Chapter 4- Not again!
My scream the next morning woke the whole hotel floor. Jeff fell out of bed as the Deadman came bursting through the side door to our room. "What the hell… Damn!" Taker announced.
I stared blankly in the mirror. I become Fat Hardy again! "Taker what the hell is happening to me!" I demanded. "How is this happening?"
Taker was lost for words as he tried to call Kane, when he didn't answer, Taker teleported to Kane's hotel room and brought him into mine. He wasn't very coherent at first, but one he saw what became of me. He knew it wasn't good. Of all other people to arrive was Randy Orton… you know him and his ninja powers.
Orton just invited himself when he heard Taker screaming at Kane to get up and out of bed, he brought with him a book from the Nether Realm and skimmed through it without saying a word. Since he's been out in an injury, Kane had allowed him full access to the realm and read up. He had uncovered great things about the Shokan dragons and their ways but not all the books had the information he needed. I had to sit back down as Jeff picked himself off the floor.
I was nearly in tears, when Orton shouted "Ah ha!" so loud, everyone jumped. "Matt, what did you eat again?" he questioned me.
"Royal jelly"
Randy nodded as he read the passage in the book. Royal jelly is a powerful substance that can only be eaten by dragons or the bees. However the effect in a dragon drastically alters their body. "It says when a dragon eats Royal Jelly, it hardens their body and expands it. Their bellies become insulated, and firm. In other words, it's like blubber."
"Skip that explanation of that, why is it doing this to Matt?" Taker demanded.
Randy didn't know, he just explained that was the whole purpose of the Jelly, to make dragons fat. However what troubled him and all of us was why did Kitana give it to me? She knew what it would do if I ate it, why did she want me to? It was making no sense to me but my developing size wasn't stopping. I heard my pants tear down the sides as my shirt was officially shredded. I was LARGER than when Dark held me captive, and growing!
Kane paced about in worry, this happened after we came from Kratos' dinner. "You don't think…" whispered Jeff.
"No, Kratos would never hurt Matt!" Kane roared defiantly. "But who gets the gravy for this. Why would they want a large Hardy Boy?" he asked.
"Please don't say large," I muttered.
There went my self-esteem.
Taker however figured there was something else going on. There has to be a bigger plot to all of this. "It could have happened to any one of us, but… why Matt of all people?"
"Someone out there must hate me, I mean am I really any amusing to have this sort of thing happen? What the hell kind of incident is this, I've read stories on the internet with similar content. Yet here we are!" I growled.
"Yeah like a bit out of or something" muttered Jeff.
"Ok, let's talk about this computer crap later. I'm going to confront Kitana!" Kane announced as he teleported to her realm. I stayed on the bed feeling sorry for myself once more, I couldn't help but wonder if this was Eva's doing. She kept giving me a little look and wink every so often, could she have done this? Kane returned an hour later, he couldn't find Kitana anywhere let alone sense her. I sighed aloud and flopped back onto my bed… in which the legs gave out from under it.
"Ow" I muttered lowly to my luck.
"We will figure this out Matt, I suggest you go home. We'll cover you" Taker announced.
I nodded in agreement. I went home to my own bed and tried to sleep off this horrible morning. Before I did though, I found my skin growing scales. I began to transform into a dragon unwillingly! My body altered as I the form took over! As I fell onto my bed, I couldn't help but feel as if I were being watched.
Down stairs, the floor was stressed as someone walked about them. Jeff didn't follow me home and his girlfriend is with her mother for the month. It continued to grow louder as whoever it was came up the stairs! Slowly, I got off the bed and stood ready to confront the intruder!
They lingered just outside of my doorway, I threw open the door and prepared to strike, but no one was there! I nearly settled down until someone grabbed me from behind and threw me onto the floor! I gasped to see Eva! She smiled to me as her hands grasped onto my love handles. "You turned out just right," she cooed.
"What the hell is this? Why are you doing this to me!" I demanded of her.
She said all would be explained, but she had to get herself comfortable first. I watched her hands glide down my stomach and towards my navel cavity. She grinned and whispered. "What to see something strange? It's how I keep warm" She forced one of her hands into my naval! I could feel it inside of me!
"Stop it! Stop it!" I ordered her and tried to get away, but I couldn't move. I felt the air knocked out of me, as I went unconscious.