Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Retold by Mutitoon90
Chapter One
It had been six months since Neo Cortex tricked Crash Bandicoot into helping him get the power crystals, but Nathan Charles, Luna, and Sash the wolf, and his sister, Coco helped Crash realize that Cortex has lied to him, and Crash stopped the 'scientist' from brainwashing the world. Since that time, things have been quiet with the expection of the fighting between nighbors and speices.
"All right!" Nathan yelled at the koalas and the dingos, "Get away from each other!"
The two groups of mammals obeyed the human, who was accompanied by Luna and Sash, the duo that can become a 'werewolf' by fusing together.
"Luna, talk to the dingos and see what's the problem." Nathan commanded the girl, who replied, "I know what's wrong: the dingos have been lifing their legs on the koalas' trees, and the koalas have been throwing fruit at the dingos for that reason."
Nathan sighed deeply and out of annoyance. At the moment, he believed that Luna was trying to annoy him.
At the Bandicoots' house, Crash was trying to play with a red yo-yo, which Nathan gave to him, Coco was surfing the Internet on the laptop, Polar was napping, and Aku-Aku was mediating.
"I can't get 'Walking the Frog'!" Crash yelled in fury.
"It's 'Walking the Dog', Crash." Coco corrected her older brother.
"Whatever!" The male bandicoot yelled, waking up Polar. Then he turned his attention back on doing the trick right.
Aku-Aku heard this and smiled a little, happy to hear the siblings.
In the blimp above the islands, Brio, who watched for any sign of trouble, had been watching for pieces of Neo Cortex's space station, but on his off-time, he had been changing animals into evolved, human-like versions of themselves to increase the island's population.
"Oy, Doc!" An Aussie-sounding voice rang out to Brio.
"Yes?" The doctor answered without looking away from his work.
"A piece of the station's falling to Wumpa Island!"
The news caused Brio to leave his work and run to the phone to call Nathan.
"All right!" Nathan announced, "Dingos, do your business on some other trees, just not koalas' trees. Koalas, stop throwing the fruit at them; by throwing the fruit and allowing it to stay on the ground for days at a time, the birds are getting drunk!"
"And if we refuse?" A male dingo wearing a white shirt and black pants asked.
"Then, you guys answer to us." Luna stepped forward to Nathan's side, and Sash followed her friend.
The dingo backed off, knowing of Luna's and Sash's powers and capiabilities.
"I thought so." The girl grinned.
Then, a buzzing noise rang from Nathan's wrist.
"Who's calling now?" The boy asked in annoyance.
As Nathan answered his watch, Sash's ears perked up, turned to the sky, and started to growl.
"Hello?" The male human asked.
"It's Brio! I have some big news!"
"What is it?" Nathan asked, hearing the concern in the older man's voice.
Then, a loud rumbling noise was heard by everyone on the three islands. It was so loud that Nathan could not heard Brio.
"I think it's the space station!" Sash's thought entered Luna's mind.
Luna did not answer, because she could barely hear Sash, as a giant object flew over their heads and into the ruins.
Once the object crashed into the ruins, Nathan asked Brio again.
"I said that it was heading to the ruins." Brio's voice rang out.
"Uh," Nathan stated, "it's a little late for that."
"That doesn't look good." Luna announced to her friends, knowing the ruins were Professor Roo lived.
Then, a dark, horrible laugh rang out to the ears of everyone who lived on Wumpa Island.
"And that doesn't sound good!" Nathan announced.
"I better check on the residents." Luna said before running off with Sash are behind her.
Nathan knew there is no stopping Luna, when her mind is made up, so he went to the Bandicoots' house.
When the space station smashed into the ruins, the Bandicoots, Polar, and Aku-Aku took great notice to this event. The group stood still until the evil laughter was heard.
"It cannot be!" The mask exclaimed upon hearing the laugh, as if he was familiar with the voice.
"What is it?" Coco asked, very worried about the mask.
"Evil has returned to the islands!" Aku-Aku replied before entering the house.
Coco, concerned, turned to her brother and Polar.
