Therese seriously doubted the wisdom of driving in her agitated state, but public transport was way too dangerous right now. Garbage Steve was out there, and probably after her. The car was far and away the safest place. At least for her, she reflected as she braked hard to avoid rear-ending the car in front. She was badly distracted. Her breasts felt... warm. And they tingled. It was awful - but it felt so good. She wanted to play with herself, so badly.
She managed to get to squad HQ without incident, and parked the car in the thoroughly protected car park. It was even more protected than usual she felt, and she detected Sharon's hand in the intensified spells. Nobody wove complex spells like her, twirling and circling and snaking around themselves to surprise unwary magicians.
The others were already in the office when she entered. Kat was sitting behind her desk, looking tired and worried, but brightened when she saw Therese. Mona was in one of the high-backed chairs, while Lucy and Sharon sat on their desks, legs swinging casually.
"There you are," Sharon said. "We were beginning to worry."
Therese fell into another high-backed chair, and closed her eyes for an instant. She wanted to relax. To sleep... Not yet.
"I know," she said, "and I'm sorry. There's... too much going on. First things first, though. I've been compromised."
Kat cried out and Lucy swore, but Sharon just nodded. "Figured as much, when you handed command to Mona. You don't do that lightly." She smiled at Therese, warmly, but with an edge. Therese let it go - she knew Sharon had been itching for command for over a year now, but Therese hadn't let her.
"No," Therese said. "We can discuss that later. Right now, I have no choice. This is what's happened." She took a deep breath, and launched into a description of everything that had happened since yesterday, when they'd first encountered - Steve. She omitted a few of the more embarrassing details, but they needed to know most of it. Unfortunately.
"So," she finished, "to sum it up: I have a deep urge in my mind to be a, a bimbo, and I have two... things on my nipples that Steve claims will make my breasts grow." And, she thought but didn't say, I have a terrible fire between my legs right now, after telling you all this. She had to get herself fixed and get rid of that awful desire he'd given her.
The others were silent after she'd finished. Then Sharon spoke.
"That's bad," she said. "Really bad. He seems very dangerous, this Steve guy."
"Oh yes," Therese said. "I'd rate him the most dangerous foe we've faced so far. He's very competent, and extremely strong. And... insidious."
Sharon pursed her lips. "That's pretty weird, isn't it? Where did he come from? We've never heard of him before. Isn't that strange?"
Therese shrugged. "There are boatloads of wannabe criminals out there. Now and then one of them takes a serious stab at it and discovers he has some real talent."
"Mm," Sharon said, looking unconvinced.
"We can figure that out later, right?" Lucy looked impatient, as she usually did. Therese thought of herself as impulsive, but Lucy was even more so. That's why Therese kept her paired with Sharon: the average became pretty normal.
"Right," Therese said, and then bit her tongue. "I mean, that's up to the commander." She looked at Mona, who was fiddling nervously with a pencil and started when Therese turned towards her.
"Uh, yeah," Mona said. "Actually, I was thinking... perhaps it would be better if Sharon took command. She's much more experienced."
Therese groaned inwardly, although she'd expected it. Mona was quietly competent, but had a bad case of self-doubt. The woman really should take charge sometime, she'd be surprised by how well she'd do it. But... not now, perhaps. Therese smiled reassuringly and shrugged.
It's up to you
, she tried to send.
Mona nodded. "Right," she said. "So... first, I'm handing over command to Sharon. Okay?" She looked towards Therese, but then caught herself and looked at Sharon instead. Therese felt her lips compress, but kept silent.
"It's okay," Sharon said, and almost managed to suppress the glee in her eyes. Sharon did not have very much self-doubt, as far as Therese could tell. And would probably do a good job in this situation, she had to admit. She wasn't at all sure she herself could.
"Right," Sharon said. "You heard Mona. I am now in command. Here's what we'll do. First, we will go home, and get some rest. We're going after this Steve guy tomorrow, and we need to be on our toes."
She frowned at Therese. "I am very concerned about him, and about you. I think your judgment is impaired."
It sure is, Therese thought, but didn't say it aloud. She just shrugged.
"I want you to stay here tonight. In the sleepover rooms. It's safer. Do you have your emergency kit in your locker?"
"Yes," Therese said.
"And there's food in the fridge. Okay. You stay here. Don't go out. The rest, don't go home alone. Lucy, you're with me. You'll stay in my guest room." Lucy nodded. "Mona, Kat, you decide between yourselves, but you stay in the same place tonight. Add extra wards, and be really careful. He might come after the rest of us too."
Kat nodded, wide-eyed, but Mona looked skeptical.
"Do you think this is really necessary?" she said.
"I hope not, but we can't take any chances. We've got to stop him, and he clearly isn't afraid of us." She glanced at Therese, who felt her cheeks redden. You mean he's not afraid of me, she thought. And he was right about that so far, she had to admit. She felt very embarrassed about her performance, and about that poor policewoman.
They broke up, and Therese went to the sleepover rooms. They had three rooms next to the office - just three small rooms with a bed and a chair, with a shared small kitchen and bathroom. Sharon followed her, but stopped at the door.
"I'm going to add extra wards," she said, "and turn on the alarm. Don't leave the rooms."
Therese opened her mouth to protest - are you locking me in, seriously? - but thought better of it. She'd been very clear that she expected the squad to follow her commands, and she couldn't very well demand special treatment for herself. She had given up command, and she should stick to it.
"Okay," she said, trying to sound like a good, meek subordinate. "Thanks."
Sharon didn't seem to be fooled, and gave her a twisted smile. "See you tomorrow. Sleep well." She closed the door, leaving Therese alone.
It didn't take her very long to become restless. For one, her breasts were tingling even more, and feeling warmer. She took off her squad shirt and bra and inspected them. They didn't look larger, but possibly fuller and definitely firmer. She wondered how fast they would grow. What would she look like tomorrow morning? Like Cammi, with her impossibly big, impossibly perky tits? I hope not, she told herself sternly, and got dressed again. That was nothing to pine for, she thought, Cammi looked like an overinflated sex toy. The simmering heat in her pussy surged at the thought. Annoyed, Therese went to prepare dinner.
She had a very slow evening. For once, her phone couldn't hold her attention, and she even tried watching TV, without any success. She kept getting more worked up, and more aroused. Her thoughts went round and round in circles. They were wasting time, weren't they. Sharon was too slow and cautious, they should have gone after him tonight. He wouldn't have expected that. Now he could dig in and prepare. And... he could work on the poor policewoman. Therese wondered what she even looked like by now. It had been so stupidly hot to watch as her uniform stretched and tore as she was bimbofied, as her body swelled and grew and inflated. She'd been ridiculously curvy by the time Therese had intervened. She could hardly have become curvier. Could she?
Therese went back to check on herself in the mirror. She didn't have anything to measure herself properly, but she thought her chest was larger. She was getting curvier too, like the officer... She wasn't turning into a bimbo, though, not yet.