The Hybrid

That Escalated Quickly

The General's green aura glowed around him as his eyes radiated bright white. "Power! Finally POWER!"

"Raven! Watch out!" Kadiba shouted. A ray of energy nearly fried Raven as she bolted behind a pillar. Before the General could take another shot, Raven jumped onto the support beams above the ceiling, crouching to keep her balance. "Crud!" Kadiba grunted, trying to get the door off of him, but the Rhino's foot was firmly on top of it.

"Ah, you're not going anywhere kitty," The Rhino mocked, "First, I'll bring all of the people of Africa under my power. Then I'll overthrow that stupid piece of-"

"GENERAL!" Queen Jinni cried out. "What is the meaning of this?!"

"Ah, sorry my queen," The Rhino grunted with a smirk, stepping on her side of the door harder. The hyena barked in pain. "But I think there should be a slight... change in management." Holding the shard in his right hand, he aimed it at the queen.

"NO!" Raven shouted. She charged the Rhino, kicking him back off of the door with her super speed. The Rhino tumbled back, shaking the blow to his head. He glared at the defiantly standing human.

"First, I get rid of you," The General growled. Blasting and shooting rays of energy, the rhino randomly shot at the darting flash of speed. Raven ducked around the beams, trying to get close, but the random aim of the General was making it difficult. She dashed to the end of the hall, facing the General straight down the middle. "Give up, creature. You're no match for me." Suddenly, Raven thought of something. If she could use her speed in combination with her other powers, then maybe... Raven quickly clapped her hands together and three duplicates appeared. They quickly dashed around the rhino, kicking and pushing him off of Kadiba and Jinni. "UGH!" The General cried, feeling himself lose balance and tumbled backward.

The General found himself on his back and a purple-haired teen Raven ready to use her Earthquake punch on him. "Drop the shard," She ordered.

"You don't have the guts to kill me. I can see it in your eyes. You can't kill me," The General grinned in a mocking fashion. A blade singing through the air made a sudden slicing sound followed by a thud, spilling blood and entrails onto the ground. Raven stumbled back, seeing the head of the General severed from his body while Queen Jinni stood on the left side of his corpse. She rested the bloodstained sword onto her shoulder as she spat on his body.

"I can," She declared, "Consider your promotion revoked." Jinni walked over to the shard as Kadiba hobbled over to Raven.

"Whoa."

"She's a warrior queen," Kadiba gulped a bit nervously as Jinni handed Raven the shard. Knowing what happened last time, she breathed in as she took the shard in her hand and the expected glowing started.

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"Hmm, seems you're very active in shard collecting," Said a demonic version of Raven. Raven's eyes widened at the demonic version. Didn't it have two sets of eyes? Now she had one set of red glowing eyes. And her red cloak seemed a lighter shade of red.

"You, how do I find the shards?" Raven demanded to know.

"The shards will call on you, but they will only guide you to the next Animalist, which makes no sense, but it seems to have that pattern," The demonic Raven shrugged. "The whispering you heard when you first met Kadiba is an example." Raven nodded in understanding. "Guard thee well, my host," The demonic Raven smirked.

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Raven woke up and sat up. "You okay?" Kadiba asked. Raven nodded. The guards were dragging the head and body of the General out of the palace. Queen Jinni sat on her throne as she called a small gazelle that looked like a scribe.