"Animal," Tyler said as he swung his baseball bat wide and hard to smash a few into a wall. "Too messy to be mineral or vegetable. They look like regular gremlins to me, just nastier. Like someone fed gremlins steroids."

One of the creatures apparently took offense at that -- its physique was all natural, thank you very much -- and lunged with a growl at Tyler's pants cuff. Again. He managed to stomp it.