"Say, Milton, you like comic books, right?" Ty said.
"Sure! Doesn't everybody"
"Uh... no." Ty scratched his head. He thought about making Milton less geeky but figured he liked the big nerd the way he was for the most part. "Anyway, who's your favorite superhero?" Ty said.
"Oh, that would be The Hulk, sir! I love the way he gets big when anyone makes him mad. Of course, I don't think people will be pushing me around anymore!" Milton started flexing his biceps again, watching them strain his shirt sleeves.
Ty agreed to a point but he realized that some bullies weren't going to let some extra size intimidate them. A bigger Milton was still Milton after all. He might even get into more trouble from guys wanting to prove their toughness on him now that he was a more formidable opponent.
"Milton, I'm going to make sure that no one ever bothers you again. If they do, they'll be sorry!"
"Really?" Milton said, jumping up and down like a little kid. "Are you going to make me bigger?"
"Not yet." Ty said. "But when the time is right..."
Ty focused his powers on Milton again.
***
The next day, Ty had a stroke of luck to see Milton walking down the hall with two girls next to him. Milton still looked his nerdiest, with a shirt and jeans that were too small for him, even though these highlighted his new, muscular body. The shirt just barely touched the top of his jeans and one of the girls ran her hand up it, making Milton spill a stack of books he was carrying. As he bent over to pick them up, the girls took anxious peeks at his butt and giggled.
"Why didn't we notice you looked like this before?" One of the girls said. "It's like you changed overnight?"
"You know," Milton said as he stood up with his books back in hand. "it's funny that you mentioned that, because just yesterday I--"
"HEY, YOU." Someone shouted. Everyone looked to see Alex Hayward coming up behind Milton. Ty had never had a problem with Alex but he didn't like the guy. Alex was fat but there was muscle behind it as well and liked using it on smaller guys.
"What the hell happened to you? You fuckin' start puberty or what?" Alex said.
Milton cowered for a moment but then scowled. He pushed his face into Alex's.
"A lot better than that." Milton said. "You better start being nice to me, or you won't like what'll happen." Milton's face turned bright red. Ty just smiled, excited to see his gift to Milton taking effect.
Alex shoved Milton onto the floor. "I don't care if you've been working out or not. A chump is a chump, no matter how big!"
Milton grunted and put a hand on his stomach. The first beads of sweat started running down his head. "I'm warning you..." Milton said. His voice was shaking and cracking.
Alex just shook his head, laughing. "I'm not scared of you! Now get your ass up so I can knock it back down!"
Ty leaned back against a locker with his arms folded while he watched his magic go to work. Milton was shaking and groaning on the floor but he managed to stagger back up on his feet. Then he let out a roar that made everyone hold their breath. The change only took a few seconds. His body swelled out with muscle stretching his little t-shirt to it's limits. Milton spread his shoulders out and his chest expanded even further. He lowered himself for a moment, as if he were about to pick something off of the ground, before he stretched himself taller, taking on another foot of height and towering over his tormentor. Milton tore his skimpy t-shirt away to reveal a perfectly sculpted torso covered with just enough hair to look intimidating, but not enough to hide his definition.
"W-w-wha?" Alex said.
Ty laughed at Alex's reaction. Everyone else had a similar expression of confusion. Despite the transformation that Milton underwent, Ty had added a glamour that made it difficult--hopefully impossible--for people to see that Milton had transformed before their eyes. To them, Milton would just be even larger than they had remembered.
"You really have been working out." Alex said. "Hey, you think you can give me some pointers or--"
"SCRAM!" Milton roared.
"Okay! Okay!" Alex ran down the hall and so did some of the other students.
Milton put his fists on his hips in a heroic pose. "From now on, nobody is going to mess with me or with anybody else! Is that clear?"
The students who were still watching started to cheer. More girls joined the ones who had been walking with Milton. Some even started touching his body. Milton kept his face steely and flexed his arm, making the girls squeal. His transformation had taken only a few seconds but it would be at least an hour before he shrank back down to his previous size. And despite his new power, Milton's steely facade was fading. He looked towards Ty as if to say "now what do I do?"