And where Ax was fast, Beastboy was out of practice. He let out a cry as the tailblade pierced his shoulder and felt the air forced from his lungs as the tip lodged in his shoulder blade.

With a fresh fire of pain searing in his mind Beastboy instinctively went for the best defense he could come up with at the drop of a hat and shifted into a turtle sucking himself inside the shell and falling to the ground with a clatter.

OK...ow!