A Hero's Blood

Chapter 1

It had been a typical day for Coco Bandicoot. She had been kidnapped by Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex, held captive on an evil robot, and the fate of her life and the world rested on the shoulders of her older brother, Crash Bandicoot. But not all of it was typical. Cortex was suspended in mid-air by his own niece, Nina Tabitha Cortex, who had replaced Cortex – due to Uka-Uka's orders.

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-Flashback: A few hours ago-

After kidnapping Coco and stealing mojo from the temple, Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex was back at his castle, playing the piano. Tiny and N. Gin were with him, listening to him play.

Uka-Uka floated in and stated, yelling a bit, "That was ridiculous and applauding. You failed to destroy Crash Bandicoot."

Cortex stopped playing the piano and turned to Uka-Uka as he defended, "I don't see what the big deal is. We got away with the mojo and Crash's sister."

While he was saying this, N. Gin gave Cortex a cup of tea.

Uka-Uka corrected, "I got away with the mojo. And the big deal is that Crash Bandicoot is still alive. Cortex, I'm going to replace you."

Upon hearing this, Cortex's eyes widen as he spit his tea in N. Gin's face.

N. Gin screamed, covering his rocket eye, "Thank you, master!"

That's when N. Gin wiped himself off with a towel.

Cortex told Uka-Uka, "You can't replace me! My name is on the stationery!"

With that, Cortex pulled out a piece of paper to show Uka-Uka, which he did.

N. Gin laughed a bit and said, "Yeah, that's right tough guy! If you want to buy a new stationery, you respect the master!"

Tiny added with his arms folded across his chest, "It's a really nice stationery too."

N. Gin gasped and stated, "Oh, I know! Glossy!"

Uka-Uka stated to Cortex, "Cortex, you've never been more wrong."

Thinking that Uka-Uka was complimenting him, Cortex bowed.

"Uh, thank you." He commented. That's when he realized and asked, "What?! What do you mean?"

As he asked that, he threw the cup of tea into N. Gin's face, whom laughed a bit and muttered, "Thank you again, master...hotter than the first!"

With that, N. Gin gave two thumbs up to Cortex.

Uka-Uka announced, "Allow me to introduce to you, your replacement: Nina Cortex!"

With that, Nina entered the room with her mutants. Cortex was so shocked by this so much that he spit tea into N. Gin's face again.

N. Gin complained, "Oh come on! He didn't even have a cup!"

Nina told her mutants, "Take out the trash, girls!"

The mutants did as they were told. In an instant, Cortex was tied up and hanging upside down.

Nina commented, "Sorry Uncle. But it's time for some young blood to lead us to victory." She then grabbed the bounded Coco and dragged her over. She added, "And now that we have Coco, we can make her build the robot."

Coco was furious as she snarled, "You won't get away with this! Crash will come and kick your butt."

Nina confidently replied, "Oh, I hope Crash tries, I really do. After all, I need a new fur coat." Nina laughed at this, snorting a bit. After she was done; she ordered, "Get to work on the Doominator, make more mutants soldiers! I want N. Sanity Isle smashed flat!"