A noise outside the bathroom door caused her to stop.
"Jim?" she asked
No answer. She wrapped a towel around her waist and walked out into the bedroom and froze.
Von Crucial smiled as he looked at his prey. "I see you have landed on your feet Janice." And with a wave of his hand her expression went blank and she stood rigid, transfixed completely naked.
He walked over to where she stood, and examined her top to bottom as if admiring his work. Reaching up he probed around her anus. If she could, she would have screamed but his magic had practically paralyzed her.
"Anjiea, tell our friend in Tucson that it looks like we'll have her order delivered shortly. I have one more custom modification to Work Order 42225-4 before it's ready to ship" he said telepathically
"Yes, Sir. Are you ready to transport?"
"Give me 5 minutes and can you give me the specs for Work Order 42225-8?"
"One moment while I query the database ok it's the standard TX4RM-A. Will you be transporting that as well?"
"Standby"
With is hand he brushed Janice's breasts and they began to shrink. Like deflating balloons they lost their shape and hung as empty sacks against her chest and upper stomach, nipples erect in the cool air pointing to the floor.
"Initiating portal"
A bright light flashed and in the middle of the room a large oval two-dimensional disk appeared standing nearly 6 ft tall and 4 ft wide.
Janice's body was levitated and adjusted into a horizontal position, and almost as if it were on a gurney, her empty breasts hanging off the side of her torso, it moved feet first into the portal and disappeared.
Jim had been concerned about Janice, and even though he didn't want to think about what was happening in there, she was still his wife, and he had genuine concerns about her health and state of mind. However the who anus/face thing was starting to creep him out.
He walked to the door and knocked softly before turning the knob and walking in.
Von Crucial turned to face the door as it opened and smiled
"It looks like we have a TX4RM-A in inventory after all"
"Should I contact our customer?" Anjiea said
"Not yet, our friend in Cairo may also be interested as well let him know we just received shipment" he replied as he contemplated a bidding war between the two.
Jim entered and at first it didn't register what he was seeing but before he could react Von Crucial already had him. With a wave, Jim froze, his face locked into a wide eyed, open mouthed expression of surprise and fear.
Von Crucial waved his hand again and Jim's clothes vanished, leaving him stark naked in the doorway except for the talisman Detective James had given him. Zombie like, he then took a few steps forward to where Von Crucial was standing.
Von Crucial reached up and jerked the talisman from Jim's neck and smiled, as he knew now who this new stranger was as their psychic link was once again reinstated.
"Did you enjoy the show Mr. Tome?" Max said in a bemusing tone.
Jim could not answer, but if he could have he would have a few choice words for the man who did such monstrous things to his wife.
"She'll be just fine Mr. Tome. My collectors are very serious about their artwork. You can be assured she'll be well taken care of. As for you, after a few modifications I should be able to have you prepped and delivered promptly, to the highest bidder of course."
"Anjiea, tell our friends bidding starts at 50,000."
The first think he did was wave his hand and all of Jim's bodily hair disappeared so that he was as fresh and smooth as a newborn except for the hair on his head which was left untouched.
Stepping behind Jim, Von Crucial then started murmuring in a foreign language and Jim felt his body begin to tingle and vibrate.
Von Crucial placed his hand on Jim's head and pushed down with gentle but firm pressure. Jim was helpless as he saw the room grow around him and when his point of view stopped, he felt child like as the dresser and doorways now towered above him. He felt two hands grab each side of his head and suddenly twist clockwise and in a quick moment Jim was now looking directly at Max Von Crucial's belt buckle.
Max stepped back for a better look at his work. The alterations had resulted in a very odd site. Jim's entire torso had either been removed or compressed so that all his body was comprised of was a head and shoulders resting directly atop a set of hips and legs. The final alteration and most visually shocking was that his head had been turned 180 so that he faced backward, over his buttocks.
Von Crucial frowned as he looked at he dimpled, pale flesh. "This won't do at all" he thought and with a wave, Jim's body shimmered and was transformed again. What was left of his body changed shape and his skin softened and darkened slightly. The hips and buttocks became more rounder, firmer and defiantly feminine, as did the legs and around the front, his male genitals now were replaced with the naked bald cleft of female genitals.
"There, much better." Von Crucial said aloud.
"Anjiea, do we have any bids?"
"Looks like communications are breaking up, something is interefereing with the feed" Anijea responded
'this wont do at all" Max said looking pitifully down at the miniscule form of the former jim.
Suddenly, alarms sounded followed by voices outside the doorway.
Detective Jon James had just arrived back in the compound from the failed attempt to apprehend Von Crucial at the old warehouse. The mission had been a failure and he even lost two men.
"Sir, sensors are picking up irregular continuum modulation in building 2" Officer Joy Peal said as he entered the checkpoint.
"That's where the Tome's are staying." He said with concern. "Let's go" he said "I'm not losing another witness to this bastard send everything you've got, initiate Code 9."
"Code 9 Code 9" she said into her radio "This is not a drill, report to your staging areas, I repeat Code 9."
"Get your gear, meet me at staging area 2" he said the pretty young redhead.
