Commando: Yeedil, Damosel, Yeedil
Twilight had been fretting for quite some time, how long she wasn't sure, about that last concern. Ratchet was supposed to retrieve Mr. Fuzzy-Biter. Mr. Fuzzy-Biter was here, but no sign of Ratchet. Also, she hadn't heard back from Ratchet or Clank despite many attempts to communicate with them. From her speculation, she had come to three viable conclusions from available data.
One, that wasn't the original biological experiment Fizzwidget had brought back, but a duplicate. This possibility was discounted as Fizzwidget - whatever his motivations - would not have hired anyone to retrieve the original if he had a backup copy. There would be no point to that, as far as Twilight could tell. Admittedly, she was only 7, so there might be motivations she wouldn't understand, but it didn't seem likely.
The second possibility was that Ratchet had returned Mr. Fuzzy-Biter, and then chosen not to return for Twilight. This was discounted by now because, even if Ratchet had taken time to indulge in a more adult form of female companionship before coming for her - her reading had indicated that adolescent males of any species could become easily distracted in that regard, and the thief was a mature female by Twilight's reckoning - he would have come for her by now. The only way that wouldn't be the case is if Ratchet and Clank were both secretly evil, and she didn't think that was possible. ...at least, she didn't want to think it was possible.
The third possibility was that Fizzwidget was evil, and had deliberately prevented Ratchet's return and was keeping Twilight isolated for his own nefarious purposes. Twilight at first found this possibility easy enough to believe, with how readily Abrecrombie butchered Galactic Standard. She couldn't figure out what his game plan was, though, as nothing in what he did seemed to make sense for any long term goal. If his goals involved using Twilight against her will, why was she kept in such comfort? If it required her cooperation, why hadn't he spent any length of time trying to talk to her? Beyond that, she had trouble thinking of Fizzwidget as any sort of tactical genius.
Whatever the actual reasoning behind what was going on, she needed to find out what was going on with Ratchet. To that end, she cuddled up tight to Woona once more, she feigned sleep as she focused her magic through her Pilot's Helmet and into her Omniwrench. It was a magically created duplicate of the one Ratchet wielded, so logic indicating that projecting herself into hers should result in projecting out of his. At least, if her understanding of magical theory was as accurate as she hoped. As long as she didn't come out backwards...
Twilight's ethereal body popped out in a bustling metropolis of a planet, surrounded by swarms of duplicates of Mr. Fuzzy-Biter. All were calmly playing with children - robotic or otherwise - and nuzzling up to Ratchet and Clank. The only time they seemed to show aggressive behavior was when robots brought out weapons or weaponized vehicles, at which point the fuzzy balls revealed their teeth and tore the weapons to shreds, but left the robots and vehicles intact before proceeding to nuzzle them.
"This is...weird," Ratchet was saying, staring around. "Angela said that she hadn't fixed the errors in the Protopet's genetic code yet."
Angela? Twilight wondered silently. I wonder who that is.
"Perhaps she progressed further than she thought before we retrieved it from her," Clank offered.
Oh! Angela must be the thief, and a scientist who worked on Mr. Fuzzy-Biter! Twilight mused happily. An even better match for Daddy than I thought! She paused in her musings. But why's Clank here?
As Ratchet and Clank progressed through the city, Twilight noticed Ratchet had modified his Omniwrench. Two new modules were attached to it. One was attached to the base, manipulating the mass of the wrench to add weight to the swing without making it heavier. The other was attached to the head, sharpening the outside of the wrench head to blade sharpness. I want those, she purred eagerly, already speculating how she might tweak them to be even more efficient.
"Either way, we need to get back to Angela and get the coordinates for Yeedil," Ratchet pointed out. "Twilight's there somewhere, and I don't believe for a minute after all this that she's actually in a Child Care center. 'Communications Blackout for the mission' my eye! Who knows what Fizzwidget's been doing to her!"
Twilight gasped. So that was why she hadn't heard back from Ratchet! Fizzwidget was deliberately keeping them from communicating. He was evil!
Still, this wasn't enough to go on. Even if she knew Fizzwidget was evil, it didn't clear the path enough for her to break out. She'd have to wait for Ratchet and Clank to get to Yeedil, since she couldn't get off planet without a ship.
