, "i-i..i don't want to worry anyone..so if you'll..excuse me.." The raccoon walked around him only to have nefarious grab his arm once more.
"Uhh..sly..you know that..i see you as a son and i am very concerned for all of you. I just want to know if..you trust me?"
Sly didn't even turn to look at him. 'Do i trust him? I don't but..jak..and ratchet..oh god..'
"Sly?!" Bentley called from the other room.
"Haha..sorry, i have to go..see what he wants." Sly took his arm back and walked out of the room rather fast. He felt nefarious' gaze burn right through him.
Nefarious smirked and walked off.
-later that day-
Ratchet was busy making a weapon in the garage, thankfully murray let him build in there. He was lost in thought, but knocked back to his senses when he heard someone walk in. He turned to look only to see nefarious. The lombax sighed, 'what does this jerk want?'
"Hello ratchet!" The robot greeted him with a smile.
"Hi."
"What are yo-"
"What do you want?" Ratchet cut him off as he then stood.
"Ratchet..now i have never done anything to y-"
"Yeah! But you did crap to jak!"
They stood in silence for a moment, hours seemed to pass as they stared at each other. Finally, nefarious sighed and then shook his head.
"I came to talk to you about..the others. Things just dont seem to get better around here.."
'Does he actually care or is it just some form of-"
"After all, sly and jak are your brothers..and me being the one that raised you..just pains me to see you drifting away from each other."
Ratchet's eyes widened, "oh..i.."
"I understand that you don't..trust me b-"
"No, no..it's wrong for me to..judge you for things you did in the past. Im sure you had a reason behind all of this and..why dont we go for a walk and talk this out?"
The robot smiled, "that would be nice."
The lombax returned a smile and walked to the garage door. Nefarious smirked as the lombax lead the way.
As ratchet passed by the kitchen, he yelled that he would be going out and the others watched him leave with nefarious.
Nefarious then walked next to ratchet, they walked in silence for a couple of minutes until ratchet finally spoke up.
"What were you trying to gain when you adopted us?"
Nefarious was surprised by the question. He was expecting him to ask something about..why he was cruel to them or why he experimented on jak.
"Well..i was lonely..and i suggested i needed something to..brighten up my life."
Ratchet looked over at him, 'was he really lonely?'
The lombax was reminded of the days he spent in the orphanage by himself, he knew what it felt like to be alone. Ratchet also couldn't detect any lie in his voice.
He took a deep breath, "why did you..hurt jak then?"
"Hurt him? No ratchet..i would never. You see..there's this bad man that wants to hurt all of you..the only way to get him to stop was if i tested on one of you."
Ratchet stayed quiet.
"Ratchet, i would never want to hurt you or your siblings..trust me."
The lombax shifted his gaze to the ground. "..is this bad man still after us?"
"Yes ratchet..and he knows how to hurt all of you."
Ratchet nodded, "i'll trust you..tell us what we need to do to stop this man.."
"Well, first off..we need to protect everything you all hold dear..for example..sly's little book he used to always carry around.."
"Oh, his book with his ancestors?"
Nefarious nodded.
"Alright, i'll talk with the others..dont worry..nothing will happen to us, we'll stay a family." Ratchet gave him a warm smile. "We need to start now, let's go!"
Ratchet starter running.
Nefarious stayed back and watched hom run, there was a smirk on his face.
'Idiot.'
A/N: Ayyyyyy, finally finished this chapter and jesus is shit gonna get real. Thanks for reading and i hope you enjoy.
