Author's Notes: Sorry for the long delay, but that's sadly typical for my writing. My muse is very...erratic.

This is for the Kat fans...both of you!

Chapter 2: Red

Katherine Hillard was a damn good swimmer; just ask anyone who knew her. She would have been able to compete in the Pan-Global games if not for a head injury received during the trials for that ultimate athletic competition. Not only had it knocked her out of contention, it had left her with a deep-seated fear of the water that lasted over two years.

But through sheer willpower and determination, she had conquered her fear and re-entered competitive swimming. The “Sweetheart of Surrey Hill” was once again a household name in Australia.

Of course, her popularity (especially among teenage boys) might have had something to do her stunning good looks. She was a tall (5’10”), willowy blond with endless, shapely legs; long hair; a firm, ample chest; and an hourglass figure. The sight of her in her tight one-piece red regulation swimsuit was certainly a pleasant one.

On this particular sunny day, Kat was practicing by herself in the pool behind her parents’ home. (They were out shopping). Currently practicing her sidestroke, she was in what the best athletes call “The Zone” – totally unaware of anything else but swimming.

This was rather unfortunate, as otherwise she may have noticed the brief flash of red, and something cold and metallic suddenly pressing against her chest, inside her swimsuit.

But Kat swam on, unheeding…and her body began to change.

With each stroke of her arms, her biceps rose a little higher, her triceps bulged a little more. A thick vein appeared on each bicep, wrapping around at the spot where her two upper limbs were widest. Two more veins formed down the middle of the triceps on the other side.

Her legs were developing as well: inching longer as each pump propelled her forward. Four individual mounds arose on each thigh. Her calves initially formed one mound each…then each hardening ball spilt into two.

The rest of her body was quickly muscling up. The thick red fabric across her back slowly thinned has her shoulders widened and bulges formed under the skin. Her shapely rear pressed outward, the suit covering less and less of her increasingly firm cheeks.

Kat should have been able to shatter all her previous records with her growing strength. But something was preventing that: her ever-expanding breasts. Large to begin with, they had quickly expanded another cup size, and were causing an increasing amound of drag. Not only that, but the overstressed swimsuit was making it increasingly difficult to breathe.

Still in her own world, Katherine was annoyed at being out of breath already, and deliberately began breathing deeper.

The growth continued: Kat’s arms were now as thick as her legs used to be, and her legs as thick as her waist.

Reality finally intruded: her mounds exceeded her suit’s capacity, and they burst it open down the middle. The glowing coin, strangely, remained attached to her skin.

Katherine couldn’t ignore that, and she finally stopped swimming, switching to an upright position and treading water. Annoyed, she looked down at her chest…and her jaw dropped.

My…my tits! They’re HUGE!! My ARMS!! My LEGS!! WHAT’S HAPPENING!?

Kat felt her suit continue to self-destruct. The front rip continued to grow, moving down over her incredibly ripped stomach, finally reaching her crotch. The shoulder straps snapped within two seconds of each other. Finally, her incredibly round, incredibly hard butt snapped that part as well, and her suit fell off and floated away.

Kat was in shock, a feeling only intensified by the realization that she was standing in the seven-foot-deep section of the pool—and her head was still above water!

Then she heard a crash from within the house…

To be continued…