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TransFun Serum story

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clancy688

"Yessss, finally!" 

Questioningly, Taylor raised an eyebrow at Phil's exclamation and looked interested at the small packet his friend and roommate was carrying into their apartment. 

"What's that?" he asked jesting. "Considering your excitement... an order of Japanese tentacle porn which has finally cleared customs?" 

"Nah..." Phil shook his head, ignoring the jibe and instead tearing away the small parcel's wrapping. "Better. Way better! Look at that!" He reached into the packet and revealed a couple of small, white and blue cans. There were more inside, at least half a dozen.

The design looked strangely familiar, so Taylor narrowed his eyes to read the label. "Red Bull?" he asked surprised. "I know that you're addicted to this stuff, but why are you ordering a shipment of these? The supermarket is right around the corner." 

Now Phil grinned widely. "Because these-" he said, dropping one of the cans into Taylor's hand, "-are special. Not the run-of-the-mill variant. Look closer." 

"Hm?" Taylor looked at the beverage can in his hands. It looked a bit different from normal Red Bull cans indeed, there was some additional writing below the renowned logo. But what the...? "Red Bull TransFun Edition?" he gasped. "Is this what I think it is?" 

"Eeeeexactly." A bit rough, Phil snapped the can out of Taylor's hands again, earning himself a short whammy. "Nope. These are mine." He responded unfazed. "Get your own." 

"Don't need to. Don't want to. There's way too much sugar in this stuff. So what are these supposed to do? TransFun is the company which's selling transformation vials, isn't it?" 

Phil nodded eagerly. "You got that right. All kinds of animal transformations. Their catalogue is like gigantic. Phone book size. Everything which lives or has lived on this planet is in there. I always wanted to test a vial of theirs, but I just hadn't found the time. Now, though... as a certified Red Bull maniac, I'm gonna kill two birds with one stone!" He raised the can in the air as if he was the Statue of Liberty and the can his torch.

"Aha." Taylor didn't appear impressed by his friend's majestic pose. "I ask again. WHAT is this supposed to do? As in what will it transform you into!" 

"Um. I'm not sure, actually, but-" 

"Waaaait." Taylor eyed his roommate critically. "You don't know? Why the hell don't you know?" 

"Can't help it. These are unofficial test-versions. My brother's working for a company which's filling the cans for Red Bull. And this is supposed to be a new product, which they'll announce in a few days. But to make them readily available after launch, they've been filling them for weeks. And since he knows that I'm Red Bull crazy-" Phil shrugged, "-he grabbed a few and sent them to me. But he didn't try the stuff. And he's just a normal worker, nobody's been telling him shit about this." 

"So he stole it?" Taylor asked scathingly, but Phil put him off. 

"Nah, hardly. He simply sent to me what otherwise would have fallen off the truck anyway." his friend responded with the pure air of innocence. 

Taylor sighed. Sometimes, Phil had strange trains of thought, and usually trying to convince him otherwise was a futile endeavor... "So you plan to swallow a transformation potion which could transform you into anything? Inside the house?" 

"Sure." Phil seemed to be oblivious to the lurking danger the can represented. 

"I repeat, inside the house, unknown transformation potion. You could end up as a mouse. Or as a T-Rex." 

A wide smile appeared on Phil's face. "T-Rex would be cool, actually!" 

"Think... again!" Taylor almost prayed. "T-Rex. In the house. Giant dinosaur. Room size. Not good." 

"Oh." Phil almost seemed surprised. "Guess that wouldn't be so good then, but... I don't think that will happen." 

Taylor blinked. "Um... why that?" 

"Just think about it!" Phil grinned back. "They plan on selling this potion in every supermarket. If there'd suddenly be thousands of T-Rex's running around in the cities, that would be total chaos, wouldn't it?" 

Surprised, Taylor nodded. It was fairly unusual to hear Phil saying something reasonable, but in this instance he seemed to be on the right track. 

