Maxine continued to struggle as she tried to break free from the grip of Bernardo. Even with all of her might and skill she couldn't break free, his grip was simply too strong to overcome. She could feel the air leaving her body as she was incapable of breathing in anymore. In a way she began to accept her fate.
At that moment in time she began to think about her family. They would have no idea what had happened to her as she was sure that when she was killed that they would just dump her body in the sea and never be seen again. She thought about the disappointment that her father would feel knowing that his daughter failed in her quest to become a knight.
These were all things on Maxine's mind but as she looked at the Weasel another emotion overtook her. She could see him looking at her with some glee as he could see the life being choked out of her by her subordinate. This caused her to experience a flash of rage and determination as she wanted nothing more than to crush his skull and see the terror in his face as she did this.
What the three of them didn't realise was that Charles was still on the ground. The impact that he felt had not knocked him out but he felt a pain near his chest area. He thought that one of his ribs might be broken but his focus shifted to Bernardo who was still choking Maxine, he knew that she didn't have long left before she finally died.
That was when he looked to the ground and saw the container that was still on the ground. He also noticed that the others didn't realise that he was there. With a small amount of haste, he dragged himself to the container, normally he would take more care but with time being against him, he couldn't afford it. Thankfully Maxine's kicking and attempted punches were keeping her captors distracted. However, her movement was slowing down and it was likely that she didn't have long left.
Charles stretched his arm as he dragged himself and was within touching distance of the container. One thing that he noticed was the sphere of energy inside was pushing itself towards Maxine. As far as he was concerned, this was a good thing as it would make things slightly easier as his fingers grasped the container.
With some effort he was able to drag it back to him without anyone noticing him. He could see that Maxine's movements were now so slow that he knew that she didn't have long left. Thankfully for him it seemed that the container had a simple design as he was able to lift the top off of it. He then pointed it towards his nearly dead friend and this was when he was noticed by their enemies.
Charles had stayed low but no sooner had he pointed the opening of the container towards Maxine, it flew out faster than anyone had expected. There was no stopping it as it struck her body and seemed to be absorbed by her. The whole process only lasted a handful of seconds but it was enough.
Just then Maxine's eyes widened as she felt a surge of energy run through her almost lifeless body. By this point the Weasel had turned to Charles and kicked him in his chest, thanks to his injury this caused the squire an intense amount of pain.
For the moment Maxine could do nothing to stop what had happened to him but she felt something else. The dress that she was wearing was becoming tighter, it was a sensation that she had never felt before as she felt herself stretching and expanding. Her muscles were beginning to swell and push against the fabric of her dress.
Bernardo felt Maxine getting heavier and also her neck expanding underneath his arm. Eventually it all became too much for him and he was forced to let her go as he could hear the sound of clothing tearing. He and the Weasel could only stand there and watch as the small woman grew right in front of him. She was bending over as she was catching her breath but she was also crying out.
With every passing second, she could feel herself expanding as the sound of her ripping dress increased. Not just that but she could feel her feet growing in her simple shoes and it didn't take long for them burst under the pressure. Shreds of her clothing landed on the ground beside her feet.
Charles was blown away by what he was seeing. He had begun to get used to seeing the smaller Maxine but watching her grow was something else entirely. It wasn't the first time that he had seen a growing woman as he had seen a few members of Maxine's family do it before her. But seeing the woman that he had grown to respect do the same thing was another matter. A part of him was afraid but it didn't reach the fear that the other two men could feel at that moment in time.
Using some of his intelligence, the Weasel turned and ran while Bernardo was in too much shock to fully react to the situation. Instead he simply looked in horror as he could see her muscles bulge and her height increasing. She was still bending over as she was continuing to grow and her groans also increased. In a way it sounded like she was enjoying it as the process slowed to its end.
Bernardo could only watch as Maxine stood up to her full height and turned to look at him. He was a very tall man but he felt tiny in comparison to the woman standing before him, her muscles were also larger than his own. The fact that she was completely naked as the last shreds of her dress fell to the ground had been ignored by him. Instead all he saw was the incredibly angry expression on her face. It was the kind that could scare any man down to his very core.
Before he could do anything to try and save himself, he felt a strong kick to his chest that sent him flying out through the door. It felt like he had been struck by a charging bull and before he knew it, he had struck the wall on the other side of the door. His vision only lasted for a few moments before he coughed up blood and finally passed out.
Now that Bernardo was incapacitated Maxine turned her attention to Charles who was still on the ground. He was holding onto his ribs and showed some obvious pain. He watched as the large muscular woman knelt down to him. Her expression was changing as well, no longer did she look angry. Instead she seemed to be concerned.
"Are you alright Charles?" asked Maxine as she held her hand down to him. "Can you get up?"
