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// Episode 9: Recycle, TK-cycle, NV-cycle 
// Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Mind Over Mutant 
// by RainbowRaptorDash1 
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At Dingo's Diner, Dingodile sat next to the rubble that was his diner, upset at his loss. So upset that nothing Ripper did could cheer him up.

"Hey, Dingo, buddy, we can just rebuild the place, right?" Ripper Roo asked as Dingodile responded with a sad sigh.

"I made all of them tablecloths meself." Dingodile gloomed.

"Come on! You had insurance on this building, right?" Ripper Roo added, causing silence as a tumbleweed rolled by.

"Yeah, I did." Dingodile answered sadly.

"Dingo! Are you okay?" Sonata asked in worry as Dingodile saw everyone else coming up.

"No, Ah ain't fine." Dingodile answered.

"Bro, I know. Your diner is destroyed. But at least you and Ripper are still in one piece." Crash said in relief.

"Ooh-ooh! You can always build it back up, and we can help." Rilla Roo added, making Dingodile cracking a tiny smile.

"Thanks." Dingodile said in gratitude.

"We have a lead on where we’re supposed to go next; a junkyard." Crash informed.

"Alright." Dingodile responded.

"Whoo! Sounds crazy! Hyehehehehehe!!! I’m coming too!" Ripper Roo declared.

"Welcome aboard." Mikey greeted.

"Hahaha!!! This is gonna be a blast!" Ripper Roo cheered.

"Grab whatever weapon you got and let's go." Crash said as Ripper sped off and returned with a trident. "Somehow, I'm not surprised with the choice." Crash admitted before the non-forked end of the trident turned into a cane. "Coco..."

"I have no idea how he made that." Coco responded.

"I might've watched your sister make her weapon and copied her." Ripper Roo admitted.

"With that design, you made it all on your own." Coco said.

"We should get moving." Shini urged.

"Agreed." Sonata said in agreement as everyone started heading out, but they were worried about Dingodile.

"We should probably do something to cheer Dingo up after this." Mikey suggested.

"He seems so upset." Tawna noted.

"No kidding." Rainbow Dash agreed.

"I'll talk to him." Rilla Roo volunteered.

"Just try to be careful." Pinkie warned before Rilla Roo and Dingodile started talking as everyone went ahead.

"I just hope things don't get worse." Shini said in concern.

"That makes two of us." Aku Aku agreed when out of nowhere, a spear pierced the ground.

"Whoa!" Grihoga yiped.

"What the?!" Vixot gasped before familiar masked rodents surrounded them.

"VOODOO BUNNIES!" Crash realized.

"Them again? Seriously?" Skunture deadpanned before they felt the ground shake, then saw a human wearing an NV on his head.

"Papu Papu!!!" Ripper Roo noticed, much to the ninjas' confusion.

"Who?" Mikey asked.

"Cortex's first henchman I fought." Crash answered.

"Whoa." The ninjas said in awe.

"He was pretty easy to beat, though." Crash added.

"Heroes, where is master?" A Voodoo Bunny asked, greatly confusing the heroes.

"Say what now?" Rainbow Dash uttered in confusion.

"Uka Uka." Mikey responded.

"Wait, you mean that evil mask who's Aku Aku's brother?" Raph asked.

"That's what we heard." Sonata answered.

"Us want master!" The Voodoo Bunny said.

"We don’t know where Uka Uka is!" Vixot honestly responded.

"Liars!" The Voodoo doubted greatly as the NV-controlled Papu Papu simply pointed his staff at the heroes, before the Voodoo Bunnies started attacking.

"Take cover!" Pinkie said as the heroes started hiding behind cover.

"No way they’ll get us now!" Raph boasted before as if he jinxed it, Raph was struck by a lightning bolt, shocking him.

"Yeah, caught us off guard too." Sonata admitted.

"Are you kidding me?! They use voodoo magic?!" Rainbow Dash asked in shock as the heroes started fighting back.

"Not sure. They never used those doll things, so it's probably not voodoo." Mikey answered as he was whacking some Voodoo Bunnies.

"Good point, Mikey." Shini admitted as Tawna attacked some Voodoo Bunnies with her staff in Tri-staff mode.

"Okay, time to start wrapping this up!" Tawna quipped.

"Press the separation button again." Coco said while whacking some Voodoo Bunnies before Tawna pressed it again and her staff turned into a pair of nunchucks.

"Hehe! This is gonna be fun!" Tawna giggled as everyone watched her fight the Voodoo Bunnies.

