Chapter 4: Germination

“Man, what a screwed up day…” Flying over the city she lived in, high up above the skyscrapers and clouds Power Girl floated out of sight from the pedestrians walking through the streets down below. It had been a LONG day today; first there was the robbery she foiled downtown, then a nut-job threatening to bomb a café, and THEN there was an attack by a supervillain over in the park. She couldn’t remember his name, nor be bothered to. All it took was a single slap across his face to send him reeling after he stopped his whole “Look at me I’m (insert name here)” speech before making a bad pun on her weight. The paramedics had to give him a neck brace before putting him on a stretcher.

Having gone through a stressful series of events Power Girl sighed deeply and let her guard down now that she could, her appearance had gone back to the scaly reptilian form she had when she wasn’t willing herself to look like her old self. Long tentacles slithered and writhed over her scalp, noticing that the things had gotten longer over the last few days. Her skin was now green and translucent, sporting claws and spikes that ran down her wrists and back. The twisting horns at the sides of her head seemed bigger too, tracing a gloved finger around their ribbed surfaces convinced her so. “This is getting out of hand…” Ever since Wonder Woman took a leave over a week ago Karen had been picking up the slack, and right now she was exhausted.

“Well, I guess it could be worse...”

What WAS worse was it was getting harder and harder to actually LOOK like her old self, there were times she needed to put all her effort into looking human and after several hours she had to let herself relax and revert back. It was like trying to suck in her gut and keeping it trim all day, sooner or later she’d need a moment to catch her breath and let it all hang out. Looking down and mashing her breasts in with her hands to look at her softened abs, that issue seemed more literal than figurative. The last time she was brave enough to step on the scale it read 250 pounds, and that was right after Leo and Jacky were born, and she was taller now. When she attended the meeting the other week at the watchtower she passed right by her cousin Clark and found herself eye level with him.

Not only that, but the ‘itch’ had returned. Biting her lip Karen closed her yellow slit eyes and breathed in deeply, calming her heart and trying desperately to reign in her now explosive libido. She wasn’t prepared for it when she went out that first night and bore Lyta, and even after she tried blowing off steam with Batwoman she still ended up losing herself to the Royal Flush gang and bore Leo and Jacky. So far she tried everything, from breathing techniques, meditation to just flying out to the North Pole and dipping into the freezing waters like a proverbial cold shower. So far she was in control, if she were lucky maybe this ‘heat’ will burn itself off and she could go back to pretending everything was okay again.

“WAIT, STOP THE BUS!”

Hearing someone call out with her super hearing Karen looked down to see a man running after a bus, losing his breath trying to call out to the driver and run fast enough to catch up to it. Watching him cough and wheeze Karen shook her head in pity. “I feel for you pal, sometimes you just can’t catch a break.” Seeing him finally drop to his knees her reptilian eyes widened when she found he stopped right in the middle of a busy lane and a speeding car was heading his way.

Looking up at the headlights and beeping horn the man closed his eyes shut waiting for the bumper to hit him head on, just before a red and white blur swooped pass and snatched him up before he was struck. Seconds later and feeling nothing but the wind on his face the man slowly opened his eyes only to find the abyss of Power Girl’s H-cup cleavage staring back at him. “Liking the view so far?” Looking up he found the smiling face of Power Girl looking down at him, her blonde hair billowing in the air and her blue eyes darting between where she was going and whether he was OK. “Next time call a cab, it might be pricier but at least you’re not chasing your ride.”

“Uhm… Thanks, can I get down now?”

Looking the man over Karen found herself licking her lips, her eyes leering over the person she saved and liking what she saw, the aura he was giving off told her he was quite healthy. “Sure thing handsome, how about over… Here.” Floating down to the roof of a high-rise she lowered the man to his feet and let him catch his footing, all the while she let her eyes wander over his physique, using her x-ray vision to go over his body through his cloths. “Wow, you’re… A lot taller than the news pegs you for.” Muttered the man staring at her curvaceous frame while looking around for the exit. “Well thanks, uhm, I should probably get back to…”

“What’s your hurry?” Sauntering over to the person she saved Karen giggled to herself when she managed to corner him against the wall of the exit stairs, her breasts pressing up against his chest while her hands stayed at her wide hips. “I thought you wanted me to get you down, so let’s do just that… Let’s get down.” Catching him by surprise she kissed him deeply, pressing herself completely against his pinned body. Exploring his mouth with her tongue she felt his hands grasp at her meaty tits, moaning when he squeezed and moved his hands lower to explore her back before venturing lower to grip at her bubble rear. Pulling away with a smirk she undid her cape and pulled off her costume, letting it catch at her hips before she wiggled it off to be flicked away by her foot. Pressing up against him and kissing him sensually, he gasped in her mouth when her hand reached deep into his pants to grip at his rising erection. Pulling back again she pried off his shirt and ripped open his pants by the belt and zipper.

