DARK SUMMER NIGHTS
5 years ago something happened to Romper Roo that changed his life forever. His child-hood friend, Chelsea Cheetah, had been killed by one of Neo Cortex's evil minions, Critter Bandicoot. After this, Romper changed from a fun-care free kangaroo, to a serious down-to earth one. But over the times he met new friends, and found new enemies… He met Selvia "Spaz" Squirrel on one of his many adventures and Tyler Tiger on another. But meanwhile Cortex was busy to. He recruited a few new warriors. Whitey Whippet, N. Trail, and Critter Bandicoot were set out on the search for Romper Roo as he had destroyed one of N. Gin's precious inventions. They were unsuccessful. Our story begins now, 5 years after Chelsea's death. And on this night, someone strange was coming to town…
Justin Den's cloaked whipped about him in the strong wind. It blasted through his handsome red fur, showing his well-built body beneath. It stung his strange, glittering, brown eyes. But even through this he had a barely contained evil-like smile on his nuzzle. He could feel the people’s thoughts in the town, so well known because the famous Crash Bandicoot lived there. And looking over the nice town was the twisted Cortex Castle, almost as if, Justin's poetic mind thought, the people had to be reminded there was both good and evil in the world, but mostly evil. Justin thought, and smirked. Ah yes, soon everyone would know, his name, and the town wouldn't just be well known for Crash Bandicoot!
Selvia Squirrel leapt through the air and landed in the middle of the large gymnasium. She drew her long, silver katana, so familiar to her, that she almost felt like it was a good friend. Now, she just needed to figure out where her enemy was…what was that? Her long brown ear perked up as she heard something on the other side of the gym. She prepared herself. A second later a flash red shot at her she was just able to dodge out of the way. In front of her landed a red kangaroo. He was wearing a tight, black shirt that showed his well-defined muscles, his pants were also black. "Come on, Spaz, you can do better then that! Come on, attack me!" He pulled a shiny silver gun out of his pocket. Selvia jumped forward, slashing out. At the same time the kangaroo shot at her, she was just able to dodge the dart that fired out. He spun around her and fired again. This time the dart made contact… it was a suction cup dart. "Good thing we were playing with fakes, eh?" "I'll get you some day Romper!" she said in a teasing voice. A shadow appeared in the doorway. "You babies ready to fight with a real challenge? I'll rip you to shreds!"
Down in the dark twisted halls of Cortex Castle, a small balding man was bereaving Critter Bandicoot.
"Critter! I've had enough of your failures! Do you know how much I have to put on the line when you fail!"
Critter rolled his eyes. He brushed a bit of spittle from his snow-white fur.
"Settle down, Neo, it's not the end of the world!"
Cortex grabbed at the hair he had left in frustration.
"You've never had to be near Uka Uka when he's angry!"
Uka Uka was the Big Boss, the one that ran all the operations at Cortex Castle.
"I'm sure it's not that bad." Critter said as he rolled his ice blue eyes once again. "I'm out of here. I haven't yet jelled my hair."
And Critter left. He came to his quarters, which he shared with Dr. N. Trail and Whitey Whippet. Nelar Trail was a small man, with a tuft of blonde hair on the top of his head. Whitey, a miniature grey hound, always looked nervous. Critter went up to the mirror and started putting huge globules of gel in his hair as he tried to get it back into shape.
"What did Cortex have to day this time?"
A voice asked from behind. Critter, surprised, accidentally messed up his hair.
"Grrrrrrr." he growled. "Don't do that, White!"
Whitey Whippet came up, a strained look on his long face.
"C-c-ome on Critter, what did he say?"
"The usual, Uka Uka this… Uka Uka that… what's the big deal anyways? Why do we take orders from an ancient mask?"
A huge mask floated into the room. It's eyes narrowed.
"Perhaps because this mask could kick you to the moon!"
It was Uka Uka!
Justin walked into a small pub just inside the town. Even though it was small, it was filled with people. The smell of smoke was strong and it could be seen rising to the ceiling. Justin looked around and soon spotted a ditsy looking bandicoot that was sitting at the bar. He sat down on a stool beside her and started to speak.
" Greetings, great beauty."
He said and took her hand. He brushed it with his lips.
"May I buy you a drink?"
The bandicoot looked surprised and shy.
"Umm… that’s ok."
She looked at him. He had a very handsome face, and his eyes showed inner beauty… now that she thought about it, he had very strange eyes, they seemed to have a faint glow…
"My dear, who are the two primary powers in this part of Australia?"
