Food Chain: The Splicing
We could hardly believe it, Heather had been changed into a hybrid rat in front of us. Although she was initially winded from the change, her body recovered quickly and soon she was back on her feet. She seemed to be larger than her original form, having grown another 50% in proportions. The tight fishnets that had been hugging her form were now shredded, as were her boots. She picked up her shirt and shorts, but it was obvious they won't be able to fit her new body. She was pretty much forced to walk around naked in front of us, and she didn't seem to mind at all when she tossed her clothes to the side."Alright, let's get this over with." I said, starting to approach the machine, but Jake suddenly cut in front of me quite rudely."No way, I get next!" he said, placing his hand on the scanner and putting his arm inside the strap. Random animals flashed across the screen and suddenly stopped once again. When I saw the animal, I struggled to contain my laughter. The machine flashed red, indicating he was to be prey, but that wasn't what was amusing to me. It was the animal the machine had selected for him.
"What kind of racist shit is that!?" Jake shouted, "Ow!" he yelped as the needles injected his arm. There on the monitor was the picture of a gorilla, and I quickly backed away from the machine before things turned violent, trying not to laugh the whole time."Shouldn't have cut in line, Jake!" I said, prompting him to shout an obscenity at me."I assure you the machine is completely randomized." The bald man said, trying to diffuse the situation before Jake toppled over, grabbing his arm which was quickly beginning to swell in size. We watched as his body shifted, replacing excessive body fat with layers of muscle. Within moments his arm was nearly twice the size it had originally been, and the change was spreading across the rest of his body.We watched as his clothing exploded into shreds, he had been too hasty and forgot to strip down. It started with his sweat shirt as his chest and stomach became firmer and packed with muscle, rapidly burning off the calories of over a hundred pounds of excess fat. The black fur continued to spread over his body, across his head as his skin turned a mottled gray and his face developed more wrinkles in it, becoming more ape-like. Finally the change started on his legs, causing his pants to be destroyed in the process and his feet started to change into vaguely hand-shaped appendages, destroying his shoes.
By the time the transformation has ended, Jake was about the same height he had been earlier, but most of his body fat had been replaced with powerful muscles. I had little doubt he could take out any human in a fist fight now. Not many people wanted to fight a 300 lbs gorilla!Still fuming over the transformation, Jake stormed over to wait beside Heather while the rest of us started to strip naked as we had been
instructed to before using the machine.Emily was too shy to go next, and Adrian didn't want to risk stealing my turn next, so I went and placed my hand on the scanner. Once again, it flashed red and the animals started to blaze across the screen as I placed my arm inside the machine.I had been deathly terrified of needles until I was 15 years old, and I simply focused my eyes on the screen as it came to a stop and the 3 syringes plunged into my arm. The image on the screen showed a house cat, a tabby as a matter of fact. I didn't mind, it just so happened that I was a cat lover, so this was perfect for me.
As the machine released my arm and cleaned itself, I had just enough time to stand up before the changes hit me, sending me falling to my knees. The change was painful, but not as much as I had expected it to be judging by Heather and Jake's reactions. The real dizzying sensation came with the surge of awareness and sensations.As I watched the tips of my fingers change to accommodate a set of retractable claws, and fur to spread across my arm, I felt a powerful surge of adrenaline. My senses were on high alert, and with it came an intense warmth spreading across my body, starting up my arm, then to my chest and head and continuing the pattern like the first two.Fear, rage, ecstasy, these were the three strongest emotions I felt as I watched the change. My face protruded slightly, becoming more catlike as my eyes grew pointed and migrated to the top of my head. A set of whiskers grew out from my face and my pupils became slit shaped. I didn't notice I was rapidly losing body fat until the changes reached my torso.
