Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Retold by Mutitoon90


Chapter 3

Crash's eyes opened after being blinded by the strange light.

"Crash?" Aku-Aku's voice spoke to the bandicoot.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Crash said, knowing what Aku-Aku was about to ask: 'Are you all right?'

The bandicoot looked around and saw that he was in a darken room.

"Whoa!" Crash said.

"Well, well…" A familiar voice rang out.

"Wait!" Crash said, "Is that…?"

Then, a hologram of Neo Cortex's head appeared in front of Crash and Aku-Aku.

"…if it isn't Crash Bandicoot." The head finished.

"Neo Cortex." Crash also finished his sentence, not at all happy to see Cortex again.

"What are you up to now?" Aku-Aku demanded the hologram.

"What makes you so untrusting of me?" Cortex asked, as if he was an innocent bystander, which he was not.

"The list is long." Crash replied.

"Agreed." Aku-Aku said.

"But there's a greater threat than I." Cortex defended himself.

"A grater threat than you?" Crash asked, half surprised at the possibility.

"Yes." Cortex said, "A wave of cosmic energy is about to hit the Earth, causing most life on Earth to be destroy, and that's putting it mildly."

"Cosmic energy?" Crash asked, not knowing anything about the subject.

Aku-Aku, however, knew that Cortex had a point.

"What are we to do to stop this?" The mask asked Cortex.

Crash looked at Aku-Aku in shock; the mask was agreeing to help Cortex!

"What are you thinking!" The bandicoot yelled at the mask.

"I know what I'm agreeing to, Crash." Aku-Aku replied.

"And that is…?"

"Cosmic energy is something that should not be taken lightly." The mask said.

Crash heard the seriousness in the mask's words and nodded to Aku-Aku before he turned to Cortex.

"What do ya want, Blimp-head?" Crash rudely asked.

"Crash, we can be professional about this." Cortex said, "But I need you to get me twenty power crystals."

"Power crystals?" Crash asked.

Then, Cortex's head disappeared and in its place was a purple crystal, which glowed the same color.

"Whoa!" Crash exclaimed at the sight of the hologram.

Then, the crystal disappeared and was replaced by Neo Cortex's face.

"Hey!" Crash exclaimed, "Don't scare people like that!"

Crash knew that Cortex was his 'ally', but he was not about to miss the chance to torment his 'creator'.

"Very funny." Cortex said dryly.

"I thought so." Crash grinned, pleased with himself.

Cortex growled before he spoke again.

"There is another problem."

"What is it?" Aku-Aku asked.

"There is a group of mercenaries that wish to stop me due to my…" Then, Cortex coughed, "past."

"I don't blame them." Crash commented.

Aku-Aku could not stop himself from having a small laugh.

Cortex rolled his eyes and continued to speak.

"Yes, well, I've have found out the that the next five crystals is on Wumpa Island."

"Cool!" Crash said, "Maybe I can get that battery for Coco."

"Uh…" Cortex started, causing concern in Aku-Aku and Crash.

"What is it?" Crash cocked an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Well, I don't want to risk your sister in this matter, because she is so young." Cortex said, knowing that Coco could search for his enemy to help stop him.

"Hmm," Crash thought, "you might have a point there."

"I knew you would see it my way." Cortex said, fairly pleased with himself, "I'll send you to the island now."

Then, the light that brought Crash and Aku-Aku to Cortex returned them back to the island.