Chapter 4: The Arctic Mission

Meanwhile in Cortex's lab…

"You nincompoop! How could you let them get away? You were supposed to be watching the blimps! NOT TAKING A LUNCH BRAKE EVERY 5 SECONDS!" Uka-Uka yelled at one of their newest creations. It was a big muscular Panda, who had a bamboo eating habit.

"But sir, I was just looking for some bamboo! But this rat hole doesn't have any! Probably because of that dirt bag, Cortex, only eating cheap American food!"

"HAHA! That's funny! With your muscle and your ferocious attitude, you could probably beat Crash Bandicoot! Yes, I'm liking this, but I need a report from the henchmen at Miami Beach. Wait, if I didn't get a report, then that must mean that, they failed and are on their way to Antarctica! Those fools! Oh well, are you up to it, Pandy?" Uka-Uka said.

"Will I get bamboo?" He asked.

"Uh… Yes," Uka-Uka sighed.

"Sweetened Bamboo?" He asked.

"YES! NOW GET GOING!" Uka-Uka screamed.

"YES SIR! Gulp" Pandy said and took a blimp.

Back in Aku-Aku's blimp…

"We should be there in a couple of minutes!" Aku-Aku said as he was steering.

"Good, I'm so bored! Just sitting here for hours, playing with this crystal colored yo-yo!" Crash complained.

"Ah, Crash, wait until you have to-" Aku-Aku was cut by a big shake in the blimp.

"Whoa! What was that?" Crash said as he stood up from where he fell.

"I don't-" Aku-Aku was again cut-off.

"Ok, lets see what's going on outside!" Crash said as he ran to a little spying window in the back, "Holy cow! There is another 'N' blimp behind us!"

"Move it or lose it!" Someone from inside screamed and shot a missile at them.

"AHHHHHHH!" Crash screamed as he went flying backwards.

"Uh-oh! This isn't good!" Aku-Aku said as a missile went right through the blimps cover, and it was now deflating!

"Haha! SUCKERS!" The person in the blimp laughed, and then crashed into a mountain.

"Good thing we are right over Antarctica, too bad we are a mile or 2 from the crystal! You go look! It should be in a big cave that looks like the face of a monkey! I'll try to contact Coco!" Aku-Aku said and Crash went outside into the snow. The blimp came crashing down right next to him, and a giant panda came out.

"So, Uka-Uka wants me to destroy you, eh? Well I-" Pandy stopped and looked at his tail, "AHHHHH! MY TAIL IS ON FIRE! AHHHH! We will meet again!" Pandy said and ran away with fire on his tail.

"Ok… now to find that crystal!" Crash said and continued on his journey.

"Leave me alone!" A little penguin a couple of feet in front of Crash said.

"Aw, the little baby wants his book back eh? WELL TO BAD! I need something to burn in my cave, and I'm going to use this!" Pandy said as he grabbed a book and trotted off.

"NO! You can't burn a book! It's just not right! Wait until I get my hands on you!" The little penguin said.

"Hey! You want your book back? If you help me, I'll get it back!" Crash promised.

"Well, ok, but it better be in perfect condition!" The penguin said, "Oh! By the way, I'm Penny the Penguin!"

"Hi! Ok, do you know where I would find a monkey cave or something?" Crash asked.

"YUP! Just go forward until you reach water, then move right and keep going, and you should find it!" Penny said.

"Thanks! I'll bring you back your book!" Crash said as he started running forward.

"I'll be waiting!" Penny said and walked in a circle for some strange reason.

"Ok, keep walking until you reach water, then walk right, keep walking until…" Crash said to himself. About an hour later of walking, Crash found the ocean.

"Now, go right! He said and he started jogging, then he saw a dark, huge shadow, probably Pandy.

"Get lost, freak!" Pandy said, and threw a bunch of TNT's at him.

