My aching fingers, this chapters looong, the longest I've done. Anyway, this ones primarily a dossier of the five characters.
Chapter Two: Origins
"Doc, can you get the Dimension Scoop ready to teleport five to Earth Prime?" Craft asked Mantis.
"It's gonna take some time, sir. I'm gonna have to charge it up to the max in order to teleport all of them to the same location." Said Dr Mantis.
"Get started then," said the general, and the bug headed scientist went back into the bunker.
The general turned his attention back to the five giantesses, "Seeing as we have some time, it is probably best that you know each others back story. When we scanned the multiverse and located you we traced your origins from the moment you gained your powers."
"Must we?" asked Nat.
"Yes, know each other better = trust each other better." Said Craft.
He walked over to the hologram projector and pressed a switch, the hologram of Cosmar and DeathBite disappeared and was replaced with a hologram of a familiar church. Craft turned back to the giantesses again.
"Let us begin,"
File 1: Susan Murphy
"Susan Murphy, an ordinary girl born in Modesto, California. On the day of her wedding to local weatherman Derek Dietl, she got hit by a meteorite that contained a powerful element called Quontonium. The element caused her to grow to fifty feet and be obtained by a secret military organization led by General W.R. Monger,"
[VIDEO PLAYING]
The picture of the church turned into a video and the familiar platinum blonde head burst out of the roof, causing the steeple to fall down.
"You pull off the stretched wedding dress look quite well," smirked Sarah.
The video then showed Susan being restrained and tranquilized by the army of Area 52, Susan swayed for a moment before hitting the ground like a tree.
[VIDEO PAUSED]
The image then showed pictures of her waking up in the facility and meeting the other monsters.
"Miss Murphy was given the monster name Ginormica and sentenced to life imprisonment for now being classed as a monster," Craft continued, "Then an alien by the name of Gallaxhar invaded and Ginormica and her fellow monsters were granted freedom if they defeated the alien and his army of probes,"
Multiple images appeared showing Susan defeating the alien probe in San Francisco and her being returned to her family and home.
"When reunited with her people, one person was not so pleased to see her, Derek Dietl believed that she was not his responsibility and left her to focus on his career,"
"Whatta selfish jerk." Said Michelle.
"It's alright," said Susan, "He's a distant memory."
"Afterwards she was captured by Gallaxhar and had the Quontonium drained from her, the power was used to create an army of alien clones. Ginormica's fellow monsters infiltrated the mother ship, saved her and stopped the invasion. Ginormica regained her powers after defeating Gallaxhar personally."
[VIDEO PLAYING]
The video played again, showing Susan tackling Gallaxhar in his command bridge, then regaining the Quontonium and finally saving her friends from the collapsing extraction chamber.
[VIDEO PAUSED]
"Since then she and her friends have become agents for Area 52, devoting their abilities to saving earth from aliens and other disasters that humans could not handle."
"Nice job," Michelle said to Susan.
"Indeed, now on to the next personnel file." Said Craft.
File 2: Roxanne Wells
"Roxanne Wells, also from California but mostly travelled round the country with her parents when she was a child. When she was old enough she started travelling the world on her own, visiting places that ordinary tourists wouldn't have gone. She also became involved in the protection and study of ancient ruins, making sure they were never disturbed by human development and also cataloguing the historic monuments to ensure their histories were not forgotten,"
"Ever gone by the name Lara Croft?" smirked Michelle.
"Anyways, one day she and her team ventured into Caribbean waters looking for an ancient artefact that had become submerged for centuries, it was said to have magical properties, so they decided to investigate,"
[VIDEO PLAYING]
Roxanne swam deeper into the sea's depths; her two associates were in the boat keeping radio contact.
"Getting enough air, Roxy?" asked one of the guys through the radio.
"Yeah I'm alright, Jim." Roxy replied, "Though when I find this thing I'm probably gonna be outta range,"
"Well just be careful," said Jim.
"Always the caring type aren't ya?"
"More worried about the diving gear actually," there was a muffled laugh in the background.
"Very funny."
