Krazie: And here it is. the next chapter of "Cortex's New Experiment"! where we left off.

Dingodile:i like this chapter! i get to-

Krazie glares at Dingodile: shush!

Dingodile: uh.. sorry.

Cortex gets whacked: OW!


Fatale slept in crunch's lap for some time before crunch stood with her in his arms and carried her back to his hut. He looked at the girl in the moonlight. very pretty. She stirred slightly, but slept on. when he lay her down, she grabbed his hand. when he tried to remove his hand she tightened her grip ever so slightly, so he lay on his back and slept beside her.

The very next morning Fatale awoke to find herself clung to Crunch and he was just sleeping up a storm. She suppressed the urge to eep and began to move away when he wrapped an arm around her an opened an eye.

"Stay.." his voice said sleepily. She moved to a sitting position and he held her hand. She blinked at him ad he put his other hand on her cheek. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't. Fatale just curled up next to him and he ran the backs of his fingers along her cheek gently.

'What's going on?' she thought in utter confusion.


Some time later, Crunch was building upon Fatale's new house. Fatale had wandered off for the day with Crash to collect some Wumpa fruit for something. Crunch paused in his building upon her house to think on something. Or someone.

'Fatale. What does Cortex want with such a pretty creature? She can't be too bad. Can she?'

He would soon find out as the forest where Crash and Fatale were was darkening with the first fringes of the setting sun. Crash pointed to the sky and then to the beach and Fatale nodded understanding that it was time to go back with the fruit they had collected. They began to head back, when Fatale let out a yelp of pain. Crash looked at her, but she seemed fine so they continued on towards the beach.

"Fatale!" Crunch yelled.

"Crash!" Coco yelled at the same time. And the two set down the fruit baskets they were carrying to go to the ones who had called their names. Once Crash had reached his sister, she ran to him and flung herself into him.

"I found something you have to know! It's about our new friend Fatale. She-"

The next thing they heard was Fatale's yelps of pain once more. She was halfway between them and Crunch, doubled over in pain. Coco turned from her brother and typed something into her laptop.

"Oh no… it's too late!"

"Whoa!" Crash yelled as Fatale became bigger and bigger. As her body distorted and grew into what looked like Tiny, only more feminine. A breathing monstrosity. Fatale lifted her head and stared at the moon and howled in frustration.

Coco mistook it and ran towards Crunch yelling, "She's going to kill us all!"

Crunch looked at Fatale, knowing he could take care of this himself and strode toward the howling wolf, ready to fight, but Fatale just plopped into the sand and lay there. Coco plowed into him and knocked him off balance, but Fatale only moved her red eyes to watch as Crunch grabbed the she-coot and glare at her.

"What do you think you are doing?" Coco's eyes beaded up with tears.

"I'm trying to protect you Crunch! I love you!" Crunch shook his head.

"I need no protection. And save your love for someone who needs it. I don't." with that he shoved the she-coot towards her house. Fatale only turned her head away from them. As tears filled the large red eyes.

Crash saw this and edged towards Fatale slowly as if not to startle her or provoke attack. Fatale noticed him moving closer and moved not a hair, so as not to scare the brave, but scrawny bandicoot coming towards her.

Crunch turned around after shoving Coco inside of her home to see Crash stroking the top of Fatale's nose.

"Crash… always the bravest even without the brawn to back it up." he strode to the two as Fatale crawled closer to Crash. As he neared them he noticed Crash making a soothing noise to the wolf. It was almost as if he was purring like a cat or something. Crunch stopped once he was close enough to touch the fur along her back. He began to follow Crash and tried to make that strange noise coming from the other male bandicoot. Soon he was 'purring' just like Crash. He reached out and gathered Fatale into his lap, or at least part of her anyways, and began to stroke her hair. Crash then relieved himself of the purring and wandered to his house to scold Coco.

Not too long after Fatale had fallen asleep. A very handsome Dingo strode onto the beach. Although he didn't know he was handsome yet. He was very slender. Almost athletic looking as the muscles under his skin moved with a precise grace that not many males could hold. Coco who had been looking very miserable, perked up as she saw this fine specimen heading towards crunch and Fatale. She began to drool. Then she raced out of the house and flung herself upon the new male on the beach. He acted very surprised to find the she-coot attached to him about his middle. But once he saw her eyes shining with lust he gently pushed her away, noting that he no longer had claws or hideous hands. He strode to Fatale and stroked her nose gently to awaken her.

"Come with me Fatale…. We must talk privately." the wolf got up quietly and followed the handsome Dingo across the beach out of earshot. Crunch looked very jealous, but as long as he could see them he would be happy enough.

Across the beach with the Dingo and Fatale

"Fatale. It is me, Dingodile…" a small smile crossed the elongated snout of Fatale. "if Cortex finds you this way he will trap you in it for sure. So I am going to set you free of this hideous night… I will tell you how you must break this. You must kill someone who becomes beautiful the very night you become hideous."

Fatale's eyes widen at his words and she shook her head, making her hair fly. She took his left arm and drew a claw across it. Then drew the same claw across her own left arm and grabbed his upper arm with her left hand. She watched as he did the same thing. Then she could speak once more as her snout formed into it's smaller more able to form words form. "It's simple Dingodile. I must not kill you, I must become your sister…. Mixing the blood of our bodies makes us family now."

It was Dingodile's turn to be surprised.

"We will now both be beautiful creatures." then she mumbled something and released his arm. She then strode into the closest house and grabbed bandages for their arms. Then returned and they wrapped each others arms. "Now go rest my brother…" with that she slumped onto the ground.

Back with Crunch and Coco

Crunch had seen Fatale fall and ran towards her. As soon as Crunch was at her side, the handsome Dingo left them and walked to Coco.

"Young Bandicoot you must stop attaching to every handsome thing you find so quickly. You'll run all the potential mates away that way." with that he walked back into the forest.