Hello everyone, and today, everyone is going to Neon City to celebrate!

The Sn xx Dimension (3023)

Exiting the rift, our heroes found themselves in a futuristic city, like 's Techno Dystopia.

However, unlike the Techno Dystopia, the city was brighter and didn't have the oppressive air.

"Welcome to Neon City!" Kupuna-Wa announced as everyone looked around in awe.

"They should really see this with their own eyes." Dragnarok said in himself. "Detransform me."

The draconic hero turns back into his regular self, surprising everyone except Bandicoot, Coco, Aku Aku, and Nix.

"Oi!" Dingodile shouted in surprise.

"Guess I should probably reintroduce myself. I am Drake Firstbourne." Drake greeted before gesturing to Spyro and Cynder. "And these two are Spyro and Cynder. Together, the three of us make Dragnarok."

"Hello." Spyro politely greeted.

"Nice to meet ya." Cynder greeted with the same polite tone.

"So this is the man behind the mask, huh?" Tawna asked in a amused tone.

"Indeed." Drake said as Bandicoot follows his example and detransforms, turning back into Chris and Crash.

"We've brought Cortex's airship here, so when we are done here, we can use it to get home." Kupuna-Wa said. "Now then, let's eat!"

And with that, everyone splits up to explore the city.

With Chris, Crash, Coco, and Aku Aku, looked around the city, still awed by it.

"Woah!" Crash said.

"You said it, Crash!" Coco said with Chris nodding in agreement.

"We can meet with the others after we've explored." Aku Aku said before looking around. "Now, which way are the food trucks?"

The four then began looking for a bite to eat.

With Dingodile, he was searching for a steakhouse.

"Hmph. Let's see if these tall poppies know how to smoke a steak." He said to himself.

Jumping across some rooftops, makes his way through the city,

He looks down for a bit, only to flinch at the sheer drop.

"Blimey! Best not to think about that." He muttered before pressing on.

However, he soon stumbled across something shocking.

It was a hologram advertising his diner.

"Hmm... does this mean I have franchise potential?" Dingodile asked himself, rubbing his chin in thought. He then sees a Dingo's restaurant in the distance. "Am I a franchise? Could I open a restaurant... in an airport?" He then sees another Dingo's a few blocks away. "But if I franchise because I saw my future franchise... oh bollocks, my head hurts!"

Filing this for later, he goes to the nearest Dingo's, wanting to see if the food is at least good.

We then jump over to Tawna, who was approaching a food truck.

"Wonder what the local delicacy is here? I hope it's spicy. And fried." She said to herself before looking over the truck's menus. "Mmm... spicy fried mystery food."

Meanwhile, Drake, Spyro, and Cynder were at a table, feasting on a pile of hamburgers while Prill was eating a big bowl of salad.

"Oh man, this is good!" Drake said, just finishing one burger before he began eating another.

"You said it." Cynder said before letting out a small belch, causing her to blush as Drake and Spyro laughed. "Excuse me..."

That's when the three spot Nix walking up to them.

"Hey guys." He greeted before sitting down with them. He then looks at Drake with a slightly nervous look. "Can I talk to you about something?"

"What is it?" Drake asked as he finishes another burger.

"Well... You know the birds and bees, right?" The wolf-jack hybrid asked.

"Yes..." Drake said, not liking where this was going.

His face a little green as he recalled that, just before he moved to Paris, his parents gave him "The Talk". This was mostly due to what he also walked in on.

He could never look at his parents, nor Vesta or himself the same way ever again.

"Well... I've been having these... "Urges" lately." Nix said, scratching his neck in embarrassment, not noticing Drake pushing the burgers away, having lost his appetite. "Whenever I'm near Coco, I have this need to... How do I put this... "Pounce" on her."

"Like, go all the way?" Drake asked, feeling a little bit uncomfortable.

"Yes. I don't know if there's some sort of primal instinct in my genetic code, or something else." Nix said, fidgeting a little. "I've also been having dreams of raising family lately..."

"I think I've have an idea on what's going on." Drake said. "I think you want to start a pack."

"A pack?" Nix asked.

"You are a hybrid of a wolf and a jackal, two animals that usually live and hunt in packs." Drake said. "Perhaps you're right about you having a primal instinct, one that's demanding you to start a pack."

"But don't packs have like an alpha and omega structure?" Nix asked.

