Meanwhile, Neo had walked into a laboratory, there was a rather large machine in the centre of the room, it slightly resembled the Evolvo-ray but it wasn't what it seemed, "This is it! Just place Kris roo onto the table, secure his arms and legs.. this is the moment of truth!" Dr Cortex told Tropy "Yes Doctor" he replied, "This isn't going to work Neo Cortex! You’re foolish to do this! Someone will make you pay for this! Even if it isn't me!" Kris yelled at Neo, Neo frowned "Settle down Kris roo! You may like the effects of this all-new Evolution ray! I may make you super muscular but yet intelligent, or have powers like no other creature! Then you'll destroy Crash and his friends! NOTHING will stand in my way, nothing!" Cortex told Kris, Kris closed his eyes in fear... and thought... "It feels like I don't even have a future... what can I do?”

Crunch was running down the hallway, determined to find Kris and Neo Cortex "Dammit, where did they go?" he thought to himself, Crunch then slowed down... "Oh no, this is all my fault... I'm the one that wanted to go back to Earth... Kris didn't... What can I do now? I let everyone down..." Crunch thought, then there was a loud electricity sound, Crunch turned towards the sound... he then ran furtherer down the hallway and opened a Lab door and crept inside, he saw another door which lead into the Laboratory, with bright red light shinning through the window placed on the door, Crunch stalked up to the door to pear inside the room, and he looked into it, and saw Kris strapped down on the table..."You will regret this Doctor!" Yelled Kris, Neo Cortex just smiled evilly and ignored Kris, he then simply turned the machine on, and a large laser blasted Kris in the chest, Kris gasped in pain but wasn't heard... and Crunch watched in shock... the whole entire room lighted up even brighter, the power of the laser was so powerful that Cortex got blasted into the door, The force of Neo smacking into the door caused Crunch to fall backwards onto the ground, Tropy was also thrown back and hit into the wall... but moments latter, the red light had finally disappeared...

Neo got up, rubbing his forehead "Dr Tropy, Was this my Secret weapon? I don't see Kris anywhere!" Neo Cortex asked Tropy "Well, Doctor, This doesn't happen to be your secret weapon at all... It indicates here that this is the termination ray... created for terminating unwanted minions..." he told Neo Cortex, the mad man was in complete shock, "Oh no! We CAN'T afford to lose any of our minions! You SHOULD have told me you idiot!" Neo shouted in frustration, Tropy wasn't impressed,  "Well Dr Cortex, This rubbish has nothing to do with me! How dare you speak to me in such a manner! I'm going to leave... now! I shall head back into time! Worthless Doctor..." he yelled at Cortex's face, Tropy turned his back on Neo and walked up to the door and opened it, Tropy glared down to see Crunch getting up off the ground, Crunch stared at Tropy with anger within his eyes... "What are you doing here? Stand aside marsupial!" Tropy told Crunch, Crunch was very furious... he stood up quickly and he punched Tropy into his stomach armour hard, Tropy fell backwards and smashed into the wall, Crunch then held his head low and growled angrily at Tropy, then he noticed Neo Cortex... and grew even more angered, "Hmm Crunch Bandicoot, thank you for taking care of him, after what he had said to me..." said Neo Cortex, Crunch ignored his words... he quickly moved closer to Neo, he grabbed the doctor by the coat and hissed, "Where's Kris!" Crunch growled, Neo stared back in fear and screamed "Dr Tropy, HELP ME!" as he shouted in fear, Tropy got up "Right Doctor... for the last time..." said Tropy, he grabbed his turning Fork and smashed it hard on Crunch's head, Crunch let go of Neo immediately, Neo fell to the ground... Crunch held onto his head in pain... he couldn't see or hear anything very well, but before Nefarious could hit him again, he quickly dodged the turning fork.

Crunch stood there staring viciously at the blue skinned man. Tropy looked back, almost as angry as the bandicoot. He charged forward to swipe at him, but Crunch dodged him again and attempted to trip him over, Tropy almost fell but caught his balance as he got back up again to try striking at Crunch, Crunch tried to punch but also missed at the same time. The angry anthro then quickly ran to try another hit at the man but this time, jumped to try and bite at Tropy's face! He gasped and quickly moved, avoiding the small, but still deadly bite from the animal. Nefarious then tried to throw his turning fork but it only just touched Crunch's fur but then it was too late for him to move and Crunch done the same technique again! This time, almost piecing through Tropy's face or neck but only one of his canines slashed him across the cheek, Tropy got a shock and quickly turned but this also caused Crunch to get a slash to his arm from Tropy's shoulder armour and he feel to the ground. Crunch clutched onto his arm, and saw that it was bleeding slightly bad, but not too much, but this only caused him to lose focus of the fight and Nefarious came up behind him and gave him a nasty surprise...

he simply whacked Crunch on the head, again with the turning fork and he simply fell to the floor, and it seemed like he was knocked out. Blood started to drip down the marsupials face. Neo got onto his knees and glared at Crunch with anger.... "Get him!" shouted Neo, "As you wish, Dr Cortex!" Tropy grabbed Crunch by the fur on his back, Crunch tried to get free but his head still hurt to much to handle even standing up, Neo Cortex then stood up and looked at Crunch, "Give him the same fate as Kris roo!" Neo told Tropy, He placed Crunch down onto the Table and strapped him down as well...Crunch's arms and legs where locked, escaping seemed hopeless for him...

"You'll pay for what you've done!!!" Cortex told Crunch angrily, Crunch sneered at the mad man, Tropy watched over him "I'm warning you Dr Cortex... hey may not survive... are you sure you're willing to waste another creation?" Tropy warned Neo "I don't care! There’s no use in having a Minion that utterly useless and tries to kill me!" He yelled, then Tropy walked up to the Termination-ray, "Very well Doctor..." Tropy said, he then switched on the machine, the Laser charged up, and Neo walked closer to the machine, and adjusted one of the leavers down below. It was currently set on 'Instant Kill'. He changed it to 'Slow Painful Death' he then got up again and looked over Crunch as the laser carried on powering up, "Prepare to meet your fate, Muhahaha!" he laughed evilly, the Laser was getting brighter, and brighter, Crunch knew he had to do something to stop it, he didn't want to get killed by his worst enemy... he tried desperately to get at least one of his limbs free...

"NEVER!" he shouted, and finally, one of his legs got free and he kicked Cortex hard, into the laser machine, Cortex smashed harshly into the machine, causing the laser to go out of focus... the laser suddenly blasted a bright red light, which shot right across Crunch's right forearm within milliseconds...severely mutilating it within that short time, but soon, the laser had stopped as it had blasted at the wall. Crunch was in so much shock that he couldn't feel anything right then. As soon as the straps came loose though, his instincts told him to get away. He lifted himself up and fell to the floor... all Crunch had on his mind was getting away from Cortex and the Termination-ray but then soon, the intense pain started to creep up on him, it got worse and worse. He groaned in agony and looked down at his right arm, fearful. He started to crawl while down on his knees, holding onto what was left of his right arm as it kept bleeding heavily. All he could see was red blood soaking his chest fur now, he slowly crawled slowly... until he was in too much pain to move on, his body slumped to the floor and he waited... expecting death to claim him anytime soon.