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Sometime later, I felt a nudge. And then another. Then a voice spoke; "c'mon Dad, you're heavy." Finally the voice registered. And panic flared anew in my body.

"Lucy! What are you doing? I thought your mother told you to stay in the attic! We could infect you!"

"Mom always told us to do what is right! And so we will! Even if you hate us."

"That's right" Luke said. "She also always told us that a soldier gets on their feet even when they don't think they can!"

I rolled my eyes and got to my feet. "I'm glad you two listened to our teachings. Even if you didn't understand anything that we taught you. We are perfectly capable of standing. We didn't want you to suffer like Irma is right now."

"That's why we're here!" Lucy said, as she fell down and stood again trying to get my wife up. "We heard Irma screaming!"

Despondently, Kim pushed Lucy on to her back. "Stay out here. And don't touch us." she said, in a monotone. "I can't lose any more children."

I grabbed Kim and hauled her to her feet. Already the stain had spread. Not much though, just a bit outside the lines that had marked the earlier irritation. I hoped it stayed at that slow pace. I brushed my concerns aside for now, Irma needed us.

Head towards the barn I noticed that I wasn't being followed. I glanced back and saw that Kim was standing in place, looking morosely down at her hands. Startled at being the dominant force, I never the less returned to grab my wife and drag her out of her apathy.

I ordered the twins to go outside. And from the distant house I heard Alex yelling at them to get away from us. Hoping that that was enough to keep them occupied I ushered Kim into the structure and barred the door behind us.

"Are you waiting to die? Is that what you have sank to?" I shouted at Kim. "You have a family waiting on you to get your shit together!"

At the end of my rope, I did the last thing that I could think of to draw a response from Kim. I slapped her once, and then twice. Only after the second strike did I see her eyes rise to engage my own. As her lip curled to reveal her canines she grabbed me by the throat and then kicked my legs out from beneath me and slammed me to the ground.

"What the fuck?" She snarled in my face.

Coughing... I gasped out... "There's the woman I married. Not that mannequin you were just a minute ago."

Her writhing lip relaxed and so did the angry lines of her beautiful face. Then her lids closed for a moment on her glowing emerald green eyes "Thank you, love." She gave me a peck on the lips and then hooked her arm beneath mine and yanked me to my feet. Then, together, as we were meant to, we faced our next challenge.

Irma was once again writhing on the ground, from deep in her neck we heard small distressed whimpers as she batted her hands at her face. A face that was losing all semblance of humanity. I noticed the IV bag was almost empty. I went to fetch another from Alex's hastily abandoned supplies and switched it out while Kim went to hold Irma's head.

I sat next to my wife at Irma's head and calmly starting rubbing her now two foot long neck. Kim kept brushing the crown of her head as it became radically different. Her jaws began to push out while her nose flattened to the top of the new muzzle and became nothing more than a pair of large flaring nostrils along for the ride. As her snout lengthened further her eyes grew both in size and breadth to each side of her enlarged proboscis. While this finished growing her ears also finished their change, as nothing more than mere holes with large fins with sparred supports serving as an ear that was inconceivable just yesterday. Another frill began to emerge down the middle of the top of her head and then on down her neck.

With one last shuddering growth of her skull, her head settled into its new and final configuration. The whole time we continued our gentle caressing. Acting on a whim Kim drew her daughter's head to her chest and then began humming deep in her throat. Almost instantly the small sounds of protest coming from Irma ceased. I looked up at Kim and smiled, a smile that was happily returned as we found a new way to ease her discomfort.

I laid my hand on my daughter's long nose and her nostrils flared as she inhaled my scent and then surprised me as once more her tongue flicked out. Her snout twitched and she shifted and then inhaled and flicked her tongue once more. Right at the spreading blackness that was exuding from the wounds she'd inadvertently made earlier. I glanced at Kim who just raised an eyebrow, but could provide no answer.

Gradually we became aware of a new noise that swiftly became overwhelming before passing by. The Osprey had arrived. My phone rang. It was the odd number of a satellite phone, Alex.

