"When can I get out of here?" Jon asked the doctor.
"As soon as your wounds heal. We were able to cure your illness, but I'm afraid that your injuries aren't as easy to take care of."
"Injuries?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. You probably don't remember, but when you collapsed, you were in mid-step on a stairway. You really got banged up from the fall."
Jon slumped. He had to get out of there and back home. Maybe he could figure out some way of using the stone to reverse what this SGM virus (and its cure) had done to him. He had no intention of staying female for the rest of his life.
Meanwhile, back at Jon's house, Karyn used a spare key to get in and then rushed up to Jon's bedroom. Jon didn't think that anyone knew his safe combination, but Karyn did. Once she opened it, she took out the stone. As soon as she heard about Jon's condition, she knew she had to do something to help. And the stone was the perfect way to do that.
Unfortunately, she didn't realize that this was a different stone ... until it was too late.
