Hello and welcome to my first ever story, The Human Avenger. Now I had intended to release this way before now, but that is all in the past now. Anyway this is only a prologue for the story (which I do hope you stick around for). Now seeing as this is my first story, I would like to thank all of you for giving me a chance to read it. This story follows the plot of 'Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction'. Anyway enough of that, on with the show.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ratchet and Clank. This franchise belongs to Sony Computer Entertainment and Insomniac Games. The only thing I do own is my OC Jack Arclight. Chase Rivera is an OC belonging to Madi-Milkshakes and I thank her for letting me use her. I also do not own Star Wars or anything connected to it.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Prologue: Earth's Invasion

Jack's PoV

Pain and darkness...That was all I could feel and see for a long time. Anything before that was mostly just a blur to me now. All that I knew was that I wasn't what I thought I was, which was dead. How would I know that? Well it all began like this, back before I was a stranger in space...

~~Flashback Start~~

It was a normal day, people were walking, talking, going to and from work or school, just a normal day. I was waiting for a friend of mine, her name is Chase Rivera, we met when we were kids and been good friends ever since. She's told me about her family's past, but I consider her lucky she still has family (no matter how crazy it is) and seeing as how I am an orphan, I consider her my best friend.

"So you made it, huh?" a feminine voice brought me out of my thoughts. Turning to where it originated from, I found it was Chase smirking at me. She was wearing her favourite black Star Wars top, pale jeans, and black converse, her liquid necklace around her neck while I was wearing my sky blue shirt with slate grey shorts, and a pair of red and white trainers.

"Well, did you expect anything different from me?" I smirked and tried to sound like it hurt, but we both knew l was joking. Funny really, I don't have many friends as I don't socialise and I had never been adopted so I had to rely on myself and because of that Chase was one of the only people I completely trusted, so she knew a side of me almost all others didn't. She just shrugged her shoulders with a smile on her face and we started walking, not really having a destination in mind.

The day went on and eventually it was nearing mid-afternoon. No matter what we did though, I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen, call it a chill or anything but that was what I felt. Shaking my head to clear my thoughts I continued to walk, the sun shining brightly. It was not too long after that time (not sure weather to call it irony or poetic justice) a large explosion sounded. Building parts and debris flew while people were running chaotically, trying to get away from the sudden devastation.

"HELP! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP MY CHILD!" that caught me off guard, a mother's child was trapped somewhere and not a single soul cared. Knowing what I had to do I manoeuvred through the crowd to her and, after calming her down enough for her to tell me where her daughter was, I instantly went to the building with my goal in mind. Before I was able to reach the steps to the building, however, something or rather someone had grabbed my arm before I could go any further. Turning around, I saw Chase looking at me, a look of anger, confusion and worry etched on her face.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" she practically screamed at me. With a fierce and determined look, I looked at her.

I'm going to check for survivors" even if not many people knew or even acknowledged me, I would rather die than see anyone innocent die when I could. I noticed she was biting her lip, she was worried. "I will be in and out in no time" but even as I said it, I wasn't entirely convinced I was going to get out of this unscathed. On the bright side, if there was one, at least I would be trying to help people get to safety

"Look, I know you don't like it, but people are trapped in there and they need a way out." She continued to bite her lip, but it did lessen to a certain extent. She looked at me and I could see tears on the corners of her eyes. Unable to take it, I gave her a hug to comfort her, something in which she returned with haste. "Like I said, in and out. I promise I will be fine and be back."

"Please...just be careful" I noticed the worry in her voice, I was shocked when she kissed me on the cheek, I knew she was impulsive but jeez. After I acknowledging her words with a smile to her, I ran inside...little did either of us know that we weren't going to see each other for a very long time.

The first thing I saw were small fires that had erupted in places and there was smoke and debris everywhere. I saw a little girl in a corner, completely covered in dust. I managed to pick her up bridal style and get her near the exit and told her to look for Chase. She nodded and ran, I guess she was too terrified to even speak, not that I could blame her given the situation. Moving to head upstairs, I swerved around any of the wreckage inside. I wanted to see if there were any others inside to help.

