Big Trouble in Little Dock

"Love you too, Markus."

Cathy and Kareena were camping in the Sierras when the fateful event happened. She'd tagged along with her cousin's family for their yearly trip for the first time.

Kareena's family had gone to the local campground supply store to restock, leaving the two twenty year olds to watch over their belongings. They were gathering loose sticks suitable for Kareena to whittle down for stabbing and roasting marshmallows. Some supermarket sausages were sizzling in their cast iron pan over the fire when the fateful event happened.

As the two girls returned, bundles of sticks in tow, a large, half transparent, half opaque pink crystal crashed into the middle of their campfire. Before the two could even scream, more shards blinked into existence, exploding all around them.

Jagged bolts of pink electricity emanated from the crystals, creating a dense barrier that the girls could not escape. Their bodies went rigid as the arcing light shot through them, paralyzing them in midair as it tried to ignite the girls' flesh, charring them to a crisp like the rest of their surroundings.

But Kareena and Cathy were made of sterner stuff.

Instead of burning, the two girls began to absorb the energy, their fortified bodies more than strong enough to handle the influx. Kareena's already fetching silhouette became outright seductive, radiating untold promises of unbridled lust and elegant debauchery. The previously short girl felt her body contort and lengthen, adding more than a few inches to her height, almost all in her legs. When Kareena could manage to open her eyes, they darted in panic as they saw her cousin floating next to her.

Curious what was happening to both of them, she took a look at her own body as she floated horizontally above the sage brush covered soil. She could see the brown skin of her ankles peeking out from underneath her full length jeans now. In shock, she watched as they expanded in front of her very eyes!

Those foreign limbs looked so sleek, so smooth as they continued to elongate. Was this really happening? This must have been some kind of dream! SHe'd heard stories from other people who'd survived the Shard Strikes and changes. She must just be dreaming it had happened to her.

Just a dream.

But the pressure of her denim fabric and the ripping of the threads told her otherwise. Her jeans were far too tight around her supple thighs now, and her new, simultaneously larger and tighter rear began to bulge around the fabric as well. It wasn't long before the stiff fabric actually felt painful, pinching around her expanding lower body. Finally, Kareena felt relief as the whole thing ripped apart loudly, exposing her magnificent lower body to the mountain cold.

With that transformation seemingly complete, Kareena was able to wiggle her dainty feet, still adorned in her hiking boots. They seemed to have remained untouched by this mysterious energy's influence.

Her torso began to tighten up too, her baby fat melting away as she began to look more mature, more experienced in the ways of the world--a full on temptress and expert in the ways of carnal pleasure.

Her hips widened simultaneously as her waist cinched inward, finishing up as Kareena sucked in a deep breath as if to allow a corset to be tightened up to its highest knot. And just as appropriately, her expanding breasts hefted upward, ignoring the effects of gravity, presenting acres of delectable, soft, brown flesh on full display.

Kareena just watched wide-eyed in amazement as they continued to swell, pointing proudly at the sky. Her back was arched elegantly as the electricity continued to shoot through her, and it wasn't long before she could no longer see her lower body as those luscious orbs dominated her vision while jewel-colored lightning played between her long thighs, tickling her sex.

She looked over at her cousin Cathy, wondering if she was undergoing the same process.

Cathy was growing, all right. Longer legs, larger boobs... but... no, she wasn't just transforming into some sort of vixen. No, she was actually growing!

Kareena thought her own inexplicable, expanding body was one thing, but Cathy absolutely dwarfed her now! Her cousin's limbs extended far outside of the pink electric field, and there was no sign that she was stopping! She probably could have gone into the Guiness book of world records already for tallest woman, but there was no hint that her body was anywhere near done. No, in fact, her growth seemed to be accelerating!

Unlike Kareena, who had only lost her jeans and turned her t-shirt into a crop top that showed off the incredible definition of her new abs, all of Cathy's clothes exploded into little bits of fabric as she continued to biggenfy all over. Her hair trailed down, blanketing the entire campground. Kareena winced as she saw it laying over the fire, but Cathy's silky black hair seemed completely unharmed as it smothered and snuffed out the flames.

She watched in fascination and a bit of jealousy as Cathy underwent the same beautification process, only on a much larger scale. Literally. Her cousin was absolutely massive now, her limbs expanding and crashing into the surroundings. More and more of the jagged electricity found its way into her body, a natural consequence of her massively increased surface area, feeding into the transformation process even more.

