Hey there people I know I said that Crash: Revenge was going to be my last Crash story but I decided to come back for one more story in the series that I had wanted to do since before Crash Revenge. I ended up shelving the idea for this story for a while because I had a hard time figuring out how to do it because it is so different from my last ones and takes place twenty years after revenge. Finally though I think I have a story that will work and will put a permanent conclusion to the Crash Saga Without further ado here is Son of Crash.
As far as the eye could see there was just nothing but destruction lying around. Buildings were burned to the ground the streets were filled with burnt ash. It was nothing but mass chaos for the survivors of the attack. A young Bandicoot about the age of sixteen was walking the streets blood dripping from his face. He just looked in shock at all that had happened to Wumpa City before falling to the ground crying.
"I'm so sorry father." He cried, tears falling from his face. "I failed you." Just then a female reporter walked up to him
"You ok?" She asked putting a hand on his shoulder
"Do I look like I'm ok?" He snapped back not really wanting to talk to anybody. That's when the reporter noticed something
"You're a Bandicoot aren't you?"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I'm sure you know something about the attack that just happened considering you Bandicoots are always the first to respond to attacks like these." The reporter said "What's your story? How did this happen?"
"What if I don't want my story told?" the bandicoot said.
"I'm not a Pulitzer prize winning reporter for nothing." The reporter said "I'm not leaving till you tell me your story. You've got a story, you know something. Who are you and what do you know?"
The Bandicoot just sighed. "My name is Chase. And I am the son of Crash Bandicoot." The reporters eyes lit up wide when she heard that then Chase continued speaking. "And if I'm going to tell you my story than I'm going to go back to the very beginning.
The next several chapters are a flashback leading up to this scene that just unfolded.
It had been four years since the defeat of Uka and Wumpa City and the rest of the world had been living quite peacefully. Mutants were now fully accepted into society and no longer hated; some were even in public office. Crash and the team had done a good job keeping the streets clean of crime. Today however something bad was happening. Crash, Coco, and the rest of the bandicoot team including Richard Roo and the police were swarming a building where a deadly criminal known as Dr. Crook had stolen this Crystal with special powers and used it to make a death ray that was disintegrating the city. Crash stepped out of his car and met up with Crunch
"How's the situation going?" Crash asked
"Not well." Crunch responded. "He's got a bomb in their rigged to blow and he said it will go off if we don't back off.
"That's not an option as long as he has that death way the city is in great danger." Crash said "We've got to play this carefully." Just then the roof to the building raised and out came the death ray. Dr. Crook spoke through a microphone from inside the building
"Well if it isn't Crash and his team. You can't stop me Crash this death ray is too powerful even for you."
"We'll see about that!" Crash said. Then as soon as he said that the ray went off causing them to scatter for cover. They could hear laughter from inside.
"Give it up Crash. You can't stop me"
"No chance in hell!" Crash blurred out. Then he called Crunch and Crystal. "Crunch, Crystal I need the two of you to clear me and Richard an entrance. We need to find a way to shut down the bomb and destroy that Ray gun."
"We're on it." Crystal said then her and Crunch were on the move. All the entrances were locked so the only way end would be to smash a hole in the wall, which was extremely difficult when they had to keep moving backwards when the ray gun shot at them.
"Crash I don't think we can get in." Crunch said "Every time we get close that Ray gun keeps shooting at us. One wrong move and we will be disintegrated.
"Come on soldiers there's got to be a way in. We can't give up." Crash said
"No we won't" Richard said then he ran up and handed Crystal some throwing stars.
"You got one chance don't blow it." Then Crystal starred at the cursed ray gun and threw the stars hitting it dead on causing the ray gun to misfire giving Crunch a chance to smash a whole in the wall allowing Crash and Richard to enter the building.
Inside the place was pitch dark. All the lights had been shot out making it near impossible to see. Suddenly he saw a flash of light coming from Dr. Crook's flashlight
"I warned you Crash." Crook said
"Your madness ends now Crook." Crash said
"On the contrary my madness has just begun." Crook said pulling out the detonator to the bomb. The city will give in to my commands or they will burn to the ground. And this time you won't be around to save them." Then he pulled out the detonator to the bomb but just before he pressed the trigger Richard threw another throwing star at it knocking it out of his hand giving Crash the opportunity to punch Crook in the face. Crook got knocked a few steps back before Crash turned around and kicked him in the face knocking him to the ground. Crook then took out a gun while he was still on the ground and opened fire on Crash and Richard. The two of them ducked down as the shots were fired. Crash from his hiding place took out a gun also and fired toward Crooks direction, after about a minute of firing back and forth the shots finally stopped. With the shots finally stopping Crash and Richard finally stepped out of their hiding spots. Suddenly out from the shadows Crook came leaping out with a knife tackling Crash to the ground and tried to stab him in the eye. Crash however grabbed Crook's arm forbidding him from stabbing him. Crash then threw Crook off him and pulled out a knife of his own.
