Joy

She had woken up to find her head resting on the shoulder of the gentleman next to her. Joy sat up abruptly and apologized profusely to the man, who merely laughed and told her he found the conference dreary as well. He introduced himself as Doctor Anthony Lincoln. He was from Iowa, just like Joy, except he was a cardiologist instead of the general practitioner that Joy was.

They took their lunch together and gossiped about mutual acquaintances in the medical field. Joy was stricken with his deep blue eyes, long black hair and muscular physique. After the conference had ended, Anthony had asked for her number so that they could go for a coffee sometime, and Joy had eagerly agreed, and the rest was history.

However, Joy's happy remembrance was soon about to turn to ghastly horror. Joy stood up from the seat, and as she did so, she saw the syringe drop on the floor. She immediately picked it up and noticed that it was empty. She remembered the sharp pain she had experienced prior to the call with Anthony, and she came to a terrifying conclusion: when she had sat on the seat, the syringe had been injected into her.

"No, no, no, no..." whimpered Joy. "This can't be happening to me."

She examined the empty syringe again. She didn't feel any different, and she was not experiencing any effects from the serum. Joy reasoned that maybe this dose of the serum had been a dud.

Joy nearly jumped in fright as her phone rang again. This time, it was Chip. Joy hesitantly answered the call, and placed the phone to her ear.

"Joy, what's taking so long? I thought you had this planned out? Is everything okay?" asked Chip.

"Everything is fine, trust me," replied Joy. "Just give me a few more minutes."

"Sorry Joy, you're out of time. I'm coming up to see what's happening."

"No, don't," insisted Joy, but the call had already ended.

Joy quickly formulated a plan in her head. The serum clearly hadn't worked on her as she was still a human, so someone had fucked up along the way. If she could blame the empty syringe on Chip, she could convince him to just kidnap Nancy tonight and get the dose at a later date. It wasn't an ideal solution, as it would mean delivering a woman to the client instead of whatever hybrid creature they had been looking for, and she was sure there would be repercussions for missing the deadline, but this was the best course of action that she could see at the moment.

Joy watched as the elevator was called to the basement and then began its descent upwards. Eventually the elevator reached her floor, and the door opened and Chip stepped out.

"Joy, what the fuck is going on?" asked Chip apprehensively. "You are busting my balls here."

"I could ask you the same question," snapped back Joy. "Look at this." Joy handed the syringe over to Chip for his inspection. Chip carefully took the device and examined it, coming to the same conclusion that Joy did.

"It's empty," said Chip. "I could have sworn this was full with the serum," said Chip.

"Yes, well, it's not," replied Joy curtly.

"We're fucked," replied Chip as he leaned against the blue painted walls of the corridor.

"I have a plan," said Joy. "We proceed as planned. We bag Nancy and we inject her at a later date. It's not ideal, but it's the best that we have at the moment."

Joy was feeling increasingly warm for some reason. She walked halfway down the hallway and checked the thermostat. It was set to room temperature, so there was no reason she should be feeling such heat.

"You're right," said Chip as he removed his spectacles to clean them. "We have little of a choice now, I suppose."

"You can go back to the car park. I can subdue Nancy easily enough myself," said Joy. Joy dabbed at her forehead. Beads of sweat had formed there and were running into her eyes, stinging them.

"Are you alright?" asked Chip as he placed his spectacles back on the bridge of his nose. "Your cheeks have gone red, and your eyes look terribly bloodshot," continued Chip.

"I'm fine," replied Joy dismissively. "Just let me do my job."

Joy was feeling incredibly weak and dizzy as well. She leaned against the wall to steady herself. She wiped her forehead to remove the sheen of sweat that had formed, to stop it from running into her eyes.

"Joy, I think you should go down to the car park. You don't look very well at the moment. Let me take it from here," offered Chip.

Joy felt her legs go weak, and she couldn't help but bring her legs together so that her calves were touching each other. She felt awful, and she supposed she was having some sort of allergic reaction to the serum.

"Joy, I think you should..." something caused Chip to lose his train of thought. Joy was incredibly confused. She watched as Chip looked down at her legs, and then at the syringe he was still holding in his right hand and he moved away from the wall.