"I like your girlfriend, Crash. She's fun." Mikey said, only making only made Crash glare darkly at him. "I meant as a friend, dude!"

"Relax, Crash. Mikey's eyes are on Shini." Pinkie assured as she set off a smokescreen.

"Yeah, what kind of friends are we if we tried to steal your girlfriend." Sonata rhetorically asked as she kicked some Voodoo Bunnies.

"Good point." Crash admitted.

"Oy, we talking about my new employee?" Dingodile asked as he showed up with Rilla Roo, shooting some Voodoo Bunnies.

"So fast!" Sonata, the Turtles, Rainbooms and ninjas gasped, amazed by how quickly that went.

"Guys, I'm fine. Really." Dingodile assured.

"You sure?" Vixot asked in concern.

"The insurance I had on my building will pay for the repairs." Dingodile answered as he sucked up some Voodoo Bunnies before shooting them.

"He’s honestly better now, guys. Ooh-ooh!" Rilla Roo confirmed.

"Plus, I can use my trailer as a temporary set up." Dingodile added.

"Good point." Pinkie admitted as Ripper Roo came speeding by.

"Whoa! Talk about a blue blur!" Mikey gasped, impressed by the speed as Ripper twirled his trident-cane.

"This feels weird fighting with Crash!" Ripper Roo noted.

"I honestly feel the same about fighting with you." Crash agreed.

"Don't take it the wrong way, buddy. We're just more use to you beating the snot out of us." Dingodile explained.

"Don’t blame ya. Even I don’t know what I’m doing sometimes." Ripper Roo admitted.

"It's just weird fighting alongside a former enemy." Rilla Roo simplified as he swung his hammer, knocking away Voodoo Bunnies.

"I understand that." Sonata empathized.

"I get fighting for good might be weird. But you can't say it doesn't feel good." Crash added.

"No argument there!" Sonata agreed.

"Enough!" A Voodoo Bunny shouted as he held Aku Aku at the point of his spear.

"What the?!" Aku Aku gasped in surprise.

"Drop weapons or good mask goes smash!" The Voodoo Bunny ordered, when all of a sudden, he started floating in the air. "What happening?!"

"But Twilight isn’t here." Sonata remembered.

"And that means…!" Vixot realized as the Voodoo Bunny holding Aku Aku fell to the ground, before the mask floated back to the others.

"I'm not as helpless as I appear." Aku Aku said as he had a rope made out of mojo wrap itself around the Voodoo Bunnies.

"That’s awesome, dude!" Mikey cheered as Crash walked up to his friend.

"Guess you didn’t lose your touch, mate." Crash noted.

"Thank you." Aku Aku said in gratitude, before the heroes turned towards the beaten Voodoo Bunnies.

"Why did you guys think we have Uka Uka?" Crash asked.

"N. Brio told us you had master." The Voodoo Bunny answered, making the heroes look bemused.

"I’m no Applejack, but I know this N. Brio was the one who lied to you guys." Rainbow Dash said.

"Bunnies thought that. But good mask can help find master." The Voodoo Bunny said.

"Well, I’m sure N. Brio knows where Uka Uka is." Aku Aku responded.

"And he’s at a junkyard!" Ripper Roo added.

"Then let's get him!" Raph declared.

"But if that’s we’re heading, we’ll probably encounter Sludges there." Sligeon informed.

"So?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Just be glad that Rarity isn’t with us." Sonata answered.

"What do we do with them?" Mikey asked, pointing towards the captured Voodoo Bunnies.

"Let them go." Crash answered.

"No doubt." Sonata agreed as Aku Aku released them.

"Why?" The Voodoo Bunny asked in confusion.

"You guys were trying to mount a rescue, not attacking us." Crash answered.

"Huh. That's actually a reaaaaaally good point when you think about it." Pinkie noticed.

"Ditto." Grihoga agreed.

"Now, get lost." Crash simply said, making the Voodoo Bunnies flee.

"Fortunately, I know where the junkyard is." Sligeon informed.

"Lead the way, then." Coco responded.

"Okay. But fair warning, we might come across some strange Sludges." Sligeon added.

"So?" Tawna asked.

"Well, I know a Sludge that's sort of a 'they,' but it isn't more than one mutant. And there's a Sludge who's actually a businessman." Sligeon answered.

"Let's get moving." Crash said before Mikey got everyone's attention.

