To Molly’s surprise, Rebecca had turned herself, into a fox again, but this time it was different. The fox was standing on hind legs, and the fur was pure red. Her face was now a demonic, horned, and fanged fox face.

As Rebecca returned, she was ecstatic to figure out she could change animals after she reverted back to human. After a long time of pondering her answer, she decided “skunk.” Her eyes reddened, and fur grew all over her body. A skunk’s snout appeared on her face. A long bushy tail, with a long white stripe emerged behind her. Because her transformation was magical, no scent came from her. Her transformation completed, so now her and the naga girl had to wait for Curt, and the new one to come.

Curt showed up quietly, in his cougar form, with a small bat sitting across his back. As Francis flew towards, his new master, he figured out what he wanted to be. “Crocodile” he said as he became human again. Scales covered his body, and a long row of sharp teeth emerged from his face. His spine extended into a long muscular tail, and his hands and feet became claws.

“At last, my minion’s army is almost complete, only one more until my full power has emerged” said a mysterious voice that seemed to be coming from the mask itself “And now for you, I am done with your body, join me as a minion.”

“What are you doing” said Rebecca “I gave you life.”

“That matters not to me, you outlived your usefulness as my host, so now join my army” said the voice.

Immediately, Rebecca’s body seemed to peel apart into two separate bodies, creating a near clone. The only difference was that, the fangs, and horns disappeared.

“Now serve me as a minion you vulture” said the mask

From her fox form the red fur converted into long black feathers all along her torso and wings. Her head was also becoming bald, as a large beak, overcame her face. Her talons became sharper and sharper, until she became the perfect image of a vulture, despite being human sized like the rest of the group.

“Now that I am back to all my glory, take these masks that I have conjured” the mask said as five transformation masks fell from the sky.

They were not the same as the ones Curt and Molly had discovered. These had a crest of three small red circles connected in the form of a triangle.

“These are the masks of the chimera, you can transform yourself into a mixture of animals, do not use these often for they can kill you if you change into something unstable” said the mask.

“Yes master” said the minions

“Now go and bring me one more soldier, so that she can be my conduit for you adventures.

“Yes master” said the minions

All five of them took off with masks in hand and headed into the city. Rebecca’s bird’s eye view targeted a combatable young woman that would be a perfect fit. The rest of them cornered the girl into an alley. Molly wrapped up the victim with her long tail and placed the mask on her face, but before any of the minions could react the girl chanted “Hydra” Her neck raised, and her head formed that of a lizard, two others formed around her own. Her body broadened into a big torso, and four legs supported her new weight. A long spiny tail emerged from her and scales covered the rest of her body.

“You are now free from the mask’s curse, you can go back to your games you played when you used the masks the right way, to learn their abilities. Now I must defeat the mask once and for all. The hydra marched over to where the now freed minions lead her.

“Hello Shimath, long time no see” said the Hydra

“To bad it is going to be the last time we meet, Valerie” said the mask “You will not change me into a mask again, because I have control, of all the mask of new life.”

“That’s what you think” said Valerie. And the five people who the masks affected brought up the masks.

“Impossible, how did you break the curse without it affecting you” said Shimath

“If I told you, this would happen to me, and I wouldn’t win this fight” said Valerie

“You shall be a mask again” and with that said all five mask began to glow, and a laser shot out of each one of them, at Shimith and she rapidly vanished, with nothing left, but the mask.

“I am Valerie, go and be free, you can keep the masks, but I will be taking this one.

She vanished

“Now what” said Molly

“The forest” said Curt