Crash Bandicoot Archives Volume 9
Today's Episode: Tomato Mutants
It was a brightly sunny day on the Island of Wumpa. Everything was normal as usual. In fact, the only thing that was not usual was the obvious thing. The obvious thing that would happen obviously was someone dark where evil roams around.
AT CORTEX CASTLE
Cortex was desperately running out of ideas to take down Crash.
Cortex: (Growled) we tried Stone, Wizzly, Mecha-Crash, Kahad, almost everything we could think of!
But at Cortex Castle, they didn't run out of ideas yet. Cortex was hoping he could get more ideas outside. So he walked down his hallway and walked passed 's lab. He nearly walked passed it when he peeked back inside the lab. There was , working on his tomato in which he mentioned while Cortex was planning something evil for Crunch.
Cortex: (Walking in the lab) well good morning ! What have you got in store? (Chuckles)
N. Brio: What does it look like I'm doing?
Cortex: Working on that tomato?
N. Brio: Yes you got that correctly!
Cortex: Don't you have any idea what that thing is going to do?
N. Brio: Why yes of course! I need to inject this nitrogen potion along with some of this secret molecule which will enhance life into this tomato.
Cortex: And what is that molecule?
N. Brio: I have no idea! I found this molecule at Wumpa falls when I saw like some kind of rock juice next to it. Looks pretty weird but I'm willing to take it!
Cortex: So how long is this gonna take?
N. Brio: Approximately ninety seconds from now.
Cortex: Ah!
Cortex then had a sneaky idea in his mind.
Cortex: Say , what is this tomato used for anyway?
N. Brio: Perhaps as something used for maybe doing a couple of things around the castle. Once this tomato is done, it will produce tomato mutants, which are great mutants that can be extra helpful, and you could say, a bit dangerous.
Cortex: Can we use it to take down Crash?
N. Brio: Okay, if you insist.
90 SECONDS LATER
N. Brio: All right! It's done!
Cortex: Yeah! Let's see what we have here.
The tomato began shaking violently and then at once, a little opening came out on its top. Then at once a bunch of mutants starting climbing out and jumping out on the top.
N. Brio: (Proudly) According to my new technology, it will produce about one hundred mutants!
Cortex: WHOA!
N. Brio: Yes, but here's the catch though.
Cortex: And what's the catch?
N. Brio: It can only dispense up to ten mutants at once.
Cortex: (Sigh) Fair enough. Mutants! Please follow me!
The first ten mutants started following Cortex. The tomato mutants looked like tomato bandicoots only they were sculpted differently.
N. Brio: (Shouting) CORTEX! JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T TALK!
Cortex: (Shouting) GOT IT!
Cortex led them outside of the castle and then Cortex made a little rousing speech.
Cortex: Attention you ten mutants! If you know Crash Bandicoot, raise your hand!
All ten mutants raised their hand without any problem.
Cortex: Good! Now, go to Crash's house and spray it with your deadly toxics tomato juice!
The ten mutants nodded and then assembled themselves int formation. They then marched off into the distance.
Cortex: We'll see how good they are! When Crash thinks that the tomatoes are harmless, he'll find out that he is wrong! The hard way!
Cortex laughed and laughed as thunder boomed around his castle.
AT CRASH'S HOUSE
Crash was relaxing under a tree nibbling off a Wumpa Fruit. It tasted really delicious on a sunny day. Coco was practicing some of her martial art moves at Wumpa falls. She figured that she was always good practicing on land, but on water is a whole different story. She was practicing on the shallow area though just to be safe. Crunch was punching a boulder as hard as he can.
Crash: Ahhh! What's better than some Wumpa Fruit and siblings concentrated on some things without bothering you?
Coco and Crunch: I heard that Crash!
Crash: Of course you did! That's why I was speaking a bit louder than I would have sounded!
Just as Crash finished off his Wumpa fruit, he saw ten red figures in the distance.
Crash: Crunch and Coco! Look at what we have here!
Coco and Crunch stopped what they were doing and went to Crash.
Crash: Looks like we have some more Cortex Company here!
Crunch: What?! That doesn't look like Cortex's Company!
Coco: Yeah! More, it looks like maybe some people who got lost and maybe are trying to find their way!
Crash: But-
Coco: Crunch! Let's go help them! You can help too Crash.
