"Everybody remember what they're supposed to do?" Elaris asked as everyone gathered in the Aft Airlock. Clawsha and Cora were outside in their respective Ranger ships flying with the main ship. "Yes, we remember Elaris. We went over this yesterday and this morning. I'm sure we'll be fine." Ratchet said with a smile. "Let's roll!" Brax said equipping some new gauntlets. "Hurry up already! I am this close to starting the plan without you!" Dickey said equiping another pair of gauntlets exactly like the ones Brax had.

"Remember you two. You need to impact the ground fist first to have maximum effect. Your jetpack should amplify your approach thus increasing the damage afflicted to the enemy." Clank explained looking up at the two brutes in front of him. "Yeah yeah whatever, look cool for the sake of damage, simple enough." Dickey said flexing his muscles with Brax. Clank squinted at them in silence before turning and walking to Ratchet. "You sure you don't wanna come with us bud? We may need your expertise behind enemy lines." (Y/n) said standing his lance beside him. "Assuming that Dr. Nefarious is smart enough to upgrade his equipment, I'm pretty sure Clank will be a bit outmatched here. Besides, the only material he has out there is Villuvium. We don't want Clank dying in an explosion." Ratchet explained.

"Right. Which is why I have elected to stay behind. I can't help you if I'm dead. Besides, I am extra baggage for Ratchet and will only be a liability for a stealth mission." Clank added. "Well I tried. Let's get into position before Dickey and Brax start making out to pass the time." (Y/n) said nudging Ratchet as he walked to the large circle in the middle of the airlock. "Before I what now?" Brax asked as he continued to feel Dickey's muscles while the Dillo was doing the same to his ripped torso.

The two separated and gathered with Ratchet and (Y/n). "Follow the plan everyone. We could easily debilitate Dr. Nefarious if everything goes as planned." Elaris spoke encouragingly. "If." (Y/n) said rolling his eyes. "In three, two, one!" The floor dropped out from beneath them and they began falling towards the planet. (Y/n) grabbed Ratchet and pulled him onto his Omni-Lance. The two cloaked and flew off behind the deplanetizer wreckage. Brax and Dickey were falling headfirst, their jetpacks full blast, and fists outstretched with grins on their faces. Clawsha and Cora followed behind in their ships, lasers and missiles at the ready.

"Dr. Nefarious. Hostile ships on approach. How do you want to proceed?" One of the warbots asked. "Scatter the army. Let's annihilate these pests shall we?" Nefarious asked rhetorically. The warbot turned his head and pressed a bright red button. Alarms started sounding and thousands of warbots were running to the front entrance of the wreckage fortress.

"Looks like we have company." Clawsha said raising a brow. "All units engage!" Cora said focusing on the amassing army on the planets surface. "Let's do this!" Brax shouted. "Yeah!" Dickey added. The two impacted the ground fist first and a huge shockwave pulsed through the ground, knocking over the first wave of warbots. Dickey extended his claws and started tearing through any and all warbots coming his way. Occasionally sending one of them flying after his guantlets blew them up on impact. Brax telequipped two Combusters and began shooting at the warbots quickly encroaching upon him. "Release missiles!" Cora commanded. She and Clawsha flew 35 feet above the army, releasing several shells at the warbots, the following explosions disrupting their formation. They circled back around and fired as well as they could while dodging enemy fire coming straight at them.

Ratchet and (Y/n) decloaked and jumped off the latter's Omni-Lance. Ratchet approached a nearby hatch and used his Omniwrench to pry it open. The yellow lombax crawled inside as (Y/n) followed him and shut the hatch behind them to avoid suspicion. "Some of the vents might be destroyed so be careful." Ratchet said as he crawled forward in the dusty air duct. "Like that?" (Y/n) asked pointing towards the huge tear in the floor in front of them. Ratchet looked down and saw a few warbots standing guard. Ratchet telequipped an ice blaster and carefully aimed a shot at the group of warbots. He pulled a latch on the side and a ball of ice popped out. It landed in the middle of the group of warbots grabbing their attention for a split second before the entire hall was covered in ice and the warbots frozen. The two jumped down inside the decrepit and damaged hall and began to run as quietly as they could down the hall.

