Chapter Three
A Horrific Discovery
Coco cautiously peeked her head out of the water. She was in an area that housed a few mini submarines and what looked like a half constructed war machine.
There was no one around. She was safe.
Climbing out of the water, Coco slowly pulled her gear off and hid it behind some refuse at the edge of the pier to the war machine. Barefoot and decked in her wetsuit, Coco glanced around once more, before she slowly slipped down into the corridors to explore this facility.
'If I can find a computer,' she thought to her-self. 'I can perhaps hack into Cortex's plans to understand what is truly going on here.'
The corridor opened to a large window looking out into the water. Coco glanced out and shrieked in terror at what she saw.
Okura the killer whale watched her, with hungry intelligent eyes.
Leaning against the back wall, her heart thumping like crazy in her chest, Coco stared in shock at the massive beast as it idled there, watching her. After a few minutes, it simply swam upwards and disappeared completely.
Coco blinked in confusion, then remembered. Killer whales were mammals and mammals needed to breathe sooner or later. She seized the chance to run past the large windowed area and straight into the next room at the end of the corridor.
Again, Coco's heart leapt into her mouth in shock. A dozen Lab Assistant Androids were working in this room, all on computer consoles. These androids had a habit of dropping all their work to come after Crash and Coco when they were seen, but this time; the robots completely ignored her. They didn't even lift their glasses, which concealed their metallic eyes to look at her.
There was a door on the far side, with the words 'Keep Out. Do Not Enter. Authorized Personnel Only' sketched heavily on the metal doors. Coco decided to risk it to get over there a see what was behind the door.
Boldly venturing out, the androids ignored her. Coco decided not to wait too long and broke into a dash to the door. Again, no movement from the robots. The lanky androids simply carried on with their work on the computer consoles.
Shrugging, Coco looked at the keypad on the door. It was a pin-code door. Snorting at the very basics of this, Coco carefully pulled the top off the machine, undoing the screws with her hairpin, and then began to fiddle around with the circuitry underneath.
Then, replacing everything back into place, Coco simply tapped the 'Enter' key and the doors slid wide open for her as she strolled in, a healthy dose of self-esteem added. From the inside, she then shut the doors and locked them.
She was in a small room. There was a large pool of water at the far end, the water rippling slightly, but nothing was in them. It looked as if they were connected to the outside, but Coco wasn't a hundred percent sure.
But, there was a computer and a chair. Without hesitation, Coco swung over there and switched the machine on, ready to do her stuff.
There was a puffing sound. Coco snapped her head in the direction of the sound. She scanned the room, looking for anything, but nothing moved but the water's surface in the pools.
Shaking her head, Coco turned back to the computer, turning her back to the pools once again. Then, her fingers erupted suddenly into a fury of typing. Time flew by; Coco didn't take note of the time it took, until at last, she has full access.
"The Sea Plot," Coco read aloud. Another puffing and Coco turned again.
Nothing again.
Frightened as she was beginning to lose her mind, she worryingly turned back to the plot outline. "An old saying says, 'He who would control the sea, controls the world.' We shall put this plan into effect. By controlling the sea life, we shall halt all sea routes by man until we are granted world domination."
Coco pondered this for a moment. It seemed to make sense indeed. If Cortex controlled all sea life, then the seas would no longer be safe. But how were they being controlled?
"The harnesses were created to control all dolphin and shark's thoughts, other than their basic needs to survive. The tower sends out waves that make the dolphins mind slaves. A shark is all too easy to control, other than their feeding frenzy instincts but a dolphin has strong family ties, therefore, a dolphin must not see its young or there is a chance that the dolphin will break out of the trance. Therefore, all young must be swiftly terminated. The bodies are then used to feed the sharks."
Coco gasped in horror and covered her mouth in shock. There were images of the slaughtered babies, some decapitated, while others cut completely in half and gutted. She grabbed the metal bin that was there and vomited into it.
This was sick. Cortex had gone completely off the edge here, killing innocent young dolphins for his domination attempt? She felt like killing him her-self for this.
Then Gleam came to Coco's mind. Gleam had mentioned her daughter. Was this daughter still alive, or was one of those photos her? She closed this document, feeling like throwing up again, and opened the search file. Carefully, Coco typed in the word 'Gleam.'
One hit came up.
Clicking it, Coco received a profile of the dolphin Gleam.
Slave - 042 - Real Name - Gleam
Leader of the N. Sanity Beach Pod.
