Chapter Five
H2 Oh-No
Little Delphi was nuzzling up next to a dolphin that Coco recognized as Gleam. She remembered the document on the computers that the sight of their young often broke the dolphins out of the trance that they were in. In a way, Coco wished she now remembered her mother, but her past life had been erased after she'd been exposed to the Evolv-O-Ray
"Coco," Crash said beside her as he watched the sight in awe. "Neither Cortex nor Uka-Uka are here. Trance is running the whole operation. They are slaughtering the dolphin's young as well."
"I know the bit about the dolphin young, but Trance the mastermind?" She paused to think. "I think I know how we can get them all to break out of their trances," Coco answered. "That tower back at the base. It is what controls them all. We destroy the tower, we destroy their plans."
"But how can we destroy the tower?" Crash asked.
"I can help," Gleam said as she approached them, having listened into their conversation. "We dolphins have very good hearing, so I heard every word you said. I will help you out. It's the least I can do for you reuniting me with my daughter. If we can break the Nitro blaster dolphins out of their trances, would that amount of Nitro be sufficient?"
Coco imagined it for a moment. A bunch of Nitro blasted upon the tower, would it destroy it? "Yes, it could just work."
Gleam nodded and then let out a loud cry of summons. She paused and turned to Delphi and Spot, "Help me please you two." Then all three cried out the same melody.
Then, a reply was heard. Eleven dolphins, all wearing Nitro harnesses made their way to them all. Gleam then addressed them, "Pod-mates and fellow dolphins, we have been enslaved and exploited by an evil in this base. We must stop this once and for all." She stared at the group. "Sparkle, Flash and Dazzle, I am sad to say..." Gleam's words caught in her mouth. "Your calves have been slaughtered by this evil, as to any other mothers that are present." Five dolphins at once looked down, tears beginning to well. "But now is not the time to mourn! We will mourn all those lost as soon as we defeat this evil once and for all!"
"How do we do this?" another dolphin asked.
Gleam's eyes flashed dangerously. "We use their own weapons against them! These explosive cylinders you carry, we use them to destroy the tower in the base. Then, all of the dolphin-kind will ally them-selves with us against this menace."
"Let's do this," the dolphin Dazzle snarled. "They'll pay for what they did to my Marlin."
"And to Urchin!"
"And Star!"
"We'll do it for all the ones we have lost! Young and old alike!" Gleam shouted. "Now, lets take back our freedom!"
"Let me help!" Spot added. "I may be no more than a child, but I can help with these weapons!"
Gleam nodded, "Indeed, young killer, you may aid us in this time of darkness! We need all the help we can get to overcome this menace."
N. Trance paced around in worry in his room. He'd found no sign of that female bandicoot, and he knew she must've drowned out there somewhere, so she wasn't a threat any more. And Crash had surely been blown into tiny little pieces by now.
But then, why did he feel so worried?
A loud explosion from outside was heard and Trance rushed to the window to see. He screamed in horror at the sight of his control tower collapsing. "Oh no! Uka-Uka's going to be furious!"
Suddenly, a dolphin appeared at the window. Gleam, the dolphin Trance had the most trouble with. She glared at him and then several over dolphins appeared, including the young one Trance was supposed to kill and Okura's son. They all drew back and let loose a powerful song.
Large cracks spread across the window from the impact of the song. The creatures all hurried away after they'd achieved this. N. Trance's eyes widened in horror and he turned to flee.
With a loud explosion, the window shattered and water gushed into the room. Trance was instantly washed away, overcome by the force of tons of water entering the room.
"All right! This is working!" Crash shouted as the plan was a success. Trance's plan was washed away and the tower destroyed, meaning that all the dolphins and sharks would now be awaking from their trances.
Coco and Delphi smiled as they watched the work.
"Hello again," a voice hissed behind them.
Turning in shock, all three saw the mighty bulk of Okura smiling down at them. Coco grabbed Crash's hand and then Delphi's fin with her free hand to flee the beast.
But, she lost her grip of Crash and he fell backwards towards Okura. "Crash!" she shrieked as Delphi kept going in fright and Crash turned to see the open jaws of Okura surround him.
Standing on her tongue, Crash used his arms to hold up the upper jaw up and prevent it from crushing him into fodder. An evil chuckle was heard. "You realize bandicoot," Okura snarled. "I am merely toying with you. I can easily crush you in a second."
"Let him go!" a voice barked. Okura turned her eye to see her son, Spot. "He's my friend mother!"
