Twilight wasn't too far off with her statement, even if she didn't know all the details, yet. Back to Crash, though, he went through another level and even discovered a green gem hidden behind a fake vault door. After retrieving it, he continued through the level and even managed to retrieve both the crystal and clear gem from that level. He now had ten out of 25 crystals. At this point, Twilight knew what she had to do. She took the glass elevator up to the next floor to wait for Crash until he defeated the boss blocking his way up. Unfortunately, the elevator could only accommodate one person at a time. This meant that Rainbow either had to wait for the elevator to return, or to go with Crash and face the boss of the warp room. She decided to do the latter.
Upon entering the portal, the two of them were transported into a circular arena, where two green Komodo dragons with blue-green brow ridges and spiny tails were both juggling each others' scimitars. These two were known as the Komodo Brothers, Joe and Moe. Joe was a tall, thin Komodo dragon that had a long snout with two fangs sticking out and three-toed feet. Moe, his younger brother, was rounder than his brother with a short nose, a large underbite, a small beard, and two-toed feet. They both wore spiked Ottoman-style helmets, indigo Arab shemaghs, purple robes with solid golden hems, and white undershirts held together by sashes.
The two brothers laughed upon seeing their opposition appear before them. Crash Bandicoot and his new friend, Rainbow Dash.
"Ssssso, thisssss is our opposition, brother?" Joe hissed.
"Looksssss like a weakling, brother," Moe said.
"Indeed. Let'sssss sssssee what you can do againssssst usssss."
Joe assumed a position in front of the red platform in the middle, holding up his one scimitar in front of him. Moe kicked his brother, sending him spinning around the arena, while bouncing off some of the walls. Rainbow hid behind some of the people, not wanting to be on the receiving end of his weapon. Luckily, Crash managed to dodge Joe the entire time. Eventually, Joe collapsed from being so dizzy, giving Crash the opportunity to spin him right into his brother. He did this two more times until the Komodo Brothers finally admitted defeat and collapsed on top of each other.
Rainbow peeked out from her hiding place, then ran over to where Crash was.
"Nice going, little dude!" she exclaimed.
The two of them gave each other a high five in victory before teleporting back into the warp room. As soon as they arrived, the glass elevator had returned and Rainbow Dash rode up in it to the next floor. She was greeted by a very cross Twilight. Needless to say, her friend was EXTREMELY angry.
"I hope you're satisfied with yourself," Twilight said in a monotone voice with her arms folded. "Because one wrong move and you could've BEEN KILLED!"
Before the conversation could go any further, Crash arrived via the platform and the lights suddenly dimmed. A hologram of Cortex suddenly appeared before them.
"Good show, Crash," Cortex congratulated. "The Komodo Brothers obviously lacked your mettle. But now's not the time to get cocky."
Rainbow rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment upon hearing him say this. Being cocky is pretty much what she's known for by her friends.
"There are still many crystals to obtain. Remember, the world is counting on you."
The hologram disappeared and the lights returned to normal. Crash then entered the next portal to the level, Plant Food. Once inside, he obtained the crystal, a clear gem and a yellow gem for completing a time trial.
Back on N. Sanity Island, Coco was busy typing in a hacking program to find out what Cortex what was really planning on doing with the crystals. She then made it past Cortex's computer's firewall and saw something that made her gasp in horror.
"Girls, look at this!" Coco exclaimed, pointing to her laptop's screen.
"MY GOODNESS!" Rarity gasped.
"Oh... My!" Fluttershy whimpered.
"Uh, that's bad, isn't it?" Pinkie asked nervously.
"Definitely bad. I've got to warn Crash and Twilight right away!" Coco said, typing the program to reach the warp room.
Crash had just come out of Sewer or Later with the crystal and both clear gems when the lights suddenly dimmed. A hologram of Coco suddenly appeared and communicated with them.
"Crash, thank goodness I reached you guys! Listen, I hacked into Cortex's computer and found detailed schematics for an improved Cortex Vortex and a suspicious-looking space station. It might be the one that Brio talked to you about. I just barely managed to overhear him talking to you after my first signal went bad. I'm not completely sure about this, but I think that Cortex might be trying to..."
Before she could go into any more detail, the hologram disappeared from interference.
"Who was that?" Rainbow asked.
"That was Crash's little sister, Coco. She's a wiz with technology. She's probably back on N. Sanity Island trying to help us as we speak," Twilight answered.
"Woahwoahwoahwoah! Time out, Twilight! Are you saying that we somehow ended up in some video game world?!"
"To put it simply, yes. And it looks like the only way for us to return home is to A: Reunite with all of our friends, and B: Make sure we get this game's ending just right. In other words, we have to help Crash and the others stop Cortex and find both Applejack and Sunset Shimmer if we ever want to return home."