Skunk Bubbler - Commission - WIP - 9/6/20 (Patreon)

(There commissioner has requested to remain anonymous)

        The warehouse looked quiet, deserted, and empty, but Wolf knew better. With this camera in hand he tiptoed and snuck his way closer to the building. Sneaking behind garbage bins abandoned vehicles and discarded junk, he made sure to as discrete is possible, knowing that he most likely wasn't alone. With his camera in hand eventually entered the long garage looking area, but nothing suspicious looking so far. There weren’t any holes in the walls or ceiling, and the foundations were most certainly intact, but strangely and surprisingly empty. Then, he felt something soft and flexible beneath this foot, looking down to see the tar black floor had a strange shine to it. Curious, Wolf pressed his foot down onto the soft surface, only to be met with a soft hissing sound. The floor began to bulge and grow beneath his feet, inflating with a circular radius causing him to lose his balance. Falling on his back, Wolf dropped his camera as the floor beneath him took on a rounded bubble like shape. The floor no longer felt like concrete, instead feeling some kind of soft slippery gelatinous film, there was so little friction he couldn't even stand up.

        If felt like he was sitting on a giant balloon, but no matter how much he fussed couldn't climb off, as if the bubble kept him centered on top of it. He looked down at the inflatable beneath him, seeing that it had become semi transparent. The young man was several feet above the ground, he could even see his expensive camera in several pieces on the floor. Wolf cursed his careless is as he continued trying to climb off, until suddenly BANG! The soft surface beneath him burst in a huge shockwave, sending him flying into the air. The blast knocked the wind right out of him, disorienting the young man as he fumbled about in the air. Before the the Wolf could process what had happened, he landed on the floor with a smack, feeling the room spinning around him like a malfunctioning carousel. His work clothes had been completely ripped off from the blast, with only his formfitting tear-proof black and green spandex costume left underneath. Shaking his head, Wolf looked at himself shocked to see that his clothes were gone. His dress shirt, jeans, tie, belt, even, socks, and shoes had been blown away, leaving his dark green boots and sleeves, and black body suit with a triangle pattern on his chest left. 

        Wolf placed his hand on his chest, thankful for his invincibility mutation. The blast had knocked him back to the entrance of the garage, putting him back where he started. “Whoever put that there, definitely didn't want any visitors, that could've ended badly…” he sighed sitting back up. But just as he got back on his feet, he was shocked to hear another loud hissing sound. Wolf's feet wobbled beneath him, shocked to see the floor bulging around his feet again. The hero almost fell over but was able to jump away before he lost his footing. Tumbling off of the expanding bubble, he got back on his feet and stumbled away from the trap just in time to see it deflating. It was like the trap had reacted to his presence, or perhaps his weight. But then, he felt the floor beneath him an expanding again, causing the trip onto his back. Realizing his mistake, his heart sank, fussing around as he tried to climb off. But it was too late, Wolf was quickly lifted off the ground as he sank into the center of the bubble. Unable to escape, Wolf braced himself as the bubble burst underneath him sending him flying before landing flat on his front. Completely dazed but still unharmed, the young hero needed a few moments before getting up on his feet. “What are these inflatable’s made off? Even grenades don’t punch me this hard.” he thought to himself.

        Putting his hands firmly on the ground, he shook his head and pushed himself back on his feet. "I can think of a few villains who use bubbles as weapons, but these things feel more like explosives. Anyone other than me would've been put into the hospital.” Brushing himself off, Wolf sternly set his sights on the door on the far side of the room. “Nothing Steel Wolf can't handle!” he said proudly. But with the first step he took came another loud hissing sound. Reacting quickly, he bolted just in time to prevent getting stuck in the center. However, not before the trap inflated beneath his feet, flinging him forward as he tumbled onto the floor clumsily. The trap behind him deactivated, deflating back onto the floor just as another trap to inflate underneath him. Before the ground was stolen underneath him, Wolf scrambled away just in time, and tumbled off the side of the bubble. Without wasting a moment he hopped back onto his feet, ready to jump away if necessary, but thankfully the room was now silent. 

        Wolf was so close to the door, but but it was unlikely that he would be able to make a straight run for the door without stepping into any bubbles. "This building doesn't have any windows for me to crawl into, this is my only way in. If I'm going to get in there I simply have to react quicker than the bubbles can inflate.” he said gritting his teeth. Going on his tip toes, he very subtly made his way to the door. With every step he was ready to jump away, prepared to face another exploding bubble  under his feet. However, nothing was happening, he got closer and closer to the door with every step of his toes, and not a single bubble could be heard. Pretty soon he was only a few feet from the entrance, just when he thought it was safe, he felt the floor inflating underneath him again. Wolf  quickly stepped to decide, getting off the center just in time as he slid off the side. Tumbling slightly, he managed to place his feet back on the ground, but to his shock, yet another bubble began inflated under his feet. 

        Acting on reflex, Wolf stumble back off the bulging floor slipping off the side, but inadvertently backed up against the other inflating bubble. In that one moment, as the jiggly bulbous surface squished against his back, all Wolf could do was muster a shocked squeak realizing that he is just made a big mistake. The bubble in front of him continued to inflate only inches from his indestructible but helpless body as the bubble behind him pushed him towards it, both spheres growing in unison with the helpless between the them. Before he could even attempts to escape, both bubbles squished against each other, sandwiching him within their gelatinous membranes as he was quickly pinned place. “Mmph!” His gasp of shock only came out as a muffled cry as he was pressed between the two booby-trapped bubbles. The flexible jelly entered his mouth as he attempted inhale, only making the membrane tighter against his face as he sucked all the air in. Wolf wasn't just trapped, he was smothered in place.