Matt knew what was supposed to happen. The team had gone over the procedure multiple times in the lead up to the event so that no mishaps would be made and that he and Cheryl in their new forms could quickly be on their way to the seaside mansion.
Angus and Charlie the two other agents were waiting near the administration office. The prison guard at the front desk knew to summon Angus when someone arrived to post bail for Melody. Angus, disguised as a prison guard would then escort the said person to a room where Charlie was waiting with a syringe of tranquilizer. Angus’s job was then to quickly grab any article of clothing, they had practised with a jacket, off the bodyguard and rush it to the doctor who was waiting in the room with the Director, Dave, Cheryl and Matt. The doctor would then touch the artifact and the clothing, to Matt, to start his transformation.
Meanwhile Charlie would strip the clothing off the bodyguard and place him in a prisoners uniform then secure him in the room with the real Melody, ready for transportation to the organisation’s special facility where they would remain for the indefinite future. Angus would return for the rest of the clothing so that by the time Matt’s transformation was complete he would already be dressed and could depart immediately. Dave had repeatedly stressed the need for everything to run smoothly.
They heard from Charlie that Angus had been summoned and went to their action stations.
2 minutes later there was a knock on the door. Dave took what appeared to be a coat jacket off Angus and passed it to the doctor.
Immediately the doctor already holding the artifact in his gloved hands touched the jacket and the artifact to Matt who had taken his own jacket off. Matt felt a zap, like static electricity when the artifact touched him. The artifact looked like a bronze medallion on a chain. Matt had been given no explanation of how it actually worked. He suspected no one actually knew.
The doctor told Matt “Wear the artifact around your neck as you transform. The theory is that by wearing the artifact for an extended period of time you will acquire some of the skills possessed by your new body” Matt remembered the doctor had told Cheryl the same thing.
Now Matt just had to wait.