Laura’s mind was racing, she had to act fast or Vanessa was going to get demolished by a pissed off muscle monster that used to be their brother. Or maybe still was and just dealing with side effects of this weird phone thing. Or maybe he was always dick who now feels free to be a dick since he’s so strong. Regardless, he had to be stopped.
Laura frowned when she saw that Greg’s profile was still the one on screen. She’d hoped it might revert back to her when she took the phone since her real hope was to grow her own physique beyond what her brother was sporting, perhaps some real superhuman power, but seeing as it would take precious seconds to switch profiles she decided to start with what was right in front of her.
Fuck, Greg weighs nearly 400 pounds!!! Laura noticed his stats at the top of the screen, It’s a wonder he hasn’t fallen through the floor.
She managed to spot the tab that controlled physique and at the top was a muscle mass slider. Laura quickly slid it down, not even really paying attention to the rendering of her brother or how it changed as she adjusted. She just knew he needed to be smaller, then they could figure out the rest. She hit APPLY CHANGES.
Laura looked up just in time to see Greg grab Vanessa by the arm. He pulled her close getting his face right in hers. Vanessa slapped him hard across the cheek but the big guy didn’t even feel it; he just smiled. Except a moment later he wasn’t smiling anymore. Instead he looked confused even afraid. Greg let go of Vanessa and put his hands on his chest. He gasped when he felt his massive muscles rapidly shrinking. He spun to face Laura and saw she had the phone in her hand.
“What did you do?” Greg asked, reaching out an arm that was clearly smaller than it used to be and still slimming down.
Laura almost felt sorry for him, she knew it wasn’t permeant, he just looked so pathetic withering away. By the time he was finished shrinking he was skinnier than Laura’s friend Jason and Jason was the least athletic person she knew. The phone said he was down to 90 pounds; not much meat for his 6’ 2” frame. Greg was crying, tears ran down his cheeks and his breathing was beginning to shudder a little. His mouth began to move as if he was trying to speak, but he wasn’t making any sound. Then just squeaks.
Finally Greg cleared his throat and spoke quietly, “I’m sorry.” Even quiet as it was Laura could tell his voice was higher pitched, not as deep as it used to be. Greg fell to his bony knees and sat, shoulders (such as they were) slumped, head low.
Vanessa approached her withered, emaciated brother from behind and slapped him across the top of the head, “You’re damn right you’re sorry! What the hell came over you? You’ve never acted like that.”
Greg's body collapsed onto the floor from the force of Vanessa's strike, a very different outcome from moments earlier. Greg slowly pushed himself back to a kneeling position. Once there he lightly nodded his hanging head, which amounted to a tiny bobbing motion, and just said, “I don’t know, I’m sorry. I... I didn't feel like myself.”
Laura stood and approached her siblings. “Go easy on him, Ness. I don’t think this is entirely his fault. It’s possible that adding so much muscle so fast caused a… I dunno… like a short circuit in his brain. Like it triggered a ‘mad with power’ sort of thing.”
Vanessa clearly didn’t understand what she was saying, so Laura changed tactics. She turned her attention to her brother and looked him in the eye. “Look, here’s what we’re going to do. I’m going to put you back to normal.”
At this news Greg stood up. It was tougher than he expected and when he spoke he was a little out of breath, “Really? Please don’t mess with me.”
“Fucking really, Laura?” Vanessa sounded exasperated.
“Yeah, Vanessa, really,” Laura said looking to her sister. “Unless you want to explain to mom and dad why their bodybuilder son is suddenly all skin and bones.”
Vanessa sighed, “Noted.”
Laura returned to Greg. “Besides. I’m not a bully. But neither are you, usually. So in the interest of putting this behind us and not raising suspicions I’ll put you back the way you were before, but not until tomorrow morning. Partially as punishment for treating me and Vanessa the way you did, but also so I can study this thing.” She held up her phone. “One change and you nearly lost your mind. We need to be careful."