Where before there had been excess body fat, I was rapidly slimming down, and I could feel the calories dissolving by whatever chemicals had been in that injection. My body was becoming sleeker, more streamlined for the agility and reflexes of a cat, as opposed to the clumsy movements of a human. It wasn't until I felt my tail growing that real pain started.Up to now, the changes had only been effecting what was already there, but a tail was a brand new appendage. It had to grow bones, muscle, skin, blood vessels, and hair. Thankfully as I learned from Heather, the process would be quick, but it still shocked me back to my senses by the time it was finished, leaving me with a 3 foot long tail. My brain was going wild trying to recognize the signals needed to control it, causing it to dance about in the air with a will of its own.The changes moved lower down to my legs, and as I looked past my rapidly slimming stomach, I noticed even my genitals were taking a change as a feline sheath began to form around my cock, hiding it from view. I had just enough time to see a set of barbs growing near the tip before it vanished inside its furry covering. I grinned, and soon realized my new feline teeth, testing them out with a prodding of my tongue.
The change took only moments, but soon I was an anthropomorphic tabby cat who had just lost about 150 lbs of body fat. My fur was a dark shade of brown with black stripes, although the stripes became a ring pattern along my tail. With my new 130 lbs body, I felt incredibly fast and agile. It took a moment for my body to adjust to the decrease in weight. In fact, I felt practically weightless and tried jumping in the air. This resulted in me flying nearly 12 feet off the ground, much to everyone's surprise except the bald man's.When I came back down, I didn't sprain a foot like I had expected. Instead, I instinctively landed in a crouched position, resting on the tips of my feet and one hand, the other out stretched to the side."As you have just demonstrated," The bald man spoke up, "Your bodies are been granted the associated powers of your animals, proportionate to your new size. It will take some time to fully adjust, but once you do, you'll basically have super powers." he explained."This is awesome!" I exclaimed, jumping again, trying to see how high I could go. My next jump carried me up to 15 feet before Adrian moved in to get his animal, and I stopped to watch. I moved over to stand beside Heather and Jake, who were now quite curious. I could tell Heather was anxious to try out her own body after seeing me. The clenching of her fists and the determined sneer on her face was proof enough she was planning something.
As Adrian placed his hand on the machine, it scanned him and once again flashed red for prey. He placed his arm in the strap as it cycled through the animals and came to rest on river otter. A pretty cool species, I thought, and as the machine injected him with the appropriate DNA, he surprised us by actually managing to take 5 steps away before collapsing.The same pattern of arm, head and chest, second arm, legs happened to Adrian as it had with all of us. A soft coat of brown fur grew across his body and his face bulged into the shape of an otter's. Webbed skin began to grow in between his fingers and toes for better swimming, and a thick, strong tail grew out of his backside to help with swimming. By the time the transformation had finished, he looked pretty adorable, as if he were about to start frolicking in the water any minute.His body had bulked up around the torso and legs, however, in an effort to take on the thicker build of an otter. His clothing definitely would have been shredded had he not been naked before the injection. All that was left was Kimberlee, and she still seemed too nervous to continue.
Kimberlee hadn't fully stripped down, she still had her underwear on, clearly being too embarrassed about all this. It became very evident to me now that Kimberlee wasn't here because she enjoyed the blood sports, this was something else driving her to compete."Don't worry, Kimberlee!" I said, "It's not as painful as it
looks, and it's over quickly!" I tried to assure her. She rubbed her arms timidly before nodding and approaching the machine, placing her hand on the scanner and having it cycle through the animals too fast to see. Once again, the machine flashed red, indicating there would be no Hunters in our group.The machine came to a stop on the image of a goat, and I raised what remnants of an eyebrow I had left. As the machines stuck her arm, she winced and yelped before they released her and she toppled backwards immediately onto the ground.Kimberlee's transformation was probably one of the strangest. Her fingers began to meld together and harden. The index and middle fingers, along with the ring and little finger became reminiscent of a goat's hooves, yet retained much of their flexibility of fingers. This resulted in her hand possessing two large, hardened fingers and a thumb, instead of four fingers of a human hand. As the change spread over her body, a milky white coat of fur began to grow along her body. Her face bulged out to resemble that of a goat's, and a pair of small, nubby horns grew out of her cranium, making her clutch her head in pain. Her ears also lengthened and became flatter like a goat's.
