Matt lay there wadded up like the discarded jockstrap that he was. He watched naked Nick strutting around his room like he owned the place. Then Nick did something quickly at Matt's computer. Maybe he just looked at the settings. He laughed, and waved at Matt as he headed into Matt's bathroom. A minute later, the shower was running. A couple minutes later Nick was singing in the shower.
Except he shouldn't be a jockstrap. Nick had worn him beyond the time limit authorized, had that screwed up the timer or had Nick altered the Chronovac settings. Matt concentrated on being human, but nothing happened. If he could only get to the Chronovac.
Suddenly, Matt moved. How? He concentrated on untwisting himself. Then he crawled, well really more undulated toward the desk. He could see the dangling mouse cord. He managed to wrap himself around the cord, and somehow shimmy up it. He could hear Nick singing in the shower. He was terrified that any moment Nick would get out of the shower, and catch him.
At last he was on the desk. He inched to the keyboard, and after several tries figured out how to tap individual keys, so he could log on to the Chronovac.
Two subjects were displayed on the screen. Matt was listed first but his stats were those of a jockstrap not a human being.
The second subject was Nick. Just then Nick stopped singing, and turned off the shower.