"So where exactly do we need to go?" (Y/n) asked looking at Ratchet. Sparks flew out at them from broken wires that used to be hiddun under the sheets of metal now protruding out at odd angles. "Well there may or may not be a direct power source for the warbots, but there should be a power source for the factory. It's probably hidden deep within the center of the wreckage." Ratchet explained. They two snapped theur attention toward the area in front of them and skidded to halt. A room filled with electronics hastily put together were glowing with power. "Welcome to the factory power source." An automated voice spoke. "Or it's in the most conspicuous room at the back of the wreckage of which was very exposed." (Y/n) added with a smirk and a raised brow.

"Rip out some wires, and be quick about it. As soon as something is wrong the warbots in this area will be alerted to the malfunction." (Y/n) said aiming his lance at the main catalyst. Ratchet got to work and easily ripped out at least fifteen wires in under a few seconds. "Warning, Factory Power source malfunction." The automated voice announced. Ratchet quickly ran over back to (Y/n) and the burgundy Lombax threw his lance at the power source causing it to explode. The smoke cleared to reveal Ratchet and (Y/n) inside the shield bubble from the coliseum invasion. The shield dropped and (Y/n)'s lance returned to him.

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Achievement Unlocked: Shhh, we're blowing stuff up.
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"Well that was easy." Ratchet said looking at (Y/n) with a smile. "Too easy. Come on." (Y/n) said jumping onto the wall and climbing up using any handholds he could. "What are you doing?" Ratchet asked looking up at him with wide eyes. "In the few seconds that we were talking there should've been at least 50 warbots headed to our location. Why raise no alarm when the system obviously knows something's wrong. Now are you coming or am I taking this thing by myself?" (Y/n) asked stopping halfway and looking down at the yellow lombax. "Ugh okay okay, I'm coming up." Ratchet piped up using his grappling hook rise upward through the shaft. (Y/n) jumped up the wall picking up the pace, leavinf a trail of holes in the wall.

The two continued up the shaft for a few minutes before finding another hole in the wall leading to a slightly intact hallway lined with greenish blue hue to it. "This looks promising." Ratchet said leaping into the hall. (Y/n) jumped off the wall, pulling his lance out of the sheets of metal and landing beside Ratchet. "I assume this the head honcho's quarters. A lot of effort for what is essentially nothing more than an office." The burgundy Lombax said turning his head to look at the walls and the chamber in front of them.

"Nice of you to drop by. It's not every day I get to talk to fleshies." A voice rang out from the chair behind the desk. "Dr. Nefarious. Turn around. By the authority of the Galactic Rangers, you are under arrest." Ratchet demanded aiming his combuster at the chair. "(Y/n) what's going on?" Elaris asked over their comms. "Don't worry, the power source to the factory is destroyed, and we have Dr. Nefarious. Just give us a few minutes and--" The chair behind the desk suddenly turned to reveal a bomb counting down from five. The numbers flashed down to one in backwards numerical order. "TAKE COVER!!!" (Y/n) shouted pulling Ratchet away from the bomb. "H-hey easy!!" Ratchet exclaimed as he was being dragged.

(Y/n) dragged Ratchet down the hall and turned the corner. The timer reached zero and the bomb exploded. The blast enveloped the hall and in the next instant the two found themselves flying in the air away from the blown up wreckage. "Ngh. Ratchet!" (Y/n) called out as he fell down towards the ground. His fur rippled as he straightened himself in a standing position and stabbed his lance behind his back as he landed on the ground. The lombax looked up to see Ratchet flying towards him. "Ratchet!" (Y/n) exclaimed as he mounted his lance and flew up towards the yellow lombax.

"Guys what is happening?!" Brax asked. "(Y/n) is Ratchet okay? That explosion could've hurt either of you two." Clank spoke over the comms. (Y/n) caught Ratchet in his arms. "Gah! Ngh!" There were pieces of jagged metal in his shoulders and torso. (Y/n) turned his lance and headed towards the Ranger's command ship. "Ranger down, I repeat Ranger down." (Y/n) exclaimed in the comms as he entered the ship through the aft airlock. "Rangers fall back! The mission failed, I repeat the mission failed!" Elaris ordered through the comms. Cora and Clawsha flew their cruisers down to Brax and Dickey Dillo. The two jumped on their cruisers and they along with the command ship rushed away from the wreckage and the warbot army.

Elaris and Clank rushed to the airlock and found (Y/n) holding Ratchet who was wincing in pain. (Y/n) was panting in in worry. He looked up at the two who arrived at the scene. Elaris put her hands to her mouth and Clank stared unblinkingly at his injured friend. "I'm sorry. I-I... I'm sorry." (Y/n) apologized, crying his eyes out.