text: [Themes: Superhero, combat]
  
  > look around
  You shake your head to clear out the last few cobwebs, and your vision snaps back into focus.
  
  You have found yourself on the roof of the library. The heating and air-conditioning ducts have buckled and broken from the force of the quake, and the tarpaper beneath you feels hot and slippery.
  
  > ascend
  Girding yourself for battle once more, you fly back to the scene of the rampage.
  
  You are at the monster's knees, and you're starting to get a sense of what it must be like to be an insect. The massive legs dominate the landscape like twin towers, one rising out of a hole in the bio building's roof while the other decimates the sidewalk with stomps and scratches.
  
  You've got the monster's attention now, and its huge claw is hurtling towards you!
  
  It looks like your blasts are affecting the creature -- its swipes are becoming more furious, and its howls more tinged with pain.
  
  > Up
  You soar higher, up to the monster's midsection.
  
  Floating in the air, eye level with the belly of the beast, it's hard not to imagine that belly containing the remains of anybody foolish enough to aggravate this creature. The monster's head looms menacingly above you, and its spiky legs descend like barbed towers to the ground.
  
  Thanks to your fancy flying, you've managed to avoid getting swatted, but there's no time to celebrate, because another claw is coming towards you!
  
  The monster tries to remove its foot from the biology building, but the hole is much too small.
  
  > Fog monster
  At your mental command, fog swirls around the monster. However, the creature is so mind-staggeringly large that by the time the fog covers his length, it has thinned into wisps of vapor that blow away at the monster's next roar.
  
  WHAMMO! This time you're too slow to avoid the claw, and pain razors through you as the point penetrates your calf. As you sail towards the library, you notice that the suit has sealed itself over the wound and applied pressure to stop the bleeding. Then you're slamming into the roof, and everything goes black for just a moment.
  
  You can't take much more of this.
  
  Everything is fading in and out, and you can't seem to focus.
  
  > shake head
  Your vision is swimming, and you're too dazed to do anything but lie still for a moment.
  
  You shake your head to clear out the last few cobwebs, and your vision snaps back into focus.
  
  You have found yourself on the roof of the library. The heating and air-conditioning ducts have buckled and broken from the force of the quake, and the tarpaper beneath you feels hot and slippery.
  
  > Up
  Girding yourself for battle once more, you fly back to the scene of the rampage.
  
  You are at the monster's knees, and you're starting to get a sense of what it must be like to be an insect. The massive legs dominate the landscape like twin towers, one rising out of a hole in the bio building's roof while the other decimates the sidewalk with stomps and scratches.
  
  You've got the monster's attention now, and its huge claw is hurtling towards you!
  
  > Up
  You soar higher, up to the monster's midsection.
  
  Floating in the air, eye level with the belly of the beast, it's hard not to imagine that belly containing the remains of anybody foolish enough to aggravate this creature. The monster's head looms menacingly above you, and its spiky legs descend like barbed towers to the ground.
  
  The behemoth misses you, but that only seems to make it more determined. Another claw is coming at you like the Mortality Express.
  
  > Up
  Wind streaming through your hair, you zoom upwards.
  
  The creature's close-set yellow eyes burn with anger as you hover in front of its face. From here, the thing's fetid breath washes over you like a tidal wave of swamp gas, and its roars are louder than jet engines. The ground seems very far below you now.
  
  Thanks to your fancy flying, you've managed to avoid getting swatted, but there's no time to celebrate, because another claw is coming towards you!
  
  > Fog eyes
  At your mental command, fog swirls around the monster's eyes, silently engulfing them in thick, grey vapor. The creature squeals in confusion as it loses its sight.
  
  The creature is flying into a frenzy, clutching its eyes with one hand and lashing out randomly with the other. Its feet stomp in fury, leveling trees and cars. Better take this beast down, and fast.
  
  > Blast monster
  KER-POW! You extend your hand, and a sizzling bolt of bright blue electricity arcs between you and the monster. The blast strikes home between two armor-plates, and the creature screams in pain and rage.
  
  The beast reels back for a moment, temporarily stunned by the cumulative electrical power you've directed at it.
  
  > Blast monster
  KER-POW! You extend your hand, and a sizzling bolt of bright blue electricity arcs between you and the monster. The bolt hits thick green hide, creating an impressive scorch mark but failing to do much actual damage.
  
  > Blast eyes
  The monster is thrashing about wildly in its blindness, and your lightning bolt misses its eyes.
  
  The beast's claws dig deep furrows in the concrete sidewalks.
  
  > Blast claws
  KER-POW! You extend your hand, and a sizzling bolt of bright blue electricity arcs between you and the monster. You make the mistake of looking directly at the lightning, and are blinded for a moment. When your vision clears, the monster seems to be bleeding slightly where you hit it.
  
  The creature picks up a stray car and throws it in your general direction. The car misses you, but slams into the side of the library, shaking that building's walls.
  
  The monster is wounded now in several places, and a sickly smoke drifts upward from the cauterized spots beneath its armor.
  
