Alright, so the Epilogue series was supposed to be on hold for a while...

...nevermind, I'm back! After the ending of Epilouge 2, I noticed how much potential there was for another short installment in the series to answer some questions. Plus, fluff and Photon cuteness!

Also, if there's anyone who would like one of their OC's to make another appeareance, give me a shout and I'll try to give them some screen time.

Anyhow, let me reply to the reviews of the last chapter of Epilogue 2.

Reviews:

john walaszek1: "I wonder what the third story would be like. Now that the Lylat System is safe, Fox is reunited with his family and has Krystal back. Ratchet and Angela finally go home and the team goes their separate ways."
Well, the third story will be set in the Sonic universe. It won't feature Ratchet & Clank and Star Fox, but all of the storylines will come together in Epilogue 4 for an incredible finale. Fox isn't truly reuinited with his family, we only saw a glimpse of what everyone believed to be James, and Fox' mother was killed. But, what happened to James? Needless to say I'll be adressing that as well in this story... eventually. And the team doesn't truly go their separate ways, they're friends, so... who knows, perhaps we'll see some of them appear in this story. Anyhow, I'm really hoping you see this story, if you do, I hope you'll enjoy!

Destiny W: "This was a great ending, I can't wait for the next story. :)"
Well, wait no more, I'm back! Enjoy!

Max Chronicle: "(As a bonus: my review brings your story to 100 reviews. Way to go, TWG!)
Fantastic ending... Clank stays at the Clock. (And his mother and father are together) Dude, that's like... TOTAL SHIZZY FEELS! PERHAPS SPIZZY!
Plus, there's more. Angela finally gets reunited with her parents. Now here's a real question, "Whose parents are cooler: Ratchet's or Angela's." (I don't know, but here's what I do know... they're going to be really cool GRANDparents.)
Then, in turn to Fox and Krystal, each and every OC, and finally, Simon, Photon and Alcyone (with Ratchet and Angela jumping in at the last second)
Hope to see more from the future. Good luck.
Max out."
(Thanks!) Yeah, I didn't like how Clank's mother was never heard from again, and then I got this idea. It seems that putting that part in was a brilliant idea, I'm really glad you like it! And I don't know whose parents are cooler, but them becoming grandparents? We'll just have to see about that, I suppose. And yes, you'll hear more from them! Oh, you definitely will! How I can possibly know? Well, I don't suppose I'll need Travel The Days to know for certain, haha! Enjoy!

Jadzia Ezri Dax: "Thank goodness Black Hole, that asshole was annoying and I am glad that he was killed off. No, seriously. I normally don't like people dying, but that guy really deserved it. And I'm glad Clank is alright, too.
P. S. I'm glad you don't mind my name changing, that's really kind.
P. S. S. I never played Skyrim before, but I do know a bit about it, but I'll see if I can do some more research and make my OC fit in better.
P. S. S. S. There's a reason I don't have an account on this website or DeviantArt. Simply, I'm afraid of stalkers. I make sure not to give out information that can be dangerous. And even though I did say some about my sister, it wasn't enough for anyone to know much about me. But we could probably contact each other on YouTube, seeing as I don't have Skype or Gmail. I'll see if I can contact you there.
P. S. S. S. S. As for my OC, I'll see if I can modify her some more to fit in better.
I think can now contact you through YouTube, I have an account now. Also, I'll see if I can update you through there about my newer version of my OC.
P. S. My family and I are going on vacation tomorrow, so I won't be able to contact you right away. We'll be back soon. And I told my sister you said hi to her.
P. S. S. Live long and prosper! (Yes, yes, quote from Star Trek. I'm a Star Trek fan. :) )"
Well, I can't agree more, it's strange, hating your own OC. I actually made a Mii of him on my 3DS just so I can beat him up in Smash. Not hard, actually, all I need to do is jump off the stage, wait for him to jump after me then slam-dunk his sorry behind as Ike. Needless to say, I love kicking his behind in Smash. Anyhow, I couldn't let Clank out of all people die! Nah, Clanky will be alright!
P.S. Being kind is who I want to be, so mission accomplished then!
P.S.S. Skyrim is incredible! If you plan on getting it though, wait for a moment. There's a remake coming, for PS4 as well, and it looks amazing! Skyrim is one of the most beautiful games of all time!
P.S.S.S Alright, then.
P.S.S.S.S Alright, then.
P.S. Alright, have fun!
P.S.S. Thanks, same to you!

