Crash Bandicoot Homecoming Chapter 8

Chapter 8: The bird’s prey
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Crash saw Power Man helping to push the boat back together.
“Glad I could catch the boat,” he said, “Leave this to me!”
“Got it,” said Crash.
He went around helping Spyro evacuate everyone from the boat.
Pretty soon everyone was out of the boat.
Crash started to leave but tripped.
“Shit!” he said.
He fell into the river.
“Hang on buddy!” said Spyro.
He dove down to look for him.
“Crash?” he asked, “Crash where are you?!”
“Boo!” he said.
He spooked Spyro.
“That was dirty,” he said, “But at least you’re ok.”
“Yeah…” said Crash.
“What’s wrong?” asked Spyro, “Are you ok?”
“If by ok, you mean feeling bad because I let the bad guy get away and put a lot of people in danger, then yes,” said Crash.
“That’s where you’re wrong,” said Spyro, “Look behind you.”
An audience was cheering for Crash and Spyro.
Power man came down and came out of his suit.
“I was wrong,” he said.
“What do you mean?” asked Crash.
“It wasn’t you who wasn’t ready to face off against supervillains,” said Nicholas, “It was me who wasn’t ready… to let you go.”
“What do you mean?” asked Crash.
“The reason I came here after hearing about the attacks going on was because I was scared,” said Nicholas, “I was scared that what happened to my old comrades was gonna happen to you, and I just couldn’t take that. But you proved me wrong.”
“Really?” asked Crash.
“But, do me a favor and stop trying,” said Nicholas.
“But I’m just trying to be like you,” said Crash.
“Dude, just be yourself,” said Nicholas, “It doesn’t matter what other people think about you. All that matters is what you think.”
Crash smiled.
“I’m gonna need the suit,” said Nicholas.
“What?” asked Crash.
“I’m asking Coco to help me put on some upgrades. If you’re gonna take on Cortex and his evil henchmen, then its gonna take more than a few dancing moves and a flashy costume,” said Nicholas, “No offense.”
“None taken,” said Crash.
“I’ll see you later,” said Nicholas, “Keep fighting the good fight kid.”
He flew away.
“Need a lift?” asked Spyro
“What?” asked Crash, “Oh yeah.”
He got on Spyro’s back and they flew back to campus.
Jackie greeted him with a hug and a kiss.
“We saw you on TV,” said Jackie, “That was amazing!”
“Yeah,” said Crash as he smiled, “And it looks like I got the approval of Nicholas Shay.”
“Crash, don’t make a habit of this,” said Coco, “There’s other ways of getting attention of this you know?”
“Maybe I don’t need the attention,” said Crash.
“What do you mean?” asked Jackie.
“Sometimes the thing that you want the most is right beside you along,” said Crash.
Jackie was still confused.
“It wasn’t the fans and the fame that keeps me going Jackie,” said Crash, “I realized that it was you.”
Jackie started to blush.
“I spent my entire life trying to figure out what I want, but I think I already have,” said Crash.

If I had you by Adam Lambert
Crash: So I got my boots on,
Got the right amount of leather
And I'm doing me up with a black color liner
And I'm working my strut but I know it don't matter
All we need in this world is some love
There's a thin line between the dark side and the light side baby tonight
It's a struggle gotta rumble, tryin' to find it
But if I had you, that would be the only thing I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party, it'd be ecstasy
Yeah if I had you
You y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-you
If I had you
From New York to LA getting high rock and rolling
Get a room trash it up 'till it's ten in the morning
Girls in stripper heels, boys rolling in Maserati's
What they need in this world is some love
There's a thin line between the wild time and a flat-line baby tonight
It's a struggle gotta rumble tryin' to find it
But if I had you, that would be the only thing I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party, it'd be ecstasy
Yeah if I had you
You y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-you
If I had
The flashing of the lights
It might feel so good but I got you stuck on my mind, yeah
The flashing and the stage it might get me high
But it don't mean a thing tonight
That would be the only thing I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party, it'd be ecstasy
Yeah if I had you
You y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-you
If I had you
That would be the only thing I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
(never could compete with you)
If I had you, life would be a party, it'd be ecstasy (it'd be ecstasy with you)
Yeah if I had you
You y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-you
If I had you

The two of them shared a kiss.
Meanwhile back at Cortex’s headquarters, Crow was doing some finishing touches on the repairs.
“That should do it,” he said.
He noticed something stuck on the wing of his flight suit.
“What do we have here,” he said as he looked at it.
It was a picture from Crash’s wallet that he took of himself and Jackie.
“So, did you find any crystals, Dennis?” asked Cortex coming in.
“Unfortunately no,” said Crow, “But, I did discover who our friend in the suit is.”
He showed Cortex the picture.
“I think I need to go pick up some groceries on the way back,” said Crow putting on the suit.