As he hit the mouse button, he felt a sudden jolt like an earth quake had hit the room and then
the air was knocked out of him and he felt himself falling onto his back.
For a moment, Ben blacked out and on opening his eyes, he found himself looking up through
some kind of grille into a dark, night sky with bright lights at the edge of his field of vision. In
the background, he could hear a rushing sound that he gradually recognised as the roar of a
large crowd of people. Raising a hand to his head Ben was shocked to see a hefty, meaty forarm
and gloved hand come into view - his forearm and hand, and the skin was a deep, rich ebony
black.
In shock, Ben rolled to one side and tried to get up, still reeling from the impact he'd received as
he transformed. Looking around, he realised he was on the field at his local NFL stadium,
surrounded by football players in uniform and glancing down towards his feet, he recognised
the shiny, green and yellow material of a football jersey stretched tight across his padding
covered chest.
Stumbling to his feet, Ben felt a wave of dizziness pass as he realised he'd been knocked down
by one of the opposing team and that he had to get back into the huddle so that coach could tell
them the next play...