The victims' skin began to gain a strange woodgrain texture that spread across their bodies. Their joints became wooden ball links, their expressions went blank as the wood grain grew over them.
With a flash of light, four dolls hit the floor, with bright yellow orbs floating above them. The crowd gasped and shook in terror.
"What happened to them?" a woman asked.
"Simple: I casted a spell that extracted their life force. I can transfer said life force into anything." Colin said with a sneer.
"Observe..."
The wizards waved his hands around and hit four items: a plastic model of 8-bit Donkey Kong for the Arcade, Two Skeleton Props made for the Pirate Dinner theatre downtown, and a Mercedes Benz. The object twitched, shook, and roared to life.
"Now my minions, GET THEM!" Colin boomed.
Donkey Kong jumped onto a market stand selling nuts and started tossing empty barrels at the crowd. The skeletons drew their now real swords and slashed away at police officers, cutting them up with brutal precision.
The car coralled the crowd with Colin's reach, bloodily crushing a few people in the process.
All the while Colin zapped person after person, until the whole crowd was nothing more than wooden toys. The yellow orbs were ready to strike.
Then Colin slipped on his cape and sent the orbs into...