"See?" his friend grinned widely. "So these things will probably change humans into something human-sized. And in fact, I have a good idea of what they'll change me into. You still remember the Red Bull commercials." 

"Of course." Taylor snorted. "Damn earworm, actually. 'Red Bull gives you wiiiiiiin- OH!" Understanding dawned on his face. "So you think this will give you..." 

"...wings, exactly." Dreamy-eyed, Phil eyed the can. "Oh, this is going to be so cool. Let's see what this can do!" 

Taylor's eyes went wide as his friend opened the can with a swift motion and then set it to his lip. "Wait a-" but he was too slow and the drink was already running down Phil's throat. With an audible click, Taylor closed his mouth and glowered at his roommate.  

"What's the problem?" Phil asked amused after he'd set down the now empty beverage. "As I said, I won't change into anything which's going to kill the house... probably." 

Taylor sighed. "Not the house." he said, raising a finger and pointing at his friend. "But your clothing. Wings are big. You're still in your sweater. Are you not worrying that they'll rip it apart?" 

"What- oh!" Phil asked surprised, looking down at his blue sweater in understanding, but the changes were already beginning to kick in. "Hey, look at that!" he said fascinated, holding out his left hand which started to sprout reddish fur. "Isn't that cool."

Taylor nodded amazed. He'd never seen a TransFun vial in action, and his friend's transformation was interesting to watch. But wait a moment... "Um... Phil...?" 

"Yes?" his friend asked, marveling at his arms which were already covered in bushy fur. 

"Didn't you think that this would give you wings? Like feathers growing out of your back...?" As Phil nodded, Taylor continued. "If yes, why are you sprouting fur. On your arms?" 

"Oh." taken aback, Phil processed the information. "But then what the- ARG!" Suddenly, Phil groaned and Taylor stepped back a step as his friend's trouser-legs and sweater-arms seemed to bulge outwards, the reason being large muscles forming underneath. His clothing only offered resistance for a few more seconds, then decided to surrender, and with a loud, tearing noise, both trousers and sweater ripped apart at the same time, revealing massive beefs. 

Next to go were his slippers, being ripped to pieces as Phil's feet grew to ridiculous proportions - at least the size of a football! Each leg and feet was covered in reddish, bushy fur like most of his body now, indicating that he was changing into a mammal of sorts. Only that his feet seemed to disagree with this assessment. They looked rather reptilian, each sporting three pointed claws. 

Basically the same happened to his arms as well, the hands swelling massively until they reached the size of a baseball mitt. Contrary to the feet, Phil kept his four fingers and one thumb, each finger sprouting a pointed claw just like his feet. But this wasn't the end of his changes. After the ballooning of Phil's limbs, Taylor expected the same for his friend's stomach. And exactly the opposite happened. Phil's eyes went wide open as his roommate's paunch disappeared, making room for a perfectly rippled sixpack. 

"Oh, wow..." Phil giggled, tracing his new muscles with one paw. "I have abs... uh, something's happening behind there!" He turned his head just in time to see a long tail erupting from his spine and destroying what had been left of his trousers. Just like his feet, while the tail looked and moved reptilian, it was actually covered in reddish fur. The thing grew out to a length of several feat and then developed a large bushy tip at the end, with four sleek looking spikes growing out to finish this new limb. 

Finally then, the changes reached Phil's face and Taylor watched breathlessly as his friend's mouth bulged out into a reptilian looking, but fur-covered muzzle. His ears ballooned out into large dragon ears and to round off the transformation, a pair of convoluted horns grew out of his temples. This was the last change which happened and stunned, Taylor looked at Phil's changed body, his friend looking equally astounded. 


"Duuuude..." Taylor finally breathed while mustering Phil. Aside from the obvious animal changes, he looked like a bodybuilder, with all the bulging muscles and without a single gram of unnecessary fat. One thing was missing, though. Or rather - a couple of things.

