Twilight smiled softly as she channel surfed, listening with half an ear as Ratchet and Clank played some sort of board game that had never caught her interest.
"Ha ha!" Ratchet was saying. "My Blargian Snagglebeast devours your mutant swamp fly!"
Twilight rolled her eyes. Ratchet never was able to keep track of all the intricacies of the rules of this particular game. Twilight herself always kept a rule compendium open when she played against Clank, which was why she wasn't overfond of the game. Clank's computer brain gave him an unfair advantage. Her eyes widened as she gasped happily. "It's on again!" she cried happily.
Maktar Casino
12:31am
Clank faced off against a large yellow robot in a red business suit as he rolled the dice, yielding him further winnings. Several ladybots leaned around Clank, stroking him under the chin and otherwise acting flirtatious with the big winner, one even planting a noisy kiss on his metallic cheek.
The large yellow robot shook some ash from his cigar. "Your luck is extraordinary, sir," he mused. "But do you lose as gracefully as you win?"
"I would not know, Maximilian," Clank replied, putting emphasis on the name. "I never lose."
Maximilian's finger hovered over a red button. "Zere is a first time for everything." He pushed the button dramatically. "Agent Clank!"
Ninja bots armed with double beam sabers dropped from the ceiling as the civilians scattered. Maximilian drew a laser gun and started shooting at Clank, who performed a few ninja flips before using a drink tray to deflect the laser fire into the ninja bots in bullet time. However, one of the ninja bots' beam sabers cut the tray in half as it flew from its grip.
"You lose!" Maximilian proclaimed eagerly as Clank prepared for a new defense, his eyes sweeping around for a weapon. "So much for the famous Secret Agent-"
Maximilian's rant was cut off as the ceiling tile directly above him dropped downward, dropping the chandelier on him and electrocuting him into unconsciousness.
"Shocking," Clank murmured before looking up.
Twilight, in her half robot mask and wearing a cute sweater vest/skirt combo, hung from the ceiling. She chuckled nervously. "Hi Clank!" she said innocently.
Clank folded his arms over his tuxedo. "Sparks..." he scolded.
"I know, I know, too dangerous," Twilight replied, rolling her visible organic eye.
"Oh, I've given up trying to win that argument," Clank chided. "But it is past your bedtime."
"But that's when all the fun stuff happens!" Twilight pouted.
As the scene shifted to outside, Clank held a pouting Twilight towards Ratchet, who was dressed in a valet suit. "Care to explain, Jeeves?"
As Twilight smiled innocently up at Ratchet, he rubbed the back of his head, grinning sheepishly.
"Stay tuned for more Secret Agent Clank!" the TV announcer proclaimed.
"That was quite the episode," Clank commented happily.
"I'd say we all look pretty good there," Ratchet said happily, reaching out to tousle Twilight's mane. He didn't really mind getting sidelined in the show. It kept him out of the limelight - which given the warning Angela didn't know he overheard, was a good thing - and Twilight got to have fun being an HV star. That was just fine by him.
"Yeah, we did," Twilight said happily, going back to channel surfing.
"Don't you like watching it?" Clank asked curiously.
"Yeah, but I want to watch something else-" Twilight's words cut off as she turned to channel 64, and the group found themselves watching an on-site report of an invasion of Veldin by Tyrrhanoids, apparently masterminded by one 'Dr. Nefarious'.
As soon as the broadcast ended, Ratchet got to his feet. "We're going home."
As they worked on Ratchet's new ship - much more streamlined and built for interstellar - and intergalactic - flight, Clank expressed his concerns with the plan of action. "But Veldin is in the Solana Galaxy!" he pointed out.
With a grin, Ratchet pulled out something he'd been working on.
"Is...is that the gravimetric warp drive?" Clank asked in concern.
"The untested gravimetric warp drive?" Twilight added.
"The one you built from Blarghian scrap metal?" Clank fretted.
