"The Hunger of the Pirinais"
(a Martin Mystery story)
by Double L

"Hmmm..." went a woman, with a slender and well-toned body, as she looked inside a refrigerator. On the bottom were some carrot sticks, and at the top was a huge slice of thick, gooey chocolate cake. The woman winced as she looked up and down at her choices. She was so distracted, she didn't see the dark shadows in her windows. However, when the windows shattered, the woman looked and screamed.

THE HUNGER OF THE PIRINAIS

It was another beautiful day at Torrington Academy in Quebec, as Diana Lombard ran to an important meeting she had. She only stopped when she saw her stepbrother, Martin Mystery, looking through binoculars, as he stood on a tree branch.

"Since when do you birdwatch, Martin?" asked Diana, sweatdropping.

"You know me, sis. There are lovely and beautiful things all over campus!" grinned Martin, not moving his eyes from the binoculars. Diana let out a sigh as she looked where Martin was looking, and saw a pair of attractive young girls. She sweatdropped, before kicking the tree. Martin was shooken out and he landed with a loud thud. "OW!!!"

"I don't have time for this. I have to get to the Flowers of Torrington tryouts," said Diana.

Martin bursted out laughing, saying, "Flowers of Torrington?!!! You?!!! HA! HA! HA! HA!"

"WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!!!" shouted Diana.

"That's only for the pretty gals!!!" laughed Martin.

POW!!!

"Then I should fit in quite well..." said Diana, stomping away from Martin who had a black puffy cheek.
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Soon...

"Next!" went one of the judges, all pretty and attractive girls. Diana came in smiling, before doing some movements and dancing. The judges talked, before the same judge said, "Next!!!"

"WHAT?!!!" went Diana, "How can you reject me?!!!"

"Hmmm...could it be this?" went the judge, walking up to Diana and poking her in the stomach with a pen. Diana looked and saw she had more stomach than she last remebered.

"Oh...I must have put on a few pounds due all to that studying madness from the mid-terms..." gulped Diana nervously.

"We don't need porkers in the Flowers of Torrington! Out!" went the judge, before Diana was forced out.

Standing there on the footsteps was Martin, who had been listening in.

"Look, you don't need them. I like pretty gals as much as the next guy, but those Flowers have thorns!" shouted Martin.

"That's not what I'm worried about..." went Diana, "I'm fat!!!"

"Only a few pounds, sis. They'll be gone in no time flat," went Martin.

"Of course they will. I'm going on a strict diet!!!" shouted Diana.

Martin was about to say something when his U-Watch began to beep.

"It's the Center!" shouted Martin, before they looked around for the portal.

"Portal here, Martin!"

Martin and Diana turned their heads to see their friend, Java the Caveman, pointing to a glowing blue portal in a stone circle.

"Awesome, Jav!" smiled Martin, before he leaped into the portal. Java leaped in next, followed by Diana. The three then found themselves in the high-tech alien/human-built facuilty called the Center. They walked to a platform that carried them through the faciulty. A machine came up, with a hand analyer.

Martin placed his hand on first, before the computer went, "Martin Mystery, clear!" Diana went next, making the computer, "Diana Lombard, clear!" Java went last, making the computer respond, "Java the Caveman, clear!"

As the trio stood on the moving platform, a small green alien in a hover chair came by.

"Hey guys!" went the alien.

"Hey Billy!" went the trio.

Billy then went, "So what's the score, Martin? Score any numbers yet?"

"Nope, not yet. I'm just giving the ladies a little break from the old M-Man. There is such thing as too much of a good thing," replied Martin. Diana just sighed, as the four walked into MOM's office. MOM was the very head of the center, but Martin, Diana, and Java were in for a big surprise.

"MOM?!!!!" went Diana, "What did you to do yourself?!!!"

"Eating..." went MOM, the once slender black-haired director now a whopping 700 lbs. She was so big with a rear so wide, her chair had been replaced by a larger, more mechanical one. MOM's stomach was so huge and round, she was moved back to keep her desk from being lifted up. She now also has quite an ample chest, and her face looked like it had been stung by a bee, while her limbs and thighs were jiggling masses of jello. Her white labcoat-like uniform was altered to fit her new girth. "I have a meeting with Gargutian senators over peace with Earth. But they consider it an insult if the person they talk too is thin, so I have to bulk up to match their size,"

"Hmmm..." went Martin, looking at the impressive work on MOM's chair.

Diana then went, "So why were we called?" She try not to shudder, trying to avoid the thought of being as large as MOM.

"A Ms. Kallins was abducted last night. We can tell by the damage done to her that this was not by humans," answered MOM.

