Growth Drive - Micro Ch. 7 - Nikki's Power Level

Growth Drive: Meta High – Micro Chapter 7 – Nikki's Power Level
By MagnusMagneto (www.magnusmagneto.com)

(This is a micro-chapter that's part of my Growth Drive: Meta High storyline.  You can see all of the Growth Drive content here: magnusmagneto.deviantart.com/g…)



“Yo.  Seth.  The frig just happened for the past… like… four months?”  Nikki asked.

“Wh-what on earth are you talking about Nikki!?” the comparatively tiny teenager sputtered in response.

Nikki reflected on this for a few moments before responding, “Never mind.  Forget I said anything.  What matters is we're back.”

“Right...”  

Nikki had become such an overwhelmingly impressive specimen that it was downright freighting to Seth when she had one of these strange flashes of madness.  It was as if she was occasionally speaking to and referencing some other universe.  For someone to possess that much power – power that was growing – to act momentarily insane was quite scary for those in her presence.

Still, Nikki was so muscular, busty, beautiful, and to Seth at least – cool – that he couldn't help but cling to her presence as frequently as possible.  Secretly, Seth had always been infatuated with Nikki, and truthfully, Nikki had always known; he was simply too meek to act on it, and she didn't want to give him any ideas.  Back then, while Nikki enjoyed the attention and friendship she got from Seth, she didn't have any interest in being with him in any romantic capacity.

After her transformation however, Nikki had come to appreciate Seth's near worship.  With more power than anyone on the planet – barring Harriet and Cindy – Nikki found it far easier to simply do whatever she wanted.  Indulging Seth here and there still resulted in some fun for herself, and it absolved her of feeling guilt by taking other lovers as well; not that guilt was something Nikki was afraid of.

“I don't get it Seth.” Nikki started thinking out loud.

“Hmm?”

“I'm SUPPOSED to be a genius right now, but I'm still, like, talking like this.  Plus,  I can't figure out how to make a quick buck.  Should be easy for someone with over 180 intelligence points, plus more funneling in all the time!”

“Intelligence points?  Nikki, life isn't a game...”  There she went again, with the insane stuff.

Nikki let out a sigh.  Sometimes she wanted to simply reveal the truth of where she came up with things like those numbers, but she feared that nobody would believe her, or such knowledge could drive others insane, like revealing the eldritch truth of their existence.

“Like… just work with me here Seth.  You've seen my muscles.  My powers.  Obviously some seriously epic shit is going on, right?”

“Right.”

“Well, let's just say that one of my abilities is like… the ability to see power levels, like a saiyan scouter.”

Seth cocked a brow.  “Really?  What's mine?”

“Uhh… I don't think you want to know.”

“Nah, come on.  I'm not expecting much anyways.”

Nikki shrugged her tremendously brawny shoulders.  She focused for a bit, thinking about this story, thinking about its rules, and the arbitrary levels assigned to determine a character's strength and other attributes.  With this in mind, she thought about Seth in particular, trying to figure out where he fit into this.  Suddenly, the numbers came to her.

“Two.”

“Two?  Two what?”

“Your, uh, strength level is two.” Nikki explained matter-of-factually.

“Compared to… what's yours!?”

“Over 620.  It keeps changing, growing, hard to pinpoint.”  Just then another growth spurt kicked in, and every muscle on Nikki's already engorged frame burst even further.  She gained yet another inch of height, and pounds of powerful flesh.  “YEAH!  EVEN MORE!” she declared before entering a double-bicep pose.

“Does…. Does that mean you're more than three-hundred and ten times stronger than me?” Seth asked, his voice quaking with a combination of fear and arousal.

Nikki shook her head.  “These power levels… they're whack man.  Like, sure, I'm definitely dozens, maybe even a hundred times stronger than you at this point, but not that much.  I mean, my starting power level was like, one.  You weren't twice as strong as me then.  Cindy's was four, and she definitely wasn't four times as strong as me.  I'm pretty sure the numbers are just, you know, nearly random benchmarks.  Still, that bitch Harriet has like 20 more levels than me, and she's definitely a bit stronger, so they're real.”

Seth was having difficulty following along; these were concepts that would make sense in a video game, but were outlandish for reality.