Alright, looks like we're good to go!

Simon yawned as he walked into the kitchen. He was still half-asleep as he made himself a cup of coffee. He heard a noise behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Photon. The cat was shaking his head, eyes still half closed. In his drowsiness, Photon almost hit his head against the table by accident, he would've hurt himself if Simon hadn't interfered. Simon stared at his cup of coffee, then at Photon. He grabbed the cup and placed it down in front of Photon.

"You take this one, pal, you need it more than I do."

Photon tapped his nose against Simon's cheek (meaning 'thank you') before he began to drink. As Simon got up, Alcyone came walking in. Her hair was a mess, Simon assumed she'd just gotten out of bed. His theory was proven correct when she, too, nearly walked into something, barely missing it thanks to Simon. "Yikes, you too?"

"What?" she asked.

"Still half-sleeping. I thought I had it bad, but then you and Photon came in."

"Uuh... who was Photon again?"

"That's what I mean." Simon said, shaking his head. "Coffee?"

"Hmm... never tried that before, what's it like?"

"A bit bitter but gives a lot of energy and helps people wake up in some cases."

"Well, I suppose I'm more of a tea person then." she said.

"Tea it is then." Simon said. "Thankfully I know just the right flavour for this situation, it's a little experiment of mine of what would happen if I'd make tea with extract from Nocturnus leaves, but with the whole formula reversed."

"Nocturnus leaves?"

"Yeah, they contain Melatonin, a substance found in various organic lifeforms that helps the body synchronize with the day-night cycle of the planet it's on. In short: it helps falling asleep, and thus, the Nocturnus tea helps with falling asleep. The 'reversed' Nocturnus tea, however, has the opposite effect, as well as having a nice, sweet taste." Simon said as he made Alcyone a cup of tea. "Mind if I take a cup of tea as well? Some cat stole my coffee." Simon said, staring at Photon with a playful smile.

Photon tilted his head and stuck out his tongue. Alcyone burst out laughing. "You two are like brothers sometimes."

"Well, Photon is like a brother to me, so that's okay, I suppose." Simon said as he knelt down and stroked Photon's ear, getting a thankful purr in response.

Alcyone chuckled. "Cute."

Photon finished drinking the coffee and tilted his head, trying to give Alcyone a look that said 'really?', but with the coffee on his muzzle, he only looked cuter.

Meanwhile, somewhere else in the house, two other people were waking up. "Good morning." Ratchet mumbled as he saw his love's eyes open.

"Good morning." She replied.

"So... what shall we do today?" he asked.

"Dunno." Angela replied. "I suppose we'll just have to wait and see."

"Well, as long as I'm with you, everything is fine with me."

Angela laughed and snuggled up to him. "I love you." She whispered.

"I love you too." he replied. "Always have, always will."

Twenty minutes later they walked into the kitchen, hand in hand. Alcyone was sitting at the table, eating a bowl of cereal. She looked up from her breakfast when she heard footsteps. "Good morning!" she said as she saw the two Lombaxes. They greeted her back.

Meanwhile Simon was hard at work in his lab, puzzling and calculating how he could give Photon the ability to speak. Said cat was lying on the couch behind him, asleep. "Lazybones." Simon mumbled with a smile. After a while he had come up with a pretty good plan, and he began to build.

Photon slowly woke up. The cat jumped a bit when he noticed Simon staring at him. He then noticed that he was in a glass tube of some sorts... that was filled with water. Photon never really needed oxygen to live, but it still made him wonder why he was in a glass tube filled with water.

Simon pressed a button on a control panel next to him, and the water was pumped out. The glass tube opened up, and Photon hopped out, tilting his head in confusion.

"Alright, the process should be finished. Photon, say something."

Photon's eyes widened. He opened his mouth, but made no sound. Simon frowned. "You don't know how to speak, do you?"

Photon shook his head. Simon nodded, and Final Eclipse formed in his hands. He raised his hand, and Photon's body began to move on it's own. Suddenly Photon realized what Simon was trying to do, and let his friend work. Simon took control over Photon's body and attempted to force it to make a sound.

And it worked too. Sort of.

"Mreow!"

Simon let Photon retake control. Photon, now knowing what to do, tried it himself.

"Meow!"

"Well... it's a start." Simon said. "I'll just have to teach you to speak."

Photon rubbed his cheek against Simon's leg, meaning 'thank you for trying.'