Lowering down to her knees she pulled down his underwear and started to lick up the length of his shaft, letting her tongue slither around the tip before gulping down his erection completely. “SHIT! You’re an expert at this.” Feeling him grip at her blonde hair Karen smirked despite her lips wrapped around his cock then pulled away with a pop. “You don’t know the half of it handsome.” Breathing hard she pulled him down to the gravel and straddled his waist, lining the solid steel erection she coaxed to enter her starving pussy. When she sank down Karen hissed in pleasure, combing her fingers through her blonde hair and rocking her hips Power Girl moaned out loud, losing herself to the sensation of being filled up. “Damn bitch you’ve got some ass on you.” Feeling him grip at her waist to keep leverage Power Girl leaned down and buried the man’s face in her cleavage, laughing out loud at his struggles. “What’s wrong? Too much woman for ya?”

She was close now, and hearing him try to muffle out a response from between her heavy tits only spurred her even closer to orgasm. When she felt him tense up and the familiar splash of liquid heat fire off inside her Karen’s eyes went wild, howling out a moan when her own orgasm crashed through her. Panting for air and riding out the rush of bliss coursing through her Karen cooed and moaned, her eyes closed she traced her fingers through her slick hair down her neck and cleavage, the burning need inside her finally put out.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAH! GET OFF OF ME!”

Snapping back to her senses Karen looked down to find her current lover screaming and trying to climb his way out from under her, but what really made her gasp was that in her state of relaxation she had reverted back to her other form. Slick translucent skin had replaced her smooth pink flesh, her hair now a mess of slithering tentacles wrapping around her clawed fingers. Blinking her yellow eyes, she realized what she had done.

“GET THE FUCK OFF OF ME YOU GODDAMN FREAK!”

Slamming a hand down on his chest with enough **** to keep him there, Power Girl growled, narrowed her slit eyes at the prone man at her mercy. “Freak?” Sneering down at him the man quivered in fear, seeing her mouth widen and showing rows of teeth gritting in anger. In that instant she roared in his face, her voice having enough **** to make the man’s cheeks warble from the sound pressure while in the background windows cracked. But just as quickly as it happened with a rush of air Power Girl separated from him with a slurp and snatched up her costume on the ground, flying off out of sight and leaving him to pass out from the overstimulation.

***

“Shit! Shit, shit, SHIT!!!” Bundling up her uniform and cape in her arms Karen flew through the air fast enough to appear but a green blur to the human eye, slowing down to a stop on the top of a skyscraper the next city over Karen pressed her back against a satellite dish tower and looked down at her soft middle. “Maybe nothing will happen this time, after all pregnancies aren’t a one hundred percent guarantee right?” She asked out loud, feeling the surface of her spare tire she leaned her head back and slumped against the gritty metal, her breasts rising and falling with each heavy breath.

Then it happened, a sudden rush of excitement washed through her when her abdomen began to feel tight. “No, no, no, no…” Pressing her fingers against her stomach she could feel it swell and grow, filling up like a balloon second by second. After ten seconds her hands were pushed far apart enough they no longer touched at the finger tips. Squirming where she stood Power Girl moaned when she felt her hips creak, growing wider. Her breasts started to swell up along with her stomach, her nipples getting thicker, dripping with green milk. Now looking seven months along Karen slowly crouched down until she was sitting on the ground, her back still against the metal frame of the tower when her belly button popped and continued to swell larger. Biting her lip she looked down to see shapes form under her translucent belly, three blurry forms kicking and rolling around competing for more space while they grew inside of her.