Roxy dived deeper till the light of the sun became more consumed by the inky darkness, then she saw it. There sticking out of a rock was a shining red artefact the size of a dinner plate. She swam up to it and then she saw some writing etched in the stone the artefact rested on, she swam closer to read it:
This stone holds the power of the EarthPulse; whosoever touches it shall absorb its power. When the transference is complete, they shall become defender of the Earth.
"Interesting." Said Roxy, "You reading me Jim? Jim? Damn, out of range."
She edged closer to the artefact and reached out her hand. She looked at the writing one more time and then back at the gem. "Better get this back to…Ow!"
The gem was hot to the touch, she withdrew her hand quickly as it began to glow brighter and brighter. Then it seemed to dissolve till it was a red mist in the water. Without warning, it shot at Roxanne and entered her body. She frantically tried to swat it away but it had gone, it was now inside her.
"Jim? Jim, can you hear me? The thing attacked me, it's…I don't know what it's done but it's making me feel…"
Roxanne stopped and looked at her hand, it was glowing like the gem had, she looked at the stone again and the words had changed:
The protector is chosen.
She then felt a tugging sensation all over her body, it began to feel snug against her diving suit and her mask was getting tighter round her head. She looked at the stone again and it seemed to be getting smaller but when she saw her arms snaking out of her suit she knew that she was growing.
She desperately tried to swim to the surface but the growing was affecting her movements, her legs lengthened with her arms as they grew out of the suit. Her head became so big that her mask couldn't hold on any longer and it snapped off. Taking the oxygen tank with it to the ocean floor.
She now had no air and needed to get to the surface fast, her pace was slowed when her increasing size started putting a squeeze on her chest, trying to force the remaining out of her lungs. With one huge thrust, she forced the zip down her front to break, freeing her chest and allowing the air to stay put a little longer.
The swimsuit had now become a leotard as she approached the boat.
The two men were sitting around as the water lapped the sides of the boat, they had not heard from Roxanne for a while but knew she would be okay.
A massive blast of water erupted next to them, soaking them to the skin. The men shook the water off of them as they picked themselves up and walked over to the side of the boat.
"What was that? A mine?" asked Jim.
The two looked over the side and nearly fell over in shock. There was Roxanne, she was huge, her head nearly as big as the boat, she smiled sheepishly at them, "Er, I think I ruined my diving suit."
[VIDEO PAUSED]
"After that Roxanne Wells carried on as a preserver of nature, she was not seen as a monster or menace, but as the perfect figure in which to ensure that wildlife and the environment remained protected from human hands, she was nicknamed Annazon and even given TV shows, exploring parts of the world that most humans can't reach," Craft said.
"Oh so that's what you meant by filming?" asked Sarah.
"Climbing Mount Everest in under 2 hours." Roxy said proudly.
Pictures appeared over the video showing Roxanne in different parts of the world, as well as her taking on industries that wished to cut down rainforests and pollute oceans.
"You never seen so many grown men crying like babies in your life." Smirked Roxy.
"That's Annazon's file, now the next one:"
File 3: Michelle Sanders
"Michelle Sanders is the daughter of Christopher Sanders, the richest man in America and also a technical genius. He is responsible for creating the first solar powered city and creating a car that runs on oxygen itself. One day he invented a machine that would hopefully put an end to world hunger,"
"Didn't go so well as it turned out," Michelle said before the video played.
[VIDEO PLAYING]
The large hall was packed with people from across the globe, some well-known scientists, others political leaders and others from the worldwide media. At the window end of the circular hall, overlooking the large gardens was a large machine that appeared to have a laser pointing at an empty pad.
Michelle stood with her mother in her silk blue dress, mingling in with the guests; the noise of conversation filled the room right up to the large domed ceiling.
Then a man standing next to the machine called out over the commotion, "Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?"
The hall went silent and everyone turned to look at the man.
"Thank you very much. My name is Christopher Sanders and I have brought you here today to witness the dawn of a new age, a fresh start for mankind and an end to poverty as we know it."
The crowd briefly applauded, Mr Sanders took the chance to beam at his wife and daughter, Michelle gave him an excited wave.
