A/N: Here we are. The second chapter feautring 4 characters joining the fight. Plus Crash and Sonic goes on a mission together. Hope you enjoy this.

Chapter 2: Rescue:

The next morning, the sun is shining so hot that it woke up Sonic. Sonic sat up and yawned and stretched. He got off the roof and onto the ground. He heard the door open behind him and Sonic turned to see Crash at the door but with a girl. She is about a year younger than Tails but she has long blonde hair with goggles strapped to her forehead. She wore a small blue bikini bra and a small golden orange skirt.

"Hey, Sonic" Crash said "Have a good rest?"

Sonic shrugged "Heh. Maybe. Who's the girl?"

"This is my younger sister, Coco" Crash said introducing the girl "Coco, this is Sonic the Hedgehog."

"So you're Sonic huh" Coco said as she walked towards the hedgehog "I'm sure hope my brother's training didn't hurt you."

"Nah. I'm faster than that blade could swing. By the way, Crash, I never saw a pink sword before" Sonic said.

Crash picks up his sword. "It's not a pink sword. This sword is made of the giant power crystal itself."

"A Power Crystal?" Sonic pondered but a voice from inside calls out to them.

"Crash! Coco!" came a deep voice "Get in here! There something on the News you should see here."

"Coming, Crunch!" Coco called as she and Crash goes back in. Sonic entered to see what inside the house.

It was quite small. It has a fireplace in the corner and a huge green rug in the middle of the room. There are stumps for chairs and only a small TV which Crash, Coco and a huge bandicoot Sonic must have guessed might be Crunch is watching. Crunch is a red-ish muscular bandicoot with one hand replaced with a metal hand. He wore a green vest and green navy pants. He has short messy hair. Sonic looked at the TV.

"News came from Pinstripe's Factory that they have captured a small mutant rabbit with some sort of blue creature in her arms. He placed her in his jail for further experiments."

To Sonic's shock, in a small dark room is a cage hovering above the endless darkness was a creamy rabbit that is about 12-years old or something. She was wearing a small orange dress and she is cuddling a Chao in her arms.

"It's Cream and Cheese" Sonic said in shock. "Did Pinstripe kidnap them?"

"If they are your friends" Coco said "we need to rescue them. You and Crash must sneak into Pinstripe's factory and break her out of there!"

"Got it. By the way, where is the factory anyway?"

"On the N Island" Crash said.

Outside the third island, Crunch drove the speedboat all the way to the third island. Coco and Crash just looked on in calmness. Sonic just sat in the middle because he is still afraid of water.

"Man. Why does it that every land you are on is surrounded by sea" Sonic said grumpily.

"Hey, we live on an island what did you expect?" Crunch said. "Crash, get the jet board ready!"

"Got it!" Crash said as he threw the board on the sea and leaps on. "Hop on, Sonic."

Sonic nodded and leaps on and they surfed through the sea towards the factory. Crash took out his communicator.

"Coco, how do we get in?" Crash asked.

"There should be a vent on the top of the roof. That would get you to the dark room" Coco said through the communicator.

"But how do we get to the top?"

"Get us close and I get us to the top no problem" Sonic said as he grabbed Crash's arm.

As soon as they are near shore, Sonic dashed up the Cliffside with Crash holding on as he ran up from the cliff side and gone up on the roof. They find the vent in the top and they both slide in.

"We're inside the vent" Crash said as he slides down.

"Be careful" Coco replied.

As Crash hit the bottom of the vent, Sonic bumped into him and both fell on their front.

"So what now?" Sonic asked as they got up.

Crash looked down from the vent and saw they came to their right destination. "Found it. It may be dark but there are lights on and you can see the platforms on where you're going easily."

"This should be a piece of cake" Sonic grinned.

They both kicked the vent door open and they leap inside. Sonic saw the platform leading onwards and there are only a few lights. And there were huge TV screens of a small man with a big head with a N on his head. He has a small black beard and has curly hair on the back of his head which sticks out. He wears a white lab coat and red gloves.

"Hey, Crash. Who's the geek?" Sonic laughed.

"Him? Oh, that's Dr. Neo Cortex" Crash said "My arch nemesis. He's an evil scientist who wanted to conquer the entire world by creating monsters from peaceful animals. I defeated him many times."

"So you're enemy is a scientist too?" Sonic said "I also have a doctor as my arch enemy also. His name is Dr. Eggman and he uses machines to try to take over Mobius. I foiled his plans many times also."

"I see we have a lot in common" Crash said "Come on. Let's go and find Cheese and Cream."

As they processed through the dark room, they heard screaming and cries of help getting louder and louder.

"Cream!" Sonic called.

"Mr. Sonic?!" the female girl screamed out "Is that you?"

"Stay where you are. We're on our way!" Sonic called.

