Kent had just attended his school newsletter meeting, where he had received his latest assignment. He was the reporter and the part-time photographer for the school. As he was walking on the parking lot, he met Peter outside.
“Hey, dude!” he said to his best friend.
“What’s going on?” Peter asked him. “How was the meeting?”
“Well, I got a new assignment, but I’m not quite sure how to tackle it. I need to take a photo of the school from the air. Hmm…”
“From the air?” Peter wondered. “What for?”
“They painted the school mascot on the roof of the gym and they need a photo of that. I wonder how I’m gonna do that?” Kent pondered out loud.
“You may need to rent a small airplane or something…”
“Too expensive!”
“Or, get a balloon…” Peter thought out loud.
“Balloon? A balloon?” Kent cheered. “That’s it! Peter, you’re a genius!”
Peter turned towards Kent and stared at him with a confused look on his face.
“A balloon? You’re going to buy a balloon?” he asked Kent.
“No, silly! You’re going to be my balloon!” Kent chuckled. “I’m going to fill your muscles with air until you start to float!”
“Oh that sounds like fun!”
The boys walked out to the back of the schoolyard. When they reached the gym, Kent placed the shoulder strap of his camera around Peter’s neck.
“Here is the shutter. As soon as you have a good view of the rooftop, just press down here!” Kent instructed, as he pointed to the button on the camera.
Then Kent took a few steps back, and snapped his fingers. Immediately, Peter’s clothes disappeared, leaving him standing there wearing just his Speedo. Kent used his newly acquired power, which he got from Ty, to change Peter’s school clothes into his Speedo in a blink of an eye.
“Wow… I’m wearing my Speedo!” Peter noted. Besides the Speedo, the only thing he had on him was Kent’s camera, which was hanging from the strap around his neck.
“Alright, dude! I’m gonna inflate your muscles. Here goes!” Kent laughed. Kent concentrated as he directed his powers to fill all of Peter’s muscles with air.
Immediately, Peter felt a tingling sensation in every muscle in his body. His abs, his calves, his pectorals and his biceps all started to inflate at the same time, but they didn’t feel any heavier. They were inflating with air, just like balloons!
“Whoaoa! I’m getting BIGGERRRRR!” Peter gasped, as he felt his muscles expand rapidly on all sides. His arms had to stand out sideways, since they had become so thick, he couldn’t keep them hanging by his side anymore.
His pectorals inflated so much, that they were now sticking out by over a foot in front of him, while also pushing out sideways, making Peter much wider than he was before. His abdominals were filling up with air as well. Next, his quads were filling with air, forcing him to spread his legs out further. All the air in his muscles slowly started pulling his body upward.
Suddenly, Peter felt his feet leave the ground. The air in his body started lifting him off the ground.
“Ooooh… Here I go! I’m airborne…”
Peter started to slowly rise up off the ground. He began to ascend higher and higher into the air. Looking down, he saw Kent standing below him. Peter could barely bend his air-filled arm so he could reach the camera. He held the camera before him so he could look through the viewfinder, when the rooftop of the gym came into the viewfinder.
“I see it! I got the logo in view!” Peter shouted.
“Take several pictures!” Kent shouted back.
Peter took several pictures using Kent’s camera, before Kent allowed the air to deflate again. First, he let the air out of his legs. Then, he deflated the rest of Peter’s muscles, allowing Peter to descend slowly until Peter gently touched down back on the grass field.
“So, did you enjoy your flight?” Kent asked him, as he took the camera back.
“Yeah…. We should do this more often…” Peter grinned.
“That can be arranged, really easily…” Kent laughed.