Crash: Don't just trust your instincts every time!
But it was too late. Coco and Crunch ran towards them and stopped in front of them.
Coco: Hi! I'm Coco and this is Crunch. Are you lost?
A tomato mutant walked in front of them and shook his head. Then he lifted up his right hand and then opened it wide. Tomato juice squirted out of it hitting both Coco and Crunch.
Coco and Crunch: AHHHHHHHHH!
Crash: What did I say?
At once the tomato mutants ran towards both of them and squirted more juice on them. Coco and Crunch scrambled to get away but then three tomato mutants grabbed hold of them.
Coco: What are you doing?!
But she was then muffled by the voice of a tomato mutant blocking her mouth with his hand.
Crash: NO WAY!
Crash ran forward and then jump kicked a tomato mutant away. He was squirted more with some tomato juice and he gagged. Crash knew that he was in a large piece of danger right now. He punched a mutant away and then spin kicked behind another mutant that tried to get him. Coco elbowed the mutant from behind that was grabbing her and Crunch lowered his head forward and then jerked it back instantly knocking out a mutant. The one who was grabbing him.
Crash: Come on!
Crash leg sweeped another mutant while Coco landed a one eighty roundhouse kick on a mutant. Crunch pushed his way past three mutants and then started shooting rockets at more mutants. More tomato juice was everywhere and it was starting to get dangerous. Crash felt dizzy from that tomato juice and fell down. Coco was feeling dizzy as well but she managed to knockout another mutant before she collapsed. Crunch saw both of them in horror and then tried spitting out all of his tomato juice out.
Crunch: Blugh! (Cough) (Cough)
Crunch was tired shooting any more Crunch rockets but there were only three mutants left. Crunch jumped into Wumpa falls and tried to cleanse his mouth with water. He successfully did and then he charged forward at the mutants.
Crunch: YAHHHHHHHH!
Crunch ran with so much force and fury in him and then dodged a tomato spray attack. He head-butted one mutant and then jumped into the air. He double punched the last two mutants that came his way and the uppercut another mutant. Finally, there was only one mutant left.
Crunch: Get ready to be crunched!
The mutant shook his head and then took out both of his hands. He then moved his hands in some kind of Wizard casts up a fireball stance and then casted up a tomato. He then hurled it at Crunch. Crunch whacked it away from him and then ran forward. Crunch whacked the mutant away and the mutant fell into the water. Crunch jumped into the water and then tackled the mutant down.
Crunch: GRRRR!
Crunch punched the mutant over and over again but then the mutant squirted some more tomato juice. Crunch staggered back and then fell down onto some more water. Crunch rinsed his mouth with more water but then was met with even more tomato juice. He face planted into the water and felt pain on his face. Crunch managed to shoot one rocket at the mutant and the mutant nearly flipped over but landed on his back.
Crunch: Yes! (Cough)
Crunch pushed himself back up and then climbed up onto land. He then jumped onto the mutant but then punched as hard as he could. The mutant spinned out of control and then exploded into tomato juice.
Crunch: So much for more tomatoes!
Crunch then saw Crash and Coco still unconscious from that tomato juice. Crunch decided then its best he would go see what he could find about that tomato juice. He sneaked and grabbed Coco's laptop.
Crunch: I hope she doesn't mind!
Crunch typed up that tomato juice and found out that they could cause dizziness and fainting and that if it isn't treated soon enough, it can be fatal.
Crunch: (Gulp)
Crunch then called Aku Aku to come over. Aku Aku appeared in green dusts next to Crunch.
Aku Aku: Hello Crunch. What have you called me for?
Crunch: Crash and Coco have been struck with a different and more dangerous tomato juice! Can you find a way to heal them?
Aku Aku: Yes of course! That tomato juice uses the same substance as the berry that Crash gulped down. Remember? When you and Coco were fighting Stone?
Crunch: Who's Stone?
Aku Aku: (Sigh) He's Cortex's most dangerous piece of stone element.
Crunch: Oh yeah! Short term-memory lost!
Crunch then hauled up Coco and Crash both onto their bedroom beds.
Aku Aku: Now I know that you're not into health learning but sometimes, you'll just have to go with it.
Crunch: I'm ready!
Aku Aku: You sure?
Crunch: Of course!
Aku Aku: All right! Here's what you'll have to do!