Crunch walked through the forest, not seeing any living creature when arriving at this place. Whatever 'this place' was, it was a complete mystery to Crunch. All he was told was that there would be something here that'll them Crash fight Dr. Cortex. He looked at the radar he was given, and his destination was just up ahead. Crunch started to walk again, and he found himself coming out of the forest, and before him laid ruins.
In the center of the rooms seemed to be an alter, seven pillars stood around it, a few broken dew to age, Crunch assumed. What definitely caught his attention was the enormous green emerald sitting at the top of the alter. Crunch checked his radar again, and it read that the emerald was indeed what he needed.
Crunch broke the radar and threw it behind him. He made his way towards the emerald, but he didn't expect someone else to be there either. A red echidna stood at the top of the alter, woken up by Crunch carelessly breaking the radar. "Oh, and now someone else is trying to take the Master Emerald? I won't let you have it!" Knuckles said.