With her legs spread apart to make room for her triplet sized belly Karen moaned when her water finally broke, the thrill of gestation rapidly turned to the pain of labour and she bore down when the contractions railed through her. Pushing again and again she moaned from the effort, gasping in relief when the first form that moved down her birth canal finally breached and popped out of her. The reprieve was short lived when the next one moved down to takes its place, the slithering tentacles of its head crowning at her pussy and forcing it wide open. With another wet pop her second broodling exited her, making Karen moan and keen from the mix of pain and release. The third came out with less of a struggle and when she heard the grub finally exit her with a pop she slumped down and passed out. Her eyes getting heavy despite the calls of her triplets crying out for her.

Waking up hours later to find the sun already setting Power Girl blinked her groggy eyes and looked around. Still in her monstrous state and her cloths in a pile nearby she felt mouths grip and pull at her nipples, looking down at herself to find her triplets nursing away at her tits, the three competing for nourishment by shoving the other out of the way and clasping down on her leaking nipples. Bundling up her triplets in her arms and ignoring their cries she grabbed her costume and wrapped it around all three of them, a look of shock and despair on her reptilian face.

It happened again, she lost control of her rampaging urges and ended up screwing some random guy she saved from a potential hit and run. Looking down at the triplets she held close to her burgeoning scaly breasts Karen felt like crying right then and there. There really wasn’t any way to ever stop it, realizing that sooner or later she’d get so worked up she would eventually fuck just about anyone she found desirable until the urges would finally go away, like an addiction. Hugging her triplets close Power Girl closed her tear filled eyes and tried focusing, concentrating on reverting back to her old self. When she opened her yellow eyes and looked down she whimpered at the sight of green scales and spikes instead of smooth pink skin. Shaking her head she looked around to find her bearings and flew up into the air, quickly making her way back to her apartment. She didn’t even care that she was stark naked. It wasn’t as if anyone could recognize her anyway.

***

Meanwhile in Karen Starr’s apartment…

Leo grunted and snarled, pumping his barbed shaft with his clawed hand while keeping his balance off of the wall with the other, his tendrils snapping wildly from his excitement. “Almost… Grrrr… Almost…” It was always the same ever since he reached adulthood, the smell of female pheromones in the air made him hard instantly, every fibre in his being urging him, DEMANDING him to find the source and mate with it. With his yellow eyes clenched shut he practically drooled, his sister and mother had been filling the apartment with their scent just as much as he and his brother had coated it in theirs, it was maddening. With an animalistic roar he reached his peak and fired off a gout of thick cum, coating the last untouched spot of the apartment and letting it drip down, becoming thick and tacky. With his erection still bobbing he smeared the hardening resin over the rest of the wall’s surface using his claws, stepping back to admire his work once it hardened.

Looking over his shoulder Leo watched on as Lyta had Jacky on the ground, forcing his legs apart while she sucked him off. “Damn Lyta, you’ve gotten… Better at… This.” Looking up with a smile despite her brother’s phallus in her mouth Lyta coiled her tongue around his length and pulled away with a wet pop, wrapping her large breasts around her prize she licked his barbed tip, a predatory gleam in her eyes watching her brother squirm. “Come on Jacky, I’m hungry just let go already.” Seeing him grip at the floor with his claws and his hips tensing Lyta took that moment to wrap her lips around the barbed tip and suck for all she could, her eyes going wide when a torrent of thick cum poured down her throat. Swallowing the potent cum down one heavy gulp at a time it took the alien creature a few seconds to finish before lifting herself up, wiping her reptilian lips clean and licking her fingers dry.

But it still wasn’t enough, despite swallowing half a gallon of her brother’s semen she was still hungry. Darting her eyes over to what remained of the refrigerator it had been stripped bare an hour ago, mangled and beaten out of frustration its ruined hulk had been thoroughly coated in resin, making it almost unrecognizable. “This sucks, I’m starving.”

“You’re starving? There’s no food left in here because of you.”

Hissing back Lyta stood sharply and glared back at her brother, their claws and tendrils barred ready to strike while they starred daggers at one another. “I’m not the only one guilty of that Leo, if mother were here she’d call you both pigs for emptying the shelves.”

