Chapter 3: Grand-Opening

Meanwhile, in some unfamiliar secret lair, Dr. Cortex & his cronies are preparing to fully commence the latest scheme.

-Cortex: "I believe that it's now time to 'open for business', N. Trap!"

-N. Trap: "Yes, it is how you say 'time to get this party started'!"

The new female scientist said so in her Russian accent, standing in her serious, still-like position with her sure interest in evil just like Cortex.

-Cortex: "Yes, Indeed. You know, it's not often that we see 'female' scientists nowadays, it's just that, well, ummm, I think-"

Then, N. Trap got offended; Cortex's words about women made her feel insulted.

-N. Trap: "You think what? Go on, 'man'! You think that just because I'm a woman that means that I don't have the same qualifications as you? Ugh, you men, always acting like you're superior to us women, with your ridiculous machinery & synthetic 'smooth-talk'. HA! Maybe it's time I show you what I am perhaps capable of, hmm?"

All of the men, Tiny, Cortex, & even Uka Uka felt embarrassed, Nina on the other 'bionic' hand, was giggling.

-Cortex: "Uhh, okay? Wait, what do you do again?"

-N. Trap: "Aww, for the love of,*face palm*, I make traps, dummy, that is why it is N. Trap is it not?"

-Nina: "Really, that's all you do is make traps? LAME!"

-Uka: "Cortex, push the button now! Waste no more time!"

Cortex walks over to the activation button, when suddenly a cage comes down on him & traps him.

-Cortex: "Ow that really hurt! What is this?"

N. Trap says to Nina...

-N. Trap:"Is my job lame now, little girlie?"

-Nina:"Wow, I like this lady!"

-N. Trap:"I will activate button, puppet-mask!"

She walks over to the big, red-button; Uka Uka is confused about what N. Trap just called him.

-Uka:"Uhh, excuse me, PUPPET-MASK?"

-N. Trap: "Why, yes. You are a puppet-mask, no? Although I don't see anybody holding you with the strings & whatnot."

-Uka:"I am a Witch-Doctor mask, meaning that I possess magical powers for evil!"

-N. Trap:"Magic, you say, how's about a demonstration of a so-called, 'magic-trick'?"

Now everybody laughs.

-Uka:"Errm, no time! Wow, I'm sensing some déjà vu. AHEM, the button?

N. Trap pushes it.

-Cortex:"YES! It's finally coming together, now every citizen of any island or city will be forced to work under our scheme, & now that our new & improved Lab-Assistants are fully functional, we can send them out & make sure no one does anything else but work! Oh, & uhh, N. Trap's traps are also everywhere &, you know, they'll trap Crash & all that stuff."

N. Trap rolls her eyes.

-Tiny: "Hey, what about Tiny? Tiny want to do something bad, too!"

-Uka:"You, Tiny, will go to N. Sanity Island to stop Crash & my goody-two shoes brother from going any further!"

-Tiny: "YEEAAAAHHH! GRRRRRR, TINY GET PAYBACK FOR YEARS OF GETTING BEAT BY PUNY BANDICOOT!"

-Nina:"Ewww, Tiny also get breath-mint!"

Crash & Aku Aku arrive on N. Sanity Island, their old home.

-Aku: "We are here, Crash. A lot of memories are sure to fill our hearts, well; I mean your heart & my spirits. But now, we must focus on confronting N. Gin, his Weapons Factory is located not too far from here, we'll go through the jungle & creeks to get there."

The two walk off, but then, a rumble on the ground occurs. An earthquake? No. The rise of the N. Dustries? Yes.

-Aku:"OH-NO! "

-Crash: "WHOA!"

-Aku: "So THESE are Cortex's 'N. Dustries', they are all over the place! I do not think he is trying to help the poor, I think that he is hurting the poor!"

Just then, an army of Lab-Assistants appear & surround Crash & Aku Aku.

-Lab-Assistant: "TARGET CITED. TARGET MUST BE NEUTRALIZED. TARGET IS THREAT TO MASTER'S PLANS. TARGET MUST NOT ESCAPE. TARGET MUST..."

-Other Lab-Assistant: "OKAY, WE GET IT, MARK. AND SERIOUSLY, DON'T SAY TARGET SO MUCH!"

-Lab-Assistant: "SORRY, BOB."

The robotic minions get closer & closer.

-Aku: "CRASH! Grab me to attack!"

He grabs Aku, & then performs his trademark spin-attack, fighting off the robots. After that, Crash jumps into the air & speeds back down, slamming the sandy ground with Aku Aku. A radius force knocks away & destroys the Lab-Assistants. There's relief for one second, but then, out of nowhere, more of them come down & piles onto the two heroes. Two robotic minions grab Crash & Aku for one minion to create an electrified-energy ball.

-Crash: "Dah! Grrr, ungh!"

-All Lab-Assistants: "NO ESCAPE, YOU ARE SURROUNDED. PREPARE TO BE TERMINATED."

At that moment, Crash thought he was about to become a Bandicoot-buffet, but out of nowhere, a person takes out the attacking robot.

*SLASH*

The Lab Assistant's decapitated arms fall to the ground short-circuiting. Crash & Aku are surprised at who the person is.

-Aku: "JADE? How did you get here?"

-Jade: "Oh, I just climbed aboard the S.S. Delivery. They had some good food on there.*wipes mouth of some sauce*Mmmm, meat is good!"

She elbows a robot in the face, crushing it instantly. Crash & Aku Aku then both get shocked, assuming the negative considering that Tigers are carnivores.

-Aku: "Oh my, please don't tell me you mean-"

-Jade: "What? They had Barbeque Ribs!"

She then slices off another robot's head, talking to the two while fighting the rest of them off.

-Jade: "Dude, you seriously think that I would do that to people? GROSS! I'm more of a beverage person, anyway."

Aku makes the robots holding Crash malfunction & free him, who jumps onto one of them & kick-flips it in the chin, landing on the other one's head with a kick also. After that, a trio of Lab-Assistants runs up to Crash & Jade. Crash grabs Jade's hand.

-Jade: "Oooo! What do we have here?"

-Crash: *nods head & grabs her tail*

-Jade: "Whoa, there, what are you..."

-Aku: "An idea! Do it now, guys!"

When the robots get closer, Crash spins around Jade, who slashes all of the robots coming at them. (TwinSanity, much?). After the awesome teamwork is done, the trio sees that all of the robots are defeated & Jade looks at Crash with a growling frown.

-Jade: "I can't believe you grabbed my tail for this! I mean, a cat's tail is off limits for touching, seriously!"

Crash is feeling sorry, but then, Jade smiles at him & says...

-Jade: "But that move you did was off the hook! You get serious props for that!"

Crash smiles.

-Aku: "Jade, I must say, thank you for coming to the rescue. I did not know you were so capable of pulling off such attacks."

-Jade: "Eh, it was nothing."

-Aku: "N. Gin's Factory should be close by; we will head there for answers on how to stop all of this. & Jade?"

Jade looks at Aku Aku eagerly as he says her name.

-Aku: "You should probably stay with us just in case things go wrong, can you keep an eye out for 'traps'?"

She gets excited & happy.

-Jade: "Sure thing, guys!"

Aku: "Okay! Stay close, children."

The trio walks off into N. Sanity Jungle.

(end of chapter 3)