-The Fearsome Plot.
"Well, it seems I'm more famous than I thought." Splicer chuckled. Hillary growled under her breath, and snapped at the villains.
"No more chatting, you maniacs! I want my boyfriend back or else I'm tearing you apart like wet toilet paper!"
"Not a very valid threat in my case, dear." The Liquidator shrugged, making the hyena to snarl at him. Gosalyn cooled her down a little, and then directed to Mary and Shirley.
"You girls know that guy?"
"Not personally, but yes, we do." Mary explained without losing sight of Splicer, while Shirley kept her angry staring at Negaduck. "He used to work at Acme Labs, and got fired because of his dangerous and unethical animal experimentation. He then continued it by his own, but Buster, Babs, Hamton and Plucky stopped him; if I remember right, you got a chicken's body."
"I got better," Splicer replied in a casual tone, "and in more than one way. Mister Negaduck here made me a pretty generous job offer; in exchange of my abilities and work, he is providing me with pretty interesting raw material for my experiments."
"The clones that attacked us are your doing, right?" The J.A.M., stunned at the man's freaky and dangerous use of science, directed to him as well.
"Not completely, but yes." Splicer explained. "Normally, clones so perfectly done would take me a long time to get ready, but, with Doctor Bushroot's tissue samples, and some help from him as well, we could create a watermelon that can produce a perfect duplicate of any toon in a few hours. Of course, when you arrived at the warehouse, we needed them done before time, which is the reason they turned into dust after a few minutes, but since my duck-plant colleague can control plants and make them move or grow immediately, we can make instant clones in case of emergency."
"That explains the clones' bodies, but how they got the clothing or Quiverwing's arrows?" Wally asked.
"The story's rating and a plot hole." The villains chorused.
"But you needed DNA samples from all of us to do that!" Mary pointed, slightly scared about the possible answer.
"Ah, but we got them." Negaduck said in his raspy yet calm tone. "You see, the reason we came to Acme Acres on first place was, of course, to get Splicer's help to create a clone army and use it to establish my own criminal empire, one that would make F.O.W.L. envious and S.H.U.S.H. to shake in fear. However, when good old doc here told us about the special skills you guys develop at your college and some pretty useful of your own, I decided that, instead of cloning some mercenaries and other criminals I was planning to use, you would be a better choice."
"Someone here watched Episode II too many times." The J.A.M. said to nobody in particular.
"My clown companion," Negaduck pointed casually to Quackerjack, "designed mechanical birds with camera eyes that allowed me to analyze you and your classmates at a distance, and I got pretty impressed by your talents. Once I made a selection, Quackerjack used the same birds to pick up several tissue samples, namely fur, hair, and feathers, from your gym's dressing rooms, classrooms' seats, and even from some bedrooms; right now, besides the six of you, we also have samples from the Tasmanian devils, the pink rabbit, the pitbull, the roadrunners, that fast feet's mouse, the old squirrel, the coyotes, the skunkette, and even from the rabbit in charge, and a few more I don't remember right now."
The six toons at the pit got shocked expressions. Their clones were really hard to beat, and, if The Fearsome Six had so many duplicating choices, and the ways to do it pretty fast, Negaduck would lead an almost unstoppable force.
"Ah, you just realized the magnitude of my little project, uh?" Negaduck said, guessing what his victims were thinking. "If not, let me draw you a nice picture; rabbits tunneling inside every jewelry store in the country; mice and birds that can outrun any patrol car; an elite group of assassin jaguars and human girls to eliminate my competitors; super strong hyenas and pitbulls creating havoc in police stations; a large pack of spin-changing wolves committing terrorism acts in my name and assaulting armored cars; furry tornadoes breaking through Fort Knox's walls while an squad of skunkettes and archer duckettes eliminate the guards at a distance, and telekinetic loons levitate the gold out; super-smart coyotes designing my weaponry; buildings and bridges demolished by my explosives' expert squirrels; possibilities are endless!"
"You monster…" Shirley clenched her fists while summoning enough force to attack the duck, but, unfortunately, being so close to him messed with her powers even more, so her attacking techniques were pretty much useless at the moment.
"And, of course, I'll keep experimenting with my samples to improve our army's abilities." Splicer commented. "It will be very easy now that Mister Negaduck gave me what I wanted the most; Acme Acres most perfect hybrid to experiment with!"