“If they were still hanging…”

Days of following in their mother’s eating habits had effected the trio’s size substantially. Lyta had grown and matured into a six foot tall woman that was well over 200 pounds, her F cup breasts stood proudly from her heaving chest over the soft padding of her stomach. Broad hips sporting meaty thighs and an ass that would have made women in those rapper videos she watched jealous. Leo and Jacky were no different, nearly matching their older sister in height their ravenous hunger had led them to swell and grow into the size of overweight football players! Hunched over slightly the two men were build large and solid, their long corded arms nearly reaching their ankles giving them an almost simian appearance if not for the translucent scales and spikes. **** to stand nearly bowl-legged to make room for the paunch at their waist and orange sized balls between their legs.

Glaring back at their brother still on the floor the two creatures stepped back, with Lyta rubbing her soft growling middle while deep in thought. “What would mother suggest?”

Their mother's rules were simple enough; don’t mate with the humans and don't mate with each other. Sadly she mentioned NOTHING about staying inside the apartment, or eating what they had available, which is what led to the crisis they were in now. Moving over to the window sill and opening it the curvaceous woman stood looking out into the city at night. Sniffing the air Lyta smiled and looked back at her brothers with a sparkle in her eye, her smile widening across her lips. "Let's go out and get something to eat, mommy knew some great places out there, so let's go." Looking to each other in slow shrugging agreement to their sister's idea the three alien creatures stepped out of the window and flew out into the open night air. To anyone who would have been awake that late would have been pretty surprised to find three floating creatures flying through the air, heading out into the city and drawn by their mother’s collective memories to a food source.

***

After a few minutes of flying up in the air above the clouds in the dead of night, Power Girl floated back down and made her way back to her home city, eventually finding her apartment and sneaking open her window and lifting the hatch to crawl back inside. One hand gripping at the window frame to get leverage and squeeze through while the other safely held her sleeping triplets, glad to be home once she got through and closed the window sill behind her. "Kids? Mom's home!" She called. "Hey, Lyta? Leo? Jacky--?"

Looking inside her jaw dropped when she saw what had happened to the apartment. “Jeez kids… When I said I hated the walls…” Nearly every surface was coated in thick resin, moulding against the floor and every wall... or what was left of them. It seemed like her children had been busy, crushing the walls and smashing the furniture, the remains were mixed with pools and puddles of cum that had hardened over it all. Clumps of shredded upholstery and clothing lay heaped in corners. A pile of glass, wire and plastic that used to be the TV lay on the floor where it was drowned in layers of cum. The whole place looked like an animal’s nest or a cave, and stank like one too, the odour making Karen shiver at the heady musk filling the air. Quickly regaining her sense of control she gently placed her three children on the ground, the resin yielding like leather padding to their weight. “Where the hell have you three gone too?! WHERE?”

She was about to call out for her children again, when there was a knock at the door.

"Helloooooo!" A cheerful voice called from behind the door. "Karen? How’ve you been? I haven’t seen you in a while. I heard you talking to someone a second ago. Karen?"

Power Girl's heart pounded. It was Atlee! She looked around. There was no way she could hide this. Acting without thinking, she unlatched the door and pulled her young friend in.

"Whoa! Who are you?!” The transformed heroine hefted a leaking breast up and shoved the lactating teat into Terra's mouth. The brunette's eyes went wide and she spluttered, struggling in her friend's iron grip. She tried to spit the milk out, but it seemed to fill her mouth, and the only recourse was to swallow.

"I'm sorry, Atlee," Karen whispered as she watched Terra's eyes go from wide, panicked confusion to heavy-lidded acceptance. She felt the young Stratan's lips and tongue start to work as she gulped the milk willingly. Stroking Terra's hair Karen laid her down on the floor. Her nipple finally fell from the smaller girl's lips. “K-Karen?" Atlee gasped as she clutched her full belly, her lips stained with milk. "I feel--" She didn't finish her sentence when tentacles erupted from her flesh, shredding her clothes and anchoring her to the ceiling, hoisting her up and expanding into a fleshy, translucent cocoon. The last Karen saw of Terra was her strangely serene expression as the chrysalis closed around her.

What was she going to do? Everything was falling apart. Her kids were missing, she had a litter of babies sleeping on the floor, her home was a cum stained cave and her best friend was now hanging from the ceiling like a caterpillar in a cocoon. She tried keeping this under control but now it seemed that it was all for nothing. "What am I going to do?"

