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Chapter Seventeen: Revenge of the Pollen
"Welcome to the beginning of the end," N. Tangle said, "Soon, this whole planet shall become crushed by plants and made into a new empire,
and the kingdom Animalia will be extinguished. Any living cells without the cell wall that plants have will be deleted, thanks to the powers of the
black gem and Psychetron arms."
"Did you learn anything from elementary school?" Coco asked, "Plants and animals need to coexist, exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen."
"I have taken that fact into my planning of the new world order of plants," N. Tangle told her, "The Psychetron arms combined with the power
of the black power gem will also supply my friends with more than enough carbon dioxide. Anyway, I bring good news and bad news."
Cortex raised one of his eyebrows.
"The good news is that your world will come under a glorious new world order," N. Tangle explained, "The bad news, is that my more…
carnivorous pets will be scraping your flesh from your bone long before that will happen."
"Ha!" Uka Uka laughed, "I don't have any flesh to scrape, and so I get the last laugh that I deserve!"
Cortex spoke up by saying, "Uka Uka, I don't think that really…"
"Silence!"
"Okay."
"Destroy them, my pets!" N. Tangle ordered.
Flytrappers, Tree Golems, N. Snares, Seaweed Beasts, Sulfur Vines, and Wood Drifters surrounded the heroes, preparing to attack. Cortex
looked at Crash, and the bandicoot nodded. Quickly, all the heroes got into a battle stance, except for Cortex who fainted. After helping Cortex
back up they leapt into battle.
First, I shall give a quick warning announcement for all readers. The scene you are about to witness contains high levels of epic. And so, special
precautions must be made. Please step away from the computer if you are ill, easily nauseated, sane, or have not been exposed to sources of
high levels of awesome, like Little Big Planet. On with the show.
And we return to the heroes too see… that… they already defeated N. Tangle's minions during the announcement. Aw, man! I really wanted to
see that! Oh well…
The heroes surrounded N. Tangle.
"It's over, N. Tangle," Aku Aku said, "Your minions have been defeated, you are outnumbered, you have lost."
"That's what you think, feather head!" N. Tangle exclaimed, "I still have the power of plants on my side!"
Vines rose from the ground and grabbed our heroes.
"Now, I shall go on to painfully bringing to you your doom!"
Crash spun out of his vine and landed safely on the ground.
"Why is it always the incompetent bandicoot that frees himself from death traps?" Cortex asked no one in particular.
"So it is just you against me, bandicoot," N. Tangle announced to the marsupial, "Hero of animals, and the lord of plants."
Crash struck a kung-fu pose.
"Hmm, that's so pathetic," N. Tangle said. With a swish of his cape, N. Tangle drew his twin plant swords.
"Prepare for decimation, bandicoot!" N. Tangle yelled. He and Crash ran at full speed towards each other. When he got close enough, N. Tangle
slashed his swords towards Crash's legs, but the marsupial jumped and kicked N. Tangle across the face. N. Tangle rubbed the spot where
Crash kicked him.
"Excellent move, Crash Bandicoot," N. Tangle praised, "You are a great fighter, but I am even better."
N. Tangle attacked Crash with a rapid array of sword slashes. Crash avoided each one, but N. Tangle kneed Crash in the stomach. Crash took a
few steps back and rubbed his belly. N. Tangle smirked under his helmet and spun his swords in his hands.
"Your move," N. Tangle said.
Crash rushed towards N. Tangle and threw a punch. N. Tangle moved out of the way. Crash threw another punch, and the plant lord slipped
out of the way. Crash sent a kick towards N. Tangle, who somersaulted out of the way and threw a sword at Crash. Crash ducked, and the
sword whooshed above his ears. The sword was lodged into a rock. N. Tangle leapt to his sword a retrieved it. He then slashed his swords at
Crash, who ducked down and did a sweep kick to the evil botanist's legs. N. Tangle fell to the sand, and he leapt back up.
"You will never win, bandicoot," N. Tangle said, "You will soon be destroyed by the power of plant life. Your world will become a new plant
empire that will spread to countless other universes, and you can't do anything to stop the inevitable!"
N. Tangle sent a few more slashes at Crash, who dodged the attacks. The plant lord slashed Crash's legs, and the blades created rips in
Crash's jeans. Crash clutched his legs in pain. N. Tangle slowly walked forward.
"Your kingdom has wounded plants long enough," N. Tangle told Crash, "Allow us to return the favor."
Crash lunged at N. Tangle, sending a rapid array of punches and kicks. N. tangle laughed evilly, and he sent an uppercut punch at Crash's jaw.
