Greg's Discovery: Part 3

nightwolf285 · #1 August 1st, 2007, 07:49 AM

Greg's Discovery: Part 3

The Ghastly Trio, now more aptly the 'Thinning Trio' ran at a full sprint through the grove, around to the southern side of the school. Each of them ran as fast as they could, huffing with reddened faces along the way. Rounding out of the grove, the trio was now atop a hill that rolled into the football field. On the other side, on the hill was the southern entrance to the school.

Leading the pathetic trio was the one who lost their muscle first. Though he was running as quick as his thin legs would carry him, he struggled to hold up his three sizes too large pants. They looked more like jinkos the way they hung off his slender hips.

Just behind him was the second to loose their strength, Zack. Though there were only few people around where they ran, it was enough to embarrass him beyond content. His thin body was merely covered by a sagging pair of brightly colored boxers. Zack was sure to keep a hand on the waist band, just in case they tried to fall.

Lastly was the one brute that had not lost any of his size to Greg's war path. And though he was still a little ways from putting the pieces together, this boy knew that all of his had to do with the shimmering red crystal that he had in his pocket. Its many jagged faces jingled in his pants, poking tiny wholes in his pockets the faster his bowl legs ran.

The group had finally made it to the steps of the southern entrance. Running up the wide, but few stepped stairway, they entered a side entrance rather than the main one. This lead to a hall which went straight to the gymnasium.

More people were inside, but surely less than there would have been if they had gone the other way. None of the stopped to look at the faces they were making at the sight of them. Many didn't recognize who they were, only one or two figured out that this was what remained of the Ghastly Trio. Those people's faces were in even greater shock than the rest.

Banging his body against the heavy metal doors, trying not to slow down, all of the group had finally entered the gymnasium. They were almost there. Only half the length of a basketball court to go before they made it to the locker room and their destination. They gym was rather large with a twenty foot ceiling ribbed with beams of metal and the occasional suspended lights. Currently, they were the only people in the gym, but all of them knew that this would not keep for long.

Shoving their way through another pair of metal doors, slightly bruising the first's shoulder, at last the trio had made it to the locker room. Slowing down, attempting to catch their breath, they went down one of the many isles of half sized lockers. Half way down there was Zack's locker and a new pair of clothes that he could wear.

All of them were still huffing rather loudly from their sprint half way across campus. Their huffing was so loud that none of them even heard the shower running in the other room. Though sweat profusely dripped from all of their faces, it appeared as if they had out ran the kid that had given them so much grief this morning.

?How'd-- he do that,? the other skinny bully, Brian huffed, ?Again!?

Zack shook his head in wonder and frustration. His whole body was red and glistening with sweat. The red skin now served as a dull background to his soaked hair. Opening his top locker, Zack replied with his usual grunts. ?I dunno. But I swear if I find out that I am going to not just embarrass him. I am gonna kill 'em.?

?Leave some for me then, eh?? Brian remarked, rubbing the top of his shortly buzzed hair.

If it hadn't been for each of their transformations, it would have been difficult to pick out who was who in the group. All of them sported a similar buzzed hair cut and worn dark clothing. All of their faces were rather square and compacted, but non more so than the only other person who hadn't spoke in the trio. He was leaning against another set of lockers on the other side of the isle, away from Brian and Zack. He had inexplicably begun laughing to himself, and for the three of them, that was very unusual. ?What's so funny Sean?? Brian asked, confused as usual.

Sean looked up at Brian. His features, though squarish were rather well rounded off considering. He had a square jaw, covered with a day's growth of red-brown hair, and his eyes hid behind half closed slit for eyelids. Grunting with his equally low voice, but with more distinction than Zack could ever hope to achieve, he said, ?I think I know how the little brat did it.?

Zack had just finished slipping on his new clothes, which now consisted of a rather loose pair of gray sweat pants and a dull gray t-shirt. But the news of hearing that Sean may have figured it out caused him to turn a hundred and eighty degrees, much like a suspended manikin on strings. ?How?? Zack grunted with intrigue.

