Two Lombaxes (Ratchet Love Story) (Ratchet and Clank Movie)

Chapter 5

Jewel's p.o.v.

It's 10:30pm and the tryouts are finally done. After the Rangers said their goodbyes I headed to the garage to see how Ratchet was doing. When I arrived I hopped out of my ship, locked it and went up to the door. I knocked on the door and Grim answered it. "Hey there, Jewel." He said. "Hi Grim, did Ratchet come home yet?" I asked. "Yeah, but I haven't seen him since. Maybe you should check the railing on the side of the garage. He always seems to go there when he's feeling down." "Ok, thanks Grim." I said as I made my way to Ratchet's room.

Grim's p.o.v.

As I watched Jewel go to Ratchet's room I thought, "She's so nice and caring. That kid is lucky to have a friend like her."

Ratchet's p.o.v.

I was sitting on the edge of the railing looking up at the the sky with a saddened look. "I'll never be a Ranger." As I laid down on my back someone said to me. "Never say never." Startled, I looked behind me and saw Jewel standing there. "Oh, hi Jewel. What are you doing here?" I asked. "Well I thought that I should come see you after what happened." She said as she sat down next to me. "No, I'm fine." I told her but she didn't believe me. "Are you sure, you don't seem like it." She responded. I sighed then said to her, "Well, I just thought that I would be able to become a Ranger like you do we could protect the galaxy together, but it looks like I'm not Ranger material." "You know what, I think you are." She said, comforting me. "I know you would be the perfect Ranger! Captain Qwark doesn't know what he's talking about! Sure you may have caused a few "incidents" in the past, but if you were a Ranger, I know you would give it your all!" I was really touched from what Jewel said. "Thanks Jewel." I said then I hugged her and she hugged me back. After we let go she could tell that I was blushing and she giggled.

Jewel's p.o.v.

"Well,since he's here and we're alone I might as well tell him how I feel about him." I thought to myself. "Hey Ratchet?" I shyly asked while gradually blushing. "Yes Jewel?" He said. "I have something I want to tell you." "Go on..." "Well, I've always wanted to tell you that I-" I began to say but before I could finish I saw something strange in the sky. When he saw my look Ratchet looked to where I was looking. "What?" He said as the thing crashed not far from the garage. "Whoa..." Ratchet said, then I told him, "We should probably check that out, make sure no one is hurt." He nodded in agreement and we hopped on his motorbike and made our way to the crash site. When we made it there we ran to the crater that the crashed ship made. Then we jumped down and Ratchet grabbed a hold on me and used his swingshot the rest of the way down. "Danger detected! Danger detected! I told you we'd never make it but did you listen to me? No!" The ship said. "Hello, is anyone in there?" Ratchet yelled but only an explosion followed. When we got down we looked on the glass and saw an unconscious robot. Then Ratchet proceeded to use his omniwrenh to get the door off. "Prepare for imminent death." The ship said. "There's gotta be a better way to say that." Ratchet said as he got the door off. "Sorry. Prepare for imminent death. How's that?" The ship said in a sing-songy voice. "That's not what we had in mind." I groaned as I grabbed the robot and Ratchet used the swingshot to pull us back up just as the ship exploded. When we were safe Ratchet took a heliogrub in in his omniwrench and began examining the robot for damage. "No vector shell damage, sisterboard appears to be intact." Suddenly the robot's eyes opened and it got up, hitting Ratchet in the head and made me jump in surprise. After I made sure Ratchet was ok the robot said, "I must get to Aleero City! (falls over) They are in danger!" "Whoa whoa whoa wait, who's in danger?" I asked as I ran to him. "An attack is coming! I must I warn them!" He responded. Then Ratchet rushed to my side. "Hold on, slow down. You've been in a crash." He said and the robot just looked at us. "What do you say we get you back to my garage? I'll run a diagnosis and have you fixed up in no time!" Ratchet offered and the robot smiled and said, "Thank you. I appreciate the assistance." "It's no problem. So what do we call you?" Ratchet asked. "Well, I suppose my proper designation is warbot defect B5429-" He said before falling over again, making a clanking noise when he did. "Uh, maybe we'll just call you Clank." Ratchet said. Then he helped him up and introduced himself. "My name's Ratchet." He said and then offered his hand to shake, but Clank just stared at it. Then Ratchet gently took Clank's hand and taught him how to shake. "Up and down. See there you go, you're a natural!" They kept shaking for a little bit. "Ok that's enough." Ratchet said but Clank kept at it. "Or just keep shaking, that's cool too." "This is kinda cute." I thought to myself. "I wish I had a camera." When Clank finally stopped shaking he looked at me and said, "Pardon me, miss but I don't believe I've got you're name." Then Ratchet came to me and put his arm around me in a best friend kind of way and introduced me. "This is my best friend, Jewel. She's also one of the Galactic Rangers!" "Excellent, I've been needing to tell them something important." Clank said. "Well, let's wait until we get back to the garage." I suggested.

