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The greatest story ever written on gene splicing and friendship. Sequel to Fur in Space
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| [Introduction]
This is a sequel to my story Fur in Space which itself was a sequel to Alien wars This is a story of how two enemies learned how to be friends, The story takes place in the Batman universe but it happans to be a few years in the future where most of the Rouges have reformed (Except for Joker) and settled down to start familes here are the characters in a nutshell Our heroes Bill Brandy: a 15 year old boy who happens to be a biologicly engeneed warrior! His DNA spliced with that of a Texas Longhorn, Bill and his fellow 'manimals' set out to protect the world from alien invaders however like most boys his age Bill still has to go to school and still enjoys picking on nerds like Ichabod or his half-brother Bob. Ichabod Crane: Son of the reformed Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow Ichabod only wishes to lead a normal life and to be accepted by his fellow adolesants unfortunetly he only finds friendship among other children of crimanals like Alice Tetch. Ichabod is quite wise beyond his years and has learned quite a bit about psycology from his father. He knows Bill is secretly a half human/half animal freak and exploits that fact as revenge for all of Bill's teasing Other Characters Jim Buckwheat : Bill's best friend half human/half squirrel Jim is more sensitive and compasstionate than Bill. however he's also ditzy and air-headed Bob Buttz: Bill's half brother. A nerd who is fond of technolgy and hopes to become in inventor he and Bill often butt heads. Has been spliced with catfish DNA Alice Tetch: Duaghter of the reformed Jervis Tetch is friends with Ichabod and Ichabod harbors a secret crush on her. Matoaka Redfeather: Jim and Bill' and Bob's boss. A brave and intelligent Young woman who started the Manimal project |
| When we last left Bill Brandy, Ichabod had slipped him some fear gas that left him transforming into his Bull form! Now Bill must become friends with Ichabod in order to find out who's behind all the the fear gas attacks! Bill stood on the edge of the school lawn running his fingers through his blond hair. "How can I get him to like me?" He wondered aloud The school bell rang time for the 1st class. Bill sighed "Guess I have time to think about it later..." He muttered as he went to his 1st class." Meanwhile, Ichabod was putting away some things in his locker and was about to learn the hard way about the more embarssing things about puberty. "Hi there Ichabod." Alice as she opened locker to put her things away "Oh. Hi there Alice." Ichabod replied That's when it happend. Ichabod felt himself getting hard-on, He knew these kinds of things would happan to him now that he was 14 but why now? Why in front of Alice? "Wonderful weather isn't it?" Alice said dreamily as she closed her locker "Er... Ichabod? Why are you holding a book in front of your trousers?" "Er... no reason." Ichabod said with a blush on his face Fortunetly the bell rang and Ichabod could beat a hasty retreat to class |
Alice Tetch smiled. Making someone blush was fun. She almost never blushed herself. Bob Butz came by her locker as she closed it and she grabbed his arm. "Hey, Bob. Did you do numbr nine on the chemistry homework?" "Sure," Bob said. "You need it?" "I'll give it back to you in class." Bob gave her his chemistry homework and went on to his class. Alice watched him go. She liked his shoulders. Bob was such a reliable guy. She wondered why he'd never made a move on her. |
| The reason Bob never made a move on her was becuase Bob was Gay Bob knew he was gay since he was 8 years old and ever since Bill had teased him for it! Bob wanted to fall in love with a guy but all the handsomest men always turned out to be straight! Ichabod meanwhile had gotten to class but when he got to class all the students giggled at his saluting member! Ichabod went beet red but said nothing and glumly sat down at his desk trying to think of a way to put his Excalibur back in its scabbard. "Ok Ichabod." He said quietly to himself "Remember health class. Think unsexy thoughts..." |
| He frowned. It wasn't working. For some reason, he couldn't summon up the necessary icky thoughts. When his mind turned to health class, it turned to watching the girls around him, tossing their hair or fidgeting in boredom... His pants were about to split down the middle, he noticed with a sense of dawning panic. Under his desk, he started bopping himself, trying to make it subside. "Excuse me, what are you doing, Ichabod?" the teacher asked in a stern voice, making him blush bright red. "Nothing!" he squeaked, terrified. "Nothing at all!" The teacher stared at him, while he hoped desperately he would be believed. |
| Ichabod than began to think of someting revoltingly unsexy! He was well aware that Bob Buttz had a gay crush on him and that he fat and covered with zits So he imanged Bob in a yellow polka dot bakini singing "She was afraid to come out in the open so a blanket around her she wore..." That did the trick. He felt his member growing soft and he sighed in releaf. Meanwhile Bill was in history listening to the teacher drone on and on about the history of India, Bill looked out the window and saw some sweet clover growing on the lawn. Bill's stomach growled that clover looked so sweet! This was one of the worst things about being part bovine you got a tremendous urge to graze! "Why must it be two hours before lunch?" Bill moaned |
Bill raised his hand. He didn't like to be tricky, but his stomach insisted. "May I be excused?" he said and the teacher gave him a restroom pass. Out in the hall he looked both ways then headed for the emergency exit door. He propped it open with a brick. Outside, sunshine and grass were calling him. He found the special area he knew about where the angles of the building prevented any classroom window from having a view. In a flash he was a bull eating grass. "Mmmmm," he murmured to himself. "Just what I needed." Butterflies floated nearby and he could hear a bluebird singing. |
| "Mmm, grass..." he sighed happily, snorting in bull language. He tore up great mouthfuls, swallowing it in bliss. Green stalks dangled out the corners of his mouth, making him look like a deranged plant monster. Which he was, in his spare time. The bluebird flew over to him and perched on the grass next to him, tilting its head curiously to one side. "What are you?" the bluebird squawked. "A bull," he said guiltily, snarfing up another mouthful of grass. "Yes..." the bluebird said. "But you're something ELSE, too. What?" "That's it, I swear!" he answered, starting to turn red--an interesting feat for a bull. "Riiiiight," the bluebird snorted skeptically. |
| "Alright." Bill confessed to the bird I am half man half bull I am a Manimal. He got on his hind legs revealing he had hands instead of front hooves. "How did this happen?" The bird asked "I took candy from a stranger." Bill responded sadly "Or you could say I was drafted into becoming a superhero." "That's terrible." The Bird chirped. "Yes, listen I'd love to stay and chat but I must get back to class." Bill moved his hand to his temple where he put pressure on a certain nerve he closed his eyes and said "Ctrl, Alt Delete" And he became human once more. Meanwhile Ichabod was in chemistry deeply involved in an expiriment. The teacher, Mr Mark was walking up and down the isle examineing everyone's work. "Good, good... Ah Ichabod! Hard at work as usaul I see." "Thank you sir." Ichabod said "I have a feeling this experiment may prove an interesting theory." Mr. Mark looked unsure "Ichabod are you sure you want to do that? That compound dosen't look very stable..." "It's fine I assure you." Ichabod said as he poured the mixture from the test tupe into the mixture in the beaker. No sooner had he done that, the beaker exploded and Ichabod's skin, hair and just about everything about him was splashed green! Ichabod could only say "Oops." |
But Mr Mark said, "Great Jumping Jehosophat, son! You've made a fine mess of things!" "I'm sorry, sir." "Not half as sorry as your mother will be when she sees you have turned green!" Ichabod shrugged. "Oh, don't worry about that. Mom doesn't care what I do. She's a floozy." "A floozy?" "You know... She lays around the house all day in her bathrobe drinking gin and watching daytime television." "Ahhhh," said Mr Mark. "A floozy. I feel bad for you, son. A broken home, lousy at sports, and you don't get very good grades either." "Don't forget no dates, no girls, and the other kids hate me," Ichabod said. "I didn't want to bring all that up, son. I could see you're having a bad day." "Every day is a bad day for me, sir." Mr Mark sadly shook his head from side to side and sighed. "Don't worry about this mess you've made. I'll clean it up. You go see the school nurse and see if she can do anything about that green skin." |
