Spitting and coughing I try to clear the dust. As I turn to get a drink from the water bucket near the door, Kevin lets out a moan.
Crawling over to him the light still so poor that we can just make each other out.
"Moan, ahhhh, moan, RuRaaaaa!" Kevin lets out a few strange sounds!"
"Kevin it's me John, John Jenson, what's the matter with you?" I touched his arm in planning to shake him awake. The touch was not what I expected. Kevin was a stocky boy, short but solid of muscle. Yet as I touched his arm he felt hairy and his muscles and tendons were bulged and tight.
Looking down into his face he had puffed up lips and his nostrils were flared wide open. He breathed in deep and then in a rhythm of three snorts he exhaled. As I called his eyes opened, they appeared dark. Yet I remembered him as blue eyed and blonde haired German kid from across town.
"Kevin, I heard you were out sick, heck it's been two weeks. How long have you been here? Kevin, Kevin, can you hear me?"
"Bya Bi Baaab Beeeeb bou! Byi beeherb, BYI BEEHERB, BEEHERB, BI, BI!"
As best I listened and rationalized his thick lips could not contour to english now, I repeated his words.
"Yes, yes, I, I, can, can, hear you, YES I CAN HEAR YOU, RIGHT!" He nodded his head a slow yes. You then said, " I BEEN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO WEEKS?" Again a slow nod of yes!
"Kevin what is happening to you? Your blonde hair looks black and I touch your arm and it's very hairy too, what's happening?"
Even as I blurted out the question I knew he could never functionally tell me in English. Heck he could barely sound out the simple yes and been here.
Suddenly he sat up straight and got rattled. I turned around to see Frank sitting up and his eys flashed in the darkness. "Frank are you awake?"
A dull and very low pitched voice slowly said, "Ya we are both here and for two weeks kept as animals!"
"What's wrong with you guys, Kevin's lips and nose are swullen big and he is thick with what looks like black hair! You, your voice is so deep and your eyes see to flash in this dark room, what the hell is going on?"
"So many questions, heh I asked Kevin the same things when they brought me here a week ago. They, they have a Netherland Dutch coven. In america we just call'em Witches! They come up once a week and spread the devil's dust over us. We as you coughed and spit the yucky stuff, but we swallow some and the rest is breathed inside."
"Baa baa! sounds off Kevin shackled and bouncing on his well muscled butt."
"I saw Kevin when they brought you in. One of those monsters stepped aside and the light hit him just perfect. He's becoming a bull, yaa a big black bovine bull. His lips and nostrils are growing together to be a muzzel. He's covered in black hair! If you look close or feel his feet you'll see his cloven hooves forming. Oh don't look at me like that Johnny, he knows, he knows what is happening to him."
I looked toward Kevin and he slowly was nodding his seemingly large head.
"Johnny, he understands what you ask but his lips and tongue can noway form words. Soon I'm sure he will low or bellow like any bull. Hell I'm not much better off than Kevin, come and look close."
Still trying to spit out the sour flavored dust I crawled close to Frank's side. His eyes were dark if not black circles, yet as they moves the whites shown as if florescent. I touched his cheek and neck, he too had a covering of hair. Shorter and just as thick the hair was on his stomac and legs.
Shaking his head something not quite right caught my limited view. I reached to touch his head and felt to my amazement, ears. Long, furry ears were atop Frank's head. He seemed to smile and I saw huge white block like front teeth.
"What the Hell is happening to you? I was feeling a good amount of self terror."
"Johnny, I'm feeling of myself and the best guess is some kind of horse, or maybe a mule. The Dutch are famous for there mules! I can form words well but my voice box is so low in tone that it scares me too."
"Well can we break out of here? I want to help you guys, we've been friends for years!'
"Kevin has the strength of ten men and he's shackled down so good he can't stand to take a leak! Me I'm not sure how my family doctor would treat me, he might just call our Vet."
"You guys just can't sit here and watch your human bodies change to animals? Come lets try to free Kevin and then we'll get you free and make a break for it!"
Just like that the room started to sway and my head felt lite. I turned and looked at Frank, he smiled a big grin. "Good night sweet prince, see you at the farm."