Frist Chapter of a Two Chapters I came up with. Might led to other oneshots or an expanded story.
Do Not Own Crash Bandicoot
Not Set in Same Universe as Coco Bandicoot
Coco and Nina Fusion
Chapter Purple: The Cortex Connection
Coco Bandicoot awoke in cage in area with a giant furnace. Her new ally a mole named The Professor was in a cage on the other side of the room. The last thing she remembered was tracking her brother's archenemy Doctor Neo Cortex. He had teamed up with an old enemy of The Professor named Ripto. So, Crash (her brother) teamed up with Ripto's enemy a dragon named Spyro, after a brief fight with the dragon, to take down Ripto and Cortex. Coco and The Professor had provided them with support as they took down Cortex's most loyal minion Tiny Tiger and Ripto's lackies (Crush and Gulp). The Professor was still unconscious. Coco glanced around the room to see a black-haired blue skinned girl staring at flames of the furnace. Coco said rather hesitantly, "Hello?" This caught the girl's attention to shift over to Coco. The girl had buck teeth and a lower-case n on her forehead. Signalling she was related to Cortex somehow. The girl looked adorable Coco thought to herself as the girl stared at her with wide eyes full of curiosity. She skipped towards the cage which Coco noticed was not on the ground after all but sitting on something.
She said confused in a childish voice, "Hello pretty orange puppy?"
Coco corrected automatic, "Bandicoot not puppy."
"Bandicute?" The girl stated obviously having some sort of crush on Coco if the look in her eyes were anything to go by, "Orange bandicute is very pretty."
"Will the pretty lady let me out?" Coco asked deliberately buttering the girl up and playing on the fact the girl seemed to harbour a crush, so she could free her. As far as she could tell the girl wasn't bad like some others she had encountered working with Cortex so did not want the girl to get hurt once Spyro and Crash arrived. The girl blushed and looked down at her feet.
"Nina would but Uncle Neo ordered Nina to keep bandicute and… brown puppy?" The girl or rather Nina said confirming her connection to Cortex.
"Mole." Coco corrected.
"Nina had been ordered to keep the bandicute and mole locked up." Nina stated. She then said in a monotone voice as reciting something drummed into her, "Nina will be a good villain like Uncle Neo wants." She said rather sad, "No petting the cute animals anymore."
Coco latched onto this with, "What's stopping you. Your Uncle can't stop you from doing something you like." Coco then was horrified when Nina raised her hands to reveal that they had been replaced with metal. She knew Cortex was evil but to do something like this to his family was on another level.
"Nina can't anymore, Uncle Neo made sure. The only thing Nina can do is to do to make him proud." Nina said wanting to make Cortex like her. She said next "Who knows what he would do to Nina if Nina doesn't do what he wants." Before shivering in fear setting off a protective instinct in Coco. This was despite knowing the girl for all around five minutes. If Cortex had his way, then Nina would become evil like him and this Nina would disappeared. Coco had a flash of Cortex's boss, Uka Uka using an evil Nina to conquer the world since Cortex had a good track record of creating things that were more dangerous than he is. However, Coco had the chance to help prevent it and to gain a girlfriend ….err a new ally. This shocked Coco for a minute as while she found Nina to somewhat attractive despite most seeing her of somewhat ugly, she never thought of herself ever feeling that way.
She blurted out while thinking of this, "You can pet me." Before she could realize what she was implying with this statement. "Err I mean…"
"Really." Nina said excited cutting Coco off. Excitement was shown in her eyes. So excited that someone would allow her hug them that she did not care about Cortex's orders anymore.
"Sure, I guess." Coco stated. "However, you have to let me out."
"If pretty bandicute promises not to run then Nina will let her out." Nina said smiling a childish smile.
Coco said meaning it, "I promise." Nina climbed up and ripped off the cage door with her metal hands impressing Coco. Nina wrapped her arms around Coco and buried her head into Coco's neck. Nina sighed happily. Coco winched slightly as Nina rubbed her metal fingers through her hair. Her movement was clumsy and not that precise, so she pulled at the hair with her movement. It seemed Cortex did not bother doing a good job at replacing her hands. Not that Coco said anything since it wasn't that bad. However, once she had a chance she would fit Nina with a better set of hands.
She murmured, "Bandicute's hair is so nice and soft. Nina missed this."
"Coco." Coco said feeling very happy with Nina in her lap. Nina just fit in her arms and her metal hands wasn't that bad. "My name is Coco."
"Pretty Cocoa has a nice name. Nina likes it." Nina said obviously relaxed. Coco ran her hand through Nina's hair and Nina sighed.
"Nina wishes she could stay with pretty Cocoa." Nina said.
Coco said, "You can."
"Really you mean it." Nina exclaimed.
"Yes." Coco said happy that Nina did not take a lot of coaxing but also worried as that meant she did not really have any attachment to Cortex or had anyone else to love her. "If you free The Professor than you can come with me and your Uncle Neo won't be able to do anything to you. My brother and I won't let him."
"Ok Nina will let him out for pretty Cocoa." Nina said. She then climbed out of the cage and made her way towards The Professor. However, this was when Spyro made his appearance. He headbutted Nina. Nina growled in anger and charged at him. Spyro dodged Nina's charge causing Nina to bash her head into the crates where The Professor was. This knocked the cage of and freeing the Professor in the process. Coco climbed down and stood in front of a weeping Nina.
She said, "Stop."
Nina cried out, "Purple Puppy is mean." She was rubbing her head as it was bruised.
"Dragon." Coco corrected as she picked up Nina and soothed her. She kissed her on the forehead. Nina buried her head into Coco's hair.
"Well purple dragone is mean." Nina said. After dealing with Spyro and Crash who arrived not soon after, she took Nina with her back to her lab where she and The Professor was tracking Ripto and Cortex. Dealing with them did not take long since Crash was very supportive, and they were pressed for time. He gave a knowing look as he and Spyro moved on to stop Ripto and Cortex once and for all.