-3-2-1-0! The box counted down, and when it reached 0… BOOM! Crash was sent flying into the middle of the ocean! He landed on a piece of ice though! Good thing! There were 8 more around him, he was in the middle, and all together there were 9. It kind of looked like this:

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As he stood on the middle one, a giant missile landed in the distance, then Ripper Roo came flying towards Crash! Crash jumped to a different ice piece. Ripper Roo shot TNT at Crash, and Crash held it, when he caught it, and started counting down! 3…Crash threw it at Ripper Roo, now Ripper Roo held it! 2… Ripper Roo quickly threw it at Crash. 1… Crash threw it back to Ripper Roo. 0… BOOM! Ripper Roo went flying into the ocean.

"Wow, who knew hop potato was so deadly?" Crash said as he jumped onto another piece of ice, and got ready to make a jump for land, but Shredder Roo came flying onto the piece of ice next to him.

"You want some too? Ok…" Crash said.

"HAHAHA!" Shredder Roo screamed and threw a nitro at Crash's ice piece, it exploded, and sank away. Crash jumped to another one, then the same happened. This was repeated until there were only three ice pieces left. Now, being that Shredder Roo is an idiot, he didn't know Crash was putting him into a trap! Crash jumped onto the Ice Piece Shredder Roo was on, and he threw a nitro at Crash, but missed, and it hit the ice piece! It exploded, then the ice sank, Crash jumped to another ice piece, while shredder Roo sank into the sea, and froze. Crash had to push through the ice-cold water to get back to land, but it was worth it!

"Wow! That's some cold water!" Crash said as he reached the shoreline again. He didn't know which way to go, until he saw a cave up ahead, he ran up to it, but it was in the shape of cortex's ugly head! He then walked for about ten minutes when he saw a monkey shaped head. He ran inside, and mental bars from nowhere fell down, and blocked his way out, there was a little fire in this small circular cave. Pandy was sitting at the fire and looked up. Now Crash was locked in the cave with a giant evil panda!

"You got bamboo?" Pandy asked ferociously as he stood up, he picked a book up and got ready to throw it into the fire, but Crash swiped it.

"Sorry, mister fat ugly panda dude, but I have to return this book to someone!" Crash said and ran to the bars, he tried all of his attacks on it, but nothing worked!

"HAHAHAHA!" Pandy said as he slowly stomped over to Crash.

"Uh…gulp…hello…" Crash said as he turned around to see a verrry angry panda.

"You're going to get yours!" Pandy said as he took a log from the fire, and was using it as a sword! Just then, Coco came crashing through the roof, in her high-tech airplane!

"Come on!" She said as she grabbed Crash, and told him to shoot missiles at Pandy while she distracts him. So Coco jumped out of it and did the chicken dance, while Crash started shooting missiles at Pandy!

"OW! That hurt, maggot!" Pandy said and threw the burning log at the plane, making it explode!

"AHHH!" Crash said as he went flying into Pandy, making him unconscious!

"Come on! Grab the crystal, and lets scram!" Coco said as her laser pen to bust out of the cave.

"Lets see… if I were a powerful crystal, where would I hide? …I've got it! Behind the fire!" Crash said and ran behind it, and there sat the crystal, so he grabbed it, and him and Coco ran away.

"This is Coco to Aku-Aku, do read me?" Coco said.

"Loud and clear, Coco!" Aku-Aku said.

"We need you to pick us up!" Coco said, and with that, a big pinkish blimp with Coco's face on it flew up to them. A big metal ladder lowered down, and they both climbed up it.

"I have to drop this off to a penguin!" Crash said as he held up the book.

"Fine!" Aku-Aku said and they flew to Penny. The ladder lowered, and Crash climbed down.

"Here you go!" Crash said as he handed Penny the book.

"Thanks! Look, I heard that you are trying to stop Cortex, and thought that maybe I can help?" Penny asked.

"All right, fine!" Crash said and they climbed back onto the blimp.

"Now where to?" Crash asked.

"Looks like some school in New Jersey!" Aku-Aku said.

"NOT SCHOOL!" Crash yelled.