Cure

There's Something We Need to Tell You...

Clank glanced guiltily at his friend who was sitting on the bed, oblivious as to who they were making this trip to see and for the past four days it had been bothering the little robot. He had been pestering Angela and Talwyn the whole time, reminding them the sooner they told him the better, and he was starting to wish he hadn't let them say 'not yet'.

He wondered if they realised the damage it could do if they left it too long. He wondered if they already had. They were only a few hours away from the next solar system after all, and it might not give his friend a lot of time to think about it before they have to go. He thought he was probably the only one who really knows, but Ratchet was truly a rather sensitive Lombax at heart, and this was exactly the kind of thing that could potentially hurt him the most. Clank wanted to do what was best for him.

From the cockpit he started to hear two female voices speaking aggressively at each other, and he mimicked a sigh. He wished they would stop their bickering. Mostly when they did this it would turn out they were fighting over who got to pilot the ship. This time as well as hearing them argue, he felt the ship's momentum start to slow. That couldn't be good... Getting up from his spot at the recharging station, he decided to go in and check on the girls.

"Hello Miss Apogee and Miss Cross. How are things going?" He greeted as he came through the cockpit door.

"Are you serious Angela?!" Talwyn was saying.

"Come on you knew this was going to happen. We were never gonna get there running on the amount that you packed. It's your ship Tal! We could have got some at Yymorin." Angela said as she pointed toward a gauge on the dash.

"No well... Listen I was stressed out okay?! I wasn't thinking about that I was thinking about-

Is everything alright?" Clank interrupted calmly.

Both girls turned to look at Clank and the room fell silent for a few seconds.

"Clank? I... I don't know." Talwyn started.

"Tell him, he could help." Angela sat down and sighed.

"Clank we're out of fuel again..." Talwyn admitted.

"Really? After everything that has happened, how could you forget to get fuel?" Clank asked.

"Okay look I didn't forget, I just didn't think of it... I was worried." She huffed.

"I understand Miss Talwyn. Perhaps we have spare fuel in the back?"

"Used it." Angela butted in.

"You guys were resting, but we actually ran out yesterday... That was our spare fuel we were running on, ugh I'm such an idiot!" Talwyn groaned.

"There is no need to get stressed." Clank assured. "Are we truly out?"

"Yes, I just told you."

"Then we should activate the emergency lazer signal. We are only an odd few hours away from the nearest solar system, so it shouldn't take too much time for the local rescue authorities to reach us."

"Oh thank Orvus for you Clank!" Talwyn said with a relieved smile.

"She's stressed, and I haven't flown a ship for years, you should be the pilot." Angela commented.

Talwyn ignored her and reached for the switch to the distress signal hoping not to accidentally blind anyone. "I wonder how many bolts this is going to end up costing." She sighed.

"Do not worry about that Miss Apogee, Ratchet and I would be glad to pay for the expenses. In the mean time, I think there's a certain talk we need to have with him. I am not pleased you have put it off for so long, but now would be the perfect opportunity to tell him if not the last." Clank mentioned.