The Hybrid

He's Coming

The vulture's cave was large for his troops to come in and out with their armory and weapons. It sat up in the high crisp white mountains, above the clouds where no prying eye could see him and his workings. Inside, torches lit the way towards the large stadium size hall where a large round center filled with stone seats for the soldiers stood. The soldiers were murmuring among each other, wondering why all of them were called to the meeting. Some of them were new, which was characteristic of their size compared to everyone else. Others wore the length of their service on their body in scratched eyes, severed arms, and prosthetic limbs. And not all of those marks were from the enemy. In fact, most of them were at the hand of one sinister vulture. "ALL HAIL LORD KHAN!" Shouted an announcer rabbit as the armor-plated, fur-coated, vulture walked in. He was massive in his wingspan and his height was about 6'1". Extremely tall for birds in the time. He sat down on a throne covered with fabrics and furs. Where did the furs come from? Don't ask. Khan wore two green shards around him like a necklace.

"My servants," He spoke, exhaling a lot. Though he was big and bold, he was a little on the old side. But no one dared point that out. "It has been brought to my attention that the attack on the east side of China has been... compromised. This was due... to a... little girl?" Khan asked. No one dare say a word, but the vulture coughed out a laugh. "You all are very humorous," He said, picking up the shards in his wing. He played with them a while before gazing at his troops. Whimpering could be heard around the room. "You seem to forget that I have these powerful shards that allow me to read minds. While I can only control the weak-minded and uneducated, there are some idiots that have a lot of muscle." He lifted his hand and suddenly two large oxen in the seats stood up by his command and snatched up the nearest vulture: one of the ones that were present at Raven's attack.

"Lord Khan! I've done nothing wrong! I swear! We only-"

"Silence," Genghis Khan hissed softly. The two oxen brought the vulture to him. "Now, tell me. What exactly did you... witness? Which animalist attacked you?"

"It wasn't an Animalist. In fact, it wasn't an animal at all. It looked something like a... a hairless monkey! She had purple-reddish hair, long sleek muscular-looking legs, and deep piercing purple eyes! But I recognized some of her attacks! It was like she had all of the Animalists' powers in one!"

"Hmm, the Hybrid," Khan rubbed the bottom of his beak as the lower vulture bowed low. Khan could hear the vulture's thoughts, begging for mercy. "And you let this... creature defeat all of you? Failure is not an option." He motioned for the mindless strong oxen to take him away.

"Wait! No! NO! PLEASE YOUR GREATNESS! PLEASE! I DID MY BEST!" He screamed.

"But your best wasn't enough," Khan said with chilling softness as the vulture disappeared behind a door.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The blood-curdling screams rang around the stadium as silence followed.

"It seems that the Hybrid has finally come. I think it's time we see if she's... really a threat," Khan sighed as if he were bored. The soldiers all stood up immediately as they formed a line towards the front. "Now," Khan said in a louder voice, "To kill the hope of the world!"

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Raven woke up with a gasp. She panted hard, trying to get her head together. She stumbled outside her tent, into the cool night. The full moon glowed, illuminating the dark forest. Raven slowly steadied her breathing when all of a sudden she heard a sound and immediately turned around and punched it hard. When the stranger stopped her, she quickly kicked the stranger in the side, but they stopped that too. "Nice work, but your form is a little uptight."