Grace and Shawn Finale – Woman vs Machine
by MagnusMagneto
Commissioned by Up2NoGd1
Originally Published: January 12, 2015
((Since this is the finale, it is the craziest chapter! There is also a ton of completely impossible pseudo science! If those things bother you, beware!))
A few years after Chapter 5.
Life had grown boring for Grace. She sat upon her makeshift throne – a massive chair of heavily compressed scrap metal from various buildings and vehicles. The ‘throne’ was situated in a city that was all but abandoned. Nobody dared spend much time around Grace, aside from the occasional visit from the scientists who jettisoned her to superhuman status. Grace had shown no malice towards anyone, but the sheer thought of her power was too much. Those who worshiped her couldn’t contain themselves in her presence for extended periods of time, and those who didn’t were downright terrified.
While Grace initially deemed herself Queen of the World, she quickly realized how one person, even if they possessed super-strength and near invincibility, couldn’t truly force wide scale change. There were simply too many people, too many nations, and too many ideologies for brute force alone to alter.
Besides, all of that sounded BORING to Grace. Ever since the militaries of the world gave up their quest to fight her, Grace spent her days exploring extreme habitats on the planet, or lounging around her abandoned city pondering the point of her existence now. There was no struggle anymore. Sure, she could potentially grow even stronger, but what was the point? She single handedly dismantled an entire fleet of battleships by literally throwing them into one another! She could catch missiles fired from jet planes mid-air and toss them back! Nothing could possibly challenge her short of a nuclear explosion, and even that she could simply outrun.
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Unbeknownst to Grace however, a shadowy organization funded by world’s richest nations had been pooling an incomprehensible amount of resources towards developing a way to destroy Grace. While the girl had done nothing beyond defending herself, they still felt her very existence was a threat.
They quickly realized that conventional methods would be rendered entirely ineffective by Grace’s genetically altered body. Desperate for ideas, they began to turn to science fiction for inspiration. Eventually, one particularly outlandish cornball of an idea popped up. What if they developed a machine to fight her? Not just any machine – something like the famous Finisher or CopRobo from their favorite action films?
Thus spawned the idea to meld man with machine. The initial tests were a success, and they were soon able to graft functional artificial muscles to test subjects, increasing their strength immensely. Still – none of the subjects could dream of curling 100 tons with one hand, let alone whatever dizzying heights of strength Grace had ascended to by now.
It became apparent that the biggest problem was finding a way to power the mechanical parts. They needed something that could create an immense amount of energy. The team experimented with a wide variety of things, but nothing was good enough to even hope of challenging Grace, let alone destroying her.
Then it came to them. Nuclear power. It was the only known way to generate enough energy to possibly combat Grace. They began their tests, this time with far better results. Unfortunately, nobody could withstand the augmentations, and would all invariably die during the process. There was only one man they could think of with the fortitude to withstand the transformation: Shawn.
It was a long, messy and painful process that took several months to finish. Eventually however, they managed to, quite literally, turn Shawn into a nuclear powered cyborg. His strength was beyond their wildest dreams, and his determination to defeat – and even kill, Grace was downright freighting. They taught him how to internally increase the output of the generator, reminding him not to crank it up too much or else it could cause the largest artificial explosion in the history of man. They heavily implied that if things went south, that he should make the sacrifice for all of mankind. Then they sent him on his way,
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As Grace lounged on her chair, she continued thinking through her latest series of philosophical tenants. The blonde beauty had considered writing her ideas and theories down, but decided that at the time being mankind simply wasn’t ready for them. Her train of thought was broken as she sensed something coming a few miles away. She focused her eyes and zoomed in – a strange creature was running towards her at nearly super-sonic speeds!
She tilted her head, curious as to what the thing could be. This could finally be something interesting!
Before long, Shawn had appeared. He was shirtless and shoeless, revealing large metal plates where his pecs one were. His hands and feet were now completely metallic, and the upper right chunk of his face was as well.
