Game Over

Chapter 5 - Rachet and Clank

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The first thing I see is the yellow dirt and a railroad track. The sky was blue, so there was a bonus, and the animation seemed alright, although it was very cartoonish. I took a step, and immediately heard the clanking of metal. I was in some sort of armor, and I had a gigantic wrench in my hand that was too oversized for me. I saw crates and bolts and floating things, and it seemed familiar, although I couldn't quite place it…

I stopped my thoughts when I saw another suit of armor run past me spastically, holding a different wrench and had long yellow-striped ears behind him, as well as a pointed tail. He looked human other then the ears and tail, so I decided to make myself friendly and go speak with him.

"Hi!" I greeted, and he whipped around, pointing his wrench at me. "Whoa, calm down, um, thing."

"Who are you?" He questioned, and even his voice had the friendly tone, way too familiar, and it killed me that I couldn't place it. He somehow switched his wrench to some form of plasma gun, but it was a video game, so I just didn't question.

"Um, my name is Kairi." I answered calmly, showing I meant no harm. Hopefully I wasn't messing with the game-time continuum in any way. "What's yours?"

"It's irrelevant." He shot at me, but put his gun down. "Pleased to meet you anyway."

"Yeah, great…" I muttered as he took off down the track, and I followed him. He started messing with some plant thing, and I wondered if I should've just ditched, but then he took off again, and I was right behind. Gold bolts were oddly just flying straight towards him, probably the metal on the armor, but then they'd disappear, but I shook my head in confusion. It's just a video game, anything can happen…

There was a ditch, and another creature with the ears and the tail like him, standing there awkwardly. I waited for somebody to say something, although it took a while.

"We have to find a way to raise that mining platform…" The other creature informed, standing still and emotionless the whole time. "Luckily I come prepared." He said enthusiastically as he threw a green glowing orb into the ditch. "There. Head to the bottom, see if you can raise the platform." He ordered the one I was following, but spoke again. "I'll cover you from here."

With that he jumped, and I gasped, running to the edge and watching him soar down with the rockets on his boots. It probably would've been better to stay up here, but I was in a video game. I couldn't die, right?

I found a way to turn on my boots and I took off, trying to gain control but epically failing. I was about three feet from the ground when I heard shots go off, and then I was on the ground, scraping the armor I had and skidding to a stop. There was no more rockets, at least.

I stood up and saw the creature with his gun out, aiming at my feet, but stuffed it back in his belt. He ran around the ditch platform to platform until he hit the bottom, where he turned the large dial and raised the platform, where I gladly hopped on so I could get back to the top. If my rockets were truly out, I couldn't get out of the stupid ditch.

Eventually he raised it all the way, and I heard the other creature yell to he could hear him. "Nice job, Ratchet! I knew you could do it! come on, get back up here and let's find that eye!"

Eye? Actually, I didn't really care about that. Ratchet? I looked over at the creature who was climbing his way back up. I smiled as I realized where I was, and which game I was in.

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time.

"You did well. Come on, let's search the caves." The other creature said, and we followed him down the railroad track and into the cave. I wanted to help them search for whatever they were looking for, but I barely knew this game. I've seen my brother and Dad play it, but never played it myself. I didn't know what they were looking for, what it looked like, or where to find it. I was helpless.