| As Ichabod made his way to the restroom to wash up he thought of what transpired between him and Mr. Mark The floozy Ichabod spoke of was not his real mother but his stepmother or at least that's what his father paid her to pose as. In reality Jonathan Crane was a kind and caring father to his son sometimes a little stern and aloof but always ready to help Ichabod when he needed him. What Mr. Mark said about not getting good grades was only partly true while Ichabod was not too good at Math and Gym, History, English and Science were good subjects for him. Ichabod made his to the restroom sink turned on the cold water and splashed his face but some how the green stuff woulden't was off! "Come on! Wash off! " Ichabod moaned splashing himself again and again Suddenly something horrible happaned! His hands became covered in tree bark! Small leaves grew out of the tips of his fingers! Ichabod gasped and looked in the mirror he screamed when he saw his face! It was covered in tree bark and his once beautiful red hair was now green leaves! |
| Ichabod looked all over his body his skin was covered in terra-cotta colored bark, his red hair was now green leaves even his fingertips had leaves growing out of them! No one knew what had happaned but the school nurse was kind and sympathetic and sent him home. When Ichabod got home he sighed in releaf the Floozy stepmother wasen't here today so Ichabod could relax until his father got home. Meanwhile Bill knew nothing of what happaned to Ichabod only that he got sent home early ruining his plans to try to make friends with him. Bill, Jim and Bob ate lunch together and spoke of the time they first became Manimals. "Jim and I became Manimals together." Bill explained to Bob "We were at a carenival when we met Matoaka for the first time, She offered us both a sample of candy from a dish..." "So what you're saying is she tricked you into becoming freaks." Bob said "Yes. But it's too late to complain about it now." Jim said Bill yawned and looked past the fence to see the rolling meadow beyond it, he looked up into the blue sky and for a moment thought he saw a UFO dart over the horaizon! Bill blinked, he didn't see the UFO again. Meanwhile Ichabod had been patiantly waiting for his father to come home, than he heard the footsteps "Ichabod, I'm home." Jonathan Crane said "Father," Ichabod began stepping into the light "I... had.. an accident in chemestry today." Jonathan's dark eyes widened seeing the plant-like creature Ichabod had become |
"It looks like it was a pretty serious accident, son," Jonathan said. "Why didn't you go to the hospital?" "I was afraid to, dad. It's just so strange. I guess I wasn't thinking straight." "Maybe they couldn't help anyway. I think this is a job for my friend, Doctor Feelgood." "But, dad, isn't he a toon doctor?" "You're thinking of Felix Feelgood. I'm talking about his brother, Frank. Felix only does toons but Frank wouldn't touch a toon. If Frank sees a toon coming, he'll run the other way. He has toonaphobia." Ichabod could barely see because his eyes were so encrusted with leaves. "Anything, dad. I don't think I can go on like this. Call Doctor Feelgood." |
| At Dr. Feelgood's office Ichabod and Jonathan waited for the blood tests to finish. Dr. Feelgood reterned "This reaction on his skin." He began "Is a reaction to the cloraphil in his blood." Jonathan got an embaressed look on his face and so did Ichabod's "Now care to explain why Ichabod has cloraphil in his blood?" Feelgood asked Jonathan sighed "It's been a part of him since he was born. It started when Pois..." He cut himself off from saying Poison Ivy "Pamela Isly and I wanted to have a child..." Ichabod shed a few tears but quickly wiped them away He missed his real mother and he still didn't know why his parents divorced... Meanwhile Bill was stoping by Manimal HQ to tell Matoaka he haden't suceeded in making friends with Ichabod. The HQ seemed empty and deserted "Hello?" Bill mooed in his bovine voice Just than he heard the sound of Mat's breathing he folloewed it to the game room, there he was in for a shock! He saw Matoaka asleep on the game room sofa but that was not what was so shocking! Matoaka had a rare gene that prevented her from having a true Manimal shape instead she could adopt the guises of six differnt animals but not have opposable thumbs or upright stance while in animal shape. But now he saw her in a shape he had never seen before! At first he thought she was a horse manimal but no she had cloven hooves and a lion's tail the horn on her forehead was a dead giveaway. Matoaka had become a unicorn manimal! Bill just stared in awe, she was unlike any other unicorn he had ever seen! She was copper brown and white in pinto patches her mane and tail tassel were jet black, Her horn was indigo. "She woke up this way." A voice said behind Bill. Bill jumped but when he saw it was only Zander he sighed "She became a Unicorn." Zander said "Becuase she had lost her virginity." Bill gasped "Y-you mean she lost it with you? You son of a gun!" Zander and Bill high-fived |
| "I didn't know that could even happen!" Bill said. Zander chuckled. "Yep, that's how she became a unicorn," he said, smiling broadly. He looked over and admired the beautiful equine features she possessed for the nonce. Meanwhile, Ichabod sighed as the doctor puttered around the office, trying to decide the best way to treat his..."condition." Who would have known it was the chlorophyll in my bloodstream? he thought to himself, sighing. Not that he would ever want things to be different, for him to have had a different mother, of course. "Now, somehow, we have to do something to either get the chlorophyll out of his blood or find the agent that will stop the reaction," Dr. Feelgood said. "Which would you prefer?" |
| "I think we'll find the agent that will stop this reaction." Jonathan said "Good." Dr. Feelgood said "Now I don't know much about plants but I know someone who does." He got out the phone and began the call. Bill meanwhile was listning to some old 80s song while reading comic books in the game room (Matoaka had since woken up from her nap) Bill looked out the window and saw something that made his jaw drop! He saw a Ram not just any old sheep but a great Ram! This Ram was wearing a suit of armor and he seemed to be holding a notebook and pencil, writing things down 'OMG' Bill thought 'I have got to do something about this!' He exited the Game Room and out of HQ and faced the Ram "Hey you! You're on private property! You're trespassing! Get out of here!" Bill bellowed his chalenge The Ram only smiled, he got on a mechacnichal steed and left "Who was that weirdo"? Bill wondered aloud That weirdo was Sir Ram. A hyper-evolved sheep and knight to the most evolved man in the world the High Evolutionary! |
| Meanwhile Ichabod Crane and his Father were stil at Dr. Feelgood's Dr. Feelgood had concocted a strange foul-smelling poition. "Take this for three nights" Dr. Feelgood said "It smells awful!" Ichabod said coughing "Like... car exsaust!" "Do you expect it to be like candy?" Feelgood asked sharply When Ichabod shook his head Feelgood replied "I didn't think so" He then turned to Jonathan to instruct him on how to administer the meds. Meanwhile Bill was at his Father's apartment on Skid Row trying to get some sleep. He knew he wasen't going to fall asleep anytime soon becuase it was going to be one of those nights. Matoaka and Minsk had warned both him and Jim about it. There are going to be nights where you just hear nature calling your name and all you want to do is run and jump and frollic in the forest Tonight was a particuly bewitching night. It was the middle of October just a few weeks before Halloween and tonight a fogbank was rolling in making everything dark and dank. What's more the beatiful creasant moon was smiling tonight like the old Cheshire Cat's grin. Bill saw the moon shineing through his window and he knew he woulden't be able to sleep tonight. Ichabod was also having a hard time getting to sleep when he and his father got home. He had taken his medicine. But now Ichabod was going to learn what it felt like to be transformed into a non-human creature and the dangers that come with strange non-human desires... |
Bill tossed and turned in his bed. There was a big test the next day. He had studied for it. Now all he needed was a good night's sleep. He was terrible on tests when he didn't get any sleep. But he couldn't sleep. Finally he got up and stared out the window into the dark and the fog and the moon. "I shouldn't be doing this," he said as he walked down the hall, opened the back door, and stepped out onto the wet grass. But the feel of the grass against his feet was all it took. Within seconds his pajamas were off, he assumed his bull form and ran out through the backyard towards the hills. |
