AUTHOR'S NOTES-
I was meant to upload this on Sunday, but time was too short given the move back. Bleh.
Anyhow, this is the final part in this Crash fic of mine - what happened to the island after the climatic final encounter with Kaiser Gemini? And whatever happened to the people around the island? If you really need to find out, now's the time to look into it.
Looking back upon the commentary from one last time… hm. Nothing much on appraisal side, but I thank everyone who managed to take a look into it and appreciate it from that side. I also want to point out a brief notation towards Lord Red, whom ended up clarifying some of his own fanfic notes as a whole. Red, I appreciate your backup man, but I think it would be easier if that sort of thing was saved for emails. :)
I can say it's been great just finishing this fic off and emerging on to the end. Whether you read light portions, read the whole thing, took interest on the concept from a different angle... or only just heard about it today (!), I want to pass down thanks on your cooperation on your part. Who knows - I may do more fics like this in the future, but we'll see.
Anyhow, goodnight and God bless.
Peace out,
-Rexy-
The night then fell around the scene, leaving a bright starlit sky around the island. By that time, various torches were seen lit up, burning brightly as time managed to advance further on, and allowing radiant glows of red and yellow shades to reflect upon the walls.
At the same time, a shooting star was seen making its way upon the skies, easily matching to the grace as shown upon the island. As that happened, the lights upon the stars were reflected strongly upon the calm ocean waves.
The waters then made their firm provision upon the sandy shores as that happened, which in turn was left to add to the island's calm nature once more. The torches were seen glowing peacefully to reflect with the night life.
While that happened, a tribal march was heard from one corner of the island, and it was there that a group of island natives were seen chanting their way as they knew that the island has been restored once more.
Various members of the tribe were seen doing different things, from thumping drums to eating fire to just chanting their way victoriously. Around them, various colorful paper banners were seen hovering across various staffs, blowing in the wind.
Hidden within the group were most of Cortex's minions; Tiny and Pinstripe were seen juggling rocks towards one another, Ripper Roo had the insanity to try to eat some of the light flames coming out of Dingodile's flamethrower, Brio and N. Gin were left to chant with the other tribesmen, Polar and Pura sat on top of a tiki while shaking maracas in their front paws, the Komodo Brothers were left to clash their swords to the tribal rhythm, and Tropy was left to dance with the others in the background... all before his moods suddenly calmed down after reaching one of the island's corners.
As they continued on, Tropy then made his advancement towards the shoreline, where he sat down upon the surface and looked on around him. The stars were seen lit and reflected strongly upon his armor.
Yet one thing he also realised was that from the fight, a few elements still remain. The Kaiser's tower on Meteor Mountain was still there, although partially in ruin. Various outposts were still seen standing intact, most notably those closer to Tropy himself.
He was about to think hard about the time at the HQ, but... that was until a bright light in the sky soon caught his attention. He turned to it, and indeed he managed to see a firework make its escape into the sky.
And then, several more fireworks made their escape into the skies as they managed to do so, lighting up the night view in an instant. That left a heavy reflection of light to show upon Tropy's armor, as he stood up with a proud expression showing upon his own face.
Alas, as the night continued on, some of the island natives still managed to stay around the scene, clearing behind the remains of the Rebellion HQ and taking them into the direction of their own native villages.
The other tribal residents were left to continue their carnival around the island, easily showing their feelings over the island facing freedom once more... and in effect, the prevention of a hideous twisting of the entire planet.
A week passed, and it was there that the skies remained pretty much intact, as well as the island surface. Several plants started to blow within the gentle breeze, the rays of sunshine easily helping in providing warmth around the scene.
From nearby, Coco was seen making her walk along a dusty path that ran between the shoreline and the growing grass, making a cautious move towards a nearby slope that lead straight towards a small cliff-like clearing.
She then reached the top of the ramp, where she ended up making her approach into the clearing in full. A few trees were seen with plaques lying right next to them. Within them, she then made her approach to a nearby one near the middle.
"Kyle..."
She gave out a deep frown as she came closer and closer to the tree, the newest of the lot, its stalk only being as wide as her smallest finger at that moment in time. She then sat down cautiously upon the ground, looking onto the ground.
Her eyes were then brought up towards the plaque, where Kyle's head shot was shown in full as well as a small Celtic cross engraved underneath his name. By that instance, Coco started to show a shakier expression on her face, her long hair almost hiding her nose and mouth.