Rather than an answer, there was the sound of the shower turning off. Sean had tucked his hand in his right pant pocket and was caressing the glowing crystal. Looking over at the room of steam, Sean had gotten an idea.

?Well,? Zack asked again, ?you gonna tell us??

Standing straight back up, Sean looked over at his friends. Grinning wider, he cocked his head towards the steamed archway down the other side of the isle and said, ?Nah, I think I'll show ya.?

A young sophomore boy had just emerged from the other room, entering the dark blue tiled locker room. Though he was still soaking wet, a long white towel hung from his waist, exposing a rather impressive eight pack. Although Sean didn't know it, the young man before him was one of the schools top middle weight wrestlers. He stood just as tall as Sean did and though he didn't have as much muscle as Sean, all of his was far more cut and defined.

The young boy didn't seem to notice Sean slowly approaching him for one reason or another, and was startled by his rather loud, echoing greeting. ?Hey!? Sean bellowed.

The boy's head snapped up, reveling a rather cute, rounded face under the long wet curls of hair. Be it the surprise or the way Sean had greeted him, the boy was defiantly in no mood for talking. Responding in a higher, less echoing voice, he snapped back rather harshly with a, ?What??

Sean was taken back, but shrugged it off. Perhaps the boy had a cockiness about his appearance or abilities. Which ever it was, it wouldn't matter for long. Trying to grin pleasantly at the person two years his junior, he offered an placating apologetic tone, ?What? Can't a man not just say hey these days? I wanned to know what sport you played.?

?I wrestle.?

?Wrestling eh,? he said, trying to hold back a couple of snickers, ?Well that's not too bad. I'm going into weightlifting or bodybuilding myself-- not sure which.?

Giving in to the futile conversation, the boy put his hands on his hips and asked, ?Well, when are you going to decide what to do??

Sean stepped within a few feet of the boy. He was ready. ?Oh,? he began, ?--now.?

The sophomore was confused by what Sean had just said, but before he could ask him what he meant, Sean had grabbed onto the young boy's ripped, but slender arm. Zack and Brian watch from many feet behind with a confused intent to see what Sean was up to. The moment he had grabbed the boy's arm though, at least part of them knew what Sean had been planning.

As for the boy, he tried to pull his arm away, but ended up getting his other arm tethered to Sean's other hand. He was like a fly on fly paper; it was too late. The change had already begun and he was stuck along for the ride. Almost instantly did Sean feel what surely the others had felt before. A strange sensation of the boy's muscle passing through his hand and pressing itself onto his flesh and into his muscle. The boy cried out, trying to make it stop, but it was no use.

As Sean's muscled appearance slowly inflated, it also began to define itself. Just like his friends, his body had been undefined and covered in a thick layer of fat. Instead, the fat seemed to melt away off of his body and be replaced by the muscle that he was taking from the defenseless boy. Sean felt his stomach flatten out and turn into a six pack. His arms thinned but then quickly grew again, but only this time with shear muscle.

Sean's muscles also flexed as they grew. He could feel every muscle in his body tighten and grow. And he liked it. At the same time, the boy's body dwindled in size. What was hard earned muscle for him was leaving him and being replaced by a rather unattractive layer of fat. His belly lost all of its definition, instead, it slowly swelled and thickened with chubby fat. His arms thinned out some then their former muscle was replaced by the fat being infused into them. The boy was nearly in tears over what was happening.

Zack and Brian were amazed at what they were seeing, although their faces wouldn't have shown anyone else that. Both of them watched as their friend filled up with muscle and watched as his clothes reshaped along with his body.

