‘Damn this is quite the storm. I don’t remember it ever
being this bad before.’
Cooper stares out his window at the trees whipping around
ferociously against the strong winds. He can see debris starting to whip up
from around the neighborhood. He quickly decides to move away from the windows
and get into a nearby doorway in case something happens to his apartment.
*phone beeps*
He looks down at the text message that pops up on his screen
from his close friend Aaron.
‘Yeah dude, I know. This is crazy, the power is about to go
out here I think.’
*lights go out*
‘Well speak of the devil…..’
*phone loses reception*
‘DAMNIT! This sucks ass, I can’t understand how the
meteorologists could get this so wrong. I really wanted to go on that trip.’
He can feel his building
starting to shake as he holds on to the sides of the doorway. The wind outside
howls as it begins to shake the windows in his living room. Without a second
thought, they shatter as the room begins to crumble. Cooper falls to the ground
and lies unconscious as he is hit with rubble.
Several hours later, Cooper wakes up and feels extremely
groggy. He pushes enough of the trash away to get up and start moving around.
The endless amount of destruction can be seen for miles as he stands there
where his apartment was in complete shock. He looks down and notices that his
clothes are slightly ripped, but it is the least of his worries.
He turns to look at the nearby mountain and sees that a
rainbow has appeared over the horizon. The sheer size of it is what draws him
in as he starts to walk towards it. It must be about two miles from where his
apartment is but at this point he doesn’t care since for some reason it is
summoning him to go to it. Along the way he notices he isn’t alone as other men
from surrounding residential complexes are also being drawn to the rainbow.
When he finally gets to the edge of it, he begins to wonder
why he ever went there in the first place considering the catastrophe that just
occurred in the city. The men that were trailing beside him appear to have
already traveled up the rainbow and over across the mountain range. He turns
around to take another look at the city behind him and wonders if things will
ever be the same again before he hears a voice coming from above.
‘Aye there Cooper, I do believe you are next. Why don’t you step
up on this here lift and I will take you across.’
Cooper turns and sees a short muscled man dressed in a green
suit with a hat that matches it. He seems a bit surprised that such a small man
could be built so incredibly well.
‘Uhh…..why is this rainbow here and what is going on? I
don’t understand what has happened here and why are all of these men going
across the rainbow anyway?’
The little man laughs a little as he gets to the bottom of
the rainbow. He grabs Cooper’s hand before leading him on to the lift with him.
‘I know what has happened to you is tragic Cooper which is
why I am here. You see I am here to help you rebuild your city, but certain
things have to be done first to ensure that it is done correctly.’
As the little man sits down with Cooper, the lift starts
moving up the rainbow slowly.
‘Ahh yes, I forgot to tell you…..my name is Padraig, of
course me mates call me Paddy.’
‘Oh so it isn’t Patrick, as in St. Patrick.’ *Cooper sort of
chuckles a little as they move up the rainbow*
Paddy turns to punch Cooper in the arm which shocks the
bigger man.
‘Holy shit man, you are freaking strong. I have never seen a
guy of your stature with such incredibly thick muscles.’
Paddy laughs a little as he bounces his pecs before making
his biceps jump.
‘Aye I am not that short mate. It could surprise you what
your body can accomplish if it is just pushed hard enough.’
‘So…..what exactly am I doing on this lift on this rainbow
with what I am guessing is an incredibly well-built Irishman?’
Paddy smiles and takes his hat off to show off his red hair
and hands it to Cooper.
‘Aye Cooper…..you are one of the fortunate few that survived
this horrific storm that just went through your land. I or I should say we are
here to help you rebuild your city but you will have to complete an important
quest first before I can help you.’
The confused young man stares at the little Irish muscle guy
for about a minute before he says something else.
‘Uhh what would you have me do Paddy? I am curious as to
what you mean by a quest?’
Paddy shows Cooper that they are approaching the other end
of the rainbow. He smiles and tells him to just relax until they get to the
bottom. When the lift finally stops moving, the little man prompts Cooper to
get off.
‘Here we are Cooper. Somewhere in this here nearby forest is
something or someone that will have a connection to you in some way. Once you
retrieve it or them from that spot, then you will come back to this area mate
and present it to me. Do note though, there will be some kind of obstacle in
your way and you will have to figure out how to get around it whether
physically or mentally. That will be up to you of course. This is the time for
me to say good luck and safe journey.’
The muscled Irish man pulls a gold coin from his pocket and
puts it into Cooper’s right pants pocket.
‘I have given you a charm to help you along the way Cooper.
I hope you succeed at seeking out the treasure. Good day to you my big lad.’
Paddy turns to walk down a black road and vanishes
practically into thin air. Cooper stares astonishingly as he does disappear and
sighs. He pulls the coin out from his pocket and examines it. To his surprise,
it is indeed real and made of solid gold. He doesn’t recognize the language on
it since it doesn’t seem to be anything he has seen before. After a minute or
two, he puts it back in his pocket and starts to walk into the nearby forest
wondering what he will find.
On his way inside, he encounters two men sitting on stone
slabs at the intersection of two paths. He stops to look at both of them before
he sees them get up. They both smile at him and mimic each other’s body
language. Cooper finds this rather strange and begins to ponder which direction
he will choose. As he moves to the right path, they both jump down from the
rocks and pull him back to where he was standing.
