As Horst entered the park he spotted a couple guys jogging around the pond. He recognized them as the
Thompson Twins - Mike and Pat. They were on the track team, then he looked down as his beat up sneakers. He
headed down the path on the opposite side of the pond on an intercept course with his new shoes. He started to
think about the style and brand and color of his new sneakers. Horst raised his hand in salutation as Pat and
Mike came into sight. They never had a chance to respond, Horst's hand grasped the athletic cup in his pocket.
Pat became Horst's new right shoe, and Mike the left shoe. A cyclist sped by and stopped next to the shoes.
"What happened?" he exclaimed.
He picked up one of the two red singlets lying on white shorts and revealed a black Nike running shoe with red
trim. He didn't see Horst walk up to him to make sure they were alone. He caught the 12-speed bike as it fell.
He set the bike on its side next to path resting it on the grass. He extracted a black and red pair of shorts
from he cyclist's helmet. He put the shorts and shoes into the shopping bag he had brought. Then he collected
the cyclist's clothing and Pat and Mike's gear and dumped them into the nearby trash can. He looked at the
bike and decided he'd keep it. He hung the helmet over the handle bars and wheeled it into the bushes to
retrieve later. Under the concealment of the bushes he took off his jeans and boxers and shoes, and put them
into the shopping bag. He put on the new shorts. Then he lifted up his right foot, and said, "Hey, Carter, you
remember Peter Thompson? He's my new right shoe." Then he put on and tied the shoe. Next he said, "Hey,
Vinnie, you're going inside Mike Thompson. Now I'm going to go for a run. Hope you guys are thirsty, cause I
sweat a lot. Ha ha!"
What happened? Where am I? Scott asked.
Horst just changed you into his running shorts. Just relax and go with it. If we're lucky, Horst will put
his athletic cup back inside me.
Back inside you?
Yeah, I'm his jockstrap. I used to be a guy like you. Name's Steve. Now shut up. I need to concentrate, if
I'm going to get my body back, thought Steve.
"What are you doing back there?" said a policeman coming through the bushes.
Horst turned and looked at the officer, and said, "Singlet."
The rookie officer collapsed in a heap of clothing. As Horst walked over to retrieve the singlet from under
the officer's cap.
His partner sat on the park bench. He figured the rookie was either catching I guy pissing in the bushes or
maybe a couple making out. Then he saw his partner's head and cap drop down below the hedge. He stood up and
undid the snap on his holster. Either his partner knelt down or went down, either way he needed back up.