The girl looked dazed.
"Aku Aku… good… guys… Uka… Uka… bad… guys."
Justin smiled scornfully - these animals, so simple, so easy to manipulate.
"And who is in power right now?"
"Aku… Aku.."
Justin suddenly stood up.
"Good, good. Here, your dinner is on me."
He flipped a coin onto the table. The bandicoot broke eye contact with him and looked at the coin. When she looked back up, he was gone.
Both Romper and Spaz turned to the doorway. Who was that? The person spoke again.
"I'll get you… and I'll… ummmm…"
Whoever it was giggled. Romper's face broke into a smile.
"Could it be Tyler Tiger who just threatened me? I believe it's past your bed time buddy!"
"No!"
Tyler squealed and he tried to run away. He was just a little guy, but he could run quickly. He had short messy orange fur, and bright baby green eyes. Romper took after him full speed.
"Come back here ya little bandit" He cried.
Spaz started putting her stuff away.
"I don't which one is more immature." She said as she shook her head.
Romper and Tyler sped through the halls as they chased one another. They finally stopped when they got to Tyler's room.
"I got ya!" Romper yelled as he picked Tyler up and spun him through the air. "Come you little monster! Time for bed!"
He sat down on the bed and tucked Tyler in. Tyler grabbed a book off his bedside table.
"Read me this, read me this!"
"Ok… once upon a time a dingo named Dan.."
Once Tyler was safe asleep Romper made his way back to the living room. Spaz was there waiting for him.
"Hey there, some leopard broad was waiting for ya… she said it was very important… she wants to meet you tomorrow at a café…"
Romper jumped up.
"Is she still there?"
Could it be who he thought it was?
"No, I'm sorry, she just told me that you should meet her at Le Café Francais."
Romper sat back down. Could it be that his dear Chelsea Cheetah had wasn't really dead?
Critter was in N. Gin's lab with a mop cleaning up spilled liquids. He didn't want to know what they were. Uka Uka had been a tad angry about the making fun thing so he had been assigned to washing floors. Damn that piece of plywood! Nelar had been following him around all day teasing. How he hated that N. Brio had found it necessary to team them up!
"Well," Trail said in his irritating whiny voice. "Mabye this will make you learn not to make fun of the Boss!"
"Shawd up," Critter said. "Or I'll shut your mouth for you!"
"Oh no, I'm so scared." Trail said, dancing around like a fairy.
"Someday," Critter mumbled to himself. "While your not watching, bam!"
Justin rented himself a hotel room at "Sanity Resort". He had "charmed" the clerk into giving him a bit of discount. Justin may have been classy, but that didn't mean that he liked paying high prices. He had a perfect look over Cortex Castle. Hmmmm… He thought to himself. I wouldn't mind living in a castle like that… but if I'm going to take this place, I'd better practice. From his sixth floor view he could see a swimming pool and people below. He didn't want to make a ruckus though… he wanted people to find out about him the hard way… The fox went over to look out another window. It seemed to be a good enough drop. He opened the window, took a breath, and jumped.
The next day Romper readied himself for his meeting. He was wearing a black turtleneck, dark baggy pants, and some shiny black boots. Spaz saw him in the morning.
"Is she a past girlfriend or something?" She asked.
“Why," Romper teased." Are you jealous?"
Spaz made a disgusted look.
"Yeah right." But a hurt look seemed to enter her eyes. "Have a good time."
Romper arrived at the café early, maybe a little too early but he was anxious that he'd be late. He ordered a café latte and sat down, sipping it. Soon he was gazing into space, romancing on old times. Suddenly he was surprised as a hand touched his shoulder.
"Romper, it's been a long time."
Romper looked up. He found himself looking into beautiful forest green eyes, these belonged to a pretty cheetah face, though a few scars marred it… was it good to be true? Was this Chelsea, back?
Later that day N. Trail was talking with Cortex. Cortex had seemed very stressed during the last few weeks.
"Trail! You have done nothing in the last few weeks! You aren't pulling your weight at all! Don't you see how much we're failing around here! Aku Aku's hold is getting way to strong!"
Cortex started pulling at his hair again.
"It's not my fault!" Trail whined.
Cortex suddenly looked stern. "A stranger showed up in town a few days ago… I want to recruit him… I believe he is staying at Sanity Hotel… go, and earn your pay-check!"