| Meanwhile Ichabod was also having trouble getting to sleep. He tossed and turned in bed but he felt a strange magical force pulling his body. He looked out the window, unlike Bill who lived in a cruddy appartment in the heart of Skid Row. Ichabod lived in a nice suburban house in a cozy neighborhood that bordered on the forest. Indeed Ichabod could look right out his window and see the woodlands. Ichabod got out of bed and looked out the window, the fog was like a blanket, covering the landscape like a sheet of clouds. Ichabod looked into the fog and for a second he saw what seemed to be the old God Pan playing his panpipes! Ichabod blinked and rubbed his eyes, when he looked again Pan was not there but he could still hear the panpipes. Ichabod could stand the temptation no longer! He took off his PJs and put on a green turtleneck sweater and gray sweatpants, as he tied his shoes it crossed his mind he should leave his father a note, in case he wasen't home by morning. He took a piece of paper and wrote a note saying where he was going to be and left it on his bed. And with that, Ichabod snuck out the back door and headed toward the forest that was so close to his house. That moment both Bill and Ichabod were under the forest's spell |
| Bill had been leaping from building to building like the fabled cow that jumped over the moon. Bill was lost in a dreamworld at the moment, Jervis Tetch would say he was in his own private wonderland. Bill sang a little song to himself as he made his way to the forest. "One song. Glory, one song before I go, Glory. One song to leave behind..." As Bill got closer to the forest his song became a mix of human singing and bovine bellowing. "One song one last refrain glory, From the Pretty boy from Maine... Who wasted opportuneities..." Meanwhile Ichabod had reached the fence that seperated the forest from the suburbs and he was beginning to have 2nd thoughts "I have every reason to turn right around and go back home." Ichabod murmured to himself. But than he heard the panpipes again and his mind bacame clouded again "No," Ichabod said "No, this is what I want." So he hopped the fence and entered to forest. Bill also entered the forest at about the same time and at the moment he felt the call of the wild stronger than ever "Here I am." Bill whispered "This is me I come into this world so wild and free.." And with that Bill lept into the darkness, Wild and free as the west wind. As Ichabod and Bill made their way through the woods they drew closer and closer to each other... |
Ichabod heard Bill before he saw him. Bill the bull came crashing through the woods. There has never been a quiet bull. They can't help it. They are big. They are bulky. Twigs snap. Branches move. Leaves fall down. Ichabod stood still and listened. He heard the bull come crashing through the woods and then suddenly there he was in the clearing. A shaft of moonlight illuminated the magnificent muscular body of the bull. Ichabod gasped. "Bill!" he blurted out. "Who's over there in the shadows?" Bill said. Ichabod stepped out so the moonlight hit him too. "It's me, Bill. I've been transformed." |
| Ichabod than wished he haden't said that. He was ashamed of his plant like features and now that Bovine Bully, Bill saw that now he was a freak too! Bill squinted as he looked at Ichabod. In this darkness he still looked very much like himself but Bill was able to notice the leaves growing out of his fingertips. But what had changed most about Ichabod was his scent, he smelled plant-like. Bill got back on his hind legs and approached Ichabod, The young nerd was definetly nervous to see the big Manimal approach him but he stood his ground nonetheless Bill's bovine nose snuffed all over Ichabod's face. He nose his leafy hair and felt the bark on his neck, at last Ichabod had enough of this and drew away miffed. "Do you mind?" Ichabod asked irked "What the crap happend to you?" Bill asked "I had an... accident in chemistry." Ichabod replied Bill let out a low whistle "I always knew you were a nerd but you must be freaking brillant if you were able to mutate yourself into a dryad." "I AM NOT A MUTANT!" Ichabod snapped "I'm merely suffering a skin condition." "OK Ichy whatever you say." Bill replied with a sly smile "At least I'm not the one only wearing underwear." Ichabod replied Bill than relyzed he was indeed in his underwear. After he took off his PJs all he was wearing was a long V-neck undershirt with some ugly boxers with pumpkins drawn on them. "How did you get out here anyway?" Ichabod asked "Sometimes when you're a Manimal you get a burning desire to prance around in the forest." Bill said as if it were something to be ashamed off Bill relyzed he was alone with Ichabod. This was his chance to try to be his friend, But right now what was on both their minds was getting out of the woods |
"It's time to go back," Bill said. "What makes us come out here in the night, Bill? Are all manimals like that?" "First off, you're not a manimal. If you were anything you would be a plantibal, but I don't know what you are or why you wanted to come here. In fact, it seems odd because plants like sunlight so you should be home sleeping in the dark." Ichabod ran a hand through his branches. "But what about you, then? Why do YOU come out here in the night?" "I'm not sure," Bill said. "It's something about the moon, I think. It keeps me awake. It pulls me outside. It's hard to explain." |
| Unbeknownst to either Bill or Ichabod, They were being watched! The High Evolutionary's Beastials were watching them from afar. There was Sir Ram the ram, Lord Tyger the tiger, ,Lady Vermin the rat, Lady Ursila the bear and silently slithering along Lord Gator the aligator. "Is that the one who spoke to you earlier today?" Lady Vermin asked Sir Ram "Yes." Sir Ram bleated "But he is but one of the few, Creature that seem to be neither men, beasts or beastials. I hear they call them selves Manimals." "Who is the strange plant-like boy who travels with him?" Lord Gator groweld "He appears to be nothing more than an ordanary human boy suffering a tragic skin condition." Sir Ram sagely noted Lord Gator's yellow eyes glowed as he whispered something into Sir Ram's ear "That young Bull looks like quite the tender little morsel. He looks like just the whelp to relieve my appitite, and if you wonder which appitite I speak of I refer to the pain in my loins not the hunger in my stomach." Sir Ram drew away from Lord Gator displeased "Lord Gator your taste in lovers is most revolting I am not the most kindly of Beastials but you disgust even me! If Lord Tyger ever got wind of this he would make a belt out of your hide!" Meanwhile Bill and Ichabod sillently made their way through the forest "Ever have the feeling you're being... watched?" Ichabod asked "It's just a feeling you get when you're in the forest. Relax." Bill said For awhile they walked for a while longer in the deadly silence of wood Than they approached the fence "My house is just a few blocks away." Ichabod said quietly "I can find my way from here without your help." Bill took note of those words they ment Ichabod still didn't trust him so pretending not to care either way Bill cuasuly walked away. Just than Bill smelled a something. He froze and looked around for he knew what the scent was... It was the stench of an Aligator! Bill looked this way and that trying to locate where this aligator was, To Bill's suprise he saw the gator walking on its hind legs and heading straight for him! |
Bill stood his ground in his usual bull-headed way and watched the gator approach. When it was six feet away it stopped and said, "Good evening, young one. I have good news for you." "Who are you?" Bill said. "I am your friend. I am Lord Gator. I have watched you from afar and I am pleased with you. There are great things waiting for you. I hope you have the wisdom to accept them." Bill watched the gator's white teeth flash as it spoke. It's eyes were a deep amber and it seemed very intelligent, but extremely cold-blooded. |
| "Thanks but no thanks." Bill snorted "I'm ditching this dump." Bill than hopped the fence and Lord Gator let him go without a fight. The great gator only smiled a big toothy smile and whispered "Very well Little Bull, I will wait, it will all be the same in the end, I can wait." Lord Gator being a reptile was more patiant than his mammalian commrades and besides, he knew where Manimal headquarters was so he could find Bill anytime he wanted. Ichabod made it back to his house. He opened the door and gently stepped as not to make any noise 'Perfect.' Ichabod thought to himself 'Father should be still asleep' But as he closed the door behind him, the light was flicked on and Ichabod knew only too well who did it "Have a nice little walk Ichabod?" Jonathan asked his voice as cold as ice. "Father please don't angry!" Ichabod sqeaked "I wasen't going to stay out for long and..." His father cut him off "Ichabod what in the hell were you thinking!?" Jonathan growled "In your condition you're in no state to be wandering the forest at night!" To Ichabod those words stung like ice on a leaf, he could only think of one thing to say "I'm sorry." He said "I'll never do it again." Jonathan sensed within him that perhaps Ichabod's condition it what cuased him to veture out at night, He coulden't put his finger on it but it felt like Ichabod was acting on more than a whim "Just get to bed Ichabod." Jonathan said with a sigh Ichabod swiftly made his way to his bedroom and Jonathan heaved a great sigh and headed for his own. |