Known as rebellious. Is able to fight the control and break free regularly. Also seems to help others to break free of the trance. Daughter Delphi is to be kept in isolation, until termination date is confirmed.
Due to last escape attempt, she is assigned to Nitro blasting duty.
"Nitro blasting?" Coco asked, clicking the link. "Nitro blasting is the most dangerous work we have, but the most important as we require the gem-stones below the ground to fuel our mind control tower. It has a strong potential for the blasters to die. Live Nitro is placed into harnesses and the dolphin/shark will swim over the blasting site, dropping the load of Nitro and..." Coco froze as she read the rest.
This was truly beyond evil. This plan must be stopped. Already, in three days, Nitro blasting had killed over fifty creatures alone.
Then, she typed in the word 'Delphi' into the search engine. One hit came up and Coco opened it swiftly, hoping that the information was updated regularly.
Dolphin Child - Delphi
Daughter of Gleam.
Must be terminated soon. Gleam's main power comes from her love for her daughter, and with no daughter left, Gleam will be a mindless slave forever.
Coco gasped. The termination date was today! In less than two hours! She had to find this Delphi quickly before it was too late.
Pushing her chair backwards, Coco wheeled around and leapt from the chair.
She stepped in a pool of water lying on the edge of the pool and her legs flew out from under her. A sickening crack was heard as her head struck the concrete pool edge and she began to sink beneath the water in the pool.
Her dying sight was of a black and white killer whale charging her, jaws at the ready...
Crash emerged in a room with a single submarine. By the look of it, it was one of importance, so Crash assumed it belonged to Cortex and Uka-Uka.
Stripping off his gear, Crash laid it to the side of the door and opened the door. The corridor seemed to go for a while. Boldly moving through the corridor, suddenly the floor opened up beneath him. Crash fell into a chute, and cursed him-self for falling for such an obvious trap as he slid down it.
With a bumpy landing, Crash landed in a room. Before he got up he heard, "Well, well, well... If it isn't Crash Bandicoot..."
Glancing up, Crash saw a huge armchair with its back to him as undoubtedly, Neo Cortex sat watching the window to the outside. "Alright Cortex! I've got you alone this time!"
A deep laugh was heard from the chair and then the chair turned around.
"You?!?" Crash gasped in shock and disbelief.
A Horrific Discovery
Coco cautiously peeked her head out of the water. She was in an area that housed a few mini submarines and what looked like a half constructed war machine.
There was no one around. She was safe.
Climbing out of the water, Coco slowly pulled her gear off and hid it behind some refuse at the edge of the pier to the war machine. Barefoot and decked in her wetsuit, Coco glanced around once more, before she slowly slipped down into the corridors to explore this facility.
'If I can find a computer,' she thought to her-self. 'I can perhaps hack into Cortex's plans to understand what is truly going on here.'
The corridor opened to a large window looking out into the water. Coco glanced out and shrieked in terror at what she saw.
Okura the killer whale watched her, with hungry intelligent eyes.
Leaning against the back wall, her heart thumping like crazy in her chest, Coco stared in shock at the massive beast as it idled there, watching her. After a few minutes, it simply swam upwards and disappeared completely.
Coco blinked in confusion, then remembered. Killer whales were mammals and mammals needed to breathe sooner or later. She seized the chance to run past the large windowed area and straight into the next room at the end of the corridor.
Again, Coco's heart leapt into her mouth in shock. A dozen Lab Assistant Androids were working in this room, all on computer consoles. These androids had a habit of dropping all their work to come after Crash and Coco when they were seen, but this time; the robots completely ignored her. They didn't even lift their glasses, which concealed their metallic eyes to look at her.
There was a door on the far side, with the words 'Keep Out. Do Not Enter. Authorized Personnel Only' sketched heavily on the metal doors. Coco decided to risk it to get over there a see what was behind the door.
Boldly venturing out, the androids ignored her. Coco decided not to wait too long and broke into a dash to the door. Again, no movement from the robots. The lanky androids simply carried on with their work on the computer consoles.
Shrugging, Coco looked at the keypad on the door. It was a pin-code door. Snorting at the very basics of this, Coco carefully pulled the top off the machine, undoing the screws with her hairpin, and then began to fiddle around with the circuitry underneath.
Then, replacing everything back into place, Coco simply tapped the 'Enter' key and the doors slid wide open for her as she strolled in, a healthy dose of self-esteem added. From the inside, she then shut the doors and locked them.
