Jeff crept up to the front of the car to see what was happening, but he stepped back in shock as he saw the Chuck's twisted expression of pain. The mechanic's boy writhed in silent agony as the changes wrought by Madame Illusia began to take effect.
Chuck grabbed his abdomen as the skin around his ribs rippled and bubbled before Jeff's disbelieving eyes. Each rib became thicker and more prominent - they expanded and spread out as Chuck's torso became wider and deeper. In a different situation, Jeff would have been astounded by the twelve-pack stomach that Chuck was now sporting.
Except that the join at the centre of the ribs was now disappearing. Chuck's body had gone from its momentary look of great masculinity to an unearthly ridge and furrow look. With fresh horror, Jeff realised that the young man could feel the growing ribs tearing through his skin. White bone was piercing the right hand side of the chest. Each bone protruded out a few inches and was changing in colour from white to black. The expansion of each bone caused the skin on Chuck's torso to slough away, leaving not bone and muscle, but six gleaming engine cylinders arranged in a line.
Madame Illusia roared with laughter at the hybrid man she had produced. Above the cylinders, Chuck's neck and head remained, is mouth now frozen in shock. Below the cylinders, everything was exactly the same as before. His legs and feet remained, the curly black hair growing on them coated in oil and grease. Strangest of all, the young man's penis and testicles was attached to the side of the bottom engine cylinder.