So wrapped up in their misery, they collided right around the corner. With his weight and reflexes, he was able to avoid planting his ass in the mud. ...asey was not as fortunate. As a perfect ending to her day, she fell flat on her back into a puddle, ending up drenched with filthy water. Although it didnt start as romantically as most stories, after that day, Kevin and Casey were inseparable for the next two years of high school, starting out as friends, and eventually becoming lovers. With. I stood up, thinking that what I was about to do needed the formality of being on my feet. Then I sucked in a deep breath and said in a loud voice:"Demon Ornias, I command thee with the power of the ring of Solomon to do my bidding!"The demon turned toward me, hissing in what I mistakenly thought was pain."Impudent whelp! Nothing you can say can make surrender my powers to your will!"As it continued hissing, I realized that it was not in pain... unless laughing itself silly constituted pain for. Her mouth protruded out into a birds beak asher clothes caught fire and disintegrated to ashes.More bones cracked as her legs became disfigured and flaps of skinappeared between her arms and her body. Orange and red feathers grew andit was soon obvious what she had become. She was a phoenix. Flamesappeared and disappeared with every movement.The pensioner to her left was next. Her skin became black and scaly. Herneck grew out as her mouth became a snout and a tail grew out of herlower back.. " Good to hear, Dr. Lucy. Don't worry about the blood work. I'm pretty sure there are no strange microbes in there, and I'm positive there are no steroids. Whoops! Maybe 'positive' isn't a word I should be using in connection with steroids! Seriously, even my cholesterol should be in pretty decent shape. I'm very confident that the Birds won't find anything to cause me to get shipped back to Wrigley Field." I'm glad. It'll be nice to have you here in Baltimore." How'd you ever end up here.