Air rushed past Justin as he plummeted towards the ground below. But no panic erupted on his handsome face. He simply closed his eyes and started concentrating. By the time he reached the ground his feet just patted when they hit the ground. It had been awhile since he had exercised his psychic powers. But it was time to use them again. He concentrated. Soon his vision misted over and he found himself looking at a small man walking down a street… he had a tuft of blonde hair on his head. So this is who I am to speak to next? Justin thought to himself. His vision cleared. And then an evil, horrible thought came to his mind… if he was able to take over Cortex Castle…
Romper couldn't believe his eyes as he found himself looking at Chelsea Cheetah. She was just the same as the last time he had seen her. Her perfect, black shimmering fur, her beautiful forest green eyes… here she was… his true love, back… from the dead it would seem. She hugged him and he gave into her sweet embrace. He almost felt tears at his eyes…he hadn't cried since the memorial service. Once they were done the two sat down at the table.
"Chelsea," Romper choked out. "We all thought you were dead…"
Chelsea took his hand. "It's a long story, but we've got time, so here it is."
The last time Romper and Chelsea had seen each other was after the defeat of N. Gin's spiderbot, Bobby BullDog, and Critter Bandicoot. Unfortunately, Critter wasn't as defeated as they thought and he came up behind Chelsea, rose an arm from N.Gin's spiderbot and knocked her off the cliff. Everyone had assumed she was dead. But it was not so. Chelsea fell, and was seriously injured. A small village rescued her. For 3 years she had lost all memory of who she was, or where she came from. But, when her memory came back, she went right away to find Romper.
"And now I'm here." Chelsea finished.
"And I'm glad of it." Romper said.
Chelsea took his hand. "Your such a sweetie."
Romper leaned forward and kissed her. "Chelsea, I don't know how I lived without you."
Chelsea smiled in a teasing sort of way. "I don't know how you did either."
N. Trail became a bit alarmed when he noticed someone following him. Whoever it was wore a deep green cloak and a hood that covered his entire face. And for some reason the radar Cortex had given him was getting messed up, it was pointing at the person behind him… and then N. Trail realized it. The person behind him was the strange fox he was looking for. He turned around and found the fox looking at him. A cruel smile spread across his handsome face.
"I believe your looking for me."
N. Trail sputtered on the words that came from his mouth. "W-w-who do you think you are sneaking up on me like that?"
The fox replied in a slightly tinged Romanian accent. "I am Justin Den, of the Royal Family Dentar." He made a slight bow. "Let us sit down and talk."
For the first time Nelar looked up at him. He had very strange eyes, they seemed to glitter with like sun upon water…
"Now, Trail, where is the castle known as Cortex?"
Nelar looked slightly stunned. "It's up there… on that mountain…"
Once again a smirk spread across Justin's face. "Will you take me there?"
Nelar responded in the stunned fashion again " Of… course."
Selvia was stuck babysitting Tyler that day. She might on the outside seem displeased but she really liked Tyler, he was a pretty good kid. He could get into things though. Selvia looked up from her musings and found that Tyler was gone. She shook her head and walked around the house. Where was the little monster? She heard a shatter in the other room. Tyler came running out and past her. She grabbed the rascal and held him up in the air.
"What's going on here buddy?" She asked.
Tyler just squirmed in her hands refusing to answer.
"Fine." She said and put him down. "I'll get to the bottom of this."
Tyler raced off. When Selvia entered the room she was met by totally chaos. It seemed a vase had shattered. Unfortunately, it had had soil and flowers in it. What a mess! Once she was done cleaning it up she went to find Tyler. The little guy was in the middle of his bedroom sulking. Selvia stomped up to him.
"Did you see what you did?"
Tyler nodded and his lower lip started to tremble. A tear coursed down his furry little cheek.
"I'm sorry buddy." She said and picked him up. "Come on, let's go… get… a…"
Selvia stopped. Walking on the street were two people. One was a small man with a tuft of blonde hair on his head… the other was the most captivating and handsome creature she had ever seen. He was a fox, with beautiful fur, shimmering eyes… What was she doing? Staring at the fox like some freak? Who was that other man with him… she had seen him before - N. Trail! She ran and grabbed her katana. She had to follow those two and see what was going on!
Whitey Whippet and Critter Bandicoot were on the training room inside Cortex Castle. Critter was circling Whitey warily.
"Why do we have to do this?" Whitey whined. "I don't wanna fight."
"We need to live up to Uka Uka's standards!" Critter snarled.
