Downstairs, Joe was reading the newspaper, completely oblivious to what was going on upstairs, when he suddenly felt odd.
Joe could see his 'Regular Joe' belly was shrinking.
It shrunk smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller still. Soon, his belly was nice and slim, and really thin.
His shirt and pants looked slight oversized, but aside from that, he was quite puzzled. He shook his head. Maybe he had lost weight, and been so wrapped up in work and his personal life that he hadn't noticed.
Joe could feel his thin body. However, he hardly noticed a small tingling feeling in his chest. He hardly even noticed a small purple spot forming on the back of his neck, or a single strand of his chocolate brown 'Regular Joe' hair turning a bright green colour.
Joe didn't know it, but he was on the verge of a monster transformation.