"I feel sorry for failing to see you for one last time... I mean, I was really worried about your dreams if anything."
She gave out a deep sigh as she brought her hands further within the moist grounds, clutching tightly upon the grass reeds that were brought underneath her own hands. She then blinked before lifting her head up to the skies.
From her viewpoint, she saw much of the island within her view, as well as a small purple blur in the distance - the CODA at its final landing point, now looking completely immobile given the amount of damage around it.
"You wanted the CODA to work well as a strong machine to counter against the Gemini", she whispered quietly. "I too wanted to make a firm note of it."
She then stood up and walked carefully towards the edge of the clearing, which ended up with a wooden fence blocking her from the scene - one that has obstructed her from falling into the choppy sea water beneath.
The CODA itself was seen being moved by the tribal residents of the island, advancing towards one of their camps where it may be disassembled to generate equipment for their own needs. She gave out a light frown as she turned back towards the small tree.
"But what is more important in this world? Organic life - that's what. I just didn't want you to fall just like that."
She continued to frown as she made her way back towards the tree, the wind starting to gradually blow her hair around as time has occurred. Once back around the front of the tree, she brought herself back down onto both knees.
"The planet may be at peace. The planet now has everything restored to it. But... as far as I know..."
She looked back towards the tree, its very faint leaves spurting out from its minimal branches starting to flutter within the cool winds around her. That in turn fluttered in time with the delicate blue flower embedded within her hair.
And then... the winds calmed down, leaving her hair to be blown right back towards her spine at that point. She herself was frozen in her own position, a small tear making its escape from her broad emerald green eyes.
"Everything has equalled to nothing."
And thus, she lowered her head towards the ground, where the tear managed to fall its way onto the grass and settle within the earth. She sniffled quietly to herself, trying her best to maintain her feelings of sadness to herself.
"You can't say that", whispered a deep feminine voice from nearby.
Coco brought her head up. "Huh?"
The voice left her to turn around from her position, only letting her to see into the same empty clearing that she came into. Her eyes then started to twitch, leaving her to wonder who ended up speaking to her in the first place.
And then… a figure managed to make its way up the hillside - a familiar, cat/fish figure. In fact, she was one with distinguishable golden fur and long blue hair to instantly allow Coco to point out her exact identity.
"Kazaa?"
She made her step up towards her and made a light walk towards her direction, while Kazaa did the same back. As that happened, another figure ended up making its way upon the scene from right behind her - a male, broad figure that she knew well.
"Crunch?" she asked as she recognised him.
"We overheard your speaking Coco. I understand how much pain it is to struggle to see anyone on the point before death."
He himself made his approach towards her, placing his hand cautiously upon her shoulder. The firm touch upon her left her to see into his eyes cautiously, seeing into a sympathetic side to one of her closer friends in the previous few months.
While that happened, Kazaa gave out a light tail twitch as she made her venture towards the tree for herself. She then crouched down there, shifting her eyes between the plaque and the graceful ocean waves that resided ahead of them.
"I faced a similar scenario with most of my relations back home", started the mercat, "right before they were manipulated by N-Trance to do their bidding."
"Yeah", said Crunch with a deep tone. "And I knew a lot of friends during my time as a minion for Cortex; some of which ended up going into training arenas and never came out again, which I felt disappointed with."
Crunch sighed lightly from his position, before he brought himself into a calm walk towards the other side of the tree, his eyes firmly fixed upon the leaves blowing gently within the morning winds over time.
As that happened, Coco started to show a more widened approach upon her eyes... but that's before Kazaa made her walk towards her, gently patting her upon the shoulders with her own paw-like hands as she did so.
"So there's no need to panic if you didn't see him before demise - as long as you remember him for the happy times... that will do just great."
"You think so?" Coco quietly asked her.
Kazaa gave out a light nod from her head, leaving Coco to make her turn right towards her. She gave out a light eye twitch towards the mercat, before then... her quivering eyes started to carry a light smile within her mouth to match.
"Oh, thank you!"
With her eyes starting to gather moist underneath them, she ended up making her way towards Kazaa herself, bringing her hands into a firm grasp around her chest; various tears were seen flowing down her eyes as that happened.