Splicer snapped his fingers, and, a few seconds later, Ronald appeared at his side.
"Ronald!" Hillary yelled at her boyfriend, showing both fear and happiness. "Ronnie, are you okay?"
"Sorry, but he's not home." Quackerjack said to the hyena while walking next to Ronald, poking his chest. "You see, Doc here told us that some of his experiments turned against him in the past, so Megavolt and I modified one of our old inventions so our pal here stays in a perfectly obedient state."
Hillary then noticed Ronald had a dull expression, and was pretty emotionless, hardly reacting to anything around him. Splicer took a weird gun out from his lab coat, and, surprising Ronald's friends, shot at him, giving the hybrid a slight shock.
"Problems with disobedient hostages? Tired of being attacked by the victims of your experiments? You can stop worrying when getting the last revolutionary gadget from the weird imagination of Megavolt and Quackerjack… Mister Relaxatron!" Liquidator talked in his salesman-like voice while pointing at the little gun.
"A shot from this beauty, and even Darkwing would allow us to rob a bank in front of his beak." Megavolt proudly explained. "A minor changes, and, by shocking Furry Boy here a few times a day, he is reduced to a perfect zombie so Doctor Splicer can experiment and take samples from him without any problem."
"Ronald…" Hillary was almost at the verge of tears, but, as usual, her sadness was replaced by an equally powerful anger, this time, directed against the mad scientist. "YOU JERKS KIDNAPPED THE TOON I CARE THE MOST TO PLAY WITH HIS BRAIN, AND TURN HIM INTO YOUR GUINEA PIG? AAARGH! FIVE MINUTES!" Hillary practically roared, and Wally and The J.A.M. had to grab her by her arms to try controlling the now rabid hyena. "JUST GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES ALONE WITH THAT DOCTOR! IT'S ALL I ASK! I'M TEARING HIM IN PIECES! I'LL BREAK EVERY SINGLE BONE OF HIS BODY! YOU HEAR ME, SPLICER? YOU'RE DOOMED!"
"What a lovely rage!" Negaduck laughed, and then got a sly grin. "But you don't need to anger that much, hyena. If you want a hybrid, I'm sure good old doctor here will give you one of his."
"Oh, yes, certainly, I can." Splicer got a sinister look while taking a remote control out from his lab coat. "I found some pretty interesting things about this hybrid; for starters, he had never used his full strength in any fight. The combination of cat and dog's genes gave him a might much bigger than the sum of his parts, but he always holds back part of this power because of his morals. Of course, my green version doesn't have any."
At that moment, a large hidden door opened inside the pit. The toons inside turned to see steel bars, and, behind it, a green Ronald-Clone, giving them a murderous glare. Hillary's rage got replaced by shock; she had never seen that anger on the real Ronald. Her boyfriend, even at his most furious moments, still conserved an almost touchable goodness glowing from him, evidence of his kind heart. This duplicate lacked that quality, and, instead of goodness, irradiated pure primal fury that could be sensed even by non-psychic toons. Wally and The J.A.M., by mere instinct, flattened their ears and got fighting stances while wagging their tails nervously.
"This is going to be really fun; a perfect way to test the abilities of the first one of my personal bodyguards. This one had more time to be ready than the clones you already faced, so he'll not turn into dust so easily." Negaduck and his companions chuckled, and then Splicer pressed a button from the remote. The gate opened, and, slowly, the clone walked out from it; the moment the duplicate was totally into the pit, Splicer pressed the button again to close back the gate.
"Shirley, try to zap him before he attacks." Gosalyn whispered to the loon, but then noticed the blonde was almost at her knees because of the major migraine she was getting. The duckette sighed. "Okay, we'll do this the hard way."
The clone's first move was so fast it caught everyone by surprise. Ronald-Clone dashed at top speed against his enemies, tackling Hillary and sending her against Wally and The J.A.M.; then, he grabbed Mary and Shirley by their collars, and threw them several feet away. Quiverwing reacted, and rolled while taking out a net arrow; she actually caught the duplicate, but he ripped apart the net in a second with his mighty claws and jaws. The duckette tried shooting another arrow, but the clone kicked her belly and chest, stunning her, and then gave the girl a powerful punch at her back, taking Quiverwing out of the fight for the moment.
