Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Sudden Changes

by Carlos Palanca

It was another day for Dr. Dylan Pines, the school phycologist. He is the part-time guidance counselor for East Central High School. He would usually sit on his comfy chair, dealing with students who need serious attitude adjustments. The school usually calls him in whenever there are extreme and somewhat juvenile cases that needed to be taken care off immediately

It was about 2:30 in the afternoon. The day was almost done until his friend, Mr. Jacob Stone, who happens to be a teacher in the institution, entered his office while forcefully getting a student to go inside.

“Get in here, you!” ordered Mr. Stone.

“Whoa! Jacob! Mr. Stone! Is that a way to treat a student?” said Dylan.

“To this kind of student, I think yes!” He exclaimed. “Now, sit here you little troublemaker!” he ordered as he forcefully let the student sit on one of the two chairs on the other side of Dylan’s desk. “Alright Alex! I think you know Mr. Pines.”

“Sup!” said Alex.

Dylan only showed a fake smile to the student as he forced himself to stay in a positive manner. “Okay. So, Alex. I want you to sit right here for a few minutes while I talk to Mr. Stone outside. Okay?”



“Sure. Whatever.” Said Alex in a disrespectful tone.

“Great!” As Dylan and Jacob were leaving the room, he said to Alex. “Don’t bother sneaking out through the window! I already did something to prevent students from sneaking out.” Dylan closed the door and turned his attention to Jacob. “Seriously? Dragging a student into my office?”

“I had to! Principal Rose told me so and Coach Simmons is already helping out with the other jocks who got beat up by this kid.”

“Okay. So what happened? Fill me up on the short details.”

“From what I had experienced and from what I heard, he was acting differently lately. He wasn’t like this before. It was all just a weird thing to happen until he was found smoking in the restroom last week and now, beating up his best friend using Mrs. Crown’s cane.”

“Beating up his own best friend? With a temporarily handicapped woman’s cane? Hmmph.” Dylan took a moment to think. “Okay. It may take a while to deal with him but I’ll see what I could do. Please tell that to Principal Rose and the other faculty too.”

“Thanks man!”

Dylan went back into his office. He searched his file cabinet for Alex’s profile. “Alex. Alex Preston?”


“Yup!” replied Alex with a bit of sarcasm and a popping sound in the end. Dylan took his folder of records and sat in his chair. He made himself look like he is in a listening and caring mood. “So, Alex. From your profile and some of your teachers, you were quite the good student.”

“Yes, I still am.”

“Good grades, a member of the basketball team, and good character was your description.” Explained Dylan. Alex didn’t say anything. “It has come to our attention that you had a sudden change in behavior. Smoking inside the campus, being disrespectful to some of the faculty members, and beating up your best friend ---”

“So, what’s your point?” said Alex as he disrespectfully interrupted.

 “My point is that the school will not tolerate this behavior and it is my job to deal with these situations.”

“Look, Doc. You could say as much as you want and do whatever thing you guidance counselors or in your case a psychiatrists normally do but you won’t get anything from me! It’s almost 4 pm and I need to go, so if you won’t mind, I’ll be showing myself to the door.” He was about to stand up but Dylan forced Alex to stay on his seat. That was last straw that Dylan could take. “Dude! What’s your problem?”

“Nothing in particular.” Said Dylan.

“Then why won’t you let me leave?”

“You see Alex, I have a very special way in dealing with guys like you and I intend to use it!” He lowers himself until his face is beside Alex’s left ear. There he recited a magic word (Astm). Then, he said to Alex, “You would comply with everything I need from you. Got that?” Alex just nodded his head. “Good. You will leave this room acting like your old self then meet me at this address in one hour.” He handed him this piece of paper containing that address. Alex took it and left. Dylan followed after his shift.

It was 4:30 in the afternoon where they met in Dylan’s house. Dylan invited Alex to go inside. He led him into the basement which looks like a TV room. Dylan closed the door and turned his attention to Alex. He took out his keys and his cellphone and placed them on a side table. He went behind Alex who was looking around, amazed by the new environment. “Hold still Alex!” Ordered Dylan. “You may feel a sudden pinch.” Alex complied. Dylan positioned his hands like how a diver usually does when he/she is about to jump into the pool. He marched towards Alex’s back and like a ghost, his hands went through Alex’s back. Alex felt tingly and whimpered. As Dylan pushed himself more and more into Alex’s body, Alex began to moan and groan in pain. Soon, Dylan was now inside of Alex, filling every space he could occupy to gain full control of Alex’s body. The “New” Alex stretch his new and borrowed body. Dylan said, using Alex’s voice, “Sorry Alex. I had to do this to find out what’s going on with you lately.”

He sat into the sofa and closed his eyes. He firmly gripped the armrest as he searched through Alex’s memories. From what Dylan first saw, Alex had a great family and social life. There were no issues going with his family. He has a loving girlfriend and reliable circle of friends. As he went deeper into Alex’s memories, he saw a scene where he felt like he was getting insecure lately as he felt that he was getting distant from his friends since he thinks that they didn’t felt like hanging out with him as much as they used too ever since he met these two guys from another school. But the truth is, Alex only got to spend time with them because they were blackmailing him after a terrible encounter with them. That was when he was somehow pressured to do bad things like punching his best friend. He searched Alex’s memories to know more about this two new friends of his. They were Lance Valentine and Cole Whitmore. That was when he saw those two pressuring Alex to smoke cigarettes and weed, shoplift and vandalism. They were the type of kids that could lead Dylan towards rock bottom which included jail!
As Dylan opened his eyes, Alex’s phone vibrated. He received a text. It was from Cole. He wanted Dylan (or should I say Alex) to go and meet with them at their usual meeting place. Dylan saw this as an opportunity to save Alex from ruining his life. He went out, locked his door and got into Alex’s car where he used it to drive to the site. There he met Lance.


“About time you got here!” said Lance.

“Sorry, I got side tracked.” Said Dylan.

“Save your excuses!” Exclaimed Lance. “Just hurry up! We got things to do. Cole’s waiting inside” He led Dylan into the building. They passed five doors on the left and three doors on the right, then they stopped in front of a metal door. Lance opened it. There, Dylan sees Cole and a girl sitting in the corner. She was wearing a light green dress that is covered by dirt and stained by a few drops of blood. Her hair was all messed up. She looked like she was kidnapped and shaken-up by the two guys. This made Dylan’s heart pump faster, making him nervous and scared at the same time.


“Look who finally decided to show up!” said