Chapter 2
Four days has past and Dr Cortex still can't think of an evil plan that can satisfy Uka uka. He knows there is only a limited time yet and he can't imagine what would happen to Nina if he fails. But after he defeated the Evil Twins with Crash and Nina, he doesn't want to continue this evil charade and the only reason why he kept up with it for so long is because he is terrified of him. Now he is feeling exhausted, scared out of his mind and feeling sick from the stress he has been going through and he can't stand it any longer. Nina is his top priority he needs to get her out of here away from Uka uka so he won't cause her any harm.
He starts thinking of where he can take her, he knows he can't take her back to Madame Amberley's Academy because that will be the first thing he will look, and he can't trust any of his colleagues with his daughter because of their loyalty to that monster. But there is one place he could take her to that Uka uka would never expect her to be. He immediately got up and head straight to living area where he can hear Nina and his mutants. He sees Tiny giving Nina a piggy back ride along with Dingodile, Ripper Roo and even Pinstripe laughing and having fun together. Neo can't help but smile at the scene. Nina always loves the mutants and the mutants loves Nina. He clears his throat to get their attention and Nina saw him,
"UNCLE!" she runs over to him and gives him a massive hug, crushing Cortex from her big metal hands.
Cortex can't help but give her a smile on how innocent she is, even though he is a little hurt that she called him 'Uncle' and not 'Dad' it is better this way to keep her safe. She let go of him, still has a big smile on her face.
"How are you? I felt like I haven't seen you in forever despite living in the same building! Are you still making plans for world domination?!" she asked with hope in her eyes. She shows obvious admiration for her Uncle. How could anyone think of hurting her? She is just a child. Neo decided to take his plan into action right now.
"Sort of. But I decided that we should visit an old friend of mine and I am sure he would like to see you too." Nina's face light up.
"Really? Who are we seeing?" Nina said bouncing up and down with a huge smile on her face. He looks up to see Tiny, Ripper Roo and Pinstripe standing there looking at them with a confused look on their faces, clearly interested in the conversation.
"It's a surprise. Why don't you go pack your bags so we can go over there now?" Nina decided not to question her Uncle any further and do as she told when he is prepared to get questions from his mutants.
"WHERE IS MASTER GOING?" asked Tiny scratching his head. Neo stands there trying to come up with an answer.
"Just to an old friend I know from school, I am going to see him to discuss my latest plans for World Domination." Neo says quite proud with an excuse he came up with.
"Without telling us?" questioned Pinstripe "And you are going to take Nina?" Now Neo has to think of another excuse.
"I..I have to get his confirmation first before we can proceed and I am taking Nina so she can learn and help out with our plans. I want her to follow my footsteps and she needs to start somewhere."
This seems to satisfy the mutants. It seems to make sense and with lots of failures they had we could use all the help we can get.
"What I want you guys to do is to hold the fort and help N. Gin, N. Brio and N. Tropy with anything they need, ok? And don't tell anyone where I have gone to, especially to Uka uka, I want it to be a surprise, do you understand?"
They nod their heads and just went to do their own thing. Neo went straight up to Nina's room to see if she is ready. He also sees she decided to change as well. Instead of her school uniform she is wearing a black sleeveless dress with pink flowers and skulls, small black shoes and has her hair down and puts on a black flower hair clip. She turns around to see Neo,
"I want to look nice for your friend, make a good first impression. I am ready when you are!" she looks around to see Neo doesn't have his bags packed.
"Hey where are your bags?"
'Bless her heart' he thought to himself. "I already packed my bags I loaded them in the airship. Come on, let's go."
Nina got her bags and hold Neo 's hand as they go upstairs to the roof where the airship is being parked. They got inside and Neo started the engine, hovering over the roof and then takes off. Neo looks up at the rear-view mirror to see Nina bouncing up and down while looking out at the window. Staring at the scenery in wonderment as she is looking at the sea and the cloudless sky, until they are over an island, full of sandy beaches and fields and trees. The air ship hovers slowly onto the ground in the middle of the jungle and he turned off the engine.
"Nina I am going to be honest. I am not going to stay here with you. You are going to stay here; I don't know for how long, but it is going to be a long time." Nina can't believe what she is hearing. Tears are starting to form in her eyes.
"Are you abandoning me?" Neo looks shocked
"NO! No that is not what is happening! I will never abandon you. The reason why I am leaving you here is because you are not safe in the labs, and I want to protect you as much as I can, even if it means doing something that could put me in danger."
"You are in danger? From who?" Nina asked. Neo knows there is no way of avoiding this and decides to just tell her the truth to make her understand.
"Both of us are in danger. From Uka uka." Now Nina is shaking with fear. She does not like Uka uka for one bit and just thinking about him makes her go pale.
"If you are in danger as well then why not stay with us?" she asked.
"Because I know he is going to come looking for me and if I stay with you and a friend then he will hurt you too, and I don't want that to happen. I rather he hurts me than you any day. Especially after what he did." This peaked Nina's interest. She knows Uka uka has done horrible things in his life, but she is curious about what he did specifically to Neo.
"What did he do?" she whispered, fearing to hear the answer.
"Nothing" he said abruptly as he jumps back to reality. "Come on, grab your bags." He unbuckled his seatbelt and gets up to take Nina's hand and her suitcase. They got out of the airship and start making their way down the path.
"So, I am going to stay with a complete stranger? Are you sure that's a good idea?" she asked with uncertainty in her eyes. This is all too much for Nina to handle, until she sees a cute little bungalow a few feet away from them. They got to the front door where Neo set the suitcase down.
"He is not a stranger. You have met him before." He said as he knocked on the door.
"And you are going back to the labs?"
"No. I am going somewhere else." Now this really confused Nina.
She was about to ask 'Where' when the door open to reveal Crash Bandicoot. He looks surprised and confused by these unexpected visitors, but Neo just said one thing.
"Help us."
Wow! You guys! I wasn't expecting reviews let alone positive ones. Thank you for the kind words and how much you enjoy the story so far and I hope chapter 2 is good for you just as much as chapter 1. Hearing you guys to say you love it really builds my confidence and motivate me to not only this story but on other writing projects that I have been working on as well. So again, thank you so much. Keep an open mind I don't have a schedule for this story, I just do it when I want to relax while continue to write but I will try to keep it updated. Also if you want to see the dress Nina is wearing, here is the link . /XUANSHOW-Women-Gothic-Dress-Floral-Skull-Print-Sleeveless-Vintage-Backless-A-Line-Cute-Elegant-Party-Beach-2018-Summer-Vestios-PSYT24702/p_2928/ I just thought it looks super cute.
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