The boys were shocked at what they saw. Mr. Mendes was changing, but the boys had cast no further spells. Nevertheless, Francisco Mendes has transforming into something. First, his extra legs disappeared, and so did his shirt and hair. Two large horns sprouted from his head, which became more reptilian. His arms and legs transformed as well, growing claws in place of the nails. Spinal plates grew out of his back, his skin turned gray, and his shorts changed into a loin-cloth. He had completely transformed into...something, and apparently on his own!
"I can never let the boys see me like this." Francisco muttered. "It would ruin everything."
Ric and Josh looked at each other. "What is he talking about?" Josh whispered.
"Leave..." Francisco groaned. He must have heard them.
"Leave," he repeated, his voice growing more raspy.
"LEAVE!" he shouted as he turned and lunged at the boys.
Ric and Josh leapt out of the way in opposite directions, allowing the creature to crash into the wall. A bunch of rubble crashed down onto the stairs--it would impossible to climb back up without losing at least a limb to that creature, so Ric and Josh hid while the creature wasn't looking. Ric quickly looked through the book, searching for a spell that would help. Out of nowhere, the creature snatched the book while the boys took off. Suddenly, Ric and Josh found themselves unable to move. Their bodies turned around--against their will--and they saw what was happening: the creature was reading spells from the book! Perhaps Mr. Mendes was still in there. The creature turned to another page and read the spell from it; Ric and Josh disappeared, and when they reappeared, they had combined--one body with two heads! Their clothes were merged, but perfectly half and half. The bros could move again, but they had never shared a body before--not even through a conjoined twins challenge--so they were unable to do anything.
"At last I can get my jaws on you!" the creature smiled. "But first..."
One spell later, the boys saw the creature's head moving slightly to its right, and something growing out of his left shoulder. Within a few seconds, the creature had two heads. The boys were stunned.
"My new powers are filled with surprises!" smiled the creature as two more growths sprouted from his broad shoulders. "Like four heads are better than two!"