| Alice Tetch sat in front of her mirror brushing her hair. On her bed her cousin, Fiona, was looking at Alice's scrapbook. "Who's this guy?" Fiona said. Alice glanced at the book. "That's Bob Butz, Bill's half-brother." "He looks like a nerd." "He IS a nerd. But a nice nerd. Anyway, he's Bill's brother so he's okay." Fiona flipped the page. "How come you never hang out with Bill much anymore?" "I don't know. He can be weird sometimes. I like him. But I'll be talking to him and he'll just stare off into the distance like he's thinking of something else." "He has a lot of big muscles!" "Yeah, he's got lots of muscle. He's the opposite of Bob." |
| Fiona looked at one particular photo "How come only one picture of Ichabod?" Alice sighed "Ichabod is shy, not fond of cameras." And that was all she would say on the matter Meanwhile Bill had gotten just enough sleep so he woulden't fail the test. "Bill!" Called his father Charles Brandy "Get your butt out of bed and eat your breakfast!" Bill nibbled at his oatmeal and thought about last night, He wondered about the Great Gator and the Ram and he wondered if there was even a possible connection between these creatures and the fear gas attacks... |
But when he got in the classroom Bill had to put his wondering aside. The test was a killer. The first question stumped him. He didn't even recognize the terms used. Fortunately, he knew the answer to the second question and regained a little confidence. But question three was a struggle. Sweat popped out on Bill's forehead. When the teacher finally said, "Time's up!" Bill still had two questions unanswered Out in the hall Bob came up to Bill and said, "Wow! What an easy test!" Bill felt like punching him in the stomach. |
| Bill sighed exsaperated but he decided he woulden't punch Bob. He had to much on his mind and right now he had to go to English. Meanwhile back at Manimal headquarters Zander, the Prince of the Aves received a letter from his home planet It read 'Dear Zander We hear you have chosen an Alien to be your wife. As a member your royal concil I pray this is not so but if it is true than you know the punishment. You must be spanked 100 times to atone for such grevious sin and than you will be stripped of your royal birthright We will be coming next week. Your Fathful Messanger Clucker' Zander felt a chil run down his spine as he read that letter. He tucked his tail feathers between his legs and rubbed his rear in anxios anticipation |
Matoaka Redfeather said, "What's in that letter? You look worried." Zander gave her the letter and she read it. "This is preposterous!" she said. "You are royalty. They can't treat you like this." "I'm afraid they can," Zander said. "It is the law of my people." "Laws can be changed. In this day and age no one should be punished for marrying outside their species." "I know you're right," Zander said, "but how do I fight 10,000 years of Ave tradition?" |
| "I'll be there for you." Matoka said "Whatever happans I'll be there for you, We'll fight this together!" Zander placed a kiss on her cheek and whispered "Thank you." In her ear but deep down he felt that come next week, his behind would be one big blister. Meanwhile Ichabod was getting sick and tired of all the funny stares people were giving him becuase of his bark and leaves "OK OK I know I look like a freak." He moaned "Will you all please just get over it and stop stareing?!" "Don't get upset Ichabod." Alice gently said "I'm sure they all just feel bad for you." Ichabod looked at Alice and blushed under his bark. Meanwhile Bill was in English class where they were reading Animal Farm. Bill's mind began to wander and he began to daydream about galloping through the feild on all fours when Mr. Jones snapped him back into reallity "BILL!" Snapped Mr. Jones "Are you listening?" "Yes sir." Bill said meekly and so he began to listen to the story once more |
That evening Ichabod swallowed the second of the three doses of medicine that Dr Feelgood had given him. Right away he noticed a change. Some of his leaves withered. This is good, he thought. Maybe this medicine will work. Ichabod went to sleep with a smile on his face but during the nights strange dreams came to him and he began to frown and whimper. He was on a farm somewhere, possibly England because a lot of the animals had British accents, and Bill was there too. He tried to say, "Bill! What are you doing here?" but he couldn't speak. Ichabod was a tree in the pasture. Bill came up to the Ichabod tree and rubbed his horns on it. Sometimes horns feel itchy and that's the way bulls scratch their horns. They rub them on a tree. Ichabod shivered as the muscular bull rubbed him. Strange feelings ran through his trunk and out to the tips of his twigs making them vibrate in the breeze. He sighed but it sounded like the wind through his leaves. Bill let out a mighty bellow. It must have felt really good to rub his horns on the tree. Ichabod knew it felt really good to be rubbed. Ichabod grew dizzy from the pleasure and passed out. When he woke up it was a new day. He jumped out of bed and looked in the mirror. |
| He was still mostly a dryad in appearance but now he could see a little bit of his red hair poking through. "Just one more day." Ichabod said to himself "And I'll be normal again!" Meanwhile Bill was dreaming of the horrors of the sluaghterhouse! He dreamed he was an ordanariry bull i,e: with hooves insted of hands and dreamed he was heading for the little slughterhouse of horrors! (Everything I say is the genuine truth of what happans to animals in sluaghterhouses if you still want to eat meat after you read this, my friend you have incredible willpower) Chickens were hung upside down and boiled alive in scalding hotwater, Pigs were beaten also hung upside down and also boiled alive! When Bill turned his eyes to see what was happaning to the cows he turned pale with horror! The cows were being cut up alive! They were slowly dying piece by piece! Bill woke up screaming! In his frightened state his horns, ears and tail had popped out Bill knew what today was it was a Saturday! Bill quickly got dressed, grabbed an apple for a quick breakfast and headed for Manimal HQ |
Jim Buckwheat was already there at Manimal HQ, sitting in a big armchair and twitching the tip of his tail. Bill immediately strode over and punched his friend's shoulder. "Jim! Where have you been all week? I haven't seen you around." Jim rubbed his shoulder. "You stupid klutz! I've been doing volunteer work, helping the city pick up trash." "Huh?" Bill said, then he thought a minute. "You got busted?" "I was speeding and I couldn't pay the fine so I had to do one week of community service." "Tough break. I din't even know you had a car." Jim gritted his teeth. "It was Matoaka's car." "Oh, no! I'll bet she's pissed." "Why? I didn't wreck it or anything." "She just doesn't like anything that puts negative attention on the manimals." "Negative attention? What kind of nerd talk is that?" Bill shrugged. "Hey, just because I'm full of bull doesn't mean I don't have any brains." Jim patted his friend's shoulder. "Okay, Einstein. Did you hear about Zander?" |
| "Zander is in big trouble cuz he has the hots for a human!" Jim said "Oh jeez." Bill groaned "What's going to happan to him?" "Well first they're going to spank him 100 times then they take away his royal birthright." "They're going to spank him?!" Bill said "They punish adults like small children? That is idiotic beyond all reason!" For a while they stood in scilence than Bill asked "How... is your girlfriend?" "Oh? Jordan?" Jim replied "I haven't seen her for a bit I think she's come down with a virus." "That's tough." Bill said Just than Bob came into the room "Hey guys!" Bob said licking his lips I just found a whole bunch of little cakes in the kitchen! I only ate two... " Bill cut him off "Um... Bob those cakes were laced with LSD." "Oh dear." Said the catfish boy |
Bill laughed at Bob. "You dumb hippy! Hahaha!" Jim waved his hands in front of Bob's face. "The walls are moving! Ooooo! Psychedelic!" Bob pushed him away. "Cut it out, you guys! This isn't funny. I might stare at the sun and go blind or walk off a roof." "Why would you walk off a roof?" Bill said. "Thinking I could fly." Bill laughed. "But you CAN fly! Flap your wings! Fly! Fly!" "Stop it! LSD is no joke! Didn't you read about it in Health?" "You mean you never tripped before?" Jim said. "No." "Oh, that's too bad. That's really too bad. In about an hour... Well, I don't won't to spoil your fun." Bob was shaking. "Aw, come on, you guys. I need some help with this." "Maybe you should see the school nurse." "Mrs Grabowski?" Bill punched Jim's arm. "Are you trying to give him a bad trip? Haha! Mrs Grabowski! He'll think he's in Hell and the devil is a woman." Bob moaned. "Aw, this is awful. Why did I have to eat those cupcakes?" |