She brought herself into a forced smile, knowing that she could be at comfort from her companions. Even though she felt that failing to see Kyle one last time blemished her attitude slightly, it still left her to think on about the good times she shared with him.
Her grasp was soon released from the mercat, whom in turn showed a peaceful smile all around her. By that time, the winds somehow started to blow much more gently than the usual, and it's by then that their hair and clothes were left in a more motionless gesture.
The atmosphere left various birds to make their flight above the scene, adding to a livelier atmosphere within the skies above them. Some of which even made their way down towards the ocean, allowing their feet to skim across the surface before hovering up again.
Some of the birds were left to fly their way right across the tree-filled clearing, zooming right past the bandicoots and the mercat as that happened. By that time, the wind was left to pick up once more, easily allowing their hair to blow in the wind as that happened.
The force of the wind then left the water to make its collision upon the cliff-like edge, allowing a giant wave to make its splattered force against it, all before making its settling upon the calm ocean waves once more.
By that instance, various dolphins and whales were seen making their jump out from the ocean waves, adding to the harmony that the skies have brought around. Back on land, a small boar made its run across the scene, squealing with joy at the sight of the surroundings.
Coco then brought her attention towards the skies, where she ended up witnessing more birds making their flight across the scene, zooming across the minimal cloud structures that managed to simmer across the scene.
But as that happened, the twisted shapes left her to give off a light blink as she looked closer towards one of which, transforming into a head. A very familiar head that she could easily make her memory recall upon its presence.
The shape did in fact develop a beak and a pair of eyes - the still face of Kyle-Jovi, lightly smiling through his own expression. The glance left Coco to gasp right at the sight of the hovering shape above her.
"So he might have heard our words after all..."
Kazaa smiled back at her. "So there's no need to panic too much. As long as we remember him, he'll still be with us no matter what."
Kazaa placed her hand calmly upon her head, stroking her long hair as delicately as possible. She then gave out a light link, leaving her to soon bring her focus behind her. And there, the mercat showed a peaceful expression back towards her.
Several seconds then passed again, which left her to turn straight towards the clouds once more; right there, the vision of Kyle then made its departure from the scene, allowing the cloud to look more dispersed once more.
Coco's face lightly dropped at the sight... all before one of the bigger trees nearby dropped a small white flower from their branches, landing gently upon the tip of her nose. She lightly blinked at it before taking a grasp of it herself.
"I... I guess you're right..."
With a smile, she took a firm grasp upon the flower for herself, easily understanding the firm nature that has been brought upon it. By that instance, her hair started to blow more beautifully and graceful over time.
But... the force soon left the petals to make their departure from the flower, making their hovering right across the island scene and hovering their way right across the island. Some of which landed upon the ground, some were left to hide within the trees, while others continued to make their hovering far into the reaches of the ocean.
The scene left Coco to make her smile towards it, knowing that she has understood that no matter where she walks, Kyle will always be there to watch over her and the other island residents. And as a result, she will know this fact for a long time to come.
Meanwhile, at the other side of the island, the ocean waves were shown to be a bit more vigorous with their current positions. Much of the water was seen splashing above the ground, reflecting strongly upon the waters at that moment in time.
Along the graceful sandy shores, a tiki barge was seen making its way across the waters. It soon managed to settle itself towards a nearby dock, where it managed to settle itself firmly upon the graceful moving seawater.
Along the edge of the dock was Bev, standing firmly upon the edge while looking out to the calm late dawn skies. She showed a peaceful wide-eyed look upon her, all before looking behind her and seeing Cortex look on towards her.
"Bev..."
"Neo, may I say how much of a wonderful time I ended up spending with you around here."
She made a light walk towards him and gently placed her arms around his shoulders, leaving him to look straight up towards her. But even that alone wasn't quite enough to smile from his position, as it just left him to blink lightly.
"If that's the case, why can't you stay any longer?" he asked her in a calm tone.
"Like I said, I have family to take care of back home."
She went into her pocket, and pulled out a small pendant that can be seen to be almost too big to fit onto a necklace. She opened it up, and there inside it were two photographs of the same two people, although in different timescales.
The first image showed Bev as a child, wearing a lot of colourful clothing underneath a deep brown tank top, alongside a ginger haired girl in a long blue dress. The other one showed them as adults, showing Bev's adult form although she was then standing near the same ginger haired girl, but with wounds and is sitting in a wheelchair.