"I-I think so ma'am," replied Charles as he grabbed onto her hand. With no effort she was able to lift him to his feet. There was some pain as he moved and it caused him to wince. "But I think I broke a rib."
"Then I'll get you to a healer and have you patched up. But first I have some unfinished business to take care of." With that she turned to step out of the door and Charles followed closely behind her. Normally he would simply want to get out of there but he knew that he was far safer staying with his now gigantic friend. Even though there was still a chance that he would run into danger.
The moment that Maxine stepped through the door she needed to stop for a moment as she felt her body suddenly grow by a couple of inches. She took a few seconds for it to sink in and rather than feeling worried, she just thought that it was her body returning to normal. The previous process had given her the vast majority of her size back. This little spurt was just getting the last of it back.
Meanwhile the Weasel had run back into the room where he had been eating with his subordinates. They had been worried about him when he hadn't returned from relieving himself and from the moment, he stepped into the room they could see that something was wrong.
Without much hesitation he commanded them to blockade the door. They were more confused than anything else but they did as they were told as they moved the table and chairs in order to block the entrance. They could see the fear in the eyes of the Weasel and the fact that Bernardo was also missing only made them see that something was seriously wrong. It was enough to worry them as well.
Maxine walked towards the door with determination in her eyes. Charles did follow fairly close behind her and he still couldn't believe that through all of this that she still hadn't attempted to get any form of clothing. It seemed that her anger and frustration had gotten the better of her.
It was pretty obvious in her mind with where the Weasel was hiding. With his subordinates with him he would have some protection from her. This didn't stop her from placing her hand on the handle and attempting to open the door. Thanks to the clutter in front of it, it wouldn't open immediately.
"Stand back!" said Maxine as she prepared to kick the door. Charles did as he was told as he watched the large muscular woman kick open the door with one kick. Most of the table and chairs that had blocking it went flying across the room. Everyone inside was terrified as they watched her duck to get through the door and then glare towards them. By this point in time they had their backs against a wall on the opposite side of the room. "The Weasel is mine! The rest of you may leave with your lives, I have no issues with you."
There were a few moments of silence as the subordinates simply stood there and assessed their options. It didn't take them long to make their decision as they quickly moved away, allowing themselves to leave their employer to their fate. They quickly ran through the door that Maxine had been standing next to, as she promised, she didn't attempt to stop any of them.
This left the Weasel by himself as he watched the nine-foot woman walking towards him. The rage on her face was more than enough to scare him completely, each step she took was followed by a low thud sound and even the fact that she was naked didn't make the situation any better for him.
Instead he felt himself get grabbed around the neck with a single hand and then lifted up. One thing that terrified him was the fact that she had been able to do this without any effort whatsoever. However, there was no pressure around his neck, she wasn't trying to choke him but instead keep him in place. It was struggling to breath somewhat but it wasn't as bad as he had expected.
"L-Let's talk about this," said the Weasel with panic in his voice. "We can make some kind of deal."
"Nothing you can do or say now will change your fate," replied Maxine. "You stole from me, tried to have me killed twice and worse still you tried to kill my best friend. That is something that I cannot forgive." Charles was in earshot and he heard her call him her best friend. This was something that he did like but with the situation at hand he didn't have time to really think about it.
"P-Please, you're choking me." He was struggling as he felt her grip tighten but suddenly, she let go which caused him to fall down to the ground,
"You're right, I was choking you. I didn't want to do that." For a moment the Weasel was on his feet but suddenly he felt a strong kick to his stomach which caused him to fall down to his knees. Before he knew what was happening, he felt her enormous hands grab onto his head. "I'm going to crush your skull like I promised."
The Weasel began to scream in pain as he felt the pressure around his head. Maxine simply stood there and continued to increase the pressure. She had every intention of carrying out her threat, however she felt a slight tug on her arm and when she turned to look, she could see that it was Charles with a concerned look on his face.
"Ma'am," said Charles with a worried tone. "Remember the promise that you made." The screams of the Weasel made it difficult for her to hear him but she turned her head and looked at him without loosening her grip.
"Of course, I remember," replied Maxine. Her tone still sounded angry but her anger was not focused at him. "But she would understand why this scum should be wiped off the Earth." She slightly increased her grip around the skull of the Weasel which caused him scream out even more.
"You know that's not true Maxine. How can you possibly consider becoming a knight if you were to go back on your word?"
"Don't try me!" This time her anger was more geared towards him after his words. However, she knew that what he was saying was true.
"But I must before you do something that you'll regret later on." There was a growl from Maxine who looked at her squire with a very annoyed expression. For a brief moment he feared for his own safety before he watched her throw the Weasel over to one side. Her anger was great as she looked over to Charles.
