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| [Introduction]
Sequel to Christmas Capers the Manimals must face the Beastials once again Here are the Character groups Team Manimal: Matoaka Redfeather (The Unicorn) Minsk Flemmingcoff (The Mink) Jim Buckwheat and Jordan Celt (Both Red Squirrels) Bill Brandy (The Texas Longhorn) and Bob Buttz (The Catfish) The Main thing to remember is the Manimals are humans fused with animal DNA where Beastials are animals genetically engineered to be Humanoid Team Bestial: Sir Aries (The Ram) Sir Taurus (The Bull) Lady Tiamat (The Dragon) Sir Nrrr'c (The Cockroach) and Yin and Yang (Ant and Termite respectively) and the Newest member Sir Tyranno (Tyrannosaurus Rex) The Beastials are not necessarily evil, Just misguided, Sir Nrrr'c is actually secretly helping the Manimals, so is Belladonna Starchild, The High Evolutionary's own granddaughter who he mutated into a half dragon half human creature Aves are Bird-like aliens who assist our heroes the Main Aves are Zander, Matoaka's husband, and his sister Gear and his brother in-law Revel, Aves are a very spiritual race and have very strict laws, one such law is the law of monogmy, which the punishments for violating are harsh On with the show |
 Twiga  The High Evolutionary was very angry he looked over his beastials, the only ones who were left he frowned"I am disappointed in all of you!" He thundered "Your incompetence has been MY undoing" He turned to the Cockroach-Man Sir Nrrr'c "You have openly betrayed me!" He snarled "I should recycle you for this, but I believe that would be to easy for you, to merely take away your life, so instead I will continue to left you live, but instead live on in vain!" He turned to the rest them "I have created a new creature to act as infiltrator! Hopefully he will succeed where you have failed!" He pressed a button and out came the most enormous creature they had ever seen! It was a huge purple Tyrannosaurus with red lips! "This is Sir Tyranno" High Evolutionary said Steve Ellen Some of the other beastials laughed. The High Evolutionary glared at them to silence them. But Lady Tiamat always had enough spunk to confront him. "Is this some kind of joke?" she said. "This Tyrannosaurus is so blazingly obvious... How could he infiltrate anything?" "That's the beauty of it," High Evolutionary said. "He is so bold and colorful that no one suspects him of anything except childishness. He looks like a kid's drawing of a dinosaur. But trust me, he's smart and he's capable. Right, Sir Tyranno?" The huge purple dinosaur bowed. "It pleases me, sir, that you have such confidence in me. I hope to prove it is well-founded." "You will! You will!" High Evolutionary said. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, let me fill you in on my latest plan..." Twiga "I plan to get those Manimals where it hurts them the most!" H.E. Said "We're going to steal their magic weapons!""That's it?" Lady Tiamat said "Steal their weapons?" "It is much more than it appears!" H.E. Said "Those weapons are magic because they are sentient,the Manimals have a profound mystical understanding with their weapons theregore to steal them would be to break their spirits!" Sir Aries, looked at sure Taurus both found it sketchy Meanwhile Jim and Jordan were young and in love, playing in the snow together in the forest "Jim." Jordan said "Who is that strange woman in the meadow?" "What are you talking about?" Jim asked "That woman is the white cloak who is standing in the meadow, do you know her?" Jim's little squirrel nose twitched "Oh yeah I know her!" He said cheerfully "That's Belladonna Starchild she helped us with the villains during December" Meanwhile Matoaka and Zander were alone in there cozy HQ snuggling by the fire "How are Gear and Revel enjoying their tour of Gotham?" Matoaka asked while snuggling in Zander's arms Steve Ellen Zander gently rubbed Matoaka's neck. "Oh, they are enjoying it, but Gear is disappointed that it's so dark. You know, Ave is a planet of brilliant sunlight. There are seldom clouds in the sky. So it's depressing for her to be in a city of shadows. But she loved the Gotham Museum." Matoaka raised up. "Why haven't we ever gone to the museum?" "It is kind of odd that we haven't. I promise you that's a trip we will make." Sir Aries met with Sir Taurus in the Red Room of the huge Beastial Complex. It was a small lounge with red leather walls and black leather chairs and some heavy oak tables. There were no windows which made it seem a place where you could speak with confidence that you would not be overheard. Taurus lit his pipe and took a few puffs off it. "Well, Aries, what do you think? Has the H.E. still got what it takes? This new plan of his and that ridiculous purple dinosaur..." Aries leaned back and sighed. "I know what you mean. It seems flimsy. But he's still the High Evolutionary. We owe him our full support." Taurus laughed. "Don't worry, old friend. I wasn't suggesting treason. I'm just looking ahead to what happens if this latest plan of his fails." "Hmmm... I see what you mean. His leadership will certainly be questioned then. But let's not be so quick to assume he will fail. He's a shrewd old dude. I want to see how this new plan unfolds before I pass judgement." Taurus puffed more smoke. "I agree. But keep the future in mind in case we must choose a new H.E." Aries regarded his friend through half-closed eyes and made no comment. Madame Evelyn ************************************"Brother!! Brother!! Quickly, quickly!!" Gear flew in from above with fluster and fire! Her face poured with sweat; Zander knew she'd been well breaking top speed. Something was up. Gear would have never been this flustered; she looked at death and spat! "It's... It's..." Instead of the expected fear Zander was looking for, Gear broke out into tears laughing! "Their new weapon!! It's... A BUMBLING BARNEY!!" Gear doubled over with such intense laughter, hacking almost with her extreme giggle fit! "Are you saying...?" "Yeah, yeah! Come have a look!" Zander saw the "monstrous" new weapon, and had to stifle his own laughter! The monster was purple like a CRAYON! Mataoka, however, looked on the scene with eyes like deep pools, dreading the hidden meaning behind this ridiculous new foe... ********************************************************************* "Big one, huh? Makes me sick!" Bill spat on the ground. He looked the gigantic new foe up and down. "Kinda reminds me of that old... What's it called? Godzilla?" Bob, or Bobo as Bill called him, swam in the low-lying stream parallel to the park. Out of all the Manimals, Bobo was the only one who'd been jipped in the process. Poor guy couldn't be out of water for more than a minute or two! Bill would pity him, but pity was for the weak. "Bobo, swim upstream a little more. Get the two lovebugs over here, now." Bobo didn't stop to ask; he darted away. Bill looked the gargantuan thing in the eyes. Purple? What a joke! ********************************************************************** "HA HA HAH!! BOW AT MY FEET, STUPID MANIMALS!!" The High Evolutionary sat back in his chair, laughing like a madman! He could view the path of Sir Tyranno, causing disturbance among ALL of the Manimals! Sir Nrrr'c safely tied up in a corner, under the vigilant watch of Yin and Yang, the H.E.'s personal lap-bugs, nothing could stop him now!! He viewed another screen, which showed Sir Aries and Taurus sneaking into the Manimal's base. However, he could not see their looks of discomfort at doing the task. Neither could the H.E. witness the distressed face of Lady Tiamat, tying up the Ave Revel. None of them had any faith in the plan... It would fail. And, from the tops of the trees, Belladonna looked up into the sky. She knew something had to be done... Time to get the word out... Twiga Bill was ready for the dinosaur, he lowered to all fours, bellowed his challenge and began to charge! Ready to gore the creature with his great horns!Belladonna Starchild felt something tingle at her throat, it was her magic choker! The One that the Inuit Shamaness had given her to hide her dragon features, as long she kept it on, she looked perfectly human. But when the choker tingled that meant someone was in trouble and only she could rescue them! "Lady Tiamat." She growled, "She's doing something..." Lady Tiamat had tied Revel up, and got out a syringe to take a sample of blood, She drew the blood, Revel, growled with anger. "With this blood sample I will see if there is any Earth substance poisonous to your species." She said She took the blood and put it in a microcomputer, it shifted the blood and it came with one conclution...Strawberries "Interesting." Tiamat purred There was further text 'Strawberries have a powerful narcotic affect on Aves, sends there horomones rocketing and fills there brains with lust.' "TIAMAT!" A voice shouted The evil Dragoness turned around to see a white Dragon in the doorway. "So...Belladonna Starchild has reterned." Tiamat scoffed "Release that alien or I'll..." "Or you'll what?" Tiamat sneered Fortunetly Revel was on his way to letting himself out he used his claws to slice the ropes. Steve Ellen Revel worked free of the ropes and scurried toward the window."You bitch!" Tiamat hissed at Belladonna. "You're letting him get away!" The two dragonesses could only watch as Revel leaped to the windowsill and flew off. "That does it, Belladonna!" Tiamat said. "You're a traitor to the Beastials! You deliberately gave that creature a chance to escape." Belladonna scoffed. "He wasn't a Manimal, he was an Alien." "So what?" Tiamat yelled. "I can experiment on whatever I want to! Watch your step, Belladonna, or maybe I will be experimenting on you someday." "I'd like to see you try." Belladonna unsheathed her long snow-white claws. The light glistened on them like sunlight on hard-frozen snow. Madame Evelyn Both of them glared the other down; perfect rivals. Both of them bore the same type of blood within them... Only, Lady Tiamat's ran hot.She made the bold first strike! Connection! Blood spurts covered the innocent face of Revel, who was desperately cawing to his brother-in-law! Anyone who could help! Revel could already see the outcome to this horrid battle, and didn't want to risk the life of the beautiful Belladonna Starchild... Her eyes sparkled like the lights of his homeworld... Belladonna's face, marred by Lady Tiamat's attack, still managed a frightening menace! Her strikes slashed violently, with deadly speed! Before she knew it, Lady Tiamat had lost her right leg and her left arm! "Just enough to hobble... You bitch." Lady Tiamat's back sprouted the remnants of a pair of wings. Not only had she lost the limbs; but she lost the ability to fully encompass her dragon form! Belladonna had exploited her hidden weakness; the vial of dragon's blood she kept hidden in her right thigh. While watching Lady Tiamat squirm a little, Belladonna made the crucial incision just above the vial of blood. The dragonling smiled... "Would you forsake your humanity to fight me, Belladonna? Would the delicate little flower truly become the deadliest nightshade?" Belladonna raised the glimmering vial to her lips, quivering. Lady Tiamat heartily laughed! "You can't be serious!" "She isn't!" Revel broke his ties! Belladonna let the glass slip from her hands, and crash into the ground! "NO! My last vial!!" "Next time, bring an extra." Belladonna candidly smiled whilst Revel loomed overhead. They say an angered Ave is not a force to reckon with... "WAIT!" Suddenly, the likes of Sir Taurus met the two Manimal allies; the grand bull wore the face of weary determination. "You don't know what you're doing." ************************************************* Matoaka heard the call of Revel, and recognized it well. So did young Gear. She flew with heart pounding and sweat pouring! Zander would have leapt up to the call as well, had Matoaka not stopped him. "The big one is our foe; we'd best not forget that." "You're right, better settle this..." "Not without me you're not!" Minsk grinned like a child at the foot of the staircase! Bearing a large arsenal of weapons, she looked ready to take down an army of tanks! "It's no laughing matter of takin' this guy down! You're gonna need me, c'mon, ad-mit it!" "... Alright, we need you, Minsk. C'mere." "Yeah, I wanna get a clear shot at this flaming bastard..." ************************************************* Twiga Bill was just about to land the finishing blow on Sir Tyranno, the smaller but speedier Longhorn Bull was quickly wearing out the clumsy reptile.Sir Taurus arrived on the scene to protect Tyranno from, the younger bull's deadly horns, Bill and Taurus stood looking at each other, sizing on anouther up. Bill was a Texas Longhorn, Taurus was a white faced hereford. Bill was thin with long sky reaching horn, Taurus was thick and broad with short stubby horns. "So it comes down to us?" Bill asked, the laws of Bovine ettiquite meaning he had to show SOME respect to the older bull "Indeed, yearling." Sir Taurus said "But let no one say you were not a worthy opponant." Meanwhile...Matoaka and Zander arrived on the scene with Gear, Gear saw Revel her husband and kissed him fiercly. Just the way he liked it "Are you all right my love?" Gear asked "I'm fine, I'm fine." Revel blushed under his blue feathers "But I think we may have one less enemy among us." Matoaka's purple eyes flashed as she saw Tiamat wounded, bleeding...A thought struck her. "I can heal her." She said "My horn is proof against death itself." "Why would you want to do that?" Revel asked "Because." Matoaka said "If I save her life, and we take her prisoner, she can tell us what H.E. is up to..." Tiamat heard that and she snarled at the Unicorn, like all dragons Tiamat hated all unicorns (Belladonna did not because she was born human and did not understand the politics of the animal world) "Relax and be at peace my Sister." Matoaka said she touched the dragon with her horn and in an instant the missing limbs grew back, Tiamat fell into a deep dreamless sleep, Matoaka ordered that the Dragon be tied up and taken to HQ. Steve Ellen Tiamat lay in the darkened room trussed up like a hog waiting to be slaughtered. Fury filled her mind and she seethed with hatred. If I ever get loose from these bonds there will be a bloodbath! Madame Evelyn (An out of place comment, SIR TAURUS WAS ON THE ROOFTOP WITH TIAMAT AND REVEL AND BELLADONNA.)