| "Those weren't cupcakes." Bill said "They were just really small cakes." "I heard everything that was said." Matoaka said coming downstairs "And I will tell all three of you right now that there really was no LSD in those cakes that was just a lie." "It figures." Said Bob All of them were suprised when Minsk came into the room "Minsk!" They all said suprised "Hello" Minsk said sadly "I thought you were still following the Prowler." Bill said "There is no reason for me to now he is not a Mainmal now." "You don't mean..." Matoaka whispered "Yes." Minsk nodded "His body developed an allergy to the rat DNA and Edward.... Bletched out the rat DNA." "Are you saying that the Prowler burped up a rat?" Jim asked "How can I develop an allergy?" Bob asked "You can't just learn to develop an allergy to DNA." Matoaka said harshly "Just as some people are allergic to certain foods some people are allergic to certain animal genes." "After he lost the rat genes he gave me the slip." Minsk said |
| Matoaka put her hand on Minsk's shoulder "It will be OK Minsk" She said Meanwhile Zander sat upstairs in the bedroom that he and Matoaka now shared. Zander and Matoaka were not excactly 'husband and wife' but they had lost their virginity to each other and under Ave law Zander had disgraced himself by doing that. Zander sat down deep in thought, despite what Matoaka had said he knew there was no way to avoid the punishments. The Ave civilization was a couple hundred years ahead of Earth There was one last thing he was allowed to do as Prince before he relinquished his title and that was choose someone who will accept his title from him. It was called The Last Act and Zander knew in a few days he would have to pick someone to give his royal birthright to... Then, like lightning it hit him! He knew what he was in a position to do now! "Gear..." He whispered to himself "Revel..." Zander knew for a long time that Gear and Revel were secretly blowing kisses behind the council's back but Revel was a humble scribe and Gear was a princess if they so much as had sex with each other both of them would lose their jobs! "I know now." Zander whispered to no one in particular "I know what I have to do." "Zander?" Matoaka called from the bedroom "You OK?" "I'm better than OK!" Zander exclamed "Matoaka I'm no longer afraid!" "Afraid of what?" Matoaka asked Zander gave her a big squeeze than explained the concept of The Last Act "Don't you see?" Zander asked Now I can make my sister and best friend happy!" Matoaka sighed "I suppose this way everyone gets what they want." Before we get too far off track let us remind ourselves that this story is about Bill and Ichabod. Bill looked at the gray October sky he thought about that night in the forest with Ichabod. He thought about Ichabod's question "Why do we want to prance around at night?" Bill asked himself He looked at Jim and Bob who were playing a video game against each other. He wondered if they had heard the 'call of the wild' as well "Hey Jim!" Bill called "What?" Asked Jim "Have you ever had a great urge to strip yourself down to your underwear and prance around in the forest?" Bill inquired Jim looked blank for a second then with a twitch of his tufty ear he shuddered "Oh yeah I know the feeling." He said "But I've never actually gone ahead and did it." "Why not?" Bill cocked his head "I was too afraid of the dark and the cold and all those spooky sounds that come from the woods behind my house." Jim said with a shudder "You are a coward." Bob said flaty "And that isn't helped by the fact you're bonded to the DNA of a skittish squirrel either." "Have you ever done it?" Jim asked "I mean you're younger than me you're 13 for the love of Pete!" "It happened a week ago." Bob said "I never made it to the forest for I got lost in the neighborhood. I wandered around aimlessly until I fell into someone's swimming pool. I was able to find my way back in the morning and my mom gave me the worst scolding ever!" "Was it the moon that made you want to get out of bed?" Bill asked "No." Said Bob "I saw something in the fog. A great horse-like beast it seemed so beautiful and... well by now I'm sure I was just seeing things." Bill nodded and looked out the window 'Tonight isn't a school night' He thought 'and tonight it will be foggy again what's the harm in anouther frolic?' |
Matoaka smiled as she gazed out the window that night. Full moon and fog. Undoubtedly the boys would be frolicking tonight. The combination of fog and a full moon was irrestible to manimals. She remembered the night she and Zander had first made love - full moon and foggy. She wondered if it would have happened anyway. Maybe not as quickly. She felt very frolicky that night. Somehow now that she and Zander were a couple the fog and the full moon didn't affect her as much. She would rather stay home with Zander than run around in the woods in her underwear. But the boys... |
| Jim went to bed at about 7:50 he was sleepy from playing so many video games and besides he was a great coward he was afraid of the dark. Bob stayed up trying to perfect his latest invention... a fitness instrutor robot! Bill becuase he was the only one ventureing out tonight This time he wasen't in just his underwear but a shirt and pants. He wandered out of his apartment when he knew his father was asleep. As soon as he stepped outside he became his Texas Longhorn self and headed for the forest. Meanwhile in the forest Lord Gator lay in the water grinning a toothy grin. "I can smell you little Bull" He said to himself "I know you're coming" Meanwhile Ichabod had taken the last of his three doses of medicine. Some of his leaves withered and more red hair sprang up. "All I need is a good night's sleep." He whispered to himself "And I'll be normal again." Ichabod tucked himself in and quickly fell asleep. That night he dremt a lovely dream. He saw himself in a green meadow, a brook flowing through and beside him he saw Alice! "Hello Ichabod." She said "Hi there Alice." He said Without anouther word he put his arm around her waist and kissed her! (People often do in dreams what they would never do in real life) Even fictional characters desrve privacy so we'll leave it at that |
Lord Gator lay in the water of a drainage ditch with only his gleaming eyes and black nostrils showing. The scent of Little Bull was in the air. Tonight might be the night! Inside Lord Gator's grim brain sensual scenes of bull and gator love played out. But surely the coming reality would be better than anything dreamed up by his dark imagination. He lay low in the water and watched the path, ready for the first sight of his little bull. |
| Bill entered the forest from over the fence. He took a deep breath and smelled all the trees and flowers and streams and stones. Then he lowered himself to all fours and began to race. Meanwhile Ichabod was still dreaming his pleasant dreams when he was suddenly woken up! He felt a furry hand covering his mouth! He felt so drowsy that he wasen't sure if this was real or a nightmare! "You are coming with me." Bleated a soft voice Ichabod looked up and saw an ugly beastly face. Ichabod fainted on the spot. Meanwhile Bill stopped at a trickling brook to lap at the sweet water. Suddenly he felt a sting in his leg! At first he thought it to be a biting insect but when he looked at his leg he saw it was a dart. He than blacked out |
When Bill awoke he was knee deep in water and tied to a tree by a leash around his neck. "What the- !" "Do not be afraid, Little Bull," said a deep but very cold voice. Bill looked around. An ugly green alligator was in the water with him. Bill backed away. "You are the same one as before, aren't you? The one who calls himself Lord Gator." "It is I," Lord Gator said and rose up on his hind legs. Since he wasn't wearing any clothes Bill immediately noticed his gator thing sticking out. "Oh no you don't!" Bill said and kicked at the alligator. But Lord Gator remained just out of reach and held up his dart gun. "Maybe you would like another one of these in your hide? Do you prefer to be unconscious?" Bill bellowed. "You monster! I'll kill you before I let you do anything to me!" "You have no choice, Little Bull," Lord Gator said. "I hoped you would be a willing participant, but now that I know you are not, I must take what I want by force. It is the way of the powerful. It would be much better for you to accept me than to fight me. If you accept me willingly then I will reward you handsomely. If you fight me, then I will make your life a hell." Bill snorted and bucked. He was so full of rage that he barely heard what the alligator was saying. |
