Queen of the Monsters

Dr. Agnes stared at the glowing… thing sitting on the table. The lights seemed to hum a little brighter as she gingerly lifted a pair of tongs to pick up the glowing object.

There had been a minor accident at the nearby nuclear power plant, an animal of some kind had gotten into the reactor itself and almost caused a meltdown, inciting much panic among the nearby scientists. After the workers hurriedly shut down the plant, a hazmat team managed to extract the body, as well as something else…

She lifted the tongs, glowing blue object within, and glanced at the Geiger counter next to her. Still nothing. Her boss had assured her that there was nothing dangerous about the object, but ultimately it was the added pay bonus that convinced her to personally inspect it. Lifting the object higher, it seemed to shine brighter and brighter. The strange oblong shape seemed to almost move as it increased in intensity.

A sudden click from the Geiger counter caused her to flinch. Her arm jerked, and the object slipped from her tongs and cracked on the sterile surface of the table. As soon as it did so two things happened. Firstly a bright blue liquid seeped out of the object and splashed her, then her Geiger counter went ballistic. Her first thought was “Eugh! It’s on me!” Her second, “Didn’t the hazmat team say the animal was a lizard?” Thirdly, and most importantly, she thought to herself, “Am I… glowing?”

And then the world was filled with pain.

Dr. Agnes stumbled back, every fiber of her being screaming with white-hot pain as the glow around her body intensified, bathing the laboratory in an intense blue light. Then, as suddenly as it appeared the pain stopped, leaving her with an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach.

Her stomach…

A low growl began to emanate from the depths of her innards as she glanced down at her normally flat stomach. It felt… heavier, as if a warm bowling ball had been dropped into her gut. And it looked heavier too. She gasped in shock as she watched her shirt buttons start to strain, pale flesh poking out from underneath. Her once toned belly that she had worked so hard to keep had turned into a mess of flab. She desperately tried to pull her shirt down, but to no avail as her breasts joined the fray, pushing against her shirt and pulling it back upwards.

She began to pull at her collar, feeling a sudden heat wash over her. Her skin burned, and it was like a fire was blazing in her lungs. Her arms started to itch, but when she went to scratch them, her skin felt rough and course as she felt… scales?

Suddenly, her limbs flooded with fractured fire as her bones began to crack and reform. She tried to call for help, but her voice was cut off by a growl that seemed to come from inside her. Her throat began to burn as she whimpered for help, only hearing animalistic grunts instead. She could see the floor getting further away from her as her very spine extended, before her growing gut cut off her vision beneath. She began to look at her arms in horror as black scales began to creep to her fingertips, which in turn were elongating to jagged claws.

Her shirt buttons began to pop as they began to become the only thing keeping her now massive breasts contained. Her pants began to rip at the seams as her legs thickened to scaled tree trunks, and her waistband lowered as… something poked through the skin on her lower back. Various protrusions began to spike up across her spine as the pain began to fog her frazzled mind.

Her clothes were completely gone, save for a few scraps left clinging to her back and legs. She doubled over as her body became enveloped in scales, and her bulging leathery underbelly swelled ever larger. She ran her claws across her face to realize with horror that her nose had shrunken in, and her jaws had sharpened and elongated to form a snout.

She grunted with pain as the spikes in her back began to jut out further, flooding with energy and lining her new tail. Her bones and muscles continued to fracture and split and reform endlessly, as she grew ever taller. Her stance began to take on a hunched position as her legs thickened and spread out. Her tail whipped across the room, lashing against the constricting walls. Desperate and losing consciousness, she screamed for help, only for her voice to betray her one last time.

• • • • •

An earsplitting roar shattered windows and echoed throughout the complex as Godzilla opened her eyes. They burned with atomic fire as she stood tall and triumphant, a defiance of humanity and what they had done to her world. She sniffed the air, and located the stench of an atomic power plant. Throwing her mighty head back, belly jiggling and spines glowing with unimaginable power, she roared once more.