Wally and The J.A.M. recovered from the initial attack, and dashed against the clone, the wolf snarling and the jaguar extending his claws. Wally threw a punch against his enemy while The J.A.M. tried to claw his face, but the clone blocked both attacks, and then hit their chests. The clone jumped back, and took a deep breath while the predators were stunned.
ROOOOAAAARRRR!
The clone's roaring was as powerful as the original's, making the canine and the feline to cringle and cover their ears in pain. The clone smirked, and dashed against his enemies, hitting their throats with his forearms and slamming them against the floor. Then, in a professional wrestling-like move, the clone jumped over his back to elbow both toons on their chests, leaving them breathless. The clone rolled aside them, and raised a claw to finish his prey.
Mary jumped on Ronald-Clone's back and got him in a head lock, stopping his attack. The duplicate moved a few steps back, and then jumped over his back, hitting the girl against the floor. The clone rolled aside, free from Mary's grip, and tried to claw the stunned girl, but Hillary blocked that attack by placing her bracelet-protected wrist between the claw and the girl's throat. Hillary then punched the duplicate with all her might, stunning him slightly, but, when she was about to do it again, the clone caught her fist, and twisted the girl's wrist. Ronald-Clone then lifted the girl over his head, and slammed her down; he then jumped over her, trying to stomp the hyena, but she rolled away just in time to avoid the attack.
Hillary stood up and she and the clone exchanged a series of punches and kicks, while trying to get the other one in a grapple, pretty much like the hyena's fight against her own duplicate. Hillary, as Ronald's regular sparring partner, knew all his movements as well as he knew hers, so she was perfectly matched against the clone, but Splicer wasn't bluffing when saying Ronald-Clone could fight more fiercely and stronger than the original. Hillary found herself panting while trying to find an opening on the clone's guard and keep her own guard up.
CRACK!
Hillary got a break thanks to a well placed whip attack on the clone's nose, courtesy of Mary, spin-changed into a lion tamer's outfit. The clone got distracted, and Hillary took advantage of this to knee him, making her enemy to lean in pain. The hyena linked her paws together, ready to execute her hammer-like fists attack.
SPLASH!
The hyena got surprised by a powerful water-made fist. The clone reacted, and, while she was distracted, gave Hillary a mighty uppercut, making her to fly a few feet away.
"Sorry; I thought you needed a shower." Liquidator said to the dizzy hyena in a mocking tone.
The clone turned to face Mary. The girl threw her whip against him, but Ronald-Clone caught it, and yanked the girl next to him, receiving her with a fierce claw hit. Mary was sent across the pit, and the hybrid charged against her, ready to finish the girl.
WARP!
UNWARP!
WHAM!
The hybrid's clone got surprised by a mighty kick from The J.A.M., who appeared right in front of him. The jaguar then jumped on the clone's back, and applied his sleeper grip on him; the duplicate tried to grab the feline with his claws, but Wally caught him in a bear hug, using all his strength so the clone couldn't release himself and the jaguar could put him to sleep.
Unfortunately, the thick fur that Ronald inherited from his father was present on his clone as well, and gave him a good protection against the pressure points' attacks. The clone tensed his muscles, and then opened aside his arms, releasing from Wally's grip. The duplicate gave the wolf a good hit on his muzzle, and then grabbed the jaguar by his collar, throwing him down from his back. The J.A.M. made a gracious spin to land on his feet, and, after flattening his ears and showing his fangs to the enemy, prepared to execute a clawing attack.
ZAAAP!
The jaguar got a powerful electric shock; since it wasn't a supernatural lightning's attack, but regular electricity, he got affected as any other toon. Ronald-Clone tackled him, and, after pinning the jaguar down, started punching him.
"Do I smell a burning rug?" Megavolt mockingly asked while rubbing his gloved hands.
Wally shook his head to recover from Ronald-Clone's attack, and saw him hitting the jaguar. The wolf spin-changed into his Dyno-Wolf's identity, and extended his mechanical-like arms, grabbing the duplicate by his shoulders and lifting him several feet in the air. Unfortunately, at that moment, several small and multi-colored spherical objects fell at his feet, making him to slip and release his prey that landed safely on his feet. Dyno-Wolf regained his balance, and tried to attack again, when the spheres started doing a ticking sound.