"Yeah?"

"Don't yeah me, you crocodile." I rolled my eyes. "I've got a bunch of supplies on that bird that will enable me to start treating you all again. Stuff I should have been wearing from the start. Can you do me a favor? Take another round of photos while they land and then bring the SD card from the camera and all the samples I've taken and leave them somewhere halfway to the house."

"Will do" I replied.

"Great, I'll be back with you shortly." He hung up.

I did as he asked and then grabbed a chemlight as well and walked outside. I saw the bird transitioning to land off to my left in the field where we were going to put horses. Were, anyways. Alex left the house and started to approach me before stopping about 12 yards away.

I set the stuff down and then cracked the light. "Here let me mark them" I called to him. He opened his mouth to ask why and then I cut the top off it and threw the light at him and laughed as it bounced off his chest. Leaving fluorescent chemicals everywhere.

"Ha, ha, you skink."

I sighed "Is that all I'm going to hear from you from now on? Jokes about lizards?"

"Why are you asking me questions you already know the answer to, you Gila monster?"

"Do I have to go over there and bite you?"

"Okay, okay, you walking Komodo. How is Irma doing?"

"She has a snout now."

"The scale never falls far from the Savannah Monitor does it?"

"I'm going to bite you now."

"Well, I will see her soon enough. Neither of the twins have shown anything yet."

"Good, tell them that I'm proud for what they did earlier. That also, Kim and I still love them. More than I hope they ever have to know. But not to do it again. They have to stay away from us. I'd rather have as much of our family not knowing such pain as possible."

"Is that all the farther Kim's progression is as well?" He asked, while he gestured at my arm.

"Yeah it seems to be going much slower for us for some reason."

"Good, maybe we can get something worked out."

"Alex... Don't tell anyone else that. Not unless you know something for sure."

"Of course." He finished as the engines of the great pseudo helicopter finally stopped, allowing the rotors to slowly spin to a halt.

The ramp dropped and a pair of disoriented people clad in Class B's emerged to gawk around. Before long however there were three pallets of gear kicked off the bird as well. After the crew chief paused to snap a picture with his phone of Alex's newly luminous apparel, he accepted the evidence kit from him. After my brother yelled a few words into his ear, the chief ran back and jumped on the transport as its engines sang to life once more.

After it had launched, Alex and Allie ran to the containers and quickly opened a container that held Tyvek suits. These they donned and then pulled facial shields, and gloves out as they rapidly snaked them onto their respective places.

Once properly attired, they grabbed the two hapless Ivory Tower types and directed them to peel their shells off. Reluctantly, both of them were persuaded and revealed the standard MOPP gear.

As soon as that had been accomplished, Alex led the lot of them over to me to plan our next move. As we busily introduced ourselves. Which by the way, they were: Brian Cyan, and Serena Willow. Both Doctorates of Veterinary Science.

Upon seeing my infected limb they immediately became excited and rushed towards me and began to examine my forearm.

"Look at his skin!" Said one, "The texture, it reminds me of a monitor. Do you think we could pull a scale from your daughter?" Said the other. "We promise we'll be gentle."

"No." I snapped at them, "If there is anyone you must ask, it is her. When she's awake she will give you her own decision on the matter."

"Now" I continued, if you can learn what you will without disturbing my daughter, then you are welcome to enter. Otherwise." I gestured to my left. "Sleep out in the field. I'm sure you have tents in all that cargo somewhere."

"Amazing." They said, "Look at how his behavior has changed! The sudden darting movements."

"Oh yeah?" I retorted, "How long have I known you? Oh that's right, about 45 seconds."

Had I though? I thought to myself. I didn't feel any different, but then that meant very little, didn't it?

"Wait." I turned to snap at them. "I will go to inform my wife. Stay here, if you value your lives." I walked back towards the barn while Alex followed me.

"He's right you know. You are becoming a tad excitable."

I stopped to think again. And then I hummed to myself; "perhaps. I hope not, but I suppose we shall see." I rocked my head for him to follow once more. He just glanced at me and then made another comment in his log.

