Coming Home
The group traveled through the Wumpa Island jungle. Tails was fascinated by the different types of fruit in the jungle. When he asked about them, the bandicoots answered his questions without fail. He learned about the Wumpa Fruit, the Mojo Plant, and the exotic Piranha Plant. The Piranha Plant was a little feisty. It snapped at Tails a few times, but he wasn't bothered. He'd fought 10ft mechanical Bandicoots for crying out loud! A Plant wasn't about to bother him. They came to a clearing. "Ah…This place." Coco said. It didn't seem so special to Tails. He saw something on the ground. It was a small screw. He picked it up. "Hey, this is a screw from Tornado II. This is the placed I crashed isn't it?" He smiled. "Yep, this is the place." Coco nodded. Tails laughed. "Cool." He saw a giant crevice in the ground. "I'm guessing that's where I landed." "Two in a row! You're on a role, despite the fact you where knocked out."
"Carbon!!!" Cortex shouted as loud as his voice could go. Carbon slumped into the room. "Yeah?" He sighed, disgruntled. "You have in three words to describe what you did out there!" Cortex growled. Carbon thought for a while. "We….were…failing. That's all I can say. Tails happens to be a mechanical genius. A small detail that Tiny didn't fill us in with." Carbon sighed. "You don't have to wait until somebody else tells you!! You can find out for yourself!!" Cortex bellowed. "It doesn't change the fact you deserted on the field of Battle!" That last shout sprayed spit in Carbon's face. Carbon was silent for a long while. Tiny, Koala Kong, Ripper Roo, and everybody else there leaned in to see Carbon's next action. Nobody expected his next move. He stared at Cortex with malicious eyes, then connected with an ear shattering slap to the Academy of Evil graduate's face. The attack left a bright red mark on Cortex's face. "I don't need you. I don't need any of you simpletons!" Carbon shouted. "I can survive on my own!" He ripped the wrist band off of his wrist, and smashed it on Cortex's thick skull. He walked out of the room. A sound of a ship launching away. Everyone stared in shock. "D-Dammit.." Cortex groaned, blood slightly dripping from his forehead.
The Group soon came to a large temple. Tails instantly recognized this temple. 'Hey, this is the place that overgrown Tiger attacked Coco in.' he thought. 'He's probably not here again.' he shrugged it off. Inside the temple, Tails could now see different statues and ornaments in the sunlight. All of it looked quite ancient. "When was this stuff made?" He asked. "Heh, we brought this stuff back from when Cortex tried to use a time traveler to get ancient crystals from the different time eras. These things come from places like the Medieval period to the Coliseum in Ancient Rome." Crash explained. Tails stopped by a very furturistic wall ornament. "….Apart from that one, that came from the distant future." Crash laughed. Tails nodded, in slight confusion. They went up to a large carving of a mystical mask. "Aku Aku? We need you're help." Coco called out. The carving on the wall lit up a baby blue color. 'This happened last time…only it went red.' Tails thought. There was a flash, but not a blinding one. The Carving gained color, it was quite a spectacular sight to behold. Finally, the carving blinked, and came out of the wall. "Coco, Crash, Crunch. It's good to see you again." Aku Aku said whimsically. He saw Tails, and floated in front of his face. "Who's this?" he asked. "This is Tails. He crash landed here about 5 days ago. He's got pretty much the same knowledge as Coco. He also helped us fend off Cortex's underlings a few times. Even Carbon!" Crash replied. Aku Aku nodded. "…even Carbon…" He smiled. "Umm..Hi?." Tails smiled, feeling a bit awkward with a Magical Mask in his face. Aku Aku slew back up to the front, with a smile on his face. 'A Kitsune with the strength that can defeat Carbon…he could be the one.' he thought. "Anyway children, what requires my services?" He asked. "Well, long story, Mecha Bandicoot paid a little visit. Our house is kinda wrecked." Coco explained. "I see. You want me to fix it with the power of Mojo." Aku Aku said reasonably. Crash, Coco and Crunch nodded. "Okay, very well. But the question is, where are you going to go while I do my work?" Aku Aku asked. "Tails has an idea, but he's going to say when we've got started on our house." Crunch said. While Crash and Crunch talked to Aku Aku about the situation, Coco sidled up beside Tails. "Hey Tails? What is your idea?" She asked. A grin came to Tails's face. "It's a secret, I tell you later." He said. "Can you tell me? Please?" Coco smiled, inching a bit closer to him. Tails was stunned for a while. Her eyes seemed to reflect in the sunlight. How could he say no? "Well, okay.." he said sheepishly, just like the time when Coco hugged him. He whispered in Coco's ear. Coco's eyes lit up. "Really?" "Yes, Really." All of them started to go back to the house. Aku Aku floated down by Crash. "About the Mecha Bandicoot battle, did Tails…?" He asked. Crash nodded. "Yep." Aku Aku smiled. 'He's definitely the one.
