Steve was staring point blank at the boxcutter on the desk. It was right there, all he had to do was grab it, and slit open Brimstone's massive belly freeing the other girls while he still could. It was so simple, but at the same time, he was left petrified. Even with the other girls building up inside him over time, Brimstone was still a massive beast capable of devastating force. Even if he was left completely immobile, if he got too close, he could easily be killed with a single swipe of his claws, or even his fire breath. He had to plan out his next steps and proceed as quietly as possible. He didn't know if Brimstone was a heavy sleeper or not, and he sure as hell didn't want to waste his one chance to test it. He took a single step... nothing,
Another....
 
 
Nothing….
 
 
One more….
 
 
Nothing….
 
 
With each consecutive step, Steve grew more and more confident with his ability to sneak towards the boxcutter. After what seemed like an eternity of sneaking, he finally made it to the box cutter and snatched it. Now it was a matter of freeing the girls. He made his way closer to brimstone, with each step he grew more and more nervous. He could tell he was a deep sleeper, but what if something went horribly wrong? Should he really do this? As he stared down at the massive belly of Brimstone, he noticed that the girls had stopped moving. The only exception was the bulge of his girlfriend whose pregnant belly made her bulge the most identifiable. Fearing the worst for the others, and the horrid realization katie will join them if he doesn’t act, a wave of confidence and rage came over him, his previous fear of failure was lost and he was deadset on freeing them.
Without thinking, he plunged the boxcutter into his belly, the shock half expectedly woke up Brimstone. The pain forced brimstone to bellow out a thunderous roar which left Steve momentarily petrified. But a second later he regained his bearings and was about to tear his belly open when Brimstone grabbed his face and pushed him onto the floor. Steve scrambled to get up and make a mad dash, but Brimstone was surprisingly faster. Using his arms he lifted his massive belly carrying the other girls and before Steve could get up, he slammed it on top of him, trapping him underneath.
“Now that was very rude.” Brimstone bellowed condescendingly. He gave a dismissive glance at the box cutter in his chest, pulled it from his belly and tossed it aside like it was a thorn he leaned into on accident. There wasn’t even any blood on it!
Steve was full of rage and fear desperately trying to scramble free, but the weight of Brimstone’s belly kept him tight underneath him, no matter how much he pressed against the flabs of scales and the outlines of his friends, how he tried in vain to lift up the weight of 5 women in a dragon’s belly, his feeble attempts were useless.
“I understand your rage, I really do, but it’s pointless. These girls belong to me now.” He said condescendingly, followed by a loud belch hammering in their fate. He rested his arm on his belly and brushed a single talon across the round belly of Katie’s pronounced bulge. “But if it means anything to you, your girlfriend, Katie, was the most savory of all of them. I’m glad I got to sample her before I lost the chance forever.” Hearing this increased Steve’s rage, helpless as he still was. “She was real close to escaping her fate too.” Steve, overcome by anger and hate yelled
“JUST LET THEM GO! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUST EAT INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE THAT?!”
 
 
“You really want to know?” Brimstone replied. “I sort of get it as a privilege really. I’m the only known dragon to exist in your world so I am far too special to be whisked away to rot, so Wilmington University is more than eager to cover up anything naughty I do.”
 
 
Suddenly, Brimstone felt a large presence rising out from his esophagus. “Uh oh! Whats this!?” Brimstone yelled worriedly. “I think one of them is crawling out!” Brimstone put his claws around his throat feeling for whatever it was. Steve’s eyes lit up in surprise; perhaps there was a spark of hope left. A large bulge seemed to emerge from his chest and started making it’s way up his neck and past his adam's apple. “Oooh it’s a big one too! I think Katie’s gonna make it!” Steve stared intently at Brimstone’s face and throat, watching the bulge crawl it’s way to the top. Was she really gonna beat all odds and escape him!? “Uh oh! Here she comes! She’s coming ooouuutt!” Brimstone’s cheeks expanded briefly containing the bulge before his mouth burst open letting out a loud thunderous BWEEEERRRRRRP!! As a barely visible green cloud emerged in front of him. The stench was pungent with gas and perfume from one of the girls and as Steve took it in, his heart sank once more and his eyes were filled with disappointment and dread. “Well…” Brimstone followed “I guess I never specified in what state she’d come out. Ha ha ha!”
 