"I don't know if I want to…" Whitey mumbled to himself.
Critter suddenly flashed up to him. He wasn't exactly strong, but his speed exceeded all. The white bandicoot's fists shot forward like stinging bullets. Whitey was sent flying across the room and he smashed into the wall. The whippet got up to his feet, but Critter was on him again. He was sent flying to the other side of the room.
"Come on!" Critter growled. "Let's see some real skill!"
Whitey swayed up to his feet. Critter shot at him again but this time he was ready. Whitey leapt through the air and Critter went zooming past. Using the wall as leverage Critter propelled himself towards Whitey. But the nervous whippet wasn't there. Suddenly Critter found himself in a headlock as Whitey dropped from the ceiling. Critter gulped as he tried to get breath.
"Uncle! Uncle!"
Chelsea and Romper were getting up to leave the café. In the last few hours they had caught if we each other, and realized how dull life would be if they weren't with each other. Romper grasped Chelsea's hand in his own.
"Let's go."
Suddenly there was a scream from across the room. A couple was running as a huge tiger grabbed their chair and threw it across the small café. Near him was an overly large koala bear growling like a wild beast. Chelsea stood up as recognition flashed in her eyes.
"Tiny Tiger! Koala Kong! I guess Cortex is finally making a move!" Her claws came out. She grinned. "I haven't had a good fight for a long time!"
Tiny and Kong were moving quickly towards them. Romper pulled out his gun. It was a silver handgun, specially made by Armed Armadillo, just for Romper. Romper fired blasts straight at the two overgrown idiots. But both of them were deceptively quick and the bullets missed, smashing the window behind them to pieces. Romper went to reload but Tiny was upon him too fast. The quick kangaroo threw the gun to the side and jumped as Tiny's massive paw came down at him. Romper's fist shot towards Tiny and smacked into his stomach. It did nothing though, as Tiny's large chest just pushed it away. Meanwhile Kong was having a bit of trouble with the feisty Chelsea. She started with a quick round house that broke a few teeth from Kong's mouth. She then set upon his face with her nails.
"Die cat!" Kong screamed as he tried to get her off his face.
Romper was having a bit of trouble with Tiny though. The bully had him pinned against the wall, and at the moment, was pounding his brains out.
"Tiny squash puny wimp!" he growled.
It was looking like Romper and Chelsea's reunion was going to be short lived!
Justin Den was prepared to make his mark upon the world. As he entered Cortex Castle and looked around he realized how good it would be to be royalty again. It had been so long since he had been in a real castle… A roar woke him from his thoughts. N. Trail pulled out his gun. A huge dingo emerged from a shaded corridor. On his back was a large pack, and in his hand, a… flamethrower?
"What's dis stranger doin' in da castle?" Dingodile snarled.
Trail, that strange dull look in his eyes, pulled out his gun and pointed it directly at the strange crocodile-dingo mix.
"He… is… allowed… here…"
Dingodile came closer. "Shawd up. I'm gonna find out what grilled fox tastes like!"
Justin smiled. "You'll regret that."
He said with out the faintest trace of humour. Dingodile suddenly was lifted into the air. Nothing was beneath him, it would seem the pure will of Justin's mind was holding him up. The strange creature was sent flying across the room where he smashed into the wall. Dingodile crumpled into a heap on the ground.
"Now to meet your little boss. I can't wait to "talk".
Romper tried separately to get free as Tiny pounded him. The bruised kangaroo got his foot in front of Tiny's face and smashed his nozzle. The tiger let out a yelp like a wounded puppy and let go. Romper rolled away and picked up his gun. He heard a scream from the other side of the room. Kong had finally got the upper hand in their ferocious battle and Chelsea was getting knocked around like a forlorn sock puppet. Romper's red eyes narrowed. He had had enough. The kangaroo raised the gun, aimed and fired. Kong let out a very un-beast like scream and fell to the floor. The bullet had gone straight through his leg. Tiny got up but found the gun was now pointed at him. The tiger backed off. Two warp orbs appeared and the two henchmen vanished. The manager came out looking stunned and angry.
"Maybe we should go." Romper said.
The two left hand-in-hand, the manager sputtering behind them.
Critter Bandicoot was in a bad mood. Well, bad was an under statement. How had that skinny… dog defeated him? Critter threw a vase across the wall where it smashed to a million pieces. And the little wiener had messed up his perfect hair! How dare he? Critter heard a loud "boom" from the downstairs. What now? Critter went to the balcony. Papu Papu, an over weight minion of Cortex had just fallen to the ground, and walking past him was a strange looking fox and N. Trail. What was the fool doing letting strangers into the castle?
