Mr. Bagley led Rain to the offices of the center. He stopped in front of a door with the
name Megan Smith on the door. He knocked and opened the door saying, "I have a
new girl for you Megan."
Megan looked up from her paper work and asked, "What's her name and what did she
do?"
"Her name is Rain," Mr. Bagley said pushing Rain forward, "and she tried to steal
some equipment."
"What's her last name?" Megan asked writing down the information on a form.
"She doesn't have one," Mr. Bagley said slowly.
"What do you mean?" Megan asked.
"Well Rain was a guy who started poking his nose where it didn't belong," Mr. Bagley
said. "We chipped him and chose Rain as his transformation. However a glitch
developed that erased his DNA from the chip and the chip isn't accepting his DNA at
all. This leaves him as Rain now. We didn't bother with a last name since it was just
supposed to be temporary and with any luck he wouldn't be transforming much."
"Then she needs a last name," Megan said thinking. She looked Rain up and down
then said, "Your last name will be Appleton. So Rain Appleton and her crime is
attempted theft. Would not tell us who her parents or guardian are. What age did you
make her?"
"Eleven," Mr. Bagley said.
"We'll use today's date as her birthday," Megan said writing more stuff down.
"Psychological analysis to be conducted as soon as possible. I'm assuming you want
her confined to her room for the time being."
"Of course," Mr. Bagley said. "We don't want her wandering around without
supervision."
"I'll put her in G211 then," Megan said. "Charlotte and Nancy are also confined to their
room and there's a bed available in that room."
"Now just wait a minute," Rain said angrily. "I didn't do anything wrong. It's you guys
that are basically torturing the kids here and transforming them against their wills. That
is in direct violation of the Transformation Services Agreement."
"That law does not apply to us," Megan said with a dangerous edge to her voice. "We
are operating under a special exemption that allows us to transform people against
their will. We are working to reform juvenile delinquents and it's working. We will not
tolerate anyone trying to shut us down."
"Her chip is set up with another transformation now," Mr. Bagley said putting his phone
away. "Her new transformation will have her paralyzed from the waist down
necessitating her wearing a diaper. Of course I can't guarantee that she'll change back
after an hour. The glitch may just accept that as her natural form."
Rain paled a bit at that since she didn't want to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest
of her life. "What's her trigger?" Megan asked.
"Well obviously being outside of her room, the dinning room, or the toilets and showers
without a staff member being within ten feet of her," Mr. Bagley said. "With anything
else we'll have to use the guns."
A beep came from Megan's computer and she clicked a few keys. After she wrote
down some more information on the paper. When she put her pen down she said,
"Well it's time to take you to your room Rain. Follow me and stay within ten feet of
me." She said this with a smile almost daring Rain to try and escape. She got up and
Rain followed her as she began to explain the rules. "Rule number one is that no boys
are allowed in the girl's section and no girls in the boy's section. Rule number two is
that all girls will wear dresses and Mary Janes. I expect you to take those clothes off
when you get to your room. I'll bring some new clothes up for you and you will wear
them. Rule number three is that you will shower every morning and brush your teeth
both in the morning and before you go to bed. Rule number four is that you will be
present at mealtimes unless you are sick. Breakfast is at seven, lunch is at noon, and
dinner is at six. Rule number five is that there are no soft drinks or alcohol allowed in
the center. The only drinks allowed are water and juice. Rule number six is that there
is no tobacco or other drugs allowed in the center except for medicines. Rule number
seven is no kissing and no sex between boys and girls. Here's your room. Remember
that I want you to take off those clothes once you're inside. If I come back and you're
still in those clothes you will be transformed."
Megan knocked on the door then opened it. Inside were two girls who looked up from
reading books when the door opened. "Hello Ms. Smith," the girl with red curly hair
down to her shoulders said.
"I have a new roommate for you two," Megan said and pushed you forward. "This is
Rain Appleton and she's eleven. Rain these are Charlotte Babcock and Nancy Blue."
Charlotte had the red hair and green eyes while Nancy had sandy brown hair and
deep blue eyes. "Nancy is seventeen and Charlotte is fourteen. I'll go get your new
clothes Rain. Remember that I want you out of those clothes by the time I get back."
She left closing the door behind her.
"So what did you do to end up in here?" Nancy asked as Rain took off her shirt.
"Well I guess the official story is that I attempted to steal some equipment from here,"
Rain said sitting down on the unoccupied bed and taking her shoes off.
"Official story?" Charlotte asked looking very curious.
"Well that's what they're going to tell people," Rain said taking her pants off and
sighing. "What actually happened was I was looking into the radical changes in
behavior most kids seemed to demonstrate. When I came here I saw the fear in the
eyes of the kids and saw one boy's nose grow. I asked about it and they transformed
me into this girl."
"What were you before?" Charlotte asked.
"A thirty-six year old man," Rain said sighing.
"And they put you in here?" Nancy asked shocked. "What's going to happen when you
change back?"
"There was a glitch so I can't change back," Rain said looking down and really noticing
her flat crotch. "The chip won't accept my old DNA so I'm stuck like this."
"We've heard that there were glitches with the chips," Nancy said. "Though so far the
glitches have only transformed people unexpectedly with no trigger. Most of us here
have that glitch with our chips. We can't be let out on the streets because they would
be working overtime modifying peoples memories that see us transform."
"That has to be rough," Rain said shaking her head. "What did you two do to end up
here?"
Charlotte looked sad as she said, "I got into a fight with another girl and accidentally
killed her. It was an accident but her friends said I had attacked her and that I had
threatened to kill her before. So I wound up being labeled as a juvenile delinquent and
here I am."
"As for me I egged my house and my dad sent me here," Nancy said. "Unfortunately
my chip developed a glitch so I couldn't go home."
Rain looked at Nancy and something clicked so she asked, "Is your dad Mayor
Richard Blue?"
Nancy blushed and said, "You're the first to figure it out that fast. My dad has said that
I'm away in Europe so people just assume that I just happen to have the same name
and just happen to look like me. Also people have seen me in Europe which reinforces
my dad's story."
"So what do you do being confined to this room?" Rain asked.
"Well we either read books approved by the center," Charlotte said with a frown. "That
means no books that have a lot of violence in them."
"Also we have sex," Nancy said. "Don't worry though we won't insist that you join in.
You haven't entered puberty yet so it wouldn't be right to include you."
Rain looked down at her flat chest and smooth crotch and said, "Well at least I won't
have to worry about having a period yet."
There was a knock on the door and it opened. When Megan came in Nancy said,
"Hello Ms. Smith."
"I have your new clothes Rain," Megan said. "Put them on and I'll take you three down
to the dining hall for lunch."
Megan had brought in a rack full of dresses and seven pairs of Mary Jane shoes. Rain
picked out a lite yellow dress with ruffles and put it on then put a pair of Mary Janes
on. "What were you girls talking about?" Megan asked as Rain was picking out her
dress and dressing.
"Oh Rain was just telling us why she was here," Charlotte said.
Megan shook her head and said, "It's so sad when someone as young as she is starts
a life of crime. Fortunately this seems to be her first offense so we should be able to
treat. I still have hope that you'll be able to be treated too Charlotte."
"It was an accident," Charlotte said looking a bit angry. "She attacked me. I was only
defending myself."
Megan sighed and seeing that Rain was dressed said, "Well let's get down to the
dining hall."