This fanfic is based on the Crash Bandicoot series.
Crash Bandicoot and its characters are the property of Activision and are not my property.
I own one OC in this story, and that would be Sasha Sloth (clever, huh?)
It's M rated, FYI. With this out of the way, let's begin.
Escape the Lab
I didn't know what was going on as I sat inside of my cage, but it didn't really bother me too much. Being a sloth means that you really don't need to move much and the food you eat digests extremely slowly, so I could just sleep for days if I really wished. But it was hard to get any kind of sleep whenever I heard that man's laugh followed by the loud noises and bright lights of a machine that I was able to see from my cage. It was quite large whatever it was and he had used it on numerous different critters just like me.
And what did it do to them? Let's just say that it turned them into mutated monsters. It was able to turn a kangaroo so crazy that he had to be put in a straight jacket and had to have its legs shackled. The doctor who made him, Doctor Cortex, called him Ripper Roo. It turned a small koala into a gigantic buff beefcake that got the name Koala Kong. And it also turned a normal potoroo rat into a highly-intelligent creature that loved using a strange device that made tons of loud noises. He got the name Pinstripe Potoroo.
But today was going to be a bit different. The doctor had just gotten three new faces that he was going to turn into mutants next. He hadn't even bothered to try to turn me into a mutant, probably because I was so sluggish. But I watched from my cage with a sigh as one by one, the different creatures were mutated by the machine. One was turned into a cute blonde girl with very swirly hair that immediately started back-talking Cortex the moment she gained awareness.
"What have you done to me?! Let me go this instant!" she exclaimed, her not really able to do anything from the restraints.
"Bah, another failure. Throw her out the window," Cortex said, me gasping at that, but it was more like an inhale of air. Even if I wanted to be quick with a gasp, it was impossible. A duo of scientist henchmen then grabbed her by the arms as the machine unrestrained her, the duo then tossing her out of the open window and me wondering if she'd be alright.
"Bring in the other bandicoot next," Cortex said, me frowning as the next one came in. The machine mutated this one to look extremely tall, incredibly pretty, and also have a frown on her face when she saw Cortex.
"Release me and return me to normal right this minute, you pervert!" she snarled, spitting directly in Cortex's face soon after.
"You know the drill," Cortex growled, two more scientists restraining her, which turned into three and then four when she showed she was actually slightly stronger than the smaller girl bandicoot. She was then slowly sent to the window and pushed out by her butt, me frowning at that as the final bandicoot came out. "Hey, Sasha Sloth!" Cortex exclaimed at me from across the room, me wondering what he wanted to say. "If this one fails, you're next!" he said with a sinister smile, me sighing and scratching my head, wondering if I'd be able to finally move slightly better and less slowly if I were to get an upgrade. Of course, if these mutants kept failing, then that must mean it'd fail for me as well.
Soon enough, the machine slowly mutated the final bandicoot, this one turning into a very cool looking one that, the moment that he got mutated, he actually did the unthinkable and broke from the restraints all on his own just by muscle power alone, even though he looked kinda lanky. "Is this... a success?" Cortex asked in shock. He got his answer when the bandicoot then spun around incredibly fast and smacked Cortex onto the ground, the scientists immediately trying to grab Crash, but them being knocked back to the walls too before Cortex pushed a button on the control computer, me gasping as all of the cages of the loyal mutants opened up. They then all rushed the male bandicoot and, with their combined power, they threw him out of the same window.
That meant I was next. I was next and my sluggish form couldn't try to escape if I tried. "You're turn, sloth girl," Cortex smirked as he opened my cage and grabbed me. I tried to resist by holding my claws to the small twig in my cage, but he simply grabbed them and undid them manually before then taking me to the contraption and strapping my arms into place. "You better not be a failure," Cortex growled as he flipped the switch and I slowly braced myself for whatever I'd turn into. And once the ray beam hit me, I gasped as I felt my body start to grow and morph drastically!
