A Twinsane Wedding

Love works in mysterious ways, but it's especially strange if you've been bitter enemies for so long. They say that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Of course, sometimes the person you hate the most almost always ends up being 'the one' you're destined to be with. In some cases, you just have to give it a chance, and see where it leads.

Prologue

Coco paced around the lab frantically, her eyes wide and her face was glazed over with worry. Nina walked over to the control panel on the computer to see if she could untangle this mess. Her uncles plan to use the Psychetron to do away with Crash had malfunctioned, and instead of permanently banishing him back to the 10th dimension for good, the evil scientist had been zapped and transported into Crash's brain.

In Cortex's opinion, it was the worst and absolute last place he ever wanted to be. It was like a horrible nightmare come to life, with about a hundred Crash Bandicoots all doing the famous victory dance in synch. But Cortex was sure he would be out soon enough. Even though she wasn't evil, he had every ounce of confidence in his niece. Currently, everything was riding on her shoulders.

"W-what are we going to do?" Coco looked tword the goth girl who was busy looking for a way to reverse the Psychetron. "Crash, stay there on that platform and don't move, we'll find a way to fix all this." Of course, in his sisters general opinion of Neo Cortex, he did kind of deserve this.

He had stunned Coco with his newly rebuilt ray gun, and stole her clothes to impersonate her, and trick Crash into following him right into a trap to finish him off (which sadly did not pan out as expected), so what was the harm in leaving him in there? A smirk came over her face as she thought about that idea. No, she didn't want any part of Cortex, all she wanted right now was him out of Crash's head.

Pushing the evil plan out of her mind, Coco strolled over to Nina. "Any luck?" She wondered. The other girl shook her head no and began to pace the floor. "Darn, well anyone else got any bright ideas?" The bandicoot wondered. "Aku Aku?" The good side of the Aku Uka brothers was looking at a device on Cortex's work bench.

Uka Uka floated tword him, even though a thought was running through him. If the Evil Twins were still alive, he could still, and would have delivered Dr. Cortex straight to them for revenge. But, luckily for Cortex, his pet parrots Victor and Moritz has been devoured by Evil Crash. However, the scientist didn't know about their gruesome end at the hands of the feral bandicoot on Twinsanity Island.

"Coco, Nina, I think I found the answer to help us in our little predicament." The witch doctor answered.

"Well, what is it feathers? Tell us." Nina urged, as she followed the bandicoot over to him. She wanted her uncle freed just as much as Coco. She could care less about Crash though.

The magical tiki mask gestured tword Cortex's work station which was littered with blueprints for new weapons, multiple tools, notes and other items. Amongst the little hodgepodge of stuff, the group found a sticky note stuck onto a portable tape recorder. Nina picked it up and read the note, 'Record for later and play back anytime I need to remember how to reverse this machine.'

Coco turned to Crash who was juggling Wumpa Fruit, then back to Nina, "well, what are you waiting for? Press play! She demanded.

"Alright, alright, hold your horses." Pressing the button, this is what they heard,

"Better take note of this just to be safe. And also so I don't forget, ok note to self, if the Psychetron needs to be thrown into reverse, unscrew the panel located at the top of the machine, open it up and flip the red switch from forward back to reverse. Remember, the red switch, not the blue button right next to it. The blue button is a self destruct feature. Hold up, now that I'm thinking about it, doesn't the red button almost always mean bad news? Woah woah, hold the phone, why would I even install a button like that on here in the first place?! What was I even thinking?! Dang it! Nice going Cortex!"

Everyone shook their heads at that remark. That was Dr. Cortex for you, never taking a second glance at what he was doing.

"Ok, ignore that last part, just again, flip the red switch. I've tested it on an apple I sent through it and it came back just fine. Of course, a human or mutant would be a whole different story. Hold on a second...

I've done it! I tested this on another crazed kangaroo and success, I've managed to teleport it from here, to the 10th dimension and then back again, all without fail or mishap. So again, just hit the reverse switch if you want to beam something back into this dimension, of if you just want to throw it into reverse to see if only that or something different will happen.

