The Revival of Cronk and Zephyr

The Revival of Cronk and Zephyr is the 11th Episode (And birthday special for Scroopfan) of the 3rd Season of the SpongeBob and Friends Adventures Chronicles series. The Anti-Team Nefarious Freedom Fighters go to Ratchet's universe on Planet Thram to mourn the loss of some of their greatest members, Cronk and Zephyr, especially for Ratchet, Clank, and the most hurt of all of them, Talwyn Apogee. However, the team was surprised to find that something disturbed their graves and actively dragged away their bodies. All that was left was a holo-note that showed a silhouetted long-cloaked figure that claims that Cronk and Zephyr will return momentarily. So, desperate to see her lost friends again, Talwyn asks Ratchet and Clank to help find whoever left the message, and leave Team Lightyear in charge of the team while they were gone. Their quest leads them to the Badlands of Equestria, and because the Lodgers were still there repairing the damage done by Starlight's minions, they discover the three of them and decide to send a majority of their members to ensure they are safe. This leads them directly to a hidden underground starship which looks like it came from Ratchet's universe. And they discover that it belonged to the enemies of Ratchet's long-evacuated race, the Cragmites. The gang go further inside to discover that the ship has been turned into a city for broken and formerly-destroyed machines such as Nefarious Troopers, Hornets, and even Qui's drones. The heroes finally encounter Cronk and Zephyr, and though there was a joyful reunion, they are intervened by the machines and finally discover who brought the two robots back: a cybernetic Nefarious-like Cragmite named Electross. While Ratchet was unforgiving to a member of an evil race, Electross said that he had no intentions to harm the friends of Cronk of Zephyr, and explained that he did it because he has always admired Ratchet not just for his accomplishments, but because he has always had a compassion for Lombaxes since he was not like the Cragmites he knew them to be. Electross was always against the Cragmites' actions during the Great War, but when he openly refused to destroy an entire Lombax colony, he was exiled for treason and 'redemption to the enemy', which in Cragmite society, is viewed as a sign of weakness. As much as he hated what his race had become, Electross couldn't bring himself to accept that the Cragmites were being exiled to another dimension by the Lombaxes, and there was no way to cleanse the evil in their hearts. But then, he discovered that Equestria has a special artifact called The Jewel of Souls that can not just revive, but alter the souls of anyone dead or alive no matter how long dead or how far morally-gone. Electross wants the Jewel of Souls so he can purify the Cragmites, and has even been able to sneak the duplicate Dimensionator that Vendra and Neftin had created, and he asks Ratchet's to help purify them once and for all, and in return, he'll even let Ratchet see his race again, and will see to it that the two races will join together and bring peace, united advancement, and order to the universes, ending the conflict of evil forever. But Electross asks that Rachet and Clank find it with Cronk and Zephyr and keep it a secret from anyone else in fear that they won't understand how it feels to be the last of your kind. While Clank is skeptical since what Electross is doing is risky, and Ratchet is worried that it might require that he lies to his comrades, including his own girlfriend. Even so, they decide to go through with it if it'll make Electross happy. They go out and find the Jewel in a temple in Tartarus guarded by a powerful Giant Hellfire Phoenix. With all this pressure to find a mystical relic that was lost for a reason yet to be known, how will everything play out?

Chapter 1: Lost Members Mourned
In an unknown location. This is what he sings.
 * In a long and empty hallway, music is heard, as a voice is heard talking. Battle Damaged Nefarious Troopers and Zurg Hornets are seen dragging two robotic corpses, and brought them to a cloaked figure. Then, the figure began to sing, as the song is sung during a repair senquience.

In the Rachet and Clank Universe, Planet Thram Star Command Later...
 * A Qui Drone came to land on the Figure's shoulder like a pet. (It was like the DD300 ones).
 * Qui Drone: ".... Wow, Master.... You restored those robots like you did for me and many others.... But.... I must ask, master.... What porpose do they have here? They didn't even get killed in Equestia."
