A Twinsane Wedding
Chapter 16 Pause For The Cause
On the far West side of N Sanity Island, remained the old ruins of Cortex Castle. Nothing but charred rubble and scorched, broken machinery. There was nothing even worth salvaging since nothing was left even remotely in tact. Crash had done quite a number on it during him and Cortex's first real encounter, ever since that bandicoot had jumped out the window to escape any further experimentation. Brio's old Evolvo Ray had also been damaged beyond repair in that process.
Not far off from that current location, reconstruction for a new fortress had been under way, ever since Dr. Cortex had sent his robotic Lab Assistants back to where his plan for world domination had begun. The planning, the restoration of the evil scientists once great empire...it had started years ago and was still a work in progress, since Cortex (being as demanding as he was) had wanted everything perfect. No little detail out of place.
Brio had invented and set up a device near the work site. One that could mass produce all the Lab Assistants they needed, just in case any of them were to malfunction and shut down.
Grouped together in sets of two, with one on each side, the cloned minions (all of which were clothed in construction worker outfits carried large, grey, heavy cobblestone blocks and placed them just so. It was amazing that their robotic limbs could manage such heavy weights, without getting any ripped out of their sockets in the process. That was the one thing that worried them the most. Even though they were doing good so far, they were all still tensed up with fear.
"Come on guys, put your backs into it!" A deep, bellowing voice shouted. It belonged to a huge muscular koala with large biceps and not so large legs, wearing pants and a red tank top. Spiked collars decorated both his wrists. If they could, all of the android robots would be rolling their eyes at Koala Kong, as they watched him carry two blocks at a time and laying them just so. The Lab Assistants looked forward in awe, their jaws almost hitting the sandy beach in disbelief.
"That's easy for you to say! You're all muscle and in case you hadn't noticed, we're just robots who aren't that strong!"
Following behind Koala Kong was a muscle bound tiger dressed in a loincloth with spiked shoulder pads and long, talon claws, complete with thin almost boney legs. He had clearly chosen to focus on upper rather than lower body strength like his fellow minion. But one thing that set him apart from everyone else was the fact that his name was ironic, "But Tiny is! Tiny very good." He announced, lifting up the blocks like they were nothing as well.
"Show offs." One of the assistants mumbled. "You're irritating."
"Totally agree. Mock us why don't you?" It was clear as day that they were all belittled by Cortex's mutated minions.
"Hey, stop the complaining!" Shouted a different assistant, who had taken the role of the leader. "Cortex said to stay focused. Now which one of you has the blueprints?" A monkey wearing red and white striped pants being held up by a comically large black belt, handed the clone a rolled up blue paper. "Thank you." Rilla Roo made a happy monkey sound to show he was satisfied, before running around in circles. "I know some of us are not trying to slack off and 'monkey around' here but this is just ridiculous." He noted.
Dingodile and Pinstripe headed down the mountain, trekking through the snow, back to N Sanity Beach. They had to get out of Moulin Cortex just so they wouldn't have to hear their masters complaints. Their peace and quiet had been tainted and tampered with, due to Dr. Cortex's irritable personality. Moe and Joe didn't seem to be effected one bit.
"You think those slowpoke Lab Assistants are coming close being done with our sanctuary yet?" The portoroo wondered.
Dingodile only replied with a mere shrug of his shoulders. "I hope so, since I obviously don't want to return to Moulin Cortex, now that it's been tainted with. I can believe that he would cause a scene, no surprise there. However, what I can't believe, is that Cortex actually has a real mother whose human like him. Seriously, I could've sworn the guy was raised by a lone pack of wolves." The flamethrower welding, hybrid remarked.
Pinstripe chuckled at that as he slung the strap of his tommy gun over his shoulder. "Hee, hee, hee, lone pack of wolves, that's a good one. The one thing I can beleive is him being born into a family of circus clowns." He had clearly overheard the scientists conversation with his mother. "Don't you think that too?"
Dingodile didn't answer that right away. Taking a brief pause, he let that sink into his brain as he scratched his chin, trying to compare those two seemingly different things. Which, after careful thinking, the hybrid finally managed to respond. "You're right mate. Cortex is like the walking definition of a freakshow and him being raised by clowns...well, put two and two together."
"It all makes perfect sense now." Both minions snickered as they continued on back to their former sanctuary.