Carbon landed in a jungle on another island. He looked around. Nothing seemed to out of the ordinary. He walked through the darkness. He didn't know he was being watched. Carbon observed the wild life. It was very different to that of Wumpa Island. There were normal birds, normal flowers. Everything was too….nice. It made Carbon feel…relaxed. After being under the command of Cortex for so long, it felt good to be able to do something without having another task at hand. A sudden ripple of pain pierced his head. He grabbed it, because it felt like it would fly off into space. The pain eventually went. Carbon felt different. He no longer had the malicious feel about him. He looked around. The forest didn't seem so dark anymore. 'What happened there?' he thought to himself. He rubbed the side of his head slightly. It stung. There was sound of running footsteps and slight shouting. "Help! Someone!" It was the voice of a female. Someone ran past. Carbon caught Amy's eyes. Amy looked quickly around. "Help me.." She whispered. She had a small shiny stone clutched to her chest. It looked like a jewel to Carbon, but it looked more like an emerald. Carbon hesitated, then nodded. Amy ran behind Carbon. Suddenly, with a loud barrage of noises, a whole army of Robots burst their way into Carbon's sight. They saw the emerald in Amy's hands. "MOVE ASIDE! WE HAVE BUISNESS TO ATTEND TO" One of the robots ordered, in its creaky robotic voice. Carbon just stared it in the eye and simply said… "No." He extended a hand forward. It immediately became clouded in pure white energy. His green-black tattoos "Seeya." he said. A giant shock wave of white energy ripped part all 20 robots. Amy was completely stunned by the attack. There was a flash, and the shock wave vanished. Screws, Bolts and other mechanical parts rattled to the ground. Carbon shook his hand like he had just punched something hard. "I really need to get over that.." he said to himself. Amy stepped forward a bit. "Who….Who are you?" she asked, a bit scared. Carbon turned his head. "My name is Carbon, Carbon Bandicoot……."
Aku Aku observed the damage to the Bandicoot house. "I see…it's a lot worse than last time. This is going to take a while." he said. "Hmm…I hope this idea of yours is a good one Tails." Crash groaned. Coco smiled. "It is Crash. It definitely is." Coco nodded with a smile. Tails nodded. "You mean he's already told you?!" Crash choked in surprise. "Sorry Crash…" Tails said guiltily. "I'll let you off for fighting Mecha Bandicoot earlier." Crash laughed. Tails nodded. Aku Aku floated around the house. It was surrounded in a blue bubble. "Ok, the rebuilding is in progress." Aku Aku said. "I bid you farewell." Aku Aku vanished in a sea blue and a tree green light. "Okay. That's settled. Our house is under repair. What's this idea then Tails?"
"Well, I've wanted to thank you for helping me after I crashed on this island for a while now. You guys accepted me into your lives. I know I already helped against Carbon and Mecha and other people. After saying what happened to me, I know you want to have a word or ten with Sonic. So, guys, I invite you to stay with me and my friends, in the place we call Mobius." Tails smiled.
Crash and Crunch exchanged looks. They both smiled. "No where else to go. And its sounds good to me!" Crash nodded. "Where do we go?" A smile came to Tails and Coco's faces. "In the Tornado." Tails smiled.
Amywas found walking just outside the house. "Amy!" Cream ran to greet her. "You were gone for ages! What happened?" She asked. "I ran into some trouble. But I found a chaos emerald!" Amy smiled shakily. "What trouble was it?" Knuckles asked. "Robots…lots of them…20 at least." "20?!?" Knuckles stated. "H-How did you fend all of them off?" Cream asked, confused. "There was someone…a Bandicoot…he was pure white, green tattoos….he saved me." Amy said, mystified, remembering what Carbon did. "What was his name?" Cream said. "Carbon…Carbon Bandicoot." Amy smiled. Cream nodded. Knuckles looked up at the sky, which was starting to become night. The stars sparkled light everywhere. "Huh?!?" he blinked. "What is it?" Amy asked. "Up there!" Knuckles pointed to the sky. There was a red and yellow dot in the sky. Crasm and Amy looked at it. "Wait…is that??" "It can't be!" "No way!" The red and yellow shape got closer. "Oh my god!!" The Tornado pulled up in front of them. The hatch opened, and Tails jumped out. "Hey guys! Did ya miss me?" He smirked.