I led the way back into the barn as he adjusted his facial shield. I rolled the door open and announced myself before walking in. Just as before I saw Kim putting the gun aside as I entered. I told her that Alex, Allie, and two more were coming in. She nodded and pulled her bandage back up on her arm, and then unrolled her shirt sleeve.

She sat down once more on the ground next to Irma drew her head back onto her lap and placing an arm over her neck, waited.

Alex and Allie led the two nerds in as they stopped to gawk yet again at the sight of something new. This time their gaze of course being drawn to our daughter.

I suppose it was a bit much to see for the first time. As she lay there with three of her legs tucked neatly underneath her leaving one long powerful hind limb extended for the IV. Her tail now long enough to wrap around her side hiding the other three legs from sight. Her serpentine neck extended so that her head rested upon Kim's lap.

"So, are you here to tell us something new about our daughter? Or are you going to stand there collecting flies? She's not a fucking zoo exhibit." Kim said, with her eyes flashing.

"Uh...right" Said the woman, Serena. "Let's have a look at her. How much did she weigh before this started?"

"146" I answered

"Well" Said the other one, whatever the hell his name was, Brian, I think. "She will be right up there as one of the largest reptiles on earth. That's for sure. She seems to be a bit skinny for her size. I wonder how big she'll get with proper feeding?" He spoke, thinking aloud. "Or if that is even her mature size... So much we don't know. We better get started."

He turned and nodded at Serena who nodded back and they set down a large tool box and began drawing different measuring tools out of it. While they were busy Alex, Allie, and I drew the chairs over by Kim and sat watching expectantly.

They started by measuring starting at the end of her tail and then worked the tape measure around following the curve of her spine moving up her neck to the head.

They were interrupted there as Kim thrust her head forward and snapped her teeth at them. They exploded backwards in alarm as my clearly amused wife turned slightly to smirk at us watching from the chairs. We all had a good laugh at their expense.

"That...that's not funny!" Brian squeaked. "Aren't you infected? I want to study these majestic creatures, not become one!"

With that reminder both Kim and I rubbed our arms uneasily, as the two scientists resumed their exam.

Making notes, they proceeded to pull each one of her legs out and measure the length of... whatever we should call her hands and feet now. The length and number of claws. Total length of legs. Range of motion of her digits and other limb joints, as well as tracing the architecture of the innumerable remade muscles and their attachment points.

They moved back to her tail and straightened it out to measure its girth and then began to pick it up to look underneath it.

"Hey." I snapped. Startled, they dropped her tail with a heavy thump. "It's my daughter, not a fucking animal. If you want to know about her genitalia you can ask her doctor right over here."

"Don't look at me." Said Dr. Brown. "What she's got going on under that tail is definitely not something that I know she had before, not something I have either." She pointed at her own crotch.

"For fucks sake. Tom just turn around and let them get on with it." Kim said, exasperated.

I glared at the eggheads as they picked her tail up again. Out of sight behind the appendage, the woman began to feel around. "Are you seeing this?" She asked her partner.

"Don't know what to make of that. Interesting to say the least." They put her tail down more gently this time and then rolled her hips so her rear was resting on its side and continued their examination around her groin. After more poking about than I was comfortable with, they began to move forward once again.

They finished rolling the rest of her onto her side and then the woman retrieved a stethoscope and peeled her hood back to begin listening as the other... Fuck, I really should remember their names if they're going to be around for a while. Continued to gently feel out her abdomen and chest. When he got to the chest he stopped and felt out the much more pronounced musculature and followed it around to her back.

"This isn't right. Is there some new change coming?"

Alex spoke up; "reports indicate she will grow another set of limbs from her shoulders. These will be the structural supports for wings."

"Wait...What did you just say? Wings? Fascinating, that would explain the size of her pectoral and latissimus muscle groups. Very pronounced. I think these limbs are already beginning to grow. There are some unidentifiable bones beginning to emerge from her shoulders."

