Chaos shivers slightly as he looks down towards the news packet he was given. The husky had picked up a job that focused on helping out with strange, new diseases that seemed to be popping up all over the world. Though, this wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. Raising a hand to his muzzle he reads over his first project. A strain of viral rubber allergies called D4-SH-13. He wasn’t sure what it stood for or if it was just some weird clever name that they were using.  But that wasn’t the part that stood out the most, in fact it was the lack of any other information, while it mentioned that they didn’t know a lot about the strange virus but the information that was on the paper appeared to be redacted. He gives a small shake of his head, lowering the paper back down as he sighs. “Well it is my job to figure this weird stuff out.. Can’t really just sit here and read books.” He chuckles a bit to himself, giving a small shake of his head, he had a lot of work to do so slipping the paper into his bag he looks around the facility entrance. 


Making his way through the halls, the smells of chemicals, and the stark white walls made his head spin. Disorientating himself for a moment. But as his mind clears he eventually makes his way towards his work space. A rather sizable, but isolated office towards the back of the building. It was well put together with plenty of gear inside, though at the same time it was easy to see just how separated it was from the rest of the rooms, likely because of what he was working with here, shaking his head softly Chaos chuckles a bit nervously. “Well it can’t be that dangerous can it?” He mutters mostly to himself, trying to talk out any worries that might be in the back of his mind. On the island in the middle of the room Chaos noticed a laptop on top of it, surrounded by lab and testing equipment. Taking his seat on the island he quickly turns it on, getting everything ready as he hums slightly. Popping open the laptop he reads over the message left on the desktop. “For your first assignment you’re to test the virus for virality.. We’ve provided contained samples for testing, in the compartment on your island.” Alongside a series of numbers. 


Leaning back he looks down towards the underside of the island. Seeing a small hatch on the side, he kneels down and pops it open, using the code to open it up and takes out a series of small vials from inside of the cabinet. “Hmm.. Interesting..” He muses quietly to himself, rubbing the back of his head as he looks into each of the vials. Quickly noticing that each of them was filled with a bright glowing, rainbow liquid. He raises his brow a bit at that, noticing that it looked shiny too. Almost like some kind of liquid rubber or something. He slowly sways the vial around, staring into it curiously he scratches the back of his head once more, a small sigh leaving his mouth as he sets the vial back with the others. Putting the whole case on the table. Typing a few things on the laptop he takes a few notes. It was about then that he noticed some other notes on his desktop. Opening them up he reads through the opening bits, seeing that someone else seemed to have worked on this exact same virus before.  It was strange to say the least, but he assumed that maybe they had been moved somewhere else before he arrived.


It didn’t seem like they got far anyways, stopping fairly early on and just outlining a few tests that he performed. “Oh, great~ This should help a lot~” Chaos mutters to himself with a small laugh. Taking some of the testing equipment he does his best to recreate them. Scratching the back of his head with a small hum Chaos watches the liquid as it spins around inside of the equipment. He didn’t really understand just what he was doing, the equipment  was something he’d never seen, let alone worked with both. But after some time the light on the device turns a light, sky blue. Which of course he notes down. Assuming he was done he goes to remove the liquid from the device. Though as he’s going to remove the vial his hand slips, nearly dropping the virus onto the ground! Luckily he manages to grab it before it hits the ground. Though in his panic he failed to notice some of the liquid spilling out the top, and onto the back of his hand.


Almost right away it soaks up into his gut, fading away as he smirks. “Alright, heh there we go~” He says with a slightly nervous chuckle, lifting it up he brings the vial back to the others. Setting it with the rest as he starts to continue his work. He spends the rest of the day going through everything he had to for the day, handling the rest of the vials with even more caution than before. He came close to breaking one already, he didn’t want that happening again. Soon enough though he starts to close up shop for the day, he figured it was the bright lights and chemicals, but by the end of the day he was starting to feel that exhaustion creeping over him. He was feeling light headed, his mind clouded by the scent of chemicals, he just needed to get home and rest up for the night. He sent his notes into the higher ups, knowing that they would probably get back to him with anything else he needed to do. As he’s driving home he found himself getting a bit antsy, tapping his foot against the floor of the car as he looked around.


