Fibers tightened visible beneath her muscular arms.  Sinew was drawn tight so that her muscles were drawn to the surface, to swell with obvious distension over her arms and then body.  Weights rattled in fear for being lifted upward from the world below.  Slowly she hoisted them upward to maximize their effect on her body.  The purpose was not simply to be stronger; but to be stronger for longer and to sculpt.  Somehow she still hoped that her fate might be that of a man, the larger the better.  The years had taught Caroline the opposite for women, but still she tried.  Anything to find a moment of respite.  Then she exhaled and lowered the weights back to previous place while something chirped from her duffel bag.<br/><br/>That chirping caused a pain in her chest.  A moment of anxiety as her mind recalled what to do about the noise.  Someone was calling for help, somewhere people were in danger with her as their chosen defender.  Poor people.  To depend on a person that couldn’t even repel bullies from her life.  Self-pity might be in her mind, but not her nature.  So she lifted up the device, glancing around to see if others watched.  Finding herself alone, Caroline listened to the message with an audible swallow of her fear.  The location was a good distance.  Hopefully the bus would run that far.  Gently she stuffed the device back into her bag. Possession in order she made a run for the front of the school, to locate the bus stop to take her to the destruction.<br/><br/>Painfully she waited while the bus made its way toward the area.  Already warnings had come up so that the driver would not drive near enough to the devastation for her liking.   Soon Caroline was trotting on foot, feeling the burn of the mornings workout in her legs and arms.  Around her people ran away, screaming a warning to her as she went toward the accident.  Perhaps they thought her a lost jogger or simply a madwoman.  Either way was inconsequential to her.  Screeching metal struck her ears along with the more terrified screams of those actually in danger.  Anger began to warm in her stomach with the anxiety of her nerves.  Eyes locked onto the massive frame and something primal triggered inside her mind.  Abomination was nothing more than the football players and the cheerleaders from a few days ago.  Nothing more than someone larger causing havoc to get his desire.<br/><br/>Immediately she slipped out of her shoes, fingers tugging socks from her feet.  The scene slightly comical while she moved about on a single foot to accomplish the task.  Trial and error had informed her of what happened to her shoes when she began the transformation.  Duffel bag set aside, Caroline began to draw on the coldness of her skin.  Flickers of light glinted off her body then.  Coolness swept downward and then upward from her center.  Relief soon to follow while her flesh glittered to life and became something far more than normal.  Steel replaced the fragile covering of her body, sinking down into her to coat the length of sinew and bone that made up her body.  Caroline felt the power resonate inside her.  She felt the strength of this body grow to exponential levels.  A growl tore through her throat as some instinct part of her brain flexed her fingers.  Digits of metallic flesh coiled around the ridge of a metal trash can.<br/><br/>One arm hoisted the can from the ground.  Her other hand coming up to lift the object high above her head.  Like a large bullet the trashcan flew with precision and power to strike the rampaging creature.  Caroline could better take the damage than the people here.  She could withstand the pain even better than the city walls and streets.  Let the beast come for her then rather than those around her.  When the object struck him, she did not run.  Caroline did not move from her spot, fixed like a metal statue to the sidewalk.  Light glistened along her distinctly feminine frame encased in metal.  A strip of cloth at her chest proclaimed Gold’s Gym while the one at her waist remained absent of a logo except for the word “Pink” across her bottom.  A sight was taken for the punishment the creature would soon give her, but she accepted the future with resignation.<br/><br/>Her eyes glanced to the side as she noticed the car flickering from their places.  Something fast moved amongst them to brush them aside, to securely place them somewhere less painful.  There was a feeling of comfort in not being alone.  A solace that came from the idea that her team may be there to support her.  Tilting her head to the side she felt the dull pop of her neck.  A fist collided with an open palm while Abomination roared before her.<br/>