The lab technician got the machine with the three large metal tanks ready. The only thing which needed to happen, was the decision of the gender of the merged beings.
“Okay, you two. Once I merge you two together, will you come out as a boy or as a girl?” the technician asked them.
“Umm… Please give us a moment to talk it over!” Connor said to the tech. The man left the room, leaving the two sixteen-year-olds in the small room alone.
“I don’t want to become a boy! I want to become a cheerleader! I already got the scholarship and everything! I’m gonna be a junior in high school and I got everything arranged already! I don’t want to give all that up just to merge with you and live the rest of my life as a guy!” Suzy argued. “It’s not fair!”
“Suzy, I understand that! But, as a cheerleader, you’re just fangirling over the athletes who are playing the sports on the field or on the court! I’ve been lifting weights in the gym since I was thirteen and I’m gonna lose all my muscle gains! Not only that, I can gain a scholarship in football, baseball, or soccer! The cheerleaders will be cheering for US, don’t you get that? We’ll be big and muscular as a football player and all the girls will be drooling over US!” Connor explained. “I don’t want to lose all my muscle gains!”
Suzy took a deep breath.
“Okay, Connor. You win. We’ll step into the tanks and after we merge into one person, we’ll become a guy!” she said quietly. “But… I don’t want us playing a dangerous sport like football! Let’s play baseball or soccer! Not football! I don’t wanna get injured!”
“Alright… It’s a deal.” Connor said as he stood up and shook her hand.
Then, he opened the door to the room, where the tech was waiting in the other room where the three metal tanks were located.
“When we merge together, we want to come out as a boy!” Connor announced.
Suzy left to go get her parents from the waiting room while Connor stayed behind to get some final instructions from the technician. The tech got Connor all hooked up with an IV and with some other wiring connected to his chest and to his brain, before he stepped into the large, round tank which was the shape of a metal cylinder.
A few minutes later, Suzy returned and the tech got her hooked up to an IV as well, attaching wires to her head and chest as well, before she stepped into the chamber on the opposite side of the machine. Both teens had to put on an oxygen mask, before they closed their eyes.
The steel doors of the two chambers closed and sealed shut as the technician tapped the controls and entered the commands to start the merge.
Connor was tall and muscular, with brown straight hair and brown eyes. Suzy was shorter with muscular legs, curly, long blonde hair and blue eyes. The tech and the parents were eager to see how the merged person would look.
There was a loud buzzing sound as the two bodies slowly disappeared through the vents at the top of the tanks. Their bodies were transported through the wiring and pipes, and they were assembled in the center chamber, where both bodies were combined to form a brand-new human being. This new being was a tall, muscular male figure, also age sixteen with features inherited from both donors. The tall, athletic boy appeared slightly taller, more muscular, but with slightly more blond, curly hair. He also had a wide jawline with a stubble.
An alarm sounded when the merge process was complete. The light in the center tank turned on and the metal door slid open. The towering male slowly walked out, as he was greeted by Suzy’s parents.
“I guess we should call you Cory…” Suzy’s father spoke, as the older man walked up to the taller boy so he could greet the kid with an embrace.
“Thanks, dad… This feels great… I feel wonderful…” Cory spoke in his deep, baritone voice.
“Oh, I’m so happy for you, Cory! You have Connor’s height and muscle, but you have Suzy’s hair and eyes! The merge went so well!” Suzy’s mom spoke up, as she stood on her toes to hug the big, muscular boy. “Let’s get you some clothes to wear!”
Cory’s life would now continue with workout sessions at the high school gym and practice sessions in baseball and in soccer. Cory would be a star athlete in school, and he would enjoy all the attention he would get from all the other students, the fans, and… the cheerleaders.