At that moment her communicator chimed, the high pitched beeping the last thing she needed to hear. Raising the thing to her pouting lips Power Girl glared angrily at the watch device and clicked receive. "Yes? What is it?!" In the background Karen could hear snarls and fighting, a light explosion going off as a voice called through heavy with static. "Friend Power Girl, this is Starfire, I am fighting a most horrid group of Blagtards deep in the city, please help!" Her eyes widening Karen felt a cold shiver go through her as she demanded the address of the attack, as soon as she got the information she flew out of her window as fast as a blur. "Please don't be too late, please don't be too late..."

***

Half an hour ago…

Stepping out of a club and laughing as she nearly lost her balance Koriand'r the gold skinned heroine Starfire made her way down the streets after being kicked out, her disco ball dress glittering in the street lights. She didn't know what the problem was, one of the nice men at the bar commented on her breasts and how he wished to know if they were real or not, all she did was unclasp her top and pressed his hand to her chest, it certainly wasn't reason enough to be kicked out, was it?

Making her way down the street where the pounding music still reverberated in the background, another sound caught her attention. Looking down an alley way she found the back door to a deli pried off its hinges and tossed to the other side, twisted and mangled like it was made out of tin foil. Her smile leaving her face Starfire stepped closer to the torn entrance and used her solar powers to illuminate the store within. When she stepped inside she found a very disturbing sight, when three green skinned creatures stopped what they were eating and looked straight at her, their yellow eyes reflecting the light of her solar beam lamp. "Monsters!" Taking aim she blasted the closest one, sending him out the other end of the deli and through the customer window.

The rest of the fight was a blur to the Tamaranian as her blasts reduced the deli to a smouldering heap, her star bolts trading shots with the apparent heat vision these creatures had as they matched her blow for blow. When one of them lifted a truck over its head with ease and toss it towards her with the speed of a cannon ball Koriand'r realized she needed help. Bringing her watch to her mouth she contacted the closest hero who could come to her aid before snapping back into the fight to contain these creatures.

Just as she was about to make another blast of solar energy Starfire was body tackled with enough **** to cause a small sonic boom, crashing back into an alley she looked up at her attacker. It looked like the three she was fighting but… Bigger!

"DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY BABIES!!!"

Hefting one of her breasts up Power Girl shoved it into Kori's mouth, the woman gasping with wide eyes when the stiff nipple was **** passed her lips she felt the warm liquid flood her mouth, unable to breath she swallowed just to catch her breath, her will to fight draining away while being smothered. By the time she stopped drinking Karen had lifted her up by the scruff of her dress and tossed her out of sight, hitting a dumpster and falling into it, closing the lid on top of her.

Looking over to her children and the damage they caused, Power Girl's face was unreadable, her three children changed back into their human guise and approached her, their heads down in shame. "We're sorry mother, we were only hungry, she attacked us..." Nodding at their explanation Karen took to the sky and gestured for her kids to follow.

***

Stepping into her apartment through the window with her three kids in tow, Lyta closed the blinds and latch before turning to see her mother tend to three crying grubs nestled at the far wall of the carved out space. Looking around she spotted a new chrysalis hanging from the ceiling. "Mommy? I thought you said we couldn't have kids, who's this?" Looking to their mother the trio watched Karen nurse and feed the three grubs before placing them back on the leathery surface of the floor, her face still unreadable. Looking over the cum caked walls Power Girl breathed in the heavy musk in the air deeply before turning to look at her kids.

"Change."

Hesitating and looking at their mother in confusion Karen’s reptilian eyes narrowed, her tentacle hair snapping. “Change!” Looking to each other briefly they did just that, the four now standing in the middle of the large space together, eyeing one another. Slowly Karen approached Leo, giving him an almost appraising look over and licking her lips when her eyes focused on his swollen barbed phallus.

Caught by surprised Leo was pulled close for a passionate kiss, with one of Karen’s clawed hands gripping his arm to pull him close to her and the other massaging his large testicles. Her long tongue slithered down his throat dueling with his own tongue once instinct pushed hesitation out of the way, already she could feel him getting hard in her hand, his arms wrapping around her waist and gripping her rear possessively. Pulling away yet still giving the male creature open mouthed kisses she gave her son a hungry look before she spoke to her children.

"I changed my mind kids... No more rules."

