*Chapter 2: Time Twister*

"Get away from me!" A blonde bandicoot screamed, kicking the lab assistant away from her. The female bandicoot is about to run up to N. Trance who just hypnotized her sisters to under his and Cortex's control, but more lab freaks grabbed her arms to pull her back. The pink creature chuckled evilly at her.

"You are the most feisty one, Isabella." He said. "We could use that against that orange rat that Cortex is complaining about." Isabella glared at him, struggling from the grasp of the lab scientists. N. Trance walked up to her, sneering at her. "There's no escaping us, bandicoot girl. Your sisters are under our control now, and you are next..." His chest with a red spiral starts to spin. Isabella let out a scream and kick the creature away from her, making him fall back with a yell. She got out of the grasp of the lab assistants and began to run away.
Isabella ran down the corridors of the secret lair and there is a Time Twister. As she took a step towards it, standing in the center of it, she looked back where she ran away from, tears are filled in her eyes.

"I'll come back for you, my sisters. I promise." She whispered as the blue sphere appeared above her. She jumped inside the sphere to leave the lair. N. Tropy and N. Gin ran in to see the blue sphere disappearing in the Time Twister and guessed that Isabella escaped from the clutches. Tropy let out a growl and slam his tuning fork down.

"That rat got away!" He said.

"We will find her!" N. Gin said with a look in his eyes. "I will find her and see where she could have gone to."

"Be quick!" Tropy said. "Dr. Cortex and Uka Uka won't be very happy about this! We have three bandicoots, but we need that one back!"

After a while of gathering allies, the heroes teleported to the warp room, the Time Twister machine. Crash let out a gasp of awe at the sight of it. There is a platform that can send anyone back in time they choose to go. Coco and Natalie walked over to the big computer screen, and study the keyboards.

"So, this Tropy guy created this time travelling machine, huh?" Natalie asked. "I have to admit, that was pretty impressive."

"After all the trouble of collecting both g-g-g-gems and crystals, they all have to use time travel to f-f-find them." Brio muttered. Coco looked over the selections that Cortex have been found to look for the crystals, gems, and relics. Then, the image of Dr. Cortex and Uka Uka appeared on screen. Crash and the rest rushed over to see him looking back at them.

"Oh, Crash and friends, why must you always stick your noses into our plans?" He groaned. "Oh, look. I have a mask helping me too." Crash and Coco look at the sight of Uka Uka who glared at them. Crash felt a chill running down his back. That mask is scary looking. Aku Aku glared up at the monitor.

"You've been working for my evil brother all this time." He said. "And Uka Uka, how on Earth did you escape from your prison?"

"Why, from Cortex's space station parts that came down to that temple." Uka Uka replied with a smirk. Crash lowered his ears. He remembered when he uses Brio's machine to destroy Cortex's space station that is a Cortex Vortex. One of the parts came down and destroyed the temple prison. "So, this is the bandicoot that ruined our plans?" Uka Uka asked, looking at Crash.

"Yes. The failed experiment." Cortex said with a frown. Crash glared at the scientist. "Now that we both have masks, we will find out who is more powerful soon enough!" Cortex said. "Now that the race is on, we shall look for those treasures. Ta-ta for now." The image of Cortex and Uka Uka is gone. Natalie shook her head.

"I can't believe him." She whispered.

"So, how are we gonna do this?" Penta asked, coming up to Crash and Aku Aku. "Who's looking for the crystals, gems, and those relics? Sounds like a lot of searching to travel back in time."

"I guess we can split in groups?" Coco suggested. "It'll be faster."

"But one of us has to keep the Time Twister going." Natalie said.

"She's right." Brio said. "I think I should stand by and c-c-control it by sending you to different times." While everyone was talking this over, Crash is starting to get bored. He let out a yawn and walk away from the crowd. He took out his yo-yo and began to do tricks with it. He did the Walking the Dog trick, but it causes the loop around his finger to slip off. Crash chases after it and see that the purple toy landed in the center of the machine. As he steps on it, the Time Twister began to activate. A blue sphere appears above Crash's head, making him gasp.

"Whoa!"

"What the-?" Coco cried out when she sees a blue sphere above Crash's head. "Crash!" She is about to come after him, but the blue sphere started to suck the male bandicoot in like a vacuum. "No!" Coco cried out and grabbed Crash's leg and went inside the blue sphere. Aku Aku flew in to go after the bandicoots, and the blue sphere disappears.

"Oh no!" Penta cried out. "They're gone!"

"Where are they going?!" Brio asked, holding his head. Natalie began to type on the keyboards and see the monitor showing the medieval times.

"Don't worry. I know where they are." Natalie spoke. "According to this, there are two gems and a crystal in that time." She began to notice the castle flags has a letter N on them. She made a look. "Oh god... Really, Neo?"

"Whhhoooooooaaaaaaaa!" Crash and Coco screamed as they flew down the blue warp hole. Aku Aku is close behind them. Everything turned white, making them shut their eyes from being blind by the light.
The portal opens and the bandicoots fell down to the ground. Crash lands on his stomach, and Coco lands on him. Aku Aku floats above them and see they are feeling dizzy from the feeling. Coco got off of her brother who sat up, groaning.

"Are you two alright?" Aku Aku asked.

"I think so." Coco replied, holding her head. "Where are we?" Crash stood up and see the surroundings. He let out a gasp. Coco stood next to him and also gasped. They look ahead of them to see a village and there is a castle behind it. There are some villagers around, some goats, and toads around the ponds. "Crash..." Coco spoke, making Crash turn to her. "I don't think we're in Australia anymore."