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A home of knowledge. A place of wisdom
Or at least that's what Savali was.
Now it's a place of destruction and chaos.
Below the archives to where Kit used to work, Emperor Nefarious Juggernauts, Troopers, Sluggers and Laser Troopers were fighting against a certain pair of Lombaxes.
Following the Emperor's defeat his entire army was scattered to several parts of the galaxy while most of it was destroyed in the battle now named as Rift Apart as Captain Quantum likes to call it.
Though of course they have been guarding most of the worlds that the Emperor had taken over though that was dealt with soon after the battle.
Though no matter how many times they keep hitting them they keep popping back up like a bunch of cockroaches.
And right now they have been attacking Savali in hopes to retrieve the interdimensional map in order to find their fallen leader. Though they were unfortunate that the Lombaxes were nearby as they were heading to Sargasso.
"Still hard to believe that your Nefarious troops are tougher than my Nefarious!" Ratchet shouted as he hit a slugger right in the head.
"Tell me about it, how did I get stuck with the competent one!" Rivet jokingly said as she bashed one of the Juggernauts heads in.
However, as soon as she said that, one of the sluggers trips, hitting one of the Juggernauts, making them both blow up, leaving the two Lombaxes stunned as they looked at the scene.
"Okay maybe competent is the wrong word." Rivet said sheepishly.
"A fair point, it's actually kind of hard to believe he took over the entire galaxy with these guys." Ratchet joked.
Rivet burst into laughter at Ratchet's joke causing her counterpart to laugh as well.
A shame that lasted for a minute.
A shame what broke the moment was Rivet seeing a laser blast heading towards Ratchet.
Without having time to push Ratchet out of the way she jumped in front of her, taking the laser instead directly to her chest.
Rivet wanted to scream in agony but couldn't only to be drifting into unconsciousness the last she heard however was Ratchet's distressed voice as she hit the ground.
*
When Ratchet saw his girlfriend's unconscious body hit the floor a wave of anger hit him as he gritted teeth before glaring at the assailant who hit her. Gripping his Omniwrench he instantly charged towards it and began angrily bashing the head on the last one in his fit of anger not pulling away, not stopping until his fury was spent.
A groan was the only thing that reached his ears other than the metallic bashing, he whipped his head around to see Rivet's unconscious body.
Frantically she dashed to his fallen girlfriend and kneeled beside her. "Say something Rivet. Please." Ratchet whispered and gently lifted her.
Relief and worry hit Ratchet when he felt a pulse but unfortunately the laser burn was quite severe on Rivet's chest so she needed to get to Sargasso quickly.
Pulling out his communicator with one hand whilst holding Rivet close to him with his other he spoke to Aphelion.
"Aphelion fly over to my position now!" Ratchet ordered with trepidation.
In less than a minute Ratchet's ship flew over to them and touched down onto the ground. The lombax jumped, opening the domed canopy. He gently placed Rivet in the seat next to the driver's before he sat down himself.
Before beginning to take off Ratchet issued another command to the ship. "Aphelion, monitor Rivet’s vitals." The ship replied understood in response.
Double checking that Rivet was strapped in and her vitals were steady he took off into space.
~*~
During the trip to Sargasso Ratchet was constantly checking on Rivet making sure that she was stable even though the ship had life function equipment linked to his and Rivet's bodily functions he still needed to assess the damage back at her hideout.
Hopefully the Morts have medical equipment since they lived on a plant filled with acid lakes though they were so many they might have tons in storage.
"Aphelion, how much longer until we reach Sargasso?" Ratchet asked.
"Less than 35 minutes." Aphelion answered.
Ratchet sighed as he gazed down at his girlfriend's unconscious face, her head now resting on his lap. "It will have to do." He whispered as he gently brushed his hand over Rivet's small tuft of hair. Normally at times like this he would find her adorable but right now things are dire.
