"Stapleton!" I gasped. "But you're dead!"
"Obviously not," he said, transforming into a giant hound. Not again, I moaned inwardly. He yowled, and suddenly there were five smaller hounds behind him. I exchanged a glance with Holmes. This did not look good. With a flash, I changed into a leopard. Homes changed into a literally flaming tiger. Holmes roared, breathing out flames. When he swiped his paw, flames followed. I leaped into the battle, enjoying the freedom from the injuries I had sustained in the Second Afghan War.
Holmes was battling four of the smaller hounds, and they were completely covering him.
However, I had the Überhound (which I had called it) and another smaller hound to fight. I sent a rather large rock towards the smaller hound, knocking it unconscious, at the same time as I pounced onto Stapleton-Überhound. I landed on its back, and I raked my claws on it again and again. Suddenly Stapleton rolled over, pinning me underneath him. I focused and summoned an earthquake directly below me. Startled, the Überhound leaped up, and I used that to my advantage, Out of the corner of my eye a saw a tiger, covered in flames, rolling on the ground, pinning a hound beneath him. I turned my attention back to the naturalist when he raked his claws along my back. I focused on my crystal and summoned a huge boulder to be sent crashing into Stapleton.
It did just that, and Stapleton let out a yelp. However, he still was not down. Focusing on the last of my power, I focused another powerful yet small in size earthquake, just seeing Stapleton collapse and turn back into a human as I buckled and fell into unconsciousness.
A/N: sorry for the brevity of this chapter, but I felt that it was a good stopping point.