"Uh… Dudes, NV-controlled Papu Papu." Mikey reminded as Crash did Swordnarang move and destroyed the NV, making Papu Papu fall backwards to the ground.

"Like I said, mates; easiest henchman to beat." Crash said as Shini checked the human's pulse.

"Looks like he'll only be out for a while." Shini informed before Papu Papu got up. "Nevermind."

"What hit Papu?" Papu Papu asked.

"Sorry mate. Had to get that NV off of ya somehow." Crash answered.

"Papu okay with that. Ugh... But Papu not himself, maybe Papu not eating a big breakfast today." Papu Papu wondered.

"He talks like that?" Raph asked.

"Yes." Coco answered.

"But Papu did hear heroes looking for Brio. Brio's much bigger problem for you. He not as big, but him much more grumpy and has other controlled heroes." Papu Papu warned.

"Who?" Mikey asked.

"Papu not know, because Papu got captured before could see who other heroes were." Papu Papu answered.

"Drat." Mikey groaned.

"It’s okay." Sonata answered.

"Alright, we're going in blind. Keep your weapons close everyone." Crash ordered.

"Right!" Everyone else responded.

Later, everyone entered the junkyard.

"Well, we're here." Sligeon said, before everyone else started covering their noses from the stench.

"Dude! Forget junkyard, this place is a dump!" Casey groaned.

"Smells worse than the sewers!" Mikey agreed.

"Now I’m definitely glad that Rarity is with us." Pinkie admitted as everyone started forging ahead, when all of a sudden...

"Monkey see, monkey doom!!!" An insane voice shouted as the heroes found themselves surrounded by Doom Monkeys.

"Great, these guys." Mikey deadpanned.

"You saying these are the Doom Monkeys?" Casey asked.

"Yep, the Planet of the Apes rejects." Sonata answered, making Rainbow Dash, Raph and Casey fall down, howling in laughter.

"I love that movie!" Casey said.

"And those guys being rejects? That’s too much! Hahahahahahahahaha!!!" Rainbow Dash laughed.

"They done?" The Doom Monkey asked.

"Sorry, but you’ll have to beat it!" Skunture quipped as she went in front of her friends and turned her back on the Doom Monkeys.

"Smart thinking." Grihoga noted when in 3… 2… 1… Ka-boom!!! Green stinky mushroom cloud, courtesy of Skunture! That attack left the Doom Monkeys lying on the ground.

"My work here, is done." Skunture said before doing a mic drop, while the Doom Monkeys were crying in agony from the stench as they got the funk of skunk, allowing the heroes to strike fast and hard. And by the time all of the Doom Monkeys were knocked out, Raph, Rainbow and Casey calmed down and stop laughing.

"That was awesome!" Rainbow Dash celebrated.

"Barely a sweat." Raph boasted.

"Those monkeys couldn’t even open a lock if they tried." Casey quipped.

"Yeah, when there's only a few of them." Mikey said.

"Whoa! Don’t look now, but we got more company!" Ripper Roo warned as everyone looked around. only to see three heads pop up on the left, and a slimy businessman pop out from the right, revealing themselves.

"Good grief. It’s a triple-header." Sonata groaned.

"That Sludge sure looks sleazy." Vixot noted.

"Yep." Crash agreed.

"Sligeon! It’s been a while!" The Businessman Sludge said with a smile.

"Yes it has, Busiludge." Sligeon agreed

"We managed to make you that weapon that can be used by Sludges." The right head the the Sludge informed as they gave Sligeon some strange weapon.

"Thanks Chameleon, Pig and Slug." Sligeon said in gratitude.

"You guys know where N. Brio is?" Crash asked.

"Normally, I’d charge ya for that, but since you’re friends with Sligeon here, I’ll give you a freebie! He’s at the most important part of the dumpster where all the trash gets burned! But be careful, he not only has his potions this time, he has mutants and a mutated human under his control with the NV!" Busiludge answered.

"How much for additional information?" Mikey asked, before Raph slapped the back of his head for that.

"You want to save the world or not, pal?!" Busiludge yelled in anger.

"We do." Raph answered.

"Then go and do what heroes do best! None of us can stand that Cortex or Brio!" Busiludge said as the heroes rushed off to N. Brio's whereabouts

"That turtle is like Slug." The middle head, Pig noted.

"Hey!" Slug, the left lead, pouted.

"It’s true." Chameleo, the right head, admiteed.

Later, everyone started looking around for N. Brio.

"And to think Brio helped me and Coco save the planet from Cortex that one time." Crash remembered.