The woman...Serena... Asked permission from us to use an ultrasound machine. "I would like to get her into an MRI. But that isn't really an option right now it seems."

"Fine" Kim agreed.

She listened for a bit more at her chest and then went outside to grab what I suppose was that very machine.

Brian moved up and felt the joining of her neck and body and then worked his hands along both sides of her throat and up to her jaw. Reluctantly Kim moved to the side and helped hold Irma's head as the nerd opened her mouth wide. He counted the number of teeth and used a jeweler's loupe to examine the teeth more closely and made a note.

He examined her tongue which was much larger and tapered down to a point. Before shutting her mouth carefully he shined a light down her throat to examine her gullet. The last things to be checked were her nostrils, eyes, and ears. He shined a light into her nostrils and looked closely before being surprised by Irma snorting into his facial shield.

"Ticklish I guess." He commented. He opened her eyes and then used an object that looked like a set of calipers to estimate their size. Lastly he used an otoscope to look into her ear canals and examined the flexible membranes on the top and sides of her head.

Serena returned and they spent the next thirty minutes slowly and agonizingly scanning her entire ventral surface starting again at her groin.

Once the last note was take, photo snapped, and datum saved. They stood and turned to us.

"And...?"

Serena gushed; "This is so fucking cool!"

"Yes..." Kim started lowly. "It is fucking cool... That my daughter had her life and her body stripped away from her without warning. Why don't you start again? Before I get up and twist your head off like a fucking jar lid. I think that would be cool as well."

"I'm sorry. But you just don't understand. There is nothing like her. Wings? We don't even have to bring those up to tell you how different these people are going to be. There hasn't been anything remotely like her outside the fossil record. And even then she is some kind of Frankenstein conglomeration of different species. This is everything! Are we the first ones to examine one of these people? My god! What we can learn!"

Brian picked up where she left off. "This kind of cellular manipulation, genetic and chromosomal alteration. There are things required to do this that we don't have names for yet. Who, what did this? This type of thing only happens in dreams and fantasy. Like, Lord of the Rings type stuff. If we could reverse engineer how this happened we could advance medical science by hundreds if not thousands of years!"

"You know as excited as I am for you right now. How about you tell me what we can do for our daughter? If you want to experiment on these people, then go find the one in four of them that don't survive. Go cut one of those poor souls open. You leave my living breathing daughter the fuck alone."

"Well..." Both eggheads began at once. "Judging by her serrated teeth, she is primarily carnivorous. She has a thickly muscled neck and elastic jaws telling me she primarily gulps her food down in large chunks. Her eyes are no longer spherical, telling me she probably has telescopic vision. Which would make sense if she is to grow wings. This leads me to think that she may hunt while in flight." Brian gasped for breath and Serena continued.

"She has remarkable dexterity still in the joints of her forelegs. She is still able to flex her... paws to grab things using the opposed claws on all four legs. Her spinal flexibility has greatly increased as well. Her tail seems to be prehensile and able to grab small objects. The ease with which she manipulates objects will only be confirmed once she awakens."

Brian tagged back in; "Her organs are very much different, and much larger. Leading me to think that her growth will continue as soon as she begins to be provided with nutrients and calories. The speed of her heart rate and the distribution of her circulatory system makes me think that she is still warm blooded. Her reproductive organs have changed. Changed in ways that I don't know how to quantify. I don't even know if she is viviparous or oviparous. Her openings for waste and reproductive purposes are in the same relative places. Between her hind legs, and now on the ventral side of her tail. However they no longer share a common opening. A design flaw in us humans if you ask me."

Serena finished; "As for the membranes, the ones on the sides of her head are obviously for catching sound. However the one that seems to be progressing down the line of her spine, if I had to guess, is some kind of stabilizer for flying." She took a breath. "Much remains to be seen. Much depends on her herself. Do you have any questions right now?"

"You mentioned nutrients, between you and Dr. Brown, would you be able to come up with something to give her while she remains under?"

They looked at each other; "I believe we could whip something up. As long as you understand that it is a guessing game at this point."