 
Steve’s burst of rage filled him once more. “I HATE YOU!!!” He yelled, as he began to bite at his flesh seeing that his teeth were the only usable part of his body remaining. However, it bore little to no effect on Brimstone’s tough scaly hide. “Oh calm down!” Brimstone said, rolling his eyes. “I just ate her! There’s no way she’s fully digested yet. See? Brimstone said poking Katie’s pregnant belly bulge in his stomach, prompting some muffled moans from her. Steve was still trying and failing to rip him apart regardless.
 
 
“Y’know… even in the face of utter defeat, I admire your determination to save your delectable damsels.” Brimstone said with a hint of approval in his voice. “So you know what? I have a proposition for you….”
 
 
Steve looked up at him, his eyes still brimming with hate. What did this freak have to possibly offer? He already took everything he loved from him. “I’ll keep these girls in my belly for now. But if they endure a week in my belly, I’ll let them out.. In whatever condition they’re in. If that doesn’t suit you then well… At least I won’t go hungry.
Still crushed under Brimstone’s belly, Steve considered his options. Last a week in his belly? Is that even possible? Will she even want to live after enduring all those acids? What would she come out as? Under (literally) the circumstances, he figured if he had any possible choice of seeing her again, he would have to go through with this proposal. Best case scenario, she would be fine. Apparently the others weren’t rotting courses when he got that distress call. Worst case scenario, he would have to old yeller them.
He wished there was a better way, but he accepted he had no choice. After two minutes of contemplating, Steve reluctantly told him “Fine.” Brimstone smirked in response. “Oh, and you can’t tell anyone or you might as well join them… in my belly… or in death.” With that, Brimstone grabbed his belly, squeezing Evelyn’s arm and Agatha’s breast in his grip, causing Evelyn to yelp in pain and Agatha to moan. With a massive thrust upward, he released Steve from beneath him. Steve quickly rolled out of his shadow without hesitation.
“You’re free to go.” Brimstone said. “And remember what we discussed.” Reluctantly, Steve got up and went to the door to head home, giving Brimstone a cold spiteful glare full of malice on his way out.
SATURDAY:
  Brimstone decided to get some work done at home that day. Unfortunately, when he was digesting people, it was hard to sit down at the computer with a huge belly in the way. Luckily for him he was using a laptop. So he laid down on his bed and got to work. He balanced the laptop ontop of his belly and began writing. The girls were barely moving inside, having lost most of their energy to fight. They were crushed together in a tight space, but occasionally they would change positions, when they did, the outlines in Brimstone’s belly would shift and distort. However, on a day like this, it was pretty annoying since he needed to work. On occasion, this would allow some gas to escape from beneath them and Brimstone would let out a mighty belch when it happened. It was very distracting though so he would normally give them a slap to stop moving. Otherwise he wouldn’t care that much.
SUNDAY:
  He decided to lay low on Sunday. Since he was the only humanoid dragon known to man, he was a pretty big celebrity. But he also had a belly full of 5 meals that he didn’t really want to gain attention from. So since he got his work finished on Saturday, he thought he could just kick back, relax, and watch Dragon Tales. It was a weird secret guilty pleasure, but he found them so relatable! Unfortunately for him, the girls could hear what he was watching through his belly. “Is that Dragon Tales I hear?” Evelyn asked in a smug tone. “What are you five!?” she chuckled. Brimstone grabbed the round spheroid object on his belly where Evelyn’s face was. “I wouldn’t be making jokes in your position.” He responded with twice as much condescension.
Evenlyn and the others stayed silent the rest of the day, still stuck in the discomforting, cramped position.
 