“Shawn?” Grace asked. She knew that it had to be him, but still, the change was shocking to say the least.
“Better than ever.” He replied before flexing his right arm, causing an impressive 28 inch bicep to pop up. “It’s been a while. I’ve been working out.”
Grace giggled. “That’s cute babe, but still kind of puny compared to a real muscle!” she flexed her own arm in retort, using her ability to expand her flesh to effortlessly summon a mind boggling limb approaching 50 inches in circumference.
Shawn remained unfazed by the display. He even went so far as to force a yawn just to show his sheer indifference.
“So, uh, what happened anyways?” Grace followed up, clearly referencing to his new appearance.
“You’ll find out firsthand!” Shawn yelled before winding his arm back and letting loose a punch.
Grace deftly dodged it thanks to her above-human reaction time. “Well, I can see from here you’re some kind of… cyborg now.” she said with a snicker. “Really Shawn, you were much more attractive without the machinery.”
Agitated, Shawn fired another punch, which Grace avoided. “Let’s get real though Shawn, there’s no point in me dodging these attacks.” She tensed her thick, powerful midsection, causing a mind boggling array of muscles to jut forward. “Go ahead and hit me right here Shawny, I dare ya!”
Eager to showcase his new body, Shawn wound up with all of his might and let loose the hardest hitting gut-punch he could muster.
As Shawn’s fist connected with Grace’s midsection, she was sent back flying at an insane speed. Grace’s thickly muscled body was akin to a cannonball as she soared through the air, causing a loud whizzing noise to ring out. The impact of the blow ruptured several of Grace’s internal organs, and a splatter of blood let loose from her mouth. Before long, Grace connected with an empty building, her momentum sending her through one end and out of the other, before repeating the process with a few more buildings.
Finally, after nearly a mile of flight, Grace fell on the ground. She wasn’t remotely prepared for Shawn to possess nearly that much power. Fortunately, her body began reacting to the massive stimulus, and the damaged internal components mended and improved themselves within moments.
“Shit… I should have brought some protein cream or something…” she said to herself, wiping blood from the corners of her mouth. “Need… to get stronger.” she said looking around – she could sense her body wanting to improve itself to meet the task at hand, but lacking anything to do so with.
Before Grace could think things over, she heard a thunderous noise from the distance. She turned her gaze in its direction and saw a huge cloud of smoke coming towards her. It was Shawn! He was sprinting towards her with immense speed, literally crashing through buildings in his way as if they weren’t even there.
Grace got to her feet. Her body had already healed itself, but she still was in no condition to match Shawn. How on earth did he get so strong anyway? Time was up – Shawn was already there, launching another punch at her. This time Grace knew she couldn’t afford the hit, and her superhuman reaction speed allowed her deftly dodge the blow. Shawn let loss a flurry of punches and kicks with a speed that left them as a mere blur to the human eye.
Only with her full concentration was Grace able to dodge each blow. After a few dozen attacks, Shawn realized the futility of his action and proceeded to launch his entire body at her, arms extended. Grace tried to move out of the way, but it was no use – Shawn wrapped his thick, half-mechanical arms around her and squeezed tightly. Grace struggled to escape, but it was no use. Even her immense might was no match for Shawn now.
“How is this… possible?” Grace managed to utter with the remaining breath in her lungs.
“I’m nuclear powered cyborg. What do you expect?” he said with a laugh before tightening his grip. He had to admit that he enjoyed Grace’s body – it was a shame that he needed to end her life before she somehow grew even stronger.
Grace let out a final cry of agony before the remainder of the air in her lungs left her literally speechless.
“I should just crush you now, but really babe, I’m enjoying this last dance too much.” Shawn loosened his grip while still holding onto Grace. He grabbed onto her shoulder and tossed her entire frame with his full strength, sending her hurdling towards the city’s power plant.
Once again, Grace had become a human cannonball, and her dense form flew straight through the outer fences and walls of the plant, right into the center of it. Her body lit up as a dose of electricity magnitudes higher than the lethal level for normal humans coursed throughout her. At first the pain was intense and unlike anything she had ever experienced in her life. For the next ten seconds, Grace legitimately wished she had simply perished instead of going through this torture.