"As long as no harm comes to her" Kim said fiercely. She then cupped her hand in the other and winced before letting go. Her left hand had turned black. I looked at my own, almost completely black.

"Shit" Serena exclaimed, "You're darker than I am. When did it advance?"

"Never mind. You focus on my daughter. I... We'll deal with this ourselves." She waved at me, encompassing me in her statement.

Alex stood and beckoned us both with him along with Allie. We went to the far corner of the barn, still in sight of our daughter as the other two took seats.

"Let me see." Alex ordered.

Reluctantly we both exposed our arms. Scales had begun to grow up and down our arms with heavy scaled calluses extending around and out from our claws. He reached out and pulled down the collar of my shirt. No black there yet. He did the same to Kim exposing some of her tattoos. The black had already begun to progress over these. Strangely enough, wherever the black had crossed a tattoo the skin had turned silver.

"Must be a reaction to the dyes." Alex opined.

Allie spoke up. "Are you in pain?"

"Some" we both replied. "Neither of us are leaving our daughter." We said with finality.

"Make it work." Kim demanded. "I don't care if I come out of this addicted to heroin. Keep me conscious. Keep us with our daughter."

"Okay, what are your weights? We'll start getting things together for when it gets serious."

"I'm 149 and his fat ass is 197."

"Fat?" I said, astonished.

"When you can beat me in a 5k I'll stop calling you fat dear." Kim said, smugly.

"Alex can you go check on our other two?"

"Sure" He replied. "It is time for another session with the boss anyways." He walked away towards the front door and headed outside taking off his face shield and gloves. Meanwhile Allie began taking various supplies out of a tuff box next to the door.

We went back to Irma and looked upon her growing form. Little hand like forms were just starting to emerge from her shoulders. At the same time two lines of leathery sail erupted all along her back from shoulders to hips. Her wings had begun to grow.

Turning to the egg heads "Any idea on nutrients for her yet?"

"Well... Lizards typically need calcium and D3. But beyond that we don't know. Proteins most likely to fuel her muscle growth. Calories are probably what she really needs. She is getting larger. We can see it from here."

Bending down Kim and I began to readjust our daughter to her previous restful position after her thorough examination. Taking care once more with the IV. We pulled over some more pillows and lay down by Irma's head and rested our arms on her once more. We spoke to her more as well. The scientists earned some of my respect by moving their chairs out of ear shot.

"Hey, Irma. I think your changes are almost done. It won't be long dear. And then we can help you with adjusting. It is going to be difficult but we haven't given up on you yet. Nor will we."

Kim continued; "Irma, I remember the first time I held you, even now. The way you looked up at me before I gave you my milk. You will always be my little baby. Always." She laid her head on top of Irma's and began humming deep in her throat once again. This time Irma responded by humming in response. The thrum of her resonant vocalization echoed within me as I place my other hand on her neck.

"Such power" I said.

"Of course" Kim said dismissing it. "She is my daughter, after all." I laughed

Kim seized the opportunity for another nap. As she slept I continued to caress my daughter while I watched her fledgling wings twitch and grow. Soon enough there were membranes spreading from one finger bone to the other. I could even guess at how they would fold on her back and be used in flight judging by the location and number of joints in the new limbs.

Being next to her I could also see she was definitely getting longer. Hard to say just where that length was coming from as she still looked proportionate to me. But I could see the hollows between her ribs. She was definitely losing mass to feed whatever process she was going through. I beckoned the scientists back over and pointed at her rib cage.

They both nodded, and went over to consult with the other Doctor present. A short while later they came back with an opaque slurry in a bag that was connected to what looked like a garden hose.

"What's that?"

"Calories." Serena said. "Some of those minerals I mentioned as well." She asked for my help to lift Irma's head and to open her jaws. She began to snake the hose down her throat and then squeezed the bag to begin it's flow.

I scratched at my arm as they watched to make sure the material would flow through the supply line. I winced as I felt a sharp pain in my itchy arm and then felt the warm flow of blood. I looked down, my brand spanking new claws had just torn four furrows in my other arm.