*Time skip to garage

Ratchet's p.o.v.

"Almost got it and there! How do you feel?" I asked Clank then he shook his newly fixed leg. "Fully operational." He said. "Sweet. So, what are you doing all the way out here in the sticks?" I asked him. "And what do you need the Galactic Rangers for?" Jewel added in. "I am on a mission of galactic importance." Clank responded. " 'Galactic importance'?" I said with a bit of doubt. "Ok. Oh,boy. This guy might be more messed up then we thought." I whispered to Jewel, who just shrugged. Then I turned back to Clank. "You must have ruptured your CPU. How many fingers am I holding up?" I asked him, holding up two fingers. "Uh... two. But I fail to see the relevance of the question." I chucked and proceeded to put my toolbox away as Clank kept talking. "Chairman Drek has built an army of warbots. They are going to assassinate the Galactic Rangers tomorrow." When said that I got an idea. "Oh! That kind of galactic importance! Well, why didn't you say so? Jewel and I can totally help!" I exclaimed. "Oh, Jewel would be just fine. I could not ask a civilian to get involved in something so dangerous." "No, I'm not just a civilian. The Rangers are actually my uh... friends! Why do you think I have so many pictures of them?" I questioned him. He looked at me and asked, "But why aren't you in any of them?" "Well, someone has to take the pictures, right? I mean, come on. I even have a ship." I pointed to my ship as some parts fell off. "It disassembles so it can infiltrate enemy strongholds." I lied. "So what do you say?" He looked up at me and nodded. "Yes! You hear that, Jewel? I get to-" I began to say but when I faced her she looked like she was deep in thought. "Hello? Veldin to Jewel! Can you hear me?" When she heard me she snapped back and said, "Oh sorry, what?" She stammered. "You looked like you were thinking about something." Then I smirked. "Care to share with me?" She rolled her eyes, smiled and started explaining her idea. "When you said the Rangers were your friends that got me thinking, if you help stop the invasion maybe Captain Qwark will see that you do have what it takes to become a Ranger and make you one!" When I heard this I nearly yelled, "Jewel! This could work! Then we can finally be rangers together!" "You're my best friend,Ratchet. I would do anything for you!" When she said that I immediately hugged her and she returned it. After a few seconds we pulled away and I was blushing so much which made her giggle. So this wouldn't get too awkward I looked at my clock and said, "Well, it's been a long day and it's pretty late. We should get some shut eye." "Ok, where can I sleep?" Jewel asked me. "You can take my bed." I offered her. "Are you sure? Where will you sleep?" She asked. "I'll just, uh sleep on the floor." She looked at me and said, "Ok..." and got in my bed and fell asleep in a flash, she must have been real tired. I still can't believe she thought of a way for me to become a Ranger, she's the bestest friend in the universe! "Um, Ratchet?" Clank asked cutting off my train of thought. "Yeah, Clank?" "I've noticed you have a special connection with Jewel." "Well, yeah we've been best friends since we were kids." I told him. "But I'm sensing high levels of affection between the two of you, even higher then that of normal friends." Then he asked something that totally stunned me. "Ratchet, do you have feelings for Jewel?" I was about to lie and say I didn't, but I realized I had to share my secret with someone. "I guess I do have strong feelings for Jewel. But can you promise me something?" He nodded. "Can you wait till I have the guts? I really want to tell her myself." "I understand, but remember you might want to tell her soon. Anything could happen, and you wouldn't want to love with that regret." "I understand." I said. Then I set up a bed on the floor and went to sleep, for tomorrow starts the adventure of a lifetime!