KittyCootsReturnofOxide

Crash Bandicoot 5: The Return of Oxide

The golden sun peaked the ocean horizon and shone benevolently over the
island, all was serene and peaceful. Far away, over the deep blue waters
flashed a silver streak that disappeared instantaneously and left the sky as
calm and quiet as before.

Scene I: Later that morning at Crash's house...

As usual, at the Bandicoot residence, Coco is up early preparing breakfast
and Crash is fast asleep in his cozy bed. Pura is sitting by the kitchen
stove licking his paw, while Coco is sitting at the kitchen table looking up
a recipe for wumpa fruit oatmeal on her laptop.

Coco: Let's see, we'll need 4cups of oatmeal mix, 2 fresh sliced wumpa fruit,
1 cup of milk and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Pura licked his chops and purred
happily. Just as Coco was scrolling down the screen her laptop suddenly
bleeped and the screen went black!

Coco: Oh nuts! The battery couldn't have gave up the ghost already, I put a
new one in just last night! Suddenly, from the darkness of the computer
screen an image appeared from the shadows. Coco gasped in horror, the face of
Nitrous Oxide grinned evilly and laughed. Oxide: So you rotten vermins
thought you saw the last of me, eh? Heh, heh, heh, well now you've found out
that Nitrous Oxide never backs down from a challenge. You pesky earthlings
thought you had me beat, but I, Oxide, will prove once and for all that I AM
the fastest racer in the whole galaxy. With the help of my new secret weapon
I shall finally win and turn your entire globe into a concrete parking lot
and make you my slaves! Heh, heh, heh! Meet me at Cortex Castle 7:00 p.m.
tonight for the exhibition race for a taste of my new and improved skills!
Get ready to race for your miserable planet! Oxide then disappeared as fast
as he had come and Coco's recipe reappeared on the screen. Coco: Oh Pura!
This is terrible, we gotta warn Crash immediately!

Pura: Mieooooww!

Coco runs to crash's bedroom door and knocks loudly. Coco: Crash, Crash, wake
up Crash there is an emergency! She flings open the door and Crash jumps with
a start. Crash: Whoa!! W'w'what's going on?! Coco: Crash, something really
bad has happened, Nitrous Oxide is back and he's challenged us to another
race for the planet! He came on my laptop and announced his return! Crash,
eyes wide and fur standing on end jumps out of bed and runs into the kitchen
wearing nothing but his red boxers. Crash: Oh, let me at him just let me at
him! Crash pounds his fist on the table and smoothes his hair back. Aku Aku
comes floating out of the living room looking quite worried.) Aku: I'm back
from the store with the milk...Crash, Coco, what's wrong my children? Coco:
Aku, Nitrous Oxide is back, and this time with a secret weapon. He has
challenged us to another race! Aku: Oh no! Don't worry you two, I'm behind
you all the way! Crash: Well, I beat him once and I'll beat him again!

Scene 2: Meanwhile at Cortex's Castle....

We find Cortex and N.Gin in the basement laboratory, standing next to them is
Oxide. Cortex: Mmwaahahahahaha!! Excellent, excellent, finally world
domination shall be mine...er ours! Oxide: Well I did see you as rotten
losers for a time, especially after teaming up with those bandicoots! Yet I
wasn't aware you had reformed until I made this surprise trip back from
Gasmoxia. Oxide glances around the laboratory, they are standing in front of
the large screen of Cortex's main computer. Cortex: (smugly) Well, yes,
naturally I discovered that world domination was my forte, as the saying
goes, if you can't beat them join 'em! Mmwahaha!

Oxide: Puh! our technology on Gasmoxia is far superior to this primeval earth
junk! Cortex: (grinning evilly) Yes, true, I pride myself in being the prime
of evil! N.Gin: Heh, heh, heh, even though it's taken you over 3 times and
you still haven't beat those bandicoots. Cortex: Shut up fool! Oxide: We
shall make further contacts at a later time, for now the time has come to
test drive the X- device! (Cortex, N.Gin and Oxide's laughs echo throughout
the dark laboratory.)

Scene 3...Back at the Bandicoot's

Crash, Coco, Pura, Polar, Baby T, and Aku are rushing about getting ready to
head down to Crash Cove to practice their driving skills before the
exhibition race that evening. Crash: We should hurry so we can beat the heat,
I'm gonna call Tawna! Coco meanwhile is sitting on the living room couch
typing furiously on her laptop. Coco: I'm gonna try and find out if fat head
and his minions got word of the news...Ah ha, I've hacked into Cortex's main
database. He's got the news all right and (gasp) it looks like Cortex has
some evil plans of his own! Polar: Arf! (Yikes!) Pura: mieow! (Ditto!) Baby
T: Grrrr! (Right!) Aku: Hurry my children, to the cove there's no time to
lose! Everyone rushes outside and hops in their karts. Baby T still has more
work to do on his kart, so he can't use his yet. Baby T: Oh no, I don't have
a kart! Just as he spoke, Tawna came driving up in her dark pink, two seater
VW convertible. Tawna: Now you do Rex! Hop in! ( Everyone then takes off to
Crash Cove.)

