Chapter 10: "My Enemy's Enemy"

On Wumpa Island, everyone puts the second Crystal in place of Coco's machine. Then Aku reveals to Crash & Jade where they'll be going next.

Aku: "Children, our next destination is an unfortunate one, but I sense another Crystal in its presence, we must go to the Academy of Evil & get it before Cortex & N. Trap does."

Crash: "*disgusted*"

Jade: "Wait, there's actually a school for bad kids? & I though school in general was evil enough!"

Coco: "There was a large, & I do mean large woman that use to run the whole academy, her name was Madame Amberly, she was defeated by Cortex & never seen since."

Jade: "What, did she give him too much detention?"

Coco: "She really despised Cortex when he was younger & attended her school; he always got in trouble with his friends, N. Gin & Brio."

Jade: "Ugh, N. Gin, that rocket in his head must've drove him crazy then. & who's Brio?"

Aku: "Believe it or not, he is the reason that you all are here today. He built a device known as the "Evolvo-Ray"; it created mutant animals like you guys. Cortex used it to create his own army of evil soldiers. Crash was his best subject, but he broke out from Cortex's castle due to his good nature. He washed up on the shore of N. Sanity Island, that is when I first met him. I noticed the true heart of a hero inside him, & that is how he went on to fight for good to this day."

Jade: "Wow, you guys have it made. Being a big time hero must mean having everyone look up to you all the time. I can't even remember one time I was ever happy after I was created."

Coco: "What do you mean, Jade?"

Jade: "I mean, well you guys are a family, I still wonder if I have one. It's hard growing up alone & having no idea who you belong to."

Coco: "Well, actually, we sometimes wonder who our parents are. Sometimes Aku & I have to act as the parents for Crash & Crunch."

Crash rolls his eyes. Jade giggles at him.

Jade: "Well, someone's gotta be the lookout."

Aku: "Prepare yourselves, Crash & Jade, we are about to leave to the Academy of Evil."

Jade: "Aww, I hate school!"

Crash: "*Groan*"

Coco: "No sneaking away this time, good luck you guys!"

Aku Aku, Crash, & Jade teleport out of Wumpa Island. Coco then goes to find Crunch inside the house for assistance with fixing the Crystal machine. She finds him in a weird state.

Coco: "Uhh, Crunch, are you feeling okay? Probably just woke up I guess, okay listen, I think the machine is shorting out, do you think you could help me with fixing it?"

Crunch: "Da only person dat's gone need help is you, girl."

Coco looks at him confused & threatened, & then she spots a mysterious silhouette in the shadows of the room.

Coco: "Hey, who are you, & what did you do to my friend/brother, Crunch?"

The figure comes out of the shadows.

Hypno-Potamus: "I made him threaten you, just by getting him to look at me! I am "Hypno-Potamus", the protégé of N. Trance! I can control the minds of anyone just by looking into their eyes."

Coco: "Oh for the love of fuzz, how many times are people gonna brainwash this guy?

-The Wrath of Cortex: Brainwashed.

-N. Tranced: Brainwashed.

-Mind Over Mutant: Brainwashed!

Play Bandicoot Magazine: BRAINWASHED!"

(Play Bandicoot, parody of Play Boy)

Coco: (mind)"Don't look into his eyes, Coco, keep 'em closed, keep 'em closed!"

Crunch: "Oh, help! He 'bout to cut my thoat!"

Coco: "*opens eyes*NOOO!"

Hypno-Potamus: "GOTCHA!"

HP tricks Coco into getting her to look at his eyes. Now both Bandicoots are brainwashed & they'll be forced to work for the N. Dustries just like everyone else. Hypno tells the news to Cortex & N. Trap on a transmitter.

Hypno-Potamus: "I got them just like you asked."

N. Trap: "Excellent, now the Crystals are ours for the taking, but first, we must make a quick stop. Until then, guard them & brainwash whoever walks by."

Hypno-Potamus: "Will do."

Transmitter cuts off.

The trio arrives at the Academy of Evil, where they spot the evil students at recess. As they look around, they can see all of them doing evil things, such as writing on the walls, playing on the teacher's cars, & saying stuff like "school is cool". Suddenly, all of the kids turn their attention to the trio, & they don't like unwelcomed guest as mush they don't like Crash Bandicoot.

