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Idol of Meyhem
by Morpheus
Contact the author at morpheus@phuze.com
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Opening up the crate, Dr. Caroline Marcus looked down with boredom at the contents. As assitant director in charge of acquisitions for the museum, this new batch of items seemed rather dull to her. Nothing of any particular interest.
Holding her nose in disgust, she started carefully pulling the artifacts out, not wanting to damage anything. Another, smaller museum had recently been forced to shut down, and Caroline had worked hard to get some of the artifacts sent to her, but she was greatly disappointed, noticing that what she had seemed to be mostly the leftovers or scrap. Still, she didn't want to break anything. These were still valuable antiques and historical treasures.
One item however caught her eye as she unwrapped the packing paper from around it. It was a small statuette. It stood just under a foot tall, carved of a dull greyish stone. Examining it, she decided that it was probably Norse. A depiction of one of their great warriors or one of their Gods most likely.
It has to be one of the Gods she decided. Probably either Baldur or Loki by the looks of him. But then again, worshippers of Loki weren't all that common, so if it was Loki, this statue might be rather rare and interesting indeed. Caroline decided that she definitely needed to look into this one a bit more. After all, these religious idols weren't that uncommon, but one of Loki would be a rather uncommon find indeed. Most likely though she decided, it was probably Baldur, but who knows.
Setting the statuette on the table as she reached for the next artifact, she missed seeing the small statues eyes start glowing green for a brief second, as if something within had just woken up, after a long sleep.
Looking up after several hours of cataloging, Caroline realized that it was time to get home. Her husband Mark, and their two kids, Beth and Tony would be getting worried. Sighing, she put her coat on, and turned around, not noticing as her elbow bumped the small idol, knocking it into the duffel bag she'd set by the table.
Without noticing the difference, Caroline picked up her bag and started heading home, glad to be done for the day.
Getting home, Caroline was happy to see that Mark was home too, and hurried inside, giving her husband a kiss, and being surprised to find dinner already set.
At the dinner table, Mark sat, smiling, a small piece of corn caught in his well trimmed beard, telling Caroline about his day at the office. Tony, their energetic 12 year old son was kicking his 15 year old sister Beth under the table, much to her annoyance, which she loudly shared with everyone. Just like every night, Caroline Sighed.
After eating, Beth and Tony were left to clean up, while Caroline and Mark went into the living room. Caroline stopped, remembering her dufflebag, and went to clean it out. She was surprised when she looked inside, seeing the idol lying on top. "Shit" She muttered, knowing that she'd really be in trouble for taking this home if anyone found out. She immediately decided that no one at the museum would. She'd take it right back in the morning when she went to work. Absently, she set it on the bookshelf where she'd remember to see it in the morning.
Tony ran to his room, glad that the dishes were finally done. That stupid sister of his kept bossing him around, thinking that she could since she was older. That really made him mad. Turning on his TV, he plugged a video game in, and started to play, forgetting about his annoyance almost immediately.
A couple hours later, his mom came in, telling him it was almost bedtime. Reluctantly, Tony shut off his game and started getting ready for bed. After he'd gotten ready, and his mom said good night, shutting the light off, Tony waited quietly for several minutes. Quiety he got up, turning on the flashlight that he kept near his bed, and reached under his bed, pulling out a magazine.
Smiling, he opened the Playboy, staring in fascination at the centerfold. He wasn't sure just what some of the older boys saw in this yet, but he knew that the centerfold was definitely hot. Very beautiful indeed. He smiled, enjoying the picture and the slight feeling of naughtiness, of doing something knew he wasn't supposed to. "Man" he said, "I wish I could get my hands on a girl like that"
Just another room away, the idols eyes glowed green faintly, and the lips almost seemed to smile.
Getting ready to go to work, Caroline went and made sure that the kids were both up, so that they could get ready for school. Getting Beth up wasn't a problem, and usually wasn't. Going into Tony's room, she saw him on his bed, completely curled up in his blankets. Smiling she grabbed the blanket and yanked, saying "Get up sleepy"
Caroline screamed, seeing a young woman in her sons bed, with no sign of him. The girl had dark reddish blonde hair, seemed to be about 19, and was obviously very well endowed. She was also completely naked.
Hearing the scream, the girl opened her eyes, sitting up, looking a little confused. "What's up mom" she said. Then she looked down, and started screaming as well.
"I can't explain it either" Caroline told Mark, who stared at his son, in shock. Beth seemed to think it was a little funny, that her brother had suddenly changed. They all stared at Tony, dressed only in his Moms robe, and looking extremely uncomfortable. He tried to peek down the front of his robe, but Caroline slapped his hands back. "Stop that she scolded him.