 * ???: "I know.... But a strange purple being in my dreams told me that these two, and a fellow endling like me, are what I needed to finally secure the Jewel of Souls for me to realise my great dreams. They are what I need, to reform the Cragmites, and create a new allience that will bring great changes to the universes. And it all starts... With these two. Just, trust me, Trisha V19. This old cyborg exactly knows what he's doing."
 * Trisha the Qui Drone: ".... Ok. I really do hope you are. Your, the closet I have have to a father since I was made in an assemably line and made to hurt people. I, really don't wanna go back to that. That's why I stayed with you."
 * ???: "And you won't ever have to. And if this goes right... No one will ever be harmed ever again. I am sure, the fellow endling, has seen my note. He'll come eventally."
 * Ratchet: (A large ship was seen arriving on the planet right near the wreck of a large space cruiser. Out came Ratchet, Clank, Talwyn Apogee, Team Lightyear, Major Monogram, Carl the Intern Agent P, Kirby, and strangely enough, Captain Qwark) Well, here we are. The wreck of the Nebulox.
 * Agent P: (Makes platypus noise)
 * Clank: I believe he is saying that it seems much bigger than he expected it to be.
 * Talwyn: I just still can't believe the two are dead. After all the times we've battled Team Nefarious together.
 * Kirby: Poyo!
 * Major Monogram: Uh...just for the record, can you tell me again why we brought your friend, Captain Qwark, with us during this memorial visit?
 * Rachet: "Cause Qwark knew Cronk and Zep too. It only seems fair he gets to mourn too."
 * Major Monogram: "Ahh. I see."
 * Carl: "(Sighs), It's always a terrorable thing when the funny characters are the ones who get the ax."
 * Qwark: Of course. And it is actually quite nice to see you guys again ever since Ratchet and Clank's founding of the organization.
 * Ratchet: Yeah, you wanted to join yourself. But I guess that was until you briefly became president.
 * Qwark: So...now that I'm not president anymore, do I get to join?
 * Major Monogram: "Well, you do have a great hero record, but you do have a bit of a controversey."
 * Qwark acts nervious.
 * Qwark: "Uh, like, what exactly? (Laughs nerviously)."
 * Clank: Oh, you do have a large record of making scandals. We've named a lot of them. Like the team-up with Chairman Drek, the Personal Hygenator incident we saw on the news, and let us not forget the Protopet incident that you used to try and clear your scandals. In fact, that is why we've had to deal with Zurgo three years ago, because he was angry at your last few scandals.
 * Qwark: Oh, right.
 * Mira: What we're trying to say is that...even though you have a good status as a hero...I don't think you'll be worthy enough to join us.
 * Qwark:...Oh, you don't think I'm qualified, is THAT it? I'll have you know that I am a true hero with 45% strength, 60% bravery, and 10% raw intelligence!
 * Clank: I believe that is actually 115%.
 * Qwark: Oh...well...dang it! What am I supposed to do for a living? I mean, you two have a movie coming soon that shows me being in it, but what should I do to pass the time? I'm not the president of these galaxies anymore, and I don't have that much popularity anymore.
 * Carl: "Well, maybe if you do a heroic feat so incredable, it blows off the mess you made in the past."
 * XR: Oh, you REALLY had to give him advice.
 * Ratchet: Yeah, the last time we did that, he ended up getting the Dimensionator in the hands of Tachyon.
 * Buzz: Guys, don't be rude. I'm sure he can find SOMETHING not to screw up like-- (Everyone is shocked to see that the graves of Cronk and Zephyr have been dug up)
 * Talwyn: WHAT?!? WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!? (Looks inside the graves)...The bodies, THEY'RE GONE!!
 * Booster: Oh, boy, do you have ANY idea how illegal graverobbing is? Just about as punishable as using the illegal firearms in our worlds.
 * Clank: Who could've done this?
 * Kirby: Poyo! (He appears to have found a small yellow device inside the hole)
 * Monogram:...What is that?
 * Ratchet: It's a holo-note device. It's used to send messages.
 * Talwyn: It must have something to do with the grave-robbing. Turn it on!
