"Out of fuel? How could we be outta fuel??"

"There seems to be an abnormal amount of liquid being drained from the fuel tank. Perhaps we damaged it somehow."

"Wait are you trying to tell me we have a leak?"

"It would seem that way."

Ratchet sighed. This certainly hadn't been one of their easiest trips. There were barely any spots to stop and get supplies in the Nyyla galaxy. It was so different to all the other places they had been to. It was almost as if no one else flew ships around here.

(Nyyla- vast and empty.*)

"Trust everything to go wrong on a long important trip..." Ratchet muttered as he leaned forward to flick a switch, rolling his eyes as he did so. "Hopefully the autopilot still works. I'm gonna go check something out. I'll be back in a minute."

"Are you sure you do not require my assistance?"

"You stay here in case something else happens. I'll be back in time to land this piece of junk." Ratchet assured him, before disappearing through the door to the back of the ship.

They had been given a new ship yet again, by Talwyn. It was just to borrow while they searched for her dad, because they needed something bigger. Something with more room. In this ship there was somewhere to sleep, there was a bathroom, and there were cupboards with supplies. Not much at all compared with a lot of ships Ratchet had been in, but it covered the basic necessities for a very long trip.

There was also a hatch that when opened up, revealed a decent amount of the ships works. Ratchet walked over to the hatch and yanked it open with his Omniwrench. All the important things they needed to be able to land safely seemed to be in order, there was nothing malfunctioning, nothing wrong and no damage. Ratchet wondered why the fuel would be leaking because they hadn't hit anything, but everything else was working, so that was all he needed to know for now. He slammed the hatch shut again and started to get up.

Suddenly the ship jerked roughly and Ratchet almost lost his balance. It sounded like they'd entered an atmosphere. Clank must have gotten impatient and started steering them himself. If they passed the planet they would be out of fuel and have nowhere to land. It wasn't a problem, Ratchet just needed to get back to the cockpit.

Balancing as best he could, Ratchet made his way to the door that separates the drivers section and the living quarters. He pulled the lever to open it, but it didn't work. There was only one lever in this rickety old ship that could open the door from this side and it wasn't functioning.

The turbulence began to roughen as they grew nearer to the surface of the planet, but Ratchet couldn't see how close they were. He hoped Clank was doing okay at the controls. But he would definitely get hurt if he couldn't strap himself in. He tried again to pry the door open but it was locked.

The turbulence was bad, and Ratchet noticed a lot of cupboard doors and things coming loose.

"Stupid autolock sequence!" Frustrated, the Lombax pounded on it with his wrench and called out. "Clank, open the door?!" But it was too loud and too late.

Suddenly the ship started to plummet and Ratchet yelled out as the momentum caused him to be thrown against the back of the ship.

He and a number of other things smashed through the back window. He felt the old broken glass drawing blood as it sliced through his skin. Ratchet screamed though no one could hear, as he went flying through the air and the young Lombax cried out once more as he came to a bone shattering stop on the pavement outside.

Ratchet gasped and coughed in an attempt to restore air to his winded lungs. He had landed on his back and there was terrible pain shooting through his spine. He groaned loudly as he tried to move but everything hurt too much. He was aware of a decent amount of blood draining from a few different areas of his body and his wrench laying next to him.

Eventually his vision started to fade, he saw the ship speeding along the ground away from him. Slowly, his eyes slid shut and he had no choice but to allow the dark haze of unconsciousness to settle over him.

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To her, this was the most important mission she would ever embark upon. Talwyn Apogee was on a mission to find her dad. And she would find him this time. She knows he's still out there. He's strong! He's smart and adventurous and reliable. People keep telling her she has to let go, but now that Cronk and Zephyr were gone, she needed him more than ever.

She wouldn't have really been too sure what she should've been feeling right now if it weren't for Ratchet and Clank. Not only were they there for her, supporting her, but they had come along on this mission with her to help her find her dad! Ratchet believed her when she said her dad was still alive. To her that was a friend. Someone who would stick with her no matter what.

In fact that was them over the com link just now.

"Miss Apogee." Came Clanks robotic voice over the radio.

"Yeah Clank?" She replied.

"We have a slight issue. We appear to have sprung a leak in the fuel tank and will need to perform an emergency landing on the nearest planet immediately. You may proceed without us. We will catch up just as soon as we have found the problem."

"What?? I'll come with you. Be careful you guys!"

"If you wish Miss Apogee."

"Yes I do." Talwyn said quietly to herself. Right now, Ratchet and Clank were all she had. They were her dearest friends and she wasn't going to ditch them for this.

Their ship she noticed was veering toward a light blue and grey patched planet with dots of red and green. She couldn't learn the name of it because they were unable to find any sort of map to this galaxy, so she just hoped for the best and followed after her friends.

Ratchet and Clank seemed to be doing okay at first, but after a little while they started to plummet. They were speeding towards the ground so fast she wondered if they had any control. She had to stop herself from yelling over the com link. She knew they needed to concentrate. She just wanted them to be alright but there was nothing useful she could do. As she continued to follow them toward the surface of the planet she only grew increasingly worried. She realised they were about to crash land right in the middle of a city.

She watched on in horror as the ship slammed forcefully into the ground right in the middle of the road, things were flying out the back window of the ship. Pedestrians and common vehicles were all running and swerving to avoid being involved in such a crash.