"The one you didn't let me help with because you wanted to do it yourself?" Twilight concluded as Ratchet threw the device into the back end of the ship for installation.
"You two coming?" he asked.
"We are doomed," Clank concluded as he and Twilight nervously climbed into the ship.
The gravimetric warp drive functioned flawlessly, getting them back to Solana in minutes.
"Woo hoo!" Ratchet yelled out as the ship spun in an aileron roll towards Veldin. "You were saying, you two?"
"I stand corrected," Clank grunted from his upside down position in the copilot's seat.
"Even monkeys fall from trees," Twilight pointed out with a groan. "I didn't want this to be your fall, Daddy."
"Well, we're coming in to Veldin now! Hang on!" Ratchet aimed the ship into the atmosphere.
Once on Veldin, the trio encountered some green armored soldiers.
"These must be the Galactic Rangers!" Clank pointed out.
"Hey look!" one of the Rangers said, pointing to Ratchet. "It's a new sergeant!"
"What?" Ratchet asked, surprised.
"Here Sarge, you can have my gun," the second said quickly, throwing Ratchet a Shock Blaster.
"There's too many of them!" the third shouted. "We're all gonna die!"
As Ratchet led the way forward against the Tyrrhanoids - green skinned aliens with three eyes on stalks, ranging in size from the size of Twilight and Clank to as big - or bigger - than the Rangers, some in battle suits - Twilight looked up at Ratchet as she pulled out some of her heavier firepower weapons, upgraded to latest specifications from Gadgetron based on her contract, including the brand new Nitro Launcher. "These guys seem...highly ineffective. Just who was saving the galaxy before we came along?"
"Captain Qwark," Ratchet replied, blasting several enemies with his new Shock Blaster.
"Ah," Twilight mused, blasting a large group of Tyrrhanoids.
They eventually approached a large attack jet piloted by a larger Tyrrhanoid, keeping two Galactic Rangers pinned down with its weapon fire. "Boy am I glad to see you, Sarge!" the first said.
Before anyone else could say anything, Twilight had blasted the attack vehicle to smithereens. "These weapons you got in Bogon are great, Daddy!" she said happily, cradling the Heavy Bouncer and cooing to it.
"...she scares me," the Ranger said nervously.
"Be glad you aren't her target," Clank teased before chuckling to himself.
After clearing their way through several more waves of Tyrrhanoid attack troops - and assisting several Ranger groups - the trio approached a drop ship. "What's the situation?" Ratchet asked the nearest Ranger.
"The Noids have fallen back to a base in F sector," he replied. "We have orders to go in and take them out."
"F Sector?" the second Ranger demanded fearfully. "Game over! No way man! We're all gonna end up as scrap metal!" He started to walk away.
"Get back in there, trooper!" Ratchet barked out. "We've got a planet to save!"
"Sir yes sir!" the Rangers replied in unison, saluting as the trio boarded the ship.
"When did you get so military, Daddy?" Twilight asked.
"Part of the training I had," he replied.
At F Sector, Ratchet leapt out to free fall along with the Galactic Rangers, counting on Clank's helipack to slow him down once they reached ground level. Twilight, however, folded her wings and dove, picking up speed. Pulling out her new N60 Storm - a new Gadgetron improvement on the old Blasters - she took pot shots at the missiles aimed at the diving Rangers. She then spread her wings turning her downward momentum into forward, pulling out her old bomb glove to drop bombs on the Tyrrhanoids as she flew over them, clearing a path and safe landing for Ratchet and the others. By the time she pulled back to go for a second bombing run, Ratchet and the Rangers had managed to clear out the rest of the Noids, the few dropships having shot each other while trying to shoot Twilight as she sped between them.
Ratchet and Twilight each took a last shot at a Noid assault jet with their heavier weapons, knocking it out of the sky, before approaching the drop ship at the pick up point.
"Sir!" one of the Rangers said with a salute. "We have a transmission from the President!"