"And besides, there's one thing that has been proven official; as far as I know, the rebellion is over. The Gemini has fallen, and this world has been restored in an instant."
Bev gave out a light smile as she firmly closed the pendant, before looking straight up towards the graceful skies above. As the birds flew above her, she knew that her time in restoring the island's true nature has been accomplished.
She then brought her eyes back down towards Cortex, a cautious smile showing upon her face as that happened. There, she managed to make a more graceful walk towards him, bringing her arms around his body with a graceful hug.
"And I thank you for that", she beamed peacefully.
The touch upon Cortex's body left him to end up with widened eyes as that happened. He then smiled peacefully as he looked behind him, seeing towards the scene from behind him… within there being Nina whom was seen standing at the other side of the dock.
"If you want, I'll help you look after him. I understand his emotions at this moment in time."
With a confident look, she ended up bringing herself into a tight grasp around his neck, bringing her hands upon his shoulders… where his face suddenly started to turn purple with the amount of pain that was brought through the steel traps.
She gave out a light giggle as she released her grasp, blushing gently and showing a nervous look as she ended up doing so. She then managed to make a light step away from the scene, leaving Cortex and Bev alone once more.
"Well, whatever you do Bev" Cortex started with a shaky voice, "please think a lot about me. I hope that someday we can be able to meet up once more, although in a more different circumstance."
She gave out a light chuckle. "I will make sure of that."
There, she ended up showing a graceful stroke upon his head, thinking a lot about the circumstances that could pass between them. As that happened, she ended up picking him up from his feet, taking a strong grasp around his body like a gnome at that moment in time.
She was left to swing him around like a rag-doll, their expressions showing a lot of peace around them as time managed to pass. In mid-flight, she even had the courage to bring her lips towards one of his cheeks, giving off a light kiss as that happened… all before dropping him gently onto the ground once more.
"I will remember you for as long as I can", she whispered as she made her walk backwards. "Farewell."
"Bev?"
Cortex's expressions were fixed towards her as she managed to make her graceful walk towards the tiki barge, waving towards him as that happened. She then settled firmly upon the edge of the boat, before looking on at the tribal sailor standing near the hut on it.
He made his way inside the hut for himself, leaving the boat to make its start to move upon the ground. The gesture left Cortex to widen his eyes before making his dash down the dock, towards the sandy surface.
"BEV!" he cried out to her.
"Uncle Neo!"
He then made a zoom right past Nina, whom in turn ended up falling onto her back at his force, falling into the water as she did so. As she brought her head above the water, she sighed angrily as she made her way to the sand bank.
The boat then made its circle across the island structures, leaving Cortex to make his run towards it as it managed to float further. And it wasn't long until he managed to witness the barge making a turn around a nearby corner.
That left him to make his way up a gentle slope, before sliding down a stone-like slope at the bottom. Right there, he managed to catch up with the barge in its tow, leaving him to try and reach his hand out towards the barge.
As he reached the middle of the chase, various trees from nearby left various flowers and petals to make their fall onto the ground, some of which even hovering their way right between Cortex and the barge.
Within that time, the scientist managed to make a closer run towards the barge, and it was at that instance that he was able to reach for the barge himself, taking a grasp upon the side of the boat for himself.
By that instance, he was able to take a grasp upon Bev's hand, trying to hold on as hard as he can in spite of the boat picking up speed. She was then left to look towards him once more, her hair lightly blowing in the wind as that happened.
"Remember, you'll remember me!" she called out towards him. "I will remember you back!"
"Bev!"
"You are Neo Cortex!"
Their grasp was then released, leaving the pair to end up drifting further and further apart as time managed to occur. By that time, the boat made another corner, although this time it started to drift further and further away from the island.
By the time he was able to catch up with the boat once more... it ended up making a departure from the overall island structure and started going further and further into the depths of the distant Pacific Ocean waves.
He tried to make a further attempt to reach for her by wading lightly through the water, but... he made a stop just before his shoes could get waterlogged. He then made a sudden stop, his face suddenly making its drop.
"She... she's gone..."
The tiki barge was left to drift further and further away towards the horizon, showing itself as nothing more than a black dot on the brink of the water. As that happened, the water started to drift around his feet, leaving his boots to be almost drenched.