***************************************************************************************************************************************** "Jim, Jim, I'm having a vision..." "Jordan? You're having visions?" "More like a premonition and instinct... Turn left." Jim carried his dear Jordan away from the tree straight ahead. Seems she did carry a bit of foresight. Jordan's face contorted in pain, and Jim's heart wrenched at the sight. If only he could help her! "There's something bad coming... I can tell... Someone's in close proximity to our weapons, Jim. Take me back to base please?" Her pleading eyes swayed the loving heart of Jim, and as fast as he could, he raced away towards HQ. ****************************************************************************************************************************************** Revel had been left at the head to guard Tiamat's prison chamber. He wouldn't bear to have this terror escape. Revel glanced down at his still bleeding arm... Somehow, she'd made a severe scratch on him, one that wouldn't just go away. He'd always been naturally susceptible to wounds; not in pain, but more like internal bleeding. It was his weakness as an Ave, a mutation for the worst. Tiamat had found out another weakness; this dragon of a woman could pick apart his species with a blood sample. Someone like her is the deadliest foe; Revel took it upon himself to keep her from Gear, his only one... Revel heard a knock on the door, and gave a quick glance over towards the tied up Tiamat. For now, he would answer... "Revel? Oh, hi!" Revel opened the door to the embrace of Jordan and the jealous eyes of Jim. Revel laughed as much as his naturally serious Ave nature would allow. "Jordan said we should come to headquarters. Something up?" "Well, maybe. We captured Lady Tiamat." Jim gave him a shocked look. Of all the people, Lady Tiamat? Tough one to get down. Perhaps there would be truth to Jordan's premonition. He hoped not... ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Twiga (Um...Sorry? Got confused...)Jim's bushy squrrel tail twitched with indignation, but he took a deep breath and got himself under controll before his jealousy made him do something vile (As being fused with a RED squirrel Jim was prone to jealosy) Tiamat meanwhile, inside her prison cell was sending a message through telepathy to High Evolutionary <HELP> Was all she could say <I've been captured.> H.E. groaned when he Heard Tiamat's message he turned to the two Lap-Bugs Yin and Yang "You two" He snapped "I want you to sneak into that base, and free Tiamat! And whatever you do don't get distracted by all the Candy and shiney things." (Minsk was an excellent cook, and was particuly good at making sweets, she always has a few dishes and jars of candy around the HQ, laced with drugs to trap any dim-witted foe stupid enough to eat it) "Do not worry Milord" Yang the Termite said bowing low "We will rescue the dragon, and I will keep Yin from thinking with her stomach." Yin and Yang worked as a tag team, with Yang being the more sensible of the two, while Yin the Ant, being the youngest and most child-like of the Beastials needed to be checked on. Revel was still gaurding Tiamat, he rested in an armchair and sighed, he looked at his wound "I wonder." He said to himself "If this is punishment for my experimenting with Black Magic, back on Ava." "Only his wife Gear, knew that Revel had been toying with Black Magic, she promised she never would tell, but still Revel's guilt for casting wicked spells weighed heavily on his mind. Suddenly a crash! The sound of bottles being broken! Revel rushed into the kitchen to find...and Ant and Termite rumeging through the fridge. "I told you not to eat anything here!" Yang scolded "That's just the candy." Yin said looking through the fridge "The candy is laced with drugs, to food in the fridge is safe." "Ahem." Revel cleared his throat "Oh Dang!" Yang exclaimed with been found Yin was clutching a bottle of strawberry champane, she looked nervous for a second, but than she got a sly look "Don't worry." She said "He's already been wounded, I'll take care of him." Revel raised his clawed hands and prepared to attack, but Yin using her super ant speed grabbed him by the throat and poured the booze, down his mouth. "What are you doing?!" Yang screeched "Getting him drunk." The Ant said "So no one will believe his story!" But as the Strawberry champaine poured into Revel's stomach dark things stirred within him, a second personalty seemed to awake... Using newfound streangh, Revel knocked the bottle out Yin's hand, it crashed and shattered, Revel's eyes had changed however, at first they were saphire blue, now his eyes were black as opals. He licked his beak, he had a cruel look in his eye "Well, my pretty," Revel said "You seem to be caught in a spider's web." He grabbed the Ant by her uniform and lowered his trousers revealing an erection, "I'm going to enjoy this." Yin screamed, Yang tried to fight of Revel but... Steve Ellen ...the Ave was overexcited by the strawberries in the drink. So, even as Yang tried to pull him away, Revel ripped Yin's uniform off and threw her to the ground. Yang looked around frantically for something to use as a weapon but all he could find was a mop and a broom. It would have to do. He swung the broom at Revel's back, but the aroused Ave had already mounted Yin and was proceeding to rape her. Tears of frustration squeezed out of Yang's eyes as he swung the broom again and again until finally Revel fell over, knocked out by repeated blows from the broom handle. Yin moaned. "That was worse than candy." But Yang found nothing funny about the little ant's attempt to show some bravery and humor. He helped her up and she put her ripped uniform back on. She looked a mess. "Come on," Yang said. "We're going back. This mission is aborted. I don't care what the High Elder does to me." "No!" Yin cried. "Please don't go back! I don't want to be the reason you get punished! And I'll get punished too! Please! We have to finish the mission and rescue Tiamat!" Madame Evelyn (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! Creepy, but intelligent at the same time.)************************************************************************************ "I'm already sprung, you bastards! Let's get out of here." Without Revel's watchful eye, Tiamat immediately sprung from her tiny prison. Her wings, which she'd been storing power to use, now sprouted to her human-sized 3 meter wingspan. Had she any more to muster, they'd never make it out of the house! Yin and Yang clung to Tiamat's outstretched arms, and the three flew right out of the fortress. Poor Jim and Jordan were knocked out by Tiamat's disappearing act. And yet, Jordan could hear the thoughts of the dragon woman, all of them... She needed to do something! So, with a last hope, she tried to send out an S.O.S. to Matoaka! She could send someone their way... ************************************************************************************ Minsk charged up a bazooka type weapon and mounted it on her shoulder. Split second motions: Minsk's craft shown at its best. With enough time to completely flip the gun and catch it, Minsk grinned and gave a thumbs up. Matoaka's eyes misted over, and she brandished a silver blade. To complete the formation, Zander ascended above the two, and kept scout for the actions of Sir Tyranno. Prepared and ready, Minsk started the count-off. "1," she whispered. "2," Matoaka replied. "3!!" And the trio charged at the beastly rex!! Matoaka's blade made the first cut, crimson and flowing! Zander followed up with a blow to the eyes, where Minsk fired rounds into the belly of the beast! As the rex howled in pain, he swatted at his tiny foes violently! Minsk darted out of the way! A landing upon the monster's arm: Minsk couldn't have asked for a better scenario. She plowed her way up to Tyranno's head, holding a large shotgun to his brains. "Any last words?" "Shut the f**k up!" A kick to the jaw! Minsk flew off Tyranno's shoulder, lucky to land safely in the water. Bobo caught the fallen Minsk, and shuffled his way back through the current. As she drifted out of consciousness, Minsk could barely catch the face of her attacker... They could fly!! Matoaka and Zander were stunned; how could she do this? "Gear, why did you..." "Stupid!!" Matoaka was razed at the leaping attack Sir Aries took. Zander's wings were being tied by his own sister's hands... "Gear, how could you do something like..." "SHUT UP!!" Gear slapped her brother, tears pouring down her cheeks. It seemed as if one of the Manimal's few allies had turned against them... ************************************************************************************************ "Bill! There's a traitor!" Bobo's rapid glide through the water landed him at the sight of Bill Brandy, injured after his spar with Sir Taurus. The grand bull had run off to follow other orders from his master, leaving the pitiful sight of an injured Longhorn. And yet, Bill instantly grabbed up his comrade, Minsk, and set her in the crisp snow. None of them were medics, but Bill tore a good-size cloth from his shirt for bandage, and Bobo sprayed her dark red wound with water to try and wash it off. Hope was all that remained. "What's this business about a traitor? Who did this to Minsk?!" Bill's temper flared! Bobo, just as steamed as him, tried to maintain a cool atmosphere... "Bill... It's... Gear." Bill didn't know the girl too well; Matoaka's husband's sister? But even so, she was like family... Bobo and Bill glanced over at their fallen comrade, and knew not what to do... //Help Jordan. At HQ. Now.