PSManiac: Hello and welcome to chapter fourteen. In the last chapter, we were all introduced to a new twist in the story. I bet you guys didn't
see that twist coming. Now, I own nothing except for whatever I created myself, and thanks to all who reviewed and suggested. Enjoy!
Chapter Fourteen: Swamp Silliness
Our heroes faced off against N. Tangle's giant flytraps. Even the theme from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," was playing in the background.
"Ready?" Cortex asked.
Cortex charged his laser gun, Billy Bob locked and loaded his musket, Tropy spun his stick…
"It's a… aw, forget about it!"
Nina cracked her knuckles, N. Gin drew his missile launcher, flames surrounded Uka Uka, Aku Aku glowed brightly, Crunch flexed his muscles,
Coco struck a karate stance, and Crash picked his nose!
"Charge!" Cortex hollered. They charged at the evil plant life.
"Flytrappers, destroy them!" N. Tangle ordered. The flytraps rushed towards the heroes. The resulting battle will be so epic, that it will make
you squeal in excitement! It's plant versus person, chlorophyll versus creature, bandicoot versus bark. It will be so…
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Ha, just kidding.
Tropy ran and blasted any flytraps in his way.
"You've got to be kidding me," he stated, "This is the best you've got?"
He slid behind one of the mutant plants and blasted its head off. Another plant grabbed Tropy and threw him into a tree. Tropy shakily stood up
and continued blasting.
Crunch plowed through a group of plants and punched one up into the air. Crunch jumped, grabbed the plant and threw it into the ground.
Crunch landed on the creature's head and stood up, smiling the victory. Suddenly, many of the flytraps began piling onto him.
"Hey! Get off!" he yelled.
The pile grew larger and larger, covering every inch of the bionic bandicoot. All of a sudden, the pile exploded in a dazzling blue light. Standing
there was Crunch, his arm cannon emitting fumes of smoke from its barrel.
"Too easy," he said.
"Wood Drifters, attack them!" N. Tangle commanded. Several dog-like creatures of twisted wood and moss the size of horse leapt into the fray.
N. Gin watched as the Wood Drifters and Flytrappers surrounded him in a circle.
"I'm warning you, you wouldn't want to charge at me all at the same time," he said. The monsters charged at N. Gin all at the same time. N. Gin
leapt into the air at the last moment, and the creatures crashed into each other at the same time.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," he teased. Another Wood Drifter pounced on N. Gin and gnashed his teeth at the scientist. N. Gin was very
frightened, perhaps a little bit too frightened. He farted in his fear. The Wood Drifter took one sniff and keeled over. N. Gin walked over to the
deceased plant creature, tapped it with his foot, and blasted its head with his missile launcher.
"Wow, I guess my gases really are useful," he said to himself.
Billy Bob blasted the plant creatures away with his musket. Pieces of wood, moss, and other plant matter went flying everywhere.
"Ya'll go kaboom now, ya hear?" he asked.
Two Flytrapper grabbed Billy Bob by the arms and held them behind his back. A Wood Drifter crept slowly towards Billy Bob, preparing to strike.
"C'mon, Billy Bob," the weasel told himself, "Use yer head."
He head butted the Wood Drifter and shook the Flytrappers off of him before blasting their heads off.
Nina dashed left and right, pounding the enemies senseless. She punched several out of her way with her robotic hands.
"It'll take more than a few ferns to beat me," she said. A particularly large Wood Drifter smashed into Nina and tried to crush her spine with its
arms. Nina, thinking quickly, poked the creature in the eyes. It howled in pain and released Nina, who punched it in the nose.
Coco used a series of karate kicks and chops to fight off her group of enemies. One of the Flytrappers coiled a vine around her foot and
dragged her to the floor.
"Take this!" she exclaimed, kicking the plant in the face. The Flytrapper retreated as Coco stood up. She looked down at her now muddy shoes.
"And this is my good pair, too," she whined.
Uka Uka formed a body of rocks to battle the monsters. He lifted up a huge boulder and threw it to smash several enemies. A Flytrapper
suddenly latched onto Uka Uka's face.
"Release me, fool!" he ordered. He ripped the Flytrapper off of his face and stomped on it with his stone foot until the enemy was dust.
"That'll teach you to mess with the all-powerful me," he said.
Aku Aku formed a body from the mud and water to battle the evil plants. He punched left and right, and Flytrappers and Wood Drifters went
flying.
"Yes!" Aku Aku cheered, "I am getting good at this!"
