As the sun rises over the desert plains, Isabella wakes up and realizing it's morning, leans down to Polar and taps on the head to wake him up. As Polar wakes up, he playfully licks her face. Isabella happily giggles.
"Come on, Polar." Isabella tells him as she gets on his back and they start to head south. "Let's make our way back to the others."
Eventually, Isabella and Polar make their way back to Tiny, Ripper Roo and King Chicken.
"Lady bandicoot! There you are!" Tiny exclaims as he and the rest of the team approach her. "We were worried sick!"
"Don't worry, Tiny. I'm okay." Isabella says.
She dismounts from Polar and approaches the group, remorsefully telling them, "Listen, everyone, I wanted to apologize for what happened yesterday. You all are not a ragtag bunch of circus clowns; I was just stressed out from all of this chaos and..."
"No, no. It's okay! Tiny and friends get it!" Tiny tells her. "We know you miss Coco, and Tiny want you you to know that all of us will get you back to her and stop that rat, no matter what!"
"Aw, thanks, Tiny!" Isabella says as she gives him a friendly hug, which Tiny does likewise, which turns into a group hug when Polar and Ripper Roo join in. Suddenly, Isabella stops and looks around.
"Wait a minute. Where's Hasty?" she asked. "He's not upset about yesterday, is he?"
Tiny sighs and tells Isabella, "Tiny didn't want to have to do this, but... you need to have a look at this."
He hands Isabella a letter, which she takes and starts to read it aloud.
Dear Isabella,
While you were out having an emotional episode, I took the time to fully repair the kart for you and your team. Now that that's out of the way, I feel it best that I head out on my own so that I won't slow you and your team of "dead weight clowns" any further. Wish I could keep trying to help you, but like you said yourself, it's time I went out and helped myself and only myself for a change. Good luck stopping that rat and rescuing Crash's girlfriend.
Sincerely,
Hasty, the moose who helps out more than he should.
As Isabella finishes reading Hasty's letter, she gasps in shock and sadness, her face turning from concern to guilt and regret as she recalls the harsh words she said to Hasty yesterday after exploding from anger and stress. She solemnly asks Tiny, "You mean... he just left without saying goodbye?"
"Yes. Left the second he finished repairing the kart." Tiny sadly replied.
Isabella panics and says, "Oh, good God! What have I done?! If anything happens to him out there because of me, I'll never be able to forgive myself for it! I have to fix this!"
She gets on top of Polar and tells him, "Come on, Polar! We have to go out there and find him! Mush!"
Isabella and Polar ride out into the desert as Tiny fearfully calls out, "No, wait! Don't go, lady bandicoot! It's dangerous!"
Later, Isabella and Polar are still riding through the desert in the midst of a raging sandstorm, frantically searching for Hasty. Isabella, on the verge of tears from extreme guilt, keeps looking through a pair of binoculars for any sign of Hasty, but with no luck.
"See anything, Polar?" she asks, prompting Polar to shake his head. "Oh! Where could he be?! This is all my fault! I never should've yelled at him and hurt his feelings!" Isabella moans.
Suddenly, she hears faint roaring in the distance and tells Polar, "Come on, Polar! Mush!"
The two of them ride to where they heard the roar and discover that it came from a Scorporilla Titan.
Isabella asks herself, "What IS that thing?"
She looks over and gasps in horror as she sees Hasty, lying on the ground unconscious and with multiple wounds from the Scorporilla.
"Go, Polar! Go!" Isabella yells as the two of them ride over to Hasty, getting the Scorporilla's attention.
"Hasty? Are you okay? Say something!" Isabella shouts.
Polar barks in fear, getting Isabella's attention. She gasps in fear as she sees the Scorporilla approaching quickly.
"Hasty! Don't do this to me now! Please! WAKE UP! PLEASE!" Isabella screams as the Scorporilla gets closer.
Polar, seeing the Scorporilla inches away from them, growls at the beast, then curls up and starts to roll around, kicking up dust and disorienting the Scorporilla. The Scorporilla eventually regains its composure and prepares to squash Hasty and Isabella flat. Its roar gets Isabella's attention, prompting her to defend him and shout, "No! Leave him alone, you beast!"
Isabella draws out her katana and starts to fight the Scorporilla while Polar continues to roll around and kick up dust. During the fight, the Scorporilla throws a punch at her, sending her flying through the air and by Hasty's side. Her katana lands right next to her, accidentally slicing her on the shoulder. Isabella cries out in pain. She looks up in fear as the Scorporilla draws closer to her, Polar and Hasty. The Scorporilla raises its fists and prepares to squash them flat while Isabella holds her hand to her shoulder, shaking in pain and fear.
Before the Scorporilla can kill them, though, Tiny shows up, roaring viciously and uses his claws to slice the Scorporilla in the face. The Scorporilla cries out in pain as Tiny gets in front of the group, and lets out a vicious roar, forcing the Scorporilla to flee in fear. Tiny turns to the others.
"Is everyone okay?" Tiny asks.
"No, we're not okay." Isabella tells him. "Hasty's unconscious and badly wounded, and I got a pretty bad cut fighting that beast."
"Well, let Tiny take you back to the kart." He says as he lifts Hasty up and puts his arm around his shoulder. "Tiny has a first aid kit there for you all."
Isabella gets back on Polar, and they continue to converse as they make their way back to their kart.
"Wait, who's guarding the kart then?" Isabella asks.
"Funny chicken king and blue kangaroo are." Tiny tells her.
"Oh, good." Isabella says. "We'll all get healed, and then we'll pile into the kart and be on our way."
"Mmm... not exactly." Tiny says as he rubs the back of his neck. "Car battery is still charging. Won't be ready for at least 24 hours."
"What?!" Isabella exclaims. She sighs and, remembering what happened yesterday, says, "Deep breaths, Issy. Deep breaths. That'll give us time to heal at least... You know, Tiny? I owe Hasty an apology once he wakes up."
