Kara considered the number of cure locations, then said, “Hey 137... I don’t suppose you know how many pieces you broke into when you landed, do you?”
[[ ... .. . .. ... . ... .. Approximately 27 fragments ... 8 were large enough to function ]]
“Huh... Eight fragments, seven locations and you. They must have figured out what you are... Or at least what you can do...”
[[ I am ... Fleet designation c-137 ... I do improvement protocol and biological corrections ]]
Kara grinned at it's response. As intelligent as their new friend was, it was still terrible at reading between the lines. Kara turned her attention back to the television. It seemed none of the stations would offer details for what the cure was, but did show people lined up in front of tents. Each one of them seemed to have some inhuman change. Some were subtle enough to be invisible under their clothes while many others were quite obvious. Such as a woman with her arms and legs swapped, or a man with a phallic looking tail swinging behind him while he waited his turn.
Kara watched, hoping to learn more about the situation; but was interrupted by Julia, who threw open the front door and rushed inside.
“Julia?” Kara asked as her friend pushed the door shut behind her. “Why are you wearing Frank’s bath robe? What happened to your neck?”
“It didn’t work!” Julia cried. “You lied to us.”
“Lied?” Kara asked, noticing that Julia’s lips had gone back to normal. “What do you mean? What happened?”
Julia dropped the robe. More than three quarters of her body resembled that of a man. Her neck was offset to the side and another head was wedged between hers and the opposite shoulder. It was Frank’s head. In fact, it was his body too. Unfortunately, he was still missing a few parts up top, which Kara guessed might still be on his bottom. The only parts that belong to Julia were the right arm, one breast and her head. For whatever reason, she seemed to have control both of them.
“Oh god...” Kara said, trying to keep a straight face. “You two had sex, didn’t you?”
“What of it?” Julia shot back. “You said we needed to stimulate to change back... We stimulated!”
“I can see that...” Kara snickered. “I guess we should have been more clear earlier... According to 137, sex messes up the process. I thought you would have known that... I mean, Henry and I ended up conjoined for the same reason. Um... Why isn’t Frank saying anything?”
“His mouth turned back into an asshole.” Julia argued. “Look... I-... It doesn’t matter. Please tell me you can fix this!”
“Don’t look at me.” Kara nodded towards the shard on the coffee table, which by now had become noticeably dull compared to when they had found it...