I looked in the first, second and third rooms but all were empty, some more than others what with large hole in the wall leading outside. Turning back, I turned to reach the last room upstairs. Luck, however, was not on my side as the building started to shake.

'Oh crap' the building was coming down and I was still inside and I promised Chase I would get out. So I did something only a sane (or insane, however you want to look at it) would do...I ran.

After checking the surrounding areas for any other survivors but not seeing any, I rushed back to the stairs but the floor beneath me collapsed and I fell. I heard the screams and shouts from everyone outside but couldn't move, it was then that I noticed large fragments of the building crushing parts of my body and effectively pinning my body to the floor, this was to be my tomb. I couldn't utter a single sound, I was too weak to do so. Chase would most likely be out of her mind with worry now.

'I am so sorry I couldn't keep my promise to you Chase' The last thing I remember before losing consciousness was the sounds of chaos outside, my blood pooling around me and a faint, yet familiar voice shouting my name before nothingness.

~~Flashback end~~

Now that I think about it, in all rights and logic I should be dead, but I guess seeing as how I am still alive, someone must love me. That, or they are extremely good at medical procedures. Either way I was glad I'm not dead and wasn't going to complain about it...at least not yet anyway.

I sat up wanting to know where I was. After looking around, I found the room looked like a combination between a very large science lab and a weapon maniac's wet dream. Different tools, probably to help with studying amongst other things, surrounded one half of the room. In the other half however, different types of weapons, gadgets and armour pieces were hung up or on tables.

I knew that I wasn't on Earth anymore, that much was obvious. I found a mirror and walked towards it and I could see major differences about me straight away. Firstly I was only wearing a hospital gown that went just above my knees, but that wasn't the part that shocked me. What did, was that I had metal limbs. My entire left arm from the shoulder downward, half my left leg from the knee down and my right arm from the elbow down was all metal. It looked silver in colour and felt lightweight, yet incredibly strong. Looking at the palms of my new 'hands' and saw a blue circle with five lines, one each, stretching out along each finger. Just above the wrist, a dark screen was on the left arm.

'...the hell?' was the only thing I could mutter quietly, confusion was evident on my face. I was only brought out of my musings when a door suddenly opened and turn to find something looking at me with what looked like a smile. It was crustacean-like in appearance with an exceptionally large head attached to his body. What it looked like didn't matter to me though, all I wanted was answers.

"Who and what the heck are you?! Are you responsible for my arms and leg?"

"My name is Dr. P Techmon, I am a Terachnoid from Planet Terachnos in the Polaris Galaxy, one of the most intelligent species in the universe, and yes I am the cause of your new appendages, I hope you approve?" he looked at me with a slightly hopeful look. "You would have been dead long ago if I hadn't provided you with those new limbs"

To say I was surprised that he did all this for me was an understatement, and as grateful as I was, I still didn't trust him at all, even if he did help me. "Well, for what it's worth...you have my thanks in saving my life. Now could you possibly tell me where I am exactly?"

"Well, you could say that this is my lab/armoury. Personally I think it better suits to be called a free movement prison cell though" he answered with a humourless expression while I looked at him sympathetically "Fortunately for me, I have all this equipment, sadly, no individual will use any of it".

Now I was confused, way would anyone pass up the opportunity to use some of this tech? I know anyone back on Earth would instantly jump at the chance to use some of these, most likely those who are in government or something along those lines. Looking around again, three different things caught my eye. One was a sword, it was similar in design to a Japanese katana. The blade was four and half feet long, it was on the wall in it's sheath next to a pistol-like weapon. Ironically it was that gun that had also caught my eye along with a pair of black combat boots with a dark red shin guards.