"You! I thought I'd told the leader to make you into a slave!" Okura hissed in spite at her son.
"What?" Spot answered, his eyes wide in shock. "You... you would do that to me?"
"Yes I would," Okura snarled. He looked at the look of anger on her son's face. "What are you going to do you weakling? Kill me with those weapons of yours? You don't have the guts to do that do you? That's why I told him to make you a mindless killing machine!"
Spot glared at his mother and then relaxed. "You want to eat Crash? Fine. Go ahead."
"What?" Crash shouted.
"But eat this first!" Spot shouted as he fired his weapons at his mother, using all the power in his rage, heart and body to fuel the blast.
Okura laughed at the small scratch on her side seeping blood. "After all that, you miss?"
Spot glared angrily at his mother, weakened from firing the blast. "I didn't actually..." And then, the young killer passed out.
Suddenly, attracted by the scent of fresh blood, all the sharks, freed from their trances rushed at Okura, lost to the madness of the feeding frenzy. Okura shrieked as the sharks dragged down her body.
Crash felt the pressure release as Okura shrieked, seized the chance to escape and hurried over to Spot and out of the frenzied attack. The young killer was unconscious from the effort that firing the shot had upon him. "Someone give me a hand here!"
Two dolphins hurried over and nodded to Crash, carrying the young killer to the surface so he would not drown. Then, Crash turned his attention towards Okura.
The killer whale was fighting the sharks with all of her strength. They tore at her flesh, and she tore them in half. It looked as if neither side would win.
Then, "Air..." Okura gasped as her lungs began to burn. She tried to ascend but the sharks wouldn't let her, continuing their attack. For several more minutes, the waters became more bloodied and the fighting more fierce, Okura's eyes rolling around in her head as she panted and moaned for air.
"Help me..." she begged to Crash, her eyes pleading.
Crash was torn. Help Okura or not? Risk getting chomped for someone who'd tried to chomp him?
But, before he made up his mind, fate took control.
The more sharks that she killed, the more of Okura they attacked until, her body collapsed from blood loss and lack of oxygen. The sharks swarmed upon her. There was nothing more Crash could do. He swiftly left the area, before the sharks attacked him and headed to the others, who were waiting for him, having watched the bloody battle from a distance, with widened eyes.
Crash glanced at the flooded remains of the building before them all. "Do you think we got him? Trance I mean..."
"Looks like it," Gleam began.
Suddenly, from under the rubble, N. Trance appeared. His arms were replaced with some deadly looking weapons, including a buzz saw blade and an energy blaster. "We finish this now!" he screamed at the group in front of him. He laughed and cried in barely controlled rage, "The group of you four alone! Hah! This will be all too easy!"
"But we are not alone," Gleam answered simply. She let out a cry and then dolphins appeared from everywhere. Trance's face fell at the sight of hundreds of angry dolphins, all wanting revenge for what he had done to them. He began to back away in fright as the dolphins all approached, a thirst for vengeance flooding their eyes. Then, he realized even more were behind him.
He was trapped! There was no escape! The dolphin drew back, ready to pounce upon the egg shaped menace and finish him off.
"ENOUGH!" A voice roared.
The dark mask Uka-Uka appeared before them and everyone froze at the arrival of the ultimate evil. He was incensed beyond belief, venting so much evil energy and his eyes full of red rage. "M...master," N. Trance stammered in fright at the appearance of Uka-Uka. He was now down on a bended knee to the dark master. "I tried..."
"I do not accept failure from Cortex Trance! And neither from you!" Uka-Uka roared. "You shall be punished for this! To the black abyss!"
"No! Please no! Not isolation!" Trance begged.
Uka-Uka's eyes then fired a green blast at Trance and the egg shaped evil screamed as his body was warped painfully into another dimension. "And now you! The cause of all this trouble," Uka-Uka snarled at Gleam, who simply glared back, proving she had no fear. "I shall take away what you hold dear as your punishment!"
Firing a shot of red from his eyes, Delphi screamed as the beams aimed directly for her.
But, they never hit Delphi. Gleam shot between them and took the full blast. Gleam's body exploded into shimmering stars and Delphi screamed, "Nooooooooo!"
Crash and Coco in horror and rage rushed at Uka-Uka. The mask then roared and a magical net appeared that entangled them. "I'll deal with you two soon," the mask hissed as he turned back to Delphi.
Crash and Coco closed their eyes, knowing there was no escape for her this time.