As he makes his way back home Chaos doesn’t even notice the slight blue rubber spreading across the back of his palm. Scratching at the back of his head the rubber almost seems to move, crawling across the back of his palm before jumping onto the back of his head, settling right in at the base of his neck, once again he could feel a strange surge in the back of his mind. His thoughts clouding as he steps inside, stretching out he feels that energy from before only growing stronger as he starts to look around his home. He lived in a pretty small house but he felt a sudden desire to just do something around the house, it was as if as soon as he left the office he just felt all of that energy that had been drained from him fill him back up. That’s when he remembered he had some pretty old work out equipment buried somewhere in the attic above. Making his way up Chaos nearly stumbles and falls up the stairs, for just a moment there’s a small spark across his spine as the rubber starts to dip deeper, slipping into his very core as he shutters softly.


“M-mrrff hrff.. W-what was that feeling?” He mutters, confusion crossing his face as he goes to reach back, but as soon as the feeling comes it seems to leave him once more. Shuttering softly as he gives a small shake of his head. “Eh, it's probably nothing~” He shrugs it off, chuckling softly to himself hurrying back up the stairs and eventually climbing up into the attic. He quickly gets to work, carrying everything he could get his hands on down. He wasn’t sure why he hadn’t worked out with this stuff before, it was weird why he suddenly felt so driven to suddenly start working out, but he just had so much of this energy coursing through him he just had to do something. He had managed to find a dusty, but still perfectly working treadmill which he grins at deciding to bring it on down. Hefting the thing up he struggles at first, but as another slight tingle shoots down his back Chaos grunts softly lifting it up effortlessly. While dragging it down the stairs he could already feel his arms bulking up. Throbbing and swelling slightly with power. At least it felt that way, looking down towards his arms of course there wasn’t any change.


Eventually as he’s able to drag the treadmill all the way back down Chaos dusts his hands off with a small huff and smirk. “Heck yeah, let’s do this~” Chaos wastes no time in plugging it in and doing a quick dust off, not wanting to slip on anything. Turning it on he climbs onto the moving tread and starts to walk. Slowly bit by bit he starts to pick up speed, huffing and puffing softly as he moves, leaning forwards to try and move as quick as he could. With each step that tingle in the back of his head only seems to grow. The fur on the top of his head seemed to flicker slightly, colors dancing across the tips of his fur. Though a simple shake of his head seemed to clear that away with ease. Continuing to run it only felt like the energy continued to swell larger, and larger. His eyes swirl, Rainbow spirals over taking his eyes as he turns up the speed to max. Nearly tripping over himself a few dozen times as he quickly tries to adjust.


Soon enough he seems to find his stride, moving perfectly as each footfall thuds softly against the treadmill. A few small grunts and huffs leaving his mouth as he leans forwards. The rainbow swirls slowly starting to fade away as he could feel his energy starting to dip once more. Finding himself slowly starting to calm down once more, his body drenched in sweat as he finally turns it off. Though sniffing slightly at the air he cocks his head to the side. “M-mmrff?” He lifts an arm up sniffing at himself a few times before pulling back. He had the smell of wet rubber coming off his body, he couldn’t be too sure but was it his own sweat putting out that smell? He shakes his head at the thought of it. There was no way that was it, it might have just been the scent of rubber clinging to him from after work. Though that did make one thing clear, he would have to clean up before bed. It was already pretty late, but he had some time before he had to sleep.


Heading up to the bathroom he hops in for a quick shower, while rubbing himself down his hands once more pass over the smooth, rubbery part on the back of his neck. But yet again his mind almost seems to skip over it, worry encasing his mind for a moment before suddenly fading again. Something deep in the back of his head telling him there was nothing wrong, that nothing was different, and he had always been like that. Once he was cleaned up he heads to his room, practically falling onto his bed as he passes out, a soft yawn leaving his mouth as he swiftly drifts off. While he sleeps the rubbery virus starts to get to work. Digging deeper into his body, slowly overtaking him as his dreams are filled with thoughts and desires of working out, showing off, being just as cool as he could possibly be. A slight grin sneaks across his muzzle as he sleeps. The rubber spreading up to the top of his head, the fur on the top of his head changing, growing colorful, brighter and longer. Fluffing out into a larger, rubbery mass on the top of his head. Lightly swaying back and forth as he tosses and turns in his sleep, until finally he’s sporting a large, rubbery mane of rainbow hair!


