Chapter 3: That Missing Part of Me
On Wumpa Island as the sun sets over the waters, the three bandicoots & their two non-bandicoot friends gather to watch from the front of Crash's big tree-house.
Coco: "Wow. Isn't the sun just the most beautiful thing in the world?"
Crash: "Yeah, when it's not burning us & causing heatwaves!"
Jade: "But seeing it like this, it brings a sense of peace."
Wyatt: "*sniffle*, yeah. A sense of *sniffle*, peace."
Coco: "Omg, Wyatt? Are you crying?"
Wyatt: "Ahem, what? Me? Nah, it's just a little blinding to *sniffles* to stare at."
Crunch tries to pat Wyatt to cheer him up, with his right arm...
Crunch: "There, there, bird-man."
*BANG*
Wyatt: "*screech* AH, FFFFEATHERS!"
Jade face-palms herself.
Crash: "You know, I wonder if some bad guys- well, not bad guys, but reformed or neutral guys like Koala Kong or Elijah Cheetah ever watch sunsets."
Jade: "Elijah, maybe. But I still think Kong plays with rocks in his spare time. Speaking of Elijah, I still can't believe she actually returned the Crystals to your house!"
Crash: "Told ya she's not all bad!"
Jade: "Still need to keep an eye on her & her thieving-lifestyle."
Wyatt: "Speaking of which, I think I saw her checking you out, dude! You may have another kitty-crush after you..."
Crash: "Uhh, *gulp* really? Wow. Uhh..."
Jade: "Yep, keep BOTH eyes on her, actually."
Jade then scowls at Crash.
Crash: "What?"
Aku Aku arrives with some interesting news: It's about Dr. Cortex.
Aku: "Guys, I have received news about Dr. Cortex. You may have mixed reactions from it, because it is, pretty important."
Crunch: "You received it spiritually, right?"
Aku: "Nah, this time I was watching T.V."
Coco: "What more do we need to know about that jerk other than he's put away for life & everyone on Earth is happy?"
Crash: "Lemme guess, did he dramatically break his back?"
Aku: "He is dying, Crash."
Crash: "Woah."
A gasp goes along the whole group.
Aku: "The guards at the prison says that he's seriously ill. I predict that he may have 2 weeks left. Nina is currently by his side in his cell everyday."
Coco: "Well, he has been "evily-active" for years & years."
Jade: "Should we, be concerned?"
Wyatt: "I dunno, dudes. I dunno..."
Crash: "While he's been a constant pain in my & everyone else's a-ahem- gloots, you can't help but feel for the poor-old fool at the same time."
Crunch: "Think of it this way: There'll be no more world domination or serious threats."
Wyatt: "We still kinda got Dr. N. Brio."
Crunch: "Think of it this way: There'll be no more world domination or SERIOUS THREATS."
Aku: "Death is the main thing that many earthly inhabitants fear most. I still remember my death from eons ago. Even being in Nina's shoes I can understand the struggle she is going through."
Crash: "Yeah, can't imagine if anything like that would happen to you guys."
He looks at Jade.
Crash: "Especially you."
The bandicoot & tigress comfort each other.
Crash: "It's gonna feel weird from now on. Like, that part inside of me, who I am, is gonna be gone."
Jade: "What do you mean?"
Crash: "This is gonna sound kinda odd, but I got a joy out of thwarting Neo's plans all the time. It's what kept me going, & now all we have is, Brio. Lame Brio & his lame army of so-called "super" humans. But, at least the world won't have any REAL problems to deal with."
Aku: "I still feel a sense of something big coming; something that none of us will be prepared for..."
Coco: "Oh yeah, we still got your trouble-making brother Uka Uka to worry about."
Crash: "Aw man, *face-palm* that's right. I'm so stressed out from what I heard I just need to lie down for a while."
Jade: "Yeah, you just need some rest is all. Try not to think about it."
Coco: "Speaking of which, I gotta finish up my gene-changer machine."
Crunch: "Gene-changer? Da heck is that?"
Coco: "Since I saw Brio's animal-hating human team, I got curious & took a DNA sample of human skin to make a machine that'll change us into human versions of ourselves!"
Jade: "Eeeww! How'd you get human skin?"
Coco: "Remember when you slashed that one superhuman chick on her back for trying to pull your tail?"
Jade: "Oh yeah. DON'T MESS WIT' MAH TAIL & DERE WON'T BE NUN'!"
Wyatt: "That'd be a cool thing to see how we look as humans! Though not so cool without wings, though."
Coco: "Anybody want to be a test-monkey?"
Jade & Wyatt: "I DO! NO, I DO! I GET TO GO FIRST!"
Crunch: "Maybe later, gotta work out some more- on my channel surfing!"
Jade, Coco, Aku, Crash, & Wyatt: " :( "
Crash: "I'm just gonna lay here for a while. I'm pretty bummed."
Coco: "Cool. Alright, let the testing begin, monkeys!"
Jade & Wyatt screech & roars like monkeys while following Coco to to the Doominator robot, where inside is the gene-changing machine.
Aku: "This is good, I guess. Everyone is putting their minds on different things for now. Now, I must look more into this 'bad feeling' I'm getting."
Crash: "Have fun."
Crash lays down on the grass looking at the red sky as a result of the sun now fully set. Night slowly comes & the orange marsupial begins to close his eyes. But his eyelids constantly open back up, because he can't stop thinking about Cortex. Now he has trouble going to sleep.
Crash: "Grrrrr! Dang it, Neo! Why are you always trying to get inside of my head, huh? What's with you? If you weren't like this, maybe things would be different. Things would be different."
Stars now appear in the sudden dark-blue sky.
Crash: "Okay, wow. That's the fastest I've ever seen the sky change into night?"
Crash then looks at his watch & starts to notice that it's acting up.
Crash: "What is going on...it feels like, someone is messing with...time."
(end of ch. 3)
Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock...