Seconds past and a painful cry was heard from Uka-Uka and both bandicoots opened their eyes to see Uka-Uka, part of his mask burnt. Turning to Delphi, a ghostly Gleam stood between them and her. A fiery determination to protect her young, even death could not stop. The ghost then faded away and Uka-Uka tried again, the ghost reappearing to deflect the blast back at the mask of evil before fading.
"You see Uka-Uka," another voice began. Aku-Aku having appeared on the scene to confront his evil twin brother. "Gleam has sacrificed her-self to save her daughter from you. Even after death, this sacrifice will protect her from your wrath." The evil mask growled in anger. "Gleam's love for her daughter is greater than even your powers dear brother."
"Love," Uka-Uka spat. "A foolish weak feeling."
"Maybe so, but its power has been what has defeated you." Aku-Aku answered. "Your plans are defeated for today. Leave now."
Uka-Uka stood there for a moment, in confusion, before he burst out laughing. "Here is your chance to kill me and you decide to let me go! You are a greater fool than I thought!"
"I simply feel," Aku-Aku began. "For your sins, death is not a punishment, but a release. For your misdeeds, you require something much more fitting."
"You will regret this decision you've made! Mark my words!" Uka-Uka roared. Then in a flash of red light, he was gone and the only sound was Delphi's sobbing.
Crash and Coco stood on the shores of N. Sanity Beach, watching the sun set. Aku-Aku was floating beside them. The waters were at last free once again. "Well, no point staying round here," Coco suggested. "Let's head back to our home."
Then, "Hey, you guys!"
Spot and Delphi were coming towards them, bouncing through the waves. Crash and Coco waded into the slightly deeper waters to meet them.
"Hey you two!" Crash smiled as he rubbed the smooth skin of Spot, the weapon harness removed from his body. "Come to say goodbye?"
"Nah," Spot shook his head. "We've said our good-byes."
"Mother told me long ago, I must do what is right in order to help those in need as her daughter," Delphi told them as Coco stroked her dorsal. "Then, if we help you guys, we are doing something good. I want to fight alongside you."
"As with me," Spot added, a wide grin on his face.
Crash and Coco smiled at this request as they rubbed the cetaceans down with their paws. Now they had a polar bear, a tiger, a t-rex, two dragons and a dolphin and killer whale. Their family was growing larger with each new mission.
"Welcome to the family," Aku-Aku smiled.
END
H2 Oh-No
Little Delphi was nuzzling up next to a dolphin that Coco recognized as Gleam. She remembered the document on the computers that the sight of their young often broke the dolphins out of the trance that they were in. In a way, Coco wished she now remembered her mother, but her past life had been erased after she'd been exposed to the Evolv-O-Ray
"Coco," Crash said beside her as he watched the sight in awe. "Neither Cortex nor Uka-Uka are here. Trance is running the whole operation. They are slaughtering the dolphin's young as well."
"I know the bit about the dolphin young, but Trance the mastermind?" She paused to think. "I think I know how we can get them all to break out of their trances," Coco answered. "That tower back at the base. It is what controls them all. We destroy the tower, we destroy their plans."
"But how can we destroy the tower?" Crash asked.
"I can help," Gleam said as she approached them, having listened into their conversation. "We dolphins have very good hearing, so I heard every word you said. I will help you out. It's the least I can do for you reuniting me with my daughter. If we can break the Nitro blaster dolphins out of their trances, would that amount of Nitro be sufficient?"
Coco imagined it for a moment. A bunch of Nitro blasted upon the tower, would it destroy it? "Yes, it could just work."
Gleam nodded and then let out a loud cry of summons. She paused and turned to Delphi and Spot, "Help me please you two." Then all three cried out the same melody.
Then, a reply was heard. Eleven dolphins, all wearing Nitro harnesses made their way to them all. Gleam then addressed them, "Pod-mates and fellow dolphins, we have been enslaved and exploited by an evil in this base. We must stop this once and for all." She stared at the group. "Sparkle, Flash and Dazzle, I am sad to say..." Gleam's words caught in her mouth. "Your calves have been slaughtered by this evil, as to any other mothers that are present." Five dolphins at once looked down, tears beginning to well. "But now is not the time to mourn! We will mourn all those lost as soon as we defeat this evil once and for all!"
"How do we do this?" another dolphin asked.
Gleam's eyes flashed dangerously. "We use their own weapons against them! These explosive cylinders you carry, we use them to destroy the tower in the base. Then, all of the dolphin-kind will ally them-selves with us against this menace."
"Let's do this," the dolphin Dazzle snarled. "They'll pay for what they did to my Marlin."
