"Exposure to the rays of the altered sun causes people to change into pop culture characters, though their minds remain the same," explained the reporter, who was safe inside a studio. "Our reporters have confirmed this through...first-hand experience."
A blonde reporter with a microphone appeared onthe screen beneath the tag "Earlier This Morning." She pointed up at the sun with her free hand. The sun was now a rich, orangish-red, vermilion color, and she was bathed in its light.
Her clothes took on a red tint and began changing in front of the camera, her skirt becoming a pair of pants and her shirt becoming an elegantly-trimmed military outfit... A cap appeared on her head, and her actual looks began to change. Her face grew more rugged and manly, her hair shorter and black, her body gaining muscle and becoming male.
She was clearly becoming M. Bison from Street Fighter, but before Jon could process this, the camera suddenly jerked a bit, and the screen became a whiplash blur as the cameraman whirled around to see what was going on.
When the camera settled down to a clear (if shaky) picture, It was focused down at the rest of the news crew. The lower part of the frame was filled with a green and yellow bodysuit covering huge breasts, so it wasn't hard to guess for the seasoned comic fan that the cameraman had just become Rogue. The two other people in the shot had changed in their own ways.
The woman on the right had become Ginchiyo Tachibana, the electric sword wielder from Samurai Warriors II, and her glowing sword clearly indicated powers. And for the weirdest transformation, where a man had been before, there was Jessica Rabbit, it seemed, in all her toon glory, clothes and all.
After giving the audience a good look at the goings-on backstage the cameraman turned back around to show the anchor. She seemed to be mentally intact, if quite confused and disoriented. Still, as soon as she, or he, realized he was back on camera, he pulled himself together and began to try and come up with something to say about this turn of events.
"What are we going to do?" asked Jon's father Mark, shutting off the TV. "We can't hide in here forever. We need food; there's enough in the refrigerator to last us...?"
"One day," replied his wife Linda. "One and a half if we stretch it. I was going to go shopping today, but I can't now. I just hope this thing stops when the sun goes down."
Jon ran back upstairs. If the stone could affect the sun this one time, maybe it could do it again! Maybe he could fix this mess!
