There is some mild sexual violence in this episode, I will try not to be too explicit but I thought I'd better warn you in case it is a trigger for anyone
Jon didn't know how long he was curled up on the bathroom floor, sobbing but eventually he pulled himself together, there was some hope, if he could get his mother to bring him the stone, or if he as very lucky and he was able to return home soon then he could undo this nightmare, he also began to worry about the others, he was dimly aware that Zoe had also fallen ill, what was happening to her? What about Karyn? or his other friends?
There was a sound at the Locked door. A male voice spoke out in a clipped, neutral tone
"Gibson! Put on the dressing gown and report to the Communal area, and await further assessment. Follow the Green Line"
Getting up, Jon went to the door, noticing the white terry-cloth bathrobe on the clothes hook on the door. putting it on, it barely went to mid thigh, checking his face in the mirror once more Jon noticed his eyes were now purple with a golden ring around the Iris, his hair was also streaked with Purple and golden streaks. weird but actually kind of appealing.
Outside Jon saw what looked like an empty hospital corridor, on the floor were lines in several colours , he spotted the green one and followed it.
After a few minutes Jon could hear voices up ahead, he heard a girl screaming and without thinking he ran towards the sound, turning a corner he arrived in a large room, clearly some sort of cafeteria or recreational area, there were dozens of people, mostly teenagers from Jon's school clustered in various groups, in one corner Jon spotted the source of the screaming - it was Sarah MacMillan, she was being roughly held by her boyfriend Biff Meadows, except that Biff was even bigger than normal, his body had more hair than normal, he was naked and he was still, VERY male, there was something wrong with his face, like the brow ridge was thicker and he seemed intent on having his way with a screaming Sarah. Jon noticed about half a dozen others standing nearby, he recognised them all - Zoe, Karyn, Athena, Trevor Blake and Steve Farber ( with female parts), they noticed Jon as he came running over.
"Let her go Biff, she's not interested - what's wrong with you asshole!"
Biff looked surprised but he was even more surprised when Zoe et al charged in and grabbed Sarah away, they retreated and Biff surged forward, only to be brought up short by a stout chain he was manacled to. He snarled and roared, clearly human speech was beyond him, as he continued to strain against his restraints burly men in white coats came in, armed with cattle prods which they used to stun Biff, several more orderlies came in and they dragged Biff away.
Jon turned to the others and asked them
"What the Hell? I know Biff is a bully but I've never seen him like that before, what's going on here?
"Jon, Biff hadn't turned female, you know as well as anyone that bothered to read the brochure,", at this point Zoe looked scornfully at Sarah, who looked guilty and embarrassed, "Biff, is no longer human, nor can he ever rejoin human society, it's off to the Deep Zoo for that ass hole!"
"Hey! Biff wasn't perfect but I cared about him, that's totally mean to talk about him like that, would you like it if it had been Jon Zoe?"
"OK, look Sarah, I really am sorry about your boyfriend, I didn't like him much but no one deserves that and YOU don't deserve to be attacked either, so let's just calm down and try to support one another through this difficult time - OK?"
To Jon's surprise they all listened to him, he wasn't used to that from anyone. He then took a closer look at the others, trying to see what changes they had gone through, it was clear that Steve and trevor were like him, although their hair and eyes were different colours to his, for the girls though, well that was a little different, they had....
