A door slammed behind Mikey. He turned around to see Dr. Nakahashi, clearly still a middle-aged Asian male beneath Tiffany's makeup, in a pink blouse, blue jeans, and sandals walking out of what was once Tiffany's house.
Under different circumstances, Mikey would have laughed at Dr. Nakahashi. But now he just felt dread. He didn't know Dr. Nakahashi, but he knew how Dr. Nakahashi would end up ... just like Jon. What did the stone tell Mikey Jon's new name was? Janine. Dr. Nakahashi probably had a new name too, or would, pretty soon. He still didn't look like a Sanders, though. He walked toward Tiffany, who had stopped in the middle of the sidewalk.
The sound of her old house's front door had somehow caught Tiffany's attention. Her trance didn't cancel out all external stimuli - merely those that were irrelevant for transformations. She took off her backpack, laying it on her front lawn. She also put down her handbag. Dr. Nakahashi picked it up, put on Tiffany's backpack, and walked toward the school while Tiffany headed in the opposite direction.
Nothing I can do for him, thought Mikey. He ran up to Tiffany, who just kept moving. He was invisible to her. He wanted to yell at her, but he knew that would be hopeless. All he could do was watch as she climbed the stairs to the front door of ...