“Really?” Sonata asked while looking under some junk.

“Yeah, but we had to collect all 42 gems. And they were hard to find and get.” Coco answered.

“Anyone ever feel like weird has become normal for them?” Shini asked.

“Yes.” The other ninjas responded.

“Doesn't make it any less.... Fun!” Mikey yelled as he fell down a junk hill on that last word.

“Mikey!” Raph gasped.

“Guys! I found N. Brio and Crunch!” Mikey said from a distance.

“What?!” Everyone else gasped.

“Yeah, better get down here. There's a weird telepathic mutant down here.” Mikey added.

“Wait. That means…!” Crash, Coco and Sonata started to realize.

“WHOO-HOO!” Pinkie cheered as she jumped down, followed by everyone else before they saw a bird mutant titan in a blue sphere that had arms and legs.

“PB!!!” Crash, Coco and Sonata said in joy.

“Who?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“He’s that mutant titan me, Crash and Coco freed from that ice ball! He’s known as a TK!” Sonata explained.

“Looks like he needs our help.” Rainbow Dash noticed.

“Come on! Let’s go!” Sonata urged as everyone  followed down, till Dingodile got stuck.

“Oi! I’m stuck!” Dingodile said as Casey and Rainbow pushed down on Dingodile.

“No offense, big guy. But I think you need to go on a diet!” Rainbow Dash advised.

“Been meaning to.” Dingodile responded before Rilla Roo showed up with his hammer.

“Ooh-ooh! Out of the way!” Rilla Roo said as Rainbow and Casey moved.

“Wait! Let's not do anything...” Dingodile tried to warned before Rilla Roo whacked him out of that tight spot. “Rash…”

“It worked.” Rilla Roo said, looking on the bright side.

“Well, now that we got that settled, we got trouble, five of them.” Crash pointed out as everyone saw NV Crunch, Crabusk, Scorgomid, Flutterbat and N. Brio.

“Yep. That’s them, alright. At least now I’ll repay you for getting me out of that ice ball.” PB said.

“Guys! Stay away, little buddies!” NV Crunch warned.

“We can’t control ourselves!” NV Crabusk said as NV Scorgomid just growled while Flutterbat hissed.

“Just take the helmets off already!” Aku Aku urged while Flutterbat hissed as she flew up.

“You don’t understand! So awesome! Monkeys!” NV Crunch said.

“Hahahaha! Yes, fight your little buddies! Teach them who invented who! Strike them with your large man hands!” N. Brio ordered.

“I obey! Eat! Enough! Fiber!” NV Crunch responded.

“Must! Destroy! Enemies!” NV Crabusk growled while Flutterbat hissed and NV Scorgomid roared as the four mind-controlled heroes started approaching the others.

“Guys, separate!” Crash ordered.

“Right!” Everyone else agreed as they decided to divide and conquer, before Flutterbat tackled Mikey.

“Gah! Easy, Flutters!” Mikey urged before getting an idea, grabbing an apple he held onto. “Hey, you want this apple?” Mikey asked with a smirk as Flutterbat's eyes were on the red juicy apple, with drool coming out of her mouth, before the turtle mutant threw it at NV Crunch with her following the fruit.

Meanwhile, NV Crunch was fighting Crash and Coco at the moment. “Hit that turkey like Thanksgiving! No stuffing, gives it gas!” NV Crunch said with a catchphrase before getting hit in the head with an apple. “Huh?” He wondered before looking behind him, only for Flutterbat to crash into the controlled mutant. “OW! Crunch needs a hug!”

“Time to bring them to a more open space!” PB quipped as he psychically lifted Flutterbat and NV Crunch and tossed them onto spinning gears and spikes, damaging their NVs and sending them to where everyone else, NV Crabusk and Scorgomid were.

“Little help!” Tawna requested as she was struggling.

“Ask and you shall receive!” PB quoted as he psychically lifted Crabusk and Scorgomid long enough for Tawna to recover.

“Thanks.” Tawna said in gratitude.

“Don't thank me yet! We still need to free your friends!” PB reminded.

“Get me a clear shot, then.” Dingodile responded.

“Okie dokie lokie!” Pinkie Pie said with a smile as she threw a smoke bomb, blocking the controlled heroes’ line of sight.

“Hey! Who turned out the lights?” NV Crunch asked before Rainbow Dash sped inside and jumped onto NV Crabusk’s back.

“What the?!” Crabusk gasped.