Coming to the next morning he goes through his usual routine. Not seeming too worried about anything as he climbs out of the shower. Looking into the mirror he stares at himself for a good while, he felt like there was something off about him that day but he just couldn’t tell what. Reaching up he tugs a few times at his hair, looking at the rainbow mane with a small hum. “Hmm… Maybe I should try to cover this up?” He muses aloud to himself, rubbing at the back of his head. Heading into his room he gets dressed, tossing on a beanie to hide his new mane. Before heading off to work. The drive there filled with the same amount of impatience as the drive home the previous night. He couldn’t even focus on working or what he had to do that day, the drive to focus on work and plan out his whole day that was normally there was simply gone. His mind constantly drifting to thinking about working out, to running to working on.. Show acts? He quickly shakes his head, not sure where that came from.. He hoped he wasn’t getting sick or anything.


Eventually pulling up to work he climbs out of the car. Reaching down as he adjusts his shoes a few times over. Lightly kicking it against the ground with a huff. They felt so uncomfortable that day, he wanted to just say forget it and go on without them. But he knew the lab had a very strict dress code, there was no way he could go in there with no shoes. Making his way in he puts on a smile, offering a wave to some of the other workers, just wanting to get through the day with no issue. Heading back to his own personal office he takes a seat at the island and starts to get to work. Going through a lot of the same tests as usual his eyes drift towards the vials as he examines the results. He wasn’t sure why but something about the liquid looked.. Nice, almost delicious. He licks at his lips slightly before hearing the ding of the medical equipment. He quickly sets it back down, blushing softly as he shakes his head, what the hell was he thinking? Maybe he was coming down with something.. Hopefully it wasn't something from this lab. But no that’d be silly, it was probably just a cold or something.


The rest of the day passes by as normal. Though it was getting harder, and harder to ignore just how tight his shoes felt. Feeling the need to tug on it every once in a while. Trying to get it to fit, even when it became increasingly obvious that it wasn’t going to. He continues on with his work until finally he sees the time to leave. A smile crosses his face as he quickly hops to his feet, and starts towards the door. Though not having walked all say it was strange to get up, and suddenly not know how to walk, or it was like the orientation of his legs had suddenly changed, making it so he couldn’t walk like he usually did, causing him to stumble forwards, nearly falling face first into the ground. Though he manages to catch himself on the nearby wall. With that familiar tingle he stands back up, dusts himself off, and starts to make his way back out. On the way out he notices a few other workers watching him on the way out, and for a moment he swore that they were taking notes on him.


Though to Chaos that just proved how cool he was, no matter where he went people just wanted to shower him with attention, a wide, prideful grin crossed his muzzle as he gave a few quick nods to them. Watching them whisper as he heads out and drives back home. Once he was back in the house he wastes no time in kicking his shoes off, finally allowing his sky blue, rubbery hooves the freedom they deserve. They squeak loudly against the ground, unaware as the rubber continues to spread further up his legs. Fur vanishes as it turns to smooth, blue rubber. His entire body squeaked with every little movement. “Hff~ There we go, that feels so much better now~” He remarks, stretching out with a pleased groan. “Now then let’s get some actual work done~” Chaos laughs slightly to himself, making his way up towards the attic, bringing down even more of the other work out tools, weights, work out mats, anything he could find he slowly started to spread around his living room.  All while doing so the rubber began to wrap around his head, the spirals slowly starting to return.


While the rubber spreads his entire head slowly starts to change, and reform itself. His longer, canine muzzle shrinking, and turning up towards the end. Turning into a short, pony-like muzzle. The strong scent of rubber constantly poured into his nose, as it completely transformed itself into rubber. Helping cloud his thoughts even further, filling his mind with even more desires of working out and just being super cool. The sky blue rubber finishes wrapping around his head, digging into his ears and over his brain. Chaos was quickly being wiped away, replaced with a new sense of self~ Rainbow Dash chuckles slightly, a dazed smile on her face as her mind spins. She still wasn’t fully in control, but looking down and over herself she can’t help but grin even wider. Dang she looked so cool, she was only getting cooler with each passing moment. She had no idea where she was going to stop either, she supposed that it would be something to figure out once she got full control over this body~ For now still mostly a husky she heads over to the weights, lifting two of them up as she starts to pump them.