Well, she doubted it would take that long. She could tell Ratchet was angry, and she actually felt a bit sorry for anyone who got in his way now. She turned to dive back into his Omniwrench.
"You think she's going to be okay?" Ratchet worried.
"I am certain she will be," Clank assured him. "I imagine she's making things hectic for Fizzwidget if she's discovered his deception."
Coming back out through her own Omniwrench to float over her body, she thought about what Clank had said. How could she make things hectic for Fizzwidget without putting herself in any additional danger? She decided to consult Mr. Fuzzy-Biter, since she wanted to save him, too.
Floating out to where he was in his cage, she found he wasn't presently being forced to produce more of himself, so she touched his mind. "How are you doing?" she asked in concern.
He smiled back at her, shrugging non-existent shoulders. She felt similar reactions from many other minds.
She gasped in shock. "You're linked to all your copies?" When he nodded in reply, she grinned widely. "I have an idea. Can you open a broadcast for me?"
At that moment, her mind was nearly overwhelmed as she felt the touch of millions upon millions of minds. All were simple and similar enough to handle, but the sheer volume of thought was overwhelming. They all fell silent, awaiting her instruction.
She presented Fizzwidget to them as she'd encountered him, the one who had carried Mr. Fuzzy-Biter into his cage. "Evil," she said, keeping it simple.
She felt a wave of agreement from the amassed minds.
She then offered her image of Ratchet and Clank. "Good." This was accepted easily. "Save us. Help them!"
This was responded to with a battle cry, and she felt hundreds of 'Protpets' on other worlds turning their attention to hostiles - robotic and biological - that were targeting Ratchet and Clank.
Smiling, she presented what she'd seen of the Megacorp base here on Yeedil. "Make chaos. Make path-"
A sudden explosion rocked her out of her astral projection and back into her body. Glancing around, she saw a slightly singed Protopet glancing at her through a nearby air vent. As soon as it saw she was still moving, it grinned, winked at her, then rushed back off into the facility. She heard a great many explosions, more curse words than she knew the meaning of, alarms, and the sounds of running feet.
"When did they become organized?" one scientist was shouting as he rushed down the hall.
Twilight smiled. It seemed things were under control now. Letting out a yawn, she curled up for a real nap to conserve her strength, and preserve plausible deniability.
Sometime later, she felt something nudging her awake. Turning, she saw a Protopet nuzzling against her and tapping her wrench with one little foot. It didn't take her long to realize he was telling her that Ratchet and Clank had arrived, and it was time to get a move on. Smiling, she gathered everything - including Woona - into the pocket dimension she'd created in her saddlebags to store her extra weaponry before following him into the airducts.
Following her guide, she managed to get through the air ducts to a lab entrance just in time to see Mister Fizzwidget blast the fembot that Clank had been flirting with back on Veldin. Ratchet, Clank, and a felinoid woman she didn't recognize stared in shock. Given body shape and proportions, Twilight presumed this was the thief, whom Ratchet had referred to as Angela.
"What the?" Ratchet demanded in shock.
"You dare!" Clank snapped angrily.
"Mr. Fizzwidget?" Angela demanded.
Mr. Fizzwidget then unzipped a body suit disguise, revealing Captain Qwark, who laughed maniacally.
"...well, that raises more questions than it answers," Clank said into the sudden silence.
"Alright," Angela snarled, "just what the it was censored in the game, too is going on?"
In the air duct, Twilight giggled. I like her already, she thought silently.
"Allow me to explain," Qwark proclaimed proudly. "I'm about to save the galaxy from the Protopets, and you are about to become public enemy numbers one, two, and three!" He pointed dramatically at Angela, Ratchet, and Clank. "I can't believe my plan has gone so perfectly! I don't know why the Protopets only attacked armed targets once they started being cloned, but the footage I've captured of their coordinated battles here are almost too perfect for my purposes!"
Twilight winced. Shit! she thought silently. I helped Qwark? But what's his plan, anyway?
"Guards!" Qwark barked out. "Seize them!"
