"Mr. Hopper this is Mason Dixson we need your foundation's help again!"
The foundation sent a van over for Jason and Bret. The boys said their good bye to brothers and parents in a tear filled few minutes.
"Don't give a worry about them folks the Foundation will spend whatever is needed to give them a long and healthy life," said Mr. Hopper before the van drove off.
Mason watched till only the dust from the van could be seen in the distance. Rubbing the lower part of his aching back he walked slowly into the house.
"Bret this is your bed and Jason here is your's," said Mr. Hopper to the boys looking very scared.
"Mr. Hopper how did our brother die?" asked Bret.
Mr. Hopper smiled and rubbed the boy's head with the palm of his hand. "Calm down boy's your brother is not dead, he is still here but I told your family he was passed on. It was needed since in his case the infection had spread due to his sexual contact with miss Marsha. In you situation and due to your youthfulness sex has not happened, therefore I see no complications. Your recovery to a healthy life ahead should work out just fine boys!"
Both boys crawled into bed and their private orderly came with five scoop hot fudge sundays.
"Hello, Mr. Hopper this is Mason Dixson!"
"Good day Mason, what can I do for you today," asked Mr. Hopper over the phone.
"I want to come over and have one of your doctors to check me out too," aske Mr. Dixson.
"What's the problem," asked Mr. Hopper with a note of thrilled in his voice.
"Well Sir, like the boys I have been developing back pains but till my shower last night I had just figured it was due to work. I noticed a appendage of three to four inches long growing from over my buttocks. It's touch brings on a erection in seconds, it's so strange!" said Mason.
"Mason I'd tell you to stay at home for a week and see if the swelling point subsides," suggested Mr. Hopper.
"Look we have trusted you with the very lives of our children Mr. Hopper. Both Angie and I have to draw a line here! We are sure that last summer the creek was violated with some runoff from your experimental farm near the lake. We had a silver gray clouded water for two weeks. I had it sprinkled onto my trees before it could be turned off. Worse yet the applesauce we sold all over town was boiled in that same water. It is terrible that Andrew lost his life and I'm told now Marsha has died too."
"I'm sorry you feel the Foundation is to blame for these strange situations but..." Mr. Hopper stopped.
"Hopper believe me there should be someone checking on where that water went and who drank of it!" said Mason.
"OK Mason I'll have some special bottles of our D.N.A. Flux liquid sent down to the house. Have each child and yourselves drink a bottle once a day till one week is up. Then call me back if you can and if more problems arise I'll send the van down." said Mr. Hopper in a considerate manner.
During the next week the family each drank the oily tasted stuff with dinner.
Bret and Jason were both enjoying lots of videos, games, eating ice cream sundays till they could barely fit them in. Pizza and wheat bars for roughage then gallons of sweet liquids.
On every other day a barber came in and cut off hair growing on their heads, faces, chests, and backs. The boys made a game of just how much of the curly stuff would grow back daily.