Yay! I've come up with another Hurt/Comfort! Okay, so this is more Hurt than Comfort, but they didn't have a Hurt thing on the category. Anyway, I am sorry if this makes you readers cry or just feel sad, if you ask, I'll have Ratchet hug you guys. Anyway, on with the story!

Disclaimer: If I owned Ratchet and Clank, then I would have had Ratchet lift Clank over his head in Size Matters. And since Ratchet never did that, that shows that I don't own 'em.

He's gone. Those words will never get out of my head. I gazed up at the sky in which Clank had simply disappeared in. So many memories I've had with him, but here I am with him gone and I'm just lying here on the floor of the Apogee Station. Why did they take you from me? Here I am again just like my childhood, alone.

If only I could see him or even just simply hear his laugh again. I felt as if I were shot in the chest when he said he was going with the Zoni to his home. He's kinda lucky that his race isn't at the unbelievable level of endangered, and of course, robots do take up half the universe's population. I sighed as I closed my eyes and let every memory I've had with Clank flow through my head.

Five years have just flown by for me in the blink of an eye. First Drek, then the Protopet in the Bogon Galaxy, Nefarious's attack on Solana, Dreadzone and just a few hours ago, Tachyon's attempt at killing me. It just came and went one right after the other. And now, I feel like I've become a stray pet that's been sitting out in the cold rain wailing my head off looking for a way back home.

It's as if all the people that become close friends to me just leave one day and they never say goodbye. I slowly opened my eyes to the stars again that look so similar to the stars in the night skies of Veldin. I have no clue how long I've been lying here now since time just seems to fly right by every time I close my eyes. I guess I've been here for a few hours since Talwyn was the only one left from the group.

She didn't say a single word as time just ticked away. I have no clue how much time actually passed until she broke the silence, "I'll help you find him. I promise." I turned my head to look at the Markazian and I noticed something, she somehow has the same stubborness as I do. "Thanks, Tal."

*sniff* I'm not crying out of sadness. I'm crying out of joy. Anyway, please review and I'll see you guys around.

"If all hope seems lost, just look beside you and you'll find the courage to move on." ~Something I thought up when I felt depressed one afternoon. Turns out that my courage was a pencil and a few sheets of paper.

~Jak Cooper the Lombax