Chapter 2
After that conference, it looked like my time to fight Crash was quickly approaching. Don't think I was happy to get ready to fight for an evil scientist, okay? The whole experience sucked. And to make matters worse, that lab rat, Dingodile, came into my room one time and growled, "Be warned, mate, that if ya fail at killing Crash and Coco, yer going ta fry."
But that threat was so ridiculous, I didn't listen.
Now, the time to fight had come. First, I was put into this ball, and then I was sent out to this arena, where this elemental mask known as the Rock element, was waiting to help me. I was both nervous and excited. I was nervous because this was the first fight I had in my life, and I was also excited because I wanted a chance to fight someone. But when I saw who I was going to fight, my happiness left me immediately. Instead, intense anger filled up my blood.
"No. There is NO WAY I'm fighting my own species!" I roared.
"Too bad," the elemental mask snapped. "You're going to fight, otherwise you're going to die!"
I turned on Rok-Ko. "Are you threatening me?" I snarled. "Because if you are, I can kill you instead!"
That made Rok-Ko shut up for now!
So, after that brief episode, I walked off. I didn't care what Cortex did, for there was no way I'd be willing to hurt another bandicoot. And in the end, my stubbornness paid off. I was set free.
"Can't you ever let me win?" Cortex whined after Crash had beaten him after that final fight. "What do you want from me, you creep? NO, UKA-UKA! I CAN EXPLAIN!" he gasped to his boss, who was just simply furious at him.
"IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT NOW!" Uka-Uka snapped. "YOU FAILED MISERABLY AND NOW YOU WILL PAY!"
And he was right! Cortex did pay. He got shot in the butt. And then, before Cortex had realized it, he had set me free.
"Whoa. Where am I?" I murmured after shaking my head. "Hey! That scientist doesn't have control of me anymore! Where is that pathetic twerp?"
Then, I saw him, and I was ready for the kill. This guy had gone too far. He had brainwashed me and almost made me kill another bandicoot! But, now, he was going to pay.
I growled. Not just because I was mad at Cortex for almost making me destroy my own species, but also because he had controlled me. And I could see that he was getting scared.
"STAY BACK!" he screamed. "I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
"It's too late to apologize!" I snarled. "Now you're going to pay! Big time!"
Then, Aku-Aku, the good witch doctor mask, came in, along with Crash and Coco. He saw me advancing towards Cortex and he was quite alarmed.
"There's no time for that now, Crunch," he snapped. "Look! As you can see, this space station is about to explode! WE MUST ESCAPE TO SAFETY!"
And we did. And as we did, we heard a "KABOOM!" and then I saw Cortex floating in space with all his minions growling. I felt like laughing, but deep down, I was simply broken over the ordeals I had suffered from. So, when I got to the Crash Hut, I stomped into a room Aku-Aku made for me and I sobbed. And then, more trouble brewed.