"You're telling me that you could be stronger than Superman?" Dr. Mark Chovio sneered, arms folded across his pristine lab coat.
Lyzia smiled sweetly, the pink of her athletic crop top stretching with every breath of her mountainous chest. Her glasses perched confidently on her nose, framed by sleek black hair, and her presence dwarfed even the heaviest weights in the room.
Lyzia said, "I’m not telling you, Mark. I’m showing you."
Behind her, a team of skeptical scientists stood around a machine made of Kryptonian alloy—a preacher-curl device designed to push even Superman’s strength to the edge.
Mark gestured toward the shimmering steel device. "This machine increases resistance by 10% every repetition. Superman once performed 1,000 curls on it. If you think you're stronger, prove it."
Lyzia flexed her right arm. The peak of her bicep rose like a summit, veins crisscrossing over deeply etched fibers. The sheer size made the machine creak as she sat down and grabbed the bar. Her forearms bulged with coiled muscle, and her shoulders looked like boulders carved from obsidian.
Lyzia said, "Let’s begin."
The metal groaned under Lyzia’s first rep. Her arm swelled, the mass shifting and tightening like a network of steel cables beneath her skin. Her triceps flared like horseshoes made of bronze, forearms rippling with motion. Each repetition summoned deeper striations, a symphony of contracting power.
The scientists watched in awe. The machine recorded her reps, glowing digits climbing as she hit 20, then 50, then 100. By rep 150, her skin glistened with sweat, but her breath remained even. Each repetition made her biceps bulge larger, tighter. Her lats flared wide, pushing her arms outward.
Mark leaned in, voice cutting. "Superman did a thousand. You’re not even halfway."
Lyzia replied with a wink, "Neither is your imagination. You might want to adjust your assumptions."
Reps 200 to 500 turned the room into a forge. Her body became molten iron under pressure. Her pink skirt fluttered with each breath as her quads, larger than most tree trunks, tensed to keep her stable. The seat beneath her creaked.
At 480, she grunted—a deep, guttural growl. Her biceps were engorged now, vein-wrapped hills of living power. The muscle pushed against the limits of her skin, cords of steel beneath satin. Her hands crushed the grip tighter than ever.
She failed on 501.
Mark let out a short laugh. "So that’s it? All that bulk, and still nothing compared to real strength."
One of the scientists murmured, "This is muscle volume, not true force."
Lyzia slowly turned her head toward them. Her expression didn’t change—but her entire body seemed to flex without her even trying. Her already titanic form seemed to inflate with resolve.
Lyzia said, "Baa... I was just warming up. Maybe I need a reason to go all out."
Mark narrowed his eyes. "Then what do you want, powerhouse?"
Lyzia's smile sharpened. "If I hit 3,000, you give every vaccine your lab produces to the country I choose."
Mark raised a brow. "And if you lose?"
Lyzia leaned forward, her chest heaving with compressed might. "You get me. All to yourself. One full day. I work for your lab, no limits. Whatever you want."
Mark swallowed, dialing a number. A moment later he looked up, grinning darkly. "Deal."
The machine now vibrated with every curl. By 800, the metal bar was warped by her grip. At 1,000, she let out a long, primal exhale.
Lyzia muttered, "Okay. Now I feel it."
Her arms were grotesquely beautiful—pumped beyond mortal comprehension. Deltoids ballooned into massive globes, biceps stretched skin to translucence. Her pecs lifted and swelled with each breath, the tight fabric of her top looking ready to give way.
At 1,500, she slowed. Every rep was a trial. Her breath was ragged, sweat pouring off her in torrents. Her traps looked like tectonic ridges. Each curl made her arms twitch and flex with monstrous force.
A scientist whispered, "This shouldn’t be possible."
Another scientist added, "Her fibers... they’re adapting. She’s healing and growing during the reps."
By 2,000, her body had morphed again. Her back had widened into a fortress, her thighs thickened into immovable trunks. Her calves erupted into diamond-cut sculptures of strength. Her abs pulsed with each breath like a wall of concrete slabs.
Mark stared, pale now. "This is beyond anything Kryptonian data modeled."
At 2,500, she stopped struggling. Her body hit another level. The pain dulled. The resistance felt lighter. Her eyes glowed slightly—not with energy, but determination. Her muscles grew denser, more defined, her entire body hardening as if becoming pure living alloy.
Her thighs ground the machine into fragments. Her grip shattered the steel handholds. Her top ripped under the spreading force of her chest. And she just smiled.
Lyzia said, "Mark, did I just pass your precious Superman?"
Mark gasped, "This... this isn’t real. You can’t—"
At rep 3,000, the machine shattered. The bar twisted into a loop. The resistance coils burst like snapped cables. She stood up with the broken device still in hand.
Lyzia said, "Oops. Guess it wasn’t built to handle me. Too much woman for it, I suppose."
Mark backed away. "You cheated. They’ll fire me."
She rose to her full height, the very air trembling around her as she moved. Towering, godlike, her form radiated raw, almost supernatural might. Each muscle on her body was inflated beyond natural limits, sculpted like marble yet brimming with living force. Her biceps jutted out like twin peaks, so engorged with size and vascularity that her arms angled outward, unable to rest at her sides. Veins as thick as cables pulsed beneath satin-smooth skin, branching over her deltoids and running down her massive, striated forearms. Her lats flared wide, giving her the silhouette of a walking fortress, while her thighs—dense, stone-like trunks of power—shifted with intimidating weight. Her abdominals rippled with each breath, deep grooves etched across her core like armor plating. Even her traps rose high, framing her neck like living ridges of power. She was not just a powerhouse—she was the incarnation of physical perfection, a living deity sculpted from strength itself.
Lyzia said, "I held up my end. The lab pays, or..."
She stepped toward the mainframe, reached in, and yanked the Kryptonian-hardened CPU free. With a flick of her wrist, it soared into the sky, blasting a hole in the ceiling and vanishing into the stars.
Lyzia said, "I don’t want anyone using that data to challenge me. I like being unstoppable."
Mark trembled.
She smiled down at him.
Lyzia said, "Besides... I just unlocked a new level. And I’m not done growing yet."
She turned toward the terminal, her fingers dancing across the keys with surprising speed for someone whose arms could bend steel. Her brows lifted.
Lyzia said, "Oh... and by the way, I revised the data on your computer. Seems like you've been siphoning money from the lab accounts. Naughty, naughty. Offshore transfers, Cayman Islands. Clever, Mark. Very clever."
Mark's face drained of color.
Lyzia smiled wickedly. "I’m going to make a few phone calls too. You know—see what happens when I mention these little 'accounting irregularities.' Maybe someone upstairs will be very interested."
She took a step forward, her immense frame casting a long shadow over him.
Lyzia said, "Well... bye, Mark. See you soon. Or maybe not so soon. Depends on how fast the authorities move."