A Wood Drifter pounced on Aku Aku and attempted to bite the mask to pieces. Aku Aku left the body just in time and blasted the enemy with a
spell.
"Woot!" Aku Aku hollered, "As they say on the internet, you n00b just got pwned!!!!!11!!!!11!1!!1!!!!"
Cortex blasted any enemies that came near.
"This is getting so boring," he said.
Snarling menacingly, a Wood Drifter grabbed a hold of the back of Cortex's lab coat and lifted the scientist into the air.
"I just had to ask, didn't I?" Cortex asked himself. The monster drew its claw back, preparing a punch, but Cortex blasted it in the face. The
creature roared in pain and dropped Cortex.
"Ha!" Cortex cheered, "How do you like me now?"
Cortex blasted the monster in the chest, and it fell right onto Cortex, defeated.
"Is it just me, or am I getting hurt a whole lot recently?" Cortex asked.
Crash spun through hordes of enemies. He looked up and saw that he had spun his way behind N. Tangle. Crash leapt towards the evil
botanist and was about to strike, until N. Tangle's hand shot behind him and grabbed Crash by the throat.
"You really think that you can defeat me, bandicoot?" N. Tangle asked, "Well, think again."
N. Tangle soared into the air and threw Crash with much force. Crash painfully landed on an island in a huge pool of quicksand. N. Tangle
appeared in front of the hero.
"Quicksand Island," N. Tangle began, "Don't you remember this place? It was where you defeated Moss Face, where my true self returned to
the 0th Dimension. Do you want to know how I became Moss Face?"
Crash shook his head no.
"Well, I'll tell you anyway.
N. Tangle snapped his fingers and vines sprang from the ground and wrapped themselves around Crash.
"After all," N. Tangle continued, "I do enjoy a captive audience. Now, it's time for a flashback."
Ten years ago…
A tall, skinny human man was bent over a lab table, looking into a microscope. He wore a dark green lab coat, white pants, purple boots,
goggles with purple lenses, and purple gloves. He had long, silver hair, a silver beard, yellow eyes, and tinted green skin. He was surrounded
by many species plants and advanced machinery. At one end of the room was a large tank of green, liquid chemicals. The door banged open
and the scientist swung around in surprise.
"Doctor Nepenthes Tangle, the 0th Dimension's most famous genetic botanist" the person who entered the lab said, "We meet again."
Entering the room was none other than General Wolfgang, but he had two sets of perfectly healthy eyes and no eye patch. Following him was
Ratsputin and Hairy Mole.
"General Tracy Wolfgang," N. Tangle said, "I'm guessing that N. Terdimensional sent you here?"
Wolfgang chuckled and said, "You know me far too well Nepenthes. You see, my master is not all too happy with the unusually slow progress of
the plant warrior army you promised him."
"I need more time," Nepenthes explained, turning his gaze to the vat of green chemicals, "The concoction of Chlorodrigin is still very
unpredictable. I still need to do more experimentation. I may even need to go back to making a new formula."
"The thing is, N. Tangle," Ratsputin said, "Because of your slow progress, we have turned to a more efficient way of creating an unstoppable
army. We will use dark matter."
"But then," Nepenthes said, "What will happen to…"
"Because you have failed us so miserably n' stuff," Hairy Mole said, "You haven't kept up your side of the deal. And so, consequences will be
made."
"But you can't!" Nepenthes roared, "She is only a little girl!"
"The deal was," Wolfgang said, "That if you successfully create an unstoppable plant army, your daughter's life will be spared. But your end of
the bargain didn't exactly hold up. Oh well, this stuff happens."
Nepenthes leapt at Wolfgang in pure fury. Wolfgang, anticipating this attack, punched Nepenthes. The punch was so powerful, that Nepenthes
flew into the vat of Chlorodrigin. The three minions of N. Terdimensional watched the now still vat of liquid in silence. Suddenly, it began to
bubble like it was a pot of boiling water. With a loud roar, large vines shot through the surface of the liquid.
"Run!" Ratsputin cried as he and Hairy Mole ran for the exit. Wolfgang stayed, staring at the vines in awe.
"It works," he said, "It works!"
A vine shot forward and slashed Wolfgang in the eye.
"My eye!" he shrieked before falling to the ground, comatose. A large, hulking creature emerged from the tank. It looked down at Wolfgang. All
of a sudden, many yellow and orange Interdroid appeared in the lab. These were Hypnodroids. Orange, swirling beams of light shot from the
Hypnodroids' chest and onto the creature. The creature roared and thrashed its vines about knocking out a few Hypnodroids. But soon, the
hypnosis was complete and the creature was still. Ratsputin calmly walked into the room.