The transmission displayed an older male Cazar, a felinoid race somewhat similar to Lombaxes but native to the Solana Galaxy. He had tan skin and a thick dark brown coat covering most of his facial features, and an easy smile. "How are things on the front line, soldier?" he asked, but then gasped. "Is-is that Secret Agent Clank?"
Ratchet rolled his eyes in amusement. "Greetings, sir," Clank offered. "We are here to help."
"Well this is an honor!" he replied. "And I see you brought your major-domo and-" He suddenly gasped. "Sparks! What are you doing on the scene of the battle? Isn't that too dangerous?"
"Probably, President Phyronix," Twilight replied, having recognized him after keeping abreast of politics in Solana to help her get to sleep at nights, since she felt she'd grown too old to need bedtime stories...not that she refused them when Ratchet offered. She then cocked the Heavy Bouncer. "For the Noids."
Phyronix laughed happily. "You got good spunk, kid. You're going to need it." He then turned back to Clank. "Agent Clank, we must stop Doctor Nefarious! As you may know, only one man has ever faced him and survived. I've just received a top secret report on that man's whereabouts. Here, take a look."
The trio watched, somewhat dubious, as a trailer for an episode of "Nature's Mysteries" depicted some sort of large, man shaped monster in the Florana Forests.
"So...we're going to Florana to find this guy?" Twilight asked, uncertainty in her voice.
"I guess so," Ratchet allowed.
"We won't let you down, Mr. President!" Clank assured Phyronix.
With that, the trio returned to their ship, setting course for Planet Florana.
I was watching and reading your stories and then I'm about to re-read this and see an update. ...guess I should check more often: checking causes you to update!
I wait for more. and, I sense a kind of Jade Chan vibe from "Sparks".
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That was very intentional.
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also, is it not "pot shots" and not "pop shots"? look at the start of the paragraph at the start of the last line break. also, for future reference, are the corrections for here or PM?
bots' (plural posessive)
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Either or. I actually prefer comments.
Twilight doing a bombing run with her wings and Bomb Glove was awesome! I can't wait to see more of her in action. I can also see her letting herself get caught so Rachet and Clank go on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge at some point if she gets in over her head... or Rachet could get caught and set TWILIGHT off on one. Yeah, go with the second one unless you want to have Twilight make Doctor Nefarious' life a living hell for kidnapping her, which is also fine.
Oh, this next chapter's gonna be funny as hell
QWAAAAARK! (preemptive)
Pre-read:
AWESOME you finally made it to the game I played and completed!
Post-read:
AWESOME CHAPTER!!!!
Nice chapter and nice changes
i played this game through about 15 times or maybe more, cant exactly remember the exact number but its a lot
For it is one of...
NATURE'S MYSTERIES!
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....i like how easy it is for those rangers to die....a ninja is a 1shot
If I may, Crazy-/Monkey-Qwark should boot Twilight instead of Ratchet.
I want to see his rage break like this:
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Umm...what do you mean by "boot"?
I like that the Secret Agent Clank deal was accepted by Ratchet, shows how different are now that Twilight is around.
Also, I think we are kind of going fast? Cause this chapter is kind of fast paced now.
Or is it just me?
THANKYOU FOR GETTING IT RIGHT
Here's a possible idea for my little pwny. Could you have the ponies argue over whose family is best?
Ahh... The return of the incompetent meat shields... Time to fix everything with my maxed level black hole gun.
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You get a black hole. And you get a black hole. EVERYBODY GETS A BLACK HOLE!
I thought Qwark died from Ratchet's RYNO II salvo?
While in transit to Florana...
"Okay... who wanna bet that monster is actually Captain Qwark?" Rachet asked, since the guy had been involved in the last two times they had to save the day, why not a third?
"No bet, with our luck, not only it will be him but he might even have allied himself with Doctor Nefarious." Clank said in a bitter tone.
