An hour later, they got to the university. "OK guys, we are going to split up. You have a copy of the program that will let you find and locate TY. If you find him call me but don't approach, especially if my brother is there...we don't fully know what is going on. We will meet back here in 2 hours. Luca is going to check the athletic center. Park and I are going to hit up my brother's frat house and the commons. Marco, Tristan and Silas will start at opposite ends and meet in the middle. Everyone has their job, ready?"
"yes" everyone said in unison.
Park made his way to the commons. Even though it was beginning of a holiday weekend, there were still plenty of students. Out of the corner of his eye he say Jae's brother Kai chatting with his boyfriend and 2 white boys. Despite his better judgment and Jae's warning, he walked over.
"Hey Kai!" Park yelled and waved.
"Park! What is your cute ass doing here?" Kai asked, arching his eyebrow. "By the way this is my boyfriend Solomon and my teammates Cal and Cole."
"Nice to meet you guys. Look I'd love to hang out but I'm trying to find guy" Park held up the picture of Ty, ignoring the fact the portable version of maker was vibrating to alert him Ty was near. Park noticed when he showed the pic, Solomon gave Kai a concerned look. "He's part of our crew and was supposed to meet you on campus for a tour."
Kai thought for a moment..if he didn't handle things just right, everything he had done would fall apart. He had big goals. Championships to be won and eventually making the US and Olympic swim teams. He loved his little brother and his brother's boyfriend but he felt this compulsion to not let anyone get in his way. Kai looked at Park with a smile that gave him the chills. "What do you mean? He's right over there" Kai said, gesturing in Cole's direction. Park to a few steps and froze.
"What are you doing? Why are you doing this?" Park said panicked, forcing each word, as he shrank 4 inches.
"Sorry Park, I really like you and you were an amazing match for my little bro and I'm sure he will miss you...if he remembers you...but you should have left things along." Kai said as Park noticed that he had his own portable version of the maker program.
Park watched in horror as his sneakers changed into Adidas flip-flops as his feet shrunk to a size 8.5. His muscular calves and thighs didn't change much, only the muscle memory changed from soccer to swimming. His board shorts became black, the material becoming lighter and thinner as it lengthened to his ankles, 3 white stripes emerging on each side of this legs. The t shirt he wore remained tight as the sleeves vanished becoming a tank top. Just like his legs, his biceps and triceps didn't change much, it was all about changing the muscle memory. In fact because of his change in height, they looked bigger. He now weighed about 160lbs. His skin in the meantime had shift from his current skin tone, to white then tanning. He aged from 17 to 21. He felt some facial hair grow as a thin chinstrap beard grew. His eyes changed from brown to a sea green. As his identity began to fade, his hair changed from black to brown and then lightened to a shade of blonde that was clearly dyed, but only a strip in the center changed as the sides of his head shortened until they looked shaved. The center spiked up into a mohawk with red highlights. Park was gone. They now had Anthony, a champion diver.
Anthony paused for a minute and then remembered he was hanging out with his friends and boyfriend Cole. He walked up to Cole and gave him a deep kiss.
Kai looked at everyone and realized he was one step closed to his dream. If Park was here, then so was his little bro and his friends. Kai told his teammates he would see them at the pool later.