"Ms. Kallins? The famous model?" asked Diana.

"WOW!!! Ms. Kallins! She's one of my faves!" shouted Martin, before MOM saw him nearby.

"Away, Martin..." went MOM, not trusting Martin to hold his enthusiasm with her impressive things. "And she's not the only one. All kinds of famous models have vanished recently,"

Martin then pushed a button on MOM's chair, going, "Hey, is this a hoverchair like Billy's?"

"MARTIN! NOOOO!!!" shouted Billy, but it was too late. MOM's chair blasted off, and she went flying through the room.

"INCOMING!!!" went Java, ducking behind a chair in MOM's office. MOM soon landed right on top of Billy, leaving only his hand free from her massive blubber.

"Billy...open the portal to San Franscico..." growled MOM, trying to lift her enormous self up. Billy's hand held a remote that pushed a button, opening a portal. Martin, knowing he was in big trouble, ran in first, followed by Java.

Diana went, "I can't go to San Fran with all those lovely woman around and me being fa..." Suddenly, Java and Martin's hands came out and dragged her in.
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"Ah, here we are. Miss Kallins's summer home," said Martin, as he, Java, and Diana came to the elegant beach house. "I bet what kidnapped Miss Kallins is a mole king!"

"Mole king?" sighed Diana.

"Yeah. I bet he wanted a beautiful model to be his mole queen," smiled Martin, sure of his theory.

"What probably really happened was some rowdy kids that scared Miss Kallins so bad, she ran off and hasn't gotten the courage to come back," replied Diana, the more pragmistic of the two.

"Well, my slimming-crazed sibling, then if it was rowdy kids, they must be taking their vitamins," said Martin, pointing to a huge crunched up metal ball. "I believe this used to be a car. Well, whatever this thing is, I bet Java can take it,"

"No way! Java caveman, not Superman!" shouted Java.

"Let's check inside to find more clues," said Diana, as they came inside the house. It was pretty easy since there was a huge hole in the house, which they guessed how the kidnappers got in. The trio searched around until Diana saw Martin looking into the refrigerator. "Martin...why would there be clues in a refrigerator?" asked Diana, an angry vein on her head.

"There wouldn't. I just got hungry," replied Martin, holding a sandwich before chowing down on it. When he moved away, Diana saw the most delicious looking chocolate cake, thick and gooey and filled with fudge.

Diana whined, before going, "No...remeber diet...remeber diet," She slammed the door to avoid further temptation. Diana then turned away, before slipping and falling down on her back. She felt something slimey, before looking and seeing her hands, back, and hair cached with some kind of aqua-greenish slime. "Slime...why is it we always find SLIME?!!!"

Martin then pushed a button on his U-Watch, before a computer voice went, "Slime Scan selected," With that, it released light before a strange device with a tube was materialized.

"If I'm right, this should have traces of soil and mole DNA," said Martin, scooping up some slime with the device. When the tube was filled, the machine processed the data. "Hmm...what? This can't be a mole man...this slime is full of water and some strange alien DNA,"

"Better send it to Billy to examine it further," said Diana, before they heard Java scream. The two ran to find Java looking at some strange footsteps in the wooden floor; they had web toes and were far bigger than a normal human foot.

"That not human footprint!" shouted Java.

"Judging by the spacing of the footprints, whatever made these is about nine feet tall!" shouted Diana, examining the footprints. Something then came to Diana, before she asked, "Martin, contact Billy. I need to ask him something,"

"Sure, Dia," said Martin, before pushing a button on his U-Watch. This caused it to show an image of their green alien friend.

"Hey guys! I just got the data Martin sent me. The DNA looks very familar," said Billy.

"Billy, aren't all the models that were recently kidnapped living in this beach area?" asked Diana.

Billy checked his computer and went, "Hey, you're right!"

"Whatever's taking these models is attacking from the ocean!" shouted Diana, "But what?"

"Maybe that!" shouted Martin, pointing behind Diana. She turned to see a nine-foot being with glowing solid blue eyes with a mouth full of sharp teeth that wuld make a T-Rex cry. Its greyish skinned body was built far more than any professional weight lifter, and the ground shook as it stomped towards the trio.

"AUGHHHHHH!!!!" screamed the trio, before they ran off. Since the beast was so tall, he had to chase after them on his hands and feet.

"I think we know what grabbed Ms. Kallins!!!" went Martin, working on his U-Watch as he ran.

"X Staff selected," said the U-Watch, before a staff appeared and Martin grabbed it. He fired a net from it, trapping the beast inside.

"Alright! Now we..." began Martin, before the monster immediately broke free. "SCRATCH THAT!!!" he shouted, as they ran outside. The monster soon caught up and grabbed all three.

