The Protagonist System
354 Intermission: Monster Girl

The rest of the Guardians of the Globe showed up just as I finished putting the pasta salad together and Amanda finished chopping the sub sandwiches in half to make enough for everyone to share. We dished them up onto plates along the counter and the approaching heroes looked surprised. Black Sampson, Dupli-Kate, Rex-Splode, Shrinking Rae, and their newest member Bulletproof, gave the plates odd looks.

“If we were going to poison you, we wouldn't be so obvious about it.” I joked and they all stared at me. “You're right, Amanda. They all have sticks up their asses if they can't take such an obvious joke.”

Only Shrinking Rae objected, her face frowning. “I'm not stuck up!”

I gave her a look and then smiled. “You're wearing glasses over your hero costume instead of having Robot make you goggles or contacts.”

She opened her mouth to respond hotly and then realized I was right. She easily could have her vision correction lenses be a lot less obvious and have a much lower chance of being distracted when she lost them in battle. Wearing glasses like that was pretentious and made her look arrogant.

“Those are good suggestions.” Robot said, completely missing the point, and he grabbed a plate before sitting down at the large table.

Amanda picked up her own plate and handed me mine, then she took my hand and led me over to the table as well. She sat me down and pulled her chair over next to mine and sat right beside me, in an obvious bid to claim my attention, and started eating. The other heroes gave us searching looks, probably waiting to see if we visibly choked, then they all seemed to shrug at the same time and grabbed their own plates.

“I made plenty of salad, so don't hold back if you're hungry.” I said to no one in particular and started eating, too. “It'll keep in the fridge for three days when stored, so help yourselves.”

“Thanks, Atlas.” Amanda said and scooped some of her larger portion of salad into her mouth without chewing it, then did it again and again, finishing it in moments. She brought her plate over to the large bowl and gave herself two more scoops of salad, then came back to the table and started in on her sub sandwich.

Rex-Splode chuckled and used a spoon to taste the pasta salad. “Holy shit, that's good.”

That spurred the others to try it and they all devoured their portions as quickly as Amanda had. They gave me a look, as if asking permission, and I had to laugh.

“I said to help yourselves.” I waved at the counter where the large bowl was.

Shrinking Rae was the first to go over and took two scoops. “He really did make a bunch of it.”

The bowl was quickly surrounded and refilled their plates before everyone sat back down at the table and enjoyed the food.

I finished eating first, since I didn't take more than a single serving, and I introduced myself and how I had joined Global Justice that morning. I didn't make the joke about my symbol being adopted and Amanda gave me a knowing look and seemed happy that I hadn't shared it with the others.

“You're going to be an associate or a potential team member?” Black Sampson asked.

“I only just signed up, so I have to settle in before decisions that important are made.” I responded and he nodded. “Plus, I know having someone none of you know shoved onto your team would disrupt you all, because you would be expected to work closely with me with no notice and that's not the best way to build good team dynamics.”

That had the other heroes nod and smile, except Bulletproof, since he was the newest member and just joined, which caused the very thing I just mentioned. No one commented about that, though.

“I'm not locked into any one city for my patrols, unless Cecil decides to divert me to somewhere, then I'll do that first and then patrol everywhere else.”

They all looked at me like I was crazy.

“What is it?” I asked.

“You... patrol... the whole country?” Dupli-Kate asked and took a large bite out of her sandwich.

“No, I don't.” I responded and they all relaxed slightly. “I patrol the whole world.”

Several spoons dropped to the table and Rex had a rotini noodle roll out of his open mouth.

“I can fly at supersonic speeds, so it makes sense for me to check anywhere I can reach during my patrol times.” I explained and none of them stopped staring or resumed eating. “But, that's neither here nor there. I came here to meet you all and I can see that you all are working together well, even with your different personalities.”

They all watched as I stood and I turned to smile at Amanda, whom blushed at the attention.

“If it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I bother you by asking to see a demonstration of your powers?”

Amanda's blush faded and her face went blank. “You said you read my file, so you know what it means when I do that.”

“I do, and I apologize for it.” I said and reached out to gently touch her shoulder. “It's quite necessary for me to gauge your abilities and I wouldn't ask you to do it if it wasn't important.”

Amanda looked deep into my eyes and I let her see my sincerity. “It's fine. Let's go to the training room.”

I slid my hand from her shoulder and down her arm, then took her hand. “Thank you.”

Amanda's blush rushed back at the gesture and she stood up, her hand gripped in mine, and she led me out of the room.

I heard everyone start talking at once behind us and ignored it for now. “Just so you know, that wasn't only an excuse to get you alone.”

Amanda's hand tensed in mine. “It wasn't?”

I had to chuckle at that. “I do freely admit that you're damn cute as you are and I can't wait to see what you'll look like when you're older.”

Amanda's walking stuttered from hearing that and she tripped over her own feet before she fell. I easily caught her and scooped her up into my arms to cuddle her. She blushed hard at being held like that and she looked at my face to see if I was going to make fun of her for it.