 
MONDAY:
Class resumed for the final week of school before graduation. And so Brimstone resumed his regular schedule. He was able to pull off his desk trick where he could hide his huge belly from the rest of the class. The girls, hearing that he was in class, tried wriggling and writhing for attention, kicking and pushing each other unintentionally in the process. Each of their movements kept making Brimstone make loud belches every few minutes. It was very disruptive for his presentations. They tried screaming but were too weak to make much noise. Besides, only Brimstone was able to hear them anyway. Brimstone didn’t take much mind to this. He knew the class was none the wiser, and if things go as planned, tomorrow will be the beginning of his victory…
 
 
TUESDAY:
Brimstone did his usual teaching gig, but this time, the girls were going to endure a little more discomfort than usual. It normally took a while for digestion to really kick in for large meals, but now it was becoming significant. The acids crept along the walls of his stomach, irritating the girls’ skin. It was a slow slow burn, so it didn’t cause them to panic, but it definitely caused them some discomfort. And overtime, that discomfort increased.
 
 
WEDNESDAY:
The burning was much more apparent this time. The girls squirming around in his belly was much more frantic and noticeable. While they didn’t say much, each of the girls were desperately trying to push away from the walls and get closer to the middle where the others would shield each other from the pain. While the shifting and distorting shapes in Brimstone’s belly did make things more annoying for him, he persisted. Either they would win the wager, or he would have his meal for the month.
 
 
THURSDAY:
The acids became unavoidable at this point. The girls were surprisingly resistant to digestion, and even his stomach could sense it. Now it had to go into overdrive, and slowly throughout the day it filled up with acid. Poor Agatha was at the bottom and was engulfed in the acids first. Next the acid rose up to Karen who was laying above her. Sally and Evelyn were squished into eachother above, and Katie managed to stay on top, throughout the week desperately trying to protect her belly, which made the largest sphere in Brimstone’s belly. But all that was about to change. The acids added a little mass to his belly. Now instead of some vaguely woman-shaped bulges sticking out of his belly, the acids would even out the shape overtime until it was just one perfectly round sphere. Now the gasses were at an all time high and his belches were incredibly loud and bellowing. So much so it got some weird looks and snickers from his class. It didn’t matter to him, he’d rather take some light snickering over people finding out his secret. despite all this, somehow they weren’t drowning in the acids. But that wouldn’t save them from being burned alive. To Brimstone, this was the ultimate test. If they were there in the morning, then he knew he had to get rid of them because clearly he couldn’t digest them….
 
 
FRIDAY:
The day finally came. Class came and went like usual. But this time, Steve stormed in impatiently into Brimstone’s classroom unsure what to expect. He found Brimstone staring disappointedly at his perfectly round belly, tracing a finger across it. Steve realized he couldn’t see their shapes…. Did the worst really come to pass!? “What happened to them, you fat bastard!?” Steve yelled worriedly. Brimstone turned his head slowly to face him still wearing his longing face. There was a long moment of silence before Brimstone let out a long sigh.
 
 
“No…. No… NOO!!!” Steve yelled in anguish suspecting the worst. Losing control, he ran towards Brimstone shaking his fists in all sorts of directions, even though he knew better that not even a sharp razor could leave a mark on him, let alone his blunt fleshy fists. Before he could reach his belly, Brimstone stopped him short at arms length holding his arm straight out with his claw on his face as Steve’s arms continued to flair in all directions. The sudden outburst of anger from Steve seemed to brighten his spirits a little. His reaction was hilarious
“Heh. I really got you didn’t I?” he chuckled. “You thought those poor girls were digested or something?” Steve seemed to calm down and stopped shaking in rage, confused at what he was hearing. Was he implying they were still alive? Brimstone pushed him away and spoke. “No silly, didn’t you see I was disappointed when you walked in? The girls managed to surpass the odds and survive my digestion. They’re perfectly fine…. I think?”
Steve’s face lit up with a small tinge of hope. Did he win the bet? But that hope was quickly shattered by the harrowing thought that maybe they won’t come back the same. They were stuck there for a week. So who knows what condition they would be in? Would they be malnourished? Completely deformed, skeleton and organs exposed from digestion? Suddenly he wasn’t too sure if he wanted to see them again… but in the worst case scenario, he would grant them a much quicker, merciful death than anything that monster would’ve done.
“Well… a deal’s a deal.” Brimstone said, accepting he lost the wager he proposed a week ago. “I will let your friends go….”
 