As her body increased in size, her bra snapped off, leaving her breasts exposed as they were quickly being covered by the thick fur and her other arm began to change. She was huddled on the ground the whole time, not having the endurance that we had with the change. Soon her panties were torn off by her growing legs, and short tail. Finally, as the change went down her legs and ended with her toes merging together into a pair of split hooves, the change was complete, and Kimberlee was left gasping on the ground as the shock of her transformation began to die down.As we approached to make sure she was already, we noticed that most of the increase to her size had been a result of the thick goat fur. However, her limbs, particularly the thighs and biceps had bulked up in muscle, likely a reflection of goats having strong and sturdy limbs. Finally, it was Rebecca's turn, the last in our group to be spliced.After helping Kimberlee to her feet, or rather hooves, we lead her over to the rest of the group so Rebecca could have her turn. Placing her hand on the scanner and getting yet another red light, she placed her arm in the strap and the animals flashed across the screen, eventually settling on the image of a cow, and I had to admit I was curious to see how this would turn out as well. At least Kimberlee would have someone with similar transformations.
As Rebecca's arm was free, she took a couple steps before collapsing and the changes started to occur. Sure enough, her hand began to go through the same process that Kimberlee's had. The fingers started to merge into tough, yet flexible hoof shaped hands, a coat of blond fur started to grow along her arm and spread throughout the rest of
her body. Her face started to bulge out like that of a cow, and for a moment, I thought she was starting to look like a minotaur. However, the next change to her was what probably drew most of our attention. As the change started on her chest, her breasts started to expand in size, growing by nearly two full cups. The fur also did not grow over them, leaving them exposed for the rest of us to see. Her nipples stuck out nearly half an inch long and began to drip fresh milk from their tips.Her body continued to grow in size, but she did not develop a pair of horns. Her tail caused the most problems, and by the time it was finished, she was now a big, blond cow, nearly twice the size she had originally been. She was also packed with muscle that was likely used for a variety of different foods. I smiled at the irony as she began to rise up and immediately her attention when to her breasts, fiddling with the protruding nipples, and testing their increased weight in her hooves. They were probably E cups by this point, and were coated with a bright pink skin.
"Nice tits!" Heather said, though her tone was hard to tell if she was making a joke, or actually complimenting them. At any rate, the changes had been completed and we could finally get on with the rest of the procedure."Congratulations, you are now officially competitors in Food Chain." The bald man said as he approached us. "My name is Henry, and I will be your supervisor while you wait for the game to start. For now, come with me and meet your fellow contestants." He instructed.As Adrian helped Kimberlee to her feet... or make that hooves, we began to follow after Henry as he lead us inside the broadcasting facility through a set of heavy steel doors and down a short hallway. At the end of the hall was a balcony and as we peered over the edge, we were noticeably amazed by what we saw. It was an enormous room, even larger than some grand stadiums, and down at the bottom was dozens, no hundreds of anthropomorphic animals!"This season we have over 500 competitors." Henry said as we stared in awe, "Our biggest competition yet." he went on. "People are getting sick of the constant losing streak, so we thought if we increase the number of players, we'd have a better chance of a champion being declared. Our previous record was 215 players." he explained.
"I remember that, it was during season 2 when Susan Primal was accused of rigging the competition by participating in it." I said, "Not many people wanted to compete after the thought the games were rigged." I added."Precisely." Henry said, "And after 5 loses in a row, people are starting to have similar doubts. We want to prove this game can be beaten, so we've accepted more than twice our previous record for this year's competition." he explained."But now you all should probably get down there. They're having one last party before they're put on the
chopping block. This may be your last chance to have some fun!" he advised.To be continued...