Cortex out.' With that, the tape ended.

"Do you really think a reverse switch will work?" Aku Aku asked, now looking slightly scared as Coco climbed up and threw the switch. "Cause if you remember correctly, this machine malfunctioned. Oh wait. I've got a solution." A light began eminatting from him and in a snap the machine was fully repaired. "Nina?" He asked. Nina recalled what had happened earlier when they had to get this working. Raising her hand, she banged the side of the panel and it started up.

Crash blinked and looked up as bright lights flashed and the machine began to hum and spin. The same flash that had blinded Cortex spread over the bandicoot. A small electrical shockwave spread over his body. It disappeared in an instant after hitting him. He looked quizzically over at everyone, who shrugged their shoulders and scratched their heads.

"Do you think it worked? Cause I..." Coco's sentence was cut short as the white light returned to where her brother was standing. She jumped down off the machine and ran for safety in case something went wrong, while Crash backed up against the wall to get away. Everyone shielded their eyes to avoid being blinded. When it died down, a figure laid there on the ground. Nina shut down the Psychetron and joined the group.

Everyone was amazed with the results. Finally something that Cortex said actually worked. "Nice going team." Aku Aku commented.

Dr. Cortex groaned as he hauled himself to his feet. He then felt himself from head to toe. The scientist was amazed, he was completely unharmed. "Yes, I'm unharmed! Woo hoo!" He turned around to find Crash and the rest of them staring right at him. Their eyes wide and their mouths hanging open in complete shock. "Thank you, Nina, you're a good neice." He brushed himself off, not even acknowledging Coco or the others who had brought him back, "I knew installing a reverse switch was a good idea. Now I can get back to...' Cortex trailed off as soon as he saw Crash with his usual happy smile. A feeling of rage came over him. "YOU! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" The man seethed.

He took a jump at the marsupial who dropped the fruit and started to run, but Coco grabbed him and held him back. "Boys please, let's not go at each others throats now. Cortex as much as I wanted to leave you inside my brothers brain, I just couldn't. You two need to sort out your issues asap. Lucky for you, I happen to know someone in the Native Village in Totem Hokum who could help. Here's his card, now go and work this out."

"But I, he..." Cortex started to say.

"Now!'' She snapped, causing Cortex to flinch in terror. "Geez, you haven't been here for 30 seconds and you're ready to kill my brother?! Get out!" The doctor groaned, took the card and Coco, along with Nina pushed them tword the door.

"Wow, your sister's touchy." Cortex noted as him and Crash walked out the door and stepped onto the platform to take them down to the bottom. Which was their only exit and entrance both into and out of Iceberg Lab, since the button refused to cooperate with Cortex. "I guess there's no avoiding this. And fyi, she scares me." Crash nodded his head in agreement. That was one item on a very short list of things they actually agreed on.

They headed down tword the boat that sat waiting to take Crash back to N. Sanity Island. "Let's just get this over with." Cortex grumbled as the unlikely pair boarded the vessel, and set off back to Totem Hokum.

A/N

Hey all, guess what? I'm back from the dead, and no I'm not a zombie. Lol. XD I've just been on a hiatus for almost two years. But I'm back now. And, my mistake, welcome all you newcomers. I've been drumming up ideas for this story I've wanted to write for a long time. I've seen signs to do it and I finally am. It's based off of an old 2004 ad for Crash Twinsanity. What were the developers thinking? What's funnier is that I only got into Crash Bandicoot like two years ago. I also beat Crash Twinsanity 12 times in less than a year. So, I must be insane. XD

This is also my idea of what happened between the ending cutscene and the 100 % video for the NSTC version of this game. A little look as to how I think Cortex got free and when they started therapy. As for the whole Psychetron thing, I just thought I'd add a little humor into the mix. Or try to anyway. :P And yes, the self destruct button on the machine, got some inspiration from Phineas and Ferb. And yes, I know I reversed the colors. Just to mix it up a little. I am so bad.

Alright well, we'll see just how far I can take this story. Until next time, keep smiling! I'll have a co host for the rest of the story hopefully by the next chapter.