Joy looked down at her legs and saw something that horrified her. Her calves had seemed to merge. Nothing but severe pain awaited her when she tried to pull her legs apart.

"Joy, you didn't inject yourself, did you?" asked Chip.

"It... it... was an accident," replied Joy with tears in her eyes and her voice breaking. "Please, Chip, help me! Can't you get me an antidote for whatever is happening to me?" begged Joy.

"Sorry kid," said Chip sadly, "I truly am sorry. These serums are irreversible. I can't do anything to reverse what is about to happen."

Joy screamed in pain as her legs merged and her feet were forced apart in opposite directions to each other, connected only by the heels. She had discarded her high heels and now stood bare footed. She roared in agony as she felt the bones in her leg rearrange themselves into some new configuration.

"Chip, help me please," cried Joy.

Chip stepped forward, placed the syringe into his jacket pocket and surveyed the room. He took out his phone and dialed a number. After a few seconds, someone on the other end of the phone picked up.

"Becks, start the truck. I have the merchandise," said Chip.

Joy cried in horror, as it was clear that she was the merchandise and that Chip meant to sell into a life of slavery. Joy leaned against the nearest table as her body continued its changes. She heard a ripping noise from underneath her dress as her panties were ripped, and the fabric of the destroyed undergarments fell to the floor.

Chip had put away his phone and was now approaching her.

"Stay the fuck away from me, you bastard," screamed Joy as she pushed over the table she had been leaning on to throw an object in between herself and Chip. Joy then hopped down the corridor, desperate to escape Chip.

"Come now Joy, you know how this has to go," said Chip as he easily scaled the table. "This isn't personal, it's just business. You, of all people, should know that."

Joy hopped as fast as she could down the corridor and turned down into the corridor on the left. She heard Chip catching up behind her. Because of his age, he wasn't running but walking after her. He knew he would catch up to her, eventually.

Joy had to stop to rest against a wall as the changes to her body continued at a fast pace. She felt an immense pain emanating from her vagina, and she could feel her dress riding up her ass. She touched her ass and screamed as she felt it growing outwards. Her rear was now absolutely huge. Joy turned to continue hopping, but she felt a hand grab her wrist.

Joy immediately pivoted and landed a punch that connected with Chip's chin. Chip stumbled backwards, allowing Joy just enough time to make down the hall to the fire doors. She unhooked the doors and closed them, and she grabbed a nearby fire axe that she used to block the door from opening.

Joy leaned against the doors, and slowly slid down till she was sitting on the floor. She examined the damage to her body. Now, Joy's legs had fused together completely and her feet faced in different directions, almost 180 degrees apart. Joy watched in horror as her toenails fell out one by one, and her feet fanned out into what looked like a tail fin.

"No, it can't be, I'm turning into a..." stuttered Joy.

"A mermaid," said Chip from the other side of the door. "I'm afraid so. That's what the serum was. Can't we just dispense with all this nonsense? You know what is going to happen, Joy. You played a good game and tried to escape. I applaud that, but it's only a matter of time before I get through this door. You are going to be a slave, kid. No other way out, I'm afraid."

"Fuck you, I will not let you take me and live out the rest of my life as some freak show exhibit," screamed Joy in frustration. Joy decided she needed to regain her composure if she was going to get out of this situation. She needed to get into the office. That door was much more secure, and she could phone the cops once inside. Joy just needed to get there and convince Nancy to let her in.

Joy felt a sharp pain in her lower leg, and she saw a green spot appear. She then felt another pain and saw another green dot appear. This continued with increasing frequency until they covered her entire tail with green scales from just below her belly button to the tip of her new tail fin.

Joy started sobbing as the full realization of what had happened to her sunk in. She would never walk again, she would be reduced to crawling or swimming for the rest of her life.

Joy felt a tightness in her chest and watched in horror at what was unfolding. In front of her eyes, her chest was growing in size. Her pert B cups were growing exponentially right in front of her. She could feel her bra growing tight, and then she heard the clasp snap, as the bra gave up on trying to contain her ever-growing breasts. Joy ripped off her dress in a panic, leaving her entirely nude, and she grasped at her breasts, trying to stop them from growing. Eventually they did, although they were now the size of huge natural melons on her chest. They jiggled with each sob that racked her body.

