“Now where to find my old body?” he asked himself, not knowing what street he was on.
“You looking for a body?” slurred a lustful, drunken voice from behind.
Tim whirled around and came to face to face with a tall, broad-shouldered, muscular young man weaving about
unsteadily and licking his lips.
“I got a body for you baby,” said the man hungrily. “C'mere, I got exactly what you need.”
“Eww, get away from me!” said Tim, with genuine disgust.
The drunk man lunged at Tim, snaking one arm around his waist while another tried to grope Tim's breasts.
“I said get away from me!” Tim shrieked.
He thought of screaming for help, but didn't want the embarrassment of being “rescued” by someone. Tim had
spent most of his life reading comic books, after all. He always envisioned himself as the hero – not the
damsel in distress. But in his current body, he was a lot shorter and smaller than this drunken brute. What
could he do?
“Gimme a kiss!” said the man, pushing his scratchy unshaven face up against Tim's cheek.
Tim started to see red. He had survived magical spells and death itself, he was so close to regaining his life
and his body, and he wasn't going to be stopped now by some intoxicated would-be Lothario. Tim felt his blood
began to boil with rage. The pulse of his heart quickened. And a dim, red light began glowing behind his eyes.
“Get away from me,” he quietly hissed.
The drunk completely missed the deadly warning lurking in Tim's soft tone of voice.
Suddenly a bolt of fiery, red energy burst forth from Tim's eyes enveloping the drunk man, who found himself
suddenly flung across the alley with a vicious ferocity.
“Oh, that felt good,” purred Tim.
“Wh- What the fuck are you... you bitch!” said the man, desperately trying to catch his breath.
“None of your business,” answered Tim with a quiet smile.
Again, with no warning an explosion of angry, crimson energy arced outward from Tim's eyes and surrounded the
man. He tried to scream, but discovered no sound came from his lips. Wordlessly, he looked down at himself in
terror and saw his body begin to change shape...