The alien device had been taken to a classified government facility. It was sealed in a room, surrounded by an array of testing instruments and technicians. In the years since the incident, a handful of people involved had developed similar symptoms as Erica and her mother.
One technician grew a third testicle and experienced an increased libido. A woman who worked in a separate part of the facility developed three additional nipples, though none were followed by an expansion of breast tissue. Another worker simply reported feeling more sensitive after prolonged exposure. One of the men, who had helped contain the pod during the recovery mission, had grown sensitive protrusions around the head of his penis. Some time later, his wife began to change as well.
She had never come into contact with the object so they could only assume that exposure to her husband triggered it. A third nipple appeared in the center of her chest and fatty tissue bulged outward soon after. While it proved to be benign and even a bit pleasurable; she opted to have it surgically removed. Surgeons expected a scar but the area was completely healed in less than a week.
The most significant changes they observed were back in Erica’s home town, mostly in the children born around the time of the impact...