"And to Urchin!"
"And Star!"
"We'll do it for all the ones we have lost! Young and old alike!" Gleam shouted. "Now, lets take back our freedom!"
"Let me help!" Spot added. "I may be no more than a child, but I can help with these weapons!"
Gleam nodded, "Indeed, young killer, you may aid us in this time of darkness! We need all the help we can get to overcome this menace."
N. Trance paced around in worry in his room. He'd found no sign of that female bandicoot, and he knew she must've drowned out there somewhere, so she wasn't a threat any more. And Crash had surely been blown into tiny little pieces by now.
But then, why did he feel so worried?
A loud explosion from outside was heard and Trance rushed to the window to see. He screamed in horror at the sight of his control tower collapsing. "Oh no! Uka-Uka's going to be furious!"
Suddenly, a dolphin appeared at the window. Gleam, the dolphin Trance had the most trouble with. She glared at him and then several over dolphins appeared, including the young one Trance was supposed to kill and Okura's son. They all drew back and let loose a powerful song.
Large cracks spread across the window from the impact of the song. The creatures all hurried away after they'd achieved this. N. Trance's eyes widened in horror and he turned to flee.
With a loud explosion, the window shattered and water gushed into the room. Trance was instantly washed away, overcome by the force of tons of water entering the room.
"All right! This is working!" Crash shouted as the plan was a success. Trance's plan was washed away and the tower destroyed, meaning that all the dolphins and sharks would now be awaking from their trances.
Coco and Delphi smiled as they watched the work.
"Hello again," a voice hissed behind them.
Turning in shock, all three saw the mighty bulk of Okura smiling down at them. Coco grabbed Crash's hand and then Delphi's fin with her free hand to flee the beast.
But, she lost her grip of Crash and he fell backwards towards Okura. "Crash!" she shrieked as Delphi kept going in fright and Crash turned to see the open jaws of Okura surround him.
Standing on her tongue, Crash used his arms to hold up the upper jaw up and prevent it from crushing him into fodder. An evil chuckle was heard. "You realize bandicoot," Okura snarled. "I am merely toying with you. I can easily crush you in a second."
"Let him go!" a voice barked. Okura turned her eye to see her son, Spot. "He's my friend mother!"
"You! I thought I'd told the leader to make you into a slave!" Okura hissed in spite at her son.
"What?" Spot answered, his eyes wide in shock. "You... you would do that to me?"
"Yes I would," Okura snarled. He looked at the look of anger on her son's face. "What are you going to do you weakling? Kill me with those weapons of yours? You don't have the guts to do that do you? That's why I told him to make you a mindless killing machine!"
Spot glared at his mother and then relaxed. "You want to eat Crash? Fine. Go ahead."
"What?" Crash shouted.
"But eat this first!" Spot shouted as he fired his weapons at his mother, using all the power in his rage, heart and body to fuel the blast.
Okura laughed at the small scratch on her side seeping blood. "After all that, you miss?"
Spot glared angrily at his mother, weakened from firing the blast. "I didn't actually..." And then, the young killer passed out.
Suddenly, attracted by the scent of fresh blood, all the sharks, freed from their trances rushed at Okura, lost to the madness of the feeding frenzy. Okura shrieked as the sharks dragged down her body.
Crash felt the pressure release as Okura shrieked, seized the chance to escape and hurried over to Spot and out of the frenzied attack. The young killer was unconscious from the effort that firing the shot had upon him. "Someone give me a hand here!"
Two dolphins hurried over and nodded to Crash, carrying the young killer to the surface so he would not drown. Then, Crash turned his attention towards Okura.
The killer whale was fighting the sharks with all of her strength. They tore at her flesh, and she tore them in half. It looked as if neither side would win.
Then, "Air..." Okura gasped as her lungs began to burn. She tried to ascend but the sharks wouldn't let her, continuing their attack. For several more minutes, the waters became more bloodied and the fighting more fierce, Okura's eyes rolling around in her head as she panted and moaned for air.
"Help me..." she begged to Crash, her eyes pleading.
Crash was torn. Help Okura or not? Risk getting chomped for someone who'd tried to chomp him?
But, before he made up his mind, fate took control.
The more sharks that she killed, the more of Okura they attacked until, her body collapsed from blood loss and lack of oxygen. The sharks swarmed upon her. There was nothing more Crash could do. He swiftly left the area, before the sharks attacked him and headed to the others, who were waiting for him, having watched the bloody battle from a distance, with widened eyes.