Scene 4: At Crash Cove...

All of the bad guys are gathered on the beach with their carts ready to
practice their racing skills amongst themselves. The gang includes: Cortex ,
N.Gin, Uka Uka , Tiny, Dingodile, Pinstripe, Papu Papu, Koala Kong, Ripper
Roo, the Komodo Brothers, and Dr. N.Trophy. Pinstripe: Heh, heh, smooth boss!
Them rats don't know we's teamed up wit Oxide! Cortex: Mmhaha, everything is
going according to plan! That moronic alien thinks we're on his side, and
with him as an alley against that infernal bandicoot, I can steal the
X-device from him! The device will speed up the time of whoever is in control
of it! Once it is in our hands there'll be no more waiting for anything!!
Tiny: Huh, ha, ha, ha, ha ha! Dingodile: Do you even know what we're talking
about? Tiny: Uh...duh....no. Dingodile: Then shut your trap!

N.Tropy: For years I've struggled to invent such a device, in working with
the speed of light we have managed to move forward and backwards in time. In
order to speed up time itself, the speed of light would have to be reversed.
N.Gin: Physically impossible! Cortex: Yes, perhaps, but this alien has found
a way to do exactly that! I must have that device!! (Uka Uka turns to
Cortex.) Uka: And this time, Cortex, you will not fail!! Cortex: Y, y yes
master.

Scene 5: Crash's team is entering Crash Cove, in the distance they spot the
familiar crowd of chumps.

Crash: Aw! Just great Coco! You had to pick the Cove to race at! Coco: Me?
Aku mentioned the Cove! Aku floated along behind Crash's kart, the closer
they drove to the beach, the funnier a feeling Aku began to have. Finally, he
spoke. Aku: Uka Uka is here! I can feel it deep down inside me! Crash:
(sarcastically) Ya hoo, this oughta make for some rumble. ( Aku gives him a
stern look.) Crash: Just jokin' Aku, I'm sorry. Aku: That's ok.

Finally, Crash's team reaches Cortex and the gang. Cortex: (in a friendly
voice, forcing a smile) Well, well, well, look who's come to practice racing
with us, if it isn't Crash Bandicoot and his charming friends! ( Crash turns
his head and winks at Coco) Crash: Wow Doc! You really do want to be friends!
Cool, now we can both fight on the same side like we did the last race. (
Cortex mumbles under his breath and Crash smiles.)

Scene 6: At Cortex Castle...

Oxide is standing in the main hall at the back of the castle. He is making a
few last adjustments to his hover craft. Oxide bends down and peers below the
dashboard of his craft. A round object, only a little bigger than a cd in
diameter, sat glowing a bright green. It had a face like a clock front and
had strange foreign symbols on the perimeter of the face. Attached to the
bottom of the device was a long handle with a glowing red button on the end.
Oxide stretched out his long arm and gently touched the device. Oxide: Ah,
yes my beauty, together you and I shall race faster than the speed of light
itself and leave those pesky earth slugs in the dust. Hah! That stupid doctor
thinks that I am on his side. Wait till he finds out that I intend to make
him my zombie slave too! ( Oxide looks at the X-device) Well, he's never
going to find out until it's too late!! Hahahahahah!!!

Scene 7: That evening at Crash's house....

Crash, Coco, Pura, Polar, Baby T, Tawna, and Aku are sitting on the living
room rug by the fire. They are laughing and talking ...

Coco: ( giggles) Wow Crash! That was some racing today! Polar: Arf! arf. (
Yeah, if you race like that tonight you'll beat Oxide for sure! Crash: Um, I
don't know Polar, Oxide claims he has a secret weapon. Coco: All I could find
out about it is that it's called the X-device... and Cortex wants anything to
get his hands on it! Crash: Tell me about it, did you get a load of him
talking today, does he expect me to believe he's not double crossing us? He
used every chance he got to throw a weapon at me! ( They all laugh) Coco: Our
only hope would be to get hold of that device before Cortex or Oxide has a
chance to use it! ( Crash jumps up) Crash: Great idea Coco! You're a genius!
Coco: Good, just remember that next time I ask you to do chores! Aku: Let's
go, there's still two hours before the exhibition race. With this said, they
take off for Cortex Castle. Coco hops on Pura and Crash jumps on Baby T,
Tawna rides on Polar and Aku floats after them.