A deep rumbling moan formed in Cathy's throat. Kareena could feel the vibrating echoes in her chest.

Cathy squirmed, flailing her long, strong limbs around, actually knocking Kareena out of the field! She tumbled on the cold earth before standing up to watch the rest of the events unfold. She felt vibrant, healthier, full of vitality. And the feeling had returned to her body some minutes ago. Apparently the mysterious force was already done with her.

But Cathy just continued to expand, her prone, hovering body now covering the length of three campgrounds. The crystal strikes which had been ongoing, crashing and shattering into the earth, began to slow as Cathy absorbed it all up.

When all was said and done, Cathy crashed to the floor, causing the earth to bounce, Kareena along with it. She finally opened her enormous, bulging eyes. Kareena stared at those huge, light brown pupils, as large as the cast iron pan they had been cooking with before.

Cathy pulled her legs in as she sat up. Hugging her knees to her chest, her feet and calves were already the height of two or three people!

"Ka... Kareena? What's happened!? You're so small!"

"Cuz! You're... you're huge! You're a giant!"

"Wha...? Oh my god!!"

Cathy glanced at her surroundings. She was half as tall as the trees surrounding them, and she was still sitting!

She gathered her legs beneath her and began to stand up. Experimentally, she reached out and grabbed one of the shorter pine trees which only came up to her chest. Cathy plucked it out of the earth as if it weighed nothing. The complex network of roots came out of the ground with it, tearing the ground apart.

"Cathy! Careful!!" Kareena stumbled as she tried to get out of the way.

"Sorry! It's just... this is crazy! This tree feels like a little toy!"

Cathy reached for the thick trunk with her other hand and snapped it in half. Then, she placed the two segments down on the earth gently, not wanting to cause any more effortless destruction.

"Um... what are we going to tell my parents?" Kareena asked as Cathy squatted down, hanging multiple stories high above her cousin.

"Forget your parents! What am I going to do!? I'm... naked! I can't just walk through the mountains like this, can I? Well, I mean I can, but you know..."

"How am I supposed to know!? And we're both naked!"

"Well, how come you aren't big? Did you do something to shrink back down to normal?"

"Shrink back down!? No, I didn't get huge like you! I just... got prettier. A lot prettier. But nothing compared to you!"

"What!? Why am I the only one like this!"

"How am I supposed to know!?" Kareena repeated. "Can't you... you know... shrink yourself down?"

"I'll try..."

Hours later, the Wright family gathered in their SUV with their niece/cousin huddled in the backseat/trunk of the car, draped in a large cloth. She'd only been able to get herself back down to seven feet tall.

"Sakshi, this is just crazy!" Kareena used Cathy's Indian name.

"I know! Why couldn't I just get what you got!?"

"What do you mean, what I got! What you got was way cooler!"

"How am I ever gonna live a normal life like this!?" Cathy whined.

"Normal? Who wants normal! Besides, you're just tall like... like a volleyball player. Apparently with the option to go as tall as five volleyball players. What's so bad about that?"

"I guess..."

"Not gonna lie though cuz. I am excited to go back to school. Show all the boys the new me!"

"Kareena, young lady, you will dress appropriately and cover yourself up!" Her father yelled from the driver's seat.

"Okay, okay Dad..."

Kareena winked at Cathy. Both girls giggled. Kareena's parents sighed.

Chapter 4

Cathy left a sobbing Aunt Sona and a somber Uncle Charles on their own to grieve about their missing daughter. She promised she would get Kareena back at any and all costs.

Cathy. Meet me at this address. FBI operation approved. GG assistance requested. You'll want to be there.

The text came from Markus. Cathy slipped on her loose and revealing superheroine outfit and drove to the indicated address in her specially designed car built to accommodate her now default seven foot frame.

"Officers, what can I do for you?" she asked as she arrived on the scene and ducked down, not wanting to draw any suspicion. She'd been on enough of these raids before to understand what to do.

"A few blocks down, we have the location of a gang warehouse. They move their stashes constantly, but we've been up on this one really fast. Culmination of a lot of careful and hard work. We saw them bring in girls just last night. Hopefully Kareena's in there," Markus briefed Titaness.