Crash glanced at the flooded remains of the building before them all. "Do you think we got him? Trance I mean..."
"Looks like it," Gleam began.
Suddenly, from under the rubble, N. Trance appeared. His arms were replaced with some deadly looking weapons, including a buzz saw blade and an energy blaster. "We finish this now!" he screamed at the group in front of him. He laughed and cried in barely controlled rage, "The group of you four alone! Hah! This will be all too easy!"
"But we are not alone," Gleam answered simply. She let out a cry and then dolphins appeared from everywhere. Trance's face fell at the sight of hundreds of angry dolphins, all wanting revenge for what he had done to them. He began to back away in fright as the dolphins all approached, a thirst for vengeance flooding their eyes. Then, he realized even more were behind him.
He was trapped! There was no escape! The dolphin drew back, ready to pounce upon the egg shaped menace and finish him off.
"ENOUGH!" A voice roared.
The dark mask Uka-Uka appeared before them and everyone froze at the arrival of the ultimate evil. He was incensed beyond belief, venting so much evil energy and his eyes full of red rage. "M...master," N. Trance stammered in fright at the appearance of Uka-Uka. He was now down on a bended knee to the dark master. "I tried..."
"I do not accept failure from Cortex Trance! And neither from you!" Uka-Uka roared. "You shall be punished for this! To the black abyss!"
"No! Please no! Not isolation!" Trance begged.
Uka-Uka's eyes then fired a green blast at Trance and the egg shaped evil screamed as his body was warped painfully into another dimension. "And now you! The cause of all this trouble," Uka-Uka snarled at Gleam, who simply glared back, proving she had no fear. "I shall take away what you hold dear as your punishment!"
Firing a shot of red from his eyes, Delphi screamed as the beams aimed directly for her.
But, they never hit Delphi. Gleam shot between them and took the full blast. Gleam's body exploded into shimmering stars and Delphi screamed, "Nooooooooo!"
Crash and Coco in horror and rage rushed at Uka-Uka. The mask then roared and a magical net appeared that entangled them. "I'll deal with you two soon," the mask hissed as he turned back to Delphi.
Crash and Coco closed their eyes, knowing there was no escape for her this time.
Seconds past and a painful cry was heard from Uka-Uka and both bandicoots opened their eyes to see Uka-Uka, part of his mask burnt. Turning to Delphi, a ghostly Gleam stood between them and her. A fiery determination to protect her young, even death could not stop. The ghost then faded away and Uka-Uka tried again, the ghost reappearing to deflect the blast back at the mask of evil before fading.
"You see Uka-Uka," another voice began. Aku-Aku having appeared on the scene to confront his evil twin brother. "Gleam has sacrificed her-self to save her daughter from you. Even after death, this sacrifice will protect her from your wrath." The evil mask growled in anger. "Gleam's love for her daughter is greater than even your powers dear brother."
"Love," Uka-Uka spat. "A foolish weak feeling."
"Maybe so, but its power has been what has defeated you." Aku-Aku answered. "Your plans are defeated for today. Leave now."
Uka-Uka stood there for a moment, in confusion, before he burst out laughing. "Here is your chance to kill me and you decide to let me go! You are a greater fool than I thought!"
"I simply feel," Aku-Aku began. "For your sins, death is not a punishment, but a release. For your misdeeds, you require something much more fitting."
"You will regret this decision you've made! Mark my words!" Uka-Uka roared. Then in a flash of red light, he was gone and the only sound was Delphi's sobbing.
Crash and Coco stood on the shores of N. Sanity Beach, watching the sun set. Aku-Aku was floating beside them. The waters were at last free once again. "Well, no point staying round here," Coco suggested. "Let's head back to our home."
Then, "Hey, you guys!"
Spot and Delphi were coming towards them, bouncing through the waves. Crash and Coco waded into the slightly deeper waters to meet them.
"Hey you two!" Crash smiled as he rubbed the smooth skin of Spot, the weapon harness removed from his body. "Come to say goodbye?"
"Nah," Spot shook his head. "We've said our good-byes."
"Mother told me long ago, I must do what is right in order to help those in need as her daughter," Delphi told them as Coco stroked her dorsal. "Then, if we help you guys, we are doing something good. I want to fight alongside you."
"As with me," Spot added, a wide grin on his face.
Crash and Coco smiled at this request as they rubbed the cetaceans down with their paws. Now they had a polar bear, a tiger, a t-rex, two dragons and a dolphin and killer whale. Their family was growing larger with each new mission.
"Welcome to the family," Aku-Aku smiled.
END