Chapter 2: The Journey

Crunch started on his way to Cortex Castle, fuming. It was bad enough he had lost his brother, Crunchinator Bandicoot, but losing his friends was the last straw.

"When I find you, Cortex, oh MAN are you dead!"

"What's with you, mate?" a voice suddenly asked, out of nowhere. This caught Crunch off guard and he tripped over a tree root. When he stood up, he looked around and saw Dingodile.

"Dingodile! Well, it's like this. Cortex.." A tear came to Crunch's eye again. "Cortex..."

"What'd he do?" Dingodile inquired. "Did he do something to you?"

"YES!" bellowed Crunch. "THAT BASTARD KILLED CRASH AND COCO!" He sobbed quietly. "Now I'm motherless, fatherless, brotherless and now friendless!"

Dingodile was furious! He had been on good terms with Crash and Coco for a long time now and now they were gone.

"I can't believe it! Wait till I get my hands on him!" Dingodile growled. "But first, how'd they die?"

"The house fell on them!" Crunch snapped. "Glass from the windows pierced them too! It was a mess!"

Now Dingodile was even more furious. "Cortex did this? When I see him..."

Crunch looked at him. "You want to get rid of him too, don't you?"

"Yeah! I do!" Dingodile barked. Crunch smiled at him.

"You've got the same fighting spirit I do, my friend," the large bandicoot said, punching Dingodile lightly on the arm. Dingodile smiled back.

"It's good to know we're on the same side."

Meanwhile, at Cortex Castle, Cortex was laughing like a lunatic, which is pretty much how he always did.

"My plan worked! Crash AND Coco are now out of my life!"

N. Gin gave Cortex a look. He was not amused. "You know something? I kind of liked Coco! And now you go ahead and kill her!"

Cortex scowled. "Do you dare talk to me like that?"

N. Gin rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Do what you want. Though, sources tell me you won't last long."

"What the hell do you mean by that, man?" Cortex spluttered, spraying spit all over the place.

"He means," Koala Kong snapped back from behind the shadows, "you forgot about Crunch Bandicoot! He's sworn to kill you!"

Cortex gave a derisive laugh and snort. "PAH! Just let him try it! I'll brainwash him again!"

"Cortex, if you do that, the consequences will be fatal!" N. Gin hissed. "Brainwashing a bandicoot like Crunch means that the world as we know it will end!"

"I don't care," Cortex snarled. "I will have him and if I don't succeed, you're going to be doing my laundry."

N. Gin's face darkened. "You can't make me do it if I quit!" he fumed. "WHICH I DO!" And he stormed off. Cortex rolled his eyes.

"This world domination scheme is going to be impossible to pull off without the right help."

To Be Continued.

A/N: Sorry for lack of updates! I was going through a serious writer's block and school was in my way too! But I won't slack as much now!