Chapter 5

For a few days after I killed Coco, my one true love, I felt so miserable, I could scarcely move. Oh sure, I did lift weights, but I had a frown on my face, tears in my eyes, and a very heavy heart. It wasn't just the fact that I had killed Coco by accident. It was because I no longer had someone I could say I loved. And I felt lonelier than ever. So, I walked onto the beach and gazed at the ocean. Only, this scene reminded me of Coco even more. Therefore, I broke down and sobbed. Openly. I didn't care if anyone saw me.

"I am a HUGE disgrace to the name Bandicoot!" I moaned. "I killed my own species! I don't know how much longer I want to live!"

"Crunch, don't commit suicide," a voice said suddenly. I looked up. Standing before me was—

"Mom?" I gasped. I hadn't seen her since the day I was captured and the day she was killed, which was too long ago in the past for me to recollect.

The she-bandicoot smiled down at me.

"Yes, Crunch," she said. "It's your mom."

I was shocked. My mom's spirit had come to me!

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "I thought you had died!"

My mom sighed and showed me the blood that had stained her recently.

"I did, Crunch," she said. "But I wouldn't let myself disappear before I could say goodbye to you. So, this is goodbye." And she disappeared without a trace, leaving me in absolute silence.

Later on, I went to the gym near my home, and I ran into an old friend of mine during my childhood, although I don't remember him that clearly. We hung out for a while, but then something horrible happened. My friend clutched the right part of his stomach and he collapsed. I knew what was wrong, only I was too scared to tell him what he was suffering from.

The condition he had, as the doctors told me later when I took him to the hospital, was appendicitis! And unfortunately, they couldn't save him! He died before the operation could be started!

Now, I was sick with grief. If I hadn't just stood there at the gym like an idiot, I would've saved him. But, no. Instead, I just stood there, looking at my friend with horror. And then he left me.

I was ashamed of myself. I had let down another friend of mine, and now I was almost alone.

When I got home, I told what had happened. When I finished, I broke down and wept. Crash was very sad to hear that I had done such a thing. He thought I could be trusted, but he was wrong. With much sadness, he left my life by committing suicide. And Aku-Aku took it even worse. Instead of doing the same thing Crash had done, he banished me into the dark forest for eternity.

As I reach the end of this story, I have realized that my life has had many ups and downs. Though, it seems as though there were more downs than there were ups. And I sob hard as I think of this. I am a giant of a bandicoot who no longer can be trusted by his own family.

I am no longer part of society.

THE END.