"What the heck are you doing?" Critter asked, an enraged look on his face.
Trail looked up. "He… allowed… here."
"No he isn't!" Critter snarled.
For the first time, Justin Den looked up. What strange eyes. Critter mused as he studied him.
"Salutations." Justin said.
Critter suddenly changed his mind. The fox must be allowed in Cortex Castle.
When Romper Roo and Chelsea Cheetah returned they found Selvia Squirrel waiting for them out side. She had her sword strapped to her back.
"Come on, hurry up!" She said.
Romper stopped. "Why?" He questioned.
"I just saw N.Trail walk by, he looked really strange! And there was this really weird fox with hi… quite good looking actually. So I figure the fox must be a prisoner! I need to go save him!"
"Whoa whoa whoa." Romper said. "Calm down, we can't go anywhere before we speak with Aku Aku. He would know for sure if somebody was in trouble."
Chelsea walked up. "Hey there! You were the one at the door eh? I don't believe we've been properly introduced. My name is Chelsea, and you?"
Selvia held out her hand. "Selvia. Selvia Squirrel." She said.
Romper looked towards Aku Aku's hut. "We better get going."
Justin Den's strange brown eyes glittered with anticipation as he walked through the large hallways of the twisted dark castle that was Cortex Castle. The warm summer wind caressed his deep red fur, giving it the appearance of blood. An evil grin found it's way onto Justin' face. Ah yes, this would be a wonderful castle to rule!
Uka Uka was once again berating Neo Cortex.
"I can't take this anymore! Your stupid minions have failed one too many times and I'm up to here…"
Suddenly the door to the room blasted into a thousand pieces. A shard of metal went flying and smacked Cortex in the head, putting him out of consciousness. At the door was a strange looking fox, He had fur the colour of blood, strange glittering eyes, and he wore the clothes of royalty. Uka Uka sneered at him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked with his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Why hello you piece of rotting plywood. My name is Justin Den, and I have come to take your place as leader of this little group."
Aku Aku seemed worried when Romper came to talk to him.
"Romper, I believe we may be in grave danger!"
"Don't be worried!" Romper said. "And I have good news - Ch…"
"…elsea is still alive, I know. I'm happy for you but we must deal with the dilemma on hand!" Aku Aku looked very strained.
"What's the problem?" Romper asked.
"I believe someone is coming into power that is more powerful then both my brother and I."
Whitey Whippet suddenly woke as a tremendous blast made the castle shake. When the nervous whippet went out to the hall smoke had drenched every thing in the twisted black hallways. What was going on? A sudden blast of flame shot from the planning room where Uka Uka and Cortex had been talking. Another explosion caused the castle to shake on it's foundation. Smoke shot from the doorway and then a silhouette appeared. Who was it?
Tiny Tiger was confused. As he looked around the site of wreckage smoke stung his small yellow eyes. Where was Uka Uka? He came up to the doorway. Flame was cascading around it, devouring wood like a hungry machine. Tiny walked up to the doorway.
"Uka? Where's you? Tiny find mask!"
Tiny tried to step inside the room. All watchers were stunned as the 300lbs tiger was sent flying across the room, where he broke through the wall. A figure emerged from the room. The one who came out was no mask. His eyes glowed like twin embers. His fur, once blood red, was now lined with silver as power emendated from his body. He grinned.
"If you guys are wondering, that drift wood is in the room, be careful, he could be a little hot. If you need me, I'll be sitting on my throne."
Aku Aku stopped in mid-sentence; a scared look came into his eyes.
"Oh no! It cannot be! My brother is defeated! A new powerful evil is in control!"
Romper stood up. "What are you talking about?"
Aku Aku floated over to the window. "I sense an entirely powerful evil force, who is going to challenge us very soon. All of us are in very grave danger."
Romper pulled out his gun. "Then we should get going."
"No!" Aku Aku cried. "Wait, we must plan. I have a feeling our new nemesis will be ready to challenge us soon. I will get our warriors ready. Get prepared."
Justin had all his new minions called to the main dining hall of Cortex Castle. This hall was just as dark and twisted as everything else in the strange castle. It's walls were onyx black. A strange chandelier hung from the ceiling, it looked like a jagged claw. Justin came to the front. He had a mike in his hand.
