Henry walked into the living room and saw Jack sitting on the couch. Rather than his usual lazing
position, he was on the edge of his seat with his jaw open, staring intently at the TV.
He finally took notice of Henry and motioned him over frantically. Henry sat on the couch, now burning
to know what all the commotion is about.
Henry saw a female reporter, who looked to be in about her mid to late 30's and of Asian descent.
Behind her, it was like hell had broken loose, people were scrambling and dashing about in the background,
looking awfully desperate to escape something. The camera was not focused on the chaos behind her so it was
very difficult for Henry to see the details, but he swore he saw several round, metallic objects hovering
above the crowds of people. They appeared to be firing bright-green lasers at anyone and everything. The
camera focused on the large crowd behind the reporter. The lasers made contact with several people in the
crowd; large clouds of smoke burst forth from their hunched over forms and something didn't seem right about
the shapes of these people as the smoked began to clear. Unfortunately, Henry was unable to see just what the
problem was because the camera shakily shifted its focus to the reporter once more.
"Aerie Tomokono here! The city of Nohaven is under attack by what seem to be hundreds of strange,
robotic, flying objects! There seems to be no reason behind these brutal attacks and we are still unsure of
what this things are or why they are here!"
There was a scream and the camera panned out to a grassy field in order to focus on the source of the
screaming. What the camera was documenting was horrifying. The distressing wail was coming from a 40-
something, out of shape woman dressed in a casual business suit. As she was sprinting away from one of the
metallic terrors, she tripped on her own heels and the robot managed to line up a perfect shot on the woman.
She was suddenly covered in a shroud of smoke.
Thanks to the incredible detail of the camera, Henry was able to make out a perfect silhouette of the
woman. Her body pulsed and writhed, clearly growing larger, her heels suddenly shot out of the cloud, tattered
and ruined. Things bulged where they shouldn't have bulged and her body, by now, was clearly not that of a
slightly pudgy woman. The smoke cleared and the “woman” emerged, shuddering as her body widened one last time,
completing its change. What emerged from the smoke was not a woman at all but a clown, and male one at that!
It was the cliched white-face type, with a rainbow colored afro, shining, red nose as well as various clothing
and accessories that were typical of a clown. The lumbering clown fell and quickly turned the fall into an
over exaggerated yet acrobatic tumble. The clown came out of its tumble, continuing its run across the field,
its movements greatly exaggerated and humorous, as he pulled off a poor attempt at being terrified by his
surroundings. Even its "cries" of terror sounded unbelievable, like he was performing for a child's birthday
party.
"As you just witnessed, these things are changing people! There does not seem to be an exact pattern
as to what they're being changed into. However, two patterns are clearly visible: the affected people always
change gender, and they seem to transform into stereotypical forms of races, professions, or lifestyles! No
solid evidence has been discovered, but these changes may also affect the mind of the people changed.
Fortunately the robots seem to keep away from anyone under the age of 18 but..."
The reporter stopped when she heard a high pitched whine behind her. She turned to see one of the very
same robots she was just speaking of. The robot did not hesitate when it fired a laser directly into her
abdomen, which quickly swelled to a great size. Her light skinned, Asian complexion darkened into something
more suiting of a black skinned individual. Her small frame, throbbed and expanded steadily, her shoulders
bursting through her formal coat, broadening to an extreme size. Her womanly figure was consumed by large
amounts of extra muscle and fat, her breasts sinking into her widening chest. Her now massive body burst
through her clothes, leaving her in nothing but a headdress and loincloth, which began to twitch and tent with
the growth of male genitals. The final changes took place as strange bone piercings appeared out of thin air.
The form that had emerged was clearly that of an African tribesman, who held some sort of position of power.
His primitive dress and large belly were clear signs of this, and his meager loincloth did little to conceal
his large endowments. After coughing out the remaining smoke, he assumed a regal demeanor different from the
Asian reporter's neutral one, and lifted one end of a bone club that replaced the microphone to his mouth.
When he spoke, an incomprehensible series of clicks and whistles came out. A few seconds of this and a
look of realization appeared across his face. He tried speaking again, looking conflicted with what came out
and his attempts to sound out his words were all but futile. Eventually the effort managed to yield something:
"Ck-k...kh..khalp...kmk...me."
Suddenly an earsplitting *boom* was heard. The camera swiveled toward the sound, looking for the
source of the noise. Out from behind one of the buildings came an old man riding in a vehicle equivalent to
that of a Segway, he had replaced the wheels with some peculiar looking hovering devices. He was wearing a
scientist's lab coat that just managed to cover his feet and long, black gloves adorned his forearms. He had
black goggles and eccentric white hair to complete the look.
"Ahahahahhahahahahhah! You all made fun of me for being different! You never look at my accomplishments, my
masterpieces! Now... Now my work shall come to you and the whole world will see the fruits of my labor!
Ahahahahahhaha!"
Well he had the evil scientist laugh down at least. One of the hovering robots appeared in front of
the camera and the feed was cut.
"Henry! What do we do?! I don't think we can run from those things! We're screwed man, we're screwed!"