He then gave out a deep frown as he sat down upon the ground, his feet twitching in their position. By that time, the tide among the ocean waves was left to drift lower and lower, leaving more room for sitting upon the sand dunes.
The light of the skies was left to shine strongly upon his face, but that didn't do much to change his facial expression or anything. But it wasn't until a familiar shadow crept over his body that he actually started to twitch.
"Hey man", Crash's voice then spoke towards the scientist. "I take I owe you ten wumpa fruit for proving your point with the purpose of the Gemini."
"I'm not hungry."
Cortex then sighed deep from his position, before looking on at Crash. He then managed to approach the scientist with a calm and collective expression around him, before stroking one of his hands upon his shoulders.
"I know how upsetting it is for you", the bandicoot started, "but I do believe that Bev has got a lot of other things on her hand. Now that the rebellion is over, the island's activity will be back to normal, and she has aided in making sure of that."
The bandicoot showed a light smile towards the scientist, whom in turn was left to turn his head right towards him. And it was there that a clearer sign of determination was shown upon his face as time managed to brush on.
"Trust me - there's a strong circumstance you'll be able to meet up with her again. I just know it."
He then stood broadly towards one side of him, which left them to see into the remains of the watery trail the tiki barge left behind. The ripples were then brought calmly towards the sandy shores as time evoke.
The calmer status of the ocean waves left them to look towards one another, lightly blinking towards one another. Several seconds passed, and Cortex then showed a shaken smile as he brought himself onto both feet.
"Whichever is the case, I was right about all this", the scientist lightly sighed. "My connection with the Evil Twins reallydid shake the island."
"It's okay, man", winked Crash. "I mean, everyone makes mistakes. We just don't realise them."
With a light wink, he made his walk behind a nearby rock, and pulled out a brown sack. He then layered it towards the ground, leaving various round shapes to make their roll upon the dense grounds beneath them.
Cortex then approached the sack for himself as well as looking inside. He checked, double checked and triple checked. Right there were ten wumpa fruit being passed as a result of the bet established in their excursion. With a victorious smirk, he picked up one of the wumpa for himself... but even on the touch, his expression became more curious.
"It feels heavy... might have had a big stone in the middle or something."
He twitched his eyes as he managed to bring the wumpa towards his mouth. And maintaining that expression, he took a bite within the fruit for himself... only to witness that looking towards the inner portions of the fruit... there was no fruit mush; just gray cobbled stone.
The texture left him to instantly cough out what he managed to digest, leaving him to show a painful expression towards the ground. He then stomped on the stone for himself, before throwing the others into the water, still in the sack.
"These ARE stones! CRASH!"
"Uh-oh..."
Cortex instantly threw the stone wumpa to the ground, showing a growing face of anger showing upon his face at that moment in time. That left him to start chasing Crash across the shoreline, hoping to inflict some damage to the orange bandicoot himself.
"Come back here, you rotten bandicoot!"
Over time, he ended up bringing out his laser and started attempting to shoot him. That left various shots to make their way across the shoreline, yet within all of them, Crash was seen jumping/rolling his way out of their way, almost as if he was enjoying himself.
While that happened, they managed to pass down a nearby pathway, going across various pebble-like structures across the pathway. From nearby, some of the tribal residents couldn't help but show deep smiles upon their passing.
They then managed to make their dash straight past the tree-based clearing where Coco and the others were seen; as that happened, Nina managed to bring herself into a fast run towards the scene for herself, looking onto the scene from her direction.
"Yeah, take he did imply that this isle has restored itself to its former glory."
Kazaa lightly chuckled from behind her. "I can definitely see that."
The mercat brought herself into a light smile as that happened; that in turn left Crunch and Coco to make their way towards them as that happened. As that happened, Nina showed a light wink as they came towards them.
"So how do you think we should go around true normalisation for this week?"
"I have big plans", Crunch grinned. "Maybe if we visit the Iceberg Lab tonight we'll be sure to give your uncle a scare."
"We'll be on the case!" Coco cheered on from near him.
Nina gave out a light chuckle towards the group, before she then managed to make a calm walk towards the docks herself. That left Coco, Crunch and Kazaa to make their follow, as they knew that they could be in for something to get through for that period of time.
Meanwhile, the chase between Crash and Cortex was ensued on the other side of the island, and it was by then that the path that they ran on became more grass-ridden than before, leaving the blades to brush fluently upon their feet.
