chapter 3: the perfect partner

As Carole was still fast asleep her eyes were pupil less and glowing green. The blob wanted to wake her up but not until they reached the kitchen, so it made her body stand up as if it was controlling a life size puppet and then walked her downstairs.

The blob looked around the living room for something to wake Carole up and that’s when it saw a footrest by the sofa. The blob placed it in the centre of the room and ran up towards it. It tripped over deliberately, and Carole’s body flopped on its stomach and banged its head on the radiator.

Carole finally woke up with her head in a lot of pain and her eyes feeling bleary. But once she regained her focus, she was shocked to find herself in the living room

“How did I get here? Was I sleepwalking?”

Carole was trying to gather her thoughts when she suddenly heard a sinister laughing shake through the room

“Who’s there? Show yourself”

“Hello Carole” said a purring voice

Carole’s blood froze with what the voice had just said

“How do you know my name?”

“Let’s just say I’m going to be a big part of your life from now on”

That was when Carole noticed the container where she had kept the blob was on the floor and the green goo was nowhere to be seen. She took a moment to work out what the voice had said and suddenly it twigged

“No it can’t be… it hasn’t…. Surely not?”

Carole lifted up her red top and looked down at her stomach and realised there was a flashing green hue coming out of her bellybutton

“The blob, it’s invaded my body!!!”

“I wouldn’t say I’ve invaded it” came the reply. “More like I’ve made it my home, and just to correct you it’s no longer your body, it’s ours to share, we’re going to be a great partnership”

“I don’t understand” Carole said nervously

“I came to this planet to find a way of ruling it” the blob explained “You telling me all about your own desire to become something greater was all I needed to warm to you so I found a way into your body and our rise to glory can start here”

Carole was suddenly very excited to hear what her new friend was saying. A chance to conquer the planet had suddenly gone from a pipe dream to a genuine possibility.

“I’ll explain more to you as we go along but first, we need to get your body to a level capable of ruling this pitiful mudball. We must make it bigger, stronger and more adaptable so nothing can stop us.

“How are we going to do that?”

No sooner had those words passed Carole’s lips than her stomach suddenly let out a monstrous gurgling noise loud enough to wake the whole building her apartment was in

“Are you suggesting what I think you are?”

“Yes now you must feed, consume, grow bigger and I will help you every step of the way”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Carole ripped open the refrigerator and devoured everything inside before following suit with her freezer, her cupboards and the fruit bowl. She ate everything in sight including:

2 cartons of grapes
A pack of 6 sausage rolls
6 packs of biscuits and crisps
6 Bananas and 5 Apples
2 big cartons and 10 small bars of ice-cream
4 pizzas
2 bags of chips
6 packs of noodles
And so much more

Carole saved her favourite for last though: 12 tins of beans. Carole absolutely loved beans; she could eat them all day. So, she opened all 12 tins, piled them all up on one plate and warmed them up. She was just about to eat them when the blob stopped her.

“Hang on Caz, let’s make this process quicker and more interesting, I want you to make a suction noise with your mouth”.

Carole obeyed and to her amazement the beans started to flow into her mouth. She stopped it as the last of the beans made their way in before chewing

“BUUUURRRRRP”

“Your mouth can now operate as a vacuum cleaner which can bring food to you quickly” “Also if you want to chew things more easily, I made your teeth indestructible to the hardest of substances”

This revelation suddenly reminded Carole of a large rack of beef that was sat in her oven. Deciding that she didn’t believe her new partner she reheated it and took one large bite through the bone racks. Incredibly not only did her teeth feel or look just fine but she had completely broken through the entire bone with ease.

“How are you giving me all this”?

“I’m a life form that’s full of magical ability” whatever a host wants or needs then i will get it, now take a minute and admire what you’re becoming”.

Carole stood up to see how her body had changed and she was shocked at what she’d become. Her angelic jawline had been replaced with round blubber with a defined double chin. Her hands and arms had swollen up and were a lot beefier than before, and her fingers had become awash with fat making them as thick as sausages. The same things could be said for her legs, feet and toes while her butt which had previously been barely visible was now one giant bubble. But the biggest difference was Carole’s belly, which was basically now a massive round dome complete with 2 rolls of flab. Carole was at least happy that it had spread throughout her entire body instead of having to carry it all in her stomach, but she was starting to feel a bit of pain inside as well as sluggishness.

“Happy”? The blob asked

“Not until you tell me what’s the purpose of all this”

“It’s quite simple really, I’m just turning you into a life form so terrifying and destructive that we can achieve our goal of conquering the world”. “I can tell you don’t care about anybody and the fate you’re going to give people will give you so much pleasure”.

Carole was delighted. For the first time in her life, she had actually met someone she had something in common with and it shared the same ambitions that she wanted to fulfil. However, she couldn’t celebrate it properly as her stomach felt swollen and it was giving her increasing pain.

“What’s up Caz? We need to find more food” the blob cried almost impatiently

“I feel like I can’t eat another bite without exploding. My stomach is so tight it’s hurting, I can’t go on”

The blob chuckled

“No need to worry, time for an upgrade I think”

Suddenly Carole felt the blob swirling around in her stomach and giggled as it pushed against her skin as it caused a tickling sensation. Eventually it died down and Carole suddenly felt a strange feeling. A feeling as if her stomach had suddenly been made out of elastic. Crucially the feeling of wanting to burst was no longer there.

“What have you done?”

“I made your stomach to feel like rubber. “You can eat all you want and not feel like you want to explode”

“Oh that’s so cool” “I have to enjoy this for a moment”

And with that Carole had a play with her new bouncy belly. She particularly enjoyed stretching it forwards and watching it come back into position. She poked it with her fingers and loved how they just sunk into the flesh before bouncing back out. She even stuck some ornaments underneath and realised she had to lift her stomach up to get them out again.

“It appears we’re out of food in this home of yours” the blob surveyed as it snapped Carole out of her fun.

“Fortunately I think you’re ready to make our presence known on this world so are you ready?”

“One second, I shall get myself looking presentable”. “I can’t go out in just my PJ’s but thankfully I bought something in case this ever happened”

Carole excitedly rushed into her bedroom and dug out a set of large clothes that she’d recently bought in case anything caused a gain of weight. Firstly, she squeezed into a black button-down blouse which just about covered her stomach and then into a set of smooth wide legged white trousers.

Next She tucked the blouse inside her pants as she attached a pair of red braces to keep them up before slipping into a pair of black shiny shoes and adding a white blazer which she left unbuttoned.

Lastly, she pulled out a lipstick tube from her draw and coated her lips in bright glossy red. When she finished Carole gazed dreamily at her new appearance in the mirror.

“Magnifique, if you want to consume the world you may as well do it in style”. “My lips will certainly leave a mark on my victims when I’m finished with them”

“You look absolutely splendid Caz and we’ve done a fine job on our body so far but now you’re ready we really take off”

“Let’s go, must find more food and get bigger” Carole spoke in an almost zombie like manner

The exit door looked much thinner than it had a couple of hours ago, but nothing could stop Carole now. Using her battering ram of a stomach she pushed through the door and chunks out of its side burst in all directions to the floor. The woman and the blob were on the hunt for food and amazing power.