"Hey, how's construction coming along?!" Dingodile wondered, shouting up at the android assistants. As they approached the work site, they saw that castle was coming along nicely. Slowly but surely they were getting there. With the exterior portion of it but by comparison, the interior probably wouldn't take that long either.
"It's coming alright. Hey would you and Pinstripe mind lending us a hand?!" Is what they heard back. "We need all the help we can get and Koala Kong and Tiny are not making this task any easier. They're stronger than we are. And don't even get us started on Rilla or Ripper Roo." The ex members of the Cortex Commandos caught sight of the blue kangaroo in a straight jacket trying to unroll a schematic with his feet. Everyone except Rilla Roo gave an awkward look to the unstable Ripper Roo.
And if there was one thing that both minions couldn't take was whining, they had put up with that for so many years, thanks to working under Cortex. The mans constant complaining and whining like a baby about not beating Crash, was starting to fray what was left of almost everyone's last nerve.
"No worries. I'd like to see this place finished asap. Given the choice between heading back to the mountain hangout or staying here to help out, pass us a hardhat." Pinstripe commanded. He figured this work wouldn't kill him and Dingodile since them and every other minion wanted this place fixed up like new. The Lab Assistants needed all the help they could get. Koala Kong handed them each a hat and assigned them a job. As they nodded and got started right away, a question burrowed into the bodybuilders head.
"What's wrong with Moulin Cortex?And what exactly is it, cause we've only ever heard of it? Care to explain?" The Lab Assistants who were suspended up in the air with a lift, paused their work from laying down cement to listen in.
"Moulin Cortex is a hangout in the mountains where Cortex's mother works, she's also the owner who hired me and some of our other troops. The reason me and Dingodile are here is because we just ran into the deranged doctor. When we left to come here, it looked like him and her were having a little confrontation."
"Woah, woah, wait? You mean Cortex has a mother? Like a real one? Could've sworn he crawled out from under a rock...from the bottom of a lake." The leader Lab Assistant commented.
"Why didn't we think of that, me and Dingo here always thought he was raised from a lone pack of sad wolves."
Those rude remarks which caused most everyone to start snickering also caused Tiny Tiger to drop the block he was carrying right onto the toes of two Lab Assistants making them scream. As they tried to free themselves, Tiny whipped around and pointed a threatening talon claw at Pinstripe, "You take comments back. No insult master. " The snickering immediately subsided when Tiny marched tword the portoroo and hybrid and loomed over them, claws raised, ready to slash them.
"You won't fugettabout what you're about to do but I wish I could." Pinstripe noted.
"Mate, we should've kept our mouths shut. You know how Tiny values Cortex."
"Gee, ya think?"
A/N
Sup guys, welcome back. This chapter took a dark turn but wouldn't be the first time. Yes, the original robot Lab Assistants from the secret warp room. Decided to keep it along those lines.
Where the heck were you taking this chapter?
No idea. Quick note, I've slowly started posting this on Archive of Our Own. I just recently got an account on there and I love it. So now, after I post updates here, I can just copy and paste it right onto that site. Makes it much more convenient. Alright, so this was sort of an intermission chapter, I needed a little break from the Cortex family drama. Hopefully, this will suffice until the next update where we'll get back on track.
Same here sister. Haven't you put me through enough already? How much longer can this go on?
Don't know Cortex. We'll just have to wait and see now won't we?
Right. You scare me. And really 'raised by a lone pack of wolves? You just had to throw that into the mix?
Yes and I'm not regretting it one bit.
Review time?
Review time:
Plaugedoctorbeaks (guest but I know you from Archive of Our Own): You will know the outcome soon enough. Patience is key. I know how you feel, I love Ami too, she's definitely one of my favorite characters from Nitro Fueled.
Somerandomguest (Guest): Thank you so much, really glad you're enjoying this. I have many more ideas for this.I know how to put a twist on a story. ;) If you haven't already, check out the oneshot spin off series.
I can't believe how popular this story has become. The people have good taste.
I know right?! Ok, I'm gonna go get a Wumpa Whip, you want one?
Sure, since we're taking an intermission in this chapter. I'll take a drink.
How about one Wumpa Whip for you and Crash to share? *winks*
Really? *eye twitching*
Yup
Now, you're just torchering me *sighs*
To Von Clutches Motor World! Until next time guys, keep smiling!
