Chapter 14: Mutation Time!
"Great! Now, we have another nutjob in a bug costume to deal with! And this one has a flamethrower!", Jake said. "I don't know if this guy's with Killer Moth, Jake. If he was, why would he be attacking the moths? Also, he just saved my life.", Finn said. "Firefly! Why are you here?! And why are you attacking my pets!", Killer Moth asked the fellow rogue as Firefly was burning many of the bugs to a crisp with his flamethrower. "You know me, Mothy. I always love to set fire to anything I see, and these things here look like they can lighten up a bit!", Firefly said and then maniacally laughed as he set even more on fire. In the Batmobile, father and son were conversing at the new player in this fight. "I don't know why he would be here. I know he and Killer Moth have teamed up in the past and I also know they had a falling out.", Batman said. "I thought Lynns was locked up in Arkham.", Robin said. "He was, but surprisingly enough to me, I got word from Gordon that other than some occasional manic tendencies, his behavior and insanity greatly improved. He completed all necessary rehabilitation tests and was released from the asylum.", Batman said. "Still looks pretty crazy to me after seeing him go to town on these creatures.", Robin said. One by one, Firefly was destroying the moths with his flames and enjoying every bit of it. Flame Princess watched from the street very intrigued at the flying individual who shared her passion for fire. "What a crazy guy!", Marceline said as she was observing Firefly's actions. "Yeah, I like it.", FP replied in an almost dreamy kind of tone as she herself was a little crazy. "Stop it! Don't hurt them! Why are you doing this?", Moth shouted with fury. "Like I said, I enjoy to watch things burn and this is payback for our last team-up where you double-crossed me and took my share!", Firefly answered. "Still holding that over my head after al these years. Get over it, Lynns!", Moth said. "I see you really upped your game, Walker. All it took was finding a bunch of freaky giant bugs to make you seem more menacing. A real man like me doesn't need anything like that to make seem menacing! All I need is my trusty flamethrower!", Firefly said. "Don't mock me, Sparky! I have improved while the same cannot be said for you. Before, you were a professional hitman with lots of skill. Now, you're just another lunatic with no good motivation who is constantly in and out of a madhouse.", Moth said. "No good motivation! I have the best motivation there is! To let the fire cleanse everything in her path!", Firefly said. "Now that's a good way to put it.", Flame Princess said to herself as she became increasingly more interested in Firefly. "No matter! All of you will die tonight! Sick em', boys!", Moth ordered his pets. The creatures swarmed at the heroes again upon their leader's command. The Batmobile kept blasting away every one of them that came after the car and their acid had no more effect on it thanks to Lucius Fox. Finn and Marceline kept slicing away at them with their sword and axe bass. Jake kept squashing and stomping them. Flame Princess and Firefly kept burning them. "You do pretty good work!", FP shouted to the pyromaniac. Firefly turned to where the voice was coming from and was immediately awestruck at the lovely young lady who seemed to be made of the thing he loved most. Firefly felt like his heart skipped a beat just by looking at her. "Uh, thanks. You're not so bad yourself", Firefly said back to her. He flew down closer to her to make sure he wasn't hallucinating and did see she was in fact made of fire. "Are you actually made of fire?", he asked. "Yes, I am. Shame the same can't be said for you seeing as how you like it so much.", she said while flirting with him. "Hey, you two! Stop flirting and help us destroy these things!", Marceline shouted to them. They both went back to burning the bugs alive. Moth grew concerned seeing as how the swarm kept getting smaller after so many of them were destroyed. "Damn you all! You're ruining everything! You're killing them all!", the villain shouted. "That's the point!", Finn shouted. Marceline noticed Moth's distress and saw this as an opportunity to catch him off guard. Marceline said to Finn, "Watch me kick his ass, babe.". With her lightning speed, she rushed at Moth in midair and began beating him up. "Yeah! Get him, Marcy!", Finn cheered her on. "Not so high and might now that your army is quickly depleting.", she taunted. "Fuck you, bitch!", Moth said to her. "Now, that's not nice to say to a lady.", she teased and was serious about simultaneously. Moth didn't care that she was a girl and began hitting her back. After a good hit that made her slightly bleed her vampire blood from her mouth, she became really pissed and said, "And it's really not nice to hit a lady. Especially one who's a vampire.". Her eyes turned red with anger and she began beating the shit out of Walker like there was no tomorrow. Eventually, Moth's helmet completely broke after Marceline's power punches. Marceline kept punching his face after the helmet broke and showed no signs of stopping. She gave one last big punch that knocked him back into the power plant where Jake left the big hole. He landed on his back which broke his wings that made it so he couldn't fly anymore. Marceline went back to destroying the bugs which kept being reduced in numbers. Walker got back on his feet and looked down below from the opening in the power plant and was horrified to see there weren't too many moths left. For once, it seemed like things were going his way and that he felt like a threatening bad guy. But now, his hopes for respect, fame, and power were falling apart instantaneously. In a desperate attempt at escape, he ran back into the room where Marceline was being held and where the last few of the swarm were still buzzing around. "It's not fair! Everything I wanted was within my grasp! I expected the Bat and his brat to interfere, but I didn't count on all these extra interlopers getting involved. If it was just Batman and Robin, this wouldn't be happening. They would have been eliminated quickly, but then that kid from that weird-ass land, his dog and undead girlfriend, that fire bitch and Lynns got involved. Because of all this, I'll be even more of a laughing stock than ever! Probably even more than that Polka Dot guy. I won't let that happen! I sure as Hell am not getting locked up! I still have one more trick up my sleeve. Walker reached his belt and grabbed two separate vials. One contained some of the moth's DNA and the other had a bright green liquid in it. He went over to a little table in the corner where he set them both down. He also grabbed a little syringe from his belt and poured some of both vials into it. He mixed both of the together inside the syringe and closed it up. "With the sample of DNA I took from one of the moths and the TITAN I got from Joker, the two mixed together could give me the boost I need to save my ass. Come to think of it, I could turn into a complete abomination like what happened to Joker. On the other hand, it's definitely better than getting made fun of.", he said. He injected himself with the concoction and within seconds he began to go through a gruesome and painful transformation. AAAAAHHHHHH!", Moth screamed in pain as he was changing into something nonhuman and horrific. The heroes were finishing up dealing with the moths outside until they were all destroyed. "I think we got them all.", Flame Princess said. Batman and Robin got out of the car and met with the others. "Yeah, but now there's bug guts everywhere.", Robin said. "That's not important. Where's Moth?", Batman asked. "After I was done kicking his tail, I think he went back into the power plant.", Marceline answered. "We have to get him before he gets away.", Batman said. "Yeah, especially since he knows who you really are.", Finn said. "Wait! Moth knows who you are! Get the hell outta here!", Firefly said in disbelief. "Not the time, Lynns.", Robin said. Batman and Robin grappled up, Marcy carried Finn and Jake, Firefly flew up, and Flame Princess fire-blasted herself up to where Moth ran away to. Batman kicked open the door and shouted, "Moth, come out! It's over! Your swarm's destroyed!. There was no reply, but they could all see a large shape of a figure in the shadows that seemed to be making strange breathing noises. "I got a bad feeling about this.", Jake said as he took notice to whatever was hiding in the shadows. "Me too.", Finn agreed. The large figure slowly walked out of the shadows and they were all horrified at what they saw. Drury Walker a.k.a. Killer Moth was no more. He had now become a huge humanoid moth monster with brown fur, big black bug eyes, and razor-sharp teeth. He now had six limbs which all seemed really strong along with growing a set of wings that also seemed strong. The creature let out aloud monstrous roar before it spoke. "It's dinnertime!", it said.
