It was supposed to be a typical day on the island. Crash Bandicoot had once again defeated his arch nemesis,Dr. Neo Cortex. But things went from typical to strange in under ten minutes. Crash and Cortex had wounded up underground, face-to-face with a strange drill. It was unlike anything they had ever seen. The drill had a strange pilot and passengers too. These strange looking robotic ants came out and started to attack them. Crash had fended them off and the drill had went down back into the came over to Crash, power crystal in hand. Crash could tell Cortex was terrified. And honestly, the bandicoot didn't blame him.

When the two finally got to the beach,that's when the day turned strange. They had called themselves the Evil Twins. They were unlike anything Crash had ever seen before. The only experience he had was defeating Cortex. The weird part of it was, they had threatened him too. Cortex was frightened, rightfully so. Crash vowed that he would do his best against the new threat.

He eyed the evil doctor and told him,"But I can't do this alone."

Cortex gave him a frightened, yet knowing look. He stammered, "Y – you want me to help you?"Crash nodded, making Cortex pale. He added, "B – but you and I both know that I am no hero..."

"You don't have to be. I just need you to help me," Crash pleaded.

Cortex looked unsure and he did for a good while. The two had made their way to Iceberg Lair and managed tofind and free Uka-Uka. Aku-Aku had pleaded to his twin to help and to everyone's surprise, he had agreed. So Cortex followed suite.

"Alright... I'll do it," Cortex finally agreed.

Crash raised an eyebrow and asked,"What made you change your mind?"

Cortex looked up at the picture of his niece, Nina Cortex, as he sighed sadly. He finally answered, "I guess I just want to do the right thing..."

When they came back from N. Gin's battleship, they saw Coco waiting for them. Crash told her what was going on, shocking her.

She breathed, "Wait... someone else is threatening the islands?"

Cortex didn't know what it was but something about that statement bothered him. He thought, 'She's right, I should be the one doing the threatening and not them. They have the big nerve to accuse me of ruining their lives! Well then, I should be the one that ruins their plans!'

It wasn't long after that they had gotten Nina that Cortex started to work on his plan. Crash had gathered up: Crunch, Polar, and Pura. While he did that, Nina had gathered up: N. Gin, N. Brio, N. Tropy, Tiny, and Dingodile. They had told them everything that was going to happen. Everyone agreed to put their differences aside and got to work. Coco was on her laptop after putting on her old overalls. She was typing like mad, trying to figure out how the Resera Revesa Device worked.

Crash turned to his sister, seeing the look on her face. He admitted, "I don't like that look..."

She sighed sadly and started to explain, "The device is a nuclear pulse. If I don't disable it by the time it blows, it will destroy..."

That's when Cortex interrupted and asked, "Blah blah blah. We know the gory details. The question is:can you disable it?"

Coco shot him a nasty look, "I was getting to that!" She turned to her brother and added, "I can't seem to shut it down from here. Someone needs to go down there and turn it off manually."

Cortex got an idea and smirked was his chance. Crash had everyone evacuate the lair to find bunkers. Coco turned to her brother, her facial features pale as a ghost.

Crash saw her look and muttered, "I hate that look worse..."

Coco admitted, "Crash... this pulse... if it isn't stopped it will destroy the world!"

Crash paled. Cortex walked over to them, obvious to the fact of what Coco had told Crash. He told them,"I'll go."

Crash and Coco both turned to him, in shock. Neither of them were believing their ears. Cortex was going to save them all? It sounded so uncharacteristic of him. Crash asked,"You will?"

Cortex answered, "I think it will be better if I at least tried to turn off it manually."

Coco breathed in awe, "Can you read those symbols?"

Cortex looked at her laptop's screen for a moment and then answered modestly, "I can't but if we don't take this chance, everyone is going to be evaporated." That's when Crash and Coco both grimaced. They knew he was right. Cortex pleaded,"Let me go down. If I fail, at least the rest of you will be safe."

Crash started to say, "Cortex..."

Coco quickly made up her mind and nodded in agreement. Cortex headed off to get a radiation suit,smirking darkly. He grabbed up the orange one, his heart starting to beat fast. He knew that he had to pull this off right. He then placed a helmet on his head and went out to the two bandicoots.

He instructed, "Alright I'll start heading down there."

Crash pleaded, "At least let me go with you."

Cortex questioned, "And leave your sister alone without you? The island might need a hero if I fail, you know. So you stay and make sure that everyone is safe."

Crash frowned but nodded in that, Cortex headed into the tenth dimension all by himself.

Minutes seemed to passed by so long, it had become a whole hour that Cortex had gone. Crash and Coco were both on pins and needles. They heard a low rumbling coming from the tenth dimension. Coco looked on the camera feed and paled.

She yelled, "CRASH!"

Before anyone could react, the pulse had released into their dimension. The last thing Coco remembered was the Psychroton powering down as she fell to the ground.

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Meanwhile, in London, Nacey Cortex was walking down the street to get back to her home. That's when she heard a scream. She turned on her heel and saw something coming towards her location. It was a yellow beam. She started to run. She had no idea what was going on but all she knew was that she had to run. She heard a small cry of terror. She looked to her right and saw a little boy. She stopped running and went towards him, picking him up the small boy. She tucked him into her coat and tried to run again. That was until she saw that the beam had caught up to fell to the ground, the boy safe and sound in her coat...

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The world had become a total rustland... All thanks to Cortex...

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Wishmaker1028: And there we have it! Inspired by the Rustland characters in this Grand Prix of Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled. I hope to continue to work on this so stay tuned! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!