Melts in Your Mouth

Story by CaptainDood122 on SoFurry

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#1 of One-Shots

Mary Harrison is struggling to make ends meet. When a local laboratory offers to pay her generously if she signs up for their experiments, Mary makes a very unwise decision. ~1,300 words


Not many people were willing to subject themselves to the whims of "Mad Scientists" and let them experiment with your body. But in today's economy, Mary didn't have much of a choice if she wanted to make ends meet. She could barely afford her favorite candy let alone a whole meal at the end of the day. Factoring all this together, the Feline woman had decided to rent her body out to science like some kind of scientific prostitute. The tight bodysuit covering her midnight black fur even made her feel like she was about to shoot a dirty movie.

Seconds ago, men in white lab coats were swarming around her like flies around rotten food. They made her sign dozens of forms and do so many strange things. They said nobody was willing to volunteer so they were doing all of their experiments at once on her to save time. They said she might experience some physical and mental side effects. They said if they succeeded, she would be the first of a new race of perfect beings. They said lots of things before running behind an opaque glass window.

"Testing. Testing." came a voice over an intercom "Alright miss Harrison, your suit should keep you comfortable through all of this. It has an advanced shielding system that will let you breathe in any atmosphere even without a helmet! It will protect you from cuts, bullets, knives, and anything else that could pierce normal armor. The only thing it can't protect against is whatever happens to get inside of it."

A mumbling sound interrupted the scientist's excited rambling.

"Hmm? Ah yes. We'll also be testing a few other projects today. I'm sure you remember the injection my colleague gave you earlier. It will act as a catalyst for a transformative process that we hope will stimulate growth in your cells. Also, we'll be bombarding your body with a newly discovered form of radiation to power the growth."

Mary thought all of that was a bit overkill, but before she could express her opinion the researcher continued.

"And we found an ancient tome of mystical knowledge in a ruin not far from here. We're having our local thaumaturge pray using it as a conduit. I think he said it was a holy book of the god 'Shub Niggurath' or something. Anyways, let's do this!"

The scientist seemed as eager as her to start the experiment. A humming noise filled the room, and the complicated machinery surrounding her lit up like large fluorescent bulbs. At first, nothing seemed to happen. But soon enough, a tingling sensation washed across her skin. She could hear, then feel her bones crack and reform until they were larger than before. The tension of her skin stretching to accommodate new muscle created an intense heat that spread across her whole body. The black bodysuit resisted her expansion, then was pushed outward with her growing form.

By the time her head hit the sterile lab ceiling, alarms were blaring across the complex. Mary had the most wonderful idea though: Why not leverage her strength to have some fun? Tensing her newfound muscle, the Feline dashed through a solid brick wall and destroyed everything in her path. A man in a lab coat was screaming on the floor and trying to scramble away from her perfect form. Mary picked him up by his neck with one hand.

"Don't be afraid! This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience something amazing."

The man in her hands passed out before he could respond to her. She lost interest in the body and dropped it on the floor with a_thump._ Heat traveled up her frame again, and she felt the familiar sensation of her bones and skin expanding beneath her suit. This time, she grew past the ceiling and destroyed it with an energetic stretch of her shoulders. Showing no care for the building she once inhabited, Mary sauntered out of the rubble and knocked over the rest of the building on her exit.

A massive pillar of smoke rose behind her and signaled to all nearby that a disaster had struck. Mary ambled across the road, reducing every unfortunate inch of pavement under her feet to dust. She swiped at buildings that only came up to her waist, downing them in an instant. Skyscrapers were taller than her now, but the tight sensation of growing hadn't let up since she left the lab. The tops of the skyscrapers were getting closer and closer to her.

Out of curiosity, the giant noted a large bus parked in the middle of an intersection up ahead. She quickly leaped forward and kicked the bus with frightening speed, hoping to send it flying. Instead, the bus disintegrated on impact with her boot. Disappointed by her failure, Mary reflected on her actions. She knew that she had just killed hundreds in the span of a few moments. But for some reason, she didn't care as she would have before her transformation. Didn't that scientist say she might be affected mentally? Was she mentally compromised in some way?

Only a few moments had passed, but when she looked down at the city, she saw a small patch of toy-sized buildings where there were once screaming toy-sized people. Her growth was exponential! That meant she would double in size every couple of minutes at this rate. In fact, she was already tall enough to...

Without a second thought, Mary fell backward onto the city and instantly flattened it under her butt. The thought of crushing all those buildings and people sent a smile to her face. But what made her the happiest was knowing how free she was. Free to do whatever she wanted without any consequences. She was an invincible God of destruction compared to the rest of the world.

Missiles streaked across the sky and landed on her, producing monumental explosions that looked like little clouds of dust to her. Even their most powerful weapons were firecrackers at her size. The suit was protecting her from even this madness. She continued to grow skyward until the landscape lost all its texture. Mountains, valleys, plains, and rivers blended like paint on canvas. Eventually, she grew so large that the Earth could no longer contain her. Gravity surrendered its hold on her body and she gracefully floated away like she was underwater. Her growth slowed until the Earth was big enough to fit in the palm of her hand.

Cupped in her hand like an apple, it reminded her of the candy she used to eat all the time as a kid. Mary brought the globe to her mouth and took a large bite out of it. The outside was crunchy like a shell, but the inside was-

HOT! PAIN!

A scalding liquid poured down her throat, like an overheated hot pocket that was eaten too early. The liquid superheated metals of the Earth's core were already lethally burning the inside of her throat and making their way down to her stomach. For Mary, it was the worst pain imaginable. Worse than any stomachache, broken bone, or disease she had ever experienced. A wiser person may not have done anything Mary had today. But in the haze of burning pain, Mary's brain finally decided on something rational.

"The suit! It only protects me from dangerous things outside of it!"

Mary's hands went to her throat in the universal sign for choking, but there was nobody alive who could help her. Consciousness slowly left the Cat as her massive body drifted through the vast emptiness of space. Her core stayed warm while the rest of her froze. And then she knew no more.