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// 18: The Return Home, And Battle Against Drek 
// Story: Ratchet, Clank, And Spike: Journey Through The Galaxy 
// by dragonfan101 
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The three flew through space one more time as they headed back to Spike's home, this was going to determine the fate of Spike's home and the lives of his friends, Spike felt his anger boiling up as he was trying to contain it the best he can, when he gets to Drek, he won't let him get out without mercy. Spike knew the Dragons would not give up without a fight, and he hopes they can hold off the attack long enough for them to save it. 

Soon they came upon Spike's home planet.
"Equestria.." spike said as they entered the atmosphere, the flew across the sky and saw the laser in the Dragon Lands.
"There! We can still stop this!" Ratchet said as the ship landed down not to far from it, they then got out and looked at the place.
"This is your kinds home?" Clank asked.
"Won't be for long if we don't stop this, let's hurry now!" Spike said as they started to run. 

Spike saw that this place was being attacked by more robots, a ton of dragons were fighting them off, Spike helped them out and slashed through them all in less then a minute.
"Who are you? and what is that you have?!" A dragon asked surprised.
"I'll explain later, me and my friend have to.. Garble?!" Spike asked as he recognized him.
"Spike?!" Garble asked shocked, he realized the dragons he just helped was him and his crew.
"You know him?" Ratchet asked Spike.

"What is that stuff you have on you?" Garble asked confused as he looked at Spike's armor and noticed Ratchet and .
" It's a long story, look i know this is short notice, but i need to get to that laser, or this entire world is doomed!" Spike said with worry.
"We saw a small guy in a mech heading to it, you gotta hurry if your trying to stop him." Garble told him.
"Thanks, we have to go, see you later." Ratchet said as he started to leave.

"Spike? Who.. what is that? What have you been doing?" Garble asked confused.
"Again, long story, hope this puts us on good terms after this, i'll explain later when Drek is done with." Spike said as he Activated his Robot wings and took off and held onto Ratchet as they flew off, Garble and his crew were in utter disbelief in what they just saw, but they had to accept it and hoped that little Drake can save them.

Spike and Ratchet flew on over to the laser at fast speeds, They landed down on the thing and looked around.
"Drek! Show yourself!!" Spike shouted, just then a large shadow came over them and looked up to see Drek in a robot suit.
"You couldn't stop yourselves could you, i assume this is your planet? How sad this is where you came from." Drek insulted.

"Stop this at once Drek! This is not how you have to do this!" Ratchet told him.
"There must be another way for your people." Clank told him, and Drek laughed.
"You think that's what this is about? Who do you think polluted our last world? I did!" Drek told them and they looked at him with anger.
"This is about one thing and one thing only, cash! And lot's of it! you see i've been paid for every square inch of my new world, and when the inhabitants move in. i'll begin polluting on this new world as well! And the whole things starts all over again! Ah.. Perfect!" He said with an evil smile.

Spike growled with pure anger, Spike's armor started to turn red as a red energy came of it.
" YOU.. SON OF A MOTHER*******  *****" Spike shouted which surprised them at his language,  he screamed as he lunged at Drek with fast speeds surprising Drek, he then tackled Drek and the robot to the side.
"RATCHET, SHUT THE THING DOWN! I'LL HANDLE HIM!" Spike shouted, Ratchet and Clank nodded in agreement as they headed to the device.

"You think you can stop me?! Do you have any idea you any idea who you are messing with?!" Drek asked with anger. Spike's eyes turned red as the Blades he hat became red as well.
"You have no idea...!" Spike said with anger and he charged at Drek, Drek fired missiles at Spike, Spike then cut through them as he fought Drek, he tackled Drek back farther away from the switch as Ratchet and Clank were working to deal with it.

Spike and Drek continued to fight on as more and more dragons started to appear, they watched with interest as they saw a hatchling in extremely advanced weaponry and gear was holding his own, Spike then lunged at Drek again.

" YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING BUT YOURSELF!" Spike shouted as he stabbed the swords into the robot. Drek shook him off and tried to shoot him down, the shots hit Spike but when the smoke cleared it revealed nothing but red eyes of anger and Spike came out completely unscaved surprising everyone.
"How?! What do you know about business?" Drek asked with anger.
" Do i look like i care about answering to you?!" Spike asked with anger

Spike walked through every shot without moving an inch.
"I don't give a blind **** about your business, i don't care about your stupid planet! You came to MY HOME and are trying to destroy it and my friends!!" Spike shouted as he grabbed one of the robots arms and completely ripped them off and threw them into lava and the Dragons cheered at that.
"Tear him apart!" A dragon shouted as the others cheered at that.

Drek continued to back off as he continued firing at Spike, but nothing was working.
"It can't be! I have worked months on these devices, what are you?!" Drek asked with anger. Ratchet then walked up next to Spike and looked at Drek.
"Spike's a dragon, my friend, and he is something that you will never hope to beat, no matter how much you try." Ratchet told him.
"Damn right!" Spike replied.

"Ugh that tedious power of friendship nonsense! don't you have anything original?" Drek asked.
"Yeah we do, we have the RYNO gun and a specialized rocket launcher full of plot!" Spike said with a smug as he and Ratchet pulled out the RYNO and rocket launcher much to Drek's surprise.

"Oh.. now see that's bull****" Drek said a little disappointed at that.
"don't mess with dragons, or my friends, idiot." Spike said as he and Ratchet fired their weapons at Drek, it created a massive explosion and Drek went flying onto the side of the laser and it tipped all the way around, Drek tried to escape it and he and the suit went flying into the planet as he screamed.

The laser completely flipped upside down and was aiming at the planet, Spike became normal again and calmed down.
"Hey you alright Spike?" Ratchet asked and Spike smiled.
"Am now, there's only one thing to do..." Spike said as he looked at the switch.
"Are you thinking what i'm thinking?" Clank asked.
"You know, this time i am thinking what your thinking!" Ratchet said with a smile. 

they then walked over to the switch and they looked at Spike.
"Care to do the honors Spike?" Ratchet asked.
"with pleasure!" Spike said with a smile, he then looked at the other dragons watching.
"Everyone hit the deck!" Spike shouted, all the dragons went to take cover as Spike slammed down on the switch, the laser fired into the sky and hit the planet and it was destroyed for good, it destroyed Drek, and his selfish desires along with him.

They then saw the debris falling down to them.
"This can't be good.." Ratchet said worried.
"Run!" Spike shouted as he and the others ran to the edge, Spike activated his wings and grabbed Ratchet and Clank and took off, the debris hit the laser at multiple and the device was broken apart and it fell into the lava and was destroyed.

Spike and Ratchet ran across the area and hid in a cave with some other dragons to take cover, soon enough all the debris stopped falling and they sighed in relief.
"We did it.." Ratchet said as they came out, they looked around and saw the destroyed ships of Drek, and saw everything was safe.
"We did it! We did it!!" Spike shouted as he and Ratchet and Clank cheered at their victory, the dragons roared in victory as they had won the battle all thanks to Spike.

"I cannot believe it worked!" Clank said relieved.
"Yeah me too, i'm so glad it's all done with." Spike said with a smile as they continued to walk back to their ship, soon Garble came up to him with someone else.

"Spike, thank you, i'm sorry for what happened in the past.. that was the coolest thing that i ever saw." Garble said with a smile and Spike laughed at that.
" apology accepted, It was nothing really, wait till you hear my adventures in space!" Spike told him.
"You went through space?!" An orange dragoness asked shocked.
"Several planets. fought through killer robots and aliens, awesome weapons! It's a great story let me tell you!" Spike said as he laughed more.
"Can't wait to hear it, this is my sister Smolder, hope you have a lot to tell later." Garble said as he and Smolder shook hands.
"Sure will, nice to meet you Smolder, these are my friends Ratchet and Clank." Spike said as he introduced them and they waved.