"Hey..." Phil said, his voice still understandable despite the dinosaur-like snout, but having acquired a slight growl. He looked over his shoulders, staring at his tail and moving the new limb around. "...where are my wings... I thought Red Bull was supposed to give you wings?" 

"Um... not there." Taylor giggled. "Guess Red Bull doesn't give you wings. That's misleading advertisement, for crying out loud! On the other hand..." He looked Phil's form up and down appreciatively. "...it gives you abs. And beefs. And tails. Just wow. Are you disappointed now?" 

"Disappointed?" Phil growled exuberantly. "Hell no! Okay, I don't have wings, but not that I mind THIS outcome... look at this!" He bent his left arm, his biceps forming a massive bulge. "This isn't half bad! No, this is frigging great! I'm a muscle-man!" 

"Don't you mean 'muscle-saurus?" Taylor asked with a grin. "You don't look much like a man to me. Okay, hu-man. You're definitely male. Speaking of which... just what are you?" 

"Hm, good question. Let's see..." Phil wiggled his toes and then swiveled his tail around, nearly knocking over a lamp. "Reptilian feet and tail... but reddish fur. Like a bull's? Then this dinosaur-snout and finally these horns. Hm..." he pondered for a moment. "Behemoth perhaps? Supposedly a behemoth was a strange cross of dinosaur and mammal." 

"Behemoth it is then." Taylor grinned. "So you'll stay like this for... how long? 24 hours?" 

Phil shrugged. "Yeah, I think so. It's the usual change time for TransFun vials, apparently."

"And... what do you intend to do in this time?" 

"What I intend to do?" A lecherous grin spread over Phil's face. "With this body?" he patted his furred abs. "I'm gonna hit on women, that's what I'm gonna do! With all these muscles, I'm gonna be irresistible!" 

"What, really?" Taken aback, Taylor looked at his changed friend. He was beaming with self-assurance, which was no wonder when one had muscles like he had now. On the other hand, he also had fur. And a snout. And a tail. "Are you sure the girls will like the rest of you, too?" He asked carefully. 

"Sure they do." Phil exclaimed with an aura of absolute faith. "Girls are adventurous. Bodybuilders are a dime a dozen. Anthro-behemoths on the other side are fairly scarce, I reckon. Well, at least until Red Bull TransFun will be released." he added a bit sorrowfully. "Yay, there's an argument for seizing this opportunity! Ohh, that will be an awesome night!" He turned, stumping towards the door on his giant, three-toed feet. "Let's just hope I don't freak out the cops...!" 

"Wait!" Taylor called after his friend. "Can I come with you? That's sure gonna be interesting to watch!" 

Phil turned and uttered a growled chuckle. "Sure. You can be my wingman. But not looking like you do right now. I do have my standards, you know..." he twinkled, the motion looking strangely fitting to his saurian appearance. He stretched out one of his hands, the clawed finger pointing towards the desk. "Suit up and then follow me. We're gonna rock the town tonight!" 

Taylor followed Phil's outstretched finger towards the opened packet on the table. "You want me to take one as well?" he gasped. 

Phil growled amused. "Sure, why not? Come on, don't be a frog. Be a behemoth! It feels really, really awesome having all these muscles!" To demonstrate the fact, he bulged his biceps again.

Hesitantly, Taylor looked at the packet's content. "What happened to 'These are mine, get your own' then?" 

"I've changed my mind." Phil twinkled. "This looks like it could be really, really cool. And in a few days, they'll be available everywhere. One can more or less won't make a difference. So... what are you waiting for?" 

"Hm." Taylor retrieved a Red Bull TransFun can from the packet and eyed it critically. Then he shrugged. "Hm... good question, actually." He looked at Phil's impressive figure again, the imposing sight making up his mind almost instantly. With a click, the can's seal was broken open. "Cheers to an awesome evening then!" Taylor grinned and put the can to his lips.