PUM! PUM! PUM! PUM! PUM! PUM!...
The series of little yet powerful explosions forced Wally back to normal, and, before he could avoid it, received a mega-kick from Ronald-Clone, sending him against one the pit's walls.
"I suppose people are right; I finally lost all my marbles!" Quackerjack laughed crazily.
Gosalyn, who had finally recovered her conscience, looked at the fight and at the toons out of the pit. She knew that, thanks to the occasional assistance from his masters, the clone was sure to beat all her friends to a pulp, especially with Shirley powerless. The heroine then had an idea, looking at the moaning loon aside her. Quiverwing crawled next to her, trying to keep herself undetected by The Fearsome Six.
"Shirley, hey, girl, can you hear me? Don't talk, just nod a little." Quiverwing whispered to the blonde, who nodded slightly in reply. "Good… look, I have a plan. I want you to cover me; if that Relaxatron thing still works the way I remember, I know a way to take Ronald out of his trance, but I'll have only one chance. Try to separate Ron from the villains, and I'll do the rest."
Shirley looked at Gosalyn, and, after getting a stern expression, nodded in reply. The loon summoned all her remaining psychic power, and stood up, extending her wings at the villains' direction. It took her a lot of concentration, but gave the villains a good psychic shove, moving them a few feet away from Ronald. Quiverwing rolled to stand up, and placed an arrow on her bow, aiming at the hybrid.
"Clone, stop her!" Negaduck ordered Ronald-Clone, who stopped his attack on Wally, and dashed against the duckette. He was about to hit her when Hillary tackled him, and they both rolled away from the avian.
"Quiverwing, whatever you're going to do, do it now!" Hillary, struggling with the duplicate, yelled to her friend. Quiverwing narrowed her eyes, and shot her electric arrow against Ronald.
SHRAKKLEEE!
Ronald shook his head, and wide opened his eyes, while Bushroot and Dr Splicer, who were the closest to him, were sent back by the electric shock.
"Uh… what happened?" Ronald finally reacted, and immediately got an alert state at the sight of Quackerjack trying to hit him with a spiked yo-yo. The hybrid avoided the deadly toy, and gave the jester a powerful punch that sent him against Megavolt, who was sent against Liquidator and Negaduck as well, producing the infamous water and electricity's combination.
YEEEAAAAARRRRRGGGHH!
The four villains got stunned and fell on their knees. Ronald looked at the pit, and gasped when looking at his injured friends, and his girlfriend struggling with a green version of himself. He then remembered the villains mockingly telling him their plans right before zapping him with the weird ray, and growled in anger.
"Nobody hurts my friends, especially my girlfriend… NOT EVEN MYSELF!" Ronald roared furiously, and jumped inside the pit, landing on his feet and charging against his clone.
"Take your green paws away from her, Meanie-Me!" Ronald grabbed his duplicate by the shoulders, and gave him a sharp hit on the jaws. Ronald-Clone was about to reply the same way when Hillary surprised him with a kick to his guts. Then, Ronald and Hillary grabbed him by one arm each, and gave him a double knee hit on his sides, making the clone to cringle in pain.
"Double Predator Combination, Pretty Puncher?" Ronald grinned to his girl.
"Welcome back, Big Paw!" Hillary happily replied, and then they both clenched a fist while using the other paw to grab the clone by the back of his head.
PUNCH!
Hillary and Ronald hit the clone's jaw at the same time.
KNEE!
The couple forced the duplicate to lean, and double kneed his chest.
WHACK!
The couple elbowed the clone's kidneys, and then placed one of his arms over each one's shoulders. After the couple secured him by grabbing the clone's back fur with one paw and using the free paw to grab one clone's leg each, the predators jumped several feet in the air on perfect synchrony.
KAAWHAAAM!
The impact was so strong it even made the already stunned heroes and villains to react, and gasp at the scene. Hillary and Ronald were still holding the duplicate when they landed, hitting the ground with one knee each, while the clone got the most severe part of the shockwave through his whole spine; they released him after a few moments, and the perfectly knocked out duplicate fell on his back. Then, Ronald and Hillary smiled at each other, and, not caring that everyone could see them, embraced and kissed.