// "C'mon, we've got a job to do..." "But, Minsk?" "C'MON!" Bill hoisted his friend up onto his shoulders; Bobo followed silently through the stream. It was not the end. Twiga (Whoa! Wait? What? Plot twists so confusing!)Zander noticed that there was a small tear in the back of Gear's shirt he looked and when he saw the small of her back he gasped On the small of her back was something that had not been there before, a tattoo, of an eyeball! "I know that symbol." Zander said "It is the symbol of the Black Phoenix, the Evil Counterpart to the Gold Phoenix!" "What could that mean?" Matoaka asked Zander gave Gear the 'avian neck pinch' so Gear stopped struggling and fell limp "Either High Evolutionary has more knowledge of my Planet's culture than I realized or..." "Or what?" Matoaka asked "Or something really and truly awful I can't explain has happened!" Zander looked frightened "We must get back to HQ!" Meanwhile Revel was finally began to awake from being knocked out cold "What happened?" He asked weakly "My mouth tastes like...puke..." With that Revel coughed up some bile, mixed with the booze that had been force fed to him. "Why can't I remember anything?" Revel moaned clutching his throbbing head, then he noticed the sticky white stuff on the kitchen floor "Is that Semen?" He asked himself...then it began to come back to him...the throbbing pain in his loins the pure raw lust in his gut...then it all came back to him "HOLY F***!" Revel exclaimed "I raped, that insect!" Tears welled up in his eyes, remorse and regret "I've become just like my father," He moaned "A rapist, a cad...I've betrayed my one and only...." A thought struck him "Gear! OMG Gear!" He remembered something Gear told him when they were just teenagers When they were 16, Gear got a tattoo on her back, a tattoo of an eyeball, a symbol of the God of Evil "This tattoo is to protect you." She had said "And it connects me to you, should you ever fall to the dark side, I will fall with you, so we will never be apart." Revel felt his throat getting tight, even though his psycho spell had only been temporary, Gear was probably out causing evil because of the power of the tattoo "Oh GODS!" Revel cried "We're both done for!" Meanwhile, Yin and Yang were almost on the way back to base, when Yin felt a tingle on her back Than her two little wings fell off like Autumn leaves "My wings!" She exclaimed "By the Gods what manner of enchantment has caused my wings to fall off?!" "You were raped remember?" Tiamat said "When Ants have sex for the first time their wings fall off, it means they are no longer virgins." "This is terrible!" Yin cried "The High Elder would be furious if I bore a child of the enemy!" "You can't have a child." Yang said "None of us can." "When High Elder evolved us from ordinary animals..." Tiamat explained "He used radiation from a certain isotope to make us humanoid but that radiation also made us sterile so you can't be pregnant because your ovaries are fried." "But what will happen if he finds out I was raped?" Yin asked "He won't find out." Yang said "Because we won't tell him." Steve Ellen Bill, Zander, Revel, and Matoaka were discussing what to do about Gear."Why don't we just remove that tattoo?" Bill said. "I'm not sure it's that simple," Zander said. "And I know it wouldn't be easy to remove because Ave tattoos go all the way through the skin. It would be major surgery." Matoka looked at Revel. "But now that you aren't on the dark side anymore -- at least I hope you aren't -- won't Gear pull back from being evil as well?" They all looked at where Gear was sleeping like a dead person. "We'll know when she wakes up," Zander said. Madame Evelyn "I think it's about time we were all let in on the whole story. We've got three dead weights on our hands."Bobo entered the chamber, huffing. On his shoulder rested the body of Minsk. Bobo was wearing the wetsuit prepared for him, breathing in and out slowly. He stood aghast, and confused. "Bob..." "I don't want to deal with anymore of this crap! Now tell me what's going on!!" Bob shoved aside the hand of Matoaka, who tried her best to put out his raging temper. Zander knew it wouldn't do, and didn't want to risk his poor wife, too. "Matoaka, it's best we just explain." "And what about Jim, huh? Jordan, the squirrels? They're just lying there like slugs! We've now got four of 'em, practically DEAD!" Bill hollered at the top of his lungs, furious! Most of the Manimals had never seen him this angry before. "Bill, shouting to all hell's gonna get you nowhere, fast. Just let me explain..." And, for once, the brash bull quieted down. Bobo carefully laid the svelte Minsk down upon the sofa, and sat in his own favorite chair. The other Manimals followed suit. With open ears, and a bowed head, Bill listened. Matoaka explained all about the attack, and the others filled in the blanks. From the arrival of the dino, to the first attack, to Tiamat's capture and escape, and lastly, the aftermath, he listened carefully. And, once she finished, Bill stood up. "I can't take the news sitting down... Something has to be done." "Didn't you hear her at all? We should regroup, Bill, not fight!" Zander stood bravely in Bill's way. "Get out of my way, bird s**t." And Bill pummeled out of the door. "That makes... 4 of us left," Bobo whined. "That'll be plenty, Bob, that'll be plenty." Twiga (Forgetting Matoaka's a unicorn? She has the power of healing)Matoaka looked at Jordan her eyelids were fluttering like bird's breasts Matoaka touched Jordan with her horn, and the Lady Squirrel managed to open her eyes "Matoaka?" Jordan asked "Yes my little sister?" Matoaka nickered "I heard Gear's thoughts..." Jordan said weakly "She is trapped inside herself." "Trapped?!" Revel and Zander perked up "When she felt the moment Revel raped the Insect she felt like a heart string was severed..." Jordan panted for breath and to Matoaka's surprise Revel rushed to her side "Is there anything else she told you?" Revel asked "She said, the Evil Phoenix took over her mind and body and now she is trapped." Jordan coughed up a little blood ad Zander got her a Kleenex "Gear is now trapped inside her own mind by the Evil Phoenix..." Jordan said "She needs Revel to rescue her." "How can I?" Revel asked "Easy." Jordan said "The same way Jim saved me when I was possessed by the Ghost of the Alien Queen...You kiss her." Bob was annoyed "You mean all this time, in order to get Gear awake he just had to kiss her? What is this a Disney movie?!" "How do we know this is not a trap by the evil Phoenix himself?" Matoaka asked "I would not be telling you this if it were a trap." Jordan said "I can only tell the truth." Jordan coughed up a little more blood, Matoaka touched her with her Unicorn's horn again to ease her pain. "Gear says she's sorry for all the trouble she has caused and wants to make amends, she is a Enchantress Matoaka, if Revel kisses her she will undo all the damage she has done." Revel felt he had no choice her leaned over his wife and gave her the most tender kiss he ever kissed Gear's eyes fluttered like bird's breasts for a moment, than tears flooded out of those golden eyes "I'm sorry everyone." Said Gear "I have only done evil I am ashamed." Steve Ellen Revel felt himself being drawn into a whirlpool as he gazed into Gear's golden eyes. He managed to say, "Matoaka! It's a-" before he became speechless. The Evil Phoenix had used Gear to entrap Revel. "What is it?" Gear said when she saw Revel's eyes glaze over. "What is it?" Matoaka pushed Gear aside and stared into Revel's face. "I think he was trying to tell me it's a trap." "Oh no!" Gear gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "How could that be? I only wanted to undo the damage I've done." "It's not your fault," Matoaka said. "The Evil Phoenix is using you to get at the rest of us. Close your eyes and try to sleep. Don't talk to anyone while I try to figure out what to do." "Can I help?" Zander asked. Matoaka pushed him back. "Stay away from your sister for now. We have a situation. I'll need some herbs and a tub of steaming hot water." Twiga Matoaka was trying her hardest not to lose her cool, but she felt like the world was falling apart around her, she looked at the herbs and she looked at Revel laying knocked out on the floor. She looked down and sighedMeanwhile Bill was out clutching his injured arm, he felt so much anger that he could not think clearly, suddenly a voice rang out like the toll of a bell in the darkness "Bill!" A human girl ran up to him, her Brown hair in a ponytail her big brown puppy dog eyes welling up with tears "Samantha!" Bill gasped "Is it you?" "Yes Bill it's me." She said flinging herself into his arms "I saw what happened to your friends on the news," "You shouldn't be out and about when these...Freaks are on the loose." "Bill I have something." Samantha said "Something that may turn the tide in your favor." "Really?" The Bull asked "What is it?" Samantha opened her hand ad revealed a beautiful pearl! "Don't be fooled by its appearance It is a powerful magical artifact it has the power to knock the beasts unconscious!" Madame Evelyn "Sammie..."She grinned with a mile wide smile, and stuck out the pear. "You don't need to thank me! ..." Her happy face quickly returned to tears; Bill knew he was lucky to be alive. So did she. ******************************************************************************************************** "STUPID!! STUPID!!! STU----PID!!!" The High Evolutionary cracked his whip, while the Beastials all cowered to the floor. Most terrified of all the Beastials was Yin, who'd already been attacked once today. The stinging reminder of that still rang in her ears. She tried to avoid the H.E.'s glance the best she could; maybe he wouldn't look her way today. She'd completed her misson, hadn't she? Lady Tiamat was back, rescued... Albeit of her own will, but still rescued. Yin looked over to see the H.E. staring down the rescued Tiamat. Of all of them, she was actually the one at fault, Yin realized. So now... "May this be an example to you all!!" With that, the H.E. jerked Tiamat from off the floor! First, he fastened a collar around her neck to subdue any dragonic power or transformation. Next, he proceeded to blindfold her. None of the Beastials could watch the sight; however foolish she might have been, it didn't deserve this!! Most angered of all was Sir Aries, who couldn't stand the sight of torture. He could have bucked the High Evolutionary into the air, but it would mean nothing... The H.E. began. "Lady Tiamat, you have failed your mission to retrieve anything useful to this operation." "But!" "YOU have failed the entire team by having yourself captured! YOU have endangered us all by allowing yourself to be defeated! And now, you must experience your failures as your comrades and I have felt them... BEGIN!!" The High Evolutionary cracked his whip, sending spikes of frigid pain down Tiamat's spine! Her screeching cries shook the ears of all the Beastials, while secretly all of them prayed they weren't next. Only brave enough to look on the face of Lady Tiamat was Yin, the girl who'd suffered the most on Lady Tiamat's account. And yet, Tiamat was smiling at her. Something in her smile wasn't evil or malicious, like usually, but kind, and sweet... It reminded Yin of Belladonna, a traitor, but a good person, nonetheless. It was then Yin began to doubt the conditions she was in. On this side of the field, nothing existed but pain and misfortune. She wondered what to do, but couldn't get the words out... ******************************************************************************************** Steve Ellen Later, when the pain and the screaming was over, and Yin lay on a silk-covered pallet next to Yang, she decided to mention her doubts to him. "Yang? Do you ever get the feeling that maybe the High Elder is... wrong about things? That maybe all this we are part of is evil?" Yang looked hard at her. "Don't let me ever hear you talk like that again. The High Elder HAD to puinish Tiamat today. How else will we learn unless we are punished when we make mistakes?" "But Yang, it's not just that. It's.. it's everything. Why are we here?" "You know why we are here -- to do the High Elder's bidding. Pull yourself together and stop talking treason. You are making me uncomfortable." Yin sighed. "Alright. I won't talk about it anymore." Twiga Yin sighed to herself and went to sleep, tommorow was anouther day.Meanwhile Revel was out cold on the floor, but if you could have looked inside his brain you could see he was at war with the Black Phoenix The Dark Bird's cruel claws had dug deep into Revel's soul, Revel had to risist with every ounce of strengh just to keep him from taking over "You know you want it." The Dark Bird's voice echoed in his mind "You know you were born to serve the side of evil." "No," Revel snarled "I will not join you, I'm nothing like my father, My claws are are vengenge, my teeth are justace I AM THE KING OF AVA!" With that Revel magaged to force the evil presance from his soul, he woke crowinging like a cock. Meanwhile Bill was resting by a frozen pond, Samantha was using a poition to heal Bill's wounds Bill felt Revel's wakening Suddenly Bill twithed, he perked up "I feel something." He said "I feel some powerful force has been unleashed." Madame Evelyn "Bill--"Sammie rested a hand on his shoulder. Bill cringed, feeling the pain again, and laid back down. He never heard the words she mumbled after that... Maybe it would have been better if you had never changed at all... ****************************************************************************************** "He's awake!!" Zander, who tended to his injured brother-in-law, called out for Matoaka. Seems like the supplements had worked their magic, alright! "AUGH!!!" Revel choked up blood, and Matoaka carefully tapped him with her horn. His violent gasps stopped, and he slid further into the tub. "Thank you, Matoaka, I am forever in your debt." "Don't think of it; we're all together, aren't we?" She smiled, and left Zander to keep watch again while she dealt with the others. ******************************************************************************************* "Another round, QUICK!!" Ever since Matoaka had revived Minsk, she'd been crying out for vodka. This had to be her seventeenth glass! Bobo couldn't do anything to stop her; he waddled back and forth to give her the drink. "Aaaaah, that hit the spot... 