Bridget

* Bridget
* Bruce

**Beyond Comics**

* Cinder Isle: The Cure

Bruce is the resident bully of Cinder Isle High School and serves as one of the main antagonists of the comic "Cinder Isle". Bruce is the second known person to be infected by the T1-G1 virus, and while he does not transform as quick as some other characters, he does become his female persona of Bridget very quickly and remains that way for the remainder of the comic and presumably his life. She has a best friend and side kick in her bullying career named Frank who eventually becomes her boyfriend after she spends so long as a girl. Together the two of them very much enjoy beating up and making fun of other kids at their high school. Gavin, Shane, Zack, and later Natalie are among some of their favorite targets. When she and Frank both beat up on Shane and Chase in the school gym, they are both given a curse by the ghost known as The Harlequin. This curse causes them to gain half a pound of fat every time they bully someone. After several months the two of them return to school for their senior year and it's revealed that despite their suspension at the end of the year prior, they have not changed their ways, and both have become very obese due to the curse. Now that she and Frank are obese both of them become the object of ridicule for other students now. When they hear that two of their favorite victims: Natalie and Sandra (formerly Shane), are getting an award during a town festival, Bridget plots a revenge against them and plans to get back at everyone for putting her and her boyfriend down so much. SHe makes the plan to infect the rest of the island's population with the virus except for Frank, so he is the last man on the island, and she has him all to herself. When they succeed at this plan however, they are caught and, in the process, Frank is exposed anyway. The two are then arrested for Bioterrorism and presumably locked away for life.

## History

As Bruce he is implied to have been brought up by a father with high standing in the Cinder Isle community. While it is never specified exactly what his father does, he does imply he is wealthy and has at least some high degree of influence in the town. His exact back story is never explored but it can be assumed his hostile and aggressive disposition stems from being somewhat neglected by his father who was likely too busy with his work to spend too much time with him. At some point in his childhood, he met and befriended another boy named Frank. While Frank seemed to come from a much less fortunate family with a father in prison, Bruce and he became both best friends and partners in crime when it came to bullying other kids at their school and around town.

At the start of the T1-G1 pandemic Bruce is introduced as the resident bully when he steals Gavin's chemistry homework knowing its more than likely an A level paper, which he is clearly incapable of writing. In the struggle to get it however he is sneezed on by Zack who has contracted and become patient zero of the virus. Bruce gets away with the stolen homework with Frank by his side and laughing but he also begins to feel sick and cough soon after. About 10-20 minutes later Bruce enters the Nurse's office after he has suddenly gotten very sick, and his hair having suddenly grown longer and gotten blond highlights in it. As the nurse goes to call an ambulance and evacuate the School his transformation escalates to the point, he has red nail polish on, and his body and clothing suddenly shrinks and becomes a pink sweater. Bruce is very hostile towards Zack at this point clearly blaming him for causing this outbreak. However, Bruce has purposely withheld telling the others that he coughed on another student, Brendon, who is not quarantined. Principal Harpswell keeps the situation under control, but Bruce remains very hostile towards Zack, especially when he announces that his crotch has transformed into a vagina.

Bruce is then sent to the hospital with the others who have been exposed and placed in quarantine. After a short time, he manages to slip past a nurse and bursts into Zack's (now Zoey's) isolation room and goes to slap her as he's angry he is growing breasts because of her. Zoey's mother Elaine, and another Nurse call security and get her restrained back in isolation but not before she coughs on one of the guards further spreading the virus. His transformation from Bruce to Bridget finishes soon after she is restrained.

Bridget is not seen again until a few weeks later when she and Frank arrive at the local bowling alley and go to harass Zoey, Gavin, and Shane again. Bridget admits to being the one who told the rest of the school that Zoey was patient zero and the reason she's been harassed by a lot of the other students lately. The others are furious, but Bridget just says that being a woman ruined her life and now they are all condemned to live out their lives on the island. Frank weighs in to defend her stance, but Bridget still remains at the front of things and says if the three friends try anything against her, she threatens to purposely infect the two boys with her blood. This forces them to back down, but the trio does what they can to avoid her and Frank from then on.

Months later Bridget and Frank go to the school gym to find Shane and the new member of their group Natalie. The bullies originally ripped on Shane because he used to be mildly obese, but seeing as he's slimmed down over the past several months they now begin with gay jokes since they know Natalie used to be a boy and the two show clear signs of having feelings for each other. As the situation escalates between the two couples one of the ghosts that have been wandering around the island appears to Shane and offers to help him out. The ghost is known as the Harlequin and enjoys using magic to cause mischief. With Shane's consent she gives both Bridget and Frank a curse to make them gain half a pound of body fat every time they bully someone. This is quick to take effect and Bridget begins to get slightly bloated as she continues to harass Natalie while Frank starts to beat up Shane. Gavin's stepbrother Chase then walks in and stops the fighting and eventually the scene is stopped by the school nurse. In the principal's office a few minutes later Harpswell assess the situation and begins to think what to do. Unknown to any of them another ghost has appeared known as the Mistress. The Mistress is attracted to Chase and possess the principal's body to give him detention so she can have a chance to have sex with him. At the same time, she tells Frank and Bridget that their punishment will be suspension for the last month of school and then they will have to make up the month they missed over the summer. Bridget and Frank are pissed but forced to accept their punishment.