| Lord Gator stuck his member in Bill's mouth! Bill tried to bite but that twanger was harder than a diamond! Bill tryed to turn his head this way and that but it was no good. He was beginning to feel he had no choice but to submit and hope and pray he woulden't contract and STD. Just when Lord Gator felt he was about to climax the growl of a bear stopped him. Lady Ursila was standing on the shore with the master of the Beastials the High Evolutionary! "Lord Gator." Said The Evolutionary "Is this how you interrigate?" Lord Gator withdrew and Bill was releived that he woulden't have to taste Gator seed. Lady Ursila spoke up "These Manimals may or may not be a threat to our mission. Let's give the little Bull a tour of our fortress Wundagore." |
"Amazing!" Bill said. "How do you keep the fortress floating up here like this?" Bill looked out the window at the clouds. It was two miles down to solid ground. Lady Ursila shrugged. "It's a mixture of arcane magic and the technology of the Old Ones. No one understands it completely, but it works." "I'll say!" Bill said. He was impressed by the roomy comfort of the fortress. After a hot shower and a change of clothes into the white tunic worn by the servants of the fortress, Bill felt a lot better. He still had a grudge against Lord Gator but the rest of the Beastials seemed okay, especially Lady Ursila. And the view from the fortress was spectacular. |
| The High Evolutionary directed him to a TV. "I seek to build Utopia." He said "But too many things get in my way. War, greed, selfishness, Human desieses of the Mind!" He pushed a button on the TV and Bill watched the scene of the High Evolutionariy using radiation to evolove a porcupine "It has taken years, countless experiments, countless failures, but at last my experiment nears completion!" The High Evolutionary grinned madly "And that is?" Bill asked "I shall bring a glorious future to this Planet!" Said he "Glorious spires of technology rising into the sky! And replacing the human race, my beastials, my New Men. Stronger. Faster. Free of the weaknessess of the primitive human mind." Bill felt a cold lump rise in his throaght "You mean," He said "You indend to replace human being with beastials?" "Yes." Said the High Evolutionary "But there is one thing. You and your Manimal kind you are a wild card in my grand design I must know if you are a threat to my plan or not." |
Bill thought fast. It was easy to imagine what might happen to him if the Beastials thought he was a threat. So there was no need to to worry about the true answer. What he needed now was the "right" answer. "Of course I'm not a threat!" Bill said. "It's a magnificent plan and I am sure there will be a place for the Manimals in it. It's an honor to serve you, High Evolutionary." Bill knelt down on one knee and bowed his head. A big smile came onto the High Evolutionary's face. "Stand up, my boy. I knew I could count on the Manimals. If they are all as wise and obediant as you then they will be a great help to my Plan." |
| 'Oh great.' Thought Bill 'How do I get out of this one?' Just than Sir Ram came in, he was holding something. He laid it on the floor and it was revealed to be... "Ichabod?!" Bill gasped asounded "My lord." Said Sir Ram to High Evolutionary "I have found a young human." "Excellent" Said the High Evolutionary "Know we can put the Texas Longhorn to the test." Bill gulped and looked at Ichabod he was completly tied up. Sir Ram removed the blindfold and Ichabod blinked as he looked around "Your test." Said Sir Ram "Is to kill this human." When Ichabod heard that he went pale with fear. He saw Bill before him and for the first time he relyzed just how big and strong he was! Bill's massive horns glinted in the light a sight that terrified Ichabod! Ichabod thought miserbly that all the horrible things that happaned to his father were going to happan to him now! Worse than that tonight he would die! Ichabod's green eyes looked into Bill's blue ones. The young nerd whispered "Please don't hurt me..." And shut his eyes Bill gulped and faced the High Evolutionary "Sir." Said Bill "With all due respect I can't kill this human. He's a... friend of mine" All the beastials gasped! Lord Gator stepped foreward "I knew it!" He growled "I knew the Manimals were friends of humans!" Bill coulden't think of anything to say Lord Gator looked at Bill than Ichabod than to High Evolutionary "I say sire." The reptile sneered "Now that we know the Bull Manimal can not be one of us may I take him to my room for some pleasure?" Bill had no doubt what he meant "I see it this way" Said Lord Gator "He can either kill the human or submit to me" High Evolutionary nodded "What say you Manimal?" asked High Evolutionary "Will you either kill the human or be Lord Gator's?" Bill shivered but than shed a tear and said "I'll be the Gator's" Lord Gator put a collar on Bill and led him away by a leash. "What's going on?" Asked Ichabod "It's ok Ichabod." Bill said "You won't die." |
Matoaka sat up suddenly in her bed. Her forehead was wet with sweat. The nightmare faded away but left her with the feeling that something was wrong. Beside her Zander was snoring peacefully. She walked to the window and looked out. She gazed up into the sky. That's where the trouble is, she thought. Up there. She went back to the bed and shook Zander awake. "What?" Zander said. "It's 3am!" "One of the Manimals is in trouble in the sky. You must help me." "What?! In the sky? What are you talking about?" "I sense a Manimal is in danger. Up there." Matoaka pointed upward. "Up there is a pretty big place, you know. Can't you be more specific?" Matoaka frowned. "I must do the Location Ceremony to be more specific, but that will take time. I'll need to hold hands with two Manimals so we form the Triangle of Location. It will increase my sensitivity and provide us with a direction." "Fine," Zander siad. "That sounds good. In the morning we can-" "No! This cannot wait! Get up and make some coffee while I make some phone calls." |
| Matoaka tried hard, she really did, but for all her trying,phone calls, and new age spiritual stuff she could not reach Bill in time to spare him of his humilation. Bill had his hands and feet tied up. He was told to lie down on a ring of pillows and he complied. Suddenly Lord Gator rammed his member right into Bill's tailhole! Bill bellowed in pain as the reptile thrusted. Bill tossed and turned and thrashed but he did not beg. Just when Gator was about to climax he pulled out of Bill and came all over his backside! Bill quietly wept when Lord Gator was finished sillently thanking the Big man in the sky that he didn't have his own orgasim. Lord Gator looked at Bill and took his furry face in his palm "You have pleased me Little Bull and you have paid for your friend's life." The aligator opened his door "He is waiting for you outside the fortress, Lord Tyger will take you to him." Bill got up, wiped his nose and eyes but quickly was tossed his clothes "Here" Said Gator "Don't forget your clothes" After that Bill was taken away out of Wundagore Matoaka felt a stabbing pain in her side. She dropped her dried herbs and and clutched the sore spot In a few seconds the pain faded "The Manimal is out of danger now" She said "But he experianced great pain" Bill was hot,tired and his backside was sticky with seed. Ichabod was sitting on a tree stump just looking at his feet. The medicine had taken full affect and he was no longer plant-like. Bill just sat down on a nearby rock and didn't say anything. He was too tired to say anything. Suddenly Ichabod threw his arms around Bill's neck weeping softly "Thank you for not killing me." He whispered Bill was so tired that all he could whisper back was "You're welcome" |
The next morning Bill and Ichabod were visited by Lady Ursila. "You two are going back down to the surface. I'm sorry you won't be joining us in our great adventure. The High Evolutionary's Plan is truly glorious." "This place sucks," Bill said, "and I mean that literally. You Beastials are morally bankrupt. You're not fit to rule the planet. I'll make sure people know all about you." "I'm afraid you won't do that," Lady Ursilla said with a smile. "We're not quite that foolish. Your memories of our floating fortress will be erased before we send you back." Ichabod squeezed Bill's hand and whispered, "I will NEVER forget that you saved my life here!" |
| Lady Ursila took her Mindswiper Gun and was going to aim it at Bill's head. But apparently The Spirits had different plans. A bolt of blue lightning came between Lady Ursila and the boys the two boys jumped up and fell off the fortress (Fortunetly at this moment Wundagore was only a few feet above the ground) Lightning continued to flash around Wundagore one reason was it was the tallest thing around the other was the the invisable nature spirits were displeased with them! Bill and Ichabod laydown flat in the undergrowth and didn't move. High Evolutionary, frightened that his fortress had become a lighting rod, shifted gears and headed up into the atmoshere to escape the weather! Once they had left the lightning stopped "Is it all over?" Asked Ichabod "Yes" Answered Bill |