She was in a small room. There was a large pool of water at the far end, the water rippling slightly, but nothing was in them. It looked as if they were connected to the outside, but Coco wasn't a hundred percent sure.
But, there was a computer and a chair. Without hesitation, Coco swung over there and switched the machine on, ready to do her stuff.
There was a puffing sound. Coco snapped her head in the direction of the sound. She scanned the room, looking for anything, but nothing moved but the water's surface in the pools.
Shaking her head, Coco turned back to the computer, turning her back to the pools once again. Then, her fingers erupted suddenly into a fury of typing. Time flew by; Coco didn't take note of the time it took, until at last, she has full access.
"The Sea Plot," Coco read aloud. Another puffing and Coco turned again.
Nothing again.
Frightened as she was beginning to lose her mind, she worryingly turned back to the plot outline. "An old saying says, 'He who would control the sea, controls the world.' We shall put this plan into effect. By controlling the sea life, we shall halt all sea routes by man until we are granted world domination."
Coco pondered this for a moment. It seemed to make sense indeed. If Cortex controlled all sea life, then the seas would no longer be safe. But how were they being controlled?
"The harnesses were created to control all dolphin and shark's thoughts, other than their basic needs to survive. The tower sends out waves that make the dolphins mind slaves. A shark is all too easy to control, other than their feeding frenzy instincts but a dolphin has strong family ties, therefore, a dolphin must not see its young or there is a chance that the dolphin will break out of the trance. Therefore, all young must be swiftly terminated. The bodies are then used to feed the sharks."
Coco gasped in horror and covered her mouth in shock. There were images of the slaughtered babies, some decapitated, while others cut completely in half and gutted. She grabbed the metal bin that was there and vomited into it.
This was sick. Cortex had gone completely off the edge here, killing innocent young dolphins for his domination attempt? She felt like killing him her-self for this.
Then Gleam came to Coco's mind. Gleam had mentioned her daughter. Was this daughter still alive, or was one of those photos her? She closed this document, feeling like throwing up again, and opened the search file. Carefully, Coco typed in the word 'Gleam.'
One hit came up.
Clicking it, Coco received a profile of the dolphin Gleam.
Slave - 042 - Real Name - Gleam
Leader of the N. Sanity Beach Pod.
Known as rebellious. Is able to fight the control and break free regularly. Also seems to help others to break free of the trance. Daughter Delphi is to be kept in isolation, until termination date is confirmed.
Due to last escape attempt, she is assigned to Nitro blasting duty.
"Nitro blasting?" Coco asked, clicking the link. "Nitro blasting is the most dangerous work we have, but the most important as we require the gem-stones below the ground to fuel our mind control tower. It has a strong potential for the blasters to die. Live Nitro is placed into harnesses and the dolphin/shark will swim over the blasting site, dropping the load of Nitro and..." Coco froze as she read the rest.
This was truly beyond evil. This plan must be stopped. Already, in three days, Nitro blasting had killed over fifty creatures alone.
Then, she typed in the word 'Delphi' into the search engine. One hit came up and Coco opened it swiftly, hoping that the information was updated regularly.
Dolphin Child - Delphi
Daughter of Gleam.
Must be terminated soon. Gleam's main power comes from her love for her daughter, and with no daughter left, Gleam will be a mindless slave forever.
Coco gasped. The termination date was today! In less than two hours! She had to find this Delphi quickly before it was too late.
Pushing her chair backwards, Coco wheeled around and leapt from the chair.
She stepped in a pool of water lying on the edge of the pool and her legs flew out from under her. A sickening crack was heard as her head struck the concrete pool edge and she began to sink beneath the water in the pool.
Her dying sight was of a black and white killer whale charging her, jaws at the ready...
Crash emerged in a room with a single submarine. By the look of it, it was one of importance, so Crash assumed it belonged to Cortex and Uka-Uka.
Stripping off his gear, Crash laid it to the side of the door and opened the door. The corridor seemed to go for a while. Boldly moving through the corridor, suddenly the floor opened up beneath him. Crash fell into a chute, and cursed him-self for falling for such an obvious trap as he slid down it.
With a bumpy landing, Crash landed in a room. Before he got up he heard, "Well, well, well... If it isn't Crash Bandicoot..."
Glancing up, Crash saw a huge armchair with its back to him as undoubtedly, Neo Cortex sat watching the window to the outside. "Alright Cortex! I've got you alone this time!"
A deep laugh was heard from the chair and then the chair turned around.
"You?!?" Crash gasped in shock and disbelief.