Michelle smiled as she pated Alex’s head. “I just have one small thing to take care of. Belle, could you look after Alex? We’ll be going home in just a moment..”
The Mouse-maid nodded. “Yes mistress.” She also looked inside the box that housed her new ‘little friend’. “Rikki? Are you feeling any better? Wlil you come out?”
Rikki looked up incredulously. “No!”
“Aww...” Belle sighed.
Michelle looked around the doctors office. “Let’s see… Alex.. Alex..” she brushed through a few papers. Most of the computers she could not crack- however people stlil tended to use paper. Just one little note would do. “Ah.. here we are. Hm.. Doctor.. Edward Klano...” she closed her eyes and started to walk towards his office.
“Now… somewhere he often was… ah… his chair will do...” she placed her hand on his chair and concentrated. There was a brilliant flash as a middle aged doctor appeared before her.
“Huh? What the-”
“Hello!” The kitsune smiled. “Doctor Klano. I’m Michelle- One of the new Goddess of this world.”
The doctor’s eyes narrowed. “Uh huh… I really don’t care and I certainly don’t believe in you.”
The kitsune smiled her tails waving behind her. “Oh that’s quite fine! I just have one tiny question. How many children did you.. decide to butcher? You have ten seconds to answer and justify your existance to me before I just burn you to a crisp.”
The doctor stood up slowly. He had heard word of something odd happening.. this hospital had been taken over by some weird animal-woman.. and seemed able to use some sort of strange magic. He reached into his hand and took out one sheet of paper. “Parent permission slips. You can’t touch me.”
Michelle read it carefully. “I the undersigned completley abolish the practioner from any legal repercussions following the unrequired surgery of a minor including any psychological impact, trauma, or death… signed Mark Zafrani...” she looked at the paper.. and as she stared at it, the paper burned in her hand. “I’m afraid I have to disagree. Mark no longer exists you see… not as he once was. However you no longer exist either...”
The doctor felt his body start to expand. “Aarrh- What the- What..”
“On your knees… on your hands… while they are hands. It will be easier on you.” Michelle tutted, raising a waggling finger.
“I will not- Aaargh!” He moaned. “Help!” He felt his hips buckle suddenly. A long orange tailed stucture started to form behind him. It looked like the tail of some kind of animal. His hair started to lengthen… his face turning incredible feline. As it did his hands began to lose their fingers, sinking into ever expanding paws. “What’s happening rooo reee rraa aaa...”
“Pets don’t need to speak doctor...” She shrugged. “I just really… really… really hate what you did. What you based your entire profession on. Thing is, parents can be quite ignorant. You however are a professional. You know things.. you knew exactly what you were doing. The very fact that you have to cover yourself legally of consequence is pretty damning on it’s own… let me see your eyes...”
The feline looking creature fell forward. His clothes disapeared leaving tawny fur. The eyes were now a deep green and full of fear. “Rooooww?!” He screamed. “Roow!”
The kitsune clasped her hands. “Aw.. cute. Very cute. “No, you don’t need humanity. I dare say, there was nothing in you that was human to begin with. All that money… all made out of superstiions. You are no doctor… I could call you a bunch of other things...”
Then he was startled as out of his torso a pair of white wings formed. The last he felt was his manhood starting to just.. disappear.
“Kneel...” the Kitsune pointed down again.
The doctor groaned.. and finally obliged utterly humiliated..
“Very good… very good… now… your new role. I have a magic knight, you will be his steed. You will protect him.. with your life… you will protect my house, with your life. You will pay for.. let’s say.. one year for every child you broke… that seems rather generous on my part...”
For some reason the newly minted Sphinx looked in alarm at that.
“Then again, maybe someone like you is not worth redeeming at all...” she shrugged. “Well no matter. If Alex decides he does not want you.. for whatever reason… I will send you to some other world where you will -never- be heard of again. Do you understand?”
The sphinx nodded. He couldn’t speak of course.. not any more.
“Good- oh, no signing, or any writing.. or any attempts at all to emulate humanity. If you -dare- I will make you a mindless beast. You are fortunate I do want someone who -can- think.. but I can be persuaded otherwise.”
There was a sudden knock at the door. Belle and Alex were at the other side.
“Ah! My new family.. come Alex, I want you to meet your new friend. A knight’s valient steed!”
The young boy looked at the strange sphinx.. and smiled. “I like her,” he nodded. “Thank you.”
“Well, shall we go outside..”
The army had been called in. there were tanks.. actual tanks on the street. Michelle and her friends calmly left through the main door. She looked at the police. “Hey you guys want your colleague back?” she gestured to the box.
“Mistress!” Belle gasped. “She’s mine isn’t she?”
“Of course she is.”
Suddenly, the shots came. Michelle created a field of energy between themselves and the army. It was a case of magic.. against technology. Right now, magic was winning. It trumped anything they could throw at her. They seemed to realise this.
Alex looked at the situation. Something about seeing the battle.. stirred a strange energy inside him. He felt odd.. and alive. At once the sphinx pulled him onto her back, and suddenly he was in the air! Magical energy poured into his being. His clothes became encased in strange armor gleaming in red. A magical sword appeared in his hand. The presence of a battle seemed to waken the energy of War..
