Clarissa walks up to an ambulance and knocks four times. "The boy gets the procedure, here are your orders. Explain what's happening to the girl, we didn't have time and I didn't want to keep you waiting." She handed a paper full of bar codes to the first man dressed as an EMT.
"Will do, appreciated Mrs. W." He said. reaching down to help Kayla up, then helping Jeff.
"This is where I say goodbye you two. I wish you the best in your new life. Kayla, Listen to your father and don't tell a soul." The kids started to exclaim as Clarissa walked away and the doors were shut.
The EMT asked Jeff to lay on the stretcher in the crowded space. The second man worked his way up to the front of the vehicle, both were muscular, young-looking men who seemed like they knew what to do.
Jeff complied and Kayla found a seat that folded down near the back door. The EMT who was handed the paperwork scanned it with a barcode reader and began answering questions. "BOTH children have been acquired. The male..." A printer whirred into action and the output was fed to the second man, now in the driver's seat. "Let's see, I'm going to be... Oh, okay... Well, I don't get to do this every day or that, how auspicious... for both of us." He glanced back at Jeff giving and expecting a grin but getting a look of confusion. "You see, this is a rare opportunity for me... eh, you'll understand tomorrow."
The driver scanned his paper and the coordinates were set, "We're heading out." he warned. The machinery whirred into action, and liquids began moving through tubes overhead concocting a brownish liquid into an IV bag.
The vehicle started moving and Kayla found a seatbelt. Jeff just gripped the stretcher. A moment later the first man stood up and glanced between the two... "Well, I get to explain to you..." he glanced at Kayla, "I take it you already know in solid enough detail?" Jeff nodded
The man began moving around grabbing supplies, "I'm Mark, and I'm going to be starting a couple of procedures on your father here, which will help him fulfill that role better. This will pinch." Jeff's hand had received a port and within a few seconds, the brown liquid building up above his head began to flow down into his arm.
"This liquid is mostly sensitizing his hair follicles to be activated, activating them, and gearing up his appetite for what's to come. It's also doing stuff to induce a growth spurt and has nutrients... ultimately within a week or two, he's going to look and sound like a full-grown man. Again, I'm just starting the procedure up." He looked at Jeff, "I hear it's quite the ordeal, but ultimately better than mother nature on a number of levels."
"The other thing I'm doing is starting to prepare him mentally. He has an awful lot to learn by the looks of it, and we're starting with some teenage staples being menial jobs, first love, driving, and finishing high school as the heavy hitters, looks like there are some fillers in there too, maybe you'll learn to play the guitar or something." Mark screwed a syringe into the other port receptacle on Jeff's hand and injected a cold liquid into his veins. "This will help your Dad relax, while we make him a little bit more experienced."
The feeling was nearly instantaneous once it reached his brain, things seemed disconnected and far away, Mark was telling him to open then shut his mouth, there was something in his mouth then... Now, something was on his head. His arms and chest were being secured, then things went black.
"Wakey wakey... What's this smell like?"
"Fuuuck, am I late for work?"
"No, but the procedure was a success."
Jeff blinked his eyes open as he saw Matt put a piece of cloth into a plastic bag and zip it shut... "That smells just like the fryers at the place I used to work, I can't put my finger on the name."
"Excellent, details that aren't needed are taken out to leave space for other information. Location, store layout, coworker names. This is supposed to be a 13ish-year-old memory and those details aren't so important. The sense of smell is most closely tied to memory, so the more you can associate the smell, the stronger you ingrain all the new memories. Fun fact, not just the memories tied to the smell. The same with habits, each set of memories will have a few new habits you will just start to do, they are as ingrained as the memories themselves. Going through those habits will help you solidify the set of memories. You will now..." Mark looks at the computer, "Brush your teeth after breakfast, drink coffee with breakfast, and have a 'nightly facial routine,' whatever that entails." So if you find yourself doing those things and thinking of your old job, first love, or first car... don't be surprised, and unsurprisingly, all those things have strong smells... Here, huff this for the next few minutes and enjoy." Mark tossed a plastic bag to Jeff with a square piece of cloth similar to the one Mark just put away.
Jeff cautiously opened the bag and took a careful whiff before plowing his nose into the bag. "Oh my god! This takes me back! This is the same perfume Jessica used to wear!"
"Jessica?"
"Yeah, Jessica Rabbit, my first girlfriend. We had... it was... " Jeff began blushing to recall his 'first' sexual experiences. "She was great."
Mark belly laughed. "You will probably understand why it's funny by the time they're done with you but by then this will seem like a decade-plus ago, I wish I knew how the guys in programming did it. Enjoy man, take it all in. Reminisce."
Jeff did just that and enjoyed every moment of their late teen romance, only to recall it was fake after glancing above and seeing the IV bag which held the brown liquid, empty and disconnected.
The ambulance came to a stop and Jeff and Kayla were led by Mark into an...