Chapter 3 - The Next Experiment
Crash awoke with a start, every part of his body was hurting, he was surprised he wasn't dead. Crash tried to see where he was, but it was too dark to even see his hand in front of his face. He tried to walk forward, but something solid stopped him from advancing. He ran his hand over the object and realised that he was covered on all sides. Crash tapped the wall and realised it wasn't a wall, it was glass. He then realised where he was, he was trapped in a tall, glass tube, he must be in Cortex's laboratory.
All of a sudden, light bathed the area, Crash closed his eyes, completely blinded. After what seemed like an eternity, Crash was able to finally view his surroundings, and was horrified at what he saw. Row upon row of tubes lined the lab, inside them were various creatures of all shapes and sizes, no doubt they were Cortex's guineapigs for his devilish experiments. Some had already been tested on, and were either horrifickly deformed, scarred and bruised beyond recognition or were thrust up with wires and were being injected with god knows what. Crash knew he had to escape, before the same happened to him. He tried spinning into the glass, but it didn't shatter, Cortex was too clever for that. Crash realised there was no way out, he was trapped.
Just then, an evil laugh filled the lab, and Cortex appeared from a staircase situated to the left of Crash. Cortex slowly walked towards Crash, a wide grin on his face.
"So, you poor excuse for a rodent, did you like my shocking surprise?" Cortex laughed at his own joke.
"I'm in no mood for your stupid jokes Cortex, just what the hell are you planning!?"
"Oh, now that will be telling now wouldn't it, but I might as well show you a part of my plan now."
Cortex pressed a button on the side of Crash's tube, and two robotic arms were lowered into the chamber, within one of the arm's grasps was a metal plate, within the other was a blowtorch.
"I love this next part," Cortex shouted out in glee as he pressed another button.
The arms moved towards Crash, but he ducked and dodged them time and again. However, another two arms appeared behind Crash and grabbed him, lifting him up off the ground.
"No, you can't do this, CORTEX YOU BASTARD, I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Oh no Crash, you won't be killing ME, quite the opposite actually."
"What do you mean, TELL ME!"
"I hope you enjoy working alongside me Crash, I know I will enjoy it, ta ta!"
Cortex pressed another button and walked out of the lab. Crash struggled to break free from the arm's clutches but their grip was too tight. The last thing Crash felt was a heavy blow to his head, then, there was nothing.