Laura took in a deep breath. She couldn't believe she was going to say this. "Also, once I figure out how to use this thing safely I'll be happy to share with you both. BUT we need to keep this secret. It could be really dangerous. That also means no big changes all at once, instead we'll go slow so people don't get too suspicious. You want to put on a ton of extra muscle, fine, just over a long period of time. Everyone good?"
Laura looked to her siblings and both were nodding their agreement. Greg still looked down.
"You doing okay?" Vanessa asked.
"I'm just not used to feeling this weak. I really don't like it."
"I'm sorry," Laura said, though her voice was firm. "I know it's not your fault, you didn't know what this thing did. I mean, I sure didn't. But I need to know it's safe before we do anything. My phone, my app, my rules. Okay?"
Greg sighed. "I get it. And it's just for one day."
"I promise," Laura nodded. “Now if I may have some alone time, I’ll let you guys know what I find in a little bit.” Vanessa and Greg shuffled out of Laura’s room. Laura still couldn’t get over the fact that her brother was suddenly a 90 pound weakling. Incredible, and a welcome change from his usual intimidating form, and a very welcome change from the 400 pounds beast he had just been.
Once they were just outside her door Vanessa spun to Greg, an idea struck her like a lightning bolt. "Oh!!! You know what you should do? You should take pictures of yourself like this, right? And then when you're back to normal you can take another set. It'd be the most impressive before and after story ever!"
Greg laughed a genuine laugh. "It's a good idea, but I don't want any pictures of me like this. And besides, Laura said keep a low profile. I don't think that fits."
As Laura closed her bedroom door she could hear Vanessa let out a half serious, half sarcastic "Aw c'mon!!" As if that ever won a single argument.
Now that she was alone Laura was at a loss. She began to realize the power she held in her hand. She could have the body of her dreams. Strong, powerful, sexy, better in any way and every way. Since discovering Greg in her room Laura hadn’t had a chance to stop and think about what all this really meant. She realized her hands were shaking.
Laura calmed herself with a few deep breaths and set to work looking through the app. Within minutes she was overwhelmed. It wasn’t that the app was hard to use, it was incredibly user friendly, rather the it was the possibilities were unbelievable. It wasn’t just that she could change her appearance, she could choose to make the change now or slowly over time. If she was reading things properly she could even alter history so that whatever change was made fit the timeline. She could alter entire groups or populations, she could create people (a friend or a fuck buddy, perhaps) straight from scratch, or bestow superhuman strength or a vast array of other superpowers upon anyone. And there was more, but a lot of it didn’t make sense to Laura anymore. She decided her brain was overloaded.
She set the phone aside and began thinking through her options. A small change to herself made the most sense, but there was an itching inside her that wanted to go crazy with the changes and finally have the body she’d always wanted. She knew she'd told Greg and Vanessa they'd go slow, but it was her app and she'd do whatever she wanted with it. Laura grinned thinking about changing the past so she’d grown up even more impressive than her siblings.
They'd never even know the difference. The fear of losing her mind similar to Greg hung over her dreams. She could get power hungry with no one to stop her. Heck, she could already feel the pull, the desire to just get to the endpoint that would be turning into a world dominating goddess.
Not the worst possible outcome I can think of, she thought. She was surprised to find just how hot the idea made her. Best to move on.
Perhaps having someone was a good idea, but she didn’t want to involve Vanessa or Greg. Still, they were the only ones that knew about what her phone could do. She supposed seeing if Vanessa was willing to be a test subject might be the best option.
Given a choice she'd rather call Jason, her best friend. He was displeased with his appearance much as Laura was, the two geeks had been best friends since first grade. While she really did believe in keeping this power a secret, it was a given that she'd share with Jason at some point. Perhaps he'd make a better lab partner, he was certainly smarter than Vanessa.
Finally she made up her mind.
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