"Got it. What are we waiting for? Let's go."

"Roger."

Cathy lingered behind as the SWAT team floored it to the warehouse, sirens blaring. She wouldn't fit in a squad car anyway, and she could cover the distance herself in a few steps.

Crouching down and growing larger, she peeked over the tops of buildings, monitoring the ambush. When she saw that the team had the building surrounded and were battering down the door, she made her move.

Within a single breath, she surged to near her max height and strode over the buildings, arriving at the warehouse in three steps. Shrinking back down just about ten feet, she nodded at the raid team near one of the back entrances and dug her fingers into the large, steel, sliding doors.

"FBI! Don't move! Drop your weapons!" they shouted as Titaness crashed through the metal sheeting, using it as cover for the entire team. They followed behind her as she cleared the corners.

"Clear! Clear!" she yelled as she swiveled around, taking a quick appraisal of their surroundings.

A shot fired out, but it clanged uselessly against the improvised, thick metal shielding.

"Who did that!? Put your weapons down!"

The SWAT team emerged from behind Titaness under cover of raid shields. They grabbed and threw the surrendering gang members to the floor and leaned on their backs, cuffing them.

Titaness continued to survey the warehouse. Large boxes and shipping containers filled the space. What were they doing here?

She grew another ten feet as she began to inspect the upper floor. Finding an unsuspecting gang member up there, crouching in fear, she pushed against the steel crate he was using as cover, pressing him up helplessly against the wall.

"Ummmf!" he cried as the air drove out of his lungs. He could only watch as Titaness's large, brown hand picked him up and deposited him next to the SWAT team. He was bound in cuffs in moments.

Titaness scanned the remaining upper floor, picking up large crates with her fingers.

"All clear!" she announced, shrinking back down to only ten feet.

"Fuck! Fuckin police!" some of the gang members shouted.

"Talk! Where are the girls you moved here!"

"Don't tell em nothin!"

"Fuckin pigs! Fuck you!"

They escorted all of the gangers back out to the squad cars and drove off. A few detectives, Markus included, stayed behind along with Titaness.

"Titaness! Over here!" One of the detectives called out.

She dashed over, expanding in size once again in preparation to use her super strength.

"I hear tapping in here! Let's get them out. Carefully!"

Titaness jabbed her fingers into the roof of the shipping container, displacing the rusty metal with a loud screech. Then, she pulled downwards, peeling off the entrance like a tin can.

A bunch of beautiful, frightened, mostly naked girls began to slither out of the metal box, shivering in fear. Titaness towered over them, looking for Kareena. But she wasn't part of the group.

The police escorted all of the victims away, leaving their liaison Markus to debrief Titaness.

"Don't worry, Cathy. We'll get them yet. These slavers have to be related to the people who rounded up Kareena. We'll interrogate all of them. I'll let you know as soon as we find something. Promise."

Cathy sniffled as she reduced back down to her normal seven foot stature.

"I'll be back at the GGHQ. Will be waiting for your call."

The two nodded and parted ways with a lingering kiss.

Chapter 5

"Where's Marathon?!" Cathy stomped around the wide open area near HQ. "Tell him to fly his superpowered ass over here! I need him! He could scout for us!"

"It's his day off," Raceway replied.

"He's such a goodie two-shoes, I bet he'd come right over! Let me just tell him what's up..."

"You're right. He is. That's why he's helping in an operation in Europe somewhere."

Cathy growled. He really was too good for his own good.

"Titaness. It will be okay. Probably."

"Probably!?"

"Just being realistic," Raceway explained somberly. "When I was little girl, we often had attractive young girls disappear too. I was not one of them. But once in a while, someone who knew someone I knew, or really rarely, someone I knew personally, would disappear. It was... one time, we saw her again, years later, working in brothel far away from Russia. In Germany. At least, we think it was her."

"Is this supposed to be helping!?" Titaness wailed.

"I am just saying, we live in a different world now. And this is first world country. Not rural backwater where I grew up. You have powerful friends. We will do anything and everything to find your cousin....Only people close to you know that she is your cousin, yes?"

"Yes, it's not exactly a secret. But I don't advertise it. And we don't spend that much time together."

Titaness plopped onto the large, grassy field glumly and idly wiggled her bare feet. They were as large as the main entrance to the GG.