Motioning the Vets backwards I explained; "Stay back, this is how we became infected in the first place. No sense in taking chances. Give me something to clean and cover the woooounh." I finished with a grunt and breathed heavily through my nose while I tried to clear my mind and tune the pain out.

My hand contorted right before my eyes. With a crack and then several more my thumb moved position and orientation. Afterwards the hand lengthened as my fingers shortened a tad and then I felt that my sense of touch was deadening slowly as what used to be fingetips extended into lethal blades.

With a heavy exhalation I released my hold on the pain as the change ceased. One down, three to go, I thought. I looked up to see all three medical professionals staring at me with rapt interest.

"How does it feel?" All three asked, for two different reasons.

"I don't know how to describe it really. As weird as it sounds after the change ended it just feels like the rest of my body. Just a different size that I'll have to get used to." I clenched it a few times to test its range of motion and then tried to bend my wrist. I couldn't.

"You're nervous system must change in time with the rest. Your body doesn't even know the difference." Allie suggested tentatively.

I stood and then looked around to see what I could test my new 'hand' out on. I saw a pen on the table and went over to pick it up. I was unable to grasp with my hand but was able to pinch it between two claws. Next I tried for something a tad thicker, a broomstick was easily grasped giving me a good understanding of my emerging body. I went and found a piece of wood scrap and bracing it on another surface ripped my nails through it. Lethal.

All the while that I was playing with my altered physiology I was peripherally aware of being recorded. When I turned back to them to allow a closer look, I stopped when I saw Kim standing behind them watching as well. She had traces of black creeping up the side of her neck and I could see the eye on that side was glowing even brighter than I'd ever remembered. Her radiant eye now also had a large oval pupil and was bigger in diameter. Just a little bit disconcerting. I pointed at my own eye and she nodded with understanding.

She held a blackened finger with an emerging claw up to her lips and then edged forward to put her head right next to Serena's and whispered; "hey".

Her scream will follow me for years. She's so jumpy, I thought. I held my sides a little gingerly with one clawed hand to contain the spasms of mirth that I experienced at seeing her face.

"No! Fuck you! I hear someone whisper in my ear and turn my head to see a reptilian eye three inches away from my shield! No! No! Fuck y'all! Y'all are sick!"

She stopped her tirade after a while and then sighed. "Did anyone at least get a picture of it? I know my husband would love it." She snickered at herself, finally relaxing.

"Careful, Doctor." Kim said. "You might just get used to us."

They turned to examine her just as they had me. "Do you feel any different?"

"Yeah, if I close my other eye. I can read the label on that." She pointed at a small package of fertilizer on the other end of the barn.

"Can you move your eye at all?"

She tried moving it around, her iris made it about halfway to the edge of the socket before her whole head moved to track.

"Just about what we figured. More like a raptor than anything else."

"What's that shit you have pumping into my daughter?" Kim responded, all business, once again.

"Calorie rich slurry. I take it you also noticed how emaciated your daughter has become?"

She nodded; "Nothing else, right?" No one answered her; "Right?!" She curled her changed hand into a threatening scythe.

"Oh! Right, just a few additions. Specifically some vitamins and calcium."

Her wicked looking hand relaxed and everyone breathed a little bit easier. I couldn't resist temptation to stir the pot once more however.

"You know, a few years ago I got between a black bear and her cubs. Let me tell you what happened."

"Shut up, Tom." Alex said. "You don't have the spine."

All attempts at scaring them once more lost, I settled on just pointing a talon at him. He clutched his chest and rolled his eyes. "Oh, my heart. How can it take such strain?"

I laughed, but then choked on that laugh as what felt like a burning sun ignited in my stomach, with a pained wheeze I collapsed as the atomic fire spread to my chest. I began to kick my legs and arched my back. Suddenly Kim was there and held my changed hand in her own mixture of human and not. I heard Alex and Allie run for the medicine they prepared as the last two backed away to watch and give room.