 * Ratchet: (He does that, and on the screen, a silhouetted figure with the same voice as the unknown figure in the beginning appears)
 * ???: Hello, Anti-Team Nefarious Freedom Fighters. I am aware that you have come to mourn the loss of your very members, Cronk and Zephyr. Well, it should be nice to tell you that they will be returning momentarily.
 * Talwyn: Returning?
 * Carl: This guy wants to bring back these two?
 * ???: You must all be confused at what I have just done. As illegal and unexpected as it is, I have done it with the best intentions. All I ask in return...is to see your leaders, Ratchet and Clank!
 * Ratchet/Clank: Us?
 * ???: Yes. And...I suppose your girlfriend over there would be allowed to join you as well since these two have raised her since her expeditionary father was taken by that crazy space pirate.
 * Talwyn: Wait, how did he know about me?
 * ???: If you're wondering how I know this...well, I've kept track of Ratchet and Clank through buying their games. ALL of them! The entire series. Even the latest one that showed how these two died. In fact, that's actually how I knew where to find them. If you three come by...then I'll give you a surprise. But I can't tell you where I am because of seclusion reasons. There is a small compartment inside this holo-note that shows some clues as to where I am. Thank you...(The message ends)
 * Ratchet:...(Looks at the others)...
 * Mira:...He wants you two? Why?
 * Ratchet: I don't know. But I suspect it's some kind of trap from Nefarious.
 * Buzz: "Or Zurg."
 * Major Mongram: "Or.... Nah, this is too complincated for Doofinshirtz."
 * Clank: "Or most likely all of Team Nefarious. Though, honestly, I never knew Nefarious to grave rob just to get at us."
 * Rachet: "That's the problem with Nefarious. The guy gets desperate enough, he puts basic morality aside in faver of getting what he wants. The time where he originality gotten his hands on a corrupted defence intelligence chip is proof of that."
 * XR: "And Zurg, DOES have a track record of violating every basic morality rule to man. Guess he wants to add robbing from the dead into the list. And push it harder by litterally ROB the dead!"
 * Mira: "Ok, I don't even know what Nefarious and Zurg want with dead warbots?"
 * Major Monogram: "Well, they are war bots. Nefarious obviously wants to revive them only to corrupt them in an attempt to revive that "turn heroes evil" thing he never pretty much got off the ground. He has done it to that Ray guy."
 * Rachet: "Well, we pretty much have to trace this message first before we do something stupid and attack Nefarious over nothing. Just in case if we are really dealing with someone completely new."
 * Buzz: "Good idea. Investigate first. Do some action later."
 * XR: Allow me! (Plugs a cord inside the device) Back-tracing the location of it's recording...D'OH, it's nuts! This thing has some sort of safety complex to protect machines from back-tracing it's info.
 * Ratchet: Yeah, that's like trying to violate a person's holo-diary privacy. It's to make sure an idiot isn't too nosey in someone's secrets.
 * Buzz: Looks like this thing needs some rewiring.
 * Booster: Shouldn't we at least check the clue before we do?
 * Clank: I think that would be a wise choice. (Gets into the compartment, and takes out a small piece of paper with a small pony (Non-Equestrian) on it)...Hmm...I can't make this out. It looks like some kind of horse.
 * Mira: (Sees the clue)...I think it IS a horse.
 * Carl: "It's actselly a pony. Horses are much taller and bulkier."
 * Everyone looks at Carl oddly.
 * Carl: "..... Not that, I would know... Cause, I worked in a horse farm once?"
 * Monogram: "I, don't recall reading about that in your resime, Carl."
 * Talwyn: Hmm...I can't make any sense of it either.
 * Agent P: (Makes noise)
 * Clank: The ponies of Equestria? But...this doesn't look like an Equestrian pony. It just looks like a normal one. (Agent P makes noise)...That is a good point, it could be a way of hiding it.
 * Ratchet: Hmm...Equestria...we haven't been there since we stopped Nefarious during it's Grand Galloping Gala years ago. Should we go there?
 * Buzz: I don't know. Perhaps we should examine this holo-note before we do anything else.
 * Talwyn:...(Takes deep breath) Me, Ratchet, and Clank will go.
 * Everyone: WHAT?!?