Then… something happened. The pain began to subside and became dull – even though the massive generator was still pumping electricity into her body. A few moments passed, and the pain had become… pleasure! Grace moaned blissfully as she somehow was turning the electricity into strength! Her muscles increased in size and efficiency, granting Grace even more available power. Enraptured with what was happening, Grace stood up, found a pair of transistors and grabbed directly onto them, forcing the electricity to flow through her at an even greater pace. “YES!!” she screamed out as her already immensely thick back widened even more, along with every other muscle in her body.
Curious to see what happened, Shawn made his way over with the same speed he employed earlier. As he approached, he saw a flickering of blue lightning – the fact that it was still going off worried him. He didn’t want Grace to already be dead, he had a lot of gloating to get her back for! It didn’t take long for Shawn’s worries to change though – he soon caught notice of Grace holding onto the electrical rods and screaming out in ecstasy.
“NO!” he yelled out before grabbing onto her. He could feel her body pulsing with life as the electricity somehow empowered her, growing stronger by the moment. Before she could take anymore, Shawn ripped her away from the rods and tossed her again.
Grace let out a loud laugh as she soared through the air. Not wanting another incident like what had just occurred, Shawn was already running towards his target. He quickly reached Grace’s landing spot, ready to confront her. Grace’s quick brain allowed her body to prepare itself, and she landed gracefully on her feet. To the blonde’s surprise, the impact of her legs hitting the ground caused what felt like an electric jolt to spread throughout her body. Her legs immediately thickened even further as their power increased.
Feeling emboldened, Grace decided to take the offensive. She let loose a punch, but to her surprise, Shawn intercepted this with a blow of his own. Grace was too committed to her attack, and Shawn managed to connect directly with Grace’s midsection. To both of their surprise – Grace didn’t go soaring back. Instead, the strength of her legs allowed her to withstand the blow, although it did damage her, as she keeled over from the impact. As her body absorbed the blow, Grace could feel the electricity again, and her muscles immediately improved upon themselves in preparation for a future attack.
Before Shawn could follow up with a counter-blow, Grace had already recovered, stronger than ever! He would up and let loose a punch aimed for her face. It was too fast for her to dodge, so she quickly threw up both of her hands to grab his metallic hand. As she grasped his artificial fist, her body continued increasing its strength to both stave off the force of Shawn’s hand, and to tighten her own grip.
“I really must thank you Shawn.” Grace said, feeling her power skyrocket by the millisecond. She tightened her fingers further, and Shawn tried to pull his hand back, only to find that it was thoroughly stuck with Grace. Worse yet, his effort was just speeding the rate at which her strength grew! He looked down at her frame, and it was expanding to proportions of even greater geometric impossibility.
“For a long time I didn’t even bother trying to improve myself physically.” Grace continued, tightening her grip around the metallic hand.
Shawn brought his right knee back and slammed it into Grace’s stomach as hard as he could. She keeled over once more, but managed to maintain her grip on his hand. He could sense her growing even more powerful from the blow. Grace stood up once more, her midsection now better prepared for another attack. Shawn kneed her again, but found he was met with an impenetrable wall of muscular flesh.
Grace started laughing, reveling in her newly found triumph. Shawn wound back his free hand and slammed it into Grace’s insanely dense shoulder, only to find it accomplished nothing at all. Finally ready to end Shawn’s misery, Grace clasped her fingers together, crushing the robotic structure within them.
Shawn staggered back. How was this even possible!? He remembered what the scientists told him about overloading his power core, and increased the intensity. A warm, numbing sensation coursed through his body. He could sense he was more powerful now, but he knew that it was a state he couldn’t maintain for long. He had to kill Grace now!
