As I grin at my dog centaur creation, I hear a bang and a display window behind me shatters. I drop tot he ground and see one of the guards, already lining up for a second shot. He must have been late coming, and escaped the first wave of transformation. Before he can squeeze off another round, he is a huge, squealing pig. I leave his mind intact, so he will know he is human while he spends the rest of his life eating slops.
But that was too close. I realize that I can't protect myself completely - a sniper can still kill me before I see him. I run for the nearest store - a KayBee toys - before someone else can try to kill me. The customers are huddled against the back - most of them have no idea what is going on. I shout "There's somebody out there with a gun! I think he is coming this way!"
They all freak and start crowding for the back door. I pick out my target - a kid my age in a KayBee shirt - one of the clerks. In all the confusion, nobody notices as we exchange identities. It is weird to see myself running in panic, and even weirder as his head explodes the moment we run outside. As I suspected, police snipers were waiting, and they have taken 'me' out.
I feel rage, and am tempted to turn them all into piles of living bull shit, but realize I have to stay cool here. I don't know where all the snipers are, and it is better that they think I am dead. For now.