Mike blushed and asked to see the computer. He scrolled through the list of animal transformations and gasped when he found what he was looking for.
"What is it dad?" Jeff asked eagerly, thinking he might be getting a pet for a day or so.
"Hold on son, I'm reading something." Mike said while clicking furiously and typing. "This is amazing..."
Jeff smiled, pleased that he could actually share something with his dad now. He retreated to his bed, and started a game on his phone while his dad was engrossed on the computer.
"Well," Mike started, pulling Jeff's attention from the game. "That's quite the program." Mike stood up with the goofiest grin on his face. "This is gonna be great!"
Jeff wasn't shocked that his Dad had actually set something up to try. it had been a good 20 minutes or so. "What are you going to become Dad?"
"Listen carefully." Mike said as he set his wallet on the computer desk. "I have set myself up with a paid leave of absence from work and you can use the blue.... ughh" Mike shivered as the changes began "the blue credit card for any necessities while I'm gone."
"Gone!?!? Where are you going." Jeff cried. Mike had already begun shrinking and was shorter than Jeff.
"Don't worry, Ill be really close, but if you need anything, Oh Wow... you have grandma's number in your phone." Mike seemed to find the transformation very pleasing as he shuddered again and smiled, now only reaching Jeff's chest.
"Where are you going?" Jeff questioned alarmed, he had to sit up to keep his shrinking father in view. Mike was now under two feet tall and rapidly diminishing. Jeff bounded over to him and picked his doll sized father up, "What's happening to you dad?"
"Everything is fine son, just let me have this." The two inch Mike called up from within Jeff's palm. His body was beginning to distort and his clothes faded away.
"What!? What about this is okay? You could blow away in the ..." Mike had shrunk to the size of a small pill, Jeff involuntarily popped Mike in his mouth and swallowed him whole.
Panic and horror washed over Jeff in waves. He just committed patricide. Technically, he had just become an orphan. Why had he done that? Was he subconsciously wanting his dad gone? "Oh God." Jeff felt sick to his stomach as he realized he didn't chew and his dad was slowly being eaten alive by his stomach acid. Jeff felt nauseous but try as he might he couldn't vomit.
After the panic, the tears, and the terror of being alone, Jeff was left with confusion. "What was dad even trying to do?" Jeff went to the Chronivac which beeped as he sat near it, flashing a message 'Attachment complete!'
Jeff began reading and soon his fear and sadness became shock and disgust. Mike had decided to turn himself into a tapeworm and Jeff was selected to be his host. Mike would go through a full, although rapid, life cycle and eventually be shat out. After which point he would revert to his human form. The confirmation of the attachment meant Mike was beginning to feed off Jeff's nutrients. Jeff flipped to his own profile to read that the Chronivac forced him to ingest the user and that Jeff's body would be unable to pose a threat even if Anti-parasite drugs were ingested.
Jeff sat back taking all this in. The shame and guilt he was overwhelmed with just moments ago evaporated and he was left with anger. Anger at being violated, anger a being used, and anger at being abandoned. Though Jeff didn't know what to do about it. He didn't want to hurt or kill his dad, and he didn't want to play host to a parasite.
Whatever Jeff was going to do, he should do it quickly.