She didn't care anymore, why should she have? It was all leading up to this from the very beginning. Looking at her son with lust filled eyes she no longer saw her own flesh and blood, the feral primal creature she was holding back in her mind had been set loose and had taken hold completely. To her all she saw now was a strong healthy male, and right now she was a female in heat. Making out with Leo again her hands moved to roam over his back, feeling up the razor edges of his spines and down to squeeze at his ass, the act making his erection bob up between her legs. Slowly pushing him away until he growled in confusion she crouched and turned around, sitting up on all fours and looking over her shoulder, her piercing yellow eyes looking through her waving tentacles and watching with anticipation when her son stomped over and lined himself up with her gripping pussy. In the background Lyta and Jacky had clung together in a passionate embrace, kissing and feeling up each other's spines and tendrils before he pressed her against the wall, where Lyta wrapped her legs around his waist.

Hissing when she felt Leo penetrate deep into her pussy Karen gasped, his spear tip piercing into her womb every time he thrust into her, gripping with her inner muscles her massive breasts wobbling under her with each rough thrust. Moaning out load and unashamed her tongue lolled out of her mouth like a bitch in heat.

“From now on kids you can rut and fuck as much as you want! If you're in the mood just fuck each other until you’re spent...”

Feeling Leo's grip on her hips tighten Karen laughed as her fat ass rippled with his thrusts, just as he pressed tight against her and came hard, setting off orgasm after orgasm through her body and filling her womb with thick cum. Slipping out of her and collapsing on the floor Leo was sated as he looked up to see his mother get up and approach Jacky. He and Lyta had reached a climax of their own and Lyta slowly detached from her brother, sliding down the wall onto the floor and fondling her breasts, panting in bliss. Spinning Jacky around and pressing up against his chest Power Girl smiled finding that she was several inches taller than him, just tall enough to wrap her stout legs around his waist and line up his still erect cock into her folds. "Your turn you motherfucker!" Pinning him against the wall Karen howled in arousal riding his cock over and over, his hands gripping her ass as she pressed her leaking scaly breasts into his face. In no time at all Jacky found his limit and growled filling up his mother with cum, his erection jolting as he pumped more and more into her. Her tendrils snapping wildly Karen roared like a lioness, feeling a second dose of cum fill her hungry womb, licking her son's face she slowly pulled away and looked down at her daughter with a wicked smile. Lyta moaned as she held her expanding belly, already looking four months along her head lolled back and forth with the rush of hormones boiling away inside of her, preparing her body for birth.

Then she felt it, Power Girl felt the rush of heat ignite in her naval and her own belly began to grow, swelling larger every second, chuckled to herself she waited in anticipation. Bigger and bigger she grew, going past full term and continuing to grow, her nipples getting larger, puffier as she traced a clawed finger over the dome of her belly.

After several seconds she was gigantic, bloated full and round her belly stood out over two feet in front of her. Roaming her claws over the surface of her tightening belly they moved to feel her hips strain from their own growth, becoming wider. When she began carrying low her breasts began to get heavier, drooping slightly with her nipples spurting cream down her naked chest.

Then her water broke…

Squatting down onto her fat rear she began to push, the sharp pain hitting her briefly as her first child crowned at her pussy. Looking over her shoulder Lyta had collapsed onto her back, pushing out her own child just as Karen's finally pushed free. Laughing through the pain she felt the urge to push again, welcoming the sensation as another shape entered her birth canal. Grunting with effort she hissed in relief when her second child exited her womb, By the time the third shape entered her birth canal Karen howled, her belly lurching when she pushed out her last child, three crying grubs squirmed between her legs on the resin caked floor and once her breath returned to her she picked them up and brought them to her bountiful chest. A look of feral pride was written on Power girl's alien features, she looked over to see Lyta feeding her own grub, the same look on her face as they regarded each other and smiled.

The penthouse was filled with grunts, sighs and moans, the squelch of wet organs pressing together, and the scrape of claws on resin. By dawn, Karen's family were snuggled together like a pack of wolves, silent, save for their breath, bellies rising and falling, tendril-hair waving like anemones. Karen and Lyta each had two of the litter of grubs suckling at their fat, swollen teats. They didn't remember who had birthed whom, and in the end, it didn't matter.

***

In a dumpster deep in an alleyway Koriand'r moaned as she felt her flesh give way to tentacles snaking out of her body, wrapping around her and hardening into a shell, the cocoon unseen inside the dumpster as firemen and ambulance cleared the fires from the fight moments ago.