The Hybrid

The Attack of the Moonies

Raven jumped over Tigress like a stalking jaguar and punched a Moonie in the face. The tiger kicked one Moonie into the air and grabbed another by the hand, throwing it to Raven who roundhouse kicked it into a stumbling line of Moonies. Raven effortlessly backflipped over several of the Moonies, cocked her fist, and sent the Moonies far away with her Earthquake punch. "OW! Raven!" Garfield shouted, covering his ear from the sonic disruption, "Be careful where you do that!"

"Sorry," called Raven, ducking a sword's swing.

"Am I the only one that thinks that this is really easy?" calmly mentioned Po as he belly bumped a Moonie before grabbing another by the foot, whirling it around over his head, and throwing it like a slingshot. "I've had bandits tougher than this."

"They seem harmless to fight, but their number is their advantage," Grootslang swatted an entire wave of them out of the kingdom. "And they recover quickly from their wounds."

"So we have to get out of here," said Beast Boy, magically capturing a set of 20 Moonies in a bubble and slinging them out with a flick of his hand. "For now, just toss them outside the walls!"

"Really? That seems very harsh," said innocent Kleinslang, "I mean these things are-" She got cut short when Grootslang took a sword swing from a random moonie. Klein's round human eyes switched to small snake-like slits as she hissed harshly. Her hands glowed yellow as her mouth uttered a low hum. All the Moonies stopped when they heard her utter with raging indignation, "Hands. Off. My. FATHER!" A magical yellow glow burst into a blinding ball all around her. It engulfed her body and spread out like a shockwave at incredible speed. The gang shut their eyes to protect themselves from the light. The whole horde of Moonies ran for cover, scrambling over their own to evade the girl's shining glory. Slowly, Kleinslang's magic disappeared. Po and Tigress quickly caught Klein in her descent; she was weak but still conscious.

"Whoa," was all Beast Boy could say.

The snake squinted his eyes at the second wave of Moonies rushing towards them. Why were they running back now? "Beast Boy, Raven, both of you have changing powers, correct?" he asked.

"Yes? Why?" Garfield asked. Grootslang told them. "Oh Yeah!"

"I don't know if I can," said Raven doubtfully.

"Come on, you can do it!" replied Beast Boy. Raven gave one large breath as the Moonies rapidly drew nearer. "Everyone stand back!" Beast Boy and Raven clapped their hands together. Beast Boy's body glowed green while Raven shouted,

"Body of the Great Snake!" A burst of green and blue light shone as Po and Tigress shielded their eyes. Tigress looked at the Moonies who were running away again. Why were they retreating again? The tiger looked back and forth between the shining light and the retreating Moonies. As the light dimmed down, Tigress saw the Moonies immediately turn the other way and run towards them again.

Suddenly, two big train-like masses darted past the feline. Tigress saw scales upon scales slide past her eyes. "Wow!" exclaimed Po, "They're huge!" Beast Boy and Raven grew into Grootslang-sized snakes. Raven was blue scaled and Beast Boy green. Raven whipped her tail around, sending the Moonies far away. Beast Boy slithered his massive body through the horde and knocked the Moonies down either flattening them or sending them back.

The black snake smirked, "They learn quickly." Grootslang slithered around Tigress, Po, and Kleinslang to make a protective barrier. "We need to locate Fallitur before we waste time on these Moonies. They're practically invincible."

"Aw, we can take them!" Po said.

"Not for five hours," hissed Grootslang.

Tigress rolled her eyes at Po's pouting. "We should get more information before we waste our energy." She said. Grootslang whipped his head around towards Raven and Garfield while Klein, Tigress, and Po jumped onto the snake's back near his head.