Joy felt the changes cease finally, and she examined her newly changed body. She now had a green mermaid's tail from her bellybutton to her tail fin, and she had an enormous pair of what she guessed were O-cup sized breasts hanging off her chest.

Joy crawled along the floor towards the door to her office, a process which was now painstakingly slow now because of the presence of her tail. Tears streamed down her youthful face as she crawled closer and closer to the door.

Joy looked behind her and saw that Chip was kicking the door with all his might, he had worked out what she was doing and was desperately trying to stop her. She watched in horror as the fire axe moved with each bang of the doors.

"Come on now Joy, there is no use in running - not that you can run anymore, I suppose," laughed Chip.

Joy reached her office and banged on the red wooden door while her breasts moved rapidly. Joy reached for the doorknob and turned it frantically, hoping to gain access to the office.

Joy looked behind her and saw that the axe was barely holding the doors closed, and was about to be dislodged at any second. She turned her attention back to the office door and screamed at the top of her voice.

"Nancy! Nancy! Please open the fucking door!" shrieked Joy, her voice breaking in terror.

The sound of Chip's onslaught against the doors behind her continued, and the doors were very close to giving way. Chip attempted to gain entry to the hallway where Joy was trapped by running towards the doors and throwing his entire body weight at them.

"Nancy, Nancy!" screamed Joy as tears were running down her face. If Chip managed to breach those doors, then she would have no chance of escaping from him and she would be his captive.

"Please, please, open the door," sobbed Joy as she banged against it uselessly. Chip was going to break through the double doors any second now, and that was game over for her. Joy's hands were numb from her continued banging against the door.

Joy sat with her back to the door and turned her attention back to Chip who was extremely close to breaking through the doors. Terror and regret filled Joy as she turned her attention back to Chip who was extremely close to breaking through the doors. She had never been especially close with her parents, but she knew that once Chip got hold of her, she would never see them again. She closed her eyes and cried, feeling her hot tears fall upon her expansive and huge chest. If her stupid boyfriend hadn't called her, Joy wouldn't have become a mermaid sex toy, and she felt distraught and angry. Joy felt time slow as she waited for the inevitable.

An Unexpected Opening

Joy turned around when she heard the door open and saw Nancy standing there in disbelief. Her eyes were wide open in shock and confusion and what was unfolding in the hallway: there was a man desperately trying to break through the barred double-doors and a busty mermaid was sitting on the floor sobbing.

"Joy, oh my God, is that you?" screamed Nancy.

"Yes! Please let me inside the office. This man is trying to kidnap me," replied Joy urgently.

Nancy stared down the hallway at the man and then seemed it seemed to make sense to her what was transpiring. Nancy bent down, placed her arms under Joy's armpits and dragged the mermaid into the safety of the office. Joy shrieked as she the fire axe came loose and fell to the floor with a thump. The doors burst open and Chip came hurtling through. He had clearly applied too much force as he lost his balance and fell to the floor, clearly winded.

"Nancy hurry!" screamed Joy as she thrashed her tail uselessly to move faster. Joy watched as Chip slowly stood up after his fall and readjusted his glasses. By now Joy was just inside the office, and Chip sprinted down the hall. Nancy got back to the door just as Chip was about to reach it. She closed it in his face and activated the electronic locking mechanism. Joy heard Chip crashing into the door outside, and the sound of his curses, but after that, all was silent.

"Joy, what the fuck is happening? Why do you look like a mermaid? I don't understand," said Nancy, regaining her breath from the exertion of dragging the mermaid into the office. Nancy was dressed in her usual attire: a floral white shirt and black skirt. She examined Joy with her moving green eyes and her blonde hair was disheveled from sprinting to the door.

Joy sat on her ass and used her arms to cover her newly enhanced chest. She hesitated before answering Nancy's question. How could she admit that she had come to turn her into a mermaid with big breasts and sell her, but the plan went horribly wrong? Joy decided her best course of action was to feign ignorance and pretend that she didn't know what was happening.

"That man out there followed me into the building from the car park. He took out a syringe and injected me with it. I got free from his grasp, but before I knew what was happening, my body was changing, and I ended up with a mermaid's tail and these enormous knockers," lied Joy. "I think he wants to capture me and sell me."

