“Well look who got a little curious after their 18th birthday.”
Nate turned around to see his father standing in the door way.
“Dad?! Uhh I thought you left to work?!” Nate was like a deer in headlights.
“I was heading to work when I realized that I forgot something, I came to pick it up only to find you in my lab.”
Nate was ready for the punishment of a lifetime.
“I’m actually glad you came down here, I was going to wait until you turned 20 but I guess now is as good a time as any”
“Wait..what?”
“I was waiting until you were older to show you what I’ve been working on. I never showed your brother because he was always so involved in sports that I knew he would never really care about science. Your mother doesn’t even know about what this device is capable of.”
Nate was amazed but somewhat afraid of how calm his dad was about him sneaking into his lab. He usually was pretty strict and even spiteful at times.
“You see here Nate, I’ve developed a body swap machine. Which can not only completely swap the physical bodies of two subjects, but also pick and choose what parts are swapped or not.”
“Wait but, who were those guys on the recording?” Nate asked
“Just some colleagues of mine who worked as guinea pigs for science.” Nate’s dad walked up to the control panel.
“Now that I worked out all the kinks, would you like the pleasure of swapping with your old man? Call it a birthday gift and a final test for me, I’ve never used the device on myself before.”
Nate’s dad Tom was tall and seriously handsome. You wouldn’t believe this guy spent most of his time in a lab. He had always lifted all his own heavy equipment. He was like a hot grease monkey of science.
Nate thought about the offer and responded
“I...