"You two...yeck," said the monster, before throwing Martin and Java away like fastballs. "You should be quite appetizing..." said the beast, as he carried away Diana. "And quite a good head start," he continued, poking Diana's chubby belly.

"Hey! I'm still better-looking than you, ugly!" shouted Diana, before the monster growled at her. "MARTIN!!!" she shouted as the monster ran towards the ocean and dove in wiith his captive.

"AUGGHHHH!!!" screamed Martin and Java, about to become street pizza when an huge energy butterfly-like net caught them. They looked to see it was Billy; the net had come from his hovercycle.

"Just something new I put into my chair," said Billy, putting the two down. "Where's Diana?"

"Big fish-like man with sharp teeth grab Diana!" shouted Java.

"Uh-oh...I was afraid of this when I checked the slime data you sent me..." went Billy.

"What do you mean?" asked Martin.

"That creature you saw was a Pirinai, one of the most vicious alien races in the world. Their tribes travel the universe, seeking the most desirable of women on every planet they come to," explained Billy.

"Tribes? Billy mean there more?!!!" shouted Java.

"Why do they take the most desired of women? They don't...you know..." went Martin.

Billy then went, "Of course not! They eat them!"

Martin then grabbed Billy and shook him up, shouting, "THAT IS NOT A BETTER ANSWER!!!"
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Meanwhile...

The monster carrying Diana soon emerged from the water inside a cove, still having the now-soaked Diana.

"Do you have any idea how it long it took me to do this hair?!!!" shouted Diana, before shrieking when she saw more of the monsters there.

"What you look like has no effect on our appetites," said the monster.

"Appetites?!!! YOU'RE GOING TO EAT ME?!!!" shouted Diana.

"Yes..." went another monster, "But not now...you're way too skinny,"

"I wish these humans didn't desire such skinny women...then we wouldn't have to fatten them up so much," said a third monster.

Diana gulped as she was carried away, shouting, "My diet plan does not include being fattened up by cannibalistic aliens!"
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"OOOF!!!!" went Diana, as she went crashing into a large mass when she was thrown into the cell.

"Get eating. We're starving," said one of the aliens, before locking the door.

"Oh yeah, like I'd break my diet, much less prepare myself to be eaten!" shouted Diana, before she felt the mass on her back breathing. "What the?" went Diana, before turning her head. Her eyes widened when she saw it was a very obese woman, who looked like she had dificulty standing up. The woman was a giant blob of jelly, but then Diana reconized her. She took out a photo, and went, "Hey! You're Ms. Kallins! What happened to you?"

"It's that stuff they fed me," said Kallins, pointing a jiggling to the red slime-like stuff all around. "I tried to avoid it, but it's too appetizing..." she went, before grabbing handfuls of the slime and stuffing it into her face.

"Wait...if these aliens are so hungry, why not just eat this slime?" asked Diana.

"We can't digest it!!!" shouted one of the aliens behind the cell door.

"It's no use...pretty soon, you'll be hooked like me and the rest of the girls," said Kallins.

"Oh please! I'm on a diet," chuckled Diana, before she saw the slime. Something about the smell made her mouth water. "I can...avoid it..." she went, "Well...maybe one little taste won't hurt," Diana dipped her finger in it and licked the slime off, before her mouth was filled with the most delictable flavors it ever had. "Another will be ok," went Diana, taking a handful and eating it. Before she knew it, Diana was shoveling the slime into her mouth, unable to fight it. As she did, her stomach began growing and growing, soon completely exposed to the world with her shirt barely over her expanding chest. Diana's pants began to tighten with her ballooning butts and plumpening legs and thighs. Her cheeks puffed out and a double-chin formed under her face.
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"The Pirinai are a marine species. Wherever they took Diana and the other girls, it must be underwater," explained Billy.

"So if we find an underwater cavern deep and big enough, we'll find them!" shouted Martin, he and Jabba now now dressed in deep diving scuba gear.

"Good luck, guys," said Billy, flying away to be grabbed by Martin.

"Hold it, Billy. We'll need your help; you know a lot about these aliens, so it'll be all atribute to my plan," said Martin.

"Curse my textbook knowledge..." said Billy, before being explained to what to do. "Huh? You'd think that would work?"

"Since when does a Martin Mystery plan go awry?" grinned Martin, making Billy and Jabba sweatdrop. With that, Martin and Jabba leaped into the water, while Billy went to preparing Martin's plan.
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Soon...

Martin and Jabba submerged from a tunnel of water inside an an air-filled cavern.