After Sean felt the rush of new muscle slow, he let go of the boy's hand. That stick that held them together had vanished. Though he was not that much bigger than he had been, it was clear, even through the baggy clothes that his body was more defined. His shirt hung off his chest more sharply than it had before. His pants seemed to fit more regularly, especially around his thighs and ass. And as for the boy, he didn't stay to admire Sean's handy work at the power of the crystal. Instead, he ran off to his locker, whimpering and holding his towel up with his new, excessive gut.

Both Zack and Brian came up behind Sean with mouths hanging wide. Sean had turned around and gloated at them with the largest smile he had ever worn on that block face. Lifting up his shirt, he revealed a thick field of tightly entangled, but short red-brown hair now accenting a rather ripped physique. He rubbed his new six pack with pleasure shortly before moving his hands up to his now equally impressive chest. Sean had never had such a well cut body; his appearance was rather intoxicating. Feeling his own muscles up in this way flipped a switch in his head. The only thing on his mind was getting more: Sean wanted much more.

Interrupting Sean's thought and exploration of his body, he heard Brian say, ?But how? How did you do that??

Dropping his shirt back down, he looked at Zack and Brian rather intensely. The gleam in his eye was filled with an ego the size of a thousand suns. Even if they didn't fully understand it, part of them knew that they were about to get the sack. ?It doesn't matter,? Sean bellowed to his former friends, ?What matters is that I want some more and the two of you have nothing to offer me.?

Both Zack and Brian's hearts sank right out of their scrawny chests and onto the floor. For two people who had never felt a great range of emotion for most of their life, they were surely making up for it now. Sean didn't linger to watch their faces fall with their hearts. Instead, he knocked his way past them. Going between them, he knocked both of them on the shoulder with his. The force was so great that Zack fell back into the lockers. As for Brian, Sean irritated the buise forming on his shoulder already and got knocked to the floor. Sean grinned, proud of what he had done and walked back out into the gymnasium, patting his right pants pocket with a coveting joy. This left Brian and Zack both, in a strange way, with them and their hearts broken on the floor.

To be continued...

I want to thank people again for their encouragement of this story. I am also happy as always that people are reading it. Hopefully everyone enjoyed this instalement and will equally enjoy the next. Please feel free to leave comments of critisism or complement; both are appreciated. Thanks again! See ya.

TitanInTraining · #2 August 1st, 2007, 08:19 AM

This is turning out great and I can not wait to see who gains muscle next and who turns about to be the biggest, or if the crystal is separated into multiple parts. What is going to happen next. Arrggh. This is great.

gb123 · #3 August 1st, 2007, 08:35 AM

Man, Im disapponted sean got hold of the crystal and used it for himself, was kind of hoping it would backfire on him and the wrestler kid would end up better off for it :P

Be interested to see what happens next though.

chocomus · #4 August 1st, 2007, 09:24 AM

Backfire, huh? could be.
That growth work it does seems good but sometimes things aren't as they seem. What if the cristal has his own mind? It could be something evil. Appealing at first and when you don't look... ZaS! YOUR OWN MUSCLES ARE GONE! With the muscle you have stolen till then and increasing the cristal own power as well. That would be interesting because, who would be able to avoid using it?

darkluster4 · #5 August 1st, 2007, 10:45 AM

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Man, Im disapponted sean got hold of the crystal and used it for himself, was kind of hoping it would backfire on him and the wrestler kid would end up better off for it :P

Be interested to see what happens next though.

I agree, I kinda liked the wrestler kids description.

Maybe he should team up with Chris and Greg.

theseventhwave · #6 August 1st, 2007, 12:19 PM

[COLOR="Red"]This chapter is Awesome! [COLOR="Black"]PLEASE[/COLOR] keep going![/COLOR]

skumbum · #7 August 1st, 2007, 01:01 PM

I agree

Ender · #8 August 1st, 2007, 05:32 PM

I like the story a lot. Unlike the others I'm not that suprised or disturded that Greg lost the crystal. The first time the crystal acted one its own to help Greg with out Greg knowing what would happen. The crystal did its thing and Brian the aggressor lost and Greg the victim gained... I'm cool with muscle thieft like that. Brain had it coming to him as do Zack and Sean.