"Thanks for saving my life," Ichabod said. "I had to do it," Bill said. "I guess even though some people might say I am a beast myself, my true feelings are still with humans." "I don't think you're a beast. An animal sometimes, sure, but not a beast." Suddenly there was a crashing of branches then a loud thud as a big stone hit the ground near them. "What was that?" Bill looked up. "Somebody is tossing rocks at us. I think we better run for cover." Far overhead Lord Gator leaned over the side of Wundagore, the floating fortress, and cursed. "Damn! Missed him!" |
| Wundagore was getting higher and higher, into the Stratosphere at this point it would be pointless to try and throw rocks at them so Lord Gator just shook his head and went back to his work. "I think they're gone." Bill said Ichabod looked upwards Wundagore was gone and the lightning had cleared now all there was, was the forest, the sky and the thumbnail of sunlight peeking over the horaizon. "We should start heading for home" Ichabod sad "Only trouble is I don't know where we are." "I think I have a vuague idea of where we are" Bill said "Our Manimal HQ is very close to these woods so they're around here somewhere..." "Really?" asked Ichabod Meanwhile Matoaka shifted to her Unicorn shape "I'm going to look for the missing manimal I think he is in the forest somewhere" And off she trotted |
| Bill and Ichabod sat on logs by a burbling brook under a blue sky. Some small birds were hopping around. "It's really nice here," Ichabod said. "You know, Bill, at first I didn't like you but now I do." "I feel the same way," Bill said. "I apologize for the times when I bullied you. You're not a bad guy. It was just something I had to do. I don't even know why." "It's the bull in you," Ichy said and the two boys laughed. A beautiful brown and white spotted unicorn trotted up. Ichabod fell off his log. "Wow! Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?" "You sure are," Bill said. "Hey, Matoaka. How did you know we were out here?" |
| "I sensed that you were in great danger and were hurt." Matoaka said with concern Bill thought about what had just happaned to him and he was ashamed, he was ashamed of what his younger half brother Bob would think of him if he found out. Ichabod who had been quiet this whole time decided to pop the question "Do know the way back to my house? My home is 1320 Olive Ave." "Of corse" Matoaka replied "Follow this brook that you see by my feet downstream it will lead you to the fence that divides the forest from the suburbs, Olive Ave is on the other side" "Kay thanks." Ichabod said as he headed downstream "That is one smart kid" Matoaka observed "Tell me about it." Replied Bill Matoaka got on her hind legs and looked at Bill thoughtfully "Bill what happaned to you?" She looked so concerned "I felt a great stab of pain inside me so something terrible must've happaned" Bill blushed shed a tear and said but one thing... "I was raped in my ass..." |
| Matoaka was taken aback shocked for a moment but than she slowly gathered her wits. "Who raped you?" Her voice a low nicker-wicker "Some kind of humanoid aligator" Bill said looking nervious "It was all really weird, you see this guy who calls himself High Evolutionary has evolved animals to be like humans and he wanted me to join him! He wanted me to kill a human and..." "I think you should slow down Bill" Matoaka said "I get the idea. Why don't he head back to HQ so I can take a look at your wounds?" "Matoaka was a licensed veteranarian so other than Keith Sloan she alone could treat the Manimal's wounds |
Ichabod reached 1320 Olive Ave. "Ah, home sweet home," he murmured. It was really good to see his house again after such a night of excitement. His dad was in the kitchen making pancakes. "You were out early this morning, son. I thought you were still upstairs sleeping. What were you doing? Jogging?" "I've been out all night, dad. Wait until you hear what happened." And while they sat at the table eating pancakes with butter and honey and drinking coffee, Ichabod told his father all about the night's adventures. |
| "WTF?" Said Jonathan "High Evolutionary and his Beastials on DC Comics territory?!" "You know them? Father?" Ichabod asked "Well... I know of them..." Said Jonathan sheepishly "But I do know for a fact that they are Marvel characters and we are DC characters!" "So you mean to say they're trespassing." Said Ichabod "Quite right" Jonathan replied "Marvel and DC characters only come together when our respective companies decide to make an OFFICIAL company crossover." Ichabod and Jonathan were quiet for a few minutes but the silence asked to be broken "What do you think the High Evolutionary is doing here?" "If I know my Marvel storylines, He has failed at every attempt to create a perfect world even after creating his own planet he has not succeded so he has come to DC Comics to search for freash fields to plow!" Meanwhile Bill was sleeping soundly on the couch while she disscused something with Zander "Bill said that this 'High Evolutionary' has hyper evolved animals and indends to make an army with them!" Matoaka was both confused and angered by this "I don't think he'll get very far though" Zander mused "From what Bill has told us it sounds like this guy has angered the Spirits!" Matoaka and Zander looked out the window and searched the sky for the floating fortress... |
Lady Ursila and Lord gator were strolling through the Garden of the Crystal Fountain, a pleasant area on the south side of the Floating Fortress. "Lord Gator," Lady Ursila said, "You have annoyed the High Evolutionary with your shameful behavior with the Manimal Bill." "Let the old fart speak for himself then. I don't need you to tell me what he's thinking." "Lord Gator! Referring to the High Evolutionary that way is just one more example of your lack of respect! What has happened to you these last months? Why is your loyalty no longer strong?" "Bah! The High Evolutionary is all talk and no action. Always plans, plans, plans! But whatever gets done? Where are these 'perfect worlds' he is always proposing? They remain in his imagination. Meanwhile we grow old and the fortress floats on." Lady Ursila shook her head sadly. "We are nearly immortal. Is that not enough time for you? Why do you urge haste? Do you think a perfect world can be built in a day?" |
| Meanwhile Zander knew that tommorow his people would come from planet Ava to deleiver his official spakings and the last act would also be preformed Zander was terribly afraid of being spanked and just the very thought of it made him rub his rear in anticipation. "Be brave Zander" He whispered to himself "It will be OK in the end." Meanwhile Bill had woken up from his nap he looked out the window and into the sky "I'm never going out into the woods at night again." Bill whispered to himself "Too many loonatics out there." But in the warm daylight Bill felt comfortable so He stepped out of HQ, yawned and stretched under the sunbeams and than sat down underneith an old pine tree and smiled contently as his skin absorbed the sunlight. |
Lord Gator put down his telescope and gnashed his teeth. There was that sweetie Bill lying in the sun just a mile below and Lord Gator couldn't go down to him because it would make the High Evolutionary even angrier. "Damn the High Evolutionary!" Lord Gator cursed. A Lower Beastial lounging nearby heard it and ran off to whisper to her friend. At Manimal HQ, Matoaka sat with her arm around Zander. "Cheer up, my darling. It will only be a spanking." Zander shook his head. "No, no, you just don't understand. It's more than just a spanking. It's a humiliation. On Ava, never again will people look up and smile when I enter a room. Instead they will look away and pretend I don't exist. I will be a commoner." Matoaka smiled. "But you are not on Ava, you are on Earth. I'll still look up and smile when you enter the room." |
| Zander sighed... He knew his sister Gear would still love him and Revel would always be his friend but his father... King Atal would never hold his head up high when he thought of him. Zander decided to forget his troubles and turn his mind to his beloved "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Zander asked with a smile Matoaka smiled and without a word the two of them went off midmorning shagging. Meanwhile Bill had woken up from his nap and finding a walnut tree plucked a few nuts to satisfy his hunger. Suddenly Bill cuaght a scent the scent of unknown humans! He turned his head to see that two zookeepers were following his tracks! "Here they are!" Said a woman zookeeper "Here are the tracks of the Bovine creature!" "What the crap?" Muttered Bill "Soon" Said her male companion "Our zoo will have its greatest attraction the Manimals!" "Oh." Bill thought sourly "It's them again." The zookeepers Donald McRonald and his fat femme fatale Linda were always trying to catch the manimals and put them on display in their zoo. But unlike High Evolutionary and his Beastials these idiots were no threat in fact the Manimal's relationship to them was not unlike Roadrunner's the Wile E Coyote. Bill cracked his knuckles and yawned "I could use the exersise and give these pudgy porkers a run for their money..." |