"Evil?"
Crash thought for a moment before he answered.
"Well, I know it can't be Cortex. He's evil but not that evil to make Aku-Aku scared."
Polar just listened to the conversation between the siblings as Coco asked again.
"Why don't we ask him about it?"
"Good idea, Sis." Crash agreed, rolling up the string of the yo-yo.
The Bandicoots ran into the house and closed the door, leaving poor Polar outside. Inside, Crash and Coco saw the mask facing the lit fireplace.
"Are you okay?" Crash asked, sharing his sister's concern.
"No." The mask sighed sadly.
"What's wrong?" Coco inquired the ally.
"It is about..." The mask started, but he refused to finished.
"Hey," announced the male of the bandicoots, "we're a team and a family. We work together and help each other. So, whatever you have in your mind, speak it out."
Aku-Aku turned and smiled at the siblings before he answered.
"It is about my brother."
Crash and Coco were stunned, because they never knew that Aku-Aku had a brother.
"Brother?" The siblings asked, turning to each other.
"Yes." The mask replied, "The voice you heard belongs to my brother, Uka-Uka."
"Uka-Uka?" Coco asked, confused about the name of Aku-Aku's brother.
"Not very creative on the names." Crash mumbled.
The comment earned him an elbow to the ribs from Coco, who hissed, "Don't be rude!"
"Don't worry about it, Coco." The mask said, "Names for twins do not need to be very creative as long as the names connect the twins."
"Oh!" Crash said, finally realizing the lack of creativity was not exactly an intended act.
Then, a knock was heard at the door.
"I'll get it!" The younger of the Bandicoot siblings announced as she went to the door.
Coco opened the door and saw Nathan and Polar, who ran inside.
"Nathan, it's good to see you!" The female bandicoot smiled happily.
"Same here." The boy smiled sadly, "I only wish that it was on better terms."
"The fallen station..." Coco said, knowing what Nathan meant.
"As well as who or what was freed from the ruins." The human added grimly.
"I was afraid you were gonna say that." Coco announced.
"What's going on?" Nathan asked, just noticing the mask's gloomly expression.
Crash turned to his friend and replied, "We're about to find out about Aku-Aku's brother."
Nathan thought for a few seconds before announcing that they should wait until Luna and Sash were with them.
"What?" Coco exclaimed loudly, annoyed at the human's suggestion.
"Why?" Crash asked, more confused than annoyed.
"Well..." Nathan started, blushing.
"Spit it out!" Coco yelled.
Her shouting earned her getting a noogie from Crash.
"Give 'im a chance." The brother said.
"Thanks." A nervous and thankful Nathan said to his friend.
"Not a problem." Crash winked, "Just start talking."
"All right." The human sighed, "It happened two months before returning to the Wumpa Islands. I was in the meeting with Brio and the others, but I did not included Luna and Sash. I thought that the girls wouldn't be interested in meetings. After the meeting, I was confronted by a very outraged and very human Luna. She told me with I left her and Sash out of another meeting, she was going to hurt me."
"Yeah, right!" Crash laughed out.
"You wanna bet?"
Crash looked at the opened door and saw Luna and Sash.
"Hi, girls." The bandicoot hero greeted sheepishly.
"Hi, Crash." Luna grinned evilly.
Meanwhile in the farther parts of space, Cortex was on his knees, fearful for his life, dispite the fact that he managed to survive in space for six months, but he knew that the mask in front of him can and would end his life. The mask was dark-looking, espeically with the bones hanging from it.
"How dare you fail me?" The mask roared at Cortex.
"Uka-Uka, it's not my fault!" The 'doctor' begged, but it failed.
"Don't bother!" The mask yelled, "You have failed twice! But...since it was due to the second failure that freed me, I am feeling...generous."
"Oh, thank you, Great Uka-Uka!" Cortex bowed to the evil mask.
"Stop that and listen!" The mask roared, "This time, I will make sure you will not fail me, and speaking of time, I have someone in mind."
Then, the two disappeared into a dark portal.