"Well, I wasn't expecting that to happen," sighed a bewildered Sergeant Benton, attempting to cover himself with Captain Yates' too-snug jacket. "How did I lose track of the fact that it was a full moon?"

"I'd say we ought to get a special commendation for taking down that entire invasion force by ourselves," observed Yates, picking a lingering trace of alien from between his fangs. "Fancy a cup of cocoa?"

"Oh, go on then, sir," beamed Benton, watching the last of his full-moon fur disappear from the back of his hand.