"Ah, I see you have caught interest in some of my designs. The sword, as you may have guessed was based on a version from your world. The blade is made of a Carbonox steel alloy reinforced with Raritanium which, as the name implies, is rare. Your newly acquired limbs are also made from the thing as the sword. The gun is called a Combuster and is commonly used and sold at vendors but the boots are an invention inspired by the Lombaxian Hoverboots combined with Megacorp's Charge boots from the Bogon Galaxy, but with a few tweaks which I call the thruster boots. If you want, all three are yours to keep."

"Not that I am grateful..." Honestly, I was surprised he was being so helpful to me. First giving me my new limbs and now this equipment "...but why are you doing this all for me?"

"Let's just say that I think you might be the one to take down Tachyon once and for all" looking in his eyes I could tell he was serious. But, be that as it may, I was confused was this 'Tachyon' the one who ordered the attack on Earth, and if so, for what purpose did he attack and what role did I have in all of this? "Now, you can get dressed in there. There are plenty of different clothes to try and made to measure by me so rest assured all items were modified to be battle resilient."

I saw him pointing to a fairly large washroom and headed in. The type of clothing was surprising, but in the end, I chose to wear a midnight blue shirt under a pure black trench coat and a pair of black sturdy jeans. Once I was dressed, I put on my new thruster boots as well as a pair of steel grey fingerless gloves. I looked at the doc after exiting the room and mentally hoped he approved of my choice and, with a smile, it would seem he did.

"I haven't actually told you my name yet, have I?" he silently replied by shaking his head "Well, my name is Jack Arclight, a human from Earth, Milky Way Galaxy." extending my hand to shake he took it in his own. To be honest, I was kinda starting to like this guy, albeit begrudgingly "You mentioned someone named Tachyon earlier, who is that?"

"Something known as a Cragmite. They originate from the Polaris Galaxy which we will be heading to after heading to Solana first." If my mead wasn't hurting before, it definitely was now. This is a lot to process in only a few hours of being awake "He is also the one responsible for attacking your home world"

"WHAT?! And why would he attack my home for no reason?!" I was beyond angry, I was pissed this guy attacked my home. "When I find him I am going to..."

"Die? 'Cause that is what will happen to you. All on this ship are his forces, you wouldn't last against them for long. You need to not only get used to your new limbs but get practice with your equipment too." After hearing his rant I couldn't help but sigh reluctantly.

"I guess you're right... I'm sorry. But I plan on getting payback, I will not be denied that much" he nodded, knowing he wouldn't be able to change my mind.

A door suddenly opened, surprising the pair of us. I saw three silhouettes, two were about the same height flanking a much larger one. Walking in the figures revealed two small orange fish inside a glass 'head' which was attached to a bulky mechanical body which had two arms with parallel prong-like fingers and legs which looked like they were strong but cumbersome, a weakness I planned to exploit soon. The one on the middle thought was massive, four bulky mechanical legs were attached to a large throne-like chair. Sitting on said chair was a small reptilian-insect like creature with grey skin and six tiny legs. A large crown was atop it's head while it was holding a type of staff in one hand.

'Two walking fish and I guess the other one is trying to compensate for something by sitting on that thing, now I've seen everything' I couldn't help but snicker at those thoughts, something that went unnoticed by all other than the doc, who just glared at me.

"Who is that?"

"That's him...That's Tachyon"

So he is responsible for all of this. This will be interesting, and he has no idea what's coming...

Whelp, that is the end of that (for now at least) believe it or not, but I actually did this on my phone and let me tell you it wasn't easy. I hope you enjoyed reading this as there will be more coming soon. Now if you want to give me some advice, I would be grateful and if you have ideas to make the story more interesting then I am all ears (I aim to please my readers to the best of my ability), PM me if you want to do that.

Now on a serious note, as you most likely will have heard, Manchester was victim of a terror attack during an event earlier this week. Therefore, I would like to extend all of my best wishes and condolences to all the families that had suffered due to this experience. None of you deserved that and I hope you all well.

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