Hey everyone, eternal1990 is back to keep the series moving. This installment is basically my version of a Crash Bandicoot 5 if Naughty Dog was holding the rights. This installment has Cortex back to his old tricks again. Hopefully our marsupial hero can do something about it.

Other than that, I hope you all like this little fic.

Crash Bandicoot and other related characters do not belong to me. They belong to who I don't even know at this point. Any OC's that appear in this fic belong to me.

Enjoy

Prologue

2 Months Later

Crash Bandicoot leaned against the wall of the deli that was owned by Elkie's Grandfather. The warm summer sun splashed against his fur and his closed his eyes to avoid the brightness that it seemed to radiate.

The bandicoot actually found himself feeling more and more content as days passed. He had found some closure to some of the pieces that had been missing since he had waken from his coma. Some of the things weren't not the outcome he had been hoping for, but now that he knew the truth, he was fine with it.

Crash opened his eyes when he noticed Elkie and Charlotte had walked out of the deli.

"What took you guys so long?" He asked.

"We had to get ourselves ready." Charlotte grinned.

"We're going to the pool; not the moon." Crash said, rolling his eyes.

"Is Kevin here yet?" The short haired human asked.

"Whose Kevin?" Elkie asked.

"He's Charlotte's new boyfriend." Crash said grinning like a moron. "... And he's two years older than her."

"He's the same age as you guys... Sides I'm going to be a freshmen this fall so what's it to you?" She growled.

"Nothing's wrong with that." Elkie's mother said coming out of the deli when she heard them talking.

"Mom what's going on?" Elkie asked her mother.

"I have to go to the chef's supplies store that's seven blocks away. Your Grandfather broke the electric mixer again. What are you three up to?"

"Going to the pool..." Crash explained.

"Crash I still want you to wear the arm brace for a little bit."

"But my arm's fine..."

"True but it may still be fragile and might shattered very quickly if you do something strenuous to it."

Crash groaned as put the brace back on his arm.

"Thank you, Crash." Nurse Renner said, smiling.

The bandicoot turned to see a boy about their age walking toward them. His hair was a sandy blonde with hazel eyes.

"That's Kevin." The bandicoot said.

"What's up there, Crash?" Kevin asked in a thick Brooklyn accent.

"Not much, just waiting for you to show up." The bandicoot said, nonchalantly.

"How you doing, Char..." He said ruffling her hair.

Charlotte giggled and blushed.

"I guess we're heading off now, Mom." Elkie said.

"I want you guys back in time for dinner this time." She said, firmly.

"We will this time!' Crash protested.

The four walked towards the pool.

"Ah summertime! There is nothing else like it!" Crash said smelling the nice warm air.

"Too bad it doesn't last that long." Said Kevin, looking up towards the light blue sky.

Elkie looked up towards Crash.

"Elkie... What's up?" He asked.

"I just thought of something..."

"Tomas...?" He asked.

"Yeah..." She explained.

"I know you're worried he's going to show up again, but I promise when he does, I'll be ready for him."

"Then what about Cortex?" She said out of nowhere.

Crash actually felt himself stopping; he hadn't thought about him for awhile as he was more worried about Tomas.

"Elkie... I promise nothing is going to happen... Not while I'm around."

Charlotte looked back towards them.

"You guys slowed down quite a bit. Are you guys okay?"

Crash turned towards the other two.

"Yeah we're okay." He said.

Crash grabbed the blind girl's hand and sped up with the others.

Meanwhile in a isolated lab off somewhere in the mountains of Eastern Europe, Dr. Neo Cortex was walking down the dark hallways with his right hand man Dr. N. Gin.

"It's three years Dr. Cortex; three since you've tried to conquer the planet." The cyborg said with his familiar metallic whine.

Cortex smiled eerily.

"Three years is quite a long time to do nothing, but I wanted to absolutely sure that this plan would not fail."

"What exactly is your plan this time Dr. Cortex?" N. Gin asked, curious.

Cortex continued to grin.

"Walk with me to the lab." He said.

The two walked to Cortex's main lab to see in the center of the room a large computer with numerous monitors and keyboards among it's structure, with the largest monitor in the center.

"What is all this?" N. Gin asked.

Cortex chuckled.

"This is my mother computer which I have designed to link and corrupt all of the planets main forms of communication and transportation.

"But how can all of that be linked together by just one mother computer?"

"That's the most beautiful part, the mother computer is actually controlling generators that I have installed. The generators can be activated if a horrific power outage or black out takes place taking control of power grids and data bases. When the generators are in full play, I can take full control of the power in that area and do with it anything I so wish."

"So that would mean that you can harness a city or a country's data of transportation and basically and harness them for your benefit?"

"That's correct."

"How many generators have been installed and where are they?" N. Gin asked.

"There are thirty generators in all. All thirty of the generators have been placed by my minions all over the world."

"But what about Crash?"

Cortex sighed.

"This time I need to deal with Crash immediately. I'm going to create the strike to set the outage. But during the preparation, I'm going to have to send one of the minions to distract Crash long enough for the deed to be done. Hopefully in the process that thorn in my side will be taken out of the equation."

N. Gin stared at the monitors.

"When is this attack going taking place."

Cortex grinned evilly.

"Erica should be confronting the bandicoot, very soon..."

That's it for the Prologue. Stay tuned for the next chapter.