"Today I bring you the device that will end the shortage of supplies for the poorer continents, the Multicell. What it does is it uses a special energy that can multiply the cells of whatever is on this pad; a piece of food or a single medical supply can swiftly be turned into enough to help an entire village. A form of cloning if you will. And now if you would kindly stand back, I will demonstrate the Multicells potential,"
The crowds stood back till they couldn't budge back any further, Michelle and her mother still at the front of the crowd.
Mr Sanders placed a foiled back of food onto the pad and walked round the side of the machine where a computer console waited, "Ladies and gentlemen, here we go!"
He pressed a switch and the machine lit up with blue lights, then from the laser came a light blue beam that struck the food pack. For a moment it fizzled around it then all of a sudden it deflected off the foil and the blue laser beam struck Michelle. The crowd quickly dived out the way as Michelle fell to the floor.
Mr Sanders quickly shut the machine off and ran over to his daughter, his wife waved at the crowds, "Please, everybody could you please leave the hall till the area is safe and can someone call an ambulance?"
The crowds slowly shuffled to the doors muttering to one another. Michelle stood up as her father held her hand, "Shelly, are you okay, my dear?"
"A little dizzy but…actually very dizzy…I feel like I'm gonna…"
She covered her mouth as she thought she was gonna hurl, but nothing came, however something did happen, what Michelle thought was a vomiting sensation was actually a sudden growth spurt, her hand quickly became larger than her fathers as she began to tower over the people around her.
If the shocked cries of the people around her didn't catch the leaving crowd's ears, then the sound of Michelle's dress ripping certainly did.
They turned and instantly panicked as Michelle grew to 20 feet in height, her parents had backed off in shock and the scientists aiding the demonstration had pulled them back as if their daughter was turning into some kind of bomb.
The crowds pushed and shoved their way out the doors, some even jumped through the windows as Michelle grew bigger, her dress slid further up her lengthening legs.
"Daddy? What's happening to me?" she cried.
Before he could speak, Michelle grew another ten feet and then there was a creaking noise, Michelle had grown between two of the pillars that ran around the room, her expanding hips were now wedged between them.
"Nngh, I'm stuck!" she cried.
She struggled to free herself but there was no need, she kept on growing till her bulging hips simply broke through the pillars, reducing them to rubble. Finally free, she walked into the middle of the hall where the domed ceiling offered more room.
Finally her growth stopped, she was inches away from hitting the ceiling. She was scared as she looked down at her parents who returned her frightened look, they were the only ones left in the room.
[VIDEO PAUSED]
"Michelle was hit by a special energy called Repliation, an energy that caused her cells to multiply resulting in the expansion of her form. Afterwards her family used all their resources to ensure that she was not seen as government property.
The machine that caused the effects had burnt out, foiling any way of returning her to normal, but thanks to the family's wealth they were able to make her feel just as normal as any other person, even enlarging a section of their house so she could still fit.
The media nicknamed her Girliath, the world's biggest celebrity. She used her fortune and new found abilities to aid those in need just like her father aimed to do." Craft explained.
Pictures showed Michelle in places like Africa carrying large quantities of supplies for starving villages. It also showed her in photo shoots for magazines.
"Heh, gotta give the boys what they want." Michelle grinned cheekily, nudging a smirking Sarah.
Craft looked at the projector, "End Girliath program. Run Sarah Miller file."
File 4: Sarah Miller
"Sarah Miller's story follows closely with that of Susan Murphy's, their likenesses run parallel with minor differences in appearances and events."
The images showed pictures of Sarah Miller on her graduation day, the day she became Titana. To Sarah, it felt like a lifetime ago, though it already was many worlds away from where she was now.
"She was hit, like Susan, by a meteorite that contained the element Quantronium. It caused her to grow fifty feet and become imprisoned by the forces of General I.N. Monger."
Sarah's mind flashed, she had forgotten about her old general, how he'd sacrificed himself to get her, her folks and her friends to safety in Susan's world before destroying his base and taking the alien robots with him.