"So you weren't targeted. She is unlucky victim. Police will find her. I will text Marathon when he is free. He will come. You know he will."

Titaness sighed. "I know. I know. Thanks Sofia."

"You can call me too if you need anything. I will come running."

"Thanks. Really."

"I will go back inside now. Need to snack. You know how it is with me. You want to come?"

"Ha! You know I can't fit in there. And sometimes, well, I lose control of my growth..."

"You need to eat. Not as much as me, but you are still growing woman." Raceway chuckled at her oft used joke.

"Heh. I'm fine for now. Enjoy your snack, Sofia."

"Very well. I will bring some for you after I am done."

In a blur, Raceway was inside on the second floor cafeteria. She took a seat near the window as she devoured the first of many scoops of ice cream before ravaging bowl after bowl of rice and noodles. The two women smiled and regarded each other warmly.

Cathy. Come to the helipad quick. We're flying down to San Diego. I'll brief you on the way.

Another text from Markus. 1:00 AM. Cathy rubbed her eyes.

Oh, bring dark clothes.

Cathy got dressed in her black sports bra and briefs, one of her primary uniforms. It was a good thing she had dark skin.

She drove to the meeting point where she found Markus and a few others waiting. They climbed into the copters, with one especially large, open spaced one for Titaness to climb in. She hung her long legs outside the door as Markus climbed in beside her.

"We tracked them down to the San Diego docks."

"San Diego? Couldn't we just drive? Or I'll just carry you as I stomp down the state" Titaness asked as the chopper blades began to spin, knowing full well that the logistics she was suggesting were impossible. "I hate these things. I barely fit!"

"No time. We think the girls are shipping out today. A rather large group of them. We're lucky we caught it in time. Kareena is probably part of the bunch."

Titaness immediately ceased her childish complaining.

"Okay. What's the plan?" She was all business now.

"Local Fed team is going to arrive first and scope it out. We have support coming in from the SDPD. We don't know how heavily armed they are or anything like that. No time at all. But with you around, we think we'll be fine."

"Yes. We will definitely be fine." Titaness cracked her knuckles.

"We'll do some quick reconnaissance. You're not the most... subtle, but if you can keep it down and keep low, we should be okay. The shipping containers are stacked up three or four high, so they should be tall enough to provide you cover."

"Recon huh? Is that why you don't have the spiky hair today?" Titaness ran her fingers through Markus's normally crunchy, spiked hair.

"Heh. Uncomfortable under the beanie."

They sat in relative silence after the quick, haphazard briefing. Titaness got out her cell phone and texted Raceway. She probably wouldn't be awake for another two hours. For once, Titaness was thankful for Sofia keeping old person hours.

They landed at 5:00 AM. It was still dark out, but the sun would be up in no time. A police squadron was there waiting for them, and they drove out to the docks.

"Teams of two," Markus ordered as they arrived on site. "Keep it quiet. We're looking for containers of girls. Scout the warehouses if possible."

They crept along quietly, Titaness keeping her power in check as best she could. The adrenaline was pumping, and she trembled from the exertion of remaining small.

"Titaness!" Markus hissed.

"Sorry! I'm trying!"

Titaness's heart pounded in her chest as they continued along the dark alleyways. For five whole minutes, they found nothing of interest. Just large containers filled with freight, waiting to be picked up.

She was so focused on the surroundings below her that she bumped her head straight onto a container that had been placed perpendicular across an aisle.

"Ah! Fuck!"

"Titaness!" Markus hissed again.

"Fuck! Why did they place this one like this!" she hissed back. It didn't hurt, but the sudden startle caused Titaness's restraint to crumble, and she began to grow.

"Titaness! Stop! You're getting bigger!"

"Dammit!"

She closed her eyes shut tight and steadied her breathing, forcing herself back down to merely seven feet. When she opened them again, they were surrounded by foreign men in beanies and thick, dark sweaters.

Markus raised his hands in the air. Titaness followed his lead.

"I'm police," Markus announced loudly. "Don't do anything rash here, boys."

"Police, huh? Don't recognize you. Let's bring him in and make sure for real."

Markus looked Titaness in the eye as they surrounded and pushed the pair along. Maybe this would work out to their advantage. They probably didn't know Titaness was a full on apex. Maybe they would find out when it was too late.