Bill grunted softly like a happy bull and then listened. "Shhh!" Linda said. "It's the Bovine!" Donald McRonald got his net ready. "Okay," he whispered. "Easy does it. We'll sneak as close as possible. If he catches our scent, we'll have to run him down." "I'm ready," Linda whispered as she tightened the laces of her track shoes. Bill chuckled to himself. He had to remember not to run at top speed this time or he would lose them. He waited, keeping watch from the corner of his eye as his pursuers carefully sneaked through the bushes trying to get close to him. |
| Than Bill made a flying leap at them! In mid-leap he did a corkscrew in the air! The two zookeepers screamed and jumped out of the way! Bill let out a loud bellow and than frisked away on all fours! The noise breafly interupted Matoaka's and Zander's love making "What the kenal was that?" Zander exclamed Matoaka looked out the window "Those pesky zookeepers." "Oh. Then everything's ok than." And they resumed their shagging Bill bounded over rocks and trees and waters with the two zookeepers fumbling behind him. Bill stopped a second to see Donald and Linda try to catch up. But than Bill heard the sound of snoring. He looked under a fern to see his brother Bob Buttz! "Bob you can't sleep here!" Bill tried to wake up his brother before two zookeepers cuaght up... |
"Huh? Whazzat?" Bob said. He never was a fast waker upper. "Get up. Bob! You can't sleep here! The zookeepers are coming!" Just then Linda rounded the corner on her track shoes and screeched to a halt. "Aha! Two for the price of one!" "Bob, you sleepyhead! Wake up and run!" Bob wiped the back of his hand across his eyes. Donald ran up and threw his net over Bill and Bob but Bill leaped aside at the last moment. "They've got me!" Bob yelled as the net fell over him. |
| Bob thrashed and turned in the net as Donald tried to load him into a cage. Bill felt he had no choice but to charge full speed at them! He rammed into Donald and Linda with his horns sending them flying! Bob had finally woken up and once he was out of the nest he ran full speed away from those zookeppers! Bill and Bob ran as fast as they could when they got back to HQ they panted from exuastion. Meanwhile Zander and Matoaka had finished their lovemaking and now just lay in their bed cuddling. Suddenly Matoaka heard the sound of vomiting! Matoaka got up and put on a bathrobe to see if anyone needed her assitance she went into the bathroom and found Minsk bending over the toilet, the fur arond her mouth stained. "Is something wrong Minsk?" Matoaka asked Minsk looked up with tears in her eyes "I think I'm pregnant and The Prowler is the Father..." |
Matoaka put her arm around Minsk. "If we're lucky it will be a Manimal," "Is that all you think about? Your damn Manimals?" Minsk cried. "Did you ever consider I might want just a normal human child?" "I'm sorry," Matoaka said. "The Manimals are what I care about most. I couldn't help but think that way. So you hope it is a normal?" "I don't know what I hope. I didn't hope anything! I didn't intend to get pregnant!" |
| "Exuse my thoughtlessness" Matoaka said "Minsk I do beleive it is going to a Manimal. Did you make love to Prowler after he lost his rat DNA?" "Yes." Minsk said "Than I'm afraid it will be a Manimal. Whenever one parent is a manimal and the other is a human than I'm afraid the child will be a manimal." Minsk just slumped her shoulders in despair. Jim, Bill and Bob entered "Man O Man!" Chuckled Bill "Did those fatties get it!" He noticed Minsk crying "What's the matter?" Bill asked "Minsk is pregnant." Matoaka answered "Who's the father?" Jim asked "Prowler." Minsk responded Jim's squirrely ears and tail popped out as he fumed with rage "That Boor! That Chuvanist! I'd like to wrap my paws around his neck and..." Then Matoaka got an idea "Why don't you three boys go out and try to pick up Prowler's scent. Than you can find him and catch him after that we'll have a shotgun wedding!" "YAY!" Said Bob and Jim "Um...yay?" Bill responded unassuredly "Matoaka this is very kind of you to try to help but I don't want a shotgun wedding." Minsk said "Listen this is mostly something to get those three boys out of the house while Zander recieves his punishment." Matoaka said |
Bob and Jim sat in Bob's room making their plans. "We'll need our packs. We can take my lightweight tent. You've got a sleeping bag, right?" "Sure," Jim said. "And I've got a nifty little camp stove, too." "Good! We can get some dried food like beef jerky and-" "Ew! No meat for me, please!" Jim said. "I'll make up a snack mix of nuts and raisins and M&Ms." "I've got binoculars. Let's see... compass, map, knife, rope..." "We better be careful we don't take too much stuff. Those packs will feel heavy." "Yeah. Oh man, this is gonna be fun! A manhunt!" |
| That next day the Aves arrived to deal Zander his punishment. Zander walked out to greet them. He looked not like a proud and lordly Prince but like some meek animal that had gotten in trouble for making a mess on the rug. The messanger Clucker read from a parchment "Zander. It has been brought to our attention that you may not be wholly responsible for your actions." Clucker snapped his fingers and Revel was brought foreward by two guards "We have recently found out that this young scribe who is known as Revel has cast a spell of dark magic. A spell that would make the High Prince of Ava fall desperatly in love with...(He shuddered) ... A human!" Clucker looked at Zander very serously "Zander if you confess to being enchanted there may be some redemption for you. Revel will lose his job and you will be purified and regain your birthright. However if you deny being enchanted you will recieve your wacks as planned." Zander was astonished! Why would Revel put a spell on him? But the instant he thought that question he figured out the answer to get to his sister. Zander looked at Revel, whose knees were shaking with fear. And Zander just coulden't be angry with him he knew that his love for Matoaka was not a magic spell it was that he was just... different." Zander looked at Clucker and said "It was no enchantment I have always been a Xenosexual I just never knew it until I saw a human." "Very well" Said Clucker "Assume the position on the chair!" Zander draped himself across the chair and the Lord High Spanker, Falco made his apperance. Falco was dark blue in color and his beak was hooked like a falcon's "Alright Zander it's time to pick your poison." The spanker held up a strap and a paddle "Which do you want to be wacked with?" Zander gulped nervously and chose the... |
...paddle. Falco tossed the strap down and hefted the paddle. It had the royal coat of arms engraved on its face. Zander wondered for a moment if the royal coat of arms would become imprinted on his butt. Then whack! ...And the spanking had begun. Bob and Jim adjusted their pack straps and waved goodbye to Matoaka. 'Wait!" she said. "Where's Bill?" "Oh, he doesn't want to go on the manhunt. He says it's kid stuff." "I'll find him and see if I can talk him into joining you." "Awwww," Bob whined. "We want to leave now. We're all packed and ready." "You can leave, but don't travel too fast. Bill can follow your trail easily enough." "But he doesn't want to. You'll see. Bye-bye! We'll be back with Prowler as soon as we can." Matoaka called after them. "Don't try to force him to come back with you, just explain about Minsk!" |
| Zander writhed and wimpered as Falco laid blow after blow on his bare behind. His green feathered rear slowly became purple. Meanwhile Edward Green AKA The Prowler was busy at his home computer trying to think what his next book would be (He didn't steal all the time, He mostly stole shiney jewls and gold for his little colection of trinkets he mainly paid his bills by writing short stories and publishing them in magizines) "What should be my next story?" Edward wondered aloud "The Living Penny who loved the Nickel?" He shuddered at the thought "That has got to be stupedist thing that ever escaped my lips" As Edward pondered Bob and Jim were sneaking around wondering how to do this. Meanwhile as Zander was receiving his 77th wack Revel wished he had never cast that spell he would never have thought to use black magic on his best friend if it weren't for two Magi brothers Quaxo and Rum Tum Tugger who lured him to the dark side. Zander was bearing this pain as best he could but he was beginning to wonder if he would ever be able sit down again. Meanwhile after much meditation on the subject, Edward was beginning to get an idea what his story would be. "The Demonic Wedding..." Edward had decided would be his new story's title Just than a piece of paper floated down on two the keyboard It read 'Dear Edward Green. Come to Crime Alley at midnight and come alone or else your secret identy is out! Your Buddies The Manimals' EDIT: This is the end of this story. Sequel coming soon! The End! |
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