 * Mira:...Okay, I know you're still hurt about their deaths, Ms. Apogee, but we have to think smart here. We need to make sure this quest is not as dangerous as we thought.
 * Talwyn: I'm sure I can handle everything. Team Lightyear can be in charge of the Freedom Fighters and handle the examination while we're gone.
 * Kirby: Poyo!! Poyo!!
 * Talwyn: No, Kirby, you can't come with us. (Kirby gives her a sad face)...(Sighs) I hate it when you look at me like that!
 * Ratchet: He's only a baby, Talwyn, you can't blame him for acting this way.
 * Talwyn: (Sighs) I miss it when Cronk and Zephyr take Kirby off my legs and takes him out to play. I usually heard them making him laugh.
 * Buzz: Talwyn, we can't take this risk quite yet. We need to examine this holo-note before anything else happens.
 * Talwyn: "..... Fine. We'll take the time to figure out the note. But no matter what, I'm sticking to what I've desided."
 * Buzz: ".... Your a desivise woman. I respect that."
 * Monogram: "Ok, we'll have to exsamin this at Star Command to get a better idea before we do anything."
 * Buzz: "Leave it to me. I have clearence to the lab. The LGMs can decode anything.... Usually."
 * Commander Nebula: So, I hear that this person in Ratchet's world committed a graverobbing of Cronk and Zephyr's bodies.
 * LGM #1: Well, they are robots after all, but even then, they can't be repaired that easily, even by us.
 * LGM #2: Totally!
 * Booster: "Didn't.... Didn't you guys used to talk like the ones from the movie based on this?"
 * LGM 3: "Yeah, ever since this show stopped running awhile back, we desided to cut it out with that saying a few words at the time biz. It gets gretting after awhile. We desided to speak like normal people and not alien steriotypes, cause you do NOT see the aliens in the Galactic Federation talking like impressionable morons."
 * Buzz: But can you at least find a way past this holo-note's safety features so we can back-trace the location of it's recording? We suspect it came from Equestria.
 * LGM #1: Oh, of course we can! We are one! (They do some tinkering with the holo-note)
 * Commander Nebula: So, where are your comrades in the Freedom Fighters?
 * Buzz: Even if they are trusted allies, I don't think they are allowed easy access to this lab. Especially with their controversial friend, Captain Qwark here.
 * Commander Nebula: Oh, yeah, I hated that guy.
 * ???: HEY, I CAN HEAR YOU IN THERE, PAL!!
 * Commander Nebula: (Sighs) You couldn't send him home?
 * Buzz: Well, he said he wanted to come with us here, so since we hardly see him, I guess it's best that we give him the chance. Of course, we had to keep a close eye on him.
 * LGM #1: Well, it wasn't easy, but I think we got it.
 * LGM #4: You were right after all. It WAS from Equestria.
 * LGM #5: Yeah, I like that place. I have a whole load of merchandise of them with me. (The other LGMs look at him weird)...I can't help that I'm a brony, there's a LOT of them out there!
 * Commander Nebula: Well, looks like you guys were right.
 * Buzz: Perfect. I'll inform the others.
 * Major Monogram: "And I thought O.W.C.A. had very strict restrictedness and protocals."
 * Qwark: ".... I been needing to ask.... What does O.W.C.A. mean again?"
 * Monogram: "Organisation without a cool actronim."
 * Qwark: "But, isn't that tecnecally an actronim in of itself?"
 * Monogram: "Yes, but it's not a COOL actronim. In fact, Owca is not even a real word."
 * Qwark: And for that matter, why name it that to begin with? If it ISN'T a cool acronym, doesn't it make it pointless that you named it that anyway?
 * Monogram: I don't know! I'm not the one who founded it, I'm just one of the next commanders of this organization. The one who named it is already dead.
 * Qwark: "Ok, I get it! But, where did the whole, turning animals into fedora hat wearing actrobatic agents that fight generic mad sciencetists thing came from?"
 * Monogram: "That IS a good question. You see, it all started when-"
 * Carl: "Uh sir, I need to remind you that for security reasons, the orgin of why we train animals to become fedora wearing actrobats is strictly classifived, even to trusted allies. Espeically if they have a bit of a controversey and/or a bit of a tendingcy to unintentionally cause trouble."