Upon reaching the castle, the gang soon discovers that the drawbridge is
shut. Tawna: Oh no, look! Crash: Crikeys, so much for the plan, Coco. Coco:
Ah, ah, ah, not so fast big brother, aren't you forgetting about this? ( Coco
holds up her laptop and Crash hops off Baby T and breaks into his dance.)
Crash: Way to go sis! Coco starts typing in the code that will allow her to
hack into the security control devices on the castle. Coco grits her teeth
nervously. Coco: Oh boy! I sure hope this works! A second later the main
drawbridge slowly lowers. Crash hopped back on Rex and the 7 of them slowly
approached the entrance. Aku: I'll go in first and make sure the coast is
clear. ( Aku floated into the castle and found himself in the main lobby.)
Aku: (whispering) Ok everyone coast is clear, follow me. The rest of the gang
entered the castle. It was dimly lit and very gloomy and smelled of dankness.
Tawna: Oh, I don't like it here at all. Crash: I know, but don't worry we'll
be out of here soon. Polar: Arf, arf, arf? (Say, where do you think Oxide is
hiding his hovercraft?) Crash: (thinking for a moment) Hmmm? I got a haunch
he's keeping it at the back of the castle in the racing court. Pura: Meow,
miiew! ( Yeah, I bet that's just where he's hiding it!) Crash: Let's go! (
the group makes their way across the lobby, Aku keeping a sharp lookout.
Bellow in the basement laboratory voices could be heard echoing. They all
listen. Cortex: Oxide, how will we get a chance to use the X-device if it's
stuck in your kart? Oxide: You won't need to use it, I'm the only one who
knows how to use it. I already told you, human, I am the fastest racer, you
just concentrate on keeping ahead of the bandicoot and friends. Cortex:
(angrily) Well that's just fine with me! Wait till I get my hands on Crash!
I'll tie him up and squeeze his scrawny neck until no air can escape! Oxide:
Sure, you do that. Cortex grumbles angrily. Cortex: I need to get more poison
bottles for the race. I think they're upstairs, and I'm to fetch them now!
Oxide mumbles and disregards him. There is a clinking of glass and a rumbling
sound as the elevator began to rise. Aku: RUN!!! Pura, Polar, Baby T made a
mad dash down the corridor with Coco, Tawna, and Crash riding them. Aku
floated behind. Crash: Hurry, we gotta hide or else! Tawna: There!! She
points to a nearby dark stairwell, the gang makes it just in time.

They lay low, out of breath and shaking. They all peer over the top of the
stairwell, they hear footsteps. Coco: Shhhh! duck, here he comes! They all
duck as Cortex walks right past the stairwell. Cortex: (softly to himself)
The fool, he's too trusting for his own good! Now's my chance to nab the
X-device!

Suddenly, Crash felt a tickle up his nose, he twitched it uncomfortably. He
took a breath, ready to sneeze. Baby T: (whispering) No! But it was too late,
Crash sneezed loud enough to grab Cortex's attention. He paused dead in his
tracks, and turned his big head in the direction of the stairwell. Coco:
Smooth move! Were dead now! Aku: Quick, down the stairs! Cortex came stomping
over to the stairs as the gang scrambled away desperately making a bumping
and creaking racket. Cortex: Who goes there? They of course didn't answer.

From in the darkness behind them, hands grabbed their shoulders, and
flashlights suddenly shone in their faces. They all screamed as they came
face to face with Koala Kong, Tiny, Pinstripe and Dingodile. Pinstripe
pointed his Tommy gun in their faces, and Dingodile aimed his flamethrower.
Pinstripe: Ok, rats, we's got you covered! Cortex: (enraged) CRASH
BANDICOOT!!!!!!!!! What are you doing in my castle?!!! Dingodile: Surprise
mates, you fell right into our trap, bet ya didn't know these stairs led to
the minion sleepin' quarters! Tiny: Let's squash them to mush!!!! Cortex
pulled a walkie-talkie out of his pocket and hit a button. Cortex: N.Gin?
N.Gin: ( over the speaker) Yes, boss. Cortex: come downstairs, we have a
little situation on our hands. N.Gin: Yes, boss.

Scene 8: In the Inquisition Chamber....

We find our 7 heroes tied up against wooden boards. Cortex and N.Gin stood
before them. Cortex is holding the Evolvo-Ray, his arms are crossed. Cortex:
Hahahahahaha!!!!! Victory at last! Uka Uka will be pleased! Now you rotten
intruders, you shall pay for your meddling. N.Gin: Why did you come here? Was
it because you wanted the X-device? The gang stares at the evil doctors
silently, and frightened. Cortex: (to Crash) Speak up Bandicoot, or else have
a revisitation of this! He holds up the Ray. N.Gin: Talk or we destroy you!
Crash : (trembling visibly) All right, all right, I admit it!!! I still suck
my thumb! Cortex and N.Gin: (looking at each other confused.) What???

