Of course, given Bellwether's nature, she didn't respond to Judy's calls for her, encased in some fear. Judy wondered why she was so scared within the corner, especially when three goons were taken down rather easily, tilting her head lightly in some questioning as she eyed up the lamb in case there were any injuries, only to get her answers when she glanced down towards her hoofed feet. Right next to Bellwether's feet, there were berries littering upon the ground, the same berries that Judy had eaten days ago, instantly coming to a conclusion that the goons were trying to force feed the berries to Bellwether. Judy had to admit, she must have put up some kind of fight given her petite frame, but she's internally glad Bellwether hasn't been turned into an eating machine.
Judy reaches over and places a paw upon Bellwether's right shoulder, to which she instantly responds by shrieking and hopping onto her feet with her arms thrown upwards in panic.
"No, please! I'll do it, I'll...eat..." Bellwether's tone and unease started to soften once she turned around and came eye to eye with Judy. The two just stared at each other for a few moments, Judy with a gentle smile on her face, while Bellwether's was more neutral, if not outright embarrassed, just before Bellwether sighed as rubs the side of her head in slight irritation and reluctance.
"Saved by the very rabbit that turned me in...I feel like there's some irony somewhere here..." Bellwether said, causing Judy to shake her head and lightly chuckle in response.
"It's good to see that you're okay too, Bellwether," Judy said as she lightly tilted her head, her eyes focused on the goons fast asleep. "What happened while I was gone?"
"Those goon came up and almost immediately threatened me what those dart guns..." Bellwether said, her own eyes focused towards the goons, but mostly towards the dart gun in one of the goons' hands. "They wanted me to eat the berries too...'else they would have taken me where the light doesn't shine...at least that what they said."
Hearing all of this, Judy's ears twitched, her mind racing with thoughts about what could have happened had Judy not arrived sooner. She might have seen Bellwether turn into a hungry beast just like herself...the real question was, would she be able to control it just as well as Judy could? Nevertheless, Judy just sighed as she rubs the top of her ears.
"Good thing I came, huh? We might b--"
"They were my goons, Judy! My goons!" Bellwether didn't let Judy finish before she started sounding rather distraught by the whole situation, given the light strain on the lamb's face.
"They use to work for me, but now they're betraying me! First having to work with you and now this! Is this all just a dream?! Do I just deserve all of this?! Tell me I'm dreaming!"
Judy's instincts kicked in as she smiled a bit jokingly, gently reaching over to pinch the lamb's left arm, to which she squeaks a bit and slaps away the rabbit's paw and made a rather strong and annoyed glare at her. Judy couldn't help but chuckle seeing Bellwether's dismay and anger in her face, her naturally small frame giving off nothing more than just an adorable act to most.
"You're dreaming...heheh..." Judy chuckled again, only to then make a more serious face as she continued speaking. "Listen, whatever is going on, it's not good, but at the very least, we have a lead as to who might be behind all of this."
"And that might beeeeee...?" Bellwether rolled her hoofed hands in hopes of getting some concrete answer to this.
"It's some feline, but it was way too dark on the footage to get some kind of face..."
"Ughhhh, great..."
Bellwether just crossed her arms and stared downwards with a slight frown on her face, letting out a small irritated huff at the fact that the police might not have the most quality of cameras. Judy would just shrug her shoulders and points over her own shoulder.
"Come on, let's get out of here before more goons show up or something." Judy said, as she then turned and started walking away, only to stop once Bellwether had placed a hoof on her shoulders.
"I refuse to let these goons go unpunished! Don't you have something that'll teach them a lesson or something?" Bellwether asked, only for Judy to shake her head with a slight frown.
"The most I can do is just lock them up. It'd be a violation--" Judy's own words were interrupted when she felt an immense rumble emerge from her stomach, followed by some light drool escaping her own mouth, to which Judy quickly wipes it off with her arms. Using such predatory abilities must have awoken Judy's internal hunger within her, and she was just now taking note of it. Bellwether takes note of Judy's quick actions, blushing a bit as she heard the rumbles from Judy's padded belly, to which she takes a quick glance towards the berries sitting on the ground, then back to Judy as a rather unsure idea popped up in her head.
"Maybe you could eat them?" Bellwether suggested, causing Judy to quickly recoil from Bellwether's hoofed hand and make a disgusted face at her.
"I'm not some kind of sick, animal eating monster, Bellwether! I'm suppose--" Once again, Judy's stomach interrupted her as a prominent rumble comes from within once again, Judy herself flinching from such an abrupt sound as her hunger was starting to corrode and take over her mind once more. Bellwether herself, wasn't entirely a fan of this idea, but if it was to cause Judy to mentally suffer and make sure she doesn't see the faces of even more traitors again, she was quite willing to go through with this.