Over the course of the night she continues to lift and pump. Eyes going half lidded as if in a trance, eventually however she starts to feel her fingers go numb. They were getting harder to move, forcing him to drop the weights as she looked down towards her hands. Watching those fingers start to curl slightly, cocking her head to the side with a small chuckle. “Heheh~ Aww yeah here we go~” Rainbow chuckles softly to herself as those hands ball up, fingers vanishing under those quickly forming hooves, giving them a few small clacks together, clopping them against one another as she grins a bit wider. “Oh wow I never thought I could feel like this~ Almost feel like a brand new pony~” Dash chuckles a bit at her own dumb joke, though it was now that that feeling of exhaustion was starting to take her over. Making the half pony yawn as she falls forwards onto all fours squeaking her way upstairs on those large, rubbery hooves. Heading right up she throws herself onto the bed, and quickly drifts off to sleep. A short yawn and snort leaving her mouth.


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Rainbow wasn’t sure why she was coming into work the next day. She wasn’t really one for borning, stuffy lab work. She wasn’t a nerd after all. But despite that, and maybe because of Chaos she felt the need to show up anyways. By now, walking on all fours, and with those swirling pony eyes there was no hope in hiding the changes. But it didn’t seem like anyone minded, while most were wearing more protection now, no one really seemed to pay her any mind. At least until she finally reached the back of her department. Upon stepping into her office she’s met with a group of other furs, dressed of course in hazmat suits. “Well then, Rainbow Dash, correct?” One of them questions, with a small shake of their head. “Looks like it’s already too late, alright, let's get you into containment.” Though Rainbow Dash tilts her head a bit with a small hum.


“Hmm?~ Oh yeah you mean like a place to get stronger,a dnc cooler yeah?~ As long as people can watch, I don't mind~” She remarks with a laugh. Knowing that even if they contained her, she would find a way out somehow. One of her always did after all. 


“Sure.” The containment unit replies, as they lead Dash out. As they walk the changes start to spread once more, the rubber spreading up from her limbs, and down her neck. Washing over her body. All the while continuing to transform bit by bit. Her body slimming out, but also bulking up. Growing stronger, more athletic as she stretches her body. 


“Hrrf~ Ohhh yeah haha! That’s so much better~” She laughs, flexing while looking over her body. Though there was still something missing, a bit more work that had to be done. Eventually she’s led directly into a large, rubbery room. Covered with all kinds of workout equipment. All of it, like her, was made of rubber and latex. Squeaking and creaking as she walks over and picks one up. They were making sure that she wouldn’t be able to get too much stronger. A small laugh leaves her mouth once more. She had kept her influence low at first, making sure Chaos would interact with so many others.  Spreading her influence all over the facility, soon enough she knew the place would be overrun with Dashes so for now she would play along.


Once they had left Rainbow looked over herself in the mirror, feeling rather nude, since she would be the leader of the dashes she would need a few more minor changes, starting with first a new outfit. Rainbow Dash lifts a hoof up. Watching as the rubbery skin starts to ripple softly, the ripple spreads up her legs as the colors start to change around. Taking on darker blues and bright yellows that cover her legs and body, stopping only at her head, her body spreading as she prances around the room. A pleased laugh leaving her mouth as she strikes a few strong poses. “Ahhh yeah that’s just that little bit more coolness that I needed~” She remarks, her still husky tail whipping around behind her. Glancing over her shoulder she frowns softly and shakes her head. The last bit of whoever this body used to belong to was there, if she wanted to be the biggest, and best Rainbow Dash out there. She would need to really show off just how cool she was.It needed to be her and nothing else. So channeling that tingle in the back of her head once more she closes her eyes and starts to focus.


Slowly that curled husky tail starts to straighten out. Strands of fur clumping up and turning into long rubbery strands of horsehair. She whips her tail around lightly swaying the tail back and forth as it settles into its long, multicolor rubber form. A soft groan leaving her mouth, those spirals settling into an almost permanent set of rubber spirals. “Yeaaahahaha~ That’s perfect~” She laughs, ears twitching as she tilts her head to the side. Picking up on the sound of laughing and chuckling. That same prideful, smug laugh that she had. Seems like it was already starting. For now though she trots over towards the treadmill. Turning it up to max speed as she starts to run. The tingling on her back only grew stronger, and stronger. Two bumps formed under the “suit” she was wearing, feeling them split apart as two large, pegasus wings, just as rubbery as the rest of her sprouts from her back. Flapping around a few times before settling, and pulling in against her back. A short grunt leaving her mouth, as she glances back towards her back. “Heck yeah~ Looking dang good Dash~ And we know the world is going to love you~”