But in the second part Greg tracked the bullies and grabbed Zack (I wish he hadn't done that...I would have preferred him to taunt Zack and have Zach grab him) Either way it made him a less noble person so the crystal needed to move on... since the pocket was ripped it seems logical to guess it chose to leave Greg... Sean being the finder was a pretty good bet and the only one not involved or tramatized.

In part three we see the reason I generally don't like muscle thieft and body thieft... the innocent bystander (and it was a guy I would like to be built like) that was the victim. That the wrestler got fat and that Brian and Zack Stayed flabby is an interesting point, my bet is that the crystal is trying to equalize the two subjects and the wrestler being super ripped to keep is weight class down picked up the fat because he was so extremely cut...

Sean cutting his former buddies adrift is logical be I think it will come back to haunt him in the end...

looking forward to the next installment... Great job NightWolf,,,

Ender

skumbum · #9 August 1st, 2007, 10:18 PM

I thought the wrestler got fat because Sean had fat to get rid of. Brian and Zack stayed flabby because they were flabby to begin with. They didn't get extra fat because Greg didn't have any. Also, why would a crystal necessarily be noble? Looking forward to the next chapter.

Ender · #10 August 2nd, 2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by skumbum

I thought the wrestler got fat because Sean had fat to get rid of. Brian and Zack stayed flabby because they were flabby to begin with. They didn't get extra fat because Greg didn't have any. Also, why would a crystal necessarily be noble? Looking forward to the next chapter.

Okay I am reading a lot of stuff into the story and assuming the world has a number of rules that have not been specifically defined yet and I may be dead wrong on all of it... but here's my reasoning...

Second point first what I said or meant to say was that Greg, by grabbing Zack and suspecting the affect their touching would have on the two of them, Greg was assaulting Zack with the intent to steal Zack's muscle... Greg staked the bullies down with the intent to do harm to them. Given the chance he intended to drain Sean too. Greg's actions were in affect the same as Brian grabbing Greg in the first part... Greg had something Brian wanted and Brian intended to take it by force but the crystal beat him to the punch... after draining Brian and suspecting the nature of the crystal Greg assume the role of Bully by tracking the trio down and confronting them in the same way they had confronted him. Had Greg allowed Zack the "first punch" he would have maintained the moral high ground (by acting in an honorable or "noble" manner), But Greg grabbed Zack believing that by doing it he would absorb Zack's muscle which is exactly what Sean does to the wrestler coming out of the shower.

When Chris locates the pocket in the remains of Greg's shredded clothes they see that the crystal had "burst" from Greg's pocket this to me suggests that the crystal chose to leave Greg while he was draining Zack's muscle. The crystal didn't like how it was being used and moved on. If Greg hadn't been the one to take the first shot I thing it would have remained with him. The crystal sees that now Greg is the one "beating up on" the trio and offers itself to them and, Sean the only one that isn't involved in draining Zach or in a PTSD attack like Brian, picks up the crystal...

My take on the operation of the crystal: The crystal acts to "Level" the field between the nearest pair of belligerents... Greg starts with a just a little muscle so what ever fat he carries may easily give him the same or higher fat to muscle ratio to the bullies but still appear "skinny." And lets say that Brian starts with 5 times the muscle that Greg starts with (muscle not total body weight). If the crystal were to average out their muscle that would leave Greg with three times the muscle he started with and Brian with only 60% of what he started... Net result is Greg now seems to be "Huge" and Brain seems to be "Skinny" but they both have the same amount of muscle. The crystal doesn't have a lot of imagination...