Many thoughts were rushing through the mind of Maxine. She was still angry over everything that had happened, a part of her even felt angry towards Charles for his words. However, she couldn't bring herself to hate him for what he had done as she knew that he was thinking of her when he had spoken. The promise that she had made to her mother was binding and she couldn't simply break it without losing her honour.
Before she could do anything else, she felt a small amount of pain in her body, it lasted for a moment before passing. At first, she thought nothing of it, but suddenly it returned but at an elevated level. It was enough for her to go down to her knees and cry out in pain which caught Charles completely by surprise. He didn't know what was wrong with her as he had not seen her get struck after regaining her size. There was a chance that she had suffered some kind of injury while she had been small and it was taking effect now.
"Ma'am what's wrong?" asked Charles. He even placed his hand on her arm but the moment he did he felt something push him off. However, it wasn't Maxine who had pushed him away, instead he could see that the muscle that he had touched had suddenly expanded even bigger. He was completely shocked by this and he couldn't help but take a step back from her.
"S-Something's wrong!" replied Maxine with pain in her voice. She was able to look at her hand and saw it suddenly grow right in front of her eyes. This caused some panic to run through her body as she realised what was happening. "Get of here now!"
"But ma'am what's happening?" Just as he said this, he saw her body shunt up by a few feet as it was obvious to him that she was growing even bigger. Before he knew that she had been nine feet tall, even though she was still on her knees, he guessed that she was around twelve feet tall if she stood up.
"NOW!"
No sooner had she said this she felt her body beginning to grow bigger again. In a way this was something that she had wanted to happen, but under these circumstances it was not something that she was enjoying. Her growth was increasing in speed and she found herself turning over and sitting down as she grew larger. Not only that but her muscles too were growing as they continued to bulge under her skin. This caused her great pain and she couldn't help but scream.
Charles did as he was told as he ran out of the room. However, he didn't run out of the building, instead he quickly made his way back to the room that contained all the valuable items. The run had been difficult as he was still in pain from his broken ribs. There was something inside that he had noticed and wanted to pick it up before the worst were to happen.
Once he reached the room it wasn't a valuable that he was searching for, instead it was something much more useful to the current situation. He could hear cracking and crashing sounds as he arrived and, in his haste, he was looking around. His actions had panic behind them as he knew that he didn't have time.
Much to Charles's relief he was able to see what he had come for. It was a tool that he had seen near where the container had been. It looked very similar to the tool that had been used to remove Maxine's size before. Without much thought he grabbed onto it and began to run back to where his friend was. Ever step he took caused him pain and every now and again he couldn't help but wince from it. If not for the situation at hand he would have taken more care with what he was doing.
Just as he arrived at the door to the large room, he saw that it was being blocked by a gigantic foot. Even though it was very awkward for him to do, he was able to climb over the foot and successful land inside. But that was when he got a huge shock, Maxine was absolutely enormous.
Even though she was sitting down her head was pushing against the ceiling and the rest of her body was filling up the room. Her muscles were still bulging as they too were growing as she was becoming a hulking giantess. At first, she didn't notice him but when she looked down near her leg, she could see him standing there, she felt a combination of concern and annoyance towards him.
"What are you doing here?" asked the growing woman. She grunted as she felt her head continuing to push up against the ceiling. "I told you to get out of here."
"I-I couldn't just leave you like this," replied Charles as he placed the tool near her leg. With every passing moment it was growing bigger and he hoped that his plan would work. However, the tong like tools didn't seem to be doing anything and this was disheartening for him. It was that moment in time that he realised something, when he had seen the sphere going back into her, it had gone through her chest. In his mind this meant that to extract the sphere again he was going to have to do it from her chest.
This was going to be a mountain of a task because it meant that he was going to have to climb up her in order to get to her chest. He was giving it thought for a moment before he noticed debris beginning to rain down as Maxine's head went through the ceiling. Quickly he ran towards her body in order to try and shield himself. It was around this time that he realised that he was standing right next to her vagina. This was a little embarrassing for him but like the rest of her, he could see that it was growing.
Knowing that he didn't have much time he began his climb which started on with her pubic hair. This didn't go unnoticed by the growing giantess who felt something odd and looked down. However, before she could properly see what was happening, she felt her foot crash through one of the walls in the warehouse.
Outside many had noticed the giantess growing before them and they had fled. It was Maxine groaned as she felt her body continuing to growing, she saw that her biceps were roughly the size of her head and this caused her some shock. Feeling the muscles expanding under her skin did give her a sense of both fear and pleasure. She was so engrossed by it that she didn't notice Charles still climbing up her.