"What's up?" Ratchet asked.
"Pleased to meet you." Clank told them.
"Glad to meet you too Spike" Smolder said with a smile. 
"Don't you have someone to see?" Garble asked.

"Right, almost forgot, thanks guys, i'll see you later. gotta see my friends." Spike said as he started to walk off.
"Hey!" A dragon shouted and Spike looked at him.
"What?" Spike asked.
"What do we do with these metal parts? They made a huge mess." He said as they looked at the parts.

" Throw em into lava, just get rid of them, we can't let this stuff get into the wrong hands." Spike said as he grabbed and chucked a piece into a lava pit.
"Nice throw." Ratchet told him.
"Sounds good, let's clean this mess up." He said as he and other dragons started to clean up, Ratchet looked at Spike.
"Ready to go home?" Ratchet asked.
"More then ready buddy's!" Spike said as they went to their ship again and took off, while they were flying Clank asked Spike something.

"Hey Spike?" Clank asked.
"Yeah?" Spike replied.
"Do you know what that thing happened back there was?" Clank asked.
"Yeah, you kind of went berserk there, couldn't even touch you when you were like that." Ratchet said interested as well, Spike then thought it over.
"I don't know.. i just felt so much anger.. and i felt it become power.." spike said trying to explain.

"Do you think this ties into those weapons of yours?" Clank asked.
"It could be, we'll brainstorm this later." Spike told them as they continued flying.
"Yeah, i just wonder who left these weapons.. and if there are any more.." Ratchet said with interest, they all thought about it to, it was strange that these were seemingly only for Spike to use, and the question is.. who made them?

Spike and the others soon came upon Ponyville and Spike looked at it .
"Home.." Spike said with a smile as they landed down and got out, all the ponies around noticed them and were really scarred, it was most likely from the invasion.
"Who.. who are you guys?" A pony asked scared.

"don't worry, we're not here to harm you, we're looking for Twilight Sparke, is she here?" Spike asked, just then 6 figures came into Spike's view, and he noticed them, it was Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, they then realized him.

"S... Spike?" Twilight asked as tears started to come in her eyes.
"Is that you?" Fluttershy asked shocked, Spike then came up to them and gave her a hug.
"It's me Twilight, it's me.." Spike said with tears as the others hugged him.

"Where were you?! We were so worried!" Rainbow dash asked him.
"We thought you were gone, and we couldn't fine you.." Rarity said crying as well.
"We searched everywhere for you.. and found nothing.." Applejack told him, they all let go and looked at them.

"It's a long story guys, there's someone i want you to meet, these are my friends Ratchet and Clank." Spike said as Ratchet came up.
"Nice to meet you, found Spike on my planet, wasn't gonna let him fend for himself, so i took him in." Ratchet said with a smile.
"And i am the one who helped them fly and search for you." Clank told them.

"So you took him in?" Twilight asked, and Ratchet nodded with a smile.
"Thank you!! thank you so much!!" Twilight said with pure joy.
"Not a problem, we have a lot to tell you about." Ratchet told her.
"You sure do.." Rarity said as she looked at Spike's armor.
"We'll all celebrate with a welcome home party!!" Pinkie shouted, everyone laughed at that, Spike then looked at Ratchet.

"Ratchet, thank you, i don't know where i'd be if i didn't meet you." Spike told him.
"Hey, i promised to get you home, and i did, and now, we can go on more adventures together!" Ratchet told him.
"Totally! Let's just focus on all of this first, we've got a lot to explain." Spike said looking at everyone, they all smiled with joy as they had their friend return home safe. It was a long journey for Spike and Ratchet and Clank, but in the end they got Spike home safely, and now they had more stuff planed for them in the future...