The one on the right side starts to speak.
‘I don’t think you want to go that way just yet Cooper, you
may want to think this through some more.’
The one from the left rock stands behind him.
‘He is right you know. You need to make a selection I know,
but think it through first.’
They are both of different statures too. The guy from the
left side is small and lean, but quite ripped. He looks like he has been to a
gym quite a bit. The guy from the right side is big and bulky, like he is going
through an offseason of bulking for some show. His muscles are thick and
massive. Both of the men are wearing the same clothes however, just in their
appropriate sizes.
Cooper does think it through for a few moments, but wonders
if there is a right direction to take. Both men go back to their original
positions on their rocks once Cooper makes his choice. As he walks down the
path, he stops to second guess himself before treading along again. He hears
someone’s voice at the end of the trail and moves a little faster. When he
arrives there, he sees another small muscled man this time in a while suit and
white hat.
‘Aye there Cooper glad to see that you made your way to my
camp. Why don’t you take a seat here and let me examine you for a minute.’
Cooper sits down while the little man makes his way around
him studying his body like he is about to pounce or something. The confused
larger man gives him a weird look which draws a few laughs from the muscled
short man.
‘Hehe, it’s alright lad. Paddy is just one of many in this
clan. I am Ciaran, one of four wizards in the clan that are responsible for
developing the armies for reconstruction. You made your choice of the path you
want to take with your life and now I am going to make that a reality for you.’
Cooper seems a bit nervous about what he is saying and moves
away from him slowly by crawling backwards.
‘Uhh I just picked a direction actually…..i didn’t know
which direction to take I just chose one.’
‘Well Cooper, there is no turning back now lad, I am
responsible for transforming you into your final form. This won’t hurt too much
I promise…..’
‘NO NO! I DON’T WANT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME? PLEASE
DON’T…..’
Ciaran grabs his staff lying beside him and chants what
seems to be some kind of spell before pointing it directly into Cooper’s
direction. The scared man is still trying to crawl away before he feels some
kind of heavy force entering his body. He yells in fright as he senses
something happening to him. Ciaran rushes behind a nearby tree to peek over the
other side to watch what happens next.
Cooper grips the ground beneath him as he feels his body
changing rapidly. The muscles in his legs and arms stretch and pop growing
wildly as they double up on each other. His clothes quickly shred making way
for the additional size that is forming. His chest expands so much he feels
himself rising off the ground as his back makes quick work of his shirt. His
thick shoulders and delts push his arms further out in front of him as his lats
form into giant wings. His immense quads and ass explode through his pants and
underwear leaving him completely nude. He groans as he feels everything go numb
unaware that he has grown to nearly twice his size.
He finally passes out from the sheer carnage. Ciaran walks
over to him and checks to see if he still has a pulse. Three other small
muscled men appear out of thin air and cover Cooper in a furry blanket before
picking him up and carrying him to a nearby lift. He is placed in a bed on the
lift as the machine carries him away from the camp. In less than two minutes,
the lift stops moving and he is carried by other small men into a sleeping
area.
He awakens a few hours later and doesn’t remember what has
happened to him. Paddy sits nearby and gets up to walk over to Cooper still
lying in the bed.
‘Well lad, I do believe you made a reasonable choice. Not
every man chooses to become the strongman type, but you will be vital in
carrying out the hard labor through your reconstruction.’
Cooper seems a bit disoriented, but sits up anyway in his
bed. His huge heaving pecs and bulky arms bounce involuntarily. He sees them
and yells a little in shock. Paddy laughs and gets up on the bed at the very
end beside the strongman. He uncovers Cooper to reveal his massive tree trunks
and swollen calves. Cooper flexes them making the striations show through the
skin. Paddy punches them making them react. Cooper groans as he does it.
‘OW! Damn that kind of hurt Paddy…..*looks all over his body
feeling and flexing* wait is this me? I’m so huge…..i can’t remember what
happened to me exactly? Am I supposed to be like this?’
Paddy shakes his head and smiles.
‘You chose this path for yourself mate. You deep down must
have wanted to be big and strong because that is the path you took. Those two
men you saw in the forest were representations of you. You either wanted to be
ripped which would have made you a breeder or you wanted to be enormous which
would make you a builder. You chose to be a builder which I admire a lot.
Breeders are tricky especially when they are not interested in women.’
Cooper still seems dumbfounded and rubs his pecs with his
huge arms. Paddy gets back down off the bed and goes over to get an outfit for
the huge man. It is a green suit like his only in Cooper’s immense size.
‘Here you go lad, put it on. I think you are ready to start
your new life back on planet Earth. You will know your path once you get back
down there. It will all become clearer to you once you get back. As for me, my
work is done with you for now. Go now and fulfill your destiny. It was a
pleasure meeting you Cooper and I promise we will meet again lad.’
Paddy leaves the sleeping area and vanishes. Cooper puts the
suit on and walks out into the open air. He sees the lift come down from the
top of the nearby rainbow and stop for him. He gets in it as it takes him back
over to the other side. Once he gets off, the lift disappears. As Paddy
predicted, Cooper begins to feel things clearing up in his mind. He smiles as
he puts on his green hat and waddles his way down the street back into the
city. Instead of feeling sadness for the destruction, he feels like there is
hope for redemption. Only time will tell if the city will be rebuilt or not.
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