He had been able to move from her vagina had made it up to her mid-section. He felt the six pack that was there and as he climbed up it, he could feel it moving as it was growing beneath his hands. There was one point where his right hand was pushed off for a moment as the flesh that it was holding onto suddenly grew. Thankfully he had been able to keep his other hand on or else he would have fallen. The tool was barely fitting in his pocket and normally he would have carried it, however, he knew that the climb would take two hands and so he had been forced to put it there.
The crashing sound was growing louder as the warehouse collapsed all around Maxine as it could no longer contain her growing body. She groaned as she could feel the growth continue and she could hardly feel Charles who was still climbing up her body. His task was very difficult for him, not only was his goal constantly getting further away but holding onto her was difficult.
His next challenge was getting passed her breasts so that he could reach the part of the chest that he needed to get to. This was very difficult as he needed to squeeze his way through the gap between them. At first, he thought that it was going to be the hardest part of the journey but there was something that he noticed which would make things easier.
The gap between Maxine's breasts was actually larger than he had expected. With some effort he did begin to squeeze himself through but there was something that he did think about. This was the fact that the breasts felt warm and soft, if not for the situation at hand he would have enjoyed the experience.
Instead Charles continued to climb as fast as he could and he could feel Maxine continuing to grow bigger and bigger. He couldn't see that her muscles were now truly gigantic. It was to the point that she could hardly move. The screams from around the area continued as the giantess continued to grow bigger and bigger.
It was around this time that Charles did pop his head up out of Maxine's breasts. This did catch her attention as she looked down at him. Normally she would be angry about what he was doing but under the circumstances she was more confused than anything else. There was also a few moments where neither of them said anything.
"CHARLES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" asked Maxine. In her panic she didn't realise just how loud her voice was.
"I'm trying to save you!" replied Charles. He had to shout in order to be heard and he positioned himself so that he was sitting on the breast. With a great amount of effort, he was able get the tool out of his pocket and place it in the position that he thought was correct. After that all he could do was hope for the best.
With that Charles placed the top of the tool onto Maxine's skin on her upper chest. With her current growth it was a very small area. Almost too small to make it seem possible and at first nothing seemed to happen. That was until he felt something that was pulling at the tong like tools.
With all of his strength he pulled with the tools and he could feel some kind force pulling against him. This caused him to double his efforts as he continued to pull, Maxine could only stop and watch as she couldn't even lift her arms to try and help him. The muscles on them had so large that she couldn't move them.
After several moments they both began to notice something. At the end of the tool they could see something that was glowing and it only took them a moment or two to realised what it was. It gave Charles even more motivation to pull and he did with all of his might, it got to the point that he almost fell backwards.
If this were to happen he would expect a long fall and hopefully a quick death. Instead he kept his balance and continued to pull as hard as he could. More and more of the sphere was being pulled out of Maxine and she could do nothing but watch as she continued to grow bigger with every passing moment,.
Just then Charles was able to complete his task as he was able to pull the sphere completely into the open. He couldn't help but lift the tool with the sphere being held in it, into the air as a sign of accomplishment. But no sooner had he done this he noticed that Maxine's incredible growth had ended.
There were a few seconds of silence and inactivity before Maxine's body shook for a few moments and then began to shrink. She shrank much faster than she had grown and because of this Charles panicked a little as he tried to get back down before he fell. Even at the rapid pace that she was shrinking he still seemed to have time to climb down. Thankfully for him it was much easier than climbing up the growing giantess.
Not only was Maxine losing height but her great muscles were also receding back into her body. She groaned as she felt the process continuing with every passing moment. It was an odd feeling for her but also it made her feel like her panic was subsiding. She still had no idea exactly what had happened but she was glad that it seemed to be over.
Only moments after Charles's feet touched the ground, Maxine finally stopped shrinking. They both had hoped that she would be back down to her usual nine foot height but they knew better than to expect this. Instead she was back down to below five feet and her meek appearance had returned. Rather than getting back to her feet she simply lay there as she was trying to process exactly what had happened. The fact that she was still completely naked was lost on her.
"Maxine are you alright?" asked Charles. He had placed the tool with the sphere still attached to it down on the ground as he made his way to his friend. She was still lying on the ground and he quickly tried to tend to her. "Say something." By this point in time he had been able to sit her up somewhat but she still had a far off look on her face.
"T-That was intense," replied Maxine in a distant tone.
Charles couldn't help but smile for a moment as he was glad to see that she was more or less unharmed from what had happened. However, he still felt worried about everything that had taken place. Also, he didn't really know what had happened entirely, like her, he had expected her to simply return to normal. Instead she had grown much larger than she was used to and he wasn't sure what had gone wrong.
But now this was going to be a problem in Charles's mind. If Maxine didn't have the sphere placed back into her, she would remain the small and meek looking woman that he could see now. If she had the sphere then she wouldn't stop growing and that would be a problem for everyone.