*Chapter 1: A True Mastermind of Evil*

Evil laughter fills in the thin air as the blue light soars up in the blue sky. The voice is so deep and monstrous, and it sends birds flying away in fear. Whatever came out of the temple, it must be evil.

"Free...at last." The voice chuckled darkly.

XX

One week later...

The bandicoots are outside of their house with Polar and Aku Aku. Crash is running around with Polar with a tennis ball. Coco is busy with her laptop and Aku Aku floats by the house, listening to the singing birds and hear Crash's laughter as he fell down to the grass and Polar playfully tackles him. The mask smiles at the sight of them. Polar licks Crash's face, and chase the ball after the bandicoot threw it. As the cub goes after the ball, one of the butterflies lands on his little black nose. Polar shook the butterfly off of him, and began to chase it instead. Crash laughed at the sight of his pet chasing the butterfly.
Suddenly, evil laughter is heard in the air. Coco looks up from her laptop in confusion. Crash and Polar stopped what they are doing and look up at the clear sky, hearing the demonic laughter. Once it dies, Coco turned to Aku Aku who has a horrified look on his face.

"What was that?" She asked.

"It...it cannot be!" Aku Aku spoke. "Uka Uka is free!"

"Who?" Coco asked.

"Evil...great evil has come." Aku Aku went in the house with fear in his gold eyes. Coco followed him, wanting to know what is going on. Crash and Polar followed Coco inside the house. Crash closes the door behind him and walk in the living room to see Aku Aku staring into space. Coco is asking the mask who is this Uka Uka. Aku Aku finally faces the bandicoots and the polar bear.

"Children, Uka Uka is very bad news." He said. "He is...my twin brother."

"Huh?" Crash wondered, cocking his head to the side.

"You had a brother?" Coco asked. The bandicoots sat on the rug, facing the ancient mask, wanting to know more about Uka Uka. "You never mention him." Coco spoke. "How evil is he?"

"You have no idea." Aku Aku replied. "You see, I locked him in the temple eons ago when...we were mortals. He nearly destroyed our home, our people. I have no other choice but to lock him away with my powers."

"So...does he become a mask like you since he's free now?" Coco asked.

"I believe so." Aku Aku replied quietly. "Now children, you stay here and never go outside. I'm afraid that Uka Uka might attack you if he sees you. I must find him and see where he is at now." With that, he teleported from the living room. Polar whimpered a bit, feeling worried. Crash petted him, telling him everything is okay for now. But there is a new enemy out there.

"Gee, we just saved the world, and now we have to save it again." Coco sighed, resting her chin on her knees. Crash touched her shoulder, giving her a smile. He defeated Cortex twice, and he will stop this Uka Uka guy along with Aku Aku. He can save the world again if he had to. Coco returned the smile. "Well, at least Dr. Cortex wasn't involved into this. Sure he has nothing to do with this, right?"

In a different warp room that happens to be a time-twister, there is Dr. Cortex on his knees, looking up at the ancient mask that is dark, and very evil looking. No other than Uka Uka himself. He has gold eyes, three bones on him but two are hanging on each side of the mask, red and yellow lines on the forehead below the bone, and a brown beard.

"None have dared to fail the Great Uka Uka even once." The demonic mask spoke. "But you, Cortex, you failed me TWICE!"

"Great Uka Uka, it wasn't my fault! It was that bandicoot! He ruined everything!" Cortex protested, feared by Uka Uka's tone that could kill.

"From deep inside my temple prison, I sent you simple instructions to follow. But you lost the gems, you lost the crystals, AND I HAVE LOST MY PATIENCE! There is now no other power source left on this planet."

"I know. We have a few unfortunate...setbacks." Cortex says uneasy. Uka Uka glared at him.

"And failed! But, since your bumbling has managed to set me free, I am feeling...generous." The mask said. Cortex looked up at him. "There is still a way to amass the power needed to enslave this miserable planet, and this time..." He paused when strange figures come out of the shadows. A blue skinned man wearing gold and silver metal armor with clocks on him, holding a big tuning fork. And next to him a strange pink egg-shaped creature with a claw on a right hand. "THIS TIME, THE GREAT UKA UKA WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO IT RIGHT!"

