Chapter 42: New Recruits

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Jeremiah, Nic, and Tiffany are literally running to Head Spikey's office. They slam the door open and rush in seeing Ratchet, a weird yellow catlike creature referred to as a Lombax; Clank, a tiny robot who is also Ratchet's partner; and Captain Quirk, a regular human dressed up in green superhero garments from the Ratchet and Clank world there with Head Spikey.

"Did I miss something else while I was knocked out?" asks Jeremiah confused.

"No. They just got here a minute ago," says Head Spikey.

"Oh," responds Jeremiah.

"We heard Dr. Nefarious has joined up with someone named Darkness," explains Ratchet.

"What? Did Darkness put up signs around the multiverse saying 'Join me or you will be destroyed along with the multiverse,'" questions Jeremiah.

"Yes. It also has some strange code in the fine print," says Ratchet.

"There are also portals behind every poster which is why we didn't bring one. If anything did come out of it, though, they would be no match for Captain Quirk," brags Captain Quirk while flexing his muscles.

"Since they're joining the agency, let's give you a quick screening. Please direct your attention to the screen," says Head Spikey.

The screen appears showing the new Ratchet & Clank which was a mini-galaxy with two planets, a sun, and an asteroid belt. How the heck did they possibly construct something like that in such a short timespan? We may never know. 

The screen disappears and Nic quickly declares, "I want Ratchet and Clank as my new partners

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The screen disappears and Nic quickly declares, "I want Ratchet and Clank as my new partners." Head Spikey says, "Why didn't you say that before I deactivated the screen?"

The screen reappears and it showed Nic's ship with standees of Ratchet & Clank in front of it. 

The screen disappears again

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The screen disappears again.

"Let me fill you in on what's happening. The reason you were trapped in that one dimension was because of the Dark Ship. Oh, by the way, Nic, you did a great job rescuing Jeremiah," explains and congratulates Head Spikey.

"Thanks," thanked Nic.

"What about me?" asks Tiffany.

"You did great too, Tiffany," responds Head Spikey.

"Thanks," thanks Tiffany.

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS," shouts Ratchet.

"He's right. But, I have one more thing to do before you go. And just so you know, Jeremiah, I don't normally do this," says Head Spikey.

The screen appears for a third time and it showed the Phoenix Warbird shooting something at the Peace Maker. It hits and upgrades the ship to Lv. 3.

"Now you must rename the ship. Please note, that you can never use the name Peace Maker ever again," says Head Spikey.

"Its new name will be the Hammer Head Sparks and my new partner will be Captain Quirk since everyone else is already taken," says Jeremiah.

"Ok," says Head Spikey.

Then, the screen switches to his new ship consisting of a more simplistic design shaped like a T and pale yellow with multiple windows, greater size than the Peace Maker, and a huge cannon on one side of it. There were also wings on the back and sides of the ship and a turret on the front of it along with its thruster in full view on the rear. Somebody was putting up a standee of Captain Quirk then they notice the camera and quickly run off screen leaving the standee there which falls down.

 Somebody was putting up a standee of Captain Quirk then they notice the camera and quickly run off screen leaving the standee there which falls down

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The screen disappears for the third time this chapter.

"Do we really have to do this? It uses up a lot of time," questions Ratchet.

"Don't question our methods. Now go!" gripes Head Spikey.

They run out of the office into the hallway heading for the remains of the Ship Bay. On the way there, Captain Quirk drops his blaster and trips over it. It lands on the trigger and fires itself. The laser bounces around and hit Head Spikey's office effectively destroying it. Jeremiah panics, "Let's get out of here, double time." Everyone nods. They get on the ships and left.

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