Obviously Tony couldn't go to school like this, and neither Caroline or Mark was ready to go to work until they figured out what was going on. Noticing that Beth had already missed the school bus, they decided that she might as well stay home too.
Reluctantly, Tony told them about the Playboy under his bed, not knowing if that had anything to do with his overnight change, but afraid to leave it out. His parents took it better than he expected, not being nearly as angry as he'd thought they would be. They had larger things to worry about at the moment though, so let his confession go by.
After worrying awhile, Tony broke the silence with the announcement, "I have to go to the bathroom"
Sighing, Caroline said "I'll take care of this" and led Tony into the bathroom, reminding him to sit down. After he'd finished, she showed him how to wipe himself, leaving both of them red with embarrassment at the odd situation.
Noticing that Tony kept getting curious and trying to take peaks at his new body, Caroline decided to keep him from getting too curious, and tried dressing him up in some of her clothes. She didn't have a bra quite his size, so quickly ran over to the neighbors, telling the neighbor woman that her "niece" had just ran away from home, forgetting to even bring any clothes. The explanation worked well enough to get a bra loaned. Caroline made sure that Tony was decently dressed, and not exposing too much. He was obviously hating being dressed up as a girl, less so than his being one. That only seemed to make him curious.
"Here he is" Caroline said, announcing Tony who came in, feeling rather embarrassed to have his family see him like this. He really felt uncomfortable. He noticed that he was taller than before, but only by a couple inches at most. What was the oddest, besides not having anything between his legs, was all the weight on his chest. His chest stuck out so far, he thought he was going to fall forward, or run into things with those things.
Beth was looking at Tony, mouth open, unable to believe that this was Tony. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY KID BROTHER HAS BIGGER BOOBS THAN I DO!" she whined, making Tony feel better that he was at least annoying his sister still. And he didn't even have to do anything but stand there.
Smiling, Tony grabbed them, "Yeah, they're lots bigger" giggling at the look of anger on Beth's face.
"Its not fair" Beth whined as she ran into her room, making Tony feel a little better.
"Cut that out Tony" his dad scolded him, while his mom glared at him, making him feel a little guilty. He shook the feelings off, thinking that she deserved it. He looked down at the protrusions again, and was curious to look at them a little better, but his mom wasn't giving him the chance to be alone or to investigate, leaving him a little annoyed.
Beth sat on her bed, crying into her hands. It wasn't fair. Her brother gets turned into THAT, and she couldn't even get a date with Tommy at school. She put a hand to her breasts, thinking how much smaller they were than Tony's. She was average sized for her age, and still growing, but still she felt envious. "I wish I were bigger" she mutters to herself.
In the next room, unnoticed by anyone, the idols eyes glowed green for a second then died away.
Beth suddenly felt odd. Her bra felt tighter. A grin broke out on her face. Somehow she was going to change to. The bra kept getting tighter, and she tore her shirt and bra off, anxious to see the changes. She'd show Tony who was bigger.
Putting her hands to her breasts, she felt them growing, then realized that her pants were feeling tighter too. Curiously, she pulled her pants off, feeling herself getting bigger. Suddenly, she realized that something was wrong. This wasn't right at all.
Staring down in horror, she saw her waist getting larger, and her legs as well. She was getting fatter as she watched. "NO" She screamed, realizing that she had gotten too fat for any of her clothes. She looked at her arm in disgust, seeing the flab hanging off. She started crying again, feeling herself still growing larger.
Mark and Caroline heard the scream, and rushed into Beth's room, stopping in shock as they saw their daughter sitting on the bed, which was barely holding her weight. She was huge. Incredibly obese. Between 400 and 500 lbs they guessed. Her boobs were mammoth, and all fat, and everywhere, fat spilled from her body.
"Oh my god" Caroline said, unable to believe this. First her son, then her daughter. She couldn't believe this. And whatever it was, was spreading. Suddenly she became incredibly aware that she and Mark were very likely to be next if they didn't figure out what was going on. Horrified, she realized that they'd better find whatever it was quick.
Mark immediately suggested that they leave the house, go to a hotel or a friends house instead, since whatever it was could be around the house. Sadly, Caroline pointed out that they'd never be able to get Beth even into the car, and they weren't about to abandon her. Reluctantly, they ruled that option out.
Caroline tried to comfort the sobbing Beth, while Mark tried to figure out what was going on, and what they could do about it.
