Coco and Crash were testing out water skiing, Pura and Polar were playing in the sand, Tawna was sun bathing, Crunch was near the house working out, and Aku-Aku was napping, something he rarely did. Crash was not happy with the water skiing so far, but he was beginning to enjoy it. Coco was taking it easy on him this time. Crunch set his weights down for a moment and something crashed through the bushes and tripped into the sand, sending up a cloud of sandy dust. Aku-Aku sprang up from where he had fallen and looked around. Pura began to close in on the sand cloud when he saw it.
"Pura no!" Aku-Aku cried as Pura closed in. The dust cloud was beginning to settle and something was getting up. Crunch looked as a pair of ears set in the midst of black hair rose out of the sand cloud. Aku-Aku busied himself about scurrying away Pura, Polar, and Tawna. But Crunch stared as the rest of a female wolf stood up and shook some dust from herself. Crash and Coco came ashore and looked as well. Coco approached the wolf, which was barely taller than she was. The black haired gray head tilted as Coco came closer. Soon both were facing each other with utter confusion. After a few moments the gray tail began to move in a side to side manner. Crash watched a moment and began to dance. The wolf looked at this and began to follow in his movements. Crash jumped and threw his arms and legs out wide and a funny barking sound was heard. It was serving as a laugh and the tail moved side to side like mad as Aku-Aku and the other 3 wandered over. Crash had flopped over and was snickering. Crunch was trying not to laugh and Coco was laughing with tears running down her face.
"What is going on Crash? Coco? Crunch?" all had funny looks on their faces as they looked at the witch doctor mask.
"Crash began dancing," Coco laughed.
"That's not funny." Aku-Aku stated.
This gray creature followed his movements and danced like him," Crunch added.
"And this was funny?" the mask asked blatantly. They both shook their heads as Crash did the wide move again. "Ah, I see… Communication on the hilarity level." Aku-Aku floated towards the gray wolf that squealed and hid behind Crunch, causing Aku-Aku to stop in his tracks.
All blinked as the wolf whimpered from behind Crunch.
"Why is this creature afraid?" Aku-Aku looked around and floated closer, but slowly this time. The wolf peered at Aku-Aku and yelped loudly. Crash thought a moment before jumping up and down. Aku-Aku watched crash a minute, before looking to Coco.
"You want me to check for the Cortex markings?"
"Yes Coco." Coco sighed.
Meanwhile, at Castle Cortex, Dingodile was trying to read his book of Shakespearean plays. It was an enormous leather bound volume and he usually sat down in his cold room while reading it, but today he couldn't concentrate. Cortex's ranting was annoying him in the worst way possible. That and he couldn't get his mind off of the she-wolf, whom he had sent to N. Sanity beach. He hoped she had gotten there all right. Fatale, what a pretty name. Even if he had no idea what it meant.
Back at N. Sanity beach, inside the house of Crash and Coco bandicoot, Coco gasped. On the bottom of the right foot she saw a mark that resembled Cortex's mark. She left the wolf to put back on her shoes while she went to tell Crash and Aku-Aku what she had found. The she-wolf finished with her shoes and peered out the door to Coco's lab. Crunch was leaning back in a chair not too far away. Fatale watched him a moment curiously. Coco soon walked up and shoved Fatale inside, who let out a squeal of protest.
"Oh hush up. Crunch doesn't like to be watched." She put the she-wolf into a chair. "now, I want you to tell me why you are afraid of Aku-Aku.." the wolf blinked at the name and she brought up a picture of Aku-Aku on the lab's computer screen.
"UKA-UKA!" the cry was heard all over the island. Crunch sat up, Crash and Aku-Aku looked in Coco's lab's direction and basically anyone on the beach looked in that direction. Coco barreled out of the lab quickly covering her ears.
When Coco reached Crash, she spoke, "I think I get why she's afraid of Aku-Aku." Crash blinked and Aku-Aku looked a little worried. "She thinks he's Uka-Uka…"
"Ah, yes, I do resemble my twin in some ways…" Coco looked at Aku-Aku seriously.
"Aku-Aku, that means in order for her to stop thinking about Uka-Uka we've gotta keep you out of her sight." They thought a while and it was decided that she would live with Tawna, who protested at length.
Crash put out his hands and Tawna slapped them down. Crash was pleading with her and she was very angry. Crunch pulled Crash away from Tawna, just before he got slapped.
"Maybe it's better that she stays with me…"
Crash glared his blue eyes at Crunch as if saying no way. They seemed to argue back and forth for a while, before Crash relented. It was agreed that in Crunch's spare time, and I mean while he wasn't spending the time working out, that he would build a house for Fatale. He figured it would be a good way to work out as well.
