Disclaimer: Anything familiar isn't mine. Anything unfamiliar is mine. The usual...

Note: So sorry for taking so long on this one. Hope you don't mind, but gradually less Jen from here onwards.

Chapter 3: Laughter is the Best Chemical

Eric felt his own eyelids drooping painfully. He was about to black out when he felt someone come up to him and started shaking him.

"Eric! Hey, mate, are you ok?" came Wes' voice, masked with concern. Eric felt his head being tilted to the side then he heard Wes' say, "Damn, 'Ric, you're bleeding!"

Eric shook his head and muttered,"I'm fine! It's nothing..." when out of nowhere a loud roar was heard.

Jen and Taylor had ran over to them. Jen muttered,"Werewolves, now I've seen everything....."

"LOOK OUT!!" Taylor yelled as the werewolf smashed a wooden computer table aside and started to walk over to them. Taylor shrieked and said,"That table cost a fortune!!!"

Wes snarled, "Our lives cost even more! Let's get out of here!"

All four of them scrambled up and ran for the door outside. As Eric's hand reached the door knob, Jen said,"Wait!"

Eric turned towards her and said,"Wait? Wait??" desparately.

He turned towards the werewolf to find out that it was no longer advancing towards them. It just stood there, snarling and panting, slimy liquid dripping down from it's mouth.

Wes said shakily,"Wow, he's really sweating, isn't he?"

Eric gulped and said,"That's not sweat! That's saliver!" as the part where the werewolf bit him trobbed painfully.

Wes sighed and muttered,"Oh..... Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" he added in a small tone.

Taylor gulped and said,"Nice doggy.....g-good boy..."as the werewolf kept on advancing towards them, slowly, but surely.

That's when, all of a sudden,a big cloud passed by the moon, covering it's moonlight. The werewolf stopped, and threw it's head back in agony. It kept on howling and howling while it's body shrinked smaller and smaller in size. It's hair grew shorter, it's fingers lost it's claws....

Soon, what was left of the werewolf was a short man, with fly-away hair, wearing a labcoat. Though now it was all torn and tattered. The four rangers just stood there, stunned at this weird transformation.

Slowly, the man looked up at them and let out a dog-like whimper, then said,"Please don't hurt me, I mean you no harm..."

Taylor narrowed her eyes and said,"Ok, you come and attack me and completly trash my home, and you mean no harm??"

The man replied,"Please, we haven't got enough time.... " he casted a fearful look at the moon and said,"When the full moon comes out again, I will turn back into a werewolf, and wait," when he caught sight of Eric, who was scratching his neck franticaly, "Did I bite you?" he asked Eric.

Eric looked up and said,"Hell, yeah! What do you think?" annoyed.

The man looked absolutely petrified,"I will turn back into a werewolf, and you.. you will turn into...." "A werewolf too? Well, that is kinda cool actually." cut in Eric.

The manshoom his head and said,"Maybe, maybe into something else. You see, I was working on a chemical solution to create my own species of animals, but it went wrong," he cast another fearful glance at the moon,"Very wrong. I turned myself into a werewolf. My mind and actions are uncontrolable at these times, the full moon.Please, you have to stop me. There is one way to return me back to normal. It's all in here,"

He handed Wes a piece of paper. "I've been working out this formula but I don't have the equiptment to make it."

Wes examined it for a moment and said,"Hey, this last bit is torn!" The man looked at it and said,"Oh, I must have done that as a werewolf. No matter, the chemical is...."

But at that exact moment, the cloud passed by and the moon was visible again. eric felt a sudden jolt of pain run though his body.

The man reared back in agony and turned into a werewolf once again. Luckily, it turned towards the smashed open window and disappearedinto the darkness.

Taylor, Jen, and Wes looked at Eric for a moment.Eric's body turned rigid, and he started shaking all over.

Jen yelled, "Behind the table!!!" All three of them ran for shelter behind the computer table the werewolf crashed earlier.

Eric turned towards the moon and next thing he knew, a flash of light, and he wasn't seeing from a human point of view anymore. He still felt like himself though, he could still think properly. But, he was much shorter than before. He opned his mouth to speak, but all that came out was......

Jen, Wes and Taylor waited in tensed silence for a werewolf to start growling, but it didn't come.They carefully raised themselves from behind the table.

That's when they heared a loud,"B-A-A-A-A-A!!!"

All three looked at the spot where Eric once stood. Now, in his place, stood a black goat. A goat that was now looking at them with a 'I dare you to laugh' look.

A moment's silence followed, then all three of them broke into helpless laughter.

Wes teased,"Oh, it's the terror of the billy-goats!"

"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!" replied the two girls.

Taylor asked,"Hey, why didn't he turn into a werewolf?" before melting into helpless laughter again.

Jen shrugged and said, "Ok, now, I've seen everything! HAH!" and joined Taylor.

Wes grinned and said," C'mon, we gotta get that chemical done... it'll work on Eric too I suppose." he grabbed Eric by the neck and said,"Taylor, you stay better home, I'll go see the lab. We have the technology for this,"

Jen nodded and said,"I'll go and check out the scientists backgroud. That'll help us find him when we get the antidote."

"BAAAAAAAA!!!!"

TBC