"Oh! Hide Martin..." went Jabba, before the two dove back in to avoid being seen by a Pirinai passing by. They emerged, before Jabba went, "Jabba no like big mean fish man," They then climbed out, and ducked into a place to hide.

"U-Watch activated: Organic Tracking Radar selected," said the U-Watch, before it zapped a device.

"I love the new upgrades Billy and MOM put into this. This has Diana's DNA recorded inside, so finding her will be easy," said Martin, before he and Jabba followed the radar. "Look's like they got her in here. Jabba, it's time for that caveman thing you do!"

"YAHHHHH!!!" shouted Jabba, slamming the door off its hidges. "WHOA!!!"

"What? What's going...DIANA?!!!" shouted Martin.

"Martin! Jabba!" shouted the now 450-lb Diana, her cheeks covered with the red slime. Her stomach and butt were equal in size and proportion, both being giant round jiggling orbs. Diana's chest had gone up a couple cup-sizes, and her arms, legs, and thighs were now jiggling masses. Her face had big puffy cheeks and a large double-chin.

"What happened?!!!" shouted the shocked Martin.

"It's this stuff! It's the best!" shouted Diana, before Martin took out the Slime Scanner.

"Hmm...it's full of some kind of additives and other things that make it irresible to women," said Martin, "It also contains a chemical that apparently stimulates the growth of fat cells,"

"I'm not addicted! And I may have put on maybe a couple pounds..." said Diana, continuing to eat.

"HEY!!! You two again!"

Martin and Jabba turned their heads to see the same Pirinai who grabbed Diana earlier.

"We don't have time for this! Quick, Jabba! We'll have to get Dianna out the only way she can't resist!" shouted Martin.

"What?!!! YAHHHH!!!" shouted the Pirinai, before he was rolled by Diana, who was being rolled along the ground by Martin and Jabba.

HEY! CUT IT OUT! I'M GETTING DIZZY!!!" shouted Diana, as she was rolled along the ground. Martin and Jabba kept at it, so it would plow any Pirinai in the way. When they reached the water hole, Martin put a breather mask from the Center over Diana's mouth. They then shoved her into the hole...only to find her enormous belly and hips got in the way.

"Oh great! You really have been letting yourself go, sis!" shouted Martin, before turning his head to see the angry Pirinais chasing after them.

"Hey! I still got some of that tasty slime still on my hands," said Diana, seeing the red stuff on her palms. Martin then got an idea and grabbed Diana's wrists, lubbing up her stuck hips, so when he pushed in with his foot, Diana slipped through. Martin and Jabba threw their scuba masks back on and dove in, dragging the large Diana with them. At the end of the tunnel, Jabba slammed his mighty caveman fist into the top, causing the tunnel to collaspe. The trio then swam back for shore, and threw off their masks.

"Ready, Martin!" grinned Billy, floating over a giant square metal box he was putting together.

"Good because those things are after us and no telling how long..." began Martin, before the Pirinais came swimming out of the water. The four screamed, before Martin rolled Diana into the box.

"Hey! I have legs, you know!" went Diana, as Martin went behind her.

"Pirinai! Big meat in the box! Yum, yum! Come and get her!" shouted Martin.

"BIG...MEAT?!!!" roared Diana at Martin's comment, before realizing the Pirinai were scrouging into the box, drooling fangs bared. Suddenly, a lasso came around Diana and she was pulled out, before Martin slammed the door shut. Billy was at the other side, slamming the back door that Pirinai went through shut as well.

"Sorry, Jav..." went Diana, her giant body squashing Java.

"It...ok...Diana," went Java, as she got up and he followed. The two watched as the giant metal box jumped and shook from the pounding fists of the monstrous Pirinai, but it eventually stopped.

"What happened?" asked Diana, waddling over to the window to see what was going on. "They've been frozen!" went Diana, seeing ice sculpture-like Piranai frozen still.

"From the compostion of their bodies, Martin figured out they were mostly water," explained Billy.

"So they were able to be frozen in this Center Freezer chamber," went Diana, "Guess you're not quite as dumb as I thought, Martin,"

"Hey!" went Martin.

"Payback for the big meat comment," went Diana.
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Later...

Center Agents had come to take the frozen Pirinai into storage, as well as get the trapped women inside the Pirinai caves to have their memories altered.

"Thanks to you, agents, these Pirinai won't be snacking on any more innocent women ever again," said MOM, slightly larger than before, so she was on some kind of floating skiff to support her immensity.

"Uh...MOM...the Center wouldn't have happened to make a quick weight lost formula...?" went Diana.

MOM then took a hearty laugh, making her immense body jiggling.

Martin was laughing as well, saying, "Ah, come on, Di! Even I know that's science fiction!"

The End