Nikki continued musing on the subject: “Plus, consider how whenever I drain someone like you, or your brother, I gain way more strength than what those one or two extra levels would give me.  Clearly, when draining normal people, I get a larger boost than what I take.”

“So... how do you get more levels?” Seth asked, “Do you uhh, train or something?  I remember you got pretty yolked after working out once in my garage...”

Nikki shook her head again.  “It's... kind of spontaneous.  Like, sometimes the power flows into me in response to a challenge or a workout, but other times it just... happens.  As a result, I figure there's no point in worrying about training or whatever.  How much power I have comes down to the readers really.”

“R-readers?”  And again with the crazy talk.

“Don't worry about it.  Anyways, the real question is why someone with so many intelligence points still can't figure out how to make some money!”

Seth pondered on the problem for a few moments.  “Maybe your intelligence comes in other forms?  Like how you suddenly got so kick-ass at video games?”

“Hey!  I was always kick-ass at games!”

Seth stifled a comment.  Truth was, he had no problem beating her in the past.

Nikki continued, “I guess I can see where you're coming from though.”

Seth spoke up again: “Well, you could always do something drastic... maybe rob a bank.  Not like anyone could stop you, you know?”

The amazon stroked her chin, causing the tremendous mound of muscle that was her bicep to jump up from the motion.  “That idea is so great that I could just kiss you Seth!”

Seth gulped, “Well... if you want to...”

Nikki effortlessly scooped him up into her arms.  “Remember to hold onto my guns if you want to feel your contribution first hand!”

“Wait.” Seth interrupted.

“Oh?”

“Can... can you, uh, do a, adrenaline rush thing, during this?” his face turned red just from giving such a request.

A smirk met Nikki's mouth.  “You want to REALLY feel my power, huh?”

Seth nodded.

She shrugged.  “Guess I should indulge my number one fan, right?”  

Nikki leaned in, bringing her lips to Seth's, all while thinking about powering up with an adrenaline rush.  In the past, a catalyst was required for Nikki to 'hulk out' as she occasionally referred to the ability, but recently her control over it had become so great that she no longer required something like that.

All at once, a torrent of power flooded Nikki's tremendous form.  Between the energy she was temporarily stealing, and the adrenaline rush, her body began expanding rapidly.  A fleshy tearing sound could be heard as the hard, powerful, muscle-packed limbs squirmed to find new room to grow into.  As suggested, Seth grabbed onto her right bicep, and felt a level of arousal previously thought impossible as he experienced firsthand the simultaneous widening and hardening of the already unfathomable arm.  

A few moments passed, and soon Nikki had taken all she could from Seth.  She dropped him, sending him to the ground, allowing him to look up at the ever-more impressive goddess.  Nikki had become power incarnate.  Between the draining kiss and adrenaline rush, her arms were easily at least 40 inches in circumference, all of it impeccably well-defined muscle.  Her sex appeal had become similarly exaggerated, as the combination of a body-builder's X taper, and her natural hourglass fused together to create a being of otherworldly proportions.  Not an ounce of fat rested on Nikki's body, aside from her tremendous breasts, and a thin layer of feminine fluff that prevented her from looking dried out.

“God damn Seth.  I just LOVE having so much power coursing through my body!” she exclaimed.

“M-me too.” Seth meekly agreed.

“I'm so close to being a real life anime or video game character.  I just need something like...” Nikki cupped her hands, and concentrated for a moment, “HADOKEN!” Nikki yelled, and cue, a large blue ball of energy formed from her palms before firing outward.

She let out a shrill laugh of joy.  “Holy shit!  Did I really just...?”  Nikki gathered her hands again, “HADOKEN!” she repeated the motion, and yet another ball of energy fired off.

“YES!” she exclaimed.  “I can do friggan energy attacks!  About time that third EX ability kicked in!  Now for Magnus to get on his butt and write me a second bonus ability...”

A chill ran down Seth's spine.  Nikki had just become even more captivating and terrifying at the same time.

Holding her thick arms outward, and her hands upward, Nikki effortlessly summoning two globes of power, levitating them in mid air.  “Nice.  Looks like my third EX power is Energy Manipulation.  Guess we should explore the extent of my powers... then maybe rob that bank!  Hope the readers like this, because I'm going to need all the strength I can get to beat Harriet and Cindy!”

Seth simply looked on, bedazzled, nodding his head.