Simon laughed and pet the cat. "Come on, let's go see what the others have been up to."

Photon jumped onto Simon's shoulders, and Simon walked out of his lab. He met Alcyone, Angela and Ratchet in the kitchen. Ratchet and Angela were eating breakfast, and they were having a conversation with Alcyone about her, and what she used to do.

"So, you were hailed as a goddess on Cerinia after protecting a Cerinian town from a volcano eruption?"

"Yep." Alcyone replied. "But, eh... I'd rather not talk about my past."

"Why not?"

"It's... complicated. Anyhow, I believe we have company?" Alcyone said, noticing Ratchet staring at something behind her.

"Correct." Simon said as he walked in.

Photon was sitting on Simon's shoulders. He waved at the three people sitting at the table. Angela waved back. "Morning, Photon." Ratchet said.

"So, what are you three going to do today?" Simon asked.

"No idea." Ratchet replied.

"May I make a suggestion?" Simon asked.

"Well, of course!"

"Well, I've transformed one of the rooms into a home cinema, we could go watch a movie together."

"Sounds like a plan." Angela said.

"Yeah, sounds fun!" Alcyone said.

"Alright then. Follow me." Simon said.

As they were watching the movie, Simon wasn't paying attention. The small home cinema had two rows of four seats. Ratchet and Angela were sitting in the back, and Simon and Alcyone were sitting in the front row, Photon sitting on a seat to Simon's right.

Something was bothering Simon though. "I'll have to ask her about it later." he thought. As he snapped out of his thoughts however, he noticed something about his left hand. Alcyone hadn't been paying attention and had lay her hand on top of his. For a moment Simon thought about pointing it out before realizing that it wasn't worth it. He shook his head and enjoyed the rest of the movie.

After the movie, as they left the room, Simon grabbed Alcyone's arm. She turned around. "What's wrong?"

"There's something I'd like to show you." he said.

-LINE HERE-

"Wow, what is this place?" Alcyone asked as she walked into a huge room made of white tiles.

Simon didn't respond. "Simon?" she asked, turning around.

The door through which she had entered was gone. "Don't worry." Simon's voice came out of nowhere. "You're in the holographical training chamber. I brought you here because I wanted to see how well you can fight with your staff."

Alcyone frowned. "Uh... Do-do you really need to know?"

"If you want to keep going on adventures with me and Photon, I need to know exactly what you can and cannot do so I can make the best plans of attack."

A large hologram of a robot formed in front of Alcyone, and the room disappeared, turning into a battleground amongst the stars.

Alcyone's staff formed in her hands. "Oh... okay..."

She took a deep breath and charged at the robot. The robot merely stepped aside and brought his hand down on her. The robot vanished the second it touched her.

Simon teleported in. "Hmm. I was already afraid of that."

He helped Alcyone get up. "I need to teach you how to fight with that staff better. Allow me to give a demonstration. Photon?"

A whole army of robots formed all around them. "Aww, really?" Simon said.

Some assault helicopters formed above the robots as well. "That's more like it." Simon said.

"Are you insane?" Alcyone said.

Simon laughed, and Final Eclipse formed in his hands. He charged forward as the robots closed in on them. He began to run around Alcyone in circles, faster and faster, until Final Eclipse took over and a hurricane began to form. Suddenly, Simon stopped, and the built up energy was released in the form of a massive blast of air that sent the helicopters spinning out of control. Some of the helicopters slammed into the army below, taking out large amounts of enemies. The surviving helicopters fired a barrage of bullets, some of them at Simon and other at Alcyone. Simon jumped in front of her and raised Final Eclipse. A shield formed around them that deflected the projectiles.

Simon charged at the nearest robot and cut it in half with one slice of his sword. He jumped several feet into the sky, landing on another robot while pointing Final Eclipse downwards, destroying the circuitry in the head. He jumped from robot to robot, until he tried a different technique to win time. He shot forward whilst pointing Final Eclipse towards a robot, and ended up circling around it. He jumped off the robot and performed a spin attack. Final Eclipse's power extending the blade in the form of a wave of energy following the motion of the blade, resulting in massive destruction.

Simon ran at a robot and jumped against it. Wall-jumping, he jumped high enough to come down with quite a lot of speed, and slammed Final Eclipse into the ground, generating a massive shockwave that sent everything flying.