"Welcome to our first meeting together, cohorts. I defeated your ex-leader Uka Uka in combat, there for I have taken leadership. And we will not fail in our battles against Aku Aku and his weaklings. In fact, we shall win, and take this miserable island for our own! Now who is with me?"
The cheers were unanimous.
Aku Aku, making up for the absence of Crash Bandicoot, had quickly put together a team to fight the evil someone and his minions. Standing in front of the ancient mask were: Romper Roo, Chelsea Cheetah, Selvia Squirrel, Coco Bandicoot, and her champion polar bear, Polar. Aku Aku leaned forward.
"You will be my skirmish warriors. Unlike the challenges Uka Uka set for us, we will have grave trouble with this new enemy. Unfortunately, we haven't met him yet and we can't gauge his true power. Let us hope that we have a chance."
Justin was putting together his own group. At the time, he had: Critter Bandicoot, Whitey Whippet, Nelar Trail, Tiny Tiger and Dingodile.
"Listen up my friends. I don't expect any trouble from the wash-ups, but we must be prepared." Justin walked over to a map. "As you can see, N.Sanity beach is not far from Cortex Castle. We're going to take it. Oh, and to make sure we take care of Aku Aku and his foolish minions I'm going to send out a little message to that foolish little mask. You have free time now, be ready for tomorrow at 5:30 sharp. Goodnight my minons.
That night Justin went out to the main balcony of Cortex Castle. He took a breath and concentrated on his true power. Energy crackled around him. The ends of his blood red fur once again shimmered silver. His eyes glowed like twin bloodstones. It is time Aku Aku. He thought into the air. Feel my power and know your doom!
Aku Aku was suddenly woken as he felt powerful energy currents pulse through the air. He felt a presence in his mind. It is time Aku Aku! Feel my power and know your doom! Aku Aku went to his warriors’ rooms.
"Wake up my children. And prepare yourselves. The time has come."
Justin Den and his evil force were quick approaching N. Sanity Beach. Ah, an end is soon coming. Justin thought to himself. To the side of good! Justin laughed out loud.
"Mwhahahaha… we will rest here… be prepared to leave in one hour!"
Dingodile sat down and started filling the canister for his flamethrower. What a barbecue it would be! Tiny went over and pulled out a tree, roots and all. Nelar Trail was complaining about the cold. Critter Bandicoot was fussing over his hair, and Whitey Whippet was just looking nervous. Justin sure hoped he wasn't making a big mistake. But how could I? Justin thought to himself. I'm perfect.
Romper Roo, Selvia Squirrel, Chelsea Cheetah, Coco Bandicoot and Polar were trekking through deep jungle. Aku Aku had gone ahead to see how close their enemy was. Coco rode up on Polar towards Romper.
"So how are you and Chelsea," She said and winked. "Gonna go on any hot dates when this is over?"
Romper made a playful swipe at her. "Shawd up!"
Selvia was in back talking with Chelsea. Chelsea was telling her all about Romper.
"Really?" Selvia asked, "That's so romantic!" She suddenly looked wistful.
"Aw, don't worry hun." Chelsea said, "Someday you'll meet a guy that's just right for ya!"
"Maybe." Selvia said. But she was really thinking: Why do I have to fall for a guy that's totally evil?
Critter Bandicoot was at the head of the group when they reached N. Sanity beach. Tiny yelled in triumph and beat the ground with his fists.
"Excellent mate," Dingodile said. "Great day for a barbecue!"
Justin stood in front of his warriors. "My friends, the time is upon us. I can smell Aku Aku' s defeat upon the air. Today we are victors!"
All the warriors cheered. Now was the time for victory!
The other team reached the other side of N. Sanity beach. Romper could see the fox and all the baddies approaching. For some reason Aku Aku hadn't showed up.
"Okay, guys. I have a gun so I'm going to take Dingodile."
Selvia piped up. "I'll take on Tiny, I've always liked battling with the big ones!"
Coco rode forward. " I'll take on the whippet and the bandicoot. They don't look to tough."
Chelsea looked over. "I guess that leaves the bald guy for me." She rolled her eyes.
The two teams started walking towards each other. This would be a night to remember.
Dingodile started the fight. "Yar har har har." He laughed as he filled the beach with deadly fire.
Romper jumped aside and pulled out his trusty side arm. He raised and started shooting at the evil creature. But Dingodile simply deflected the bullets with the barrel of his gun. Things weren't looking too good. Romper jumped aside again as deadly flames threatened to scorch him. He raised the gun and attempted to shoot the nasty fighter again. But the gun still deflected the bullets. This could be a problem.