'Nother round!!" "Maybe you should slow down, Minsk, you've only been up fifteen minutes." "Fifteen minutes well spent! Bobs!!!" "C-Coming!!!" He tilted back and forth frantically trying to balance the tray. She loaded the glasses one by one, emptying the trayful. Matoaka gave a disapproving stare. "I think it's about time you stop." She slipped the next glass out of Minsk's hands, and Minsk's eyes grew foggy. Bobo tossed the tray aside, checking her every vital. "I can see she's in good hands... Treat her well, Bob." Bobo flushed a little bit, but kept his eyes on Minsk. The night grew long... ********************************************************************************************** "How long do you plan to keep this charade up, Mr. H.E.?" "Hhen? WHAAA--?!! You!!" "Yes, was I too blaringly obvious? Here's for this afternoon, asshole." "NO! You still belong to ME!" "Graaaah!! What the hell?!" "Don't you have any brains? Oh, that's right... Almost forgot..." "You bastard... You're doomed to fail, you know that, right?" "Of course, that's why I'm not going down without a fair fight. You're good for laughs, I thank you. But, I'm going to have to say goodbye now..." CLANG!! The Beastials awoke with a start!! And, to their surprise, laying in a pool of blood was Sir Tyranno... (Oh, by the way, if there's the no killing rule here, he's not dead. If there is killing permitted, he's dead as a doornail.) Steve Ellen "Is he dead?" Aries asked. The High Elder aimed a disgusted look at him. "Do you think I would kill my newest beastial just because he can't follow instructions? Well, one day maybe I will if he doesn't improve. But first he's going to get a makeover and a second chance. Now who can do a good makeover? Sir Taurus?" "Yes sir?" "I am putting you in charge of rehabilitating this young tyrannosaurus. I want you to turn him into something I can be proud of. Can you do it?" Sir Taurus raised his shoulders. "I'll try, sir, but he's kind of..." "Kind of what?" "Can I talk with you privately?" The High Elder pounded his fist on the arm of his chair. "Tyranno can't hear you, fool! He's lying their as close to death as you can get without actually going there." "OK," Taurus whispered. "I think he is too clumsy and too colorful. He's like a clown, sir. He'll never make a good beastial." The high Elder's face grew red and he stood up rapidly. "What kind of negative attitude is that? You will make Tyranno become a good beastial, Sir Taurus. And you better try real hard, because if you fail... then you BOTH will die!" Twiga Sir Taurus gulped and nervously agreed.Meanwhile Samantha had finished healing Bill's wounds with her potion Bill breated a great sigh of releif and bellowed out his joy "You look ready to take on the world!" Sammie said joyfully "I feel it!" Bill mooed Meanwhile Zander and Matoaka were tending to Jin and Jordan who were still a little weak Steve Ellen "Drink some of this," Matoaka said and held a cup of special tea to Jordan's mouth while she drank it. Jordan's eyes popped open. "What WAS that stuff?" Matoaka chuckled. "Essence of pecan and walnut plus a little sassafrass to give it some zip." Jordan licked her lips. "Well it sure was tasty! I feel all bushy-tailed and bright-eyed now." "That's the idea," Matoaka said. "What about you, Jim? Feeling better?" "I guess so," Jim said, rubbing his eyes. "My vision is a little blurry." "That's just a side effect of the tea. Don't worry. As you get your strength back your vision will improve. You can see Jordan, can't you?" Jim laughed. "I'm not blind!" He gently poked Jordan. "Do you really feel good, babe?" Jordan stretched her arms. "I'm a new woman!" Twiga Meanwhile Sir Taurus was very busy bringing Sir Tyranno back from the brink of Death"Sure wish we had a Unicorn on our side." The Grand Bull said sadly, but he said it low and soft enough so no one would hear it. Meanwhile Sir. Nrrr'c (Who was still tied up) Noticed a pair of rusty pipes, next to him, cleverly he shimmied up to them pipes and rubbed the ropes against them to wear them out. 'OMG I'm free!' Nrrr'c thought to himself 'Now all I have to do his escape!' He crawled into an air vent and began his journey out, along the way, he came across the vent that led to Yin and Yang's room. Nrrr'c peeked through the vent to seeYang trying to comfort a Meloncholy Yin. "I feell sad all the time now." She said "I keep thinking back to my childhood, when I found a pile of delicious sugar to eat, now all I can think of it that of rich sweet crystals of sugar." "Hmmm" Sir Nrrr'c said "That seems like a valuable piece of info I'll keep that in mind." With that he traveled into the air vent and out of the building Madame Evelyn Nrrr'c was happy to be free of the bonds that held him to that desolate place. He scampered happily away, very pleased he could again fit in the vent! The smells of blood and sweat and baby powder hung in the air... Wait, baby powder?Nrrr'c's feelers twitched, and he carefully hung close to the scent of the powder. Below, he found a factory room, the production lab!! What was he doing with baby powder down there?! Nrrr'c's curiosity got the better of him, he scampered away into the room, trying to hide from sight. Immediately upon entering this chamber, Nrrr'c knew it belonged to the H.E. It practically bore his fingerprints. Nrrr'c widened his gaze to figure out the contents of the room... Something looked familiar about this... Nrrr'c stood up to his full height (assuming that he goes between humanoid and cockroach-esque) and used this to view the room better. To his left and right were cribs, or so he thought. Just like a maternity ward... Above all the cribs was a sign, labeling different types of animals... Nrrr'c even noticed some hybrids that had never before walked the earth!! Were these his new projects? All kept like babies... Nrrr'c quickly noticed that all of the children were covered in cloth. He wondered why, and lifted one of the covers to try and see what was underneath... Lo and behold, there lay an embryo, probably even a human's, but the creature inside was most definitely not!! The H.E. was experimenting with humans again!! Hadn't the accident with Bella been enough for him?! Nrrr'c, for the first time, shed a tear against the horrible things the H.E. had done. How many mothers had to suffer for the H.E.'s crackpot science? Even he, a non-human, couldn't bear the thought... "Hey!! Get him!!" The H.E.'s voice cracked out from the intercom, and Nrrr'c had to run away!! Quickly, he reverted into cockroach form, and scurried away! The assistants burst the door open, but Nrrr'c slid right by them! He ran quickly, aiming for an exit to the warehouse of evil!! Steve Ellen Sir Taurus was finding it hard going trying to rehabilitate Tyranno because Tyranno had become sullen and bitter after his failure. "Pay attention!" Taurus said. "If you don't improve then it's the end of the road for you." "I'll never understand this stuff," Tyrrano said. "Why do I have to learn it?" "I just told you why -- if you don't, you die." "That's harsh." Taurus felt like hitting Tyrrano but he knew he couldn't just pound knowledge into him. Somehow he had to get him interested in becoming a good beastial. He scratched his chin and finally said, "Isn't there anything you really want out of life, Tyrrano?" "Yes, there's something I want -- to be free again and away from this crap." "Good! Good! Freedom! You can have that if you cooperate with me." "What do you mean?" Taurus rubbed his hands together briskly. "It's simple enough. The High Elder wants to test you. I can tell you how to pass the test. You pass and then you are free again. Sound good?" Tyrrano cocked his big purple head to one side. "It's really as simple as that? OK, then tell me what to do." Twiga Taurus was not sure how to convey the message but H.E had helped give him a bit of sort hand."It is exceedingly simple." Taurus said "Just put on this Metal Cap and all your dreams will come true." Tyranno had no way of knowing that the Matal Cap was just part of a brainwashing machine. H.E. only used it for the most difficult specimens he had attempted to use it on Belladonna but she threw a fit, trashed the lab and escaped. Tyranno felt a power like an electric shock go through him when the Metal Cap toched his head. Sir Nrrr'c ran through Gotham disgused by a cloack, he was devilishly hungry, but he knew full well that people understood that there were no insect manimals, only beastials could be insects so he kept his cloak thight around him. He entered a restaraunt called Barney's Beanery there was a TV at every table, Nrrr'c felt nausiated He looked at the menu, WHICH WAS HUMONGOUS! He almost felt tortured by the variety of food, than he thought he'd go with a clam chowder. As his soup came, a man whispered to him "Have you heard the news? The Prorwler, Thief Lord is coming Home" Steve Ellen Sir Nrrr'c almost turned over the bowl of soup he was so shocked. Quickly he regained his composure. "Uh, no, I had not heard that news. Can you tell me any more?" The man looked left and right, then whispered, "Only that he should be here by tomorrow morning. He was spotted on the road to Gotham." "Thank you," Sir Nrrrr'c said. He could barely slurp his soup, but it was good soup and he wasn't going to leave without finishing it. As soon as the last drop was out of the bowl he jumped up, spread his cloak around him, and hurried out the door. Sir Taurus dialed the current back when he saw a wisp of smoke come out of the metal cap on Tyrrano's head. "That should be enough," he muttered. He removed the cap and waved his hand so some fresh air could replace the slight smell of burnt hair. "How are you feeling, Sir Tyrrano?" Sir Tyrrano gazed around the room. "I feel like my brain was torn out of my skull, freezedried, smashed into a powder, mixed with water, baked into a loaf, eaten by a magical cow, dumped by that cow onto the ground as a cowpatty shaped like a brain... and then that cowpatty brain was carefully reinserted into my skull." Sir Taurus grinned. "I might have had the current turned up a bit too high, but it sounds like you are thinking clearly enough. Now for a few lessons in beastiality..." Twiga Sir Tyranno had completly lost his will to fight back, so he just sat down, shut up and listened to The Grand Bull's lessons.Meanwhile Sir Nrrr'c was very busy looking for the Manimal's HQ he searched the deep snow covered forest looking for the hidden fortress in the woods After a while he saw what looked like a white serpent rising out of the snow, Sir Nrrr'c gasped because he regonyzed it as Belladonna Starchild! "Bella! Hey Bella!" Nrrr'c called out to her "What do you want?" Belladonna said gruffly "I'm looking for Manimal HQ" Sir Nrrr'c said "Are you...OK?" Steve Ellen "Yes, I'm OK," Belladonna said. "Why are you so flushed and excited?" Sir Nrrr'c waved his antennae back and forth. "Haven't you heard the news? The Prowler, Thief Lord is coming home?" "So? How does that effect me? And why are you looking for Manimal HQ?" Sir Nrrr'c hesitated. "I thought you were... sympathetic to the Manimals." "What's that supposed to mean? Are you trying to turn on the Beastials and join the Manimals? I hope you aren't crazy enough to try that." "The H.E. hates me. Where can I go?" Belladonna gazed at the sky and sighed. "I don't know, Sir Nrrr'c. If I were you I would return and beg forgiveness from the High Elder." "I can't do that!" "You asked for my advice and I gave it. That's all I can do. And no, I don't know where Manimal HQ is. I wouldn't tell you if I did know. Now just get out of my sight. I'm tired of looking at you." Sir Nrrr'c backed away. His antennae drooped. Snowflakes were falling from the sky. It was very cold. He opened his mouth to say something but Belladonna made a threatening gesture at him with her fist, so he scurried away andf left a trail of tiny footprints in the snow. Twiga Sir N'rrrc wondered what had gotten into Bella, normally she seemed so Kind and gentle...now he wondered why she had a change of heartHe crept into a hollow log and wept to himself Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps in the snow...Black boots appeared outside. Sir N'rrrc quickly realized this was the Prowler! He didn't say anything so he would not be noticed The Prowler headed on his way Meanwhile Revel was sleeping on the sofa. Gear came up to him and nudged his shoulder "Revel..." She whispered "Yeah?" He murmured "Revel..." She said "Remember when I became gravid last week Well I'm two days overdue" (Gravid is pregnant for birds...It means carrying a developing egg) Steve Ellen "That's good," he murmured, and went back to sleep. Suddenly his eyes popped open. "What did you say?!" "I think we're going to have a baby." Revel's shocked face melted into a grin. "That's wonderful!" They hugged. "I'm glad you're happy," Gear said. "I was worried." Sir N'rrrc scuttered along after the Prowler, hiding behind trees as necessary to avoid being seen. He wasn't really sure why he was following the Prowler, but he couldn't think of anything else to do and he felt so alone and abandoned that he knew he would go crazy if he didn't do SOMEthing. And also he had a secret hope that The Prowler was headed for Manimal HQ. Sir Nrrr'c didn't know why that would be true. He could think of no reason for it. But he had to have a hope and that was his hope. Sir Nrrr'c gritted his teeth. He realized he was dangerously close to feeling sorry for himself and breaking down in tears. What would his tube brother, Lord Skrrr'k, if he were still alive, think of him if he went soft? He remembered how Lord Skrrr'k would say, "Our ancestors didn't survive 100 million years of evolution completely unchanged by being soft and adaptable. Don't let our new humanoid form make you soft. We're tough. We're strong. And we never give up." Twiga The Prowler felt was being followed but could not put his finger on it...He kept going his merry way unaware...N'rrc followedMeanwhile in the HQ, Matoaka learned that Gear was carrying a developing egg inside her...Zander was overjoyed by this news but Matoaka thought it as only cause for more concern "What would happan if our enemies found out about this?" She asked Gear "Well my actual due date was two days ago..." Gear said sadly "I don't know when this egg will be laid now." Minsk...