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“Next time when you want to sell your fakes, make sure the file name doesn't print on the bottom” The gentleman said pointing on the cover to the C;//documents/comics/AC684cover.jpg” Kalel hung his head, the scam was perfect except for one thing. “How about $2 for the back board?” He offered. The man flipped him off and walked away.

It was hard to make an “honest” dollar anymore people just seemed much less able to fool. Kalel at 22 had dropped out of college and was currently living in the guest room of his single friend Randy's house. He paid rent, too much fucking rent, Randy didn't need it, freaking engineer. He was $50 short of his rent.

He closed up his phony comics in the tailgate of his car and decided to walk the swap meet on his own. He wasn't looking for anything in particular but he was always keen on something he could flip for a quick buck. He found his way over to a stand selling what looked like cheap costume jewelry. He eyeballed the seller to see if this was legit or just another scammer like him. The vendor a petite woman, her hair was a blue hair buzzed on one side and had on black leggings and big thick chunky black boots covered in metal. She, turned around to reveal the nose ring connected by a silver chain to her left ear, both ears covered in piercings and both eyebrows were double pierced. Her top was a purple coat that read “swap meet pro” in sequins. Underneath it read “at least this week”.

He eyed a ring made of what looked maybe polished wood with a large pinkish opal in the middle. He thought maybe if he cleaned it up he could sell the ring as pearl, that would surely get him enough money to get Randy off his back. “you girlie, what does this one cost” He said holding it up.

“Well that is an unusual design for you to pick” She said taking the ring and looking it over. “Do you see the stripe in the opal,” pointing to thin red line that was easy to overlook “this is an egg opal, it was traditionally a gift for new mothers, cause if you turn it” She moved it in the light “you can see a flaw encased inside, which kind of looks like ya know a baby in its momma, but you don't care about anything like that right Kalel?”

He was so transfixed he didn't remember that he never gave this woman his name. “h-h-how much” He said

“Well seeing as you are so drawn to this piece,” She said then in sotto voce,”that I put to lure you here” than loud again “I think maybe $95 and that is a fair bargain”

He scoffed “really chica be reasonable no one is buying you egg opal story so just sell me your cheap resin knockoff for what it is really worth”

She had him and she smiled, she held up her hands “Yep you got me, cheap resin me, made up the whole thing, tell you what since I can just whip up a new batch back home dirt cheap, you take this one for let's say $20 for the materials.” she said.

“Woman you've got yourself a deal” He said.

She put the ring in his hand after taking the $20. “You are so right and boy did you get a whopper”

He backed away from the unsettling girl, and kind of stared as he backed away to his car. Feeling off about the whole encounter he drove home. He went down to his room and sat on the beat up sofa. The room still decorated in wood paneling from the 80's had posters of various comics. The were some valuable ones in shadow boxes, but he had sold most of his collection over the years just to make ends meet.

He took out the ring and looked it over, still transfixed by it. He felt a need to put it on, not sure if the ring wanted to be worn or he wanted to wear it. Whatever it was the ring slid onto his right ring finger. The ring sprouted what looked like tiny teeth and they bit painfully into his skin. As he watch the redline moved down and looked like liquid pumping into his veins. Like pure fire, the injection entered his body. It felt like pure acid going into his system, he could see the red flowing just under his skin. It branched resembling a red inflamed spider web and it continued to move, betrayed most like by his own heart pumping the stuff through his body. The burning, acid feeling spread out over his hand and into each finger. His hand looking red and slightly mottled. It moved up his arm and into his main body quickly spread over the whole thing.

Kalel fell down to the ground his whole body in agony. He missed the red line travel off his hands and into the basement where he lived. The very room itself starting to change. The paneling seemed to melt away revealing bare walls that soon painted themselves in a yellow. His comics remained but they changed. His treasured batman issue now was a batgirl, Superman becoming wonder woman, and doctor strange becoming Zatanna.

It was at this point he heard a crack, the bones in his arms and legs broke right down to fingers. He screamed in pain only for the agony to quickly end as they seemed to refuse instantly only now they were significantly shorter. His skin seemed to hang loose like clothing meant for a bigger person. The cracking bones now moved into his core, each rib in sequence doing the breaking and reforming, each bone snapping causing a new bold on pain. He couldn't help but scream as it reached his vertebrae and pelvis.