"And who are they?" Cortex asked, standing up straight. The blue man came up to him.

"I am Dr. Nefarious Tropy, master of time and quantum technology. Uka Uka has summoned us and want us to aid you. And this here..." He gestures a pink creature who smirks. "This is Dr. N. Trance, master of hypnotism. He is a good old friend of mine from the 5th Dimension." The egg cyborg bowed his had to Cortex.

"Pleasure to meet you, Dr. Neo Cortex." He said, extending his hand out. Cortex shook it, and shook N. Tropy's. "So, you seem to have rodent problems, eh?"

"Bandicoots, yes." Cortex corrected. "Now, since the Mighty Uka Uka has been freed, we need figure out a way to find those gems and crystals. And...as for the crystals, they are lost in space, thanks to Crash Bandicoot."

"You don't to worry about those. We could use my Time Twister Machine here to look for them from the past." N. Tropy said with a smirk. "Oh, and while we were heading over, N. Trance and I have some presents for you..." Cortex looked over to see Dingodile and N. Gin drag four female mutant orange bandicoots in the light. They are struggling from the ropes they are tied in. One has blonde hair, one has green hair, one has black hair, and the last has sky blue hair.

"Your new assistants..." N. Trance spoke with a evil grin. "You will have the bandicoot minions who will work for you."

"More minions we have, more powerful we are." N. Tropy said. Cortex let out a chuckle.

"How interesting. My, do they look...lovely!" He sees the blonde head bandicoot sneering at him.

"Let us go, you freaks!" She spoke. Dingodile chuckled at her. "You will never get away with this! We are innocent!"

"Trust us, our sister is a fighter." The black haired bandicoot said with a look in her eyes. Uka Uka turned to Cortex.

"There is more, Cortex." He said. "The crystals and gems aren't the only ones we have to find. There are three Time Relics somewhere between time and space. We need them to control time. Not only we will rule one world, we can rule the past! We will be legendary!" Cortex clapped his hands with delight. Now that is something he never thought of before. It's a brilliant plan.

"How wonderful! Now, off to my lair." Cortex said. "The bandicoots will be under our control. Crash and Coco won't a stand a chance against them or us." Uka Uka teleported him and the others away from the warp room. Little did they know, Aku Aku was watching from the shadows. He is horrified by this.

"I can't believe this. Dr. Cortex has been working for my evil brother all this time." He said. "Now they took those innocent bandicoots to mind control them. I know what I must do." He disappeared from the warp room to get back to the bandicoots to warn them about this.

Crash is eating a Wumpa fruit while Polar is napping on a green pillow and Coco is sitting by the table, waiting for Aku Aku to return. Then, the mask appeared in the living room, calling the bandicoots to come in the room. Crash and Coco came over to him, eager to hear what he found out.

"Children, it turns out that Dr. Cortex has been working for Uka Uka since the beginning." Aku Aku said. "But that's not all. There are two doctors that Uka Uka have summoned. One is the master of time and technology, and the other is the master of hypnotism. And they have mutant female bandicoots to mind control them."

"That's awful!" Coco said. "How do we stop them?"

"We must use the Time Twister that Dr. N. Tropy has invented. They are looking for the crystals and gems by time travel. And we have to look for those Time Relics." Aku Aku said. "Now that we know we must stop them to save time, we must gather allies to help us!"

Crash, Coco, Polar, and Aku Aku left the house together to find friends in order to help them save the world and time. They must gather Brio, Natalie, and Penta. Crash never thought he could travel through time to gather the crystals and gems, but he sure is excited about it. It reminded him of the movie he watched with Coco about a teen time traveling by using the doctor's DeLorean. But that's just a movie, this is real. This time travelling could be different. Still, Crash is looking forward to it. Another adventure awaits.