(Who had certain feelings about these things) Placed a furry ear on Gear's belly and listened "I think you need a certain nutriant." Minsk said "Perhaps some Earth food can help you...Have you eaten anything in the last couple of hours?" "Not really." Gear said "Well I suppose I could whip up a little something." The Mink said warmly "Oh you don't have to do that..." Gear said "I hear Earth food is really high on Empty calories and...other bad stuff." Matoaka and Minsk and Zander looked at each other "It's not all bad." Zander said "Would you like ancovey on the pizza or pineapple?" Minsk asked Gear sighed..."Whatever you think is best." She said "Only no cheese on the Pizza? I'm lastose intolerant." Just as Minsk was exiting to the kitchen the Door BURST open and a figure in black made his intrest! "Minsky! My Beloved!" The Prowler said warmly as he wrapped his arms around Minsk and gave the most intense kiss ever! She purred a Minky purr in his arms and Zander gave him a hearty clap on the back. "Edward you old rascal!" Zander chuckled "I haven't seen you since two monthes ago! Where did you go?" "I had to clear up some...Family matters." Edward said clearing his throat "But what does it matter I'm back and I'm here to stay." Just than Jordan who had come downstairs because of all the laughter she heard exclaimed "Oh my goodness!" For laying in the doorway half covered with snow was Sir N'rrrc. Jordan rushed to his side, brushed the snow of of him and tugged him inside where it was warm. "Wait who is this cockeroach?" Edward asked Steve Ellen "Please don't crush me," Sir N'rrrc said. "I know I'm a Beastial but--" Minsk gasped and Edward frowned. "A Beastial?! You have a lot of nerve coming here. Of course you will be crushed." "No! Wait! Please! Can't you at least listen to my story before you decide whether to kill me?" "Let him speak," Matoaka said. Sir N'rrrc coughed. "Please, do you have a little warm water for me to drink? I'm nearly frozen and it's difficult to talk." Matoaka turned to Minsk. "Do you have any herbal tea? If you have something that makes the drinker tell the truth it would be perfect." Sir N'rrrc's teeth were chattering. "P-p-please. I will not lie to you. I have angered the High Elder and he has k-k-kicked me out of the Beastials." "That's ridiculous," Edward said. "You can't be kicked out of the Beastials. Either you are one or you aren't. And you, Sir N'rrrc, are a Beastial." He raised his arm to strike Sir N'rrrc. Matoaka put her hand on his arm to refrain him. "Be quiet, Edward. I want to hear what Sir N'rrrc has to say. Minsk! Is that tea ready yet?" Twiga (Oops! Silly Me! I forgot where the ' GOES Iin Nrrr'c's name!)The Cockeroach was warmed up with the pecial Native American tea...Even though he did not need its truth-evoking abilities still he needed something warm Twiga (Happy Holidays! Here is a Christmas treat for everyone)After Nrrr'c had finished telling his story, Matoaka was shocked,deeply shocked...She went to her room to check on her stats. Zander followed her to the room "Matoaka, Dearest, are you all right." "That High Evolutionary...Is a mad man." The Unicorn nickered in an angry tone "Yes, Yes I know." Zander said putting a clawed hand on her shoulder "But look on the bright side, his own minions are betraying him! And Prowler is back and fighting on our side as well." "Yes but is is still not enough." Matoaka said tears streaming down her face "We are humans who have fused with animal DNA, His minions are animals evolved to Human level..." "You are thinking something." Her husband smirked "Tell me." "Last week Bill found something in the sewers." Matoaka said "A turtle weilding Sais and wearing a mask...They fought for a few hours than decided to go get pizza and down beers...The Turtle told Bill his name was Raphael...This is it Zander! Mutant Turtles! H. E. won't expect that!" "How will we find them though?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Easy," Matoaka said. "We check out the sewers. That has to be where they live.""I was afraid of that," Zandar said, with a groan. "You know very well that I don't like those sort of places." "Don't worry," Matoaka said, with a smile. "I'll hold your hand when we check it out." Twiga Meanwhile Bill was walking Samantha back to her house when he caught a strange scent...."I know that scent...." Bill said to himself "What was that Bill?" Samantha asked Bill lowered himself to all fours "Sammie! Climb on my back! We've got no time to lose!" "Bill what are you...." "There is no time to explain!" Bill exclaimed Meanwhile...Zander and Matoaka were hopping the rooftops of New York City. "Are you sure this is right?" Zander asked "The sun is setting." Matoaka said "From what Bill told me, the turtles usally make an appearance...." She stopped speaking. "Do you see them?" Zander asked "No I see Bill!" The Unicorn exclaimed "What's he doing?" Bill was following a woman with black hair and thick glasses...But the thing was she was not human... "Antennae!" Matoaka said to herself from the rooftop "That must be Yin, in her human disguse, What is she doing?" Truth was Yin had snuck out of H.E's fortress with her human disguise..Just before sunset...Ever since Revel raped her and she lost her wings, Yin had not been the same, she was still torn inside for Revel's (Ahem) Massive Avian member was much too large for her insectoid passageway. Plus the loss of her wings, and the fact she now knew she could never ever have children was too much for her...She just wanted to...escape. Bill and Samantha were secretly following Yin in hopes of capturing her...But fate soon screwed with their plans. Out of a dark alley some teen punks chuckled and drew their weapons. "Hey look whose coming out for a New Year's eve stroll." Said One "Listen Hot Stuff." Said a second one "If you want to make it home on time...You gots to pay to toll or else." Yin for once in her life felt, that this was it...Her life was devoid of meaning so she welcomed the threat of death as an escape from her miserable exsistance. But before they could lay a hand on her...A dark shape slashed them from behind... "WTF?!" 'Who did that?!" Bill knew all too well we would slash petty punks, and it was not any member of his team. A dark green turtle with red mask and sais stepped into the light "You picked the wrong day to F*ck up, Purple Dragons." Up on the rooftop Zander and Matoaka watched "We should help them!" Zander whispered "Not yet." Matoaka nickered "I want to see where this goes." Rahpael almost killed the two punks when anouther turtle rushed into the light. "Raphael! Have you lost your mind?! This has gone way beyond self-defense! Get back to the lair now!" But as soon as the Turtle with Blue mask had said that...Yin stood up "Don't be angry Lord Turtle!" She said quickly "He did it to save me!" "What?" the Blue turtle asked "Lord Raphael." Yin said "I am forever in your debt...As a tolken I shall give you my colors." Out of her sleeve she took a blood red cloth and tied it around Raphael's arm "Um OK?" Raph said not aware of this medievl custom "Thank you, for giving me new reason to live." Said the Ant in human disguise." And with that she hurried back the way she came Bill and Samantha had been behind a dumpster the whole time...Bill was just about to nab her passing by <Bill Brandy I forbid you to capture her!> Matoaka screamed telepathicly into Bill's mind. Bill was so hurt by the scream he fell flat on his face "What was that all about?" Zander asked "This is the best thing that could ever happan!" The Unicorn winnied "The Turtles have one favor with one of our enimies, if we play our cards right, she will come to us though them, and we may add Yin with Nrrr'c and Belladonna to our allies." Twiga "So let me get this straight." Bill said as he reterned to the Base "Your going to use the turtles as a means of tricking that Ant into betraying H.E?""Trust me." Sir Nrrr'c said "It will work." You were not here when I told of the prophecy...But Our High and Mighty Evolutionary recieved some very distressing news from a mad old soothsayer...That three of his own minions will betray him for three differnt reasons, and when the third minion bretays him...He will die." "Three minions, three reasons eh?" Bill looked puzzled at the evolved cockroach "It has already started." Nrrr'c said "First one was Belladonna...Who betrayed because she hated him for turning into a freak...Second was me...I betrayed him out of a guilt...and if Yin betrays her Master for the sake of that Turtle she will have betrayed him for love...The most powerful force in the universe!" "How do you know she loves the turtle?" Samantha asked "She gave him her colors DUH!" Nrrr'c exclaimed "If you knew anything about courtly love you would have known that already." "But does Raphael love her?" Sammie asked "I'm not sure if he knew about it either." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 As Yin walked the cold and lonely streets of New York, she thought about what that turtle had done to protect her. No one, not even Yang, her one friend, had done something like that."Hey kid," said a voice. "Do you need a place to stay for the night?" Yin turned to see who was speaking. It was a figure wearing a heavy clock, with a hood over its face. "Um, were you talking to me?" she asked. At this, the figure nodded and said, "It's going to rain, and no one should be left out in the rain." "Well, who are you?" Yin asked. "I have no name," the person said. "However, some people call me Sage, as I hold a lot of knowlage in my head. I even know things that the H.E. himself doesn't know, like how to give a Beastial their furtility back, allowing them to have children." "I have no idea about what you are talking about," Yin said, as she turned around, only to find Sage standing in front of her. "I know who you are as well, Yin," the person said. "I know your past, I know what happened to you. I know your fate, your future. I see, and hear, and smell, and taste, and touch everything." "Well, in that case," Yin said. "What does my future hold?" "I can tell you this much child," Sage said. "You hold the fate of the future. That, and you will come to my place to get out of the rain." As if on que, a thunderstorm, that had slowly been building up until then, broke down, causing a sudden downpour, causing everyone, even the city's stray cats and dogs, and numerous rats, to seek shelter. "I guess I better take your advice," Yin said, as she started to feel chilled all of a sudden. "Here," Sage said, as the person took their cloak off, and drapped it around Yin. "Someone like you will need it more than I do." "Thank you," Yin said, as she followed the stranger to the person's small apartment. Twiga Matoaka was prancing back and forth in her room, her hooves clip-cloping on the wooden floor"Matoaka? Dearest? Come to bed." Zander said in an exsasperated tone of voice...He was already bundled up beneith the covers. "I know..." The Unicorn nickered as she finaly climbed into bed with her husband "I'm just worried about tommorow." "You're afraid the turtles won't cooperate with us for this plan."Zander said "I'm just worried they will think toying with a young girl's heart for political reasons is....uncouth to say the least." "You're not really worried about that are you?" Zander asked "Yin is an animal an insect at that!" "But she is still a woman." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Meanwhile, back at the Sage's place, Yin was slowly sipping at some soup."Thank you," she said, as she looked at the strange person, who still had a hood on their head. "You are welcome my child," the person said, in a voice that was niether male or female. "Um if you don't mind me asking," Yin said. "Are you a male or a female?" "It depends on the situation," the person said. "Sometimes I am male, and sometimes I am female. Sometimes I can get a female pregnant, and sometimes I am the pregnant female. It all depends on the situation. Also, I can change my race. I could look like a male Ave for a week, or a female human for the better part of a year, or anything else, for however long is needed." "So, what do you want to talk to me about?" Yin asked. "What do you want to talk about?" the Sage asked. "That is what I want to talk about." "Well, I want to talk about my rape," Yin said. "Something happened to me after that, besides my wings falling off." "Well, that requires a female form then," Sage said, as the person's body, and voice, became distincly like that of a female, and took the hood off, revealing a very beautiful looking female human face. "After all, this is a woman to girl topic. Also, don't ask how I did it, as I've been trying to figure that one out for a long time." "But I thought that you said that you know everything," Yin said. "Of course not child," the now woman person said. "I just happen to know a good deal about everything. There is an old saying that goes, 'The begining of wisdom is saying "I don't know." A person who cannot make that statement is a fool.' It is in an old book, from before the H.E.'s time. Of course, it was a mixture of military stratagies/tatics, and philosophy, but there is a lot of wisdom in those old books. Now, let's get to talking." With that, Yin started talking with the strange person, telling her about her rape, Tiamat's punishment, how she'd been saved by the strange turtle creature, and so on. "That's enough for now," Sage said, as she put her finger on Yin's lips, just as the ant was telling her about what happened after the turtle had saved her. "We can talk about it in the morning." With that, Sage said a single word, which caused the girl to close her eyes and fall asleep. She then picked her up, and carried her to a small bed, which she put her in, put a blanket over her, and started to hum a lullaby, before she herself went to her bed, and went to sleep. Steve Ellen In the morning Yin woke up slowly from a beautiful dream. She smiled. It was trange but she felt better than she had in a long time. In fact, she could hardly wait to get up and see what the new day would bring. "This is not like me," she murmured as she washed her face. "Normally I am slow out of the bed and grouchy, but now I feel happy and ready to meet the world. I wonder if the Sage put something in my tea last night?" Breakfast was waiting for her on a small table by a sunny window. She could smell coffee and bacon. The Sage entered and set a platter of muffins on the table. "Feeling better? Look out the window. Today it is sunshine. The rain has ended." Twiga "I really should get back." Yin said quickly "I've been away all night everyone is most likely wondering about me.""I assure they are not." Sage said "I put a...numbness in their minds so they never noticed you were gone." Meanwhile...Jim and Jordan were talking. "Revel has been sort of down..." Jordan said "I wonder what got into him." "He's probaly just miserable cuz he raped Yin." Jim said "I know it sounds weird for a guy to say this but.... When a man rapes a woman it can do terrible things to his soul...He realyzes the damage he can do...He comes to understand he can be a true monster." "They way you said that kind of seems like you know firsthand about raping a woman." Jordan said suspiously "Oh I assure you I'm still a virgin." Jim said "I know from Bill's experiance...This was before Bill and I were fused with animal DNA, back when we were...Normal. Bill went to a rave down town with some classmates, including one named Maddy Jonson, African-Amrican girl...Dark brown eyes, long black hair...Any way they both got real drunk and the two of them had sex right in front of everybody on the dance floor...When they sobered up...She realyzed he had knocked her up. Maddy never saw Bill again after that...she died nine monthes later in childbirth...Her twin boys still live with her parents." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "That's awful," Jordan said, when she heard that her friend had raped someone back before they'd been turned into manimals. "Does he ever see them?""I wouldn't know," Jim said. "From what Bill has told me, the woman's parents filled a restraining order against him shortly after their birth, meaning he cannot come within a thousand yards of the kids. He only knows that they were boys because of the fact that the restraining order mentioned 'The SONS of Maddy Jonson' in writing. If he has seen them since then, especially now, it would have to be from a distance." "I guess that's why he takes such special care of Samantha when she visits," Jordan said. "He wants to make up for the fact that he is unable to be a father to his own children, so he acts like, at least, an uncle to her." "Yah," Jim said. "That's what he's told me." ***** Meanwhile, back in New York, Yin and Sage were sitting down, eating breakfast. "So tell me child," Sage, who was still in a female human form, asked. "Is there anything that you want to know?" "Yah," Yin said. "What can you tell me about the turtle creature who saved me last night?" "Which one do you want to know about?" Sage asked, with a smile on her face. "There is four of them, Micholangalo, who's something of a funny-man at times, and loves to read comics and goof off. Then you have Donatello, brillient inventor, and highly inteligent. Then there's Leonardo, one of the two you met last night. He's the leader of the group, and is normally very calm, though he has had his moments in which he throws a huge temper. Finally, you have the hothead, Raphiel, the one who saved you. He's very quick to anger, and he wouldn't hesitate to jump into battle, despite the advice of his brothers. If you are his target, you best hope that his brothers prevent him from killing you. However, get on his good side somehow, and you have a friend for life, though that doesn't mean that he won't fight you on occasion. Trust me, him and a guy called Casey Jones duke it out every so often, and the two of them are the best of friends. Then finally, you have their father, as it were, Master Splinter. The man is a rat, seriously. He was the one who taught those four how to fight, gave them their names, and raised them." "So what are they?" Yin asked. "Are they manimals or beastials?" "Actually, they are niether," Sage said. "They are genuine mutants. About twenty or so years ago, a young boy dropped a fishbowl that had four baby turtles in it, after he was almost hit by a truck. These turtles fell through a grate that lead to the sewer. Also, a small jar, which contained a small amount of radioactive waste fell off of that truck, and fell into the sewer with them. When they finally got to their destination, the jar broke, covering them with the waste. Also, a pet rat, which had lost its owner due to the Purple Dragons' leader killing him, found them, and came in contact with the waste as well. Well, the five of them started to grow, physically, and intulectually, and well, that's how the Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Master Splinter, came to be.Since then, they've been battling the various gangs and criminal factions that are in the city, and protecting the helpless, and so forth." "Would they fight the H.E.?" Yin asked, wondering if they'd help her out. "They already do," Sage said, with a smile. "Or, at least, some of his allies, which include the Foot, which is a very dangerous gang of ninjas that are run by one known as, The Shredder, and the Purple Dragons, who work alongside of the Foot. Those are the main two factions around here, with the Mob following right behind them." "Would those people bother you?" "Not if they knew what was good for them," Sage said. "The Shredder knows that I could kill all of his Footsoldiers in my sleep, and even if they, and the Purple Dragons were expendable, it would be no good them, as I have no interest in their territory fueds with other gangs and such, and someone else would take over their area. As for the Mob, I saved their Don's, granddaughter's life, when she came down with a highly fatale, and hard to treat, desease. After that, the Don, who's the big man on top in the Mob, issued an order, that anyone who messed with me would be sleeping with the fishes, meaning that they'd be shot and their body would be dumped in the harbor. As a result, none of them bother me, and while I do give the turtles advice and medical aid from time to time, I don't really interfere." "So, let me get this straight," Yin said. "You saved a young woman's life, in spite of the fact that her grandfather led a powerful criminal organization. Why would you do that?" "The sins of the father should not be put on the son." "What?" "Just because a man is a criminal," Sage said. "Doesn't mean that their child should suffer because of it. Seee that man over in the alleyway out the window?" Yin turned around, to see a man hidden in the shadows. "Yah," she said. "I do." "Well that man has killed twenty men, and raped nearly a dozen women," Sage said. "However, if one of his children collapsed right in the middle of the street, near where I was, even if I knew that that man was his or her father, I'd still go over and give him or her the help they needed. That is because the child is an innocent, and the innocent should not suffer." "I wonder what that makes me?" Yin wondered, as she went back to her breakfast. Steve Ellen The High Elder stood on the balcony of his floating palace, gazing down at the fields and farmlands far below. Beside him stood a small twisted man in a white lab coat holding a clipboard. His name was Doctor Mudd and he was in charge of the High Elder's new Secret Weapon. "Give me your daily report on the Projector," the High Elder said. Mudd flipped a page on his clipboard. "We're in the final testing stages. It works in the lab. What we need now is a field test. Perhaps a small village or a neighborhood in the city where we can give the Projector a trial run." High Elder rubbed his chin. "But if it's as horrible as it's supposed to be then everyone will raise the alarm and they will start constructing a defense for it before we have a chance to use it on a wide scale." "I don't think so. If it works in the test then we can be ready for full-scale deployment very quickly. They wouldn't have time to invent a defense." "Very well, Mudd. Proceed with the test." Twiga Yin felt a quiver in her antenae, she knew something big was going to happen."I'm sorry Sage!" She said quickly "But I feel I really must retern before I miss something important!" "Very well." Said the Sage Meanwhile Matoaka and her band of do-gooders had got on to High Evolutionary's plot to use his death weapon and were garanteed to put a stop to it "We can't let him destroy Albany!" She said firmly "Everyone to their battlestations!" Bob shed his suit and jumped in the water, Jim and Jordan climbed up trees. Bill suddenly remembered the magic pearl Sammantha had givin him, he Saw Tyranno approaching with a quick flick of the wrist he hit the dinosaur right between the eyes! Tyranno fell down on the ground whithering in pain he seemed to be growing larger, his arms growing shorter... "He's devolving into non-anthro form!" Matoaka gasped "Come on gang! Let's tie him up and capture him!" So they ran up to the T.Rex and tied him up BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Meanwhile, back in New York, Sage was standing on a roof top, waiting for someone. After Yin had left, she'd turned into a male form, and climbed up a few ladders, where he/she tended to meet with a certain person.Suddenly, Sage heard the familiar tapping of a certain cane. "Why did you want me to meet you so early in the morning?" asked an elderly sounding voice. "That's a question that I'd like to know as well," said a hollow sounding voice, as if the person didn't like one of the others. "Nice to know that both of you came, Master Splinter, and Oroko Sakie," Sage said, as he turned around, to see a humanoid rat on one side of the roof, and a man wearing spiked armor on the other. "You know very well that I'm the Shredder," the armored man said, his voice full of anger. "That's what people call you, but that's not who you are," Sage said, as he teleported in front of the armored man. "Or did you forget that I can know everything about a person from a single touch?" "No, I haven't," the man said. "Good," Sage said, as he walked back to his original position. "Because I have some very important information that concerns everyone, the H.E. is about to launch a very devistating weapon, one that doesn't distinguish friend from foe. It will kill everyone, unless it is destroyed." "And that concerns me how?" the Shredder asked. "Because everyone includes you, Oroko Sakie," Slpinter said, as he looked at the Sage. "Am I correct?" "That you are," Sage said. "You, and everyone else needs to join forces, or else all shall parish by this time next month. No one will be safe, unless