Selvia ran towards Tiny with her katana out. The large tiger ducked as she took a slash at him. He was much quicker then he looked. Tiny raised his gargantuan fist to crush the little nuisance. Selvia was able to dodge it, but even the wind from his powerful punch made her sway. She took another slash that the agile tiger dodged. He went to tackle her but she once again dodged. Would any hits be scored?
Coco rushed towards her two opponents. Whitey let out a whimper and jumped out of the way. But Critter was hit head on by the brave Polar. The bandicoot let out a mad screech and leapt at Coco. She flew out of the way and charged towards him again. And once more Critter was swept off his feet.
"Arrrggh! You fool! I'll destroy you!" Critter ran at her.
Coco tried to dodge out of the way but Critter collided with her and knocked the poor lady off Polar. Polar was knocked unconscious. Critter stood over the fallen Coco. He raised his fist. Coco cringed. She was definitely not a fighter.
Chelsea, looking bored strolled towards Trail and calmly knocked his laser gun from his hands.
"Hey!" he whined, "Who do you think you are?"
Chelsea simply ignored him and picked him up by the collar. She threw him into a large bush then brushed off her hands. That was too easy.
Justin Den watched as everybody fought. They hadn't even noticed him yet. The fools! But there was nothing to worry about. Justin knew they would win. He knew.
Romper dodged another flaming streak as it tried to roast him. He refilled his gun with ammo as Dingodile slowly took aim. Suddenly Romper got an idea. Over the strange mixed creatures shoulder he could see a little metal plate. Perhaps if he shot at it… Romper took aim and fired. Dingodile realized to late that that so many sparks could mean trouble. A huge explosion rocked the countryside and Dingodile fell to the ground, his face black from the flame. Romper was going to help Coco when he noticed Justin Den watching the battle. It was time he took care of the fox.
Selvia was in a tight battle with Tiny Tiger. The two had been exchanging blows to no avail. Neither had been hit yet. Unfortunately, things were about to change. Selvia was able to slash Tiny with the flat of her blade. The gargantuan tiger let out a rage filled cry and flung himself at her. Selvia tried to get away but soon felt herself enwrapped by Tiny's overly large paw.
"TINY CRUSH!" The warrior tiger yelled.
Coco shielded her head with her hands as Critter readied his fist. However, Critter did not see the person come up behind him. Whitey Whippet knocked Critter out with a large piece of rock. Coco looked stunned.
"You’re…helping me?" Whitey looked extremely nervous. "What have I done?" Coco took him by the arm. "Don't worry, you can come with us, Aku Aku will look after you. Let's go!"
Romper approached Justin. The fox didn't even look weary. He just had an amused, and slightly arrogant look on his face.
"So you've come to challenge me? You fool, I shall destroy you where you stand!"
Romper didn't even respond he simply took aim with his gun. "Die retched demon!" He cried.
But the gun never fired, it simply melted in his hands.
"Oww!" He cried out.
Justin Den's eyes began to glow. "Shh little kangaroo… I will end your misery, and make you relive your worst fears!"
Romper had a sudden flash of when Chelsea had fallen off the cliff.
"I will get into your mind!"
Romper had another flash of when he and his cousin Ripper Roo had been captured by Cortex. He tried to move but he couldn’t. The fear had paralysed him!
From where Chelsea was she could see that Romper was in grave danger. She ran towards him, but some invisible force grabbed her and chucked her away. Where was Aku Aku when they needed him?
Romper could only see the deadly fears that Justin Den was sending through his mind. The fox smiled.
"I have such easy control over you foolish animals." He drew a long, elegant sword from his belt. I am going to kill you now, Romper Roo. And you won't even be able to see it happen! Ha ha ha ha!"
The fox walked up to the now paralysed Romper. He raised his sword, and slashed down, right towards Romper's head.
Justin's sword met nothing but mist. All around N.Sanity Beach the good guys were disappearing in swirling mist. They all appeared on the other side, where Aku Aku waited. Justin Den's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. He raised his hand and a ball of energy appeared in it.
"Feel my power Aku Aku!" He cried and he sent it sailing.
It landed in front of them where it exploded with a bang. Romper was unconscious on the ground. Aku Aku started floating away.
"Come children, we may have lost this battle, but there are more that we can win."