“I wasn't joking, Amanda. I really can't wait to see what you look like.” I told her.

“Atlas... Greg... you know what my curse means. Every time I transform, I get younger.”

“Yeah, and if you didn't, you'd grow normally and then you could transform and start getting younger again. You are essentially immortal from age-related death.” I explained and her eyes grew wide. “How awesome is that? You are a living, breathing, fountain of youth.”

Amanda didn't respond as her mind whirled about her curse being put into such a positive spin. She only stared at me as I carried her into the training room that she hadn't had the chance to show me where it was, because we hadn't gone on a tour of the base yet. Surprisingly, she didn't ask me how I knew where to go and she stayed silent when I set her on her feet and I stepped back from her.

“Please go ahead and transform for me. I want to see the extent of the damage you've suffered from the curse.” I politely asked and her face went red again. “Don't be embarrassed about that, Amanda. I'm seriously trying to help you and need to see your alternate form.”

“I... I know. It's just that... you're so sincere and... no one else has ever... the concern I can hear in your voice...” Amanda babbled before her words trailed off and she dropped her head to look at the floor.

I stepped forward and cupped her chin with my hand to lift it and locked eyes with her. “I said to not be embarrassed. You're in pain, even if you pretend everything's okay. So please, go ahead and change. I promise I won't think any less of you when you show me.”

Amanda took a quick breath. “You asked for it.” She said and the swirling energy engulfed her and her form changed and grew into a hulking muscular orc with rough green skin that made her look quite hideous.

My hand was still cupping her chin, too. “That's horrifically fascinating.”

Monster Girl huffed and then barked a masculine laugh. “It's funny to hear such pretty words from such a pretty face.”

I smiled and chuckled, too. “I get it.” I said, because I looked as handsome as she looked ugly. I let her chin go and stepped back as I looked at her up and down to take in her new and expanded form completely. “Have you been experiencing anything like Gender Dysphoria? You spend an awful lot of time in a male body while fighting, which severely heightens both your adrenaline and hormone production during times of great stress.”

The masculine orc face grimaced. “That's a really personal question, Greg.”

I held up my hands in a clear sign I wasn't going to push. “Hey, I was only going to ask if you started liking girls, too. Because you know, that's hot as shit and a huge turn on for most guys.”

Monster Girl looked shocked and then started laughing. She paused briefly and looked at my smirking face, then kept laughing. She did that twice more before she calmed down enough that the swirling energy covered her body again and her form shrunk back down to reduce her to her 12 year old human body.

“So, what's the verdict?” Amanda asked as her amusement faded away. “Do I pass inspection?”

“That depends.” I said and she frowned at the non-answer. “How long have you been active as a hero? That wasn't in your file.”

Amanda gave me a deadpan look and didn't speak for a moment, then she sighed. “About 3 years before I joined the Guardians of the Globe.”

I felt a bit shocked at that and she saw it on my face. Instead of apologizing, I worked the math out in my head. It only took a second and the shock on my face didn't fade away. “On average, you lost about a year of your life for every three months you've been physically active as a hero.”

Amanda blinked her eyes at me several times. “How did you figure that out? Robot needed a week and several computers to come up with that answer!”

“That's because I said average, since there are down-times and less activity, and busy times and lots of activity. It only balances out now when we're looking at it, because we have a set time and a set age, both before and after.” I explained and she blinked her eyes several times again. “The sample size is the key. If we only used the times you were transformed, the result would be much more alarming.”

Amanda looked like she wasn't sure what to say to that.

“Put it this way. The brief time you just transformed can be easily measured from your previous physical self to the new one, because the time itself was brief. If that is the only measurement you take, then the results are skewed because you only have the one measurement for a brief transformation and not every possible length of transformation and what could be the result afterwards.”

Amanda's unsure look changed to horror. “N-no! I don't believe it!”

I immediately caught on to what scared her as her thoughts pretty much screamed at me. Robot's own tests for her alternate form only measured the short transformation and nothing else, and all his extrapolation about her condition were based on that. It also explained why he hadn't been able to do anything to help her, because he had incomplete data.

I stepped forward and put my arms around her, which she didn't recoil from. In fact, she hugged me back hard and she started sobbing. “Shh, it's okay. It's only as bad as you think it is.”

Amanda's sobbing hiccuped briefly with a laugh and her hands slapped my back once before her fists hit me twice. “Sh-shut up, you jerk.”

I chuckled and held her close to let her cry herself out. When she was done, she stepped back with a wet face and a smile. I used a napkin to dab at her eyes and then handed it to her.

“Thanks.” Amanda said and she did a more thorough job cleaning her face off. Surprisingly, she didn't do the cliche blowing snot into it before she handed it back to me with a smile.

“Naw, go ahead. You have to do it now.” I said and handed it right back.

Amanda nodded and folded it and then blew a huge honker right into the middle of it, wiped her nose off, and then daintily held it between her fingertips to hold out to me.

“You're such a classy lady.” I said sarcastically and took it with a look of disgust on my face.