Without hesitation, Shawn brought his right foot back, winding up a powerful roundhouse kick. Feeling arrogant again, Grace didn’t bother dodging the blow at all, and instead opted to catch onto her shin. The force of the impact was unexpected, but Grace managed to stand firm, once again growing more powerful from the exchange. With a giggle, Grace casually tossed Shawn to the ground.
Shawn got back on his feet and shuffled back a few steps. He knew what he had to do if there was any chance of stopping Grace.
“Fuck this!” Shawn yelled out. “Not even you can survive a nuclear blast!” He began to overdrive his nuclear powered core once again, intentionally bringing it to a full overheat in order to self-destruct.
“I probably CAN survive that.” Grace said.
“A one hundred megaton blast? Unlikely!”
Grace did some quick mental math. The destruction from that blast would be dozens of miles in circumference! Even if the immediate destructive wave didn’t kill anyone, which it might have, she was sure the fallout would eventually impact a huge number of lives! “Shawn you idiot!” Grace yelled out. “You’re going to hurt innocent people!”
“Kill a few to save them all.” he said, revving up his internal core even further.
“NO!” Grace yelled before dashing directly to him. She was unsure of what to do, and acting on instinct, pulled her fist back, punched forward and stuck her fingers directly into his nuclear powered core!
Shawn started laughing maniacally. “You dumb bitch! You’ll die immediately from the radiation!”
He was partially right. Grace could feel an immense stinging in her hand, and soon her entire body. Unsure of what to do, she made a final desperate attempt to save her own life and those of everyone around – she began focusing entirely on the radiation. She willed herself to take as much of it as possible within her body. She commanded her body to use the radiation, to make it a part of her in a constructive manner.
And her body did just that.
A few moments passed, and a small explosion jettisoned Shawn back. It was non-nuclear, just his system short circuiting and moving to auxiliary power in order to keep him alive.
The cyborg fell to the ground. He looked up and performed a double take. It was possible that his vision was damaged from the events that had just occurred, but in his eyes Grace was very clearly… glowing! An aura pulsated and emanated around her insanely muscular form.
“Now this…” Grace said. “This is POWER!”
“That… that was my power!” Shawn yelled out.
Grace laughed. “Not quite sweety. My body can utilize this far better than you could ever dream of.” She sauntered over to a nearby building – at least 100 stories in height before bending over, grabbing the base of it with one hand, and with one deft motion, lifting the entire thing overhead! “This isn’t even remotely heavy.” she said with a yawn before casually cranking her arm back and hurling it into space, causing it to exit the Earth’s atmosphere and enter orbit!
“H..h..HOW!?” Shawn screamed.
Grace shrugged. “My body’s been absorbing things in weird ways ever since the final therapy session. The ability seems to have grown over time, and I can utilize almost anything to make myself more powerful.” she explained with an eery calm to her voice.
“In fact… that very ability seems to be speeding up. I can feel my body… mutating.” Grace continued.
A few moments of silence passed as Shawn stared in bewilderment.
“Oh god…” Grace uttered. “The sun…” she stretched her dense arms out, as if she were trying to allow more of the sun’s rays to land on her exposed skin.
“What?” Shawn managed to utter out.
“Mmmmm…” Grace purred, her tone bordering on arousal. “Something happened.”
Shawn continued to stare, somewhat dumbfounded.
“I’m… absorbing sunlight!” She squealed.
The glow emanating from Grace’s body intensified, and Shawn let out a meek whine. He had not only been completely and totally defeated, but he had just delivered an unfathomable power boost directly to Grace. In a way, it was almost fitting considering how the past few years had gone.
Grace closed her eyes. “More… MORE!” she yelled out. She could feel the sensation in her body growing even more! “YES! Faster!” she then mentally willed herself to absorb the sun’s power at a more rapid rate. “It’s working! I’m absorbing the sun even FASTER!”
The musclebound woman continued focusing on absorbing sunlight, and intensified the process even further. Her acquisition of available energy increased at an even more breakneck pace, and she could begin to understand the myriad of possibilities opening up to her. Grace’s focus reached a fever pitch, and her entire body began to quiver and shake from forcing the sun’s rays into her system. The increase of power was nearly exponential, and after a few moments, Grace’s shaking was so intense that the very ground beneath her feet began to quake in response!