"You can't catch me!" Crash viciously chuckled towards the scientist. "You must be way too slow for your own good, doc!"
Crash gave out a light smirk as he ended up passing a nearby wumpa fruit tree; there, he reached for one of the fruit himself and started taking a bite out of it, the moist juice instantly making contact with his mouth.
Once he brought the fruit down to its stone, he then threw it straight behind him, leaving it to strike Cortex on the head. No effect. The bandicoot then shrugged as he made his way around corner, onto a drier pathway than before.
He then made his advancement straight towards a small pile of pebbles among the ground, and once there he made his run on top of the pile, causing the stones to roll straight onto the ground as that happened. Upon the sight, Cortex gave out a light gasp as the stones came closer.
"Crash Bandicoot! I swear, that this will be the last time I'll see your face alive! Prepare for annihilation!"
He growled as he tried to make his wade through the stones, but his approach was almost too late; by the time he went through half of the fallen stones, he ended up struggling through some of the bigger ones from the top of the pile.
That left him to start rolling backwards upon the stones for himself, leaving him to drift further and further away from Crash. By that instance, he started to scream from his position as he struggled to find a way out.
Eventually, the stones managed to lead off into the ocean, which all managed to land with small splashes upon the shallow waters. That left Cortex to make his fall off the light cliff for himself, leaving him to head into the sea head first.
He ended up splashing down harshly upon the surface, which left the ripples to make their riff across the scene. He pushed his head above the surface, showing him with his hair completely wet to match his clothes.
Back at the other side of the island, Crash was seen making his dash far away from the scientist, knowing that he was able to trick the scientist easily. He then made his dash around to the inner regions of the island, satisfied with what he did.
He knew for a fact that even though Cortex helped him throughout the reaches of their adventure against the Gemini, it still meant that he never really has to totally get along with him. Cortex created him and threw him out, and that would remain edged in as a fact.
And as far as Crash knew, that's as normal as the island's restoration can get. No one knows when the island will get attacked again, but all they do know is that they witnessed one of the closest encounters they faced in a long while - something to be etched in their minds for time to come.
EPILOGUE
Crash Bandicootwent backto being the star island defender that he was known for, showing himself as a bubblier marsupial now that the island was back to its restored form. True to Bev's words, he found himself travelling with Crunch and a few others 25 years in the past to save a child Cortex from a threatening force that tried to meddle with his incoming future, but that's another story.
Dr Neo Cortexadvanced backto his roles as a sworn attacker around the island. However over the incoming weeks he has had problems trying to decipher the perfect plan to finish off Crash once and for all. He tried rampaging fire spores, talking plungers, and even had thoughts on designing the Mecha Bandicoot II, but with a low budget... it may be a while before anything could come together.
Nina Cortex returned to the Academy of Evil, where she took the final exams in the academic year. As a result she passed some of her subjects with flying colors - especially Painful Exercising (P.E.) - but struggled at Monstrology; upon taming the target sasquatch, she scarred its face with her steel trap hands. She is now requesting to have the traps removed, but Cortex has kept on declining the offer.
Coco Bandicoot decided to spend a year in America, on the aid of wanting to appear in the next big Hollywood stunt flick. She got an opportunity as a stunt double in the next "Kung Pow!" movie, but she soon managed to quit after a few weeks into the job, main reason being that she hates being obscured by black clothing, and that the heavy clothing of her Ninja garb hid her face "way too much".
Crunch Bandicootstarted adaptingto his body building habits once more, on a vague attempt to try and shave some further weight from his stomach. By the end of the first few weeks, his muscular strength was left to have increased, aiding in a further growth. After further talking with the island natives, he was left to make his way through to a small hideout known as "Eggs Anonymous"...
Kazaa Bismark revisited the remains of the underwater home that she spent her childhood within to begin with. As soon as she got there, she spent a few days just looking around the ruins of what used to be around the underwater city itself. Even at this point she still craves to witness her lost friends and relations once more, although seeking on for them would be a more tedious event than once managed.
Beverley Sanchez approached her home town safely, meeting back up with her handicapped sister once more. Once there, she managed to dig through her old photographs, leaving her to see her time within the Academy of Evil with a younger version of Dr. Cortex; it was there that she realised that cooperating with him for the moment has left her to show appreciation for time gone past.