Amanda laughed, just like I knew she would, then she stepped back in close to look up at my face. “Greg, I... I'm...” She shook her head and smiled. “Thanks.”

“You're welcome.” I said and motioned towards the door. “Can you give me that tour while I work out how to help you after your very generous fluid donation?”

Amanda made a disgusted noise and didn't ask what happened to the napkin. “I have to wash my hands anyway, so sure.”

The first stop was the closest bathroom and then the next half an hour had me shown all the different places inside the Guardian's base. It had a lot of wasted space, especially with only the small group they had. They didn't even have a plane or anything inside the mostly empty hangar.

Amanda talked the whole time about her adventures and seemed comfortable with telling me everything, even the more gruesome details. Apparently, our shared moment was enough for her to relax around me. She even pretended to accidentally bump into me a few times to grope my butt and managed to trip over a supply box in the main storage area and gave me a gentle caress through the front of my hero suit.

Since I couldn't let that go without rewarding her for being so sneaky, not to mention successful, I let myself grow hard for her. Her eyes widened as her face went completely red. She couldn't resist or stop herself as her hand caressed me again, deliberately this time, and her fingertip tracing the outline as she bit her lip.

“Supply closet?” I asked and she moaned, grabbed my hand, and ran over to the side of the storage room and pulled open the closet. She shoved me inside the fairly large space and hopped up to kiss me hard, then she gripped the neck of my suit and dropped down to pull it down past my waist.

“Oh, baby.” Amanda moaned and briefly slipped her mouth over the tip to taste me and she licked her lips. “Come to mamma.”

I was only a little surprised that she didn't waste any time as she availed herself with my hardness. Her hand stroked me, her other hand played with my balls, and her tongue licked me all over as she wallowed in the pleasure she hadn't had in a while and she sucked and played with me to give me a very good blowjob.

If I had needed proof that she had sex before, and I didn't, that was plenty. She definitely knew what she was doing and she had a lot of fun getting me off, too. I mean, she really enjoyed worshipping me and having me in her mouth, not to mention that her own sexy smell filled the closet as she rubbed herself.

The thing was, we both knew she wasn't going to do anything more than suck me off. Her physical body couldn't handle anything else and she felt ashamed that she couldn't go all the way, especially when I finally let go and filled her mouth with liquid warmth.

Amanda moaned loudly and swallowed it all with ease, surprising me again, then she knelt on the floor to stare up at it with a look full of longing and regret. I reached down and pet her hair for a moment, then I gripped her ponytail and tugged on it, making her gasp and then moan.

“You don't think one blowjob is going to be enough, do you? Keep sucking.” I ordered.

Amanda blushed at that, then she smiled before she kissed her way up my shaft and she gave me that same longing look. Her mouth slipped back over me and she moaned louder as I used her ponytail like a handle to help her suck me off again. She definitely liked that I wasn't trying to push her for more than that, even though every other guy she had been with always tried to strip her off and screw her, no matter what she looked like.

I wasn't going to embarrass her like that, especially since I knew she wasn't ready for more. No, I had a much better plan in mind. Inside my inventory, I looked at all the MRE ration meals I had and mentally counted how long it would take for her to eat them all in a constant stream.

It wasn't nearly enough for what I wanted, so I had to take one out and used my copy power to make thousands more of them that I stacked around us and all along the walls, so it looked like they had always been there, just out of sight. Now I just had to figure out how to convince her to eat constantly as I slowly used my Chronomancy power on her to age her up to her real age.

Amanda did something with her tongue that made me moan and it distracted me from my thoughts. I glanced down at her and saw her smug face, letting me know she did it on purpose to get my attention. I let out a chuckle and lifted her up to give her a kiss right on the lips. She looked shocked I would do something like that, then I put her back down on the floor and shoved myself back into her still open mouth.

She moaned and her mind was full of happy thoughts as she went back to work on me. She hadn't enjoyed herself like this for a very long time and she couldn't wait to see if I really could figure out how to fix her. Why? Because she wanted me inside of her really really badly. She was even contemplating trying it right now, even knowing it would hurt like hell, and she wouldn't really enjoy it as it tore her up inside... and she still wanted to try it.

So, I told her what I wanted her to do to fix her problem. I barely had the words 'chronomancy' and 'eat constantly' out of my mouth when she sucked on me so hard that I thought she had been replaced with a vacuum. Of course, I blew my second load right then and she looked inordinately pleased as she swallowed it all again, then she surprised me by standing up and stripping off, revealing the immature body that she was fully ashamed of.

“Come on, buddy. Hurry up with the meals and the powers.” Amanda said and motioned to the stacks of MREs around us. “Show me how to work them and we'll get them all activated. I need my breasts and my ass back ASAP...” She paused gave me a very sexy look. “...and so do you.”

I really couldn't argue that and did as she asked, used my power on her as she ate in a constant stream for nearly half an hour, then I did her in her 24 year old body and she loved every second of it.

Also, she was right. Her ass and her tits were spectacular.