John’s heart was going a mile a minute as he and his twin sister walking into the transformation chamber where both of them would be becoming mermaids. He expected to see a medical room, with multiple pieces of equipment besides a table, maybe a tank considering they where becoming mermaids. Instead what was before them looked like a cross between a pool and a dock.
The entire room had to be at least as long as a football field with a large walkway on three sides but the rest was filled with water. Salt water by the smell, walking around where doctors and nurses in white swimsuits with red crosses on them he had expected that. What he hadn’t expected was to see none medical personal walking around in swimsuits, some with scuba suits.
“What is going on?” inquired Mary
“Ah…this is also the visitors center.” Explained a nurse as she pointed to a screen where a couple was talking with a mermaid on a screen. “We have underwater mics and speakers which allow you to talk to people on the surface. Here you can also swim with those people in a safe environment. Most merpeople cannot breath or speak out of the water so we had to make arrangements.”
“I…I see.” Said John
“Come lets go to the transformation side.” Said the nurse as they walked around the area. As they did they say mermaids in the flesh for the 1st time, they couldn’t see them well but they could spot them swimming under the water and coming near the surface.
“Enjoy your visit with your wife, Mr. Harris.” Said a nurse to a man who had to be in his late 20s, who was getting out of the water.
“I did.” Answered the man with a smirk “When can I arrange another one of the congenial rooms.”
“I am afraid they go fast and we have to clean the breathing gear every time, but I can put you on the waiting list.” Explained the nurse as the soon to be mermaids walked past them.
“Here we are.” Said the nurse as they came to a stop before what almost looked like a couple of docks. In truth they were docks which shot out a good 15 feet into the water with about the same distance between each of the docks. A couple of nurses and doctors all in white swimsuits where around, along with some equipment. Down in the water they could see a few mermaids and one merman also with some equipment.
“You two are going to share a chamber.” Explained the nurse “We found it helps when families change together.”
“I see.” Stated John as he looked at his sister. “Well lets go.”
It took a few minutes as the two of them, got fitted for a breathing line, it was basically a mouth guard with a long airline which would allow them to breath air until their gills came in. That would be removed by the merpeople medical team waiting for them in the water. The next thing was a long IV line which would bring down the drug which would speed up their transformation.
“See you on the other side.” Said Mary as she took off her robes, allowing everyone to see her nude, which caused her brother soon to be sister to look away. Then she climbed down into the water and was guided out a bit by the merpeople and down below the water.
John gulped as he removed his robes and with fear and sadness took his last steps on land before climbing down into the water. Once there the merpeople helped in to the other side of the docks. His eyes burned in the salt water, but he tried to look around, the water was crystal clear so he saw the medical tables set up on the sandy bottom. He saw Mary was laying on hers a good 12 feet away and had a couple of merpeople around her, they had thrown seaweed or something over her privates which he was grateful for.
They did the same for him as they laid him down. He looked up to see a mermaid with bright strawberry blonde hair and a warm smile looking down over him and into his eyes. He couldn’t make out what she said but he thought she said.
“Don’t worry everything will be alright.”
That is when he felt it, a pressure in his arm as the transformation agent entered his body, in a few minutes time he would be not only a woman but a mermaid.