They finally found her in the same cage they found them on TV.

"Mr. Sonic!" Cream rushed to the cage overjoyed "It's great to see you!"

"Hold on Cream!" Sonic said as he spin rolled and broke the cage door open.

"Jump, Cream!" Crash said as Cream jumped and Crash caught her.

"You two OK?" Sonic said to Cream and Cheese as Cheese floated down towards them and Crash put Cream down.

"We're fine. Thank you for rescuing us, Sonic. And you too, Mr… err… What's your name?" Cream asked Crash.

"Perhaps I like to introduce him" came a sinister voice from the darkness. All of the sudden, the lights lit up and the heroes found themselves in Pinstripe's Office. Crash turned to see a Potoroo wearing a red gangster suit and holds a Tommy-Gun "Well, well, well. If it isn't Crash Bandicoot. So we meet again."

"Pinstripe!" Crash called as he takes out his sword.

"I thought you had something to do with that rabbit thing so I use her as bait to lure you here" Pinstripe said "Now I can add you to my trophy room along with Tawna."

"Crash! Think you could hold him off while I get Cheese out of here?" Sonic asked Crash but he and Cheese ducked because Pinstripe fired his Tommy Gun at them so they hid behind the table.

"Oh you're not going anyway, Hedgehog" Pinstripe said.

"You let you guard down!" Pinstripe looked in shock as Crash slashed him in the chest with his huge sword causing him to smash through the window into the acid goo below.

Sonic looked down to see him melting away.

"Yecchh" he shuddered.

"You're OK, Cream?" Crash asked.

"Mmm-hmm" Creams nodded "Thanks for saving us, Mr. Crash."

"Whoa. What's with the Mr thing? Call me Crash alright?" Crash chuckled.

"OK, Crash."

"Hold it guys" Sonic said as he pressed his ear to the wall. "Sounds like a Plane. The Tornado II."

Sonic grabbed Cream by the waist and leapt from the wall with Crash following them. They all landed on the wing of the plane piloted by Tails himself.

"Alright, Sonic!" Tails called.

"Thanks for the lift, Tails!" Sonic called.

"Coco! Crunch!" Crash called on the communicator "Mission Accomplished. We meet you back on the Island."

"So you're the one who helped Sonic rescued Cream?" Tails smiled to Crash "Way to go." Crash smiled back.

Back on N Sanity Island, Sonic, Tails, Crash and Cream waited for Coco and Crunch's return. Once they are all together, they begin to introduce each other.

"My name is Crash Bandicoot" Crash said to both Tails and Cream "I was busy training when Sonic almost ran into me."

"My name is Tails and I'm Sonic's best friend" Tails smiled.

"My name is Coco and I am Crash's younger sister" Coco said.

"My name is Cream and this is my friend Cheese" Cream said holding Cream.

"The name's Crunch Bandicoot."

"So Tails" Coco said walking around the Tornado II "Did you make this, all by yourself?"

"I sure did" Tails said walking near her "It takes a lot of work."

"It sure was…" Coco began but then she tripped on a pebble and she fell. Tails caught her in time.

It took a while to see Tails and Coco on what they were doing and they looked each other, blushed and broke away. Coco was hiding her blush and Tails scratched the back of his head. Sonic and Crash just grinned together.

"Hey, Sonic" Cream said "if you, me and Tails were here maybe the others are here too."

"You might be right about that, Cream and maybe that means…"

Sonic, Cream and Tails all thought of one person they despised the most. "Eggman must be here too!" they called. They might put the bandicoots in grave danger.

Crash, Coco and Crunch overheard them.

"Oh yeah. I forgot about Eggman" Crash pondered "So then…"

Then the bandicoot then said together "What is Cortex up to now?!"

In a space station hovering above the Earth, we see Dr. Eggman standing before someone sitting on a throne, both smirking evilly.

"So we agree then, Dr. Neo Cortex" Eggman said "we shall join forces to find the Chaos Emeralds and the Power Crystals and be rid ourselves of that blasted hedgehog and that interfering bandicoot."

"So you're saying this Eggman Empire will be the most indestructible base after we find the Emeralds and the Crystals?" Cortex asked as he got up from his seat.

"Of course. We are both evil geniuses. With my mechanical genius and your freaky experiments, we will be unbeatable" Eggman said.

"The Jaguar Kingdom would be a good place to be destroyed to be build on" Cortex said "And just imagine with the Emeralds and Crystals in our processions, we can bring this world to our world. We have a fortress capable of crushing mountains, demolishing entire cities."

"And kill Sonic the Hedgehog once and for all!" Eggman laughed.

"And that goes for you too, Crash Bandicoot!" Cortex laughed.

The evil scientist alliance is born.

To be continued…

A/N: Look like Cortex and Eggman are up to no good again. But what are they plotting? Stayed tuned.