The remaining robots soon recovered though. Simon ran to Alcyone. "THAT is how you fight with light weapons, allow them to enhance your power. But, that's not all they can." Simon said as he tightened his grip. He pointed his sword at the nearest enemy. "FIRE!"

A blast of fire shot out of the tip of the sword, incinerating the robot.

"But that's just the basics." Simon said. "Watch what happens when I release Final Eclipse's full power!"

Simon jumped into the air. "TIMESTORM!" he yelled, and suddenly, he was gone. Instead, thousands of Simons began to appear everywhere, each performing an attack before vanishing. This lasted for a full minute, and when Simon reappeared in front of Alcyone, no enemy was still standing.

"Photon?" Simon asked, and immediately the army was back on their feet.

"Now, could you give me your staff?" Simon asked. Alcyone did as she was told, and gave Simon her staff. "What's it's name?" Simon asked.

"Dawnbringer." She replied.

"Alright." Simon said as he concentrated. Suddenly, he charged forward with an incredible speed. He slammed the staff into the ground, causing a massive shockwave with the power of ice. The nearest enemies froze. Simon slammed the staff into the ground a second time, causing a massive earthquake that sent everything flying. It also shattered the frozen robots, sending sharp spikes of ice flying everywhere.

A robot attempted to attack Alcyone from behind, and she found out just in time. But so did Simon.

Before the robot could even move a finger, Simon was standing in front of her and stabbed the robot with the staff. The helicopters opened fire on him, but Simon began to spin the staff at a very rapid pace, deflecting the bullets. "This is an old Lombax fighting trick." He said to Alcyone as he deflected the rain of fire, instead sending it flying at the robotic army.

The moment the helicopters had to reload, he charged forward and dealt blow after blow with the staff before sending the robot flying with a powerful kick, for which he borrowed some power from the staff.

"And now, the staff's true power!" Simon said as he began to fly up. He merely raised the staff and huge pillars of light shot out of the ground everywhere with enough power to make the room tremble. It completely obliterated the enemy.

"Photon?"

And the army was back. Simon laughed. "This is one of my favorites. Watch."

Several huge gears of golden energy formed around Simon. The gears started to spin very rapidly and formed and vanished at various angles. Add to that, huge blasts of pure ice shot out of the staff, bombarding everything. When Simon landed, everything had been obliterated.

Alcyone was just standing there, staring at him. "Wow..." she whispered.

Simon laughed. "Relax, I'll teach you how to fight."

He gave Alcyone her staff. "One enemy please, Photon."

One robot appeared. Simon placed his hands over Alcyone's. "Alright, so when your enemy attacks..."

Ratchet sighed as he stepped out the door, onto the balcony of the room he shared with Angela. Said female Lombax was sitting outside, reading a book. "Hey." Ratchet said as he sat down next to her.

Angela looked up from her book. "Hey."

She noticed something. "Why is your fur damp?"

"I took a hot shower. I really needed that." Ratchet said.

"Yeah, my nose told me the same thing." Angela teased.

"Not funny!" Ratchet said, poking Angela's arm. Angela laughed.

"Well, I don't feel like giving you this anymore." Ratchet said, pretending to be offended as he showed her a lunch box.

"Huh? What do you have there?"

"Well, now you'll never know."

"Oh, come on, Ratchet."

"Apologize." Ratchet said, still pretending to be offended.

"Alright. I'm sorry, Ratchet."

"You've got to do better than that." Ratchet said with an evil grin.

Angela burst out laughing. "You were just asking for this!" She said as she kissed him on the cheek with a laugh. "Well, apologies accepted?" she asked.

"Hmm... maybe." Ratchet said. Angela laughed again, and they kissed. "I love you." She whispered. "I love you too." Ratchet said.

"Now... what did you have for me?" Angela asked out of curiosity as she closed her book.

Ratchet handed her the lunch box. "It's something from Simon's home planet. I think he called it 'apple pie'. Whatever apples may be."

"Well, it sure looks delicious." Angela said after opening the lunch box. Inside was, as Ratchet had said, a slice of apple pie as well as a small, silver spoon. The two Lombaxes began to eat.

"This tastes really good!" Angela said.

"I can't agree more." Ratchet said. "I suppose Simon's home world is no stranger to cooking."

Meanwhile Simon and Alcyone exited the holographical training chamber. "Sooo... how good am I?" Alcyone asked.

"You still have lots to learn, but you're getting the hang of it." Simon said. Then he smiled. "And I'm looking forward to teaching you again. You're a fast learner and a good listener."