"That's terrible," said Nancy. "I can't believe it's possible. Mermaids aren't real, but here you are in front of me with a green tail," she said in disbelief.

"Thank God you were here at the office," said Joy appreciatively. "Otherwise he would have made off with me."

"Aren't you worried about the door holding?" asked Nancy apprehensively.

"That door was installed when I started working here, it can keep out any intruders. There is no way he can get through that door," said Joy confidently.

Nancy sat went over to the receptionist desk and sat down, regaining her composure. Joy crawled over to her desk and pulled herself up into the chair in an attempt to gain some of her dignity back. Joy examined her office, the walls were made of a solid red brick, and there were two desks, one against each wall. Across from the entrance were windows that provided a view of the city below.

"Fuck," said Nancy angrily, "the phone is not working."

Joy picked up her land line phone, and it too was dead. Joy slammed the phone down onto her desk in anger.

"He must have cut the phone lines outside," reasoned Joy, as she looked at Nancy worriedly.

Joy logged into her computer, and miraculously, she was still connected to the Internet. Chip must have been unable to cut the Internet cables from outside.

"Nancy, we still have Internet!" said Joy. "If I can just navigate to the 911 service page, I can try to log a call with the police!" Joy was about to search for the 911 website when she heard Chip speaking from outside.

"Nancy Claire Austin, isn't it? Nice to finally meet you Nancy," said Chip from behind the door. Nancy glanced at Joy in terror.

"How the fuck does he know my name?" wailed Nancy. "Is he trying to kidnap me too?"

"No Nancy, I'm not here for you anymore," replied Chip, who could hear Nancy from outside the office.

"Listen Nance," said Joy, suddenly feeling fear. If Chip told Nancy the truth, there was no telling what could happen. "Ignore him. He's just trying to get in our heads."

"How does he know my name though?" said Nancy, clearly frightened now.

"I know everything about you, Nancy," Chip added. "You come from a small rural town in Iowa, and your family are farmers. You came to the big city looking for work."

"Shut the fuck up Chip," screamed Joy.

"Chip?" asked Nancy, standing up from her desk in shock. "I thought you didn't know this guy? Joy, why do you know his name?"

"The truth is Nancy, me and Joy are colleagues of a sort. She was a spotter if you will, she identified suitable targets to be turned into hybrid animals to be sold to the highest bidder. You were to be turned into a mermaid tonight, and I was here to collect you," said Chip.

"Joy, what the fuck?" said Nancy in an accusatory tone. "Is this true?"

Before Joy could respond, Chip dropped his biggest bombshell.

"Nancy, have you wondered why you were asked to stay late tonight even though there was no work for you to do?" said Chip.

"Nancy, please don't believe him, it's not true!" wailed Joy.

Nancy stared at Joy in shock, then went to the office door and rested her head on it, thinking about her next move while Joy kept begging.

"If I open the door, what happens to me? Will I also be turned into some big titted mermaid freak as well?" asked Joy.

"No," confirmed Chip. "I only had one syringe full of serum, and Joy accidentally injected herself with it. If you open the door, you can leave here with no recourse.

Nancy typed the pass code into the door, and Joy heard the sound of the door unlock and it slowly opened with Chip standing on the other side smiling.

"Hello again, Joy," said Chip as he entered the office.

"Please, Nancy, don't let him take me! I'm sorry, please, you can't do this," begged Joy.

"You brought this on yourself, bitch," replied Nancy, with venom in her voice.

Chip walked over to Joy and, with one smooth movement, he scooped her up and placed her over his shoulder. He then pivoted and began to walk towards the door leaving Nancy alone in the office.

"You bitch," screamed Joy at the top of her lungs, "I'll ruin you for this," promised Joy.

"Oh, you won't be ruining anyone anytime soon little fish," laughed Chip as he walked down the hallway with the mermaid over his shoulder. She was desperately punching his back, and she was rewarded with a sharp smack to her exposed rear end which brought an end to her struggles.

Chip made his way to the elevator and pressed the ground floor option. Joy heard the doors slide shut, and felt the elevator lurch as it started its descent downwards.

"Chip," started Joy, "we can come to some sort of arrangement, it doesn't have to be like this."

"Sorry Joy, you fucked up and injected yourself with the serum. That had nothing to do with me."