"This ends now Crash." Crook said
"I agree." Crash said. Crook then lunged at him; Crash grabbed him by the arm and twisted it backwards trying to force the knife out of him. Crook wouldn't let it go however as he turned around and punched Crash in the face with his other arm causing Crash to drop him knife. Crook then turned around and stabbed Crash in the shoulder. Crash yelled out in pain as he felt the blade sink in him but he would not give up once the blade left his body he turned around and punched him. Crook swung his knife a second time but this time Crash grabbed the blade and they found themselves wrestling over possession over the knife. Richard took out his gun and waited for the right time to fire. After about one minute he finally had a target and he fired shooting Crook in the back. The shock from the blast also made Crook stab himself in the abdomen and he fell to the ground. Crash stood over him gun pointed at his head
"It's over Crook."
"Looks like you're going to kill me after all Crash, but I'm still dragging you to whatever hell awaits me." Then Crook reached in his pocket and pulled out a second detonator and pressed the button. The blast knocked Crash and Richard to the ground hard. Pieces of the roof fell on Crash's left leg and hand, trapping him to where he couldn't move.
"Crash!" Richard yelled out and he tried to run over to help him out only to have pieces of the roof fall and bury him. Outside the rest of the team watched in horror as the bomb ran out.
"CRASH!" Coco screamed in terror knowing her brother was still trapped in there. She started to run over there but Crunch held her back.
"You can't go in there the place is about to level any minute"
"Come on Crash get out of there." Crystal said. Then the place fell to the ground hard.
"Oh my God, Crash!" Coco screamed as she ran over to the rubble and started trying to dig her brother out.
"Please don't be dead Crash, please don't be dead!" Then after about a minute of digging Crunch found Crash, he was covered in blood but still alive.
"Oh my God!" Tex said when he saw how bad of shape he was in.
"He's still alive but we got to get him to the hospital fast. Then Crunch picked Crash up in his arms and they rushed him to the hospital.
Hours pasted but they seemed like days as they waited to see what the fate of Crash would be. Timmons walked into the waiting room where the rest of the bandicoots were.
"I came as soon as I heard the news, how is he?
"We don't know." Crystal said. "The doctor said he lost a lot of blood and he was lucky he was still alive when we got him there. Then just after he said that Liz burst in running up to Coco with a look of terror on her face.
"Please tell me he's going to live; please tell me he's going to live." She pleaded.
"He's going to be ok. The doctor said he'll do everything in his power to save him."
"He can't die yet." Liz cried. "It's too soon."
"I know Liz." Coco said "With that baby you just had trust me I know." Then the doctor walked out.
"How is he?" Liz asked. "Will he live?"
"The good news is he will live." The doctor said causing the gang to breathe a sigh of relief. "But because of the rubble and everything that fell on him his left hand and leg got burnt to the point where they had to be amputated." Coco just covered her mouth in shock when she heard that.
"What?" she gasped
"We were able to put a mechanical hand and leg on him though so he can still fight when he needs to."
"Can we see him now?" Liz asked
"He's awake so yeah you can see him." The doctor said then they all ran in to see Crash who was looking at his mechanical hand.
"Well look at you." Crunch said trying to put a smile on Crash's face. "Looks like you and eye have something in common now.
"Cut the jokes Crunch I've had a long day." Crash said
"How are you feeling?" Coco asked sitting next to Crash and stroking his hair.
"I'm doing all right." He said then he started looking at his mechanical hand again. "It's not actually a bad hand. It even comes equipped with weapons." Then a blade popped out of the wrist of the hand.
"I wish my hand did that." Crunch said "All I can do is crush people's body parts and snap people's necks. You got the latest model
"The doctor said I should be able to leave in a few hours." Crash said
"Liz why don't you go home I'll stay here with Crash." Coco said.
"That might not be such a bad idea." Liz said tears forming in her eyes seeing what happened to Crash then she walked away. Six hours later Crash was released and returned home. He walked in the front door to see Liz was still up with the baby asleep in her arms.
"You can't keep doing this Crash." Liz said with a serious tone.
"I know." Crash said
"It was fine in the old days before we got married and all but now we have a child we can't keep putting our lives in danger now like we used to." Liz said "You don't want Chase to grow up and not know who his father was do you?"
"No" Crash said "No I don't, you're right Liz, which is why I'm retiring at field work starting tomorrow" Then he walked up to Chase and held him in his arms "I promise son that I will be hear for you and will never let anything happen to you. May you never go through the stuff I have gone through." Then that day he retired as a worrier.