Tony stared at his sister in horror. That couldn't be Beth. He saw his sister in that blob of flesh, and felt sorry for her. He felt sorry for all the mean things he'd done to her, and ran to his own room, crying in shame, as if feeling that he were somehow the cause.
Tony cried into his pillow for awhile, ignoring the pressure on his chest as he lay on his new breasts. Finally, he stopped crying, forcing himself to sit up. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he accidentally scratched himself with one of his fingernails, then held his hands out, to stare at the offending nail.
This wasn't right. He wanted to get back to normal, and wanted Beth to be normal too. Finally, he just put most of his trust in his father, sure that dad would make everything all right. That's what dads did.
Mark paced back and forth across the living room, deeply worried. He'd always prided himself in being a calm and rational man, but this was beyond anything he had ever imagined. Still, he forced himself to stay as calm as possible, knowing that he couldn't help his son or daughter if he panicked Still, it took every ounce of willpower to keep himself from running out the front door screaming.
He listened to Caroline in Beth's room, trying to calm her down and comfort her, feeling horrible about whatever had befallen his daughter. He wanted desperately to call the hospital, but knew that they wouldn't be able to do anything about, whatever this was. He tried guessing what it could be. Secret government experiment run wild? Aliens? or something even more strange? He couldn't guess.
As Mark paced, something caught his eye on the bookshelf, making him stop. Stepping closer, he saw the small gray stone idol, and his blood froze. Cautiously, he stepped back, getting very nervous. "Honey" he called to Caroline, "Can you come in here?"
"What is it?" she asked, her eyes red from crying. Mark just pointed at the idol. "Oh my god" Caroline muttered to herself, remembering the idol. She wasn't sure how it was responsible, but knew somehow that it was. It all started when she brought that THING into the house.
Mark stepped forward to pick it up, but Caroline stopped him, not knowing what it would do. They had to get away from it. "Come on Tony" Caroline shouted, "We're leaving"
Mark heaved, trying to get Beth standing. He grunted, and finally got her up, with Caroline's help, but his back began to hurt. "Damn" he muttered to himself, silently wishing that he were only a couple years younger.
Suddenly Mark fell, tripping over his own pant legs. He looked around in horror as everything in the room started growing. Beth and Caroline looked down at him, surprise in their eyes. Finally Mark seemed to stop shrinking. He felt himself buried in his own clothes, but try as he might, he couldn't get them off of him. He yelled for help, but only heard a baby's cry.
Beth fell back to her bed, hearing it creak in complaint of her massive frame. She just stared at the baby on the floor as her mom picked it up, trying to comfort it, to stop the crying. The baby, her dad, stopped crying, and shivered against the offered shoulder.
Caroline held the shivering baby shocked. This was her husband. She desperately wanted to leave, and only held herself back because of Beth. She couldn't get Beth out by herself, and probably not with Tony's help either. She felt trapped, stuck with that statue.
She started to reason that nothing happened to her carrying it home, or at the museum. It must be safe to handle. At least that's what she tried telling herself. But then, what about it was causing all this. Caroline asked Beth what she remembered about just before she changed.
"I don't know" Beth sobbed. Caroline soothed Beth a little, and had Beth try remembering what happened. Finally, Beth was calm enough to say how she was just crying, feeling jealous of Tony, when she started growing.
As if hearing his name, Tony walked in, asking "Where's dad?" then stopping when he saw the baby, knowing where dad was.
Caroline looked at Tony, then remembered what he'd said about having the Playboy. She had a very bad feeling. If she was right, they seemed to have a Monkey's Paw, right here in the house. Very bad news indeed. She only hoped that it wasn't limited to the traditional 3 wishes since they already seemed to have that. She hoped she could find some way to wish things back to normal, without making things worse. If she could even use the thing to wish at all. She still wasn't certain of her theory.
"Damn" she muttered to herself, "That thing has got to be Loki"
Slowly she approached the statue, almost in tears from Beth having just begged her while she left, "Please mom, change me back. Please" She shivered, determined to make things right. If she could.
She knew that the others didn't touch the idol when they changed, but hoped that by touching it, she could control the wish. Briefly she wondered if it only effected the person making the wish, then shook her head, refusing to believe that. If so, Mark would never get back to normal, being unable to make a wish as a baby. Suddenly she froze. She didn't hear anything from Mark before he changed. "Maybe" she told herself, "It doesn't need to be verbal" but not really believing it. Still, she had to try.