The bandicoot flew back when the punch connected with his jawbone. He shook his head quickly and looked up to see N. Tangle standing over
him. N. Tangled looked down at Crash, cocked his head to one side, and grinned.
"You know," he said, "I am going to have a lot of fun slaughtering you, especially in front of your family, friends, and mortal foes."
"He can't destroy Crash!" Cortex yelled, "I want to do that!"
"The question is what part of you do I stab first?" N. Tangle asked, "There's your mouth, I can literally wipe that stupid grin off your face. The
eyes aren't a bad idea, either. I could stop your eyes from glowing that goodness and innocence of yours."
Crash's eyes grew wider as N. Tangle raised his sword.
"Soon, all animals in all universes shall fear the name Doctor Nepenthes Tangle!"
N. Tangle realized his mistake.
"Oh, that's just perfect."
The vines holding Crash's allies exploded, and so the rest of the heroes were freed. While N. Tangle was distracted, Crash took the liberty of
lifting his legs and kicking N. Tangle in the chest. The evil botanist was forced back by Crash's kick. He stumbled, dropped his swords, and
clutched his chest. Coco ran in and karate kicked N. Tangle across the face. Nina punched him across the shoulder. Crunch blasted him with his
arm cannon. N. Gin shot him with missiles. Aku Aku created a body of sand and punched N. Tangle in the face. Uka Uka hit the plant lord with a
fire ball. Billy Bob whacked N. Tangle across the face with his musket. Tropy smacked him in the gut with his scepter.
"You finally got it right!" Tropy cheered.
After Tropy hit N. Tangle with his stick…
"It's a scepter!"
…Cortex blasted N. Tangle in the back with his laser gun. N. Tangle groaned and shakily stood up. Crash rushed forward and spun N. Tangle in
the face. N. Tangle flew back, and his helmet landed several meters away. N. Tangle lay there, unmoving.
"Did we get him?" Cortex asked.
Suddenly, N. Tangle began to laugh villainously. He quickly sat up, the face of Moss Face grinning evilly.
"You really think that you can defeat me?" N. Tangle asked, "Well think again!"
"Will you just give up?" Aku Aku asked, "We already beat you, so just surrender."
"I will never give up!" N. Tangle yelled, "As long as chlorophyll runs through my veins, and the black power gem is under my power, I will never
surrender. As long as I am Doctor… Nepenthes… TANGLE!"
The Psychetron arms spun around the black power gem, and the gem itself began to glow brighter. The heroes shielded their eyes, and N.
Tangle laughed evilly. Then, a black bolt of lightning shot out of the gem and struck N. Tangle. The sand began to swirl around N. Tangle until it
became a hundred foot tall tornado. The plants of N. Sanity Island were pulled from the ground and joined the tornado.
In the jungle a tribal villager hopped over to another villager.
"Dude," he said, "I really need to use the bathroom!"
The other villager looked around and said, "Um… use that bush over there."
Suddenly, the plants flew up into the air and rocketed into the sand tornado.
The first villager looked at the second one and asked, "Have you got any better ideas?"
Back with the sandy vortex of doom, it eventually stopped spinning to reveal a huge monster like none the N- Team or the Bandicoots have
ever seen that stood a hundred feet tall. The bottom half looked like a huge rhinoceros made out of plants with tree trunks for legs, glowing
eyes, and a back covered in moss and leaves. The upper half grew out of the middle of the rhinoceros's back. It was a lean body of tangled
roots and leaves. It had four arms, one pair below the other. The lower set was smaller and had wooden crab claws for hands. The larger,
upper set had the blades of N. Tangle's swords for hands, but larger. On the larger arms' shoulders were two snapping flytrap heads.
Embedded in the middle of the creature's chest was the black power gem. Lastly, the creature's head was a huge flytrap head. The creature
roared. This was N. Tangle's ultimate form, the Nitro Tangler.
"This is going to be difficult, isn't it?" Cortex asked.
Everyone else nodded.
"I thought so."
"What do we do?" Aku Aku asked.
"I know what to do," Coco answered, "We will fight that thing, right Crash?"
Crash nodded and stepped forward.
"On three," Uka Uka said, "One…"
"Two…" Aku Aku said.
"Three!" everyone yelled, except Crash who can't speak.
Everyone charged forward towards the Nitro Tangler. The creature hissed. Everyone rushed into the final battle against N. Tangle…
Next time on Crash: Multiverse Mishap…
The Bandicoots and N- Team battle against the Nitro Tangler in the final chapter of this story. Who will win? Who will lose? What could happen
to our heroes? What powers does the Nitro Tangler hold? Review and find out in Chapter Eighteen: N. Tangled.
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