"Why, thank you!" she said. "Sooo... what are you going to do now?"

"Well, laundry I suppose. I wasn't expecting visitors the last time I left this planet, so the last time I washed the beds it was with an older formula. However, I've developed a new one, and you'll see the effects for yourself this evening."

"Well... is there anything I can do?" she asked. "Because I don't really know anything to do."

"Well... do you mind playing with Photon for a while? He hates being lonely."

"Well, of course! Where can I find him?"

"Knowing Photon, he overheard our conversation and is already hiding. You'll have to find him."

"Like, hide and seek?"

"Indeed. I wish you good luck, you'll need it."

As they parted ways, Simon remembered something. "Oh, wait!"

Alcyone turned around. "Yes?"

"If you really can't find him, use chocolate chip cookies. He can't resist those... which is exactly why they're in a Photon-proof vault. Ironically that vault was harder to make than the Hypernova suit, that clever little cat kept finding ways to get in. Anyhow, let me know when you can't find him, and I'll get you some bait."

Alcyone laughed. "He's a clever little one, huh?"

"Oh, he sure is."

As Simon finished doing the laundry, Alcyone came in. She looked exhausted. "Okay, that cat is way smarter than I thought. I've looked literally everywhere!

Simon chuckled. "Honestly, I was expecting this to happen. Wait here for a moment."

Simon left the room. Alcyone sat down on the floor, letting her back rest against the wall as she took a moment to regain some energy.

After a while Simon came back in, holding a very familiar cat and looking rather annoyed.

"Guess what I saw when I opened the vault." Simon said. "Correct, one sleeping cookie addict and a lack of chocolate chip cookies. After I've tucked this little prankster in I'll go buy some new cookies, but knowing Photon they won't even be safe if I store them off the planet."

Simon left the room, leaving a hysterically laughing Alcyone behind.

-LINE HERE-

That evening Simon made lasagna for everyone save for Photon, for who Simon had bought some chocolate chip cookies. "Photon doesn't need to eat." Simon explained. "He sure likes it though. Therefore I'll give him stuff he absolutely loves. Still, Photon, don't you think you've had enough cookies?"

Photon shook his head, meaning 'one can never eat enough chocolate chip cookies.'

The three Lombaxes also enjoyed their meals, besides, they liked how Simon was revealing a bit more about his home world, none of them liked how there were so many mysteries about him. It made Simon seem a bit... distant.

After dinner, everyone met up in the living room and played some board games. Chess, for example. As you can imagine, Ratchet wasn't happy with the fact that he was beaten by Photon. In fact, the only people that were able to beat the clever cat were Simon and Alcyone, with Angela versus Photon resulting in a tie.

Afterwards, they all went to bed. Angela gasped when she stepped into bed. "My god!"

"What?"

"Just... I can't describe this. It's like lying on a cloud!"

Ratchet lay down next to her. "Wow, it's so soft!"

"I know, right?" Angela said. "Though, my pillow could be softer."

"Oh? How?"

Angela let her head rest on Ratchet's chest. "Much better."

Ratchet laughed and began to stroke her arm before they fell asleep together.

Simon woke up when he heard a scream. When he looked around, he saw that Photon was awake as well, and was looking startled. "Photon, stay." Simon commanded as Final Eclipse formed in his hands. The scream had come from Alcyone's room. He sprinted through the hallways, and kicked down the door to Alcyone's room.

But as he looked around, there was no enemy to be found. He quickly turned around, but there were no enemies there either.

He turned around again, and that's when he noticed that there was something hiding under the sheets. Simon used Final Eclipse to fix the door before the sword vanished again. He walked over to the bed and carefully pulled away the sheets.

"You okay?"

Alcyone was staring at him with a frightened expression. As she kept staring at him, however, she began to calm, and cry.

Simon sat down on the bed and wrapped an arm around her. "Hey, hey, I know I'm not the prettiest but there's no need for this."

Alcyone chuckled once through her tears, but the effect was short-lived.

Simon shook his head. "Whatever you dreamed about... do you want to talk about it?"

Alcyone thought for a moment, then she spoke.

Alright, I really hope all of the Epilogue fans find this story...

Anyhow, I'm really excited to get this story started again, and I'm starting it with a bang! Who knows what we'll learn about Alcyone the next chapter?

(Hopefully) see you all in the next chapter!