Carefully she picked up the idol, then turned to look at Tony, who was watching her hopefully. She licked her lips, deciding to get the worse case first. If it worked. If was such a useless word she realized. Slowly she started. "I wish that Beth was back to her normal self, the way she was before making that wish"
Caroline was pleased to hear a howl of pleasure from Beth's room, then Beth come running out, looking the same as she did before, and looking extremely excited, not even noticing her state of undress. Caroline felt a surge of triumph, and hugged Beth, who was crying with joy. Tony looked at her expectantly. "Patience" she told him.
She looked down at the baby she was still cradling in her arms, then set the baby on the floor a few feet away. Feeling the triumph from the first wish, she made her second, hoping it wasn't limited to one wish per person. "I wish Mark were older" She realized her mistake instantly, not specifying the wish. She had a very bad feeling about this, knowing that monkey's paws were supposed to twist every wish.
The small baby in front of started to grow. She watched, feeling very nervous, hoping that it worked out. Then it stopped. The baby had grown older, but then stopped at about 5 years old. Mark looked up at her confused. "Why stop me here" he said, sounding like the little boy that he was"
Caroline shrugged, saying "At least it wasn't worse. Maybe I can change you the rest of the way back" Mark nodded, waiting impatiently for her to continue.
Nervously, Caroline looked back to the idol. Only two more wishes to fix things. One for Mark, and one for Tony. For a second, she considered making another wish, or using it to make them rich, but that didn't sound too good. If this was the statue of Loki, that was bad news. He was a god of mischief, which would fit what was going on. It was like a monkeys paw. The less they used it, the better off they'd be. Steeling herself, she prepared for the next wish.
Tony giggled, realizing that it was like Aladdin and his lamp. He looked over at his dad, and his sister, then to his mom. He giggled, thinking that Mom was the only one that hadn't changed. Since they could fix anything with the statue, Tony said, "I wish mom was 12 years old", and laughed at the look of horror that appeared on her face as she started to shrink.
Laughing, Tony thought it was funny, watching his mom start getting younger and younger in front of him, then shrinking to the same age as him. Or at least the age he was supposed to be, he corrected himself. He smiled, knowing that they'd fix it in a minute, but it was funny to watch, and he couldn't resist.
Caroline stared in shock, unable to believe that Tony said that. She felt her clothes al start getting loose on her and everything else around her was growing a little as well. Even Beth and Tony were looking a lot taller. She stepped back, tripping over her own pant legs, and falling backwards. The idol flew from her hand, smashing against the floor with a loud crack.
They all stared at the idol, broken in two on the floor, in shock. Three pairs of eyes turned to Tony, now the tallest of the group, in shock, horror and anger. Tony stared at his mom, suddenly feeling really guilty. He hadn't meant to ruin things. He'd only wanted mom to change too. To see what it was like.
Caroline held the pieces together, and tried wishing, finding that nothing happened. She wasn't surprised, still being in shock. They got super glue from the kitchen, and glued it back together. Still though it didn't work.
Holding it in her hands, Caroline stared at it. Then as if to mock her, the idols eyes seemed to flash red for a split second, then the whole thing crumbled into dust, falling through her fingers and being lost for good.
Holding her dusty hands to her head, she started to cry, amazed at how easily it all came out. Mark hugged her waist, needing comfort himself, as well as trying to comfort them. Neither of them wanted to have to grow up again, or go through puberty again.
Beth shivered, thanking God that she got changed back before the statue broke, and feeling sorry for her family.
They didn't know what they were going to do. What could they do about their identities? Who'd believe any of them was who they said they were, except for Beth who was unchanged. They didn't know, but Mark tried to assure Caroline that they'd find some way.
Tony was in shock, realizing that because of his prank, his childishness, he was stuck a girl forever. Sadly, he looked down at his parents, thinking how small and helpless they looked, especially his dad. He decided that he wasn't going to mess up like that again. He didn't think that he could afford another mistake like that.
Caroline wiped the tears from her eyes, looking up at Tony. She realized that they'd all be relying on him a lot from now on. Him and Beth both. Tony was the only one that even looked like an adult, and would be needed for whatever they did. Sadly, she smiled at Tony, thinking that now he'd need certain help as well.
She'd have to teach him how to be a woman. Everything that girls learned growing up, she'd have to teach him, and help him to cope with. Clothes, manners, dealing with men, and unfortunately, the birds and the bees as well. She almost giggled at the idea of him having a period, wondering how he'd react. That at least should be some punishment for his thoughtlessness.
Slowly, they started to make plans for their future, hoping that they'd find some way.
The End
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