"I'm Science Master now, not Barney!" shrieked the supervillain.
"Mr. big-shot supervillain thinks its OK to turn his Mom into a dog!" replied his mother.
"You don't let me have any fun!"
"You get two minutes on your own and you kidnap a girl and a superhero! Do you see why I can't give you any responsibility? Now go to your room!"
"Awww, Mom" whined Science Master.
Dr. Mage used his mystical senses to examine his body while Science Master was distracted. No question, it was non-functional and he didn't have the ability in spiritual form to cast a healing spell. It was always difficult to affect natural processes when incorporeal. But, he thought, there is an option.
Possessing inanimate objects was a classical magical move, and for all of its sophisticated circuitry the robot double was an inanimate object. Dr. Mage's consciousness insinuated itself in the machine, and began to override its programs and commands.
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Wonder Gal burst through the roof of her home, and hit the ground running at superhuman speeds. She was drawing on her last reserves of energy to get away. She thought her body's enhanced immune system--she hadn't got as much as an attack of the sniffles since she had become Wonder Gal--could eventually beat whatever was making her obsessed with getting pregnant, but she needed time, time in a sterile environment. And the Little Sisters of St. Hecate offered the closest thing she could think of.
Wonder Gal burst through the door of the convent, and fell down before the Sister on duty. "Help me" she whispered, as she lost consciousness.
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"I'm not leaving, sweetheart." said Tyler. "We'll fight it together."
A deep, guttural male laugh came from Kylie's chest.