Aku: "I can sense the Crystal on top of one of these school buildings, Crash, distract the children while Jade & I go & search for it."

Jade: "Oh, thank goodness, I'm not really that peaceful when it comes to bad children."

Crash: " :- ("

Evil Student: "Hey! We don't like your kind here, take a hike before we spit-ball you to death!"

Crash tries to reason with the kids. He does his trademark dance to entertain them, but they end of spit- balling him.

Kids: "BOOOOOOO, get out of here!"

"What is going out here?"

A female voice comes from the doors of the school; the girl comes out to see what all the fuss is about. She has parts on her body that resemble those of Madame Amberly, mainly the legs. Also, there is a lower-case "a" on her forehead, meaning only one thing….

Evil Student #2: "Ms. Hall Monitor, we have uninvited guests, one of them are Crash Bandicoot!"

"Well, well, the infamous Crash Bandicoot, what an unpleasant surprise. I don't suppose you're here to 'exterminate the problem' we have."

Crash looks at the girl with one eyebrow raised, but then looks around & realizes. Jade & Aku return with the Crystal that powered one of the N. Dustries buildings, but they're puzzled by the new girl.

Aku: "Who are you?"

Andrea Amberly: "My name's Andrea Amberly, daughter of Madame Amberly."

Aku: "Wait a minute, you are her daughter?"

Evil Student: "Uhh, that's kinda what she said, puppet-mask!"

Andrea: "I wish she was here to help me vanquish you three buffoons, but that loser Cortex killed her years ago, so now I'm running the school with an iron fist, hoping that one day I'll have vengeance!"

Jade: "What are you gonna do, throw a tantrum or get him to play dress-up?"

Andrea: "Not even close, i'll do this..."

*ZAP*, she uses electricity to pick up a car & hurls it toward Jade, but she jumps out of the way.

Crash: "Whoa!"

Jade: "Okay, maybe a more boy-suited activity like playing with cars."

Andrea: "He'll pay for everything, I even suspected that he's behind all of this. These "N. Dustries" are interfering with our education, they must go!"

Aku: "That is why we are here, Andrea. We are currently trying to stop all of these N. Dustries from expanding business so that everyone can go back to a normal work life."

Jade: "Basically, we're asking for a truce, these things are everywhere & no one is happy about them. If you let us help, you can go back to your "evil education", not that it'll help you get anywhere in life, but you'll be N. Dustries-free!"

Andrea: "Well, I suppose..."

Just then, Andrea is interrupted by the arrival of Cortex & N. Trap. She then gets into a defensive position, just like Crash & his crew.

N. Trap: "Are you joking? What are you three morons doing here?"

Jade: "Why do you think?"

Crash: "DUH!"

Cortex: "Crash Bandicoot, surprise seeing you here. Not really, since, you know, the Crystals, gotta collect them all, am I right?"

Andrea: "YOU! I've been waiting a long time for this! Prepare to die, Cortex!"

N. Trap: "Look here, little girlie, me & Cortex have business to attend to, why don't you just run along back to work! That goes for all of you, you should not be playing around, back to work! These N. Dusties aren't here for nothing, you know!"

Andrea gets madder by the minute, then she finally cracks & starts to attack Cortex & N. Trap. She zaps them with her electrical powers, but Cortex tries to vaporize her with his ray-gun. She flies out of the way & tries to pick up a lamp-post & hurl it at the two scientists.

Evil Students: "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"

While the crowd of kids cheer on Andrea, Aku tries to seek a way out, but since all of the young students are blocking the exits because of the large crowd watching the showdown, there's only one way out: through the school. Jade sees Crash eating pop-corn while watching the fight.

Jade: "Crash, seriously, at a time like this? You only got one box of pop-corn & didn't think about Aku, OR ME?"

Aku: "Guys, we now have a chance to get out of here with the 3rd Crystal. While Andrea fights off Cortex & N. Trap, we can escape without notice. But the only way is to go inside the school & get out through the back. We must move fast, though."

Jade: "Hopefully they serve "POP-CORN" in the cafeteria, i'm hungry."

Crash: "*rolls eyes*"

(End of Chapter 10)