Just before Vortagar had a chance to teleport away there was a flash of bright blue energy. "Hi-YAH!" Carl the Blue Cyber Space Warrior teleported in delivering a devastating kick to the evil wizard's chest. Sparks flew and the wizard flew backward.
Carl brandished his blue cyber zapper and ZAP! ZAP! obliterated the wizard's evil shadow minions. "Zardak detected monster activity here! But where are my amigos?" Carl glanced around, but couldn't find his teammates. He checked his power watch. "I see their energy signatures nearby."
Two fat grunting pigs snuffled up to Carl's space boots urgently oinking for his attention. "What the?" He tried to shoo the pigs away. "Why are there pigs here? Go back to your owner. I gotta find my buddies."
Vortagar floated up. "You've found them, warrior!" He cackled with delight. "Those bloated swine are your teammates, reduced to grunting pigs under my magic."
"WHAT?! No way!" He stooped down. "Hang in there guys. I'll defeat this wizard, and we'll get you changed back to your normal selves in no time."
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Vortagar rushed forward, his staff twirling with deadly magic. Carl flipped out of the way. He fired to blasts from his ray gun, but Vortagar deflected them easily. "Face it, Blue Warrior! Your friends will forever be trapped as helpless, plump, little piggies, unable to speak or do much of anything but pork out on slop and roll around in the mud!"
Carl whipped out his cyber sword and slashed, but the wizard expertly blocked with his staff. "Change my friends back, you monster!"
The wizard cackled and sent Carl flipping backwards on a gust of powerful magic force. "Never!" He fired a bold of shadow from his staff that split into four tendrils, pinning Carl's arms and legs against the ground. Carl struggled and writhed, but it was no use, he was firmly in the wizard's grasp.
"If you think you feel helpless now, just you wait until I'm done with you!" The wizard cackled.
Alex and Luke grunted and squealed but there was nothing they could do to help as two pigs, struggling even to maintain coherent human thoughts.
"I'm going to have some extra special fun now, pigs," Vortagar declared as Carl struggled under his power. "What do you think I should do to your teammate?"