Several months after this when School starts up again Bridget and Frank are seen by Zoey, Natalie, and Sandra (formerly Shane) in the hallway, but they are now both very obese due to the effects of the Harlequin's curse. Now due to their weight gain they are both the object of ridicule for most of the other students. Bridget still aggressively reacts and rebuffs their comments, but this seems to just cause her curse to get worse. As they confront the other three girls Bridget lets it slip that Frank and she are now dating when she calls him "Baby". This escalates their arguments and just seems to make them more aggressive but as Harpswell told them they were on thin ice for the year they ae forced to back off. At that point Bridget gets the idea to take their revenge and decides to purposely infect everyone else on the island except for Frank. That way Frank is the last man on the island and would be in high standing again and Bridget could brag she has him all to herself since they're dating now. Frank agrees to the plan and after hearing the mayor announce it Bridget plans to make their move at the festival coming up.

A few weeks later at the one-year anniversary festival of the outbreak Frank and Bridget pose as groundskeepers and are let into the pump house near the town square with a covered barrel of infected red water. As Natalie and Sandra receive their recognition from the mayor for their heroics a month ago, they use the barrel to infect the towns water supply and set off the sprinklers in the park area causing dozens of outbreaks across the island and infecting all remaining citizens. Their plan backfire horribly however as they are discovered by Officer Dianna and when she holds them at gun point the barrel falls and Frank is exposed anyway. Bridget apologizes to him for letting this happen and the two of them are arrested on charges of bioterrorism. Bridget is then seen being loaded into a cop car demanding a lawyer, but they have already said enough and left enough evidence to be put away for life. It is unknown if either of them was ever made aware that their plan would have never worked as it was discovered that Gavin was naturally immune to the virus and thus, he became the last man on the island instead.

Another couple of months later after discovering how to undo the virus entirely the quad had a question added to the election ballet about if the voter wanted to be changed back or not. Since Maine was one of the few states that allowed inmates to vote Bridget and Frank (now Francine) both voted and elected to stay female. Though they were never seen after this the Quad presumed that two had continued their relationship in prison and felt both staying females meant they could stay together that way.

It is unknown exactly what became of them after Alistair Huntington used Mass Memory Alter to both cure the virus and erase all memory of it from everyone except the quad. It seems implied they are still in prison and Alistair merely rewrote the memory of what they were arrested for, but this is never confirmed and neither Bridget nor Francine is seen again.

## Traits/Personality

Bruce/ Bridget is a very aggressive and dominating person. Both as a guy and as a Girl. As Bruce he seems to coast on the fact his father was in high standing in the town and used it to his advantage to make himself feel powerful. He is clearly either dim, lazy, or both as he makes a habit of stealing homework from smarter kids (namely Gavin) as he refuses to do it himself. His bullying way likely stem from neglect from his father, but this is only hinted at. After she becomes Bridget, she initially feels being stuck as girl has ruined her life and makes Zoey and her friends her primary target of anger, resenting her for infecting her. However, as time progresses, she seems to better accept and embrace her female body and begins a romantic and sexual relationship with her best friend and side kick Frank.

After she is cursed and begins gaining weight whenever she bullies anyone Bridget still refuses to change. Though she was not aware of the curse itself she still failed to get the bad karma message behind it. Bridget seems the type to always blame others for her misfortune and is plain and simply angry at the world and puts everyone else down simply out of resentment for her own personal issues she is unable to or refuses to face. Even after getting her comeuppance when she is arrested on serious charges, she still demands a lawyer showing she refuses to accept her own faults.

## Relationships

#### Frank/Francine

Frank is Bruce's best friend and sidekick in his bullying career. While Bruce is clearly the one in charge and often shouts orders to Frank, Frank seems to accept them gladly clearly accustomed to being the follower. After Bruce becomes Bridget, Frank remains her best friend and keeps up their bullying duo career but now Frank mainly serves the physical requirements as Bridget lost all the muscles she had as a man.

After several months of being a girl Bridget and Frank officially become a couple and begin dating in secret fearing the ridicule since she used to be a guy. They also share the same curse causing them to gain weight and yet Frank still feels attracted to Bridget and even finds her fatter belly attractive to some degree.

When Bridget plans their revenge by making him the last man on the island, he is quick to agree and follow along. When the plan backfires and Frank becomes Francine, Bridget still expresses attraction to her but apologizes for putting them through this showing Frank is the one person she was ever willing to apologize to. The two of them are then sent to prison together and remain a couple despite their situation even electing to both stay women both for the pleasure and so they can stay together.

#### The Quad

Bridget is the main enemy of the group of Gavin, Zoey, Natalie, and Shane/Sandra. As Bruce she would regularly steal Gavin's homework and make fun of Shane for his mild obesity. After Zack infected him with the virus however, he became most resentful toward him/her and after getting out of quarantine purposely spread the news that Zoey was patient Zero and started the pandemic. Ironically everyone Zoey exposed had been quarantined the first day (save for Gavin) and it was Bruce who had coughed on Brendan who was one of the main transmitters in causing the island wide outbreaks.

It was due to her bullying of Shane and Natalie that got both her and Frank cursed to gain weight, yet she never picked up on the bad karma message and still resented the group for getting them even deserved punishment. After hearing that Natalie and Sandra would be receiving an award for their heroics, she and Frank plot to infect the remaining of the island population both to gain status again and to ruin their big moment. When their plan backfires and the two of them are sent to prison it's the Quad who sees them being sent off in a cop car, angry but satisfied they are getting what they deserve.

A couple months later Natalie reads Bridget and Francine's voters ballets and sees they both elected to stay female knowing they likely hope to remain a couple in prison and know there is no hope of ever getting out after what they did.

## Abilities/Powers

As Bruce he possesses at least above average physical strength and muscles but loses them after his transformation. Bruce/Bridget does not possess any other prominent abilities apart from her clear resentment and anger towards others. She may be a bit skeevy in thinking up her plan to infect the rest of the island but as it was half assed and didn't work, she is clearly not that intelligent.