Dr. Nefarious Tropy started to spend time zooming across time and space once more with the Time Twister at hand. However, after tinkering on and off with that machine for the past few weeks, he was last seen trying to fight the hands of the loch ness monster coming out from the portal. Lab scientists are currently trying to bring him out from the portal at that moment in time.
Dr. N. Gin managed to retreat back towards his days of pirate hood, leaving him to start hunting for riches across the land solo. On one occasion he was lucky to make his way towards the remains of the Gemini stronghold, leaving him to recover seven colorful emeralds within the underground. Unfortunately for him, a certain blue hedgehog was looking for them too.
Dingodile made his way away from the island for a while and signed up for an anthro version of Survivor. He managed to stay on all the way through to the end, as well as taking a hold of several dingo girlfriends at a time. Quoting from himself, "every time ah got evicted by the rest o' the camp, I kept using my flamethrowa' to relight mah torch, and if anyone didn't like it... they were toast, myte!"
Dr. Nitrus Brio left the island once more and head to the reason why he took a break from the island from 1997 to 2001 onwards - finding a cure for Cancer. His previous attempt - intertwining wumpa fruit concentrate with a toothpaste solution - only just resulted in turning his patients' feet into edible dentures, which led him to retreat to N. Sanity Island and search for appearance opportunities since.
Tiny Tiger decided to stick around the island for a while and attempt to improve on his core fighting techniques before using those to fight back against various lab assistants in a row. Unfortunately, Cortex locked him away in a tower on another island for punishment... only to find out that upon picking him up 5 weeks later, the door to the tower was knocked completely off its hinges.
Pinstripe Poteroo went on an excursion towards the Sicily islands on a hope to track down the Mafia. By the time he ended up over there, he was completely stopped by various island residents, seeking for someone to teach them to make pizza. Now, Italian cuisine can't at all be eaten without traces of tommy gun bullets, which is steadily taking the country by storm.
Ripper Roo went back to college tuition, on the hope of wanting to turn sane from his constant jumping routine as a whole. About a year into it, he started taking an exam course, but that was where he ended up struggling past writing the name on the paper. At the very sight of it, he just jumped up and down on the spot, trying to scratch his name on the paper with his claws. Ouch.
The Komodo Brothers stayed upon the island, although they spent a lot of time with the tribal natives, using their swords to carve them fresh arsenal for any future invasions. Their efforts didn't last too long as Joe's planned 10-feet-long spears didn't pass the test of standing in one piece after being thrown to their target. Moe was thus taken the blame for failing to apply duck tape when needed.
Polar made an attempt to return to the North Pole from his position, only to end up sailing far enough to reach the upper reaches of the USA coastline. His anger and constant grasp of a baseball bat placed him in the Seattle Mariners baseball team for a few weeks, but his roles didn't last too long given that the ball was almost always thrown too high for him to reach... and he refused the option of stilts.
Pura ended up finding his way towards China while searching for Coco as she went on her film exhibition. While he was there, he found creatures just like himself and was hoping to cooperate with them just as much, although he was chased off by their vicious statuses all around them before he could even think of blending in with them.
N-Trance was lucky enough to survive the fall from the top of the machine, leaving him to soar through several different dimensions as a whole. He remained firmly within cyberspace for a week, before coming across a way out himself. He then wanted to get revenge by disturbing Cortex's past, thus finding a way to travel back in time, although that's another story.
The Squadron Gemini has failed to make their way out of the whirlpool of light, leaving them to float through time and space themselves. No one knew whatever happened to the Kaiser; the last people knew was that he was left to continue heading through cyberspace, attempting to shape shift to the original three figures he was before - Evil Crash, and the Evil Twins Victor and Moritz.
Even with Trance and the Squadron Gemini out of play - as far as most people were concerned - the memories of the war was left to be edged within the minds of the island residents for time to come. The loss of Kyle-Jovi was shown to be the hardest hit within all the blemishes left behind, but the island residents at least know that they can get along with life in spite of the eternal scars inflicted.
For a while to come, the fact remained that the Gemini have been defeated, and the island has been restored to normality.
"You will face demise soon, Crash Bandicoot!"
Not exactly at peace, but back to normal.
The Black Tide fanfiction is © Rexy 2005. Crash Bandicoot and all related characters are © Universal Interactive Studios 1996-2005. All rights reserved.