[VIDEO PLAYING]
The video showed Sarah beginning to grow whilst standing on the stage in front of family and friends, then all of them running in panic as her increased weight crushed the stand causing her to fall down and send her fellow graduates flying in different directions.
Then the army rolled in, tranquilized her and carted her off to Monger's base for monsters.
[VIDEO PAUSED]
"Sarah was renamed Titana and the events followed that of Ginormica's. In which she gained her freedom by defeating an alien robot sent by an alien called Gallaxus."
Pictures showed Sarah and her friends defeating the alien probe by the Statue of Liberty, other pictures showed her getting dumped by Eric Beadle, being cheered up by her friends and others showing her confrontation with Gallaxus.
"Events differ at this point," said Craft, "After the alien's defeat, Titana and her friends crashed into the sea off the east coast, the impact sent her into a coma. It wasn't until Susan and her monsters entered their world that she was revived. Joining forces, they were able to defeat a new alien threat that was ravaging their world.
To escape the final assault General I.N. Monger sent all the monsters and Sarah Miller's family to Susan's world. The general took his own life when he destroyed the base and all the aliens inside it." Craft took a moment, "A real hero." He said to himself.
"Since then Sarah and her worlds monsters have lived side by side with Susan's, aiding the world whenever it needs them!"
"You got that right?" said Sarah, high-fiving her sister.
"End Titana program and load Natalie Archer files." Craft said to the projector.
"Can we not watch this?" Nat said, she had remained silent the whole time with a look like something was on her mind.
"You've seen the other's stories now it's time they saw yours!" Craft pointed out.
Nat looked away, she didn't want to watch, Susan could tell this wasn't going to be pretty.
File 5: Natalie Archer
"Miss Archer was an ordinary woman with an ordinary job, working as a waitress at a diner. One evening she was heading home when she was halted by a UFO blocking the road. The flying object briefly observed her in her car before casting a beam of yellow light directly on her. Panicking, she hit the gas and sped under the UFO, getting as far away as possible.
By the time she reached a bend she stopped, looked round and the UFO was gone. Miss Archer knew she couldn't tell anyone what she saw; they'd just think she was crazy. She had no proof of seeing it as all it did was shine a light on her, providing it was a light.
She reached her home where she could at least confide in her husband Barry, this is what happened next,"
Natalie had her eyes shut and her fists clenched, what had happened?
[VIDEO PLAYING]
Natalie entered her house, the evening sun shone through the doorway lighting up the whole living room; there was no sign of Barry. She took off her coat and shoes and walked round, she checked her waitress outfit to see if it had actually been burned by the UFO's light, nothing.
She walked towards the bedroom door and reached for the door handle, "Barry?"
There was a sudden rustling and whispering coming from the other side, Natalie opened the door and her stomach twisted tightly at the sight before her.
There, on the bed, was Barry. Naked with what was most likely a hooker. Barry grabbed the duvet and covered himself, leaving nothing for the prostitute to cover herself with, "Er…I, erm…I can explain all this!" he said unconvincingly.
Natalie's insides felt like they were on fire, now the alien encounter was buried under a ton of rage and betrayal. She stormed out the room with Barry chasing after her, leaving the prostitute alone on the bed.
Natalie reached the couch in the living room when Barry grabbed her arm, "Please, listen to me!"
"Get your filthy hands off me you cheating rat!"
"I'm telling you that this…"
"I said GET OFF!"
She swiped at him and he went flying across the room, he landed in a chair and the chair toppled over. Natalie looked at her shaking hands; she didn't know how she had done that. She didn't feel afraid though, she was angry.
The rage overcame her and she began to feel her feet sliding along the carpet, then she realised her whole body was expanding, her watch snapped off her wrist as she gripped the couch for support.
She felt her body getting tighter as it pressed against her clothes, she grunted as her shirt struggled to conceal her inflating bosom. Barry looked up from behind the toppled chair just in time to see the top button of her shirt break free, striking him in the head and knocking him down again. More buttons broke free as her expanding chest fought its way to freedom.
