No sooner had Ty completed his thought than a sudden disorienting flash of white blinded his vision. He was suddenly deep inside the mind of Brittany Meadows. He saw her entire life play forward, experienced all she had experienced, felt all of her emotions, and learned all of her innermost desires and fears. At the same time, Brittany staggered in her walk and the same white flash blinded her. She saw Ty in the same intimate way. Perhaps it was the same force that had granted Ty his power, destiny, or the boy's own unconscious will, but the entire process of their minds literally melting together for a moment took only a second.
Ty's jaw dropped as he watched Brittany slowly turn around, a pale expression of shock on her face as their eyes locked from several feet away. She stared at Ty with tears in her eyes, Ty stared back at her with the same sadness.
"Hey!" Tommy grabbed his girlfriend's arm sharply. "Just ignore the little loser. We're gonna be late for the movie."
Brittany jumped as Tommy's strong hand grabbed her forearm and suddenly, for the first time in her life, she felt burning anger towards him. "Fuck off!" She screamed, smacking his hand with her stinging open palm and pushing him away. "Don't you ever touch me again, Tommy! Ever!" She regarded his shocked look and saw the fire light behind his eyes.
"Don't. You. FUCKING. Talk to me like that." Tommy mouthed, half spitting with venemous rage.
Brittany turned back to shoot Ty a glance, her face inquisitive. Almost challenging him to do something.
"Tommy..." Ty whispered. "Leave her alone."
The tall musclebound jock suddenly stepped back and grabbed his head, swimming with strange confusion. "W-Wha...?"
Brittany took her chance. She ran from Tommy and stopped beside Ty, grabbing him and pulling him into a tight hug. "Oh my God..." She whispered. "I'm so so sorry. I'm sorry."
"Uh..." Ty blinked, squished into her warm ample chest. "It's okay?"
When she released him she held her soft hands on Ty's shoulders and her eyes turned pleading. Begging. "Help me." She said simply. "Please."
Ty turned back to Tommy, and all of his hatred raised up in his gut. He had saw what Tommy had done to poor Brittany. Felt her pain, fear, and helplessness. He was going to make sure he would never hurt another girl ever again.
Tommy staggered, as if drunk, and finally began to approach the two of them. "Brittany!" He screamed. "You better run! Cause if I catch you there'll be hell to pay, bitch! Nobody says no to me! Nobody disrespects me!"
"Do it." Brittany said in a wavering voice. "Make him go away. Please."
Ty gulped, the jock bearing down on them, and closed his eyes. Dustin, Tommy, his step dad. All of them shared one thing in common: the ability to cause pain to others. If only they could know that same pain. "Jackass." He whispered gently, concentrating.
Tommy staggered again, grunted, and suddenly his eyes went wide as if he might throw up. Brittany trembled behind Ty, watching in horror, as her abusive boyfriend suddenly began to change. It happened so fast there was barely any time for Tommy to register what was happening to him. One moment he was standing grabbing his stomach. The next he felt a burning searing pain ripping through him. He feet began to ache and he looked down to see a large black hoof tear through his overpriced sneakers. This was nothing as a thick gray coat of fur grew around his flesh. He screamed just in time for his tail to snap out above his ass. He tried to run but fell onto all fours crying out in pain as his hands hardened and changed. He tried to stand and succeeded for only a few seconds as his clothes began tearing away around his growing beastial body. He stared at Brittany and Ty with uncomprehending stupidity as a muzzle inflated in front of his eyes, and as he fell back onto all fours, the human being known as Tommy Stamper ceased to exist.
Brittany and Ty exchanged a look of shock, then looked back to see the donkey in tattered sports clothes running into the middle of the street braying in panic. The animal paced the other side of the street and broke into a run as confused patrons of a coffee shop bunched at the door to gawk at the bizarre sight.
"Is... is he still in there?" Brittany asked weakly.
"No." Ty whispered. "He's gone all the way. I made it irreversible."
They stared for a second longer and Brittany grabbed the smaller boy's hand gently. "Let's get out of here." Down the street, sirens blared as an animal control warden's van drove up with a police car.
Brittany and Ty quickly rushed down the street. Nobody had even saw what happened.