"Listen, Judy, if you eat these guys, not only will you get a massive meal out of this, but you'll also guarantee that these goons won't call for backup once they get up! Plus, less paperwork for you to go through so that we can keep working on this case."
As Bellwether listed off the questionable positives, Judy's mind would only corrode further, her stomach growling more frequently, her teeth bared, her eyes just razor focused on the goons sleeping bodies, and her paws becoming quite twitchy. With what remains of Judy's mentality and control, she points towards Bellwether, her tone full of hunger and frustration.
"You owe me for this..." Judy said as she slowly starts to stroll towards the goon's body. Bellwether just smiled lightly knowing that she had made a deal, but at the same time, she brought her own attention towards the berries on the ground. Taking one good look back at Judy to make sure her focus was on the the goons and not herself, Bellwether reaches down and starts to scoop up the night howler berries, stuffing them under her shirt and inside her bra. Her mind starts filling with thoughts as she made sure the berries were secured in her bra, mostly those of how different things would be if she eats the berries.
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After one large feast and a hugely awkward road trip back to Judy's apartment, Bellwether and Judy would find themselves stuck once again within the shower, with Judy's washing off her now incredibly engorged body belly and Bellwether standing closest to the toilet and facing the wall away from the shower. The constant sounds of muffled screams, mixed in with some deafening belly churns and gurgles fill the air. Bellwether's curiosity peaked as she would lightly turn her body just enough to see Judy, who's too distracted with her own washing and bulging belly to noticed her. Judy's enlarged stomach was almost the same size, if not bigger than Judy's own thickly endowed body, constant bulges dancing around her that showed off the goons features as they kicked, punched, and even rammed their faces against her internal belly walls, distorting her belly shape before they mold back into her belly for more struggling. Seeing this, Bellwether's face blushed, repulsed by such a scene and the fact that Judy was rather calm and focused during all of the movements, yet apparently thinking that seeing such struggling was rather...enticing. Once Bellwether stared at such a scene for a few seconds, she'd then turn her head back towards the wall with her face being beet red in a rather intense blush.
BLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRP!!!
Bellwether flinched as Judy made a rather extremely rumbling belch, her massively fat belly shrinking a bit, tightening the space within her insides, making all the struggles against her belly walls more prominent, as the details upon each bulge became more clear. At first, Judy was expecting some kind of backhanded comment or rude remark about her unladylike behavior in front of Bellwether, yet, outside the sounds of monstrous belly churns, she'd receive nothing but silence for roughly the next minute and a half. Surprised by this, Judy glances over towards Bellwether with her eyebrows raised curiously.
"Excuse me." Judy politely said, to which Bellwether didn't respond at all, only lower her head in a bit of defensiveness.
"No comment...?" Judy asked. Bellwether just shakes her head in response, causing Judy's eyebrows to raise even further. Though, at this point, Judy would prefer the silence from Bellwether, shrugging her shoulders and focusing back upon washing off her own body. Bellwether wouldn't dare show how flustered she was at all of this, not even through her voice at all.
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After a few minutes of showering, it was Bellwether's turn for her shower. However, with the fact that Judy was standing guard outside the bathroom door, Bellwether took the opportunity to finally take out the night howler berries she had stashed in her bra and placed them upon the the bathroom sink, staring at 3 of them with thoughts racing in her head at a hundred miles per hour. Her eyes were twitching with these thoughts staring at them, knowing how much power they can give to one being, the results of them were constantly shown to her by the rabbit over and over again. How strong were the effects of just one? What would happen if she ate all of them together? Would she even be able to handle it like Judy could? Would she even be able to eat Judy if she wanted to? How thick would she become? So many questions, both relevant and irrelevant, filled her mind constantly as she would reach down and pick up one of the berries, holding it in her hoofed hands with such careful, yet shakey hands. She finally had the type of influence and power within her own hands after so long, yet it felt bitter sweat and honestly frightening to her. Bellwether, the one trying to turn every predator's heads upside down, was now on the verge of coming a predator herself. Was she really wrong all this time? Was she just looking at everything the wrong way? More and more thoughts that would heighten her sense of uncertainty would fill her head more as she slowly lifts up the berry with her hand towards her mouth, closing her eyes and opening her mouth as wide as she could, as if to practice her sense of eating large meals right there, her last moments of being 'normal' hanging on her own uncertain mentality...
