[Bonus chapter] Cobra Chickens!

"Don't even start with me. Some stupid plant snotted on me, and the shit won't wash off. I was ready to choke out that damn botanist for laughing so damn! Then I put him in a headlock, and the smell made him puke, and he has it on him now. That will teach the son of a bitch to laugh at a six-and-a-half-foot tall metal man!" Eddie laughed, and I walked around him until I got the right angle. "What are you doing?"

"Cleaning you off, but I have to make sure I don't kill anyone," I said and raised my hand, placing my palm towards Eddie.

"Why do I have a feeling that I am not going to like this?" Eddie asked.

"Probably because you are psychic," I said with a grin and then roared, "Flame On!"

Fire burst from my palm like a cone of Dragonfire, bathing Eddie in the roaring torrent of flames. Eddie just stood there, but even though his face was a mask, I could tell that he wasn't impressed.