 
Brimstone Started pounding his belly, making sickly burping and gagging sounds. Every cough and gag he made sounded more revolting than the last, and with each burp he noticed a human-shaped bulge emerging from the bottom of his throat. As it rose up his throat, he could make out the head, shoulders, and breast shape barely visible as a bulge. Steven should’ve been excited that he would be seeing his friends and girlfriend again, but really he was full of dread. Katie had been in there for a whole week and the others have been there for longer. So who knows what kind of horrid state they’d be in? As the bulge continued to rise, eventually it reached Brimstone’s mouth, and his cheeks puffed up barely containing a human head and shoulders. With one more loud burp his mouth dropped open. So much gas that was trapped underneath them was finally being released and it was really coming out in his loud belches. A human scalp covered in soaked blonde hair. Another gag and the whole head slid forward. It was Sally! She was unconscious and her face was soaked in acids, but she seemed okay. But he was still pessimistic of what the end result would be when she fully emerged. Another burp and her shoulders emerged. Then her breasts, and then her hips showing her arms more visibly pinned to the sides, each of which was announced with another large burp. When her thighs emerged, her arms were freed and flopped down below her. He coughed up her legs and feet and then she plopped onto his stomach still containing the other girls. Steve rushed over and Lifted her from her shoulders and her legs. He gently laid her on the floor and watched intently as Brimstone coughed up the next girl.
Next he coughed up Evelyn, Agatha, and Karen in roughly the same manner. Finally there was Katie. Since she was pregnant he was having a harder time coughing her up. This time she came out feet first. Her toes poked out of Brimstone’s mouth and Steve was there ready to catch her. Since she was his girlfriend and pregnant with their child he had to be extra careful with her, especially since the other girls were already regurgitated and there was no big belly to cushion her. Steve held up his arms to catch her legs that were slowly emerging from his mouth. She was already down to her thighs and Steve was already supporting her legs up. He braced himself for the most challenging part as brimstone unhinged his jaw extra wide making way for her pregnant belly. She was a great meal going in, but it was hell to have her coming out. Nevertheless, inch by inch her belly emerged, opening wider and wider until finally he reached the top of her belly. Then it was more or less downhill from there as he regurgitated the remainder of her belly. With her pregnant belly out of the way, another loud belch escaped his mouth signaling the release of Katie’s own large belly. Steve was holding onto her thighs and butt holding her as best as he could so she wouldn’t collapse onto the ground. It didn’t help that she was coated with the slippery internal juices of Brimstone’s innards. With another cough, he regurgitated her boobs, squeezing out some milk in the process just like she did going in. Another large burp escaped his mouth then. Steve moved his arm up from her butt to her back to balance his support as Brimstone coughed up her shoulders and then finally her head.
To Steven’s shock and awe, Katie and the others were mostly unscathed by the ordeal. Their clothes were mostly dissolved but their bodies themselves were virtually unscathed besides some bruises and cuts from each other and scraping against brimstone’s teeth. The girls were still unconscious so they weren’t exactly able to celebrate. Steve anxiously lifted Katie’s wrists and checked her pulse… It was a miracle! She was still alive! Brimstone was coughing and gasping for air. The experience left his throat irritated. “I guess I’ll just leave now.” Brimstone said. “I don’t need to hear their bitching when I wake up. You’re lucky not everyone is dissolved by my stomach. Just remember, the consequences of those girls ratting me out will apply to them as well. Let them know.” As Brimstone made his way out, now more agile without the weight of the girls, Steve held back his taunts and jeers of superiority after winning the wager. Brimstone was literally a monster and didn’t want to invoke anymore of his wrath. He was just grateful the girls were still alive.
“What a shame.” Brimstone thought leaving the premises. “Those girls were delicious and so filling.” He walked back home to his apartment. He sat down on his couch and watched more Dragon Tales doing his best to put his mind off of the wasted potential of those five delicious meals. He wasn’t super mopey though. “Well…. There’s always next year…”