Zoe looked at me curiously, "C'mon Jon, it's not funny anymore. You know Karen's talking about the team."
I was still confused, "What team? The cheer team?"
Zoe looked at me funny, "That's our cover, Jon." she put her hand on my forehead, "Did the Dark Lord get to you or something. Karen, go grab my med kit from under my bed. It's got a cat on it." Karen bolted out of the room
"The who?" I asked again, more confused than before.
"The Dark Lord Aragashi. You know, the Bonestealer?" she continued, "You all right, Jon?" At that point Karen came back in and handed Zoe a bag with a cat on it. She reached inside and pulled out what appeared to be an old leather portfolio. I watched as she unfolded it...several times revealing an odd array of crystals, metal knives, magnifying glasses and other accoutraments. She moved her hand over the crystals, which began to glow. Finally she selected one and began to run it over my body.
"Dark Lord Aragashi?" I demanded.
"Karen, call me when you find out what's wrong with him." Sarah noted, "I've got to keep this cover going." and with that she swept out of the room.
Zoe continued to run the crystal over my body as Karen explained. A year ago I had gone on a trip with my grandfather. When I had returned, I had come back looking like I did now. In the process, it had been discovered that my breasts were used to identify those who had 'magical insight in to the mystic realm.' From there on out they had reacted in the presence of those who needed to be 'awakened' - becoming magical girls to combat the growing power of the demon horde. According to the information I had brought back from my grandfather, there were five of us total - and so far I had found four.
Four of a five girl squad that had risen up in response to a demon lord Aragashi. He was able to shape shift and disguise himself at will and was able to control the minds of his victims to hide among the populace. Worse than that, he could transform those he controlled in to lesser demons. So far we had managed to keep things under wraps - though town was having an unusual amount of problems with gas leaks and vehicle wreks - but we had to be careful.
"I'm not finding anything, Karen," Zoe said as she finished the scan, "I'd almost wager Jon was joking."
"How can I be a magical girl?!" I demanded, "I'm not a woman!"
"All evidence to the contrary," Karen replied, gesturing to my body.
"I've still got a penis, Karen. And my balls. Last I checked, women don't have those." I replied, hotly.
"We'll see how long that lasts, Jon." Karen replied, "Each time you find one of us, more evidence of your maleness disappears. When we find our fifth team member you'll be just as female as the rest of us."