the H.E. is stopped, or even killed. I have foreseen several possible futures, some in which everyone, including you Oroko Sakie, is bowing before his every word, some in which there is no life at all, and some in which things are actually decent places to live, where every one can walk with their heads held high, with out the worry that the H. E. will attack them. It is this final catagory that I wish to see come to pass, even if it takes some hard sacrifices, such as one's life, to achive it. Now go, and spread the word." With this, Sage vanished, leaving the Shredder and Master Splinter to ponder the man's words, and what they meant. Steve Ellen Doctor Mudd had decided to test the Death Ray on Albany. If it worked then they could quickly move on to New York. With all of New York dead, victory would be assured. And if there was no surrender, then they could turn the ray on Boston and Philadelphia. The High Elder cooperated by ordering his floating palace to assume a position high above Albany, hidden in the clouds. The bottom of the floating palace was cleverly camoufalged to appear to be a cloud. Even radar would not detect it to be anything other than a normal weather phenomena. Doctor Mudd mounted the Death ray in a special skyblue helicopter with a silent mechanism in the chopper blades and descended from the floating palace. The Death Ray, as set for the test, had a short range and he would have to be close to the victims. As the blue chopper was silently drifting down lower, Jordan felt her tail shaking from some unknown force. "What th-?" she muttered and looked around. Then she heard the barest sound above her and looked up. "My, what a beautiful blue helicopter," she muttered. "And so quiet! But is that what is making my tail shake?" Then, in a flash of intuition, she put 2 and 2 together. "Oh no! It's the High Elder behind that for sure! Jim! Look at that helicopter!" Twiga Bill was already aware of the blue helicopter, and aimed his new weapon, the magic pearl at Mudd, Bill could not miss.The Pearl hit Mudd fair between the eyes, he fell out of the helicopter and devolved... "Well Rock Me Asmodaeus." Matoaka said "Looks like Mudd was just a Bramama Bullock H.E. Evolved." "Curses!" High Evolutionary wailed "Foiled again! First Tyranno now, Mudd I'm losing all my subjects to develution!" Without warning, H.E felt a tap on his shouldter "Hello High Evolutionary..."Said a rather humongous man "I'm Lyle Bolton, you may not have heard of me..." "Of course I've heard of you Everybody's heard of you!" H. E snapped "You were once Chief of security in an insane asylum, but you were too harsh on the inmates and got fired, than you tried to kill the people who fired you...What do you want?" "I heard about you." Lyle said "I heard of how you mutated your own graddaughter into a dragon...Very clever...Well I want to be more powerful than a dragon, I want to be indistructable, I want to be Immortal!" High Elder was struck numb, for he never once encountered a human more unreasonable than he...He thought no animal was more powerful than a dragon...But than he got an idea. "Yes I do have one animal more powerful than a dragon...Come with me." He lay him in one tube ....And in anouther tube he put a Hudge...The Only animal on Venus, a slime beast that feeds on poison.. Steve Ellen The Hudge is 89% muscle, 10% guts, and 1% brain. Although it's almost cute and cuddly when born ( I said almost!) it unfortunately has to eat poison mushrooms and that affects its brain in a very bad way. Lyle looked up from his reading of the description of a Hudge. "Hmmm... I like the power, High Elder, but can you give me a little more brain when I become a Hudge?" "I think so. I have the finest bioscientists on the planet working for me. We'll fix you up good, Lyle. You'll be powerful and smart enough to know it. There's just one catch." "Oh?" Lyle said. "And what might that be?" "You have to work for me for 99 days. I have some chores that might best be done by a Hudge." Twiga Whilst Bolton was being transformed, Matoaka and her crew had sussefully subdued Tyranno into his (Slightly less deadly) Non-Anthro form, and it had been revealed that Mudd...Was really just a Brhamama Bull High Evolutionary had evolved so well he looked perfectly humanoid"I bet all those 'scientists' that work for H.E are like this." Matoaka said massaging Mudd around the horns "I bet they are all just animals that H. E evolved to look like humans "Geez." Jim said "I can't believe it's New Years Day already all we've been doing is fighting." "Oh Well" Jordan said "Happy New Year anyway you guys." Nrrr'c was alone in Manimal HQ, snuggled up under the blankets on the sofa "I wish I wasn't so weak." He said to himself "Even that Termite Yang has more power than I do." Just than Belladonna came in from the cold." "Bell!" Nrrr'c exclaimed "What a ...err...plesant surprise!" "Spare me the plesantries insect." The White Dragon sneered Nrrr'c quickly shut his trap. "I need to find those turtles." Belladonna said "I need to find out about them!" "Pray tell me why is that?" Nrrr'c asked looking interested BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "MyGrandfather is about to launch an attack against New York, that's what," Belladonna said."That's foolish," Nrrr'c said. "That's the Foot's base of operations and he needs them as their leader has connections to those who have what he needs to make his weapons and preform his expariments." "That doesn't mean a thing to him," Belladonna said. "All of this power has really started to affect his head more that what it has. He won't tollorate any potential rivals to his power. He's going to wipe out any potental threat to his plans, including the Foot and the rest of New York along with them." Steve Ellen Nrrr'c frowned at Belladonna. "If you want to find the turtles then why don't you go to New York and look for them?" "Because I want to find them quickly, you dumb cockroach. New York is a big place." "Why don't you like me? We're both on the same side now." "I don't care what side you're on, you're still a nasty bug." Sir Nrrr'c was silent. All his life he had gotten this sort of treatment. But that was when he was on the side of evil. Somehow he thought things would change when he switched over. Apparently not. Once a bug, always a bug. Twiga "Listen." Nrrr'c said "The Turtles are easily found, New York is just outside this forest, just enter the first manhole you see and follow it to the sewer junction."That's all there is to it?" Belladonna couldn't believe it "There must be more to it than that." "Not really." Nrrr'c said "That's your problom, you are always making things more complicated than they seem." Bell blew steam out of her nose, a sure sign she was fusterated. Nrrr'c looked Belladonna's face he thought about how much he hated her dragon form, despite how powerful and strong it was...He almost pittied her but than didn't "Look." Nrrr'c said "You don't have look very far to find the Ninja Turtles because they're right behind you." Bell's jaw dropped, she looked behind her, and saw the four ninjas behind her! "How did you get here?" "We're ninjas remember?" Mikey said "It's our job to be stelthy." Just than, Matoaka and her Manimals entered "Ah I see you came fashonably early." The Unicorn said softly "All right Ms. Redfeather." Leonardo said folding his arms "Why did you call us here?" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "We need your help in defeating a person known as the H. E." Matoaka said. "The man plans to take over the world.""Interesting," said Donatelo, who was looking at Nrrr'c. "I've seen a lot of creatures during my travels with my brothers, but I've never encoundered anyone who was a humanoid cockroach." "And I've never seen a humanoid turtle," Nrrr'c said. "Perhaps I should tell you my story, which has to deal with the H.E. and why we need your help." "Whoo Who! Story Time!" Micky shouted, as he jumped over his brothers, and landed on the couch, causing Ralph to groan out his name. "Perhaps you should tell us," Leronardo said. "I'll be glad to," Nrrr's said. Twiga Nrrr'c took a deep breath and began his story."My story is not so different from yours." He said "Once I was an ordanary animal...But The resons of my transformation are much different." "Sometimes he is known as the High Evolutionary, sometimes known as the High Elder...But whatever his name he is pure psychopath...He could give the Shredder a run for his money." "What does he want?" Leo asked "He wants...to distroy humanity." Nrrr'c said quickly "He wants to replace the human race with Beastials, Evolved animals who he believes are his divine creation." "Why did you betray him?" Leonardo asked "If he is the one who made you who are?" "Because I learned his plans were pure madness." Nrrr'c shuddered. Belladonna meanwhile was looking at the turtles, she had never seen such creatures before, Donatello noticed the Chinese Dragon woman kept staring at them, it was rather annoying, so he just folded his arms and stared right back at her. Bell meeped, and turned away shading her eyes...She didn't want that turtle to see she was blushing Steve Ellen What was wrong with her? Why was she blushing? Was it because the turtles were reptiles like her? That must be it, Belladonna thought. I've been hanging around these furries so long and have never felt really comfortable. Now I see a guy with scales and my heart starts beating faster. I must control my emotions. "...and then I met up with the good Matoaka," Sir Nrrr'c continued, "...and she kindly took me in and, in fact, saved me from being beaten to a pulp by her minions." "I don't call them minions," Matoaka said. "They are my team members." "Yes, of course. Forgive me." Sir Nrrr'c bowed. "I still have the old speech habits of the floating palace." Donatello was interested. "You've actually been on the floating palace? Could you draw a map?" Twiga After Nrrr'c had finished telling them all about his story...Matoaka pondered what to do"I suppose we have no choice, but to attack the Beatials in there home base..Leonardo would you like to funtion as my Co-Leader for this mission?" "Do I really have a choice?" Leo asked raising a non-exsistant eyebrow "Hmmm, Good point I guess you don't" Matoaka turned and whistled, Zander appeared dressed Avain battle armor "Yes My Lady." Zander said in formal Avian languige, "My Sister, My Brother-In-Law and myself will come to the aid of Earth." "Is Revel ready to fight?" Matoaka asked concerned "His physical wounds are healed." Zander said "His spiritual wounds are still bleeding." Well?" Bill said already leaping out the door "Are we going to fight or aren't we?" Bill, Jim, Jordan and Minsk were out the door Twiga Bill, Jim, Jordan and Minsk tied backpacks to themselves, and lowered themselves to all fours, heading out into the snowy forest"Well?" Bill asked the four turtles "Are you coming or aren't you?" The Turtles just stared, they had never before saw being who could walk on all fours BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 Meanwhile, up in the H.E.'s floating palace, the H.E. found himself standing face-to-face with the one known as Sage."Why are you here?" he asked, looking at the hooded being, who was niether male nor female. "I am here to tell you that you are about to lose everything," Sage said calmly. "Your minions are either being beaten or betraying you, or even deserting you. Your allies are turning on you, now that they know your plans, as do the Manimals. You will fail." "Oh I disagree," the H.E. said, as he grabbed the strange person, and shoved him into a tube. "With someone like you by my side, there is no way that I can lose." At this, he flipped a switch, and an inhuman scream is heard. Steve Ellen Inside the tube a violent display of lights and colors progressed. Sparks flew out of the tube. The High Elder backed slowly away. he had never seen a tube transformation that went like this. "Doctor Mudd! Doctor Mudd!" he yelled. "Come here immediately!" Mudd rushed into the room still pulling on his white lab jacket. He took one look at the glowing, sparking Transformation Tube and whirled on the High Elder. "What did you do? Didn't I tell you to never put anything metallic in the tube? It shorts out the transformation waves." "I didn't put metal in there. I put some weirdo in a hood in there. He waltzed in here saying that I was about to lose, that my minions were betraying me." Doctor Mudd stared sadly at the High Elder. "He's right, you know." "What?" "I've kept it from you but things are really falling apart around here. Over half your minions have already deserted or been killed." The High Elder's face grew red. "You idiot! How could you keep that information from me?! Unless... unless... you yourself are one of the disloyal ones and mean to betray me? You BASTARD! I trusted you!" Doctor Mudd gritted his teeth and looked up at the ceiling. "I know, I know... I feel awful about this." The