Suddenly, there was a loud bang as the door to the torture chamber flew open!
Standing in the doorway, with a ray gun pointed at the doctors was Oxide
himself! Oxide: Unhand my slaves! Cortex: Your slaves?!!! Why you impudent
scum!! His face turned beet red. Oxide: Temper, temper!! N.Gin was steamed,
literally! N.Gin: ( pointing his finger at Oxide) ATTACK!!!!!! From behind
him an army of cyborgs started shooting rays at Oxide. By accident, one of
the laser beams grazed the rope that had Crash tied down. The rope burst
snapped and burst into flames. As it did it singed the fur on Crash's arm.
Crash: Whoa! owww! He jumped off the wooden table and dodged the cyborg's
attacks. He heard Tawna and Coco scream, Oxide was about to shoot them. Crash
dashed forward, Crash: NOOOOOOO!!!!! He spun into Oxide knocking the ray gun
from his hand, the gun flew through the air and smashed against the stone
ceiling. It fired a blast of nuclear power and wiped up a bunch of cyborgs.
N.Gin: NNOOOOOOO!!!!! Oxide: Get off of me you dirty devil vermin!!!! Crash:
Never!!

Some of the sparks from the exploded cyborgs had landed all over Coco, Tawna,
Pura, Polar, Baby T, and Aku's ropes! Aku struggled free and helped free the
rest just in time! The entire row of tables burst into flames. Cortex had
been trying to escape from the room the entire time, now was his opportunity
to grab the X- Device. Coco spotted him running for the door. Coco: No you
don't you dirty scoundrel!! She ran after him and gave him a left hook to the
face! Cortex dropped to the floor. Cortex: Ohhh, my head!! Tawna: Eat this
bazooka brain!!! Tawna karate kicked N.Gin and sent him tumbling into the
robots. N.Gin: AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Polar, Pura, Aku, and Baby T
attacked Oxide as Crash ran out of the room with Cortex on his heels. Cortex:
The device is mine! Crash: I think not! He spin attacks Cortex and dodges the
beams of the Evolvo- Ray.

In the racing court he spots Oxide's hover craft and the gleaming X- Device!
Cortex: Don't touch that! Crash grabs the X- Device and rips it out from
under the dashboard. Crash: Looking for this? Cortex: HAND IT OVER OR DIE
CRASH BANDICOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crash presses the red
button and makes a dash for it. He hears a rushing sound in his ears and the
wind blasting his face so hard he can't open his eyes. He let's go of the
button. He is standing in front of the torture chamber door, Oxide is
screaming bloody murder, dashing at him. Oxide: GIVE IT BAAAACCKKK!!!!!!
Crash slams the device on the stone floor as hard as he can, there is a ear
splitting shattering sound as the X-Device blows up in a blast of green
light! Oxide: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Crash: (laughing victoriously) YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Touchdown!!!!!! Oxide runs out of the castle screaming like a banshee! Coco,
Tawna, Polar, Pura, Baby T, and Aku hurry out of the laboratory, followed by
N.Gin. N.Gin: Every man for himself!!! The chambers is raging with flames,
everyone chokes on the smoke and runs outside, Cortex follows them. All of
Cortex's minions are already outside, and all of the good, and bad guys watch
as Oxide flys away in his hover craft shouting over the loud speaker. Oxide:
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! I can't believe it, I'm beat again!!!! I can never show my
face on Gasmoxia now!! You cursed earth scums, you still haven't seen that
last of me yet! This is not the last time you shall fight Nitrous Oxide!

Coco: Yeah!! We kicked his slimy green butt!!! Tawna picks up Crash and hugs
him tight! Tawna: Crash, your first place in my winners circle! She kisses
him on the cheek and he blushes a deep red. Cortex: (sarcastically) Aw, isn't
that sweet! Crash: Shut your mouth Chrome Dome! N.Gin: Why you... Tiny: Haha!
Big ugly alien go by by! Ripper Roo: hahahahahhahhahahahah!!!!!!! Komodo Joe:
Haha ssssssssucker!! Uka: Grrrrrr!!! CORTEX!!! Cortex: ( holding his bruised
face from Coco's punch) Ooohhhh, I need some Advil!

Scene 9: The next morning at Crash's house...

Crash, Coco, Tawna, Pura, Polar, Baby T, Aku, and their friend, Penta Penguin
are sitting at the breakfast table enjoying steaming bowls of Coco's wumpa
fruit oatmeal. They tell Penta all about their wild adventure. Penta looks up
from her bowl. Penta: Wow, I wonder if Oxide really will come back? Crash: I
sure as heck hope not! Coco: I have a feeling he won't be back for a long,
long, time.

Conclusion: Our heroes hoped she was right. But who knows? Only time itself
will tell.