  > Blast face
  KER-POW! You extend your hand, and a sizzling bolt of bright blue electricity arcs between you and the monster's head. The beast emits a keening wail and clutches the side of its head in torment.
  
  The creature picks up a stray car and throws it in your general direction. The car misses you, but slams into the side of the library, shaking that building's walls.
  
  The fog lifts, and the monster's eyes are visible again.
  
  The thing is stomping, swinging its arms, and bleating despair at its inability to stop the pain. It reminds you of nothing so much as a boxer, badly beaten and on the ropes.
  
  Another parked car crumples beneath the beast's stamping foot; this is sure to be a black day in the history of auto and building insurance.
  
  > Blast face
  KER-POW! You extend your hand, and a sizzling bolt of bright blue electricity arcs between you and the monster's head. The beast emits a keening wail and clutches the side of its head in torment.
  
  The monster screams its frustration at not being able to find and crush you.
  
  The creature is swaying now, its voice ragged. Deadly claws still search for you, but you get the sense that the beast can't last much longer.
  
  > Continue
  KER-POW! Your blast strikes the monster, and its head rocks back. It staggers, drops to one knee (crushing half the gymnasium in the process). Finally, with a long, foghorn groan, it falls forward, landing with its face planted in the football field.
  
  The creature lies motionless. Suddenly, a streak of grey appears, arcing over the stadium wall -- it's Austin! He lands by the creature's head, and motions for you to join him. Relief singing through your veins, you alight on the field next to your brother.
  
  You are standing on the fifty-yard line of the University stadium, or at least what's left of it after the colossal green monster fell headlong onto the field. Something tells you that your student fees may be going towards an Astroturf installation some time soon.
  
  You can see the monster's head and Austin here.
  
  Austin hands you a liquid-filled balloon. "That's got the supercharged antibiotic inside. It's not the world's finest delivery system, but it was the best I could improvise on short notice. The monster will have to ingest it, so it looks like I'll need to lift the head while you throw the balloon at its mouth."
  
  Without waiting for you to respond, he walks around to the creature's brow, slips his fingers underneath, and heaves. "URRGH! Hurry, Emily! This head is even heavier than it looks!"
  
  > eat the balloon
  That's plainly inedible.
  
  "Hurry!" says Austin. "It's slipping!"
  
  > put the balloon in the mouth
  The liquid-filled balloon sails into the creature's mouth, causing the beast to swallow reflexively. When the mouth opens again, the liquid-filled balloon is gone.
  
  Seeing that the creature has swallowed its medicine, Austin steps back from the head, which drops with an earthshaking CRASH! You both watch the creature intently, as it lifts its head to regard you, not with anger now, but with puzzlement.
  
  And then you notice: the creature is shrinking. Its skin thins, wrinkles, deepens from its greenish cast to the rich brown of Aunt Nina's skin. Soon it is only a dazed Aunt Nina before you, naked and shivering. You quickly retrieve your sweatshirt and pants, and Austin helps you put the clothes onto her.
  
  She embraces you and your brother in a fierce hug. "Oh Austin, Emily!" she cries. "I remember now! On the same day that Claire and Scott disappeared these... things found me in my lab. They did something to my brain -- wiped out my memory, put all my focus on the experiment. But whatever happened to me just now must have broken their mental constraints." You show her the letter, and she scans it, nodding. "Yes, yes! It's true -- I do have information that I know can help you find your parents. Oh Emily, I'm so sorry I couldn't give it to you before now!"
  
  You look over at Austin, and he nods. "You'll have plenty of time to talk to us, Aunt Nina, but what you need right now is rest," he says. Then he gathers her into his powerful arms, and leaps over the stadium wall, heading for home. You're about to fly after him, when you catch sight of a reporter and a camera operator, scrambling through the rubble towards you. "Miss! Wait -- miss!" the reporter shouts, thrusting a microphone into your face. "Can you give us a statement? What happened here? Who are you?"
  
  You smile. "Call us Earth and Sky," you say, and then take to the air, flying home faster than any news copter can follow.
  
  > wait for a while
  Time passes.
  
  Austin's muscles are shaking with exertion. "Emily, I can't hold on much longer!"
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  "I'm losing it!" cries Austin, and steps back from the head, which drops with an earthshaking CRASH! The creature groans, and Austin shoots a look of pure frustration at you. "Come on, Emily! I can't hold the head up and deliver the antibiotic! Your part isn't difficult, so do it, before this thing wakes up again!" He bends his knees, grips the monster's brow, and hauls the enormous head up again.
  
  > wait for a while
  Time passes.
  
  The monster groans again, and Austin has to scramble into a new position as the great head begins to stir. "Emily!" he shouts desperately.
  
  > Blast monster
  You rear back to blast the creature once again, but then you remember that Austin is holding it -- what if his suit's shock resistance isn't up to par?
  
  A mammoth eye flicks open, regarding you with vague hatred.
  
  > Wait
  Time passes.
  
  With unexpected speed, the creature snaps its head up, and closes its immense mouth on you! Looks like you're delivering the antibiotic after all, but you probably won't survive the trip.