Chapter 15: A Literal Killer Moth

Batman, Finn, Jake, Marceline, Robin, Flame Princess, and Firefly all stared in horror at the immense and powerful creature that was towering over them with its mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth dripping corrosive acid. "Walker? Is that you?", Robin asked with terror in his voice. "Walker is no more! I am now what I was always destined to become! I am now my true form!", the creature said. "What did you do to yourself?", Batman asked. "Simple really. I was able to get some of the TITAN that Joker got off Arkham Island a while back and kept it with me. I mixed that with some DNA I took from one of the moths. When mixed together, it turned me into this.", Moth explained. "What's TITAN?", Marceline asked. "Long story.", Robin said. "Why did you do this to yourself?", Finn asked. "You made me do this to myself! I finally had this city on its knees and scraping before me thanks to my swarm. But then, you all had to ruin that by killing them all and there is no way I would be sent back to jail and be the laughingstock once again!", he said with acid still dripping from its mouth. "Look, Moth, my best friend, she's a scientist and I'm sure she can find some way to fix what you did to yourself and change you back.", Marceline said. "Never! I'm never going back to being that pathetic loser, Drury Walker! I am happy with being what I am! And the first thing I'm going to do in my new form is kill all of you! And then Gotham is mine!", Moth said and then let out a monstrous roar. All 7 of Moth's enemies were slowly stepping back as he was getting ready to attack. "What the hell are we going to do?", Flame Princess asked. "What we always do, FP. Kill the monster!", Jake said. Moth flew into the air with his giant wings and then began spitting lots of acid at the heroes, much more than any of the other bugs did. They all ducked out of the way of the waves of acid that were coming out of the creature's mouth. The last few of the moths began to join their boss and fight with him. But the leader didn't care about their assistance anymore. Moth grabbed one of his minions and growled, "I don't need you anymore. I now have the strength and power to take over Gotham on my own.". Moth then ate the moth in his hand and then the last two others. "Tasty!", Moth said after he devoured the last of his army. "Sick! I think I'm gonna puke.", Finn said as he was struggling not to throw up after seeing the disgusting sight he just saw. "I got this fool!", Jake said as he grew to the creature's size and began to fight him. "Let's see what you got, ugly!", Jake said as he began to beat him up. Moth began to fight back and let out loud hissing noises. He picked the giant Jake with one of his now four hands with ease. "You've been a very bad dog!", Moth hissed. He then threw Jake against the wall with extreme force. Jake then shrunk back down to his normal size and looked like he was in extreme pain. "Jake!", Finn yelled with concern as he went to his brother who was accompanied by Marcy and Flame Princess. "Jake, are you okay? Can you move?", Finn asked kneeling with much concern. "Let me try.", Jake said. Jake tried to get up, but it caused him extreme pain to do so and collapsed again. "No. I got broken bones. I can't fight right now.", Jake said. "Just stay down. We'll finish that creep. Just stay out of harm's way.", Marcy said. Meanwhile, Firefly started up his jetpack and went into the air and yelled, "You're about to be extra crispy, Moth!". His flamethrower was spewing flames at the monster, but he quickly dodged the flames and in retaliation, spewed acid at Firefly's wings which began to melt them. "Shit! I'm going down.", Firefly yelled as the damage made him lose flight and land back on the ground. Flame Princess went over to Firefly and asked, "Are you okay?". "His acid melted my wings. I can't fly anymore. What do you care anyway?", Firefly said. "I don't but let me show you how to really burn something that big.", Flame Princess said with sarcasm to the pyromaniac. Flame Princess then sent a wave of fire from her hands towards Moth. Moth quickly dodged, but she did burn one of his insect arms to nothing. The creature screamed in pain after losing his arm. "You're going to pay for that!", Moth said to the fiery monarch. His wings began to speed up and create strong forces of air that was able to put out some of the princess' fire and made her weak. "You were saying?", Firefly said sarcastically to FP who was now weak after her flames died down. "Shut up!", she snapped back. Batman then pulled out his batclaw and grabbed the monster while he was in midair and started to pull him down. Moth's struggling made it even harder to pull him down, but Batman held on and continued to pull. When he was close enough, Batman landed a powerful kick to the creature that knocked it back some feet. "You're going to die tonight, Wayne! That I guarantee you!", Moth threatened angrily. "I don't think so.", Batman said. He then used the batclaw again to grab onto Moth. However, Moth grabbed the claw's cable and yanked Batman into his grasp with his strength. Moth had Batman in his insect hand and said, "I'm sure you'll taste rich!". Moth was just about to eat Batman before Robin yelled, "Dad!". Robin threw some shurikens at Moth before he could eat his father. They got stuck in Moth which made the creature scream. Robin then grabbed his katana and jumped at Moth which he intended to stab with his weapon. But Moth grabbed Robin with another arm while he was in midair and held both heroes in front of his hungry face. "Two Waynes in one bite! Now this will be delicious!", Moth said and opened his mouth. Before they could be eaten, Batman and Robin were grabbed out of Moth's hands in a split second thanks to Marceline's vampire speed. Moth bit down but felt nothing as he saw both heroes were gone and out of his grasp. Marceline set Batman and Robin down next to Jake and said, "It's okay, guys. Me and Finn will finish this.". "This is our fight to, you know.", Robin said. "It's okay, Damien. I trust them.", Batman said. "Come on, babe. Let's finish this thing!", Marcy said to Finn. "I couldn't agree more.", Finn said. They both charged at Moth with their sword and axe bass. "You two are no match for me!", Moth said as he lifted a large crate and threw it at them, but they dodged that. They also dodged the acid he spit at them and before, Moth knew it, Finn had caught off both of his legs and Marceline cut off two more of his arms. Moth fell onto the floor in agony as he only had one limb left. Finn stood over him and said, "Even though you have proven you are real threat, Walker, you're still a loser in my book.", Finn said as he was about to finish him off with his sword. Finn's comment just infuriated the creature even more and he used his last arm to grab Finn tightly. "You're the loser, hero! Don't forget, all the destruction to the city tonight is still your fault.", Moth said as he was squeezing Finn's body tight in his hand. Finn was having trouble breathing as Moth's tight grip was suffocating him. Moth then let go of him when Marceline sliced open his back with her bass. "Correction, it's your fault all this happened and now you're gonna go to insect hell for it.", Marcy said. Moth was still alive, but not in a good state. Finn delivered the killing blow by stabbing Moth in the face with his sword which ended the giant monster's life. The couple stood silent for a moment as they looked at the now lifeless monstrosity before their feet. "Nice job.", Marcy said. "You too, Marcy! You were the best of us all.", Finn said. "Awe, shucks.", Marcy replied in a corny way. Finn took his sword out of Moth's face and said, "I guess now I can add moth exterminator to my hero resume.". Both Finn and Marcy laughed at that remark as they went over to their allies to make sure they were okay.