"Now, you are under my master's control," Ratsputin ordered.
"Yes, sir," the creature said.
Ratsputin looked at the vat and realized that there was no Chlorodrigin left. Now, he can't make more plant warriors.
"From now on," Ratsputin continued, "you shall be known as… Moss Face!"
Moss Face looked to the sky and yelled, "Me am Moss Face!"
Present day…
"And do you know what the two best parts are?" N. Tangle asked Crash, "One, some of the Chlorodrigin got into Wolfgang's eye and put him in
a coma for almost ten years. And two, when Cortex zapped my brain, it freed me of the hypnosis. I would thank you, but I really hate animals
right now. So, it really stinks to be you."
Crash spun and freed himself of the vines.
"This is going to be fun," said N. Tangle.
He drew his plant sword at slashed at Crash, who leapt back. They continued to exchange slashes and punches and kicks. N. tangle punched
Crash in the jaw, and the bandicoot was sent hurtling back.
"Now," N. Tangle said, "You shall be destroyed."
After finishing off the last of N. Tangle's minions, Coco looked around.
"We did it!" she cheered, "But where is Crash and N. Tangle?"
The mutant plants exploded. After wiping off the plant slime, Cortex got an idea.
"I think I know where they are!" he exclaimed, "Follow me!"
N. Tangle pointed the sword at Crash.
"If you could talk," N. Tangle said, "I would ask if you had any last words. Oh well."
He lifted the sword up for one final strike, but a laser blast hit him in the back. N. Tangle gasped in pain and dropped his sword. Behind him
were Crash's friends and foes, the Bandicoots and N- team. Cortex had a smoking laser blaster pointed at N. Tangle.
The botanist turned to Crash and said, "Well played, bandicoot, very well played. But I will return. You can count on it."
In a flash of teleportation, N. Tangle was gone. Cortex lowered his laser. Coco and Crunch ran up to help Crash to his feet.
"Are you okay, Crash?" Coco asked. Crash smiled and gave her a thumbs-up. Suddenly the ground began to rumble. Next thing they knew, a
power crystal sprang out of the ground. Crash smiled and grabbed it.
"Another power crystal to add to our collection," Cortex said, "Perhaps we can find a way to use the crystals' power to bring us back home."
"Doctor Cortex, look!" N. Gin called, pointing up to the sky.
Cortex looked up and asked, "A cloud shaped like Tom Cruise?"
"No, next to it!"
"Oh."
Up in the sky, looming over the world like… something that looms, was none other than the Zerolith.
"The Zerolith," Aku Aku said, "I thought it was destroyed!"
"Someone must have rebuilt it," Uka Uka explained, "And my voodoo bones are on that waste of space, Wolfgang!"
"But," Nina said, "How are we supposed to get up there?"
Billy Bob's eyes lit up and he exclaimed, "I gots one of those idea things!"
He put two of his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly. Billy Bob's jeep appeared and landed next to them, right on Cortex. Billy Bob petted
his pet warthog, Petunia and hopped in.
"C'mon, y'all," he said, "We got some universes to save!"
Everyone climbed in and the jeep took off into the sky.
Meanwhile, N. Tangle returned to the Green Hurl Version 2 and sat in his chair.
"Sir," a Flytrapper said, "There is something of importance I need to tell you."
"What is it?" N. Tangle asked.
"Well," the plant continued, "Detected a very peculiar DNA sequence on Gaseous."
"What's so peculiar about it?"
"You see, it almost has a match to your original human DNA, close enough for it to be a relation to you."
N. Tangle's eyes went wide as he asked, "Is there any more information about this DNA signature?"
"Let's see, it's female, pre-adulthood. Perhaps a human teenager."
"How can it be true?" N. Tangle asked, "Nah, it can't be."
"Sir?"
"Continue with the plan, is that understood?"
"Yes sir."
The Flytrapper slithered away. N. Tangle thought deeply about this revelation. He dismissed it, but the information still lingered in his brain.
Back in Gaseous, Lederhosen was still in the Gatordroid.
"Hello?" he called, "Is anyone out there. I need a bathroom! Wait, never mind."
Next time on Crash: Multiverse Mishap…
Our heroes will travel to the newly rebuilt Zerolith and finally come face-to-face with General Wolfgang. What will happen? Find out in Chapter
Fifteen: All-Australian Rejects.
PSManiac: And so, the plot thickens! Review!