“Sorry about this!” Rainbow Dash apologized as she grabbed NV Crabusk’s head, making his and her eyes glow sky blue.

“Whoa! This feels much better!” Crabusk said.

“Guess you’re not so hazy anymore! We need your help!” Rainbow Dash told the Shellephant.

“Sure.” Crabusk responded as they started to help the others.

Meanwhile, Sonata saw Flutterbat sucking on the apple Mikey threw with her fangs, noticing an opportunity.

“Sorry, Fluttershy!” Sonata apologized before she grabbed onto Flutterbat's head from behind, grabbing the NV and ripped it off, but for some reason, Fluttershy was still in her Flutterbat form.

“Ooh... Sonata? What happened?” Fluttershy asked.

“Long story.” Sonata simply answered before Fluttershy noticed her form.

“Eep! What happened to me?” Fluttershy gasped before fainting.

“It’s complicated.” Sonata answered before she went off to help the others, while Ripper Roo started struggling.

“Yow! Need some help! I'll probably need to take the sane sleeves off!” Ripper Roo declared as he somehow tore his sleeves off from the inside, before the hook end of his cane-trident and drew a sword.

“Why didn't I think of that for Tawna's staff?” Coco said in utter surprise.

“I got it from an Assassin video game.” Ripper Roo answered as Coco just stared in shock. “What? I'm crazy! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!”

“Maybe I should add that to Tawna's staff.” Coco noted.

“Nah, just hook me up with a hypno ball.” Tawna responded, and Coco seemed to agree with the idea.

“Yeah, you're right.” Coco admitted.

“Hehe. Taking inspiration from me?” Shini asked in amusement.

“It's a good move.” Tawna said.

“Yes, only if you got your opponent’s attention.” Shini informed.

“I can get Crash's attention easily.” Tawna quipped, making her friends laugh at that while Crash blushed.

“Ha! Good one!” Dingodile said as he saw a tire and sucked it up, before aiming it at Scorgomid. “This is for destroying my diner!” Dingodile shouted as he shot the tire at Scorgomid's head, stunning her. “Just so you know mates, I was telling Cortex that.”

“I know, buddy.” Crash responded.

“And up we go!” Pinkie said as she grabbed onto Scorgomid’s head, before slicing the NV in half.

“Oh… What? Oh dear. I got controlled again?” Scorgomid asked in concern.

“Big time.” Pinkie answered.

“Oh... What should we do now?” Scorgomid timidly asked.

“You should rest.” Pinkie suggested.

“N-No. I shouldn't. I need to help everyone!” Scorgomid insisted before the exhaustion got the better of her. “Oh… I’m so sorry.”

“It's okay.” Crash assured.

“Ooh-ooh! Crunch is the only one left!” Rilla Roo informed.

“We can handle him.” Crash confidently said.

“Oy, how about letting me, Rilla, and Ripper handle him? The rest of you make sure N. Brio doesn't escape.” Dingodile requested.

“Alright, but I’m coming with you to make sure that Crunch snaps out of it.” Crash responded.

“Sure, pal.” Ripper Roo said.

“Alright, and it looks like Fluttershy is still good to go.” Sonata noticed as Fluttershy woke up and managed to stand up.

“But, I think I still have my bat wings.” Fluttershy guessed.

“Might want to check your fingernails.” Coco said as Fluttershy looked and saw she still had her talons.

“Oh dear!” Fluttershy gasped.

“Calm down, Flutters! This is only temporary.” Pinkie assured.

“Actually, I think Fluttershy got a new power from her geode and the mojo from this world. Which means she can become like this at any time she wants to!” Sonata explained, surprising all of her friends about this development.

“Handy.” Mikey noted.

“Although, since you have the abilities of a Vampire Fruit Bat in this form, you might have a craving for apples whenever you’re like this.” Sonata added with a nervous smile.

“Just means my Apple Upside Down Surprise got a new customer.” Dingodile said as he was shooting fire and water at NV Crunch.

“Oof! This is humiliterrifying!” NV Crunch said.

“The fact we're winning against a Bandicoot...” Dingodile started as he threw NV Crunch to Rilla Roo.

“Even though that Bandicoot’s controlled…” Rilla Roo continued as he whacked NV Crunch over to Ripper Roo.

“Take what you get!” Ripper Roo finished as he sliced up the NV to pieces, but amazingly left Crunch unhurt.

“I’ll take it from here. ‘Cause there’s a control chip and there are still those goggle screens!” Crash insisted as he jumped onto Crunch’s head and put Aku Aku on his face, jacking him.