The next sensation could best be describe and everything tightening. His skin tighten to his new frame albeit much slimmer almost twig like. His male organ simply ceased to be there leaving behind warm and fertile female replacement. The remaining fat began to move like living jello congregating in his chest and hips. It gave him a substantial pair of breasts and curvy hips that definitely don't lie. Feeling control of his body he sat up only for a waterfall of hair to fall across his face. Long and light brown it shone with the care and attention given to it by someone that needed to look their best. His face and skull were the last parts to change, his nose shrinking down and becoming cute. His face becoming heart shaped, his eyes becoming wide and large with a steely gaze. His finger tips felt cold and his nail beds seemed to bleed a royal blue nail polish as the rounded themselves into perfect manicures.

He pushed himself on to the sofa which was now clean but worn. Her pants were rapidly fusing into a black skirt that pulled itself up his legs ending mid thigh. While underneath his socks stretched and became opaque as they merged into a pair of pantyhose. His t shirt underneath the flannel shirt he was wearing shrank down into a pale beige bra with painful underwire as his flannel shirt became soft and buttoned up becoming a tasteful teal blouse. His shoes were off but out of the corner of his eye he saw them reform into a practical pair of flats. On the back of the couch next to him was a black jacket with a visitor sticker on the front lapel.

That wasn't all in the small room where his bed was, he heard a baby crying. When he got there he looked in to see his same small bed but also a bassinet where a small infant lay crying. His breast pushed out a little more, and milk began to seep. His bra completed its transformation becoming a maternity bra.

Kalel not knowing what to do picked up the baby which responded by turning to her mother's breasts. In pure panic and with shaking hands. He opened up the blouse to give the baby access. It felt like muscle memory the action, and soon the babe was suckling.

“Hey Kelly you down there?” He heard a male voice say. Dammit it was Randy he couldn't bear to see him like this.

“Just a minute” He said stunned again to hear a female voice coming from him. Before he could say more though he felt the presence of his landlord in the room.

“Oh Kelly sorry didn't know you were feeding little Alison I can come back later, I just wanted to see how the interview went?” Randy said. Kalel must have had a strange look on his face, “ya know the on I set up for you at my company, the one for the office assistant, the one you begged me to set up”

“Oh I haven't heard anything” Kalel lied, but he figured it was easier than the truth. Yeah sorry I don't know see I was a dude until 5 minutes ago,didn't sound like something a sane woman would say.

“Well you deserve it look I know how hard you worked at that coffee shop but I'm sure you would like benefits and better pay for you and the little one” Randy asked.

The smell of coffee seemed to emanate into the room, no doubt from the green uniform that just seemed to pop into existence on the door. “Well I'm upstairs if you need me, ya know for anything “ he winked and left the basement.

Kalel thought he looked cute but shook it off he wasn't gay despite the body he was currently in. He needed to go back to that swap meet, find that conniving little blue haired bitch and get back to her true body. Kalel didn't even notice that in her head she had started using female pronouns for herself.

Kalel ran into her bedroom and found a pair of jeans and a faded old wonder woman sweatshirt and changed into them and a pair of pink sneakers she found. She headed outside looking for her truck only to find a blue Toyota Yaris sitting in its place. She strapped the baby into her car seat, got into the car, which was well used but spotless. She drove back to the swap meet only to find it had closed for the day. It was not going to be open again until the following weekend so she was stuck for at least a whole week.

She left dejected but decided to stop for a cheap dinner at a McDonald's, she went inside with the baby and ordered a value meal. She noticed the guy behind her checking her out and decided to try something. She took off the sweatshirt revealing just a sweaty tank top underneath. She turned feeling a flirty urge well up. “Mister I forgot my purse back home and I'm just sooooo hungry, can you maybe I don't know help me out?” The guy nodded nervously and handed the cashier his card. “Thank you so much sir, you helped this little momma out a lot” She cooed and took her food over to the table.

The whole experience was intoxicating, she would never have thought of doing that even ten minutes prior. Here she was though with a free meal and it wasn't even that hard. She loved this feeling of power and just raw sexual energy. Kelly decided maybe this life could work to her advantage after all. After all, it was really just another scam, and those she knew.