Her skirt rose up her legs as her hips broadened out. She was soon as tall as the room and hit the ceiling, cracking the plaster and sending dust all over the place. She cursed as she opened her eyes, the sight of Barry gawping at her just made her even angrier; it seemed to speed up the growth.
"BARRY, YOU LYING, CHEATING SON OF A B-"
She pushed up and broke through the ceiling into the attic, her arms and then her hips followed through the hole. All Barry could see of her now were her ever increasing feet, they began pushing the furniture over, her right foot pushed the couch into the TV, breaking the screen. And her left foot was now blocking the door.
The growth then seemed to stop as everything went quiet, Barry decided to make a break for it, Screw this! he thought.
But then Natalie's giant hand smashed through the ceiling and grabbed him; quickly he was pulled out of the house, the force nearly breaking his neck. He was now eye to eye with his livid wife; her shirt now only had one button left holding her huge rack from being exposed to the world. Her skirt had ridden all the way up to her thighs and her belt had broken off.
Natalie didn't care; all that mattered was the piece of cheating scum now firmly in her hand. She was about to put the final squeeze on him when the sound of screaming resonated beneath her, looking down she saw the hooker wide eyed and screaming up at her. Before she could get away Natalie grabbed her and held both of them in front of her, she looked at the pair of them hatefully.
"Did years of marriage mean nothing to you?" she screamed at her husband. He didn't answer, only whimpered.
Natalie looked at the shaking prostitute, "What do you see in this tramp anyway?"
With hesitancy, she lifted her above her face and dropped her into her mouth, with one gulp she swallowed the hooker whole. Barry was now screaming like a little girl. Natalie just licked her lips.
"Now I see why, she was delicious! But you don't get off so easily!"
She let go of him and he fell through the debris and back into the living room, his back hurt and he couldn't move as Natalie towered over him.
"You always had me under your thumb, nor you're gonna be under my foot!"
She lifted her foot and dangled it over him, he screamed even louder as the giant foot came down and crushed him. Natalie rubbed her foot along the floor, smearing her husband's dead body along the carpet.
Natalie looked out to the world, all those people, all those lying, cheating scumbags out there. They didn't deserve pity or mercy. The anger inside her continued to rage, it wanted her to show everyone that no one messes with Natalie Archer ever again.
Growling loudly, she stepped out of the ruined house and made her way down the streets.
[VIDEO PAUSED]
There was a short silence before Craft spoke, "Natalie proceeded to San Diego where she caused massive damage and injured many innocent civilians,"
They all looked at Natalie, she was shaking as she had her back to them, a weeping sound told them she was crying.
"I-I couldn't stop myself, it was like something was d-driving me, that rage just wouldn't end, it wanted me to harm those p-people. Then this woman and her child came into my view, everything was t-telling me to stomp them, just as I was about to the child b-began to cry and something inside me suddenly snapped. It was like waking up; I just stood there, mortified with what I'd d-done."
Natalie broke down as Sarah and Michelle crawled over to comfort her, Nat sank her head into Sarah's arms as she held her.
Craft allowed them a minute before carrying on, "With her rampage over, the military quickly subdued her and transported her to a top secret facility where she was taught how to control her new height and strength. The scientists called the element that changed her: Growthania. There was no way to reverse it so she carried on under her new name of Enorma. Soon she was working for the government along with other beings that had been transformed by aliens including a human/dragon hybrid and a cyborg. She swore to protect the world from further alien activity."
"I was trying to find some redemption." She sobbed from Sarah's arms; Michelle put her hands on her shoulders.
"It's in the past," Sarah told her, "You said it yourself, you couldn't stop yourself!"
"And it sounds like this Barry got what he deserved!" Michelle added.
Craft switched the projector off and looked at the bunker, "Doc, are we ready yet?"
"Just about, sir! I'm bringing the Dimension Scoop out now!" Dr Mantis called.
"Right," the general turned back to the giantesses, "Ginormica, Annazon, Girliath, Titana, Enorma. Get yourselves ready, the time to save all of creation has come!"
Good news! I now have a DeviantArt page with rough sketches of the parallel monsters, more to come soon.
The link is on my profile along with my MvA youtube channel.