As the guards grabbed hold of the trio, Ratchet struggled the most. "Where's Twilight? What have you done with her? What does she have to do with your plans?"
Qwark laughed. "Don't you get it Ratchet? This - all of this - has all been about Twilight!" Four gasps - though one unheard - greeted this statement. "And you gave me the idea, Ratchet." Grinning widely, Qwark pulled out a recorder and pushed play. Ratchet's voice was heard plainly.
"...a sudden super hero family probably would have brought in even better press than a lone superhero..."
Qwark stopped the tape. "Your idea, Ratchet. And you're right. My comeback will be so much better, more believable, and all the sweeter...with Twilight at my side."
"What?" Ratchet demanded angrily as Twilight gasped in shock. "What makes you think Twilight would ever pick you over me? I'm her Father! And a hero like her!"
"She may believe that now," Qwark replied with a grin. "But your own words will condemn you in her eyes." He manipulated the recorder to play two other quotes of Ratchet's.
"-I didn't care about the fate of the galaxy-"
"-she's just an obsessive, idealistic six year old-"
Turning off the recorder, Qwark grinned again. "How much would her faith in you be shaken, Ratchet?" Qwark asked. "How much more after I rescue her from Megacorp...especially when she finds paperwork showing that you sold her to Fizzwidget, and of 'Fizzwidget's plans to mass produce clones of her?"
"What?" Ratchet demanded in shock. "I would never-"
"You didn't really read all the paperwork you signed in amongst that 'non-disclosure agreement' regarding retrieving the Protopet, did you?" Qwark responded snidely. "I hired a real good lawyer to go over those to make sure she'd believe it. Between that and you not responding to the dozens of letters she sent you both-"
"I was under a communications blackout!" Ratchet countered hotly.
"I received no messages!" Clank added angrily.
Qwark grinned. "She doesn't know that." He then gestured to the guards. "Take them to the prepared area!" he proclaimed, swiping a gadget from Angela as they were dragged away.
At first Twilight wanted to go after them, but noticed something odd about Qwark. Once Ratchet and the others were gone, he didn't look pleased with himself. In point of fact, he looked...ashamed.
"It's the only way," he muttered under his breath. "It's the only way..." He turned to walk away, and Twilight followed him.
Before heading to where the guards had dragged Ratchet and the others off to, he went to a backroom of Fizzwidget's office that had been redecorated. The room was covered with tons of pictures taken of Captain Qwark at various points in his heroic career. At first, Twilight couldn't understand Qwark's sorrow in this room, until she looked at the oldest pictures.
As far back in Qwark's life as she could see...he was always alone. No one was in the pictures with him. Only the most recent was different. A picture of her from her first press conference after saving Solana had been cut from the original picture and pasted onto a picture of Qwark at a press conference. In the original picture, she had been half hiding behind Ratchet. Now, it looked like she was hiding behind Qwark.
"The only way..." he repeated to himself. "The only way you'll accept me...the only way I won't be alone anymore..." Nodding firmly to himself, he turned to head after his guardbots.
Confused, uncertain, but angry, Twilight followed, trying to decide what she would do.
Twilight had kept up with Qwark via the air ducts, and saw him making his speech to Bogon Galaxy via camera of how he was the hero. She wasn't really paying attention to much of it, since she saw Mr. Fuzzy-Biter standing in front of the camera.
When she heard him talking about using the Helix-o-Morph to render every Protopet in the galaxy harmless, she realized it was supposed to mess with Mr. Fuzzy-Biter's brain chemistry, probably what she'd already done to reduce that hormone production. But I already fixed that! she gasped silently. What'll it do to him now?
As he moved to press the button, Twilight screamed out, "No!" and teleported between him and Mr. Fuzzy-Biter. The energy from the device hit her and sent her flying back.
"Twilight!" four voices yelled in shock and concern.
Twilight glanced up at them all, pain flaring through her body as the energy coursed through her magic violently. "I...I already...fixed him..." she gasped out. She suddenly screamed in pain.
Her magic flared. Her shadow sprang from the floor to wrap around her before bulging off of her.
...a shape began to emerge...
To be continued...
