Joy thought about running from Mark but she remembered what he had said about the medallion only being able to change a person once every 12 hours and she knew that she and Jake had only changed a few hours ago.
"Put this on." Mark said thrusting the medallion at Joy. She hesitated for a second before she took the medallion by the chain and put it around her neck.
"Please Mark. Don't turn me into a girl." Joy said trying to look scared at the idea.
"Come on Jake." Mark said. "It's not like this is going to do anything to you. Like I said magic isn't real." Mark then touched the pink onesie he was holding against the medallion Joy was wearing.
Joy tensed up for a moment, but she didn't feel the same shock or tingling that she had when she and Jake had both touched the medallion at the same time.
"See. I told you nothing would happen." Mark said after watching the person he believed to be his little brother for a minute with no changes.
"Maybe you're right." Joy said with relief. She wouldn't have minded being a girl again, but she didn't think the real Jake would like not being able to swap back to his own body.
"Give me that necklace again." Mark demanded. "I want to see if I can sell it. It's got to be worth a couple bucks anyway."
"NO! It's mine." Joy said taking a step back.
"Hey, I'll split the cash with you if that is what you are worried about." Mark said taking a step closer.
"No. I'm keeping it." Joy said continuing to back out of Abby's room.
"I said give it to me!" Mark said angrily lunging at Joy.
She tried to dodge him but he was too much bigger and faster. They wrestled for a minute or two but eventually Mark was able to get the medallion away from Joy.
"Just for that, I'm going to sell it and you won't get any of the money." Mark said.
Joy started to cry thinking that there was going to be no way that she and Jake could swap back if Mark did sell the medallion. She followed Mark back to their room pleading with him to return the medallion to her, but he wouldn't. Finally he shouted at her "Go away. You're not getting it back." They both paused at the sudden squeak in Mark's voice halfway through the sentence.
Joy looked closer at Mark and saw that he was younger looking than he had been a few minutes earlier and he was getting smaller as she watched. It looked like Mark must have triggered the medallion when they had been wrestling for control of it. But who was he turning into? Another copy of Jake or his baby sister Abby?
