Chapter 5

Now the fight was over. And it was not pretty. Blood was surrounding the beach as if it was a red tide pool. Dingodile looked down upon it with grief. He had destroyed his love, Coco. Then, Crash was soon taken. But, Dingodile mostly grieved for Coco's death.

"Why wasn't I so careful with ya, sheila?" the half-and-half moaned as tears formed in his eyes. "Why'd I do this?"

But Dingodile didn't have much time to moan about it because soon Crunch had gotten up, rubbing his head. He wasn't under control anymore, though.

"Oh man. What happened?" the large bandicoot groaned. Dingodile turned to the giant bandicoot.

"Ya had ta fight Coco and I", the dingo-crocodile replied, sadly. "And there was a mishap!"

Crunch almost understood, but not quite. Nevertheless, his face darkened slightly.

"What did you do to Coco?" he asked, threateningly.

Dingodile didn't want to answer, but Crunch demanded to know why she wasn't moving. Holding back a sob, he spoke.

"While I was trying to fight you and then Crash, I wasn't concentrating properly and I turned around and I roasted her with my flame thrower!" Dingodile sniffed before dissolving into a flood of tears. Crunch now understood. He couldn't believe Dingodile would do such a thing to Coco, and yet, he did say it wasn't his fault. So the giant bandicoot changed the subject.

"And Crash? Where's he?"

Dingodile sobbed harder. He knew what had happened. Crunch soon found out too, because he groaned in annoyance.

"Don't tell me you killed him too!"

"I didn't want ta!" Dingodile sobbed. "I was only trying ta protect Coco! But now they're gone!"

Crunch was furious. In one day, he lost two siblings to a fire, but it wasn't Dingodile's fault. Then Crunch overheard Dingodile moaning out loud.

"Now Cortex will be pleased! Crash AND Coco are now dead!"

Crunch's fury deepened. He had forgotten all about Cortex.

"Cortex, for doing this to my family, I'll rip you apart."

Crunch growled that last threat to himself. He was simply too angry to say anything out loud at the moment. Then, the giant bandicoot heard a growl of fury.

"Mate, Cortex has gone too far this time! We're going ta kill him!"

Crunch knew that the only person who'd say "Mate" was Dingodile. The giant bandicoot turned to him.

"Get your butt over here!" the giant bandicoot barked. "Now we're taking this into our own hands. We're going after him."

Meanwhile, Koala Kong and Tiny were busy sweeping the porch, fuming. They had heard the battle earlier and they were outraged that Dingodile had done this. But then, they thought of something.

"Maybe Dingodile wasn't trying to kill Coco," the giant koala murmured. "I bet you anything he was trying to protect her."

"Yes, but funny alligator guy still killed Coco," Tiny growled. "Tiny say we kill HIM in return."

Koala Kong shook his head, disapprovingly.

"Where will THAT take us? Only to a rotten jail cell. THINK about that, Einstein!" he finally snapped.

"You know what?" Tiny growled furiously. "Tiny sick of being snapped at by giant koala! So SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE!"

Koala Kong said no more. He just fumed quietly as he kept sweeping.

Then they finally heard some growls. Crunch and Dingodile were soon at Cortex Castle. Koala Kong glared at Dingodile.

"Traitorous boyfriend. GIRL KILLER!"

Dingodile narrowed his eyes and growled fiercely.

"God damn ya, Kong! I DIDN'T ROAST THE SHEILA ON PURPOSE!" Dingodile roared. "IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! UNDERSTAND ME?"

"No one understands you," Koala Kong muttered. Crunch had had enough of Koala Kong's smart ass remarks. He stomped over and yelled in the giant koala's face.

"SHUT YOUR FACE, KONG! DINGODILE DIDN'T WANT TO KILL COCO! AND YOU KNOW IT!"

Koala Kong narrowed his eyes.

"You think I'm stupid? I know Dingodile had his motives."

Crunch sighed in an annoyed manner.

"Kong, everyone knows you're stupid. And Dingodile did have the motive, but he didn't dare use it. He loved Coco too much," the giant bandicoot snarled. "Now move your butt out of the way. Dingodile and I are going to kill Cortex for this."

Tiny had enough of Crunch's talking. He stomped over to him and kicked the giant bandicoot in his butt.

"Tiny not going to let you kill Cortex," the large tiger growled, fiercely. "Cortex is Tiny's master and Tiny don't want him to die."

Crunch rubbed his behind and scowled at Tiny.

"Do you even remember what Cortex has done to you and your family? Didn't he kill your family and rest their pelts on the end of your bed? THINK ABOUT IT!"

Tiny thought with all his might, but it was fairly difficult. At last, though, the truth sank in.

"Crunch is right. Cortex did kill Tiny's family. We need to get ready to make the final kill."

Crunch smirked. His plan was going to work after all. He finally tricked Tiny into helping him destroy Cortex.