Crash stepped on the button with Tiny's face on it and jumped into the portal, taking him to ancient Rome. Once he did, Tiny sent a message from said area.
"Crash! Coco! Stole the pretty crystals! Tiny take them back in gladiator arena!"
"Who the hay was that?" Applejack asked.
"That was Tiny Tiger," Twilight groaned.
She hit her hand on her face and shook her head in disbelief.
"Is that a problem?"
"Listen, Applejack, I thought for sure that when Crash defeated him last time, that we would just give up. But apparently, it seems that he now works for Cortex instead of N. Brio."
"Who the hay is N. Brio?"
"That would be Cortex's former colleague. They had a bit of a falling out after Cortex's first defeat."
"Well, if you say so."
"Girls, look! There's Crash in a gladiator arena facing Tiny now!" Pinkie said, pointing at the screen.
Sure enough, Crash was indeed facing off against Tiny Tiger, who was also wielding a trident to try to attack Crash. Instead, though, he only wore himself out as Crash dodged his every movement. As Tiny was catching his breath, Crash decided to spin into him, taking him down a peg. Furious, Tiny grabbed his trident and leapt back onto the stone he was on while chained down. Just then, the five doors in front of Crash opened up and a bunch of lions started running out to try to eat him.
Twilight's eyes turned to pinpricks as she saw the doors open.
"Crash, look out for those lions! If one of them catches you, you'll be his lunch!" she screamed.
Luckily, Crash managed to dodge every lion that came his way and ended up attacking Tiny two more times until he admitted defeat. Upon being defeat, Tiny dropped a power-up for the bandicoots. It was called the Super Charged Body Slam. It was a more powerful version of the ground pound attack they had earlier. After picking it up, Crash warped straight back into the Time Twister victorious. As soon as he did, the electricity that was in front of area two disappeared.
"Uh, what just happened?" Rainbow asked.
"I believe that since Crash just defeated a boss, the next area of the Time Twister automatically unlocked," Twilight explained. "But we're not done, yet. Coco, do you think you can get the time relic in Makin' Waves?"
"Sure, Twilight. I'd be happy to get it," Coco responded.
She ran over to the level and jumped into the portal to get a time relic for Makin' Waves. Upon returning, she had presented the others with a gold time relic, much to everyone's delight.
"Thank goodness that's over. Now we can move on to the next area," Rarity said.
Before they could, however, Cortex and Uka Uka sent them a message on the monitor.
"WHY?! WHY MUST YOU CONTINUE TO BE THORNS IN OUR SIDE?!" Uka Uka roared, possessing Cortex.
After he was finished, Cortex immediately came back to his senses and started mourning the potential loss of Tiny.
"Honestly, at least try to be more reasonable with my minions, next time," Cortex said.
After that, the message ended and Crash immediately entered the new level, Gee Wiz. Barely managing to avoid getting kissed by the frogs, Crash managed to come back with both the crystal and gem in the level. After that, he went back in for the relic and came back with another sapphire relic. He then went into the next level, Hang'em High and got the crystal, the clear gem and a sapphire relic. Getting to the next level, though, made Rainbow's eyes light up. It was a race set in the 1950's in the middle of a desert. While the lab assistants were all in blue cars, Crash was riding a motorcycle, even sporting his own biker jacket and sunglasses for the occasion.
"Awesome! Crash is definitely going to win this race! I'm sure of it!" Rainbow squealed.
The traffic light counted down and then the racers were off. Crash sped past most of the racers while breaking the crates along the way. Eventually, Crash came in first place and won the crystal. He teleported back into the Time Twister and presented his two achievements. He then went back inside for the relic. As soon as he did, a new face appeared on the monitor in the Ice Age. He was a cross between a dingo and a crocodile. He wore blue pants and had a flamethrower equipped, powered by a gas tank strapped to his back.
"G'day, mates," he greeted. "Dingodile's the name and Uka Uka and Cortex gave me orders to bring the crystals to them during the Ice Ages. So, give me the goods and shove off! Or I'll roast youse! That includes you too, Twilight! Heh heh heh heh."
And with that, the message ended. Twilight gulped. She was the one who helped give Dingodile his flamethrower in the first place, via Cortex's orders. The others glanced at Twilight with concerned looks.
"Would someone mind telling what the heck is going on, here?" Applejack asked.
"It's complicated, Applejack. You see, when we all got separated, Twilight ended up being forced to work for this Cortex guy and now he apparently has a huge vendetta against for her 'betrayal'," Pinkie explained.
As she was rambling on, Crash ended up going into Tomb Time and came back with the crystals and both of the gems, due to already having the purple gem from when he was helping N. Brio.
"Is that true, Twilight?"
"Unfortunately, Applejack, it is," Twilight said sadly.
"But it wasn't your fault, Twilight," Coco said reassuringly. "You didn't know that Cortex would try to use you for his insane experiments to take over the world."
"Still, I can't help but feel partially responsible."
Seeing how hard Twilight was being on herself, Crash managed to cheer everyone up with a recently obtained sapphire time relic from Tomb Time. Yet again, he managed to prove himself useful to everyone that he definitely had what it takes to save the world.