"Oh, yeah; nothing's like shock therapy to break up the Relaxatron's effects." Quiverwing commented in a smug tone.
"Or to break the Relaxatron too" Mary added, noticing that Dr Splicer now was holding a totally charred piece of junk. Negaduck glared at the toons at the pit, growling softly.
"Not bad, kids… but you all seem to forget about being trapped in a pit that is about to be turned into a deadly pool. LIQUIDATOR, GET THEM!"
The watery villain smirked, and, after his companions moved a few feet back, turned his body into a huge wave, ready to fall over his victims.
Luckily, Hillary and Ronald broke their kissing when hearing Negaduck's speech. The hybrid saw his captor growing bigger, and reacted quickly by moving aside from the hyena, and taking a deep breath.
ROOOAAAARRRR!
"YEAAAUURRRGH! Turn the volume down!" The villain returned to his regular size while covering his water-made ears, his whole body shaking like jell-o.
"Science 101; sound travels faster through liquids than through air." Ronald smirked at the villain, and then Wally moved next to the hybrid.
"And wind is what makes the water to form waves!" The wolf added right before taking a deep breath himself and blowing at Liquidator, sending the villain back against his companions; luckily for the villains, since Megavolt was already short-circuited, they didn't receive a shock this time, but a serious soaking.
"And about us being trapped here…" The J.A.M., noticing the villains weren't operational at the moment, revealed his trademark poach under his oversized shirt, and took out an ACME Portable Brick Wall. The wall grew to a more natural size in a moment, and all the toons dashed behind it, emerging after a few seconds, all their bruises healed and not feeling as wasted as they were just a moment before.
Quiverwing shot a grappling hook arrow out of the pit, and she and Wally used the line to climb out with him carrying Shirley on his back. The J.A.M. repeated his Spiderman-like climbing, which was copied by Ronald, as they climbed out carrying their girlfriends. They all were in front of the stunned villains a moment later.
"Give up now, Nega-Fool!" Quiverwing pointed at Negaduck while adopting a heroic posture, and her companions getting fighting stances. "You guys are out-powered and out-numbered, and cavalry is on its way here. You have no more tricks left."
"I always have one trick left, Quiverwing." Negaduck growled in defiance. "In case you had forgotten, that clone you left in the pit is basically a plant… which means Bushroot can wake him up!"
The duck-plant hybrid whistled loudly, and, a moment later, Ronald-Clone jumped out of the pit, looking even more furious than before. The heroes got distracted by his sudden appearance, and the villains took the chance to run away by using a nearby exit.
"I'll handle my evil twin. You guys go get them!" Ronald said to his friends while placing himself between them and the clone.
"I'll help you!" Hillary rushed next to Ronald, but he stopped her by raising his paw.
"I now remember what happened when those guys brought me here. I know their plans, and that they have several of those cloning watermelons ready for use; if they activate those, we are done!" Ronald quickly explained, and then turned slightly to give Hillary a little warm smile.
"Don't worry, Hill, I'm not leaving you again; we'll beat these jerks, and then I'm inviting all of you lunch at Weenie Burger and tomorrow, you and I will have a great evening wherever you want."
"It's a date, then." Hillary smiled at her boyfriend, and then changed to her usual sly grin. "Kick his butt, Muscle Boy!"
Ronald nodded at her, and then eyed his clone. The predators glared at each other while Ron's friends dashed out of the place. Ron and his enemy extended their claws, and took a deep breath.
ROOOAAAARRRROOOOOOOOOMMMM!
The combination of both roars produced a powerful sonic boom that sent both fighters a few feet back. Ron and the clone shook their head, and then dashed against each other, ready to rumble.
On the meantime, Quiverwing and company ran through a large and wide corridor that suddenly divided in four. The J.A.M., Wally and Hillary used their noses, and found out what was at the end of each one; one had plenty of fresh vegetation, another had assorted chemicals, a third one had gun-powder and other explosives, and the last one seemed to have several kinds of plastics.
"Tired of multiple choices' tests?" The toons turned when hearing the salesman-like voice of the smirking Liquidator behind them; he was a lot bigger, and, on a second look, the toons found out that he was getting some extra liquid from some open pipes at the walls.
