It finally clicks for Caitlin

Wes wiped his brow. Long-term illusions could be tiring, even small ones. He could definitely continue, and it had been fun, a lot of fun, but he could take mercy on Caitlin now. Well, if it was mercy.

It was out of his hands anyway. Wes shrugged, watching from a distance, and relaxed his power.

Unaware of that, Caitlin was standing in a fairly open area. There wasn't much in the way of cover, or indeed much of anything beyond mutants waiting around for a drink.

And then her clothing vanished, and that time when Lauren's eyes widened, Caitlin looked down and saw what she did.

Caitlin shrieked: she was naked, and not just that but naked in a crowd, and naked in front of her daughter! Oh god, Lauren couldn't see her like-

Her cheeks immediately flushed scarlet, and her head darted from side to side, realising just how featureless this room was. Nothing but eyes to see her exposure.

"Mom!" Lauren said.

"What happened?!" Caitlin said, squealing.

She hunched over, as if she could crouch down into nothing, crossing one arm over her bare tits, and her cheeks burning even more as she covered her pussy too. Oh god, Lauren had seen even that, everyone had-

"Sweetie, use your forcefield," Caitlin said suddenly, thinking.

"What?" Lauren said.

"Quickly!" she said, squealing again as her panic drew yet more attention. "It's not clear, it'll..."

"R-right," Lauren said.

Hands shaking slightly from shock, Lauren lifted her arms to focus. Her naked mother's wide eyes darted around the room, becoming hyperaware of all the people surrounding her.

And then she felt the air around her shift. She couldn't look down to see herself, nor could she move with the forcefield in place, but she'd seen Lauren's powers before.

It looked kind of like bubbles, circles of clarity surrounded by indecipherable distortion. Technically they were transparent, but all people should be able to see was a blur of fleshtone, which was embarrassing but only a fraction as humiliating as the alternative.

"Is- is it..." Caitlin said hopefully.

Lauren stared.

She knew what her mother had gone for, but if anything it had the opposite effect. The circles displayed whatever it was that was on the other side of the forcefield; in this case, Caitlin's nudity multiplied a hundred times over, her mother trapped in place.

Just as naked, and not even covering herself, not thinking she needed to behind the forcefield. Her tits, her ass, her cunt, all displayed while she was held in place.

Lauren's cheeks coloured slightly just watching, before she focused back on her mother's wide eyes and pleading expression.

"Please tell me it's working," Caitlin squealed, frantic.

"Uh..." Lauren said.