Inside the space carrier, Crash, Coco and everyone else is beamed to a control room. Coco looks around as Papu Papu, who was beamed in seperately, lands atop of Von Clutch, squashing him flat like a pancake.
"Huh. Looks like we have an unexpected guest." said Pasadena.
"Where is Papu Papu?" he asked. "Why are you all here with Papu Papu?"
"Uh, a little help, please?" said Von Clutch from underneath Papu Papu.
Pasadena tends to Von Clutch as Coco continues to look around for Crash. She eventually spots him comforting Tawna.
"Crash? Crash!" she calls out as she approaches him. "There you are! Are you okay, big brother!"
Crash agrees in gibberish as everyone looks around.
"Where are we?" asked Tawna.
Papu Papu glances out a nearby window and discovers they're in outer space. He turns to the group and says, "Well, we not on sandy beach no more and Papu Papu not having his rest!"
Suddenly, everyone hears faint explosions. They all race to a nearby window to discover that earth is being blown up by hundreds of nuclear weapons. Everyone reacts in absolute horror as Coco tearfully cries, "Our home! It's gone!"
Isabella comforts Coco and says, "Everyone and everything we ever cared about... all gone."
Suddenly, a voice calls out, "Yes, it's a real shame, isn't it?"
Everyone turns to see Dr. Neo Cortex emerging from the shadows with his minions (N. Gin, Tiny Tiger, Dingodile, Ripper Roo, the Komodo Bros., N. Trance, Nina Cortex, Koala Kong and Rilla Roo, minus N. Tropy, N. Brio & Pinstripe) following him into the room.
"Seeing everyone and everything you love and cherish being burnt to a crisp and then flying apart like leaves?" asked Cortex. "Really tugs at the ol' heartstrings, don't it?"
"You!" shouts Tawna.
"What do you want, Cortex?" Coco angrily asks.
"Yeah! What's the big idea?" Yaya shouts.
"Hello, everyone!" Megumi gleefully says as she waves to the crowd.
"Hi, cute bandicoot!" Tiny Tiger replies with the same amount of glee as Megumi.
The heroes turn to Megumi, unamused, prompting her to ask, "What?"
"Anyways, as we were saying..." Coco says as she turns back to Cortex. "Why did you have to go and drop a nuke on the entire planet, Cortex?"
Crash agrees in gibberish.
"What?" asks Cortex in surprise. "You think I did that?"
"Yeah! And besides, if it was him, he would already be gloating to your faces about it!" says Dingodile.
"Yes, and we'd only use our weapons to bring delicious doom to you all, not to kill all of mankind!" says N. Gin.
"And my uncle only cares about wanting to enslave all of mankind, anyway!" says Nina Cortex, Cortex's niece.
"Thank you, my beloved niece." Cortex says to Nina, before turning to Crash and the others. "Look, the bottom line here is, I need your help!"
"You?" Coco laughs. "Needing our help?"
Everyone laughs in unison with Coco as she continues, "Oh, man! That's a good one! NO."
"No, I'm being serious!" says Cortex. "We need to figure out who was responsible for blowing up the earth!"
"You got some nerve there, Cortex!" Pasadena says as she storms up to him, grabbing him by the arm and raising him up to her eye level. "We all know it was you who blew up the earth!"
Everyone responds in agreement.
"It's bad enough y'all tried to take over Ol' Von Clutch's amusement park for your own selfish reasons!" Pasadena continues as she lets go of his arm, dropping Cortex, who scurries back to his minions' side.
"Look! I'm telling you all that I'm innocent!" says Cortex. "Why won't you believe me?"
"Because you're the villain, and the villain always gets what's coming to them!" Ami says as she, Crash, Coco, Papu Papu, Fake Crash, Crunch, Tawna, Isabella, Liz, Pasadena, and Yaya gang up and start to approach Cortex, who slowly starts to back away in fear.
"But he'ssss not the villain thisssss time!" says Komodo Joe.
"He ssssseriously wantssss your help!" says Komodo Moe.
"Yes!" Cortex exclaims. "Listen to them!"
"Baloney!" Crunch snaps.
"We've had it with your lies, Cortex!" Tawna roars as they get closer to Cortex.
"You interrupt Papu Papu's beauty sleep!" Papu Papu shouts.
"Let's get him!" Coco yells as she, Crash, Papu Papu, Fake Crash, Tawna, Isabella, Ami, Liz, Pasadena, and Yaya all pounce on Cortex, while Polar, Pura, Megumi, Baby T., Baby Crash, Baby Coco, Von Clutch, King Chicken, Hasty, Chick and Stew watch from the sidelines as Cortex cries out for help to his minions.
"Oh, dear." Megumi says worriedly.
"Good day for a swell battle, eh, Stew?" Chick asks.
"Well, Chick, looks like Cortex is about to get... scrambled!" replies Stew.
Von Clutch groans, "Really, guys?"
By this point, Cortex has been tied up and unable to move as everyone grabs hold of him and hoists him up. Cortex's minions, wanting to help him, all cower in fear, fearing that the heroes will do the same to them what they did to Cortex.
"Launch him out of the airlock!" yells Ami.
Everyone cheers in agreement as they storm towards the airlock with Cortex in tow.
"Good thinking, Ami!" Crunch replies.
"No! Stop! Don't do this!" Cortex exclaims as they bring him closer to the airlock. "You're hurting an innocent man, I tell you! Unhand me this instant! Help!"
"Tiny can't bear to watch!" Tiny says fearfully. "Can someone cover Tiny's eyes?"
Suddenly, before they can launch Cortex out of the airlock, a voice cries out, "No! Wait!"
Everyone stops and turns around to the opposite side of the room.