"No, while Captain Qwark might no longer be an hero, Doctor Nefarious just hates him too much, and even if he did not, Nefarious hates all organics." Twilight Sparkle then showed the other two a holo display comparing the man shaped monster with Captain Qwark, they were about the same size and build if Quark had fallen into a swamp and got covered in mud and swamp trash. "Anyone wanna bet that he does a costume switch and tries to go by the name Captain Nega Qwark for his next scheme?"
"No bet, you are taking this quite well, considering what he did the last time." Clank pointed out.
"He might have almost doomed a galaxy two times, but he also saved me." Twilight said looking down. "Will... will I ever become like him? I am already a famous gadgets inventor and a TV star, what prevents me for the fame just going to my head and then just doing everything to keep it?"
Rachet have the purple pony a hug "The fact that unlike him, you value life and friendship more than you like fame or money."
"Thanks daddy, I needed that." She might be too old for bedtime stories, but she was still a child and liked her father hugging her.
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must. contain. LAUGHTER!
5896751 I mean kick. Haven't you ever heard someone refer to a kick as a 'boot' before?
5897170 He had such a thick skull, he survived. He also had a stupidly muscular back, and that shielded his major organs from damage. Also, medicine is so effective, they could save him.
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I have.
I've also heard "boot" used to mean any number of other things.
5896119You watch Jackie Chan Adventures?
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One of my all time favorite cartoons, up there with Teen Titans and MLP:FiM.
...still trying to come up with a good way to cross JCA with MLP...
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Rift Inducer > Rift Ripper > Mega Rift Ripper > Giga Rift Ripper > Omega Rift Ripper
I had another name for the weapon as well.
F*** THAT!
F*** this, that, and those. I'm too busy to aim with a proper weapon.
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It may have been. It was a direct quote from the game, though.
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Magical accident that drops the CMC as baby fillies into Jackie's lap and he raises them. They get to the age where they started the CMC when Jade first shows up. How does that sound?
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Doesn't work. It basically means I have to speculate everything Jackie goes through before the start of the series.
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Well, considering Jackie seemed to be basically an Indiana Jones like explorer/archeologist, only magic was not involved until he found a talisman... yeah... too much work.
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I'll see what info I can dig up. I can usually find some good info but don't get your hopes up.
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Don't.
If anything, I'd want to only focus on events during the show. Unfortunately, that's two years at most, since Jade only has one Birthday the entire series.
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Okay. The reason I suggested the CMC is because when you mention trying to find a way to crossover MLP with JCA I got an image of the chaos that would ensue if Jade and the CMC ever teamed up. That does seem like your sort chaos.
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Oh, incorporating the CMC into the events of JCA that way could indeed be fun chaos to write.
It's the prequel aspect of having them being raised by Jackie that doesn't work. Not only does it detract from how his relationship with Jade develops, it requires far too much speculation on my part to make it believable.
...it might almost make more sense to have them be raised by Uncle. He just runs an antique shop, after all. Plenty of free time there, and raising kids is a perfect way to...refresh...youthful energies...
5898094 Have Jackie Chan have to find each of the Elements of Harmony with Spike as his sidekick whom he teaches Kung Fu?
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I just helped you get inspired didn't I? Let the insanity commence.
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Yup. Until the start of the show, Uncle's lifestyle is routine interspersed with occasional meetups with Jackie. That makes a perfect backdrop for raising magical fillies with a penchant for mischief...especially with his chi laboratory in the back.
...hmm...title the story "Three More Things" maybe?
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I love it. This is going to be ing awesome. I so look forward to reading the insanity that is about to ensue in the JCA universe.
