Viktoria's Secret #11

Woman: Erieye Stock
Manatee: Addicted X Stock

Viktoria had to admit that having someone around when the curse hit every month was a godsend.  Tim wasn't put off at all by the changes (he simply shrugged and said they were temporary).  Viktoria's secret fear was that one of these times, the change wouldn't simply go away after a few days and she'd be left as some strange hybrid of woman and some horrible animal.

Viktoria lay on her bed the evening when the change was expected (it seemed her fertility cycle definitely triggered the change) and, with Tim nearby, lay waiting.  What would it be this time? A bug? A fish? A bird?  Damn!!! It was all so unfair.

About an hour later, with Tim off getting coffee, the change began.  Within a few moments, she'd sprouted a tail easily longer than her legs.  Her legs soon began to shrink and flatten until she was left with a pair of flat paddles just below her hips.  Viktoria experimented with moving them but they seemed somewhat slow and cumbersome.  Clearly she was going to end up some strange aquatic creature again.  She rolled over and tried to get to her feet.  Pushing herself off the bed she found the strength in her legs completely gone.

Three quarters of an hour later, coffee and doughnuts in hand, Tim let himself into the room and found her lying beside the bed.  The tail had thickened and darkened.  She was definitely not the slim and svelte girl he'd left only an hour or so ago.

"I think I need to get to the tub," she announced unnecessarily.
"Uh huh," was Tim's response as he eyed her up and down.  "This could be a bit of a problem.  I, um, that is, ..."
"I'm larger and probably heavier.  I can help a bit, you know."
"Okay.  What do you need?"
"Tim, get a sheet from the cupboard.  I'll roll onto it and we can slid this bulk into the hot tub room."

The changes continued as Tim scuttled off to get the sheet.  In the time it took to return, Viktoria had put on at least 10 kg.  Her flippers, nearly useless on land proved more trouble than a help.  In the end, they managed to get her onto the sheet.  Using her arms and with Tim pulling on the sheet, they got to the hot tub.  And there they stuck.  The tub was easy to get into if you had legs but the four stairs would be nearly insurmountable in her current condition.  As she lay at the bottom of the stairs thinking, she began to notice an itch.

"I'm drying out!" she shrieked.  "I've got to get into the water."
"I'd really like to oblige," Tim stood scratching her head."
"Well we have to do something.  Most aquatic mammals can't stay out of water long."
"You've got to pull yourself up...maybe if we had a board or something?"
"Get some towels!  Soak them and keep this tail wet.  The itch is driving me completely crazy!"

Tim was quick to comply but, even moist, Viktoria realized she was in trouble.  She was feeling pressured from her newly acquired weight.  Something would have to be done and quickly.  Despite having lived the the suite nearly a year, it was Tim who finally came up with the solution.  He used several sheets to create a primitive block and tackle to lift the sheet with her manatee tail up up until it was slightly higher than the top step of the hot tub.  He pulled the sheet back and forth until Viktoria was swing a bit.  She caught on and soon found herself released at the top step.  She let herself into the tub and discovered that the usual setting was way too hot.  With regret for the days it would take to reheat the thing after this was over, Viktoria turned off the heater and had Tim get ice.  They soon had the temperature down to a more comfortable 29C.  He declined to join her for more than a few moments in the tub.  It was, he noted, not much warmer than a swimming pool and she just about filled it.

She at first took umbrage at the comment but, noting the wry smile, decided he was joking to lighten the mood so she compromised by splashing him.