 * Monogram: "Oh yeah. Thanks for reminding me Carl. Sorry Qwark, O.W.C.A. has a few enemies that would like to use even it's own humble origins against us."
 * Qwark: Well, I am a person that can be trusted with classified secrets, Monogram!
 * Ratchet: (Sighs) Qwark, don't try and convince them, it isn't working.
 * Kirby: Poyo!
 * Buzz: (Comes out of the lab) Well, the LGMs got past the privacy settings, and it's true. It came from Equestria.
 * XR: Great! Saved us a lot of trouble just to finding out the clue involving a picture of a non-Equestrian pony.
 * Talwyn: Then I guess we three are off, then.
 * Carl: Are you sure you want to do this with just Ratchet and Clank, Talwyn? I mean, three might not be enough to protect you from danger.
 * Talwyn: I told you we can handle ourselves. Whoever this person is that resurrected Cronk and Zephyr, it's worth the risk of getting apprehended by his unknown armies if it means I can see them again.
 * Clank: Besides, me and Ratchet are more than enough to protect her.
 * Ratchet: Absolutely. Buzz, you're in charge of the Freedom Fighters while we're gone.
 * Booster: Well, if that's how you want it...then good luck.
 * Kirby: Poyo, poyo, poyo, poyo!! (Grabs Talwyn's leg again)
 * Talwyn: (Sighs) I'm sorry, Kirby, as much as you want to come with us, you're only a baby. Even if you're more than capable of handling a load of enemies, these guys could have technologies you aren't prepared for. You need to stay.
 * Kirby:...(Sheds a tear)
 * Ratchet: Oh, for the love of Pete! Can someone please cheer Kirby up so he doesn't annoy us for the rest of the trip?
 * Carl: I'll do it. (Picks up Kirby)
 * Ratchet:...Why did we even make Kirby a member? He's not that much an 'enemy' of King Dedede as he is a 'friend' to him.
 * Mira: Being a baby doesn't mean he is very smart, Ratchet. He's not that knowledgeable in the concept of relationships with heroes and villains as we are. He treats King Dedede like a frenemy. But we still needed to make him a member just in case his world should be threatened by Nefarious.
 * Talwyn:...Well, I guess we should get a move on.
 * Ratchet: Alright, we'll take Aphelion. Clank, you'll have to sit in the middle.
 * Clank: Oh, dear.

Chapter 2: A Quest Begins
Equestian Space
 * Rachet's ship, Aphelion, is seen heading there.
 * Aphelion: Now entering Equestrian airspace. Estimated touchdown in 2 minutes.
 * Talwyn:...(Ratchet and Clank see that she is wondering to herself)...Guys, you really think that Cronk and Zephyr are alive?
 * Ratchet: That guy sounded very serious on the holo-note. If he knows so much about us through our games, then he's definitely not bluffing.
 * Clank: Yes, I detected no lie in his voice. Those two are indeed alive.
 * Talwyn: Well...I'm just glad they are. After a whole year od being gone, they can finally come back with us.
 * Clank: I'm nor so sure if this person will allow them to leave or not. Whoever he is, he must want us for something.
 * Talwyn: But if he IS in Equestria...then how are we going to find them?
 * Ratchet: We'll just ask the ponies here if they've seen anyone with technology like ours. Hopefully, they'll know about where this guy is hiding. (Aphelion appears in Ponyville, and the three are surprised at the sight of Twilight's new castle)...Uh, guys, was that castle always there?
 * Clank: Not that I know of.
 * Talwyn: I have to admit, it's beautiful. (Aphelion lands)
 * Ratchet: (He and the others jump out and all the ponies see them)
 * Pony #1: Hey, it's Ratchet and Clank, those guys from my son's video games!
 * Pony 2: "More then that! They're the guys that helped us out from the Gala mess when Nefarious came here!"
 * Talwyn: "These peopel, know you?"
 * Clank: "We're more or less celeberties in worlds we aided in halting Nefarious."