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noooooooooooo....damn you cliffhanger!!!!!!
why is this sooooooo good...never really played the games so this is more exciting, not knowing what's next
allons-y to the next chapter... when it comes!!
Cliffhanger, thou art a heartless jerk....
( just to clarify, the cliffhanger is the jerk, not you Tasurou.... You're awesome. Even if you did end the chapter on a cliffhanger...)
"What's our status, Qwark?"
"O.S. Levels are off the scale!"
"Translation, clank?"
"We're screwed."
"... We need a bigger 'Oh Shit' meter."
Noooooo! Not Twilight!
"Mr. Fluffy-Biter"
"Fuzzy"?
I get the feeling she's gone Nightmare, a la Batmare.
Well, damn...Not only did this course through the entire game, but poor Twilight is suffering now.
The part with Angela's censor was hilarious
Quark, you monster. Poor twilight's in pain because of you! (Yes I do realise I am talking about a fictional character in a fan fiction)
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I feel like it's more of a Sombra-esque entity.
Nightmare Moon? Aren't you overusing her a bit?
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Not Nightmare Moon at all.
Batmare Beyond established that Nightmare was born from Luna. Indicating that alicorns have enough raw magic that negative emotions can create such a split-persona dark magic entity.
Who's to say Nightmare Moon's the only one with whom that will occur?
If I could transfer the anger I am feeling into 100 z- fighters... They would all go super sayan God 4 ... Instantly. IN the words of my favorite villain of all time,
QUAAAAAAAAAARR -* insert cheesy space opera here*- RRRRRRK!!!!!
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Ah, the perils of being an alicorn.
That sunova bitch, this is going to get much worse before it gets better...
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..... whelp things are going to go down hill far worse then quark wanted....
Hoo boy, this can't be good... this can't be good at all indeed. Between the giant boss and the sudden thing happening here? The best I can think of is two things:
How badly has Quark screwed up here?
How much damage is going to happen before it all ends with a bang or a good resolution. Take your pick on which one, but I think I'd be eager to see the second one... perhaps a bit more than the first one to be honest anyways.
Huh. All I can picture is Ansems guardian heartless
Let the Dawn Light rise, I suppose...
wat?
GOOD TIMES...also only swear word in the game series infact...also...I REMEMBER WHAT THAT HELIX MORPH DID....RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE.....
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Funnily enough, the Helix-o-Morph does work. So long as you put the batteries in the right way. Quark being Quark, unfortunately didn't.
Uh oh Quark! Time for you to ride the pain train!
Side note: God damn Klingon love making is brutal!
Yay for humorous plays on names!
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i knoooow....the thing is......he dun goofed....now i wonder is twillight gonna eat him like the protopet did in the game?....would be pretty wierd if you ask me...also how in the name of the great clock can someone beat THAT *giant twillight nightmare.....* FUUUUUK
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Wrong Quark.
Anyways, I am actually kind of sad you ran all the way through Commando. That was the game that introduced me to the series, so I have very fond memories of it. And although Fizwidget could get annoying (though to my 10 year old ears he was golden comedy) there is still some of the best dialogue in the series there. Anything the Thugs-4-Less boss says is great. Especially the whole thing about wind:
"Don't try to find me, because I got wind! I mean I am like the wind. You never know where I might show up. And there, I blow hard! And I can be cooling on a warm summers day. And-well you get the idea." Just love it.
I can understand your desire thought to not simply run through canon again without Twilight there for new dialogue. Though, you should keep in mind that at least some of the readers have not played the games, and have at least a small summary somewhere in the chapter so they know what happened. (Or at least everything important, like the original plan with the proto-pets.)
I hope Twilight gets to remain with Ratchet during all of Up Your Arsenal, that has the best comedic dialogue.
If you want a good game to break the stations of canon, or at least try something new, Deadlocked is probably the best game to do that. Given the nature of Dreadzone, you can be pretty creative with the challenges Ratchet has to face.
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That's what the Mark Hamill Joker Laugh video is for, as well as the Yay for humorous plays on names!
Otherwise known as, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TAKE A JOKE, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TAKE A JOKE...WHY CAN'T PEOPLE TAKE A JOKE...(The previous should be sang, in an annoyed tune.)
