Crash Bandicoot FurEver, Ch. 17

Chapter 17: Rejuvenated


Crash & Aku Aku return back to present time Wumpa Island. Crash is happy to see his island home in normal, peaceful condition, while also anticipating what the future can hold for it. The rest of the gang, who failed to stop Cortex's henchmen from destroying the time-machine, are still saddened & worried, thinking that their friend is lost forever. So they are found desperately trying to build another time-machine.

Jade: "It has to work this time!"

Coco: "It will. We're not giving up!"

Unfortunately, the machine malfunctions for it's third time, this time canceling out its performance completely.

Coco: "NOOOOOOO!"

Wyatt: "Again?!"

Crunch: "*sigh*, man, this is bull!"

Jade: "That was our last chance."

Coco: "Do you guys know what that means?! It means N. Tropy may have already- I don't want to acknowledge it..."

Jade gasps & begins to tear up. Crunch, shaking his head in disbelief, puts his normal arm over Wyatt, who is on the verge of shedding tears also.

Wyatt: "Wait. So, if Crash is like, gone from the timeline, doesn't that mean everything would be different from 1996 up to today? Like, 'bad' different?"

Aku Aku arrives on Wumpa Island & comes to the group.

Aku: "I have returned, my children."

Coco: "Aku Aku, we did all we could to bring Crash back, but I feel like we're too late & that N. Tropy got to him already."

Aku: "What are you talking about? He is right here!"

Crash jumps out into the scene & surprises everone.

Crash: "Tah-dah!"

Everyone gets shocked.

Coco & Jade: "AAIIIEE!"

Crunch: "IT'S AN ANGEL!"

Wyatt: "*SCREECH*"

Crash: "Okay, R.I.P. ears..."

The gang rushes over to hug Crash to death out of huge relief & tears of joy.

Coco: "OMG! You're okay!"

Crunch: "Great to see ya, lil' bro! DON'T EVUH DO DAT AGAIN!"

Wyatt: "It's a relief that a time paradox wasn't created as a result of your extinction, theoretically it has been stated that good always triumphs in the end!"

Crash gets puzzled at Wyatt's random superiority-complex dialogue.

Coco: "Eh, you know he's been around me too much."

Crash: "XD"

Jade is the only one who remains hugging Crash.

Jade: "I knew even when I thought we lost you, you'd still come back somehow."

Crash: "That's me for ya."

Aku: "You all will be happy to know that N. Tropy was subdued in his extermination attempt. Now he is trapped in the past."

Crash: "Serves him right."

Crunch: "I'm just glad that everything once again turned out to aiiight."

Coco: "You have no idea how worried everyone has been while you were gone. The residents of Wumpa Island were wondering what happened to you."

Wyatt: "But now that you're like, back & stuff, everything's peachy now, right?"

Coco: "Wait, guys. I'm getting something from the news page about ANOTHER breakout at the prison.

Coco gets news alert from her laptop's homepage. The news reports the disappearance of Dr. Cortex, as he is no longer in his cell.

Crash: "Looks like an old 'friend' bit the dust while I was gone..."

Jade: "It was probably his time. Wait a minute, another breakout?"

Crash: "Again? It happened before?"

Coco: "Yeah! We ran into a 'certain group' that escaped from there."

Crash: "Ahh, Neo's minions. Why are they still attacking us?"

Wyatt: "We were trying to build a time-machine to reach you, but those dudes messed it all up."

Coco: "But N. Trap wasn't with them. She traveled through time with Dr. N. Tropy. My question is: why?"

Aku: "I fear she is responsible for N. Tropy being stuck in 1996. She seemingly stole his staff & traveled to the future for some reason..."

Crash: "Should I go after her?"

Aku: "No need. She is, already back in our time now, & she is not alone..."

Jade: "Someone's by her side? Who is it?"

Crash: "Future Brio?"

Aku: "Not him...it is-"

Jade's cat-ears catches a familiar evil laughter coming from a mile away.

Jade: "It can't be."

Crash sniffs out the unknown guest.

Crash: "I knew it was too good to be true."

Crunch: "Who is it?"

A younger & rejuvenated Dr. Neo Cortex arrives on his rocket-sled with N. Trap by his side.

Crunch: "Oh heckie naw."

Wyatt: "YOU?"

Cortex: "YES! It's me. Back & better than ever, babies!"

Aku: "Just as I feared."

Cortex: "I come before you all rejuvenated, thanks to the use of future serums brought to me by Netra Trapeze, or as you all may know her as, Dr. N. Trap!"

N. Trap cockily waves at the group.

Cortex: "Today, I have a special treat for you all to celebrate my comeback, especially my bestest friend: Crash Bandicoot!"

Crash: " *gulp* "

Cortex: "N. Trap, would you like to start the kickoff?"

N. Trap: "With pleasure, my love."

Coco: "...Did she just say-"

Everyone except for Crash & Aku Aku gets entrapped into a large cage.

Jade: "Hey! Let us out!"

Wyatt: "Please! I'm claw-strophobic!"

Wyatt accidentally steps on Jade's tail while panicking.

Jade: "REOW!"

Jade pops out her claws at Wyatt.

Wyatt: "*screech*, SEE?!"

N. Trap: "It seems that the tiger-girl needs a timeout, no? Why don't you be by yourself for a while."

Jade is released from the cage, but is then subdued by N. Trap & held at gunpoint.

Crash: "NO! Let her go! Let ALL my friends go!"

Cortex: "Who's gonna be the lucky contestants, Crash? You friends, or your love interest?"

Aku: "This must be stopped."

Uka Uka appears to block Aku Aku's attempt to go after the two doctors.

Uka: "Hello, brother!

Aku: "Uka Uka!"

Uka: "Been a long time, let us catch up on important matters!"

The brother witch-doctors begin to duke it out once again. Crash notices that the cage holding his friends has a ceiling of spikes that are beginning to come down on Coco, Crunch, & Wyatt.

Wyatt: "D-D-D-DUUUDE!"

Crunch: "Don't worry! I can hold all this!"

Crunch uses his metal-arm to hold off the spikes. They slowly begin to pierce through it.

Crunch: "Ugh, not for long, tho!"

Coco: "*pant* *pant* *pant* *pant*"

Cortex: "So, what's it gonna be, old friend?"

Dr. Cortex has made a surprising return into Crash's life. Now Crash is torn between saving Jade & saving the rest of his friends. What will he do?



(end of ch. 17)