As Stu watched helplessly from where he had collapsed in a chair, Mike's
body seemed to twist and dwindle. Mike stumbled over to the counter and
put both arms and his head on it for support. His feet were no longer
touching the ground. His feet and legs deflated in the yellow wet suit
as if it was empty and then they started to curl up and shrink. In a
matter of moments, Mike went from a six foot man in a rubber suit to a
little flattened heap of rubber that could easily fit in a man's hand.
The little yellow flattened rubber object lay on the counter.
Initially, it went unnoticed, but then...