Supa-nova-101: I'm glad that my words can help in some small way, and I do hope that you get well soon. Oh, and thanks for the compliment.

Beastfire: Thank you. -Kyrie runs over and hugs Ivy-

Chapter 8

Kyrie was a little nervous, but she could tell that Ivy was friendly, and after a moment she walked forward and ivy placed her arms around her, and after just a moment, Kyrie returned the hug. However, the warm embrace reminded her of the all to recent pain of losing her real parents, and tears began to flow gently from her eyes. Ivy held her tighter and whispered something. She began to gently stroke the back of Kyrie's head and she slowly stopped crying.

Kyrie calmed down and looked up at Ivy's face. Kyrie was surprisingly good at taking things as they came to her. And so, Ivy and Frus introduced her to her new brothers. There was no reason to wait to do that, but getting everything straight while staying well away from the subject of gruesome death took quite a while.

Alarms began to go off in the Super Robot. Antuari cried out, "He's here!" and everyone hurried to Gibson's lab.

"I'm not ready," said the blue monkey. "I need you guys to buy Otto and me some time!"

"Understood. Everyone else, move out!" said Chiro.

Frus and Ivy told Tyr, Dylan, Seamus, and Kyrie to stay with Otto and Gibson. Frus grabbed his sword and he and Ivy went out to face whatever it was that was attacking. However, they were surprised with what it was that landed.

A black winged man flew down from the clouds. He handed hard, creating a large crater. As he cooled down from going through the atmosphere he looked up at the fighters who had come to meet him. His black eyes glittered, as did his feathers.

"Ah, I see that this planet will give me some level of challenge. Finally, I can stretch my muscles," said the man. He began his transformation.

Shedding his bright, shiny black wings, he began to change in preparation for battle. Even as his feathers fell he grew larger, and various claws and spikes began to protrude from his body.

When his transformation was complete, he was a horrifying sight. The top of his body was much like that of a very large man, but with spikes on his head and large claws. Where legs should have been, however, there was a long, thick, serpentine body that led down to a huge body that couldn't be identified as belonging to any specific creature, with spikes like ribs poking through flesh and long, dirty hair near and on the underside. His four legs had huge, thick claws and heavy metal bracelets. His skin was red and blue, almost as if it was bruised, and there was bone armor covering his entire form.

"That bone armor, he got that from me," said Skeleton King, who had been released in order to help with the battle.

"Dude, that thing looks gross," said Ivy.

"Don't try to fight it head-on," said Chiro. "Just keep it busy and try to keep it from doing any damage."

And so, part one of the battle began…

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