High Elder's eyes narrowed into snake slits. "You'll feel awful alright. Get in the tube." "What?" "GET IN THE TUBE!" Doctor Mudd frowned. "You can't put two people in the tube. All their genes and DNA would get all twisted together and you would end up with some freaky monster that would die a horrible death." "Hehehehe! Yessss, yessss, a horrible death. Hahahahahahaha! GET IN THE TUBE!" The High Elder shoved Doctor Mudd backwards so that he fell into the glowing tube. It was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Flames whooshed out the top of the tube. All the nutrient pipes shuddered and shook like they were about to explode. Red warning lights flashed, warning buzzers sounded off: all the little beep beep beep buzzers plus the Full Emergency buzzer that went BRRRRRAPP! BRRRRRAPP! Donatello was maneuvering a helicopter containing him and Matoaka and several other manimals and turtles into place near the floating palace so they could sneak inside. "What the hell is going on in there?" Donatello said. "I see smoke coming out of a window and I can hear several alarms going off." "Looks like we picked the perfect time to make a visit," Bill said. "Let chaos rule!" Twiga The Sage was well aware of what, H.E. was trying to do, so he transformed himself into...A Red Steckled Elbermung...The Largest Gastropod on Planet Ava.By his increase in size he managed to shatter the tube he was in, and also unintentionaly released Mudd he in the prosses reterned to his true form of a Brhamama Bullock. The Giant Gastropod was exsausted and covered with steam, he looked at the High Evolutionary and asked "Are you really that dumb?" With that The Sage closed his eyes and put thoughts into the now Bovine Mudd's head, The Bullock's eyes crossed for a second, than went completely blank, than...turned red.... The Sage thought anouther thought into the bullock, and Mudd began to chage around like crazy, trusting his horns into the machinery around him. It was at the time the Manimals decided to visit, they jumped in through the front door. "High Evolutionary!" Matoaka called out her bellowing challenge, she stopped herself short when she saw what was already happaning, A wild bull, was tearing apart the laboritory "So..." Mikey asked the others "Are we going to do this with banter or without?" The Others leaped foreward and charged! "Defintitly without." Mikey said quickly. H.E pushed a button summoning all his minions, Sir Aries, Sir Taurus, Lady Tiamat, Yang...Only one was not presant, Yin! But only Yang noticed she was missing, Yin had creeped into the air vents and was hiddin there watching the battle from a distance. Matoaka took battle with Lady Tiamat, as her Unicorn horn was the only true weapon against a dragon Sir Taurus tried to find Bill, but Bill was with Jim, both fighting Sir Aries, so the big Hereford Bull tried to catch one of the turtles Unfortunatly the Turtle he singled out was Raphael... Taurus suceeded in momentaraly disarming Raph of his Sais so the two of them began to wrestle "You are more agle..." Taurus said "But I"M STRONGER!" "No, you're just made of beef and flab and call it muscle I'm clearly the better fighter!" The Turtle retorted Tuarus noted with great displeasure that this Turtle was right, He was using his own streatnth against him...Taurus tried to end the fight quickly with sharp quick kick between the legs, he didn't know however there was shell there and chipped a hoof! "Ha!" Raph said "Being a turtle means I come with my own built in cup! Unlike you on the other hand..." With that Raph kicked the Big Bull in the Crotch and sent him flying into....Lyle Bolton's tube... Lyle had not been finished being transformed into a Hudge, so what flowed out of the tube was green slime shaped like Lyle Bolton Twiga As Lyle writhed in his new slimey form he felt himself grow larger by absorbing all the poisons in his area"The Power!" He cried in his grargled voice "Unlimited POWER!" At this point everyone was...gobsmacked "What...What is that thing?" Donatello asked Matoaka, Zander answered for her "That is a Hudge..." Zander said "The most poisonous living thing in this solar system." "Which means?" Donny pressed "It is like a giant Amoeba..." Zander said "It absorbs organic beings and...evaporates them." "That means?" Leo asked "We're F*cked!" Zander said "We'll need a miracle to save us!"Minsk cried out! And indeed a miracle did appear just as Lyle was about to eat them... BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "Hey Ugly!" said a voice, that was very familiar to the turtles, causing Lyle to turn around. "If any one's going to kill the turtles it's going to be ME!"With that, an energy blast blew a large hole in Lyle's body. As slime dripped from the ceiling and walls, figures wearing black ninja outfits showed up, including one wearing spiked armor. As the ninjas engaged the remaining Beastials, the armored man, who was weilding an energy cannon, stepped forward and said, "Until the H.E. is defeated, let's just say that me and the rat forged a TEPMERARY truce and alliance with each other." "Glad you could make it, Oroko Sakie," Sage said, as he/she turned back into a more humanoid form. "Of course, our work is not done yet. The H.E. is not in this room as he has escapped. Also, that creature is not dead. It will reform in a moment." "In that case," Shredder asked. "How do we kill it?" "The Self-Destruct mecinism should do the job," Sage said. "Of course, we better send this thing towards the upper reaches of the Stratosphere, as this place will explode with the power of thirty Hydrogen Bombs." "Um, is that bad?" Micky, who just had to talk, asked. "That's more than enough power to blow up the planet ten times over," Donny said. "That's right," Sage said. "However, there are several hundred people in this place, including three hundred children. They must be taken away from this place." Steve Ellen Three hours later the crowd assembled on the ground (manimals, turtles, ninjas, three hundred children, etc) watched as high in the sky a new star blossomed. "Ooooh, pretty!" "Yeah, who knew that thirty hydrogen bombs would make such a colorful blast?" "Uh... what about the shock wave?" "Everybody duck and cover your ears!" A WHOMP like a thousand thunder clamps pounded them into the ground. "Is everybody OK? Anybody get hurt." "No!" some of the children yelled. "Can we do it again?" "Sorry. That was a once in a lifetime experience." "Awwww...." Matoaka looked at her Manimals. "I would say that's the best New Year's fireworks display we ever had." Twiga Unfortunatly there was a matter of the children....Where to put them that is...Like Belladonna, High Evolutionary had used human embryos and fused them to all manner of different creatures. Some had kitty wiskers, or foxy tails, some had dragon scales or other features... "Where...Did the H.E. get so many human embryos in the first place?" Shredder asked for once in his life more baffled than power hungry. Matoaka looked at one Dragon-girl, she noticed a bar code on the back of her neck "I have a sneaking suspision..." She nickered softly "Dontello, I need the use of your computer!" "Um, You mean the one in the sewers?" Donny asked "Yes..." Matoaka said "How are we going to move three hundred children?" Bill asked Matoaka touched the Dragon girl she had been holding with her horn and in an instant she turned into a perfectly normal little girl. "We'll let them ride on our backs." She said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. It was not easy but they managed to transport, three hundred children to the sewers "I think if we scan the barcodes..." Matoaka said "We'll know who there parents are!" BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 A few hours later, after the group scanned the children's barcodes, they had some good news and some bad news. The good news was that they'd found out who the children's parents were. The bad news was they found out WHERE thos parents were, either dead, in prison, or various other institutions."I guess the H.E. was through when he covered his tracks," Matoaka said. "He wanted to make sure that no one would come for these children, not even their parents, for whatever reason." "And here people say that I'm evil," Shredder said. "I mean, I may run a criminal organization and such, but this, this is pure evil. I mean, even I have a heart, and I am a father, of sorts." Oroko Sakie thought about the girl he'd adopted about fifteen years ago during a trip to a war-torn third world Asian country. He'd found the girl starving when she tried to pickpocket him. In a rare act of kindness, he'd taken her in, and raised her. Now, she was the leader of one of his ninja squads, but there was still that father-daughter bond between them. True he was a murderer, and a lot of other things, but even he had his limits. He then looked at the children, and looked at the Sage, who asked, with his/her mind, "Something on your mind Oroko Sakie?" "No," he thought, shaking his head. "This is nothing like what happened fifteen years ago with my daughter when I took her in." "True," Sage said, still speaking with his/her mind. "But they are in the same position that she was in, no parents to care for them. However, unlike the others, you have plenty of resources. Use them to track down people who want to have a child, but are unable to for whatever reason. Then, set up an encounter between them and one of the children. Also, make the encounters seem like chance ones, like an engine stalls in the midle of the road, and the kid is laying down beside the road unconsious or something, or through an adoption agancy that you run, or anything else. Also, do it as an act of charity, a true one. Well, I best be going." With that, the Sage vanished, like he/she always did. Twiga "However." Matoaka said "There is...""Trouble..." Bill said finishing for her "These children have Animal genes in them...They will always have the genes in them, they can not be removed." "But didn't you just..." Donny asked "A touch of my horn can only hide the Animal Features..." The Unicorn said "But only for a while..." Her purple eyes turned dark "They will remain hidden untill puberty sets in at that point..." BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3 "I might be able to help with that," the Shedder said, interupting the unicorn, causing everyone to look at him."Oh really," said Ralphiel. "That's something concidering the fact that we are going to kick your ass very soon." "Do you want me to carve you into turtle soup right now, or after I've told you about how we might be able to give these children a shot at a normal life?" Shredder asked, raising a spiked fist to the hot-headed turtle. "And how would that be?" Matoaka asked, stepping between the two. "I have a team of several dozen scientists that work for me," Shredder said. "Also, I had my ninjas hack the H.E.'s computers while searching for the Self-Destruct code. Got more than enough information from it, including details about the, expariments, that the H.E. preformed. My scientists can use this information to reverse-enginere the thing, and perhaps find a way to remove, or reduce, the animal genes in the children." "How do we know we can trust you, and that you won't make things worse?" Ralphiel asked, putting his hand on one of his sias. "Now that's the risk that you will have to take," Shredder said, looking the turtle in the eyes. Steve Ellen One of the little boys hugged Bill's leg and said, "I want you to be my dad."Bill pried him loose. "Uh... no... I can't be your dad." But the boys big sad eyes reminded him of his own childhood and tugged at his heartstrings. Matoaka sensed that and put her arm around Bill's shoulder. "If you want to be his dad, it would help out a lot." "But Matoaka, he would have to travel with us. There would be so many complications." "Bill, would it help you decide if I told you this boy has bull DNA in him just like you?" Twiga Before Bill could make a desistion, Shredder said "I am sure I will find away to remove or reduce the children's DNA so they will live perfectly normal human lives.""He gently removed the Bull-Boy from Bill "Why do you think he said that?" Bill asked Matoaka "He probaly just doesn't want anymore super powered muntants on the side of his enimies..." Leonardo said grimly "They are NOT mutants." Matoaka said firmly "But I hope he is telling the truth, because if those kids transdform when they hit puberty..."She shook herself like a Mare "There could be a massive upheaval on our hands!" "Do you think if they do transform, they would want to be superheroes like us?" Jim asked "Sounds like a great sequel hook!" said Bob, The End! © Copyright 2009 Twiga, Steve Ellen, Madame Evelyn, BBWOLF Turning 23 6/3, (known as GROUP). All rights reserved. GROUP has granted Writing.Com, its affiliates and its syndicates non-exclusive rights to display this work. |
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