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CRASH BANDICOOT

THE DARK BANDICOOT SAGA

Crash stood up and stretched after a few hours sleeping and sun bathing on N Sanity Beach.

He looked much different now than the last time he defeated Cortex. He was now a bit more muscular, his hair was a little longer, but still spiky, and he now wore black wind pants, white sneakers, and black gloves with sharp metal claws on the fingers.

After climbing a wumpa tree and picking a wumpa fruit, Crash decided to go on a walk through the jungle before heading back home.

"Better make it a quick one," Crash thought to himself when he noticed the sun was beginning to set.

As he headed through the jungle, Crash began to hear a demonic voice. It sounded familiar, yet unfamiliar.

"Crash?" it asked him.

"Who's there?" Crash asked back nervously.

"I am a part of you…a long repressed part of you." it told him.

"I don't understand," Crash said feeling confused.

"All will be explained in time, but for now I must go. We will speak again soon." the voice told him before silencing.

Crash just stood there confused; how could this voice be a long repressed part of him? Before he could think too deeply on it, crash suddenly began to hear a loud rumbling, and saw a huge blimp hovering above him.

"Oh great," Crash grumbled to himself.

Then four objects came out of the blimp and began to descend towards him. As they came closer, Crash recognized them as Cortex, Ngin, Brio, and Nina, all riding on hover boards.

"What do you guys want?" Crash asked the villains, sounding very annoyed.

"N-n-now how is th-that any way t-to greet someone?" Brio stuttered before laughing maniacally.

"Yes, we just wanted to shower you with DOOOOMMMM!" Ngin shouted as the missile in his head began to spout fire and smoke.

"Can we just get this over with…I have somewhere else to be." Crash said as he got into a fighting stance.

"Well, since you're so eager, TAKE THIS!" Nina shouted as she used the grapple attachment in her hands to punch Crash square in the nose, sending him falling flat on his back.

As Crash struggled to his feet and wiped the blood from his mouth, the voice returned.

"So, they want a fight huh? Then let's give them one they'll never forget!" the voice told him.

"What do you mean 'let's'? Crash asked under his breath.

"I mean let ME take control!" the voice snarled before Crash began to scream in pain.

"Yes!" the voice continued, "Let me handle this!"

Suddenly, Crash began to change. His fur changed to black and gray, and strange glowing red markings began to cover his body. His hair was now a line of flames extending down his back, and as he changed, Crash threw off his gloves to reveal that long, black claws had grown on his fingers. Crash's screams soon turned into demonic laughter as his eyes began to glow red.

"YES, NOW I AM IN CONTROL!" Crash snarled in the demonic voice that had spoken to him.

"What's going on?" Ngin asked .

"I have no idea." Cortex replied.

"You'll soon find out." Crash snarled as he leapt into the air and gave Nina a powerful slash to the face with his claws. She cried out in pain as she fell off her hover board, and landed face first on the ground.

"NINA!" Cortex cried out as he flew to his niece's aid.

"Eat this Crash!" Ngin yelled as he fired a rocket launcher at Crash. Crash laughed demonically as he grabbed the rocket and threw it back at him.

"Oh shit." Ngin said before the rocket hit his hover board, sending him crashing into a nearby tree.

Next, Crash turned on Brio, and before he could react, Crash seized him in his claws and threw Brio onto a nearby rock, breaking his back. As Brio lay in pain, he took a beaker of glowing red mutagen from his pocket, and drank it, causing him to turn into a giant, green-skinned monster that rippled with muscle.

"COME AND GET ME CRASH!" Brio shouted in a monstrous voice.

"Oh…you want more?" Crash taunted. "Then allow me to assist you."

Crash immediately sped toward Brio, and began slashing at him with his claws. Brio simply shrugged and flicked Crash in the chest, sending him flying through the air before landing in some bushes.

"Tough guy, huh?" Crash said before bursting from the bushes, his teeth and fists tightly clenched.

As Brio charged, Crash charged as well, leapt into the air, and gave Brio a powerful punch to the chin followed by a kick in the chest, which caused him to crash head first into the ground, and revert back to his normal self.

"Now, to finish Cortex." Crash said to himself, but as he approached him, Cortex fired his ray gun, hitting Crash in the chest. Crash then reverted back to his normal self and collapsed on the ground.

"Is everyone OK?" Cortex called out.

"I'm OK." called back as he limped out of some bushes.

"Grab Brio, he's hurt badly." Cortex told him.

"Yes sir." Ngin replied, and he went to Brio, picked him up, and threw him over his shoulder.

Cortex then turned to Nina, who was still lying unconscious on the ground, and sighed as he picked her up and cradled her in his arms.

When Cortex and began to walk toward each other, Crash looked up at them, eyes barely open. Cortex looked down at him and said, "Mark my words you wretched bandicoot…you will pay for this."

Suddenly a light blue beam shot down from the blimp and enveloped the villains before they disappeared. Then the blimp's engines started with a roar, and it took off into the sunset. Crash watched as it flew out of sight, then slipped into unconsciousness.

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