Crash Twinsanity – the Full Uncut Edition

Hey fanfic readers and welcome to the third part of Crash Twinsanity: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. (Get the reference? ;-))

In this part, Crash Bandicoot finds his reluctant ally, Doctor Neo Cortex after a pair of strange birds had previously removed his brain by force. What follows is a series of events that transpires from a swarm of bees stinging Cortex to him getting captured by the island's local tribespeople and enslaved in their Native Village.

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Playable: Crash, Crash & Cortex

Once again I do not own Crash Bandicoot, Crash Twinsanity and the characters.

Chapter 3: The Awakening of Tikimon (Totem Hokum)

Crash heads back into the jungle and finds Cortex cowering in a clearing.

"You have to help me Crash. You heard them. They want to destroy our island home. Humiliate you, enslave you and steal my brain!" He worries.

"How I envy the simple life of the tribesfolk…" He gestures to Papu Papu, the chief of the native tribespeople, who is nearby doing a belly dance for his tribe. "The noble boar…" A boar runs by them. And then something else is buzzing near a flower. "The humble bumble bee…" Of course, the bee - along with a swarm of others attack his head, stinging him as he wails in pain. At this, Crash looks mildly bewildered.

Because of the sheer stinging, Cortex is now running blindly along a path where tribal spike artefacts lay, venus fly traps ready to snap at anything, man-sized traps and Nitro crates. Crash clears the way of Neo the best he can. Unfortunately for Cortex, a beehive also gets stuck on his head and even more bees come at him, and then a bear comes after him, craving for some honey.

At the end of the carnage, Cortex bumps into the fat belly of Papu Papu who – in his native language – orders his tribesmen to capture the scientist and take him to their village on the outer rim of N. Sanity Island.

Crash follows the way they went and makes his way upriver towards the village, all the while avoiding tribesmen guards that are looking out for intruders from watchtowers.

Crash enters the village. The area features many tiki straw houses, a small stream flowing through it with two dead fish and a crab hanging above it, livestock corrals with wild boars inside, Papu Papu's own special hut on a hilltop, (Where the tribal chief is having a nap.) and finally just outside his house; the settlement's totem pole which Cortex is strapped to the top, presumably for some kind of sacrifice ritual to the tribespeople's gods. Crash spots Cortex who is trying all his might to seize a crystal that's above him out of reach.

Body slamming an invasive worm, Crash gradually follows the beast's holes throughout the community to where the doctor is held and grabs the crystal and saves Cortex, destroying the totem pole in the progress. Crash falls on a path in the jungle while Cortex, still strapped to a piece of the pole rolls down the stream struggling to get free. Papu Papu appears, furious at the orange marsupial and orders his tribesmen to pursue Crash.

After the chase, Crash escapes the pursuers and wonders down to a small farm where he encounters Cortex conversing with an emu known as Farmer Ernest.

"Oh Crash…" He says with a doubtful voice. "The farmers' market is tomorrow, and my wumpa trees won't grow, for my orchid is riddled with greedy worms. If you rid my land of these pests I'll give you this Power Crystal."

Unimpressed, Cortex blasts the heck out of the poor emu, knocking him out cold and simply takes the crystal.

"I'm an evil scientist, what do you expect? This isn't a game." He states.

Using Cortex like a mallet Crash is able to fend off the invaders. Once their all gone, wumpa trees grow out of the holes and the duo use them to scale the cliff leading up to N. Sanity Mountain. Approaching the head of an ancient totem god, Crash and Cortex look above and see the Evil Twins who are sitting in floating chairs each with a drink and a box of popcorn.

"I tell ya, you boys have been doing swell just swell. Anyhow, we've been taking in the sights of N. Sanity Island here. Nice digs. So much to see, so much to destroy! You got the Native Village, the Lava Caves, the totem gods!"

"Yeah, back in the Tenth Dimension we don't have anything near as nice as the totem gods, the vivid colors, intercut carving, you know… it's almost as if their alive… hehehe!"

Crash and Cortex look at each other with uncertainty.

All of a sudden, Tikimon the totem god opens its eyes and growls.

"Yeah, almost exactly as if their alive."

With that, Tikimon rises from the ground and reveals the rest of its towering figure. It attempts to crush the bandicoot and scientist with its fists. It also goes partway underground and tries to surprise them by flattening them down. By opening its massive mouth it can also summon totem minions to attack them. However this gives Crash the perfect opportunity to launch Cortex into the giant's mouth. This makes it chock and promptly spits Cortex back out. During Tikimon's next phases, it includes a laser attack from the eyes. Then in its final stage, when it opens the mouth, Tikimon also launches a fireball so Crash must be quick to throw Cortex down its throat.

Tikimon is brought down to its knees and the Evil Twins are not amused.

"Aw, nuts!"

"There's nuts?!" One of them excitedly asks.

"Well, you gave it your best shot. But even now our 'Vice-Versa Reverser Device' is in operation, sucking the goodness out of this dimension, and leaving behind the worst of all possible worlds. We just like making a mess." He says, referencing Tikimon's demise.

The fly in the sky from before has appeared and unzips, inside we can see interdimensional space to unknown galaxies. The Evil Twins prepare to leave.

"See you around losers. Heh heh… say, is it lunchtime yet?" They fly through it and it zips up again.

Cortex is stroking his beard in deep thought.

"Tenth Dimension. Yes, Yes! In the dark ocean of my intellect swims a magnificent whale of a plan. To the Laboratory!"

The camera cuts to an exterior shot of Neo's Iceberg Lab.

"We're not beaten yet, the game is on!"

End of Chapter Three. Next time; Crash and Cortex journey to the Iceberg Lab, the doctor gets into a disagreement with his penguin minions and the duo come across a very fiery mask.