The ship was traveling at such a speed that it kept going along the road for a short while until finally coming to a stop.

Talwyn was just about to follow the ship to where it had stopped when she noticed a group of life forms gathering around the spot where all the things that smashed through the window had landed.

For a second she wondered why so many pedestrians were gathering around one thing, but didn't give it a second thought. She needed to reach her friends to make sure they were okay.

Hastily, she landed her ship in the middle of the road not far from her friends ship. She struggled with her seatbelt, in a hurry to get it off before rushing out the door.

"Ratchet! Clank!?" She called out as she ran toward the wreckage.

She reached the door of the cockpit and saw Clank at the wheel looking shaken but okay. He was strapped in his seat well, but where on this new blue planet was Ratchet??

"Clank what happened? Are you alright? Where is Ratchet?!" Talwyn yanked the door to the cockpit open and blurted out all her questions.

"We ran out of fuel..." Clank started shakily. "Ratchet is in the back room. He went to check on something."

Talwyn climbed past Clank and went over to the door. She pulled the lever, the door slid open and she gasped. The room was a complete mess! All the food they had stored up had come out of the cupboards and was everywhere. Most of the cupboard doors had come loose and disappeared, and some whole compartments were missing. But worst of all, Ratchet wasn't here.

"Ratchet?" Clank came up beside her calling his friends name but was as shocked as Talwyn to find nothing.

"Oh no!" Talwyn gasped and with that she ran straight back out the door toward the place she had seen people gathering before, and Clank followed suit.

The Markazian and the Warbot dashed over to the place Talwyn suspected her friend was, pushing their way through the gathered crowd until finally stopping once they reached the middle. Talwyn gasped again, her hands shot over her mouth and her big green eyes went wide, for there as suspected, injured and unconscious lay Ratchet, bleeding and in his sleep struggling to breathe.

"Quick! He needs something-" Talwyn shouted. "Nanotech! Does anyone have any Nanotech?!"

"I will retrieve some from the ship Miss Apogee." Clank offered, and ran back off to the ship. The little robot reentered the messy back room and searched the cupboards and scoured the floor finding plenty of Nanotech, but the protective glass was broken, and every time he tried to pick it up the semi intelligent healing technology targeted him as a patient and soaked into him and it was wasted.

Talwyn kneeled next to Ratchet, her mind racing. She had never ever seen him like this. He was unconscious and yet it seemed he couldn't lay still. It was like he was trying so hard to relieve himself of the pain he was feeling, but he couldn't. It broke her heart.

She was worried he'd hit his head, it was a little hard to tell where he was hurt because there was blood everywhere. "Ratchet wake up." She said shaking him just a little. He moaned as he stirred and his eyes began to ease open.

"Ratchet! Are you okay?"

He focused but he looked like he was having a bit of a hard time doing so. He shook his head a little in regard of her question. "No I... My back..."

"That's what hurts?" Talwyn asked.

"And everything else..." Ratchet groaned.

Clank came back but he had no Nanotech with him and Talwyn started to panic. "Check my ship clank, I might have some in- she was interrupted by the sound of a blaring siren. A large vehicle rushed toward the scene and the purple, green and blue aliens stepped back to let it through.

"What's happening?" Ratchet asked unable to turn his head to see.

Talwyn didn't know how to answer.

A few paramedics rushed out of the vehicle, dragging a stretcher out with them, being instructed what to do in a different language.

Everyone except Talwyn and Clank were standing right back, giving the paramedics some space. Talwyn was worried about Ratchet, and wanted to make sure these aliens didn't do anything wrong.

The aliens stepped forward right away, and Ratchet groaned loudly and his breaths became rapid as they began to lift him onto a stretcher. Talwyn pressed her palm again her forehead in worry and looked away, unable to bear seeing the Lombaxes features twisted in agony as he loudly groaned again.

Clank walked up and stood beside her and it was a little comforting. But they still didn't know where they were, or what they were doing to him.

"What are you doing with him?" She attempted to ask one of the creatures but it didn't understand. "Where are you taking my friend?"

"Chisa respica eeta din anki rari uc en." It replied.

"I don't know what you're saying..."

"Tairan aminga lat. Nulii oringa yo paece lat da ymori cainshsiin nite din aminga ves tuc ubori. Nulii oringa yo ub din anki pacnac, a chisa lat cii ain uc tori. Ij kenulii ta eeta din den."

"I can't understand you!" Talwyn cried.

The aliens turned away from her and wheeled the stretcher into the back of their vehicle.

Talwyn panicked. She didn't trust these aliens! She didn't know what they were doing with Ratchet. She couldn't even ask them! He was hurt so bad but she couldn't do anything for him.

She saw Clank follow the paramedics into the back of the van and decided to do the same. It was cramped but they let her stay. They quickly closed the door and started driving away. The paramedics were rushing about, expertly hooking Ratchet up to three separate IV drips while they were moving.

Talwyn winced at the thought of him having so many sharp objects sticking into his arms, but supposed it was for the best. Why wouldn't they just use nanotech though? That heals most wounds and would certainly help Ratchet right now, but she couldn't ask them about it so she just stood there and tried to keep balanced as they drove off to the hospital.

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Thanks for reading, let me know what you think!

(In case you wanted to know what the aliens were saying)

"This animal is very hurt."

"Poor little guy. We need to move him to a hospital very quickly. We have to be fast or else he will die. The injuries are very bad."