Some stuff to say here: I claim no ownership to the characters, settings, or anything else related to the Ratchet & Clank universe or the Inheritance Cycle universe. This fanfiction is 110% not-for-profit.

Warning: Slight and weak profanity, and some violence.

Note: This is best read at 3/4 size.

Ratchet looked upon the hovering landing pad as a crowd of aliens; Novalians, Rilgarians, and he even saw a couple of squid huddling along on thick tentacles; boarded the Starship Phoenix. After all of Ratchet's adversaries: Drek, the Protopet, Nefarious, Gleeman Vox, Otto, Tachyon, and Nefarious (again), this one was the worst: the Black. It was not an organism, but a force ripping apart planets, and feeding off the organic life on that planet until it was a black shadow. The only way of stopping it was to evacuate the entire galaxy and then annihilate it. Already, the few worlds left had been evacuated and are now travelling to the Polaris galaxy. The Phoenix was being launched to the centre of the galaxy to destroy it and the Black.

" Quick! It's leaving in a few seconds!" cried Clank, and Ratchet hurried aboard. The Aphelion was parked in the back of the starship, ready to be flown far enough away to the Phoenix to safely detonate a device known as the Chronoscepter. As powerful as it was, it was their best hope. In hours, the Phoenix was close enough to the galaxy, and the Aphelion had been fired. With a dazzling flash, the Phoenix was shook violently, but it was heading toward the Aphelion, and not away from the shockwave. When the light subsided, Ratchet knew why: the Chronoscepter had imploded, not exploded. As the stars around them stopped shining, the Phoenix was pulled into what was now a black hole.

Not a black hole... a wormhole. Next thing Ratchet knew, he was heading toward a world that looked like Novalis. Flames appeared around the phoenix, and after a few minutes of falling, Ratchet was thrown several feet and knocked unconscious. He had a vision of Sasha before waking. She had been assassinated years ago, before his fight with Tachyon. Everyone Ratchet knew had been killed, except Qwark, Clank, the Plumber, and Al, who were all on the Phoenix. He got up, and saw that all the Rilgarians had been killed, as well as the squids and most Novalians. Not only that, but a steel rod had been forced through Qwark's body, killing him. Despite what he had put Ratchet through, Ratchet still mourned.

A ceremony would have taken place, had survival been as easy here as it was in the Solana Galaxy. Suffice to say, it wasn't. Right now, they were all most worried about that survival. Ratchet looked around, the only distinguishing feature were tall mountains that seemed to pierce the sky. Apart from that, the planet was trees, trees, and more trees.

"Ah!" cried Al as he pointed out what looked like a huge pig; a huge boar; the size of the Aphelion.

" Ratchet!" cried Clank. Ratchet rushed to him to retrieve a weapon: one of his favourites that he chose to save, the Visibomb Gun. He steered the bomb into the boar, and it was no more.

" Ratchet, what are we going to do for food?" asked one of the Novalians.

" I'll check the food compartment, and if there's nothing there, we're having Pork." Replied Ratchet.

He checked, and as he predicted, all the food was a gooey mess. Everyone walked to where the boar was killed. The explosion had killed it, but it hadn't burnt it. By the time they managed to find the wood to cook the boar on, it was already getting dark. They ate in quiet, before sleeping on the cold dirt. Ratchet had a dream, that felt like reality. He saw Sasha, chained to a cold black dungeon. A human with a red scabbard on his hip, and long black hair, gave her food and a jug of water. The sight of her, and a human woke Ratchet instantly. He saw that the sun was only just rising, the sky was dark blue, and the stars still shone. He couldn't fall back asleep, so he laid back and watched the sunrise. When he had laid back long enough, he pushed Clank's on button and told him about the dream.

" She's dead. You know that. You saw the body. You saw the black blade. You saw it all." Replied Clank.

" Yeah I know. I also know that humans are extinct. Dan was the last of them, and there are statues of him all over the galaxy."

" Ratchet..."

" Yeah..."

" I think this is another universe. No planet I've heard of is like this. It seems likely, then, that there could be humans here. But Sasha... if she's here, she won't know you. She won't know anything about our universe, and she won't even be Sasha, merely an identical creature."

" Yeah, but what if we are alone?"

" I pray we are not."

" A robot praying? Now I've seen everything." Ratchet woke everyone quickly, so they can continue.

" Everybody, there might be civilisations along those mountains, but there also might not be. Most species would prefer flat ground, so we should continue in the opposite direction. All who agree say Aye" he explained.

" Aye" said Clank.

" Aye" said Al and everybody else.

" Oh heck, we're boned anyway. Aye." Said the Plumber.

As all of the vehicles on the Phoenix had been destroyed or are immobile, their only course of action was on foot. Throughout the day they did so, despite constant chafing and bruising, as those in their society did not walk often for this long. Shortly after a lunch of a few small animals cooked with the help of Ratchet's Pyrocitor (a flamethrower), the survivors stumbled upon a track. When Ratchet finally caught up with the rest of them, he saw the track, the long gouges, and finally what looked like crescent shaped footprints.

" Which way should we go, Ratchet?" asked a Novalian.

" Both ends would lead to some town. I say left." Replied Ratchet. They walked on in that direction, until the sun was setting and they could walk no more. After another small meal each, Ratchet spotted something blue flying across the sun.

AN: This was quite an interesting story idea that I've had the last few days. Some terms on the Ratchet & Clank side will be confusing to Inheritance fans, and while I've done my best to explain anything of importance, if there's something you want to look up, google would be your best tool.

Well, time for a sneak peek: How does Clank get his electricity?