So with Sean and the Wrestler we start with that wrestler with near zero fat and about the same muscle volume as Sean but what the wrestler has is very well trained and dense and say twice as strong as Sean's. So lets say Sean has twenty percent more less efficient muscle than the wrestler and many times the the fat. When you average them out the wrestler loses about 20% of his muscle and gains a half of Sean's fat and Sean gain 30% more muscle while his fat is cut in half... Not a bad deal for Sean...

Assuming that the crystal does seek a new keeper if it believes it has been used selfishly or otherwise misused we can beresonibly sure it will escape Sean no later then the next time he uses it.

Ender

Oh I forgot to meantion that I think the crystal is intended to prevent conflict by making both parties to the dispute equal and unable to defeat the other but on earth its methodology is invalid.

gb123 · #11 August 2nd, 2007, 10:28 AM

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gb123 · #12 August 2nd, 2007, 10:29 AM

Greg didn't become the bully, he was driven with the need for more muscle and revenge.

I still hope the cyrstal will come back to Greg and he will continue his growth journey, hopefully taking Seans gains with him. :P

Ender · #13 August 2nd, 2007, 11:09 AM

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Greg didn't become the bully, he was driven with the need for more muscle and revenge.

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[COLOR=navy]I still hope the cyrstal will come back to Greg and he will continue his growth journey, hopefully taking Seans gains with him. :P

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[COLOR=navy]Greg liked having the extra muscle the frist it was given to him the second time he took it the same way Sean did they were both reasonably sure that grabbing the would result in them getting the other guy's muscle. I will allow that Greg may have rationalize taking Zack's muscle as a way to protect other kids from future abuse at the hands of the trio. But Greg choice to take it without a specific action to justify that action... [/COLOR]
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gb123 · #14 August 2nd, 2007, 05:09 PM

He may have taken it the same way, but with different motivation, Sean just wants to be a prick and get big, Greg wanted to get pay back and humilate them for what they had done in the past.

skumbum · #15 August 3rd, 2007, 10:48 PM

I like reading this chapter.

Ender · #16 August 7th, 2007, 02:28 PM

I know this is OBE (Overcome By Events) but I noticed it in my out box... It relates to my theory about the logic of the crystal's operation... and how a ripped wrestler get's fat as the result of chubby bully stealing the muscle the wrestler worked so hard to get and keep with super low fat levels...

At 01:18 AM 8/2/2007, you wrote:

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I thought the wrestler got fat because Sean had fat to get rid of. Brian and Zack stayed flabby because they were flabby to begin with. They didn't get extra fat because Greg didn't have any. Also, why would a crystal necessarily be noble?
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Second point first what I said or meant to say was that Greg, by grabbing Zack and suspecting the affect their touching would have on the two of them, Greg was assaulting Zack with the intent to steal Zack's muscle... Greg staked the bullies down with the intent to do harm to him. Given the chance he intended to drain Sean too. Greg's actions were in affect the same as Brian grabbing Greg in the first... Greg had something Brian wanted an Brian intended to take it by force buy the crystal beat him to the punch... after draining Brian and suspecting the nature of the crystal Greg assume the role of Bully by tracking the trio down and confronting them in the same way they had confronted him. Had Greg allowed Zack the "first punch" he would have maintained the moral high ground (by acting in a honorable or "noble" manner), But Greg grabbed Zack believing that by doing it he would absorb Zack's muscle which is exactly what Sean does to the wrestler coming out of the shower.

When Chris locates the pocket in the remains of Greg's shredded clothes they see that the crystal had "burst" from Greg's pocket this to me suggests that the crystal chose to leave Greg while he was draining Zack's muscle. The crystal didn't like how it was being used and moved on. If Greg hadn't been the one to take the first shot I thing it would have remained with him. The crystal sees that now Greg is the one "beating up on" the trio and offers itself to them and, Sean the only one that isn't involved in draining Zach or in a PTSD attack like Brian, picks up the crystal...