My face started to mold into a more humanoid appearance with my nose still intact, much like the other bandicoots. My arms and legs stayed the same, but my hands and feet gained extra toes and fingers as well as thumps on my hands. And my body morphed to look like that of the older bandicoot, being more feminine and with slightly bigger boobs. And it was then that I opened my mouth and spoke, saying the words that I wanted to say.
"I'll be free! FREE!" I exclaimed in something that never happened to me before. Hyperactivity! I then snapped loose of my restraints with ease and punched Cortex directly in the eye, me gasping at the power I possessed when he fell to the ground holding onto his eye and screaming in pain. I then saw the scientists and smiled. "Yeah, yeah, I know, throw me out the window, right? Allow me to do so myself," I smirked wildly as I rushed through all of them with surprising agility and then jumped out of the window, me seeing that the other three bandicoots had all fallen to the ground and were in a boat. A boat that I saw was a rowboat. I simply jumped down to them and smiled at how my hands were still good for climbing, only I was able to do it much faster now!
"Hey! WAIT UP! I'm coming with ya!" I exclaimed at the trio before they could get off the docks, them holding up long enough for me to run to their location and get into the boat. "Step on it, guys!" I exclaimed, the older bandicoot immediately doing the duty of rowing while the male and female of the bunch looked at each other with something in their eyes I couldn't quite place.
"I'm sorry Crash... after this... how can we go back home to the jungle?... We need more food now, more advanced living... at least he gave us clothes when he turned us into these freak shows, but it makes me uncomfortable..." the girl said, me looking at them with a frown as I then placed my hand on the girl.
"Hey. Cheer up. Besides, I want to know your names. Mine's Sasha Sloth according to the loon. What're yours?" I smiled at them, the trio smiling and nodding at me before introducing themselves.
"Tawna is my name... I was Crash's mate until this happened... I look like a hooker and I hate it!... If I went back to my home in the jungle looking like this, all the forest critters would be scared stiff. It may mean less predators, but it also might make the tribes folk want to bang me... UGH!" the older female groaned in anger.
"I'm Coco, and this is Crash. We're siblings and I was going to try and help Crash meet up and mate with Tawna before we got captured by that creep... aren't you even a little upset he turned us into freaks?" the younger girl asked, me looking at my body and sighing. I didn't look like myself at all. She was right. This wasn't who I was.
"Yeah, I guess I don't look like I used to... but that's the only bad thing. I was able to give that Cortex a black eye with one punch as well as utterly plow through the other scientists before I jumped out the window to join up with you guys," I smiled at them.
"Well, that's great and all, but how do we proceed from here? I mean, after this stunt, Cortex may try to get even more critters on his side to help him dominate the world..." Coco said.
"Well, first thing's first, let's regroup on one of these islands and then take the fight to Cortex slowly but surely. I suggest N Sanity Island... heh. Fitting name, huh?" I smiled as I looked at my clothes Cortex put me in. I was in a purple shirt that looked like it was being extended slightly by my boobs I now had on me, some panties that were underneath my knee length pink skirt, and I had on stiletto heels of lavender color. And my hair? It was light blue and it was in a pigtail style on my head. I could barely see it in the reflection of the water due to it being nighttime and my hair color matching the water.
"So N Sanity Island, huh?... That's our home... when we get there, we need to be careful going through the island. There are sure to be baddies that'll want us for their dinner. Especially the carnivorous plants and the native tribesmen," Coco said. And what did Crash say after that?
"Pretty..." Crash smiled when he saw the moon, me smiling at that while Tawna sighed.
"Looks like Crash got speed and strength instead of smarts... shouldn't be surprised. The only one to get speech smarts instead of us girls would be that Pinstripe fella," I said.
"So it makes girls smarter and it makes boys stronger... at least we won't be as big of brutes as that messed-up koala," Tawna said.
"Indeed," I smiled as I saw the island coming up in the distance, me smiling as Tawna carefully rowed into land and we then got off on the beach. "Let's move out."