Bandicoot Within

A/N: Hey, Crash fans. Sorry I didn't do any Crash story lately apart from Bandicoot Hearts 1 and 2 in Games X-Over. Anyway, this story takes place after Crash of the Titans. And I was wondering if this story should be interesting or not. Anyway, please enjoy, and R&R.

Chapter 1: Evil in you?

Wumpa Island. An island of the north east of South Africa. On there, a battle between good and evil has ended with the evil's robot failed to destroy the island.

One day, the hero, Crash Bandicoot was just coming home with a pile of chopped up wood in his arms. He has became more older now. His hair has grown and he now wore sandals instead of boots. He can finally speak now (since he said the word pancakes, Coco had taught him how to talk). He looked at the ocean and sighed.

"Man. I can't believe Spyro and Von Clutch are coming here today" said Crash "it's been a while since I seen them." He looked at the logs "well, I had lots of time left…" he put down the logs gently and laid down on the sand. "I can't catch some sun while I get some sleep."

As Crash closed his eyes, thinking he would dream of Wumpa fruit.

However, this is not what he dreamt of.

It was pinch dark in his dream and there were fire all over the place. No person or animal or object is in sight.

"What the…? What is this place?" Crash said in his dream.

Then all of a sudden, a mysterious figure emerges from the fire. He looked like Crash expect he has spikes on his shoulders. He has red eyes. He has claws with blood on them. He smiled evilly with sharp teeth. Then flash of lighting came and the person revealed to be Crash himself.

"W…Who are you?" asked Crash.

"Who am I? I am the one who you suppose to be" smirked the evil Crash.

"No. It's not true!" Crash said.

"Oh but it is." The evil Crash said "I am the monster that has been boiling up in you. I am giving you an offer. Become a part of me, and we shall turn this world into darkness."

"I'll never do that!" Crash snapped "I'll never help you!"

"Fool. Resistant is futile. Become part of me when you get angry and then we shall take over this pathetic universe."

"Never… NEVER!!!"

Crash woke up in shock and sweat.

"Oh man. An nightmare. But it seems so real" Crash said as he put his hand over his eyes and panted. "Is this what will happen if I turned evil? I need to talk to Aku Aku." He stood up and picked up the logs and continued walking.

As he soon as he got home, Coco is on her lap top and Crunch is doing push ups. He went straight to Aku Aku, who is on his deck chair.

"Hey, Aku?" Crash asked.

Aku Aku woke up. "Huh? Oh. What is it, Crash?"

"Do you think I may turn evil?" asked Crash. This cause Coco to stop typing and Crunch fell on his chest.

"What make you say that, Crash?" asked Aku Aku.

"Well… I had this dream, but it seemed so real" Crash said. "What more. I had a feeling that something inside me wants to come out and cause chaos."

"Don't worry, Crash" Coco said "it's just a dream. None of it is real."

"But it seemed so real" Crash said.

"Crash" Aku Aku said "I think I know what was going on. You were created by the Elvo-Ray. Some of it's evil entered into you. You must fight it, Crash. Do not get angry, no matter what happens."

"I'll try" Crash said.

"Speaking of evil, we got trouble" Crunch said as he looked in the sky.

A huge blimp with an N on it came towards them.

"Oh great. Not him again" Crash groaned.

Then a microphone came in from below and the voice of Crash's arch nemesis Dr Neo Cortex is heard.

"Is… is this thing on?"

"For the last time, Cortex. It IS!" the voice of his boss, Uka Uka said.

"Sorry Uka Uka. Now where am I? Ah yes. Haha! I'm back again! This time you will surrender to Cortex!" Cortex said.

"You haven't your lesson haven't you?" Crash snapped.

"Don't you ever give up?" Crunch asked "we beat you about 12 times already."

"True. You did do it. But this time, I got some hostages".

Suddenly, the bottom of the ship came up and two cages came hanging down. The bandicoots and Aku Aku gasped. Pasadena O'Possum and Spyro the Dragon are in those cages.

"Help!" Pasadena cried.

"Crash! Help!" Spyro cried.

"Pasadena! Spyro!" Coco gasped.

"Cortex…" Crash snarled "if you do any harm to them…"

"Crash, your anger…" Coco reminded him.

"I'm sure these will entertain you" Cortex said as he dropped some mutants from the blimp and they landed on their feet. "I'm off to do some evil things. Ta-ta!" And the blimp flew away.

"Come back here!" Crunch snapped.

"Crash, you do remember how to jack the mutants right?" Aku Aku asked.

"Yeah" Crash said "let's do it, Aku!"

Crash used Aku Aku to jack one of the mutants and killed the other mutants. With Coco and Crunch riding alongside behind him, Crash drove the mutant to the temple where Crash and Aku Aku found Cortex and Uka Uka stealing the mojo.

"There they are!" Crunch said pointing to the blimp.

"They are at it again" Coco said.

"So Cortex and Uka Uka are stealing all the mojo from the temple again?" Crash asked "I'm sure we put the mojo back in there."

"Yes. And now they are stealing them again. They're not planning to repair the Doominator like last time."

"If they do, then I guess we got to stop them again" Crash said.

"That's right. Hurry Crash!"

They ditched the mutant they used and entered the temple.

As they came into the hallway, the staircase leading to Cortex is already up.

"Come on!" Crunch said "let's go kick some Cortex…"

"GAAAHHH!"

"Crash?" Crunch turned to face him as did Coco and Aku Aku.

Crash was clutching his stomach and bending to one knee.

He heard the evil Crash's voice in his head.

"Come on, Crash. It's useless to resist. Become me and we crush those who stand in our way."

"You… again? I told you… before… I won't do that!"

"You imbecile. I told you. You can't change your destiny."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

"Crash! Snap out of it!" Coco and Crunch shouted as Crash came back to his senses.

"Huh? What?"

"You were in pain and you're talking to yourself. What's wrong?" Coco asked.

"I do" Aku Aku said sadly "the evil inside Crash is building. It's not just anger it wants. It wanting to control Crash's body. Fight it, Crash. There's no other choice then to fight it."

Crash stood up again. "I'll try."

"Good. Now let's get going. Pasadena and Spyro needs our help" said Aku Aku.

And they climbed up the stairs towards the top.

To be continued…

A/N: Well, that's chapter 1. I'll come back soon. That would be a promise. See ya.