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about the rest of your comment, is that to me, or the author? (My money's on the author, but it's in a comment directed towards me, so..., split the comments up into two?)
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I need to add a wink-wink nudge-nudge thing when I am trying to be funny. Or just stop trying to be funny.
Did split up the post as you suggested.
Small bit of a plot hole: Ratchet didn't upgrade his wrench; he just found a new one and threw away the other, meaning that Twilight's wrench isn't a copy of his.
when you finish the commando one will you do the size doesn't matter PSP ratchet and clank game with the tecnomits if not thats ok
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What, is the yay for the humorous play on names too subtle for you?
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Quick note: You obviously do speak English, otherwise you wouldn't have understood the suggestion. That is why I put the second picture here. I am not racist, well, except against people that hate others just because they are different, so I guess that would make me both a racist against racists and a hypocrite, and seeing as how I dislike hypocrites I guess that makes me twice the hypocrite, doesn't it? Anyhow, repeat the first sentence here.
You just love to torture people with the cliffhangers, right
I just cant take this pressure
I'm gonna go and blast some peoples heads off okay?
Some Fallout new vegas or some other game...
Yeah, thats what i'll do
Still awesome work 100/100
Ign approved
LOL
5848035 As of the events of Into the Nexus, the two PSP games were retconned and classed as non canon, it would be nice as a side story, sure, but I doubt it'll be incorporated into the main Fic.
QWAAAAAAAARK!
5847140 You know that the cheesy space soap-opera has a canon name. In Tools of Destruction either Cronk or Zephyr, I can never remember which is which, said they used to use an old projector to watch re-runs of Lance and Janice.
It seem every single mane 6 have a darkside to them...
Ok, so...Qwark, you might want to get a head start, cause I don't think you're gonna get another chance.
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Yes. But in canon, the Omniwrench was purchased from Gadgetron, rather than - as established in chapter 1 - his only possession from pre-arrival on Veldin.
So I tweaked here, too.
YEEEEEHEHEHEHES....
I feel like I should really feel sorry for Quark, but I have a large amount of residual hatred from the games that isn't allowing me to be anything less than homicidal towards him.
Sooooo excited to see next chapter.
Also interested to know what your name for Nightmare!Twilight is.
The rise of Nightmare Twinkle.
I have a new prediction for the next arc: Twilight exploits Doctor Nefarious' hate for Qwark, and convinces him to become a "Hero" in order to hunt down the Ex-Hero turned Villain. This, of course, causes the divergence that Clank's Papa observed to go spiraling out of left field and into the windshield of someone's parked car. The ending of Booty never happens, and Crack in Time becomes even more fluid.
did...did you... DID YOU SKIP THE WHOLE FUCKING GAME,.... please tell me that you show us what ratchet and clank did, and don't have us sit here try to figure out whats going on.
...a shape began to emerge...
NIGHTMARE TWILIGHT!!!! JUST LIKE IN THE BATMARE CROSSOVER!
QWARK!!! You have a few moments to either think about what you've done or get a head start! Choose quickly... or she will make it for you.
Lol, I've never actually finished a Rachet and Clank game, except Up Your Arsenal, but in Going Commando, I'd guessed Fizzwidget was Qwark from the first moment I saw him, primarily because of the similarity of the body shape, and the number of fingers. Who could have known I'd be right?!
QWARK'S A CREEPER!!!
7105773 I'm suddenly imagining a fat Qwark with a Qwarklight shrine. *shutter* Now THAT is creepy!
7121121 Please! No nightmare fuel!
I like how you turned quark from a lovable goofball in over his head to a deplorable scumbag that has abandonment issues.
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That's pretty much what happens in-game. Except for the 'lovable goof-ball part'; I always thought of Quark as the 'dumb comic relief'. He plays the same role that Daxter did in first two games; well, the first one anyway that is.
5851070 Im with this guy! I don't want to watch a let's play and to find the actual game and consol takes effort!
7964007 The trilogy IS available digitally you know... both original and Trilogy collection versions, for some reason.
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Figure what out? You mean you haven't played one of the greatest PS2 games of all time?