Shawn gasped as the ground beneath him began quiver and a network of small cracks formed. He feared that Grace would completely split the earth beneath him, but after a few more moments, her control over the process grew and the damage the ground stopped. After a brief reprise, Grace opened her eyes, revealing a brilliant glow to them. “Neat, huh?” she asked with a grin.
“What… what can you do now?” Shawn stuttered.
“Oh. You know, the usual.” Grace responded nonchalantly before willing her entire muscle-bound body into the air, hovering in place two feet off of the ground! Lazily, she extended a hand and formed an open palm, where a ball of energy began to bunch up. She pointed the gathering sphere at an abandoned skyscraper before letting it loose – causing it to fire off like a cannon. A small shock-wave erupted as the ball broke the speed barrier, and a mere few seconds later, the orb connected, causing the entire building to explode on impact!
Grace started laughing at her feat before letting out another moan of near arousal. “Holy shit..” she said as a huge rush of energy came into her. “The more I use my powers… the stronger they get!” she announced before forming to spheres – one in each hand and firing them off at another couple abandoned structures, causing them to detonate as well. “YES!” she yelled feeling her powers increase further.
“G.. Grace. What are you going to do. Now that you’re…”
“A goddess?” Grace finished for him bemused with the entire situation.
Shawn gulped. “Yes.” he finally admitted.
“You know Shawn…” she started, bringing a finger to her chin – a notion she had used many times before to contemplate things. “I could, very easily, truly and utterly conquer the world. I mean, I could have before, but now…”
She stopped herself and with a mere thought teleported right behind Shawn! “Now I can be anywhere I want. I can do virtually anything.” she added.
Shawn turned around to face her. He was rendered silent, it was all too much to take in.
“I wonder…” she said out loud before extending her hand and flicking her wrist up – with a mere thought, Shawn felt himself levitating into the air! Grace let out a laugh. “Of course I can do this!” she said continuing to move Shawn around telekinetically. “Come here.” she said, willing his dangling body to her. She brought their faces together before passionately locking lips with him. Shawn was amazed how someone with such an unfathomably powerful and hard body could possess such soft lips.
During the kiss, Grace willed the last vestiges of the nuclear energy and radiation flowing throughout Shawn’s body. She felt her powers expand further, at an even more efficient rate. What a drop of nuclear power could do for Shawn empowered Grace nearly tenfold.
After lingering for a few minutes, Grace released the kiss. “I bet you’ve wanted to do that for a while, huh?” she asked with a wink.
Shawn remained silent.
“I guess I should do something about… this.” she said, referring to his mangled cybernetic body. With another thought, she simultaneously removed the mechanical parts and restored his original flesh.
“You can heal people?” Shawn asked dumbfounded.
“Of course!” Grace replied cheerfully. “Why wouldn’t I be able to? I’m a GODDESS now after all!”
Within a few moments, Shawn was restored to his original state. He wasn’t powerful enough to bully humanity, but he was still the strongest human man alive. Grace brought both of them down to the ground gently.
After landing and catching his surroundings, Shawn spoke up again. “So… what are you going to do?”
Grace tilted her head. “Good question. One thing I do know though, is that this planet is just… boring these days.”
“Are you… going to leave?”
The blonde thought it over for a few moments – which, in her mind, would equate to several minutes for a regular brain. “Yes. For now. I think I’ll explore the stars. See if there’s life out there. Maybe drain a couple stars of every ounce of power they have.” she said licking her lips at the thought. “And then, maybe, just maybe, if you’re good I’ll come back and pay you all a visit.” she said with a wink.
Before Shawn could say anything, Grace ascended into the sky. She increased accelerated her pace, and in a matter of moments broke the sound barrier, and a few moments later streaked right through the Earth’s atmosphere.
She had finally taken her proper place as a goddess – among the stars.
The End! (?)
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