Justin Den watched them walk away with a smirk on his face. N. Sanity beach now belonged to him! And then Justin got a very good idea. He could follow them and destroy their base! Victory over Aku Aku was in the making!
Back at Aku Aku's house Romper was very slowly recovering from his ordeal with Justin Den. The evil fox had had a deadly impact upon his mind and he was suffering dreadfully. Selvia had been strangely quiet ever since the battle. Chelsea had gone around and talked with old friends, and Coco took care of the injured Polar. Aku Aku seemed reclusive. Good had never been defeated like this before. Polar and Romper were in the same room recovering. The newly recruited Whitey was sitting beside Coco as they watched the two sleeping. Whitey looked a little less nervous then usual.
"I think I did the right thing." He said.
Coco looked up. "What do you mean?"
"In coming to the good side." "I think you did too."
Aku Aku floated in his own training room, but for some reason he couldn't concentrate enough to use his voodoo powers. Something very wrong was going to happen, he could feel it. But what was it? They had already been defeated at N. Sanity beach, what more could go wrong? Something, but Aku Aku couldn't place it.
Justin Den flew through the forest. He was using his powerful psychic powers so he could levitate. He had attached his mind to Selvia's, he could feel exactly where they were. How easy! Soon they would all be gone, and he would rule!
Selvia was training in the large gym. She had her blade out and was slashing out the robots that were set up against her. Her blade fluidly slashed and stabbed at the robots, who were made to look like Cortex's lab assistants. They fell one by one to the sharp edge of her sword. But no matter how much action she went through she couldn't get the handsome fox out of her mind. The creature was evil but she liked him, for some very strange reason. A reason she couldn't figure out. Something had to be done. Selvia left the gym, and grabbed a pen and paper. She quickly jotted down a note and left it on Romper's door.
Romper woke up in the middle of the night. For some reason he had a very bad feeling, even though his mind was totally clear for the first time since his encounter with Justin. He opened up his door, and noticed a white paper that was stuck to it. It was Selvia's handwriting.
“I'm sorry Romper but I have to go and fight Justin Den by myself.
I hope you understand,
Selvia”
Aku Aku was floating about in a panic. How could Selvia leave without them? Romper looked worried. He had just woken up from his deadly injuries and everyone was urging him to go back to sleep but he wouldn't. What could they do?
Selvia leapt through the tree's. She was planning on going to N. Sanity beach, she was almost positive he would be there. It would seem she was going to be surprised. Suddenly, Justin Den appeared in front of her. She jumped back and drew her katana. He drew his own fancy sword.
"Ah, it is you, Squirrel Maiden. I guess I'm going to have to kill you."
"You'll be the one to die!!!" Selvia snarled.
She ran and slashed at him. The blade only touched air as he flew out of her reach with impossible speed.
"Bwhahahaha! I am unstoppable!"
She jumped at him and went through a complicated combination but Justin still avoided it with scary ease.
"Damn you!" she cried as she attempted to attack him again.
Yet Justin still avoided her.
"You are a weak fool! Consider yourself defeated!"
He flew forward, his blade pointing directly out. A sudden gunshot was heard through out the forest. Justin let out a gasp of pain and fell to the ground. Selvia dropped her sword in surprise. Romper approached from behind. His gun was still smoking. Justin held a hand over the bullet wound on his abdomen. Blood seeped through his fingers. He snarled.
"You have defeated me, very clever, but I will return to get my revenge!”
A sudden mist curled around the three. When it cleared Justin Den was gone.
"Let's go home." Romper said.
Conclusion
ROMPER ROO proposed to his girlfriend, CHELSEA CHEETAH. They got married and 1 year later had a child, Sarah Cheetahroo.
SELVIA SQUIRREL left Australia to look for her family, who supposedly lived in Cananda. She came back 2 years later empty handed and lonely.
TYLER TIGER stayed with AKU AKU and continued to give all people who babysat him headaches. He's currently being trained to fight the next generation of Cortex's warriors.
WHITEY WHIPPET became a permanent warrior in Aku Aku's league of good guys, though he still sometimes wonders where Critter is.
CRITTER BANDICOOT was berated many times over by THE GREAT UKA UKA, who lost a lot of his ego after being beaten by Justin.
NELAR TRAIL was kicked out of Cortex Castle for leading Justin Den in. He is now working for N. Brio at his bar. He's the garbage man.
JUSTIN DEN vanished into the night. The only evidence they ever found that he was there was his sword, and a few drops of blood.
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