My take on the operation of the crystal: The crystal acts to "Level" the field between the nearest pair of belligerents... Greg starts with a just a little muscle so what ever fat he carries may easily give him a same or higher fat to muscle ratio to the bullies but still appear "skinny." And lets say that Brian starts with 5 times the muscle that Greg starts with (muscle not total body weight). If the crystal were to average out their muscle that would leave Greg with three time the muscle he started with and Brian with only 60% of what he started... Net result is Greg now seems to be "Huge" and Brain seems to be "Skinny" but they both have the same amount of muscle. The crystal doesn't have a lot of imagination...

So with Sean and the Wrestler we start with that wrestler with near zero fat and about the same muscle volume as Sean but what the wrestler has is very well trained and dense and twice as stronger than Sean. So lets say Sean has twenty percent more less efficient muscle than the wrestler and 20 or more times the the fat. When you average them out the wrestler loses about 20% of his and a load of fat and Sean gain 30% more muscle his fat is cut in half...

skumbum · #17 August 7th, 2007, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ender

I know this is OBE (Overcome By Events) but I noticed it in my out box... It relates to my theory about the logic of the crystal's operation... and how a ripped wrestler get's fat as the result of chubby bully stealing the muscle the wrestler worked so hard to get and keep with super low fat levels...

At 01:18 AM 8/2/2007, you wrote:

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I thought the wrestler got fat because Sean had fat to get rid of. Brian and Zack stayed flabby because they were flabby to begin with. They didn't get extra fat because Greg didn't have any. Also, why would a crystal necessarily be noble?
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Second point first what I said or meant to say was that Greg, by grabbing Zack and suspecting the affect their touching would have on the two of them, Greg was assaulting Zack with the intent to steal Zack's muscle... Greg staked the bullies down with the intent to do harm to him. Given the chance he intended to drain Sean too. Greg's actions were in affect the same as Brian grabbing Greg in the first... Greg had something Brian wanted an Brian intended to take it by force buy the crystal beat him to the punch... after draining Brian and suspecting the nature of the crystal Greg assume the role of Bully by tracking the trio down and confronting them in the same way they had confronted him. Had Greg allowed Zack the "first punch" he would have maintained the moral high ground (by acting in a honorable or "noble" manner), But Greg grabbed Zack believing that by doing it he would absorb Zack's muscle which is exactly what Sean does to the wrestler coming out of the shower.

When Chris locates the pocket in the remains of Greg's shredded clothes they see that the crystal had "burst" from Greg's pocket this to me suggests that the crystal chose to leave Greg while he was draining Zack's muscle. The crystal didn't like how it was being used and moved on. If Greg hadn't been the one to take the first shot I thing it would have remained with him. The crystal sees that now Greg is the one "beating up on" the trio and offers itself to them and, Sean the only one that isn't involved in draining Zach or in a PTSD attack like Brian, picks up the crystal...

My take on the operation of the crystal: The crystal acts to "Level" the field between the nearest pair of belligerents... Greg starts with a just a little muscle so what ever fat he carries may easily give him a same or higher fat to muscle ratio to the bullies but still appear "skinny." And lets say that Brian starts with 5 times the muscle that Greg starts with (muscle not total body weight). If the crystal were to average out their muscle that would leave Greg with three time the muscle he started with and Brian with only 60% of what he started... Net result is Greg now seems to be "Huge" and Brain seems to be "Skinny" but they both have the same amount of muscle. The crystal doesn't have a lot of imagination...

So with Sean and the Wrestler we start with that wrestler with near zero fat and about the same muscle volume as Sean but what the wrestler has is very well trained and dense and twice as stronger than Sean. So lets say Sean has twenty percent more less efficient muscle than the wrestler and 20 or more times the the fat. When you average them out the wrestler loses about 20% of his and a load of fat and Sean gain 30% more muscle his fat is cut in half...

You forgot to meantion that you think the crystal is intended to prevent conflict by making both parties to the dispute equal and unable to defeat the other but on earth its methodology is invalid.