Once he finally landed on the forest planet he was pestered by some of the morts about Rivet but he assured them that she'll be fine but he needed their help.
~*~
Ratchet sat outside of Rivet's hideout anxiously waiting on any news of her condition, the Morts told him they usually saw her dealing with any injuries but they had to heal any serious ones like right now so to them this was nothing new.
He was too caught up in twiddling his thumbs (a thing he does when he's nervous) he didn't hear the patter of footsteps approaching him.
"How's she doing?" A voice asked, making Ratchet look up to see in front of him a mort with green eyes.
"I don't know… I haven't heard anything regarding her." Ratchet whispered as his ears drooped.
"Hey… she's tough… she'll make it." The mort assured him.
Ratchet nodded knowing what the mort meant knowing how she picked herself back up after losing her arm.
"Yeah, one of the best." Ratchet said with a ghost of a smile.
The mort smiled as well before taking a seat next to him. "That girl may be tough but she's also has a big heart, she has helped us more than once."
"Yeah… it's one of the reasons why I love her." Ratchet whispered.
"Probably why she loves you too." Mort grinned.
Ratchet nodded it was at that point the large door to Rivet's hideout opened and two morts stepped out of the room, Ratchet immediately stood up at the sight of the door opening.
"How is she?" Ratchet asked in worry.
"She's doing quite alright thankfully the laser didn't go through her so there was no real damage… you could go see her if you want." Mort offered.
Ratchet nodded and entered not before thanking the mort on the way.
Ratchet walked over to the bed where Rivet was laying on, sitting on a seat next to the bed he gently grabbed his girlfriend's hand and brushed his thumb over her knuckles, her steady breaths being the only sound.
~*~
By the time Rivet opened her eyes, Ratchet was twirling her tuft of between two fingers, he smiled when his girlfriend came to.
"Hey…"
"Hey…" Rivet croaked as he looked up at Ratchet before wincing from her chest burn. "What happened?"
"You got shot by one of the Nefarious robots, I brought you back to Sargasso where the Morts helped you." Ratchet explained.
Rivet groaned attempting to sit herself up only to gently be pushed back down by Ratchet. "Easy, you need to rest." Ratchet cautioned before bringing a glass of water with a straw nearby and bringing it to her mouth allowing her to drink from the straw, soon it was empty and Ratchet put it away next to the bed.
"I think we need to take a break from the hero business."
Rivet looked at him shocked. "What. Why!?"
"After what had happened today, it was too much of a close call. I don't want to lose you."
"I don't want to lose you either, why do you think I took the shot for you!?" Rivet demanded.
"I know! But please at least let's take a vacation for a while." Ratchet pleaded.
"But what about the people who need us?! What if they attack our friends? We can't just leave them!"
"I know! But they'll manage without, it's just for a few days."
Rivet sighed knowing that Ratchet had a point, they were going at the Emperor's remaining forces non stop so they needed a well deserved vacation, she reluctantly agreed. "Fine but on a few conditions, we crash at your place and I drive Aphelion."
Rachet sighed knowing that the last time Rivet flew his ship he had to pay five tickets but since this seemed to be one of the things that can make her take a vacation then so be it." Fine." Ratchet grumbled.
Rivet smiled in victory but pouted seeing the defeat on her counterpart's face. "Don't be so dramatic, come and lie down here." Rivet said, patting her lap.
Ratchet obeyed, laying on top of Rivet, being sure not to touch the burn mark before resting his head in the crook of her neck.
"Thanks for worrying." Rivet said as she gave a kiss on his forehead.
The two remained like that for a while before Rivet dozed off into sleep though Ratchet pressed his head against his chest carefully avoiding the burn mark and listened to the heartbeat emitting from his girlfriend.
The day might not have gone the way he had planned, but at least it ended with him getting to spend some well deserved alone time with his girlfriend, and that was the most important thing to him.
Ratchet may not know what else would happen in the future but as long as Rivet was there, he didn't care.