The destroyed remains of the Cortex Vortex continued to plummet towards the Earth's atmosphere back towards Australia. It eventually crash landed in a secluded temple, where it unfortunately released an evil spirit. The spirit let out an evil chuckle in its blue spiritual form.
"Free at last!" the spirit exclaimed, as it took Cortex and N. Gin with it.
October 31, 1998
Crash and the others, including their new friend, Polar, were relaxing in front of the Bandicoots' house, having needed it after tangling with Cortex for a second time. Suddenly, the sky darkened and an evil laugh echoed throughout the skies. It sent shivers down Rainbow's spine. She's not the type of person who gets scared easily, but that laugh was enough to make her extremely uneasy. No one was more scared than Fluttershy, though, as she ran up to Rarity and held her tightly.
"I don't like the sound of that laugh," Pinkie gulped.
Twilight heard it, as well. In fact, the laugh was so frightening, that she looked around frantically, trying to find the source. Coco and Polar were scared, too. In fact, Polar shivered and leapt underneath Coco's trembling free arm as she glanced up at the sky, worriedly. Crash paid no attention, though, as he was focused on doing tricks with his blue yo-yo.
"Uka Uka is free?! No! It cannot be!" Aku Aku said at last.
"I'm afraid to ask, but who's Uka Uka?" Twilight shivered as the laughter continued.
"A name that I must tell you about. If he is free, that can only mean that great evil has come."
Sensing danger, everyone except for Crash went inside the house. After finally realizing what was going on, Crash darted for the house, only to find himself face-first into the door. While he was dazed, Coco managed to safely drag him into the house, away from all of the potential evil.
Meanwhile, in a machine with five areas with metallic flooring called the Time Twister, Dr. Cortex was met by the blue spirit, who was very displeased with him.
"None have dared to fail the great Uka Uka even once! But you, Cortex, you have failed me TWICE!" Uka Uka snapped.
Cortex was now on his knees, pleading for his forgiveness. He was obviously terrified.
"Great Uka Uka, it was that infernal bandicoot and his new friends!" Cortex pleaded.
Just then, the blue light shattered and revealed Uka Uka's true form. He was a witch doctor's mask like Aku Aku. His face was a dark-brown/blackish color with a small, rectangular nose, golden pupil-less eyes with dull green eyebags, light brown eyebrows, sharp teeth, and three bones. One was tied to his forehead and the other two were dangling from his sides by the use of ropes. He also had a large, ginger beard and a yellow jagged stripe on his forehead with red outlines. He then began to chastise Cortex even more about his failures for world domination.
"From deep inside my temple prison, I sent you simple instructions to follow! But you've lost the gems, you've lost the crystals, AND I HAVE LOST MY PATIENCE! There is now no other power source left ON THIS PLANET!"
"I know we've had a few unfortunate... setbacks."
"AND FAILED!"
Cortex was even more terrified than before. No one could predict what Uka Uka would do next. Unlike Aku Aku, this spirit was pure evil, plain and simple. To his surprise, however, Uka Uka was willing to give Cortex another chance.
"But since your bumbling has managed to set me free, I am feeling generous. There is still a way to amass the power needed to enslave this miserable planet. And this time, this time the great Uka Uka will make sure that you do it right!"
As he finished speaking, a circular warp orb appeared and from it, came a tall, skinny human with cold blue skin. He had long eyebrows, two equally long skinny beards and skinny legs. He wore a golden-brown, smog producing, piston-driven time machine, which obscured his white lab coat. He also had a tall piece of headgear and had a huge metal glove with a clock on it. His name was Dr. Nefarious Tropy, keeper of the Time Twister and a master of time travel.
Back on N. Sanity Island, Aku Aku was telling everyone the story of Uka Uka, who was his evil twin brother. The two of them were locked in a feud when they were humans and still continue that feud to this day. Twilight was shocked. She couldn't believe that all of Uka Uka's reign of terror was the result of a brotherly feud that he refused to let go of. Yet, it was true. Even as spirits embodied as witch doctor's masks, they still continue to bicker. It got so out of hand that Aku Aku had to begrudgingly seal Uka Uka inside a temple prison. He had no choice.
"I used to get into spats with my brother, Shining Armor, but it never got that ugly," Twilight admitted.
"Uka Uka is different, Twilight. I had to imprison him. It was to protect the world from his malice. Now that he is free once again, there is no telling what he will do," Aku Aku replied.
Twilight suddenly remembered that Cortex planned on using the crystals to enslave everyone on Earth the last time they confronted him. Knowing Cortex, he'd probably try to do it again. The only problem with that was that the crystals were pretty much gone now thanks to the space station being destroyed. Aku Aku, however, informed her that the crystals were not completely gone.
"The crystals and gems were not completely lost. They were, instead, returned to their rightful places in time. I fear that Uka Uka and Dr. Cortex may be planning on retrieving them through the use of time travel. Which means that my twin brother must be stopped!"
Both bandicoots and the girls stood up and followed Aku Aku out of the house. Soon, they were instantly teleported to the Time Twister.
"Woah! This place is amazing!" Twilight squealed.
"Children, Uka Uka and Cortex plan to use this Time Twisting machine to gather crystals that lay scattered across time," Aku Aku explained. "I have brought you here to recover the crystals before they do. To open a time portal, simply stand on a button and then jump into the portal."
As he spoke, a random frog hopped on button number one, which led to Toad Village. It opened up a time portal, which then sucked the poor helpless frog into the level.
"That doesn't sound too hard," Rainbow said.
"Maybe to you, but the rest of our friends could be in any of these areas! Who knows what dangers lie in those portals?" Twilight responded.
"Crash, Coco, please be careful," Fluttershy said.
"Don't worry, we will," Coco said reassuringly.
"Good luck," Aku Aku said with a smile before teleporting away.