"That's actual a misconception. Packs are family units, with leaders being the parents, and the rest being their pups." Drake said, recalling a lesson from school.

"Well, that solves half of the issue..." Nix muttered.

"Half?" Drake asked.

"I've also been having a... wandering eye..." Nix said with a mixture of shame and embarrassment.

"You've been checking out other girls?" Drake said in a surprised tone.

"Yes... Including Tawna." Nix said with a slight blush.

"I see..." Drake said. "I'm curious... Why come to me for advice?"

"I couldn't go to Coco or Tawna, for obvious reasons, I don't trust Cortex, Crash and Dingodile probably wouldn't get it, I don't feel comfortable discussing this with Chris, and while Aku Aku is wise, I think romantic advice is outside of his expertise." Nix listed off before giving Drake a pleading look. "Please, what should I do? I love Coco, and I don't want to hurt her."

"Well..." Drake muttered as he racked his brain for a bit. "Honestly... I think you should talk to Coco. She cares for you, and I'm sure she'll help in anyway she can."

"You think so?" Nix asked, getting a nod from his friend. "Okay, I will talk to her. Thanks for being an listening ear."

"No problem." Drake said with a smile.

As Nix gets up and leaves, Drake turns back to the table, only to see that all the burgers were gone, and Spyro and Cynder were laying on their backs with slightly bloated bellies.

"Really guys?" Drakes asked, getting sheepish looks from the dragons.

Later that, everyone regrouped near the airship.

"That Shnurgle shank was killer!" Tawna stated.

"Ugh, strewth! Who cooked it?! Heat was too high. S'why it was all rubbery inside. Subpar grill marks, too." Dingodile complained.

"Can we not talk about eating Shnurgle?" Drake asked as he points at Prill, who was hiding behind his legs. "You're scaring Prill."

"I liked the pickled wumpa leaves." Coco said, getting a groan from Dingodile.

Drake, Chris, Spyro, Cynder, and Aku Aku, meanwhile, looked at Nix and Coco, who were holding hands.

"I'm curios, Chris. Do you have someone you're in a relationship with?" Drake asked.

Chris digs into his shirt pocket and pulls a small flag. The flag had four colors, with the top being black, the second being grey, the third being white, and the bottom being purple.

It was the flag of Asexuality.

"Oh... you're..." Drake said in a surprised tone.

"Asexual? Yes, Chris isn't interest in seeing anyone beyond a platonic way." Aku Aku said as Chris puts the flag away. "Plus, he isn't really interesting in romance to begin with."

"Well. Asexual or not, you're still my friend." Drake said, getting a smile and a thumbs-up from Chris.

While this was happening, Cortex, who was starting at Kupuna-Wa for a bit, gets an idea.

"Cortex, you CAD! Why did you not see it before? Muahahaha!" He said to himself before pulling out his ray gun and zaps Kupuna-Wa, catching her in some sort of white ray. He then runs to his airship.

The rest give chase, with Drake turning into Dragnarok and Chris turning into Bandicoot.

However, they were to late as the airship takes off.

Three pieces of cargo fell from the ship only to get knocked away by Tawna, Dingodile, and Nix.

The three then boost Bandicoot, Coco, and Dragnarok into the air, sending them flying into the open docking bay of the airship.

"Give him hell!" Tawna cheered as Aku Aku and the rest of the Quantum Masks followed.

The three soon reached the deck of the airship, where they find Cortex, who still had Kupuna-Wa in his grasp.

"There's another way I can break this cycle of endless fighting between us." Cortex said as the heroes glared at him. "I can go back to where it started... I can undo my greatest failure!"

Bandicoot raises an eyebrow, not understanding. Coco gives him a flat look.

"He means you, Bandicoot." She whispered, causing Bandicoot to gasp and gain a hurt look while Dragnarok glares at the scientist.

Cortex just laughs as he harnesses Kupuna-Wa's power to open a massive rift, one big enough for his airship to fly through.

"Bye-bye, bandicoots and dragon!" Cortex taunted as a massive gust of wind sends the three heroes flying backwards through the airship, leaving the them dangling out of the docking bay at the back. The ship proceeds through the rift, into the past.

And that's that!

Looks like Cortex is not finished yet, as he's going into the past to stop Bandicoot's creation. The true final battle awaits.

So yeah, I used this section to give a bit of info on Nix's relationship with Coco, as well as Chris' sexual orientation.

Anyway, hoped you all enjoyed, and I'll see you next time.