"1.2.3. Breathe. 1.2.3. Breathe" Kim coached me; "You remember. Listen to my voice. It will pass. Focus on my voice. Breathe." My world narrowed until it was nothing but the sound of her voice, a tunnel blocking out all else but the feeling of my friend talking me through. I didn't even feel the jab of the syringe. But slowly, oh so slowly, the white hot agony dimmed enough that I could grind out some words.

"Just...a...flesh...wound..." After this, I regained my focus, and my breath steadied as I began to regain control of the pain.

"Yes, that's it. Control your breathing, control your pain." Kim continued to coach me. Long minutes later I gave one last gurgling moan and then relaxed.

"I think it's over for now." I said, as I tried to sit up.

"Hold on" Said Kim and Alex, holding my chest down, "let Allie check you over."

After my incredibly sore abdomen and chest received their unwelcome attention I was permitted to stand once more. I felt like I was front heavy, that my center of balance had changed. I relayed this to the others. Neither Allie nor Alex looked surprised.

"No wonder, I think just about the only things that are still where they should be are you heart and lungs. Oh, they are both much bigger by the way, your rib cage has expanded. Try taking a deep breath."

I did notice that my chest was much thicker and acting on their advice I inhaled, and inhaled, and inhaled, and inhaled. I stopped when I noticed that my chest was no longer expanding but the air was still going somewhere, but where?

Asking their advice and relating my observation found me with four sets of stethoscopes on my chest, abdomen, and back. Breathe in like you did before I was told, and so I did. After listening for a minute while I inhaled without pause they quickly conferred before turning back.

"Air sacs. We think you are inflating air sacs throughout your chest and abdominal cavities. Do you feel lighter?"

"Fuck if I know, what do you mean lighter?"

"We need a scale, we need to see if his mass has changed."

Before they left however, Kim gave a startled gasp and then flung her hand out to grab my chest as her wild eyes tried to swing my way. I grabbed her arm and then slowly laid her on the ground as her own round of changes began. I beckoned rapidly for pillows to be brought.

As she panted wildly her eyes focused on mine. With her free hand, the clawed hand, she tore at her chest exposing herself as both shirt and bra turned to shreds under her agitation. The last sight I ever had of her exquisite breasts before they disappeared forever from the world. Her breast tissue rapidly diminished as what I would guess was not only by design but as an important source of fuel. As her chest flattened her nipples ceased to exist as well, as the black discoloration spread across her bust.

"Ssshhh." I said gripping her hand much like she had mine earlier. "Ssshhh, look at me." I said, with real passion. "Look at me, I know your world revolves around what you see. Right now, you, and I, are that world. Stay with me Kim."

She reached upwards with the hand that had been tearing at herself just a scant moment before. With this free hand she grabbed the back of my head again, and whispered; "You pussy, I've got this."

I snorted before issuing my repartee; "Of course, you dear, you are the Goddess of the Amazon and Bellona herself. Oh, mighty creature that you are. Spare my sight from beholding your immortal strength."

She clenched her claws into the back of my head and neck, again drawing the feeling of blood. No other response came from her as her body bent and twisted. The entire time, she did everything she could to keep her eyes upon mine. Her self, connected to my own.

Through the whole of the process her mouth was opened in a rigid grimace of pain. Despite this, never once did she yell or scream.

Regardless of her lack of reaction, Alex and Allie immediately began to measure her blood pressure and heart rate. This seemed to cross their red-line soon enough as Alex grabbed a syringe, prepped it, and immediately inject it into Kim's left forearm.

Kim continued to stare right into my eyes, as the pain dulled slightly, she gave a harsh rumble deep in her chest. "I...won...." As her changes ceased for the time being.

I leaned forward to bite at her lip; "Of course you have, dear."

As she obstinately began to sit up, I helped her back to her eldest. There we collapsed once again. However, this time, Kim drew mine and Irma's heads close up to the protective curve of her body as we lay close beside each other. In this position I felt her lie her arm across both our necks as guardian, while we all joined in an uneasy and temporary slumber.