"Need a permanent break from crime-fighting? Your problems are over, since yours truly is about to wash you away permanently." Liquidator grinned, and turned his arms into a concentrated water blast. It was about to hit the toons when it seemed to clash against an invisible wall; everybody looked at Shirley, extending her wings at the villain's direction.
"I still feel Negaduck's vibes, but now he isn't so close to me, and I know the source, I can tolerate them." Shirley explained to her friends while the villain reformed his arms. "I'll handle this poodle; you guys go get his companions."
The other toons nodded, and divided to dash through the corridors in front of them while Liquidator reformed his arms and prepared to attack Shirley, who kept her position while summoning all the psychic energy she had left.
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Bushroot arrived at his underground greenhouse, illuminated by some special lamps designed by Megavolt, and dashed next to his watermelons' field; it had over 50 plants, all ready to be used.
"Okay, boys, I know you all need a little more time to be ready, but Negaduck told me to wake you up now, and, well, he has a chainsaw and a flamethrower, so who am I to argue?" Bushroot talked to the watermelons, and then moved his leafy hands at them, focusing his power to turn them into clones.
CHILL!
CHILL!
"NO!" Bushroot yelled in anger and surprise when two freezing arrows landed in the middle of the field, freezing all the watermelons in a moment. The hybrid turned to see Quiverwing at the greenhouse's entrance.
"Now, if you have some glasses, we can have a delicious smoothie right now." Quiverwing chuckled, taking out another arrow and placing it on her bow aiming at the villain while slowly approaching him. "This one is filled up with herbicide, Bushy, so put your leaves up, and don't move."
"Oh, I'm not moving an inch, girl, but my friends will do it." Bushroot growled, and, a split second later Quiverwing hands/wings and her feet were secured by fast moving vines that emerged from the surrounding green area, forcing her to drop her bow and lifting her a few feet in the air.
"I hate to do this, but I can't let your attack on my poor watermelons to be left unpunished." Bushroot then whistled, and a huge walking Venus fly trap-like plant emerged from the bushes behind him.
"Spike, your dinner is ready!"
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"I can't believe those silly students are giving us so much trouble. I never had companions like them when I was at school… well, I suppose I didn't have." Megavolt said to Quackerjack while strapping a new battery to his back. They were at the room they have shared since their arrival to Acme Acres, filled up with assorted toys and electrical equipment.
"Well, at least this time we aren't dealing with any hero appearing from nowhere doing a so-called dramatic entrance." The jester commented.
UNWARP!
"Good evening. I AM THE J.A.M.!" The jaguar appeared behind the villains, getting a fighting stance. The criminals looked at each other, and shrugged.
"At least his entrance was short." Quackerjack said, and then got his maniac tone again. "It's plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaytime!"
Megavolt tried to zap the jaguar, but the feline warped away, reappearing aside the electric villain. He then tried to use a pressure point attack on him, but got zapped several feet back.
"Note to self… don't try to do that against an electrically charged guy." The jaguar said while shaking his head. Quackerjack grabbed a teddy bear from a nearby pile of toys, and pressed his belly button; the little bear got a ferocious expression, and extended large metallic claws, advancing at the feline.
WHACK!
The bear got smashed by Mary's mallet; the girl, wearing her skater outfit, sneaked from behind the villains when they got distracted by the jaguar's entrance, but had to reveal herself and abandon the ambush plan she and her boyfriend had made because of the deadly toy.
"Hey, that's my toy!" Quackerjack growled, and then took one of his mechanical jaws out of nowhere. "Well, if you break my toys, I'm breaking yours."
The jaws jumped and bite Mary's mallet, destroying it in a moment. The girl gulped in surprise, and moved next to The J.A.M., who still was slightly stunned, while the villains advanced towards them.
"You two are Math." Megavolt chuckled, and then blinked at his mistake. "No, not Math… Science?... English?... No, History! Yes, you two are history!"
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Negaduck dashed inside his chosen room, which, not surprisingly, was the villains' armory. The duck started collecting assorted weapons and placed them in his outfit's many pockets; even if he wasn't well trained in toon tricks, he had mastered the trick of accommodating several items of different sizes in small places, so he could carry enough weapons to fight a little army.
