[quote=thewizardguy]
Old vs new? Nice one. I was expecting Bug.*Stein rushes forward, scalpel in hand, as he slashes towards the thing*
[/quote]

I am....mixing things up a bit.
The slash goes though the creature like butter but it releases a large plume of smoke. The smoke melts away the scalpel and some of stine's hand while the creature looks unfazed.