Joel grit his teeth, and jabbed the syringe into his arm. The hot liquid scorched his veins as it coursed through his blood stream. He began to sweat profusely as if feverish. For a moment he feared he had made a mistake, then he felt pain and a jolt. He was growing. No longer would he be a nerd weakling. His vision blurred, he adjusted his glasses, but everything was distorted. He removed his glasses. He could see perfectly without them. His vision was 20/20--no it was better than 20/20. He gazed across the room at a penny on his dresser, he could plainly read the "D" mark indicating that it was minted at the Denver mint. This was better than he had hoped.
Joel's glee was interupted by a ripping and popping sound as his buttons flew off his shirt as his chest grew and the seams of his shirt sleeves split as his shoulders and arms expanded. Another rip indicated that Joel was now too big for his britches.
Shucking of his shredded tight clothing, Joel stood in front of his closet mirror posing to show off his new muscular physique. He was the ideal man, definitely a superior being. He grinned. His formula had triggered an evolutionary leap forward. There was a popping sensation in his mind, and suddenly Joel understood better what he had done and exactly what quantum evolutionary theory meant. He was suddenly afraid.
His body felt hot again. Hotter than before. His skin literally began to smoke and smolder burning from within. He had triggered a quantum leap within his genetic structure, he was no longer human, and soon realized he would be neither mammalian nor corporeal in the traditional sense. He groaned in agony. His body glowed with an inner light. His skin seemed more like a membranous bag containing a glowing molten plasma for a minute or so. Then he exploded, his skin flaring into flame and smoke. He was a glowing ball of fire illuminating his room, and scorching his carpet.
Joel concentrated and his body reshaped and reformed until he looked like his former naked nerdy self. He studied his countenance in the mirror and frowned. He glanced at a photo on the front page of the school newspaper, and he wished he looked like Dirk Braun the Student Body President, Captain of the Baseball Team, and Quarterback of the Football Team. Instantly his body reshaped into Dirk's twin.