Meanwhile, N. Brio wanders aimlessly through the desert, carrying all the supplies Tawna packed for him. He looks around for any sign of hope before spotting a flare going off in the distance.

Brio gasps and exclaims, "Survivors! I'm saved!" He darts to where the flare came from: Team Liz. As it turns out, Rilla Roo got a hold of Nina's flare gun and fired it, much to Nina's annoyance.

"Must I keep telling you this, you foolish monkey? My flare gun is not a toy!" she says as she snatches it from Rilla Roo's hands.

Crunch, breathing heavily, moans, "I can't keep going on like this. Feels like it's been days since we've eaten."

"It's only been one night, sheesh." Liz scoffs.

"Hey! Over here!" Brio calls out in the distance.

"Hey, did you hear something?" Nash asks, listening out.

"Probably just a buzzard." Nina snarks.

"No, it sounded like a man." Nash says.

"What?" Liz asks as she looks out in the distance and sees Brio approaching them quickly.

"Why, look! It's N. Brio!" Liz says to the others before waving to Brio. "Over here!"

"Guys!" Brio exclaims as he runs up to Liz's team and gives Liz and Crunch a hug.

"Ugh, get a room, guys." Nina snarks.

"Nina! You're here, too!" Brio exclaims as he notices her. "Give your neglected scientist friend a hug!"

"Nah, I'm good." Nina says, trying to avoid receiving a hug. Brio gives her one anyway. Nina groans.

"You mean to tell me you came here all the way from that battleship?" Crunch asks, bewildered.

"Yes. Tawna rescued me in the middle of the night." Brio tells him. "Oh, man. Crash will be so proud to hear that she rescued me from the jaws of death! I..."

Brio suddenly notices Rilla Roo sniffing at his luggage. He approaches him and shoos him away, saying, "Hey, you! Don't touch that! There's perishables in there!"

"Perishables?" Liz asks as her face lights up with glee. "You mean you have food?"

"Yes, Tawna packed me some for the trip." Brio tells them.

"Oh, man! I'm starving!" Crunch exclaims.

"Where is it?" Nash asks excitedly.

Brio takes a piece of luggage and opens it, revealing food the size of an all-you-can-eat buffet.

"Here's the food." Brio says as he presents the food to the team. "You all can have it. I'm not hungry."

"Are you sure, Brio?" Liz asks, concerned.

"Positive." Brio says to her.

"Well, more for us, then!" Nina exclaims as she starts to eat.

"Hey, kid!" Crunch calls out as he approaches the food. "Didn't your uncle teach you some manners?"

As the two of them, Rilla Roo and Nash eat the food, Liz walks up to Brio, concerned for his well-being.

"Brio, what's wrong?" she asks him. "Did Pinstripe make you do something you didn't want to?"

"Oh, Liz, it's awful!" Brio moans. "Pinstripe and his goons are absolute nut jobs! They forced me to create a monster of unspeakable torment that they plan to unleash in just a few short hours!"

Upon hearing this, the team immediately stops eating and diverts their attention to Brio.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Crunch asks, puzzled.

"A monster!" Brio warns him. "They were going to feed me to it! Me! The one who created it! And Pinstripe also wants this creature to rip Crash apart before it kills all of us! And worst of all, he assaulted and abused poor Tawna and as if that weren't enough torment for her, he plans on making her his queen!"

"What?!" Liz shouts in fear and concern.

"That monster!" Nina shouts.

"I'll say!" Nash says as he storms up to Brio. "Why are we just now hearing about this creature, pencil neck? Why, I ought to—"

"No, Nash!" Liz says, grabbing his fin. "Brio's not the monster here. He's our friend."

"Yeah!" Crunch tells him. "If anyone's a monster, it's that blasted rat!"

"You... you really consider me your friend?" Brio asks, bewildered.

"Of course!" Liz reassures him. "You're with our team now, and we will do whatever it takes to keep you safe!"

"And don't you worry. Whatever this monster is, we'll stop it before it does any damage!" Crunch exclaims before he and the team stop and look out in absolute shock and fear.

"Aw, thanks, guys!" Brio says, unaware of the team's sudden change in reaction. "I don't know what I'd do without—"

He suddenly stops and sees them in their frozen state, prompting him to ask, "What?"

"Speaking of monsters..." Nina fearfully says as she turns Brio around to what they're looking at: a horde of Magmadon Titans staring them down and ready to burn them to a crisp.

"RUN!" Crunch shouts. Before they can go any further though, they soon find themselves surrounded by more Titans, who enclose them in a circle.

"Where do all these Titans keep coming from?!" Nina shouts.

"It's Pinstripe's doing!" Brio shouts. "He has a whole army of these Titans, ready to stop us from stopping him!"

"Oh, what are we going to do?!" Nash cries out.

Suddenly, Yaya and Pasadena's teams spot Liz's team from afar as they drive up north.

"Guys! Look!" Pasadena calls out, getting their attention. "Our friends!"

"Mein Gott! They'll be burnt like sauerbraten!" Von Clutch exclaims.

"What are we going to do?" Yaya asks Pasadena as they continue to look out.

Pasadena, looking around for a weapon to use on the Titans, suddenly glances at her long tail and gets an idea. "Quick! Yaya! Drive us over there!" she tells Yaya.

"WHAT?!" Yaya shouts.

"Trust me!" Pasadena reassures her.

"Okay..." Yaya says. "I hope you know what you're doing..."

She slams her foot on the gas petal and takes off towards the Magmadon army at high speeds, getting the attention of Liz's team.

"Guys, look!" Liz calls out as she directs their attention to the approaching kart. "It's our friends!"

Yaya hits the brakes as Pasadena leaps out of the kart, darting towards the Titan horde.

"Be careful, mein Fräulein!" Von Clutch fearfully cries out.

Pasadena, continuing to run, grabs her tail and twirls it around like a lasso and uses it as a whip to attack the Titans.

"Whoo!" Stew cries out. "Whip 'em good, lassie!"

Pasadena attempts to whip the Magmadon horde leader, but its exterior is protected by an extra layer of lava, burning Pasadena's tail once it makes contact with it. She cries out in pain, flops down on the ground and holds her tail in pain. The teams gasp in fear. Fake Crash's face slowly turns from fear to rage.

The Magmadon horde leader turns to Pasadena and starts to advance on her, pinning her to the ground with its foot. As she struggles to remove the foot from her chest, the Magmadon prepares to spit molten lava all over her. She whimpers in fear before hearing Fake Crash shouting and charging towards the leader, getting its attention. He fires so much paint at it with his paintball gun that it douses the Magmadon's embers, leaving it defenseless as Fake Crash chucks an enormous boulder at it, knocking it back several feet. Frightened, the Magmadon calls for a full retreat as Fake Crash glares at it.

As the Titan horde flees north, Pasadena, breathing shakily, looks up at Fake Crash, with a look of determination on his face. Pasadena smiles and, thankful that Fake Crash just saved her life, grabs him by his ascot, pulls him in close and starts to make out with him. Stew, seeing that Yaya is looking on, covers her eyes, before Chick covers Stew's eyes. Stew groans, "Aw, Chick! You never get to let me see the good stuff!"

As the pair continues to make out, a voice calls out, "Hold up there, lovebirds! Save that stuff for your private time!"

Everyone turns and sees that Ami and Cortex's team has caught up with them.