5898094
This is how you are going to feel after reading these messages. Rainbow Dash was the only pony that could have fit, what, with her being a black belt in karate! And you already used her! While, on the other hand, I could totally see the Iron Man story working with Apple Bloom instead of Rainbow Dash , and when we get right down to it, Apple Bloom has shown that she can be proficient with tools when she absolutely needs to be, through fixing up the Cutie Mark Crusaders clubhouse by herself, whilst putting Rainbow Dash into that universe, while it turned out amazingly, didn't make as much as sense as what I'm suggesting right now, after the fact...but what can you do? So, in conclusion, having Rainbow Dash in the world of Jackie Chan Adventures would explain how in karate in a realistic way, if my memory of the show serves me correctly, anyways. Oh, and Apple Bloom in the world of Iron Man would explain her affinity with tools.
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You're doing the loop backwards. You're taking abilities they've already shown in canon and using a crossover to explain them. You're supposed to take something about them in canon and use it to match them to a crossover that will develop hidden sides of their personalities and abilities.
Thus why putting the CMC in JCA, raised by Uncle and trained as Chi Wizards, works. Apple Bloom has already shown a talent for potion making, Sweetie Belle provides the raw magic, while also being the one able to handle the obscure languages the spells are in (her 'dictionary' nickname), and Scootaloo uses the actual implements to channel the spell, making one competent chi wizard between them.
Actually pretty darn hype for this part. The only copy of the 3rd game I ever managed to get my hands on had a pretty bad scratch on it so there ended up being a couple of side areas I couldn't explore and I didn't actually finish the game. So! Vicarious video games through ponies for me then!
YES! Up your arsenal Is my favourite out of the series, and you're finally on that one YES!!!
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But you already have them having Megas. People will complain you not updating the Megas fic. Also compared to the mane six, the CMC will need Megas. There is no way the CMC can take the Talismans with them, or copy them when they get back home. And all the training they could do in the Jackie Chan verse still makes them inferior than Iron Mare, Batmare, God like Pinkie Pie and so on. Plus, while Applebloom has talent for alchemy and karate, her main skill is basicaly being an inventor or handy man ( Hoofy pony?). Sweetie Belle main talent is singing, and Scootaloo is acrobatics/dancing. That would mean that when they end back in Equestria they still would not have their cutie marks O_-
Spike in the other hoof, is pretty much a sidekick in canon, he has a tendency to both cause problems and solve them. So him being raised by Samus and get to an older age when he finally meets the mane six back has many possibilities. He could, for example, actually try to win his Rarity heart, and use the same enhancements used in him and Samus to make sure Rarity lives a long life.
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I wasn't thinking of including "Three More Things" in the "My Little Pwny" verse. And even if I did, the CMC aren't on the Mane 6's level to begin with. They aren't supposed to. However, they will be at a higher level than they were, and not having their Cutie Marks yet would be a good thing, plot wise, since developmentally everyone is returned at the same point they left.
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But you were thinking in having the MEGAS CMC cross with the super mane six at some point, right?
*******
"Uh... this isn't like the time that stupid wish replaced Twilight and the others with the Power Ponies... right?" Applebloom shuddered, that wish granting alien had been a true menace, until Sweetie Belle got him destroyed with a logical paradox.
"No, this is actually a different universe, but strangely, the scanner readings indicate each one of these elements bearers comes from a different universe." Sweetie Belle said while examining the build in scanner they had got in Megas. It had helped to make these jumps easier, not that they still didn't get in trouble.
"Oh, so this is a crossover event? Cool!" Scootaloo said excited, the last jump had involved a musical and dancing, she needed some coolaction.
"Ah, you remember how these things tend to go, right?" Applebloom said. "It means some really big bad needs all those super mares..."
"Ehem." Spike said
"And dragon in armor to team up. Is not gonna be easy."
"So what? We took down a robot empire..." Scootaloo said
"A peaceful robot empire." Sweetie Belle remenbered them
"Well we still beat the Glorg!" Scootaloo said, trying to think in one disaster that had not actually been her fault or that they had made it worse.
"Actually it turns out we ended creating the Glorg in the first place, stupid time travel." Applebloom looked down. "Lets face it girls, we are not heroes, we are walking disasters!"
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Yes, as visitors, much like that.