“Hey, I can see clearer now! The rain is gone! This is good!” Crunch said.

“Easy, bro. Can we borrow your hammer, Rilla?” Crash asked before Crunch stopped him.

“Actually, Coco made this for me just in case.” Crunch said as his metal arm opened up, revealing a mace as he used his other arm to grab it, before his metal closed back up.

“I am seriously wishing Coco would take up the violin.” Crash joked, making all of his friends laugh at that, except Coco, who growled that that.

“Hmph! Well, this fight won’t be as easy as before, thanks to my new Kraang Mutagen formula!” N. Brio declared as he gulped down his vial of mutagen, much to everyone’s shock and horror.

“EVERYONE TAKE COVER!!!” Mikey shouted as he and the others hid behind some junk, but nothing happen.

“Huh?” Sonata wondered in confusion.

“Why the dud?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Didn’t see that coming.” Vixot admitted.

“You were expecting something?” N. Brio asked.

“Yes.” The heroes answered.

“That stuff is suppose to mutate you into a monster. And your drinking Kraang Worm Milk like it's soda.” Mikey said, making the everyone except Raph and Casey double back on that claim.

“Worm Milk?” N. Brio uttered in shock before the heroes heard a stomach growling. “I've been drinking Worm Milk?!” N. Brio asked, completely mortified when he was launched into the fire by his own flatulence, before coming back up with his butt on fire.

“That was fun to watch, but now…” Crash said as Rainbow Dash disconnected from Crabusk, making the NV fall apart and Crash started pulling off the NV goggles and control chip.

“Stop it, that’s mine!” NV Crunch refused as N. Brio managed to extinguish the fire on his buttocks, before noticing Crunch.

“Just swat him away, muscles!” N. Brio ordered before Crash got the goggles and chip off of Crunch, restoring him back to normal.

“Hey, I feel great! Got the monkey off my back! Thanks little buddy!” Crunc said in gratitude before getting lifted into the air by Crash “No! Really, I’m good now!”

“Hi-ya!” Crash yelled as he started whacking Crunch on the ground to make sure he still didn’t have that brain bug as a random monkey passed by.

“Stop it, please! Stop it, please! Ow! Honestly, I’m much better! Hey! Lift with your legs, not with your back!” Crunch begged as he and Crash got into a comical fight cloud, making the others wince at what’s going on while Aku Aku approached N. Brio.

“Well, I didn’t think we’d meet again.” Aku Aku admitted.

“Well, you were wrong, and I was right! As right as, Betamax! Why won’t the world understand? We have limitless bad mojo to power NVs!” N. Brio boasted, catching the heroes’ attention.

“Bad Mojo?! How are you getting that?” Aku Aku asked before N. Brio covered his mouth as he mumbled the answer, and the heroes couldn’t understand or hear it. “Talk! Those Voodoo Bunnies are still mad at being tricked.”

“Besides, Crash likes Crunch, and look that them.” Sonata pointed out as everyone saw Crash laying out some TNT around Crunch and detonated them, resulting in a comical explosion, much to N. Brio’s dismay.

“Cortex and I are charge now, little fool! Your island is trapped by a device that I-“ N. Brio started boasting again before being cut off by the siren.

“Invented, yada yada yada.” Sonata scoffed as everyone else went to Crash who was finished with what he was doing, letting Crunch go.

“We better go.” Raph suggested.

“Crash, looks like my brother’s involved in this mess.” Aku Aku said.

“Crunch, you, Crabusk, Fluttershy and Scorgomid should head home to get some rest.” Coco told the four freed heroes as Fluttershy turned back into her normal form.

“Okay.” Fluttershy hesitantly agreed.

“If you think it’s for the best.” Scorgomid admitted.

“Alright.” Crabusk said as Crunch got up with a tear in his left eye.

“Yeah, think I’m gonna need the brain juice! Gonna lay down awhile, sleepy!” Crunch agreed as he fell back down before getting lifted by Crabusk.

“And you! You clear out! You’re not welcome! Come on guys, let’s go find my brother.” Aku Aku said as N. Brio had steam coming out of his nose in anger.

“This isn’t the end! I invented endings! Why don’t people take me seriously?” N. Brio whimpered as he started walking away with a bag on a stick, before a pickup truck with his original mutagen drove by, with N. Brio following it.

But as the heroes started heading out, none of them noticed Bandicoot shaped individual watching them. "Soon..."

To be Continued…