"You know, there are some countries with less fire power than this."
RATATATATATATATATATATATA…!
Negaduck shot with his machine gun at the direction he heard the voice, but missed his target. A moment later, a red blur snatched the gun from him, and tear it in pieces in a split second. The duck turned to see Wally wearing a red superhero outfit with several yellow lightning-like designs over it, with a particularly large one over a white circle on the middle of his chest.
"Wolflash, The Fastest Mutt Alive." Wally talked in a heroic tone. "Now, give up now, and I'll not punch you a few hundred times per second."
"Try your best, kid." Negaduck replied in a challenging tone. Wally dashed against him, and grabbed the duck by his collar, but, at that moment, a green gas was released from Negaduck's chest buttons, making the wolf to cough like crazy and release his prey.
Negaduck, who held his breath before releasing the gas, scowled at his enemy, and gave him a powerful kick that sent him across the room. Wally landed on his back, and, when turning to look at the duck, saw him taking out his flamethrower; Wolflash hardly could avoid being burned alive, but, on his attempt to escape, didn't saw a hidden land mine.
BOOM!
Wally got stunned by the explosion, and fell over his chest. Negaduck approached him slowly while taking out his favorite weapon… the chainsaw.
"I already told you, doggie… I studied all of you. There's nothing you can do that might surprise me, and you should know that I'm almost invincible."
Wally heard the chainsaw roaring to life. The duck had a point; if rumors were right, Negaduck had never been defeated by any hero on his/her own.
None, except one.
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Doctor Splicer finally reached his lab's door, right when Hillary spotted him at the end of the corridor. The hyena dashed against the mad scientist, who pressed a few buttons at the door's control panel, and then several laser guns popped from the ceiling.
"These are surgical lasers I modified, girl." The villain chuckled evilly. "They cut through flesh and bone like hot knives on butter."
The guns started shooting at the hyena, who avoided them by mere inches. Hillary then got an idea, and removed her spiky bracelets, and, in a dashing move, threw them like discs, hitting two of the guns and destroying them; the bracelets made a bouncing-like action, returning to their owner's paws, who repeated the operation a couple of times to get rid of the remaining guns.
On the meantime, Splicer already had opened the lab door, made of solid steel, and dashed inside. The moment Hillary destroyed the last gun, and put back her bracelets, the door started closing; the girl sprinted to the door, and, by using all her strength, kept it open, handling to jump inside right in time.
"Very impressive, hyena girl." Splicer, at the other side of the huge lab, filled up with several containers filled with chemicals, all placed in shelves, and some large machines, smirked at the panting hyena. "That door weighs a ton and a half; I can't wait to do some genetic research on you; I might be able to create an amazingly powerful predator."
"Well, I can't wait to put my paws on you, idiot." Hillary snapped at him while approaching to the scientist. "I'm not going to kill you, but after what I'm going to do to you, you'll wish to never been born!"
"I seriously doubt it, Miss Hyena." Splicer said while grabbing a vase containing a red liquid from a nearby shelf. "You know why I started my investigation on first place? Well, my final goal is to gain enough knowledge from my experiments to use my research on myself, and become as physically powerful as I am mentally. Right now, this is the most I have achieved; a formula that can temporarily fuse my DNA with any animal's one I want."
Before Hillary could do a thing, the scientist drank all the liquid. A second later, the man leaned in pain, and his glasses fell down, revealing large yellow eyes. His body gained mass, ripping his lab coat because of the impressive muscles he got; his hair grew to form a huge dark mane; his hands and feet turned into massive paws, destroying his shoes in the process; his human mouth turned into a little muzzle, and, when opening it, revealed sharp and long fangs; finally, the human got covered by short brown fur, and gained a long tail with a short dark furry spot at the end.
"What's better to fight a hyena than her natural enemy?" Splicer grinned evilly and talked in a loud voice once his transformation was complete. "Panthera Leo. The African lion."
Hillary knew that, in the wild, no hyena could defeat a male lion at his top fighting by her own.
She also knew they weren't in the wild, and she wasn't like other hyenas.
"Do your best, Simba." Hillary growled while adopting a fighting stance. "It's time for Rumble in the Jungle!"
Splicer then pounced over his prey.
ROOOAAARRR!