Michelle looked quite happy of this turn of events. “Alex? Do me a favour and destroy that tank please...” Michelle pointed. “If you do there will be a new video game in your room!”
Alex looked at the tank and somehow guided the sphinx he rode towards it. The sword in his hand glowed and the tank was.. just split apart. A second later it simply vanished in a strange haze with the people inside it unharmed looking more confused.
Michelle’s voice rang through the crowd. “My new family and I are going home now. If I hear so much as a single click of a gun you will regret-
A shot was fired. It hit michelle. She groaned at it as it stung. “Urgh! As I was saying I’m a goddess and in case that somehow made you forget I’m immortal! Guns will not work!” she picked up the pellet and flicked it with one of her tails. See you later, hospital’s all yours now!
Jon groaned. What in the world.. just happened? She was somewhere else.. in some other place but now she was back home and it was as if no time at all had passed.
Karyn looked at her. “Jen? You okay?” She asked.
“Yeah- uh what? Did you just.. call me...”
“Jen.. yeah that’s your name isn’t it?”
“I’m Jon!”
Karyn looked at her blankly. “Isn’t that a boy’s name?”
Jen gasped. “Oh crap...” she looked at her room. It was all compltely different. Whatever was going on, reality was changing…
Tiffany groaned. She wasn’t where she was before. Now she was in some kind of park. “I can’t do this,” She sighed. No.. she couldn’t run like this. Not in this body.. she couldn’t go anywhere. She was just a girl now and way too young. Worse she felt guilty.. horribly guilty of all the people she had changed.
‘Oh they totally deserved it’ A voice told her. ‘Come on.. cheer up. You’ve always been so up tight.. that’s why you have this power and why it manifested like this!’
“I don’t want it!” Tiffany shouted. “I don’t want to have some voice in my head and I don’t want to have magic!”
The other ‘Tiffany’ gave a mental shrug. “Magic has a price. I’m part of your subconcious. I’m every inhibition you ever repressed. You were one lewd guy you know- and in this body who knows what you can be!”
Tiffany started to walk. A slight shiver of the wind and a scarf materialised around her neck. She ignored it.. she actually half expected it now. Her shoes changing to trainers as she took another step.
‘So, where to now? Who do we transform?’
“I’m going to the police… I’m.. I’m going to turn myself in.”
Tiffany stared at the building. It looked like the police had been very busy. Was she really going to do this? She had to.. she was scared though. What would they do to her.. they might experiment on her. She was a squirrel now after all… she didn’t even look human. Then again, Michelle had been changing a lot of people intentionally while she did them accidently-
she cringed as she thought of those innocent people…
‘This is a bad idea Tiffany,’ the voice in her head whispered. ‘I really think you should reconsider it.’
“Maybe they can help me get rid of you,” she muttered. “I’m going nuts with a voice in my head.”
‘Whatever. I’m only trying to help… I know far more then you.’
The squirrel-girl started to walk into the police station. “E-Excuse me,” she said going to the counter having to raise her feet a bit.
“Oh dear.. you were changed? Let me get your details. What’s your name?”
“No I-” Tiffany sniffled. “I- I cause the changes. I’m- I- I was the one who changed that girl in the park. I- I have the magic. It’s all my fault.-” As she became nervous she started to spark with energy. The fear crackling as it suddenly hit the police officer.
“Ah!” she groaned. Suddenly she seemed to get long elven ears. Her body became quite curvy as her skin darkened. She looked in surprise at herself. “I might need some help here!”
Tiffany was quickly surounded. She didn’t resist but she was scared. “P-Please.. I’m sorry- I came here for help...” she cried.
They didn’t listen. She was quickly pushed into a cell… she was isolated…
‘Well that went about as well as planned’ The inner voice of Tiffany chided. ‘Now we’re trapped… trapped and going to jail for a long time… if they ever let us out.’
“They- they will- I just need to explain-”
‘Tiffany… you trapped yourself. You’re in here forever. I know this because I am your subconcious. Unfortunately I also know.. one other tiny thing. Your emotions when being trapped in a cage is -not- going to stay still. You’re a ticking time bomb in here.. I give you maybe one hour before -something- in you explodes. Your magic is going to transform everyone like a nuclear explosion going off...’
Tiffany gasped. Was.. was she right? No.. No No NO! She didn’t want to change people. She came here to try and get help! She glanced around the back of her tails as a weird arc of energy started to form. It was like little bits of lightning feeding into her fear. “No- let me out! I have to get out!” She screamed in the jail. “Please you don’t understand!”
A guard came to the door. “Look- we don’t know what’s going on but we’re getting some serious higher up attention on this. We need to-
“LET ME OUT!” Both Tiffany and her inner self said in unison. “LET US OUT!” She groaned as she felt the magic. Part of her wanting to release it.. the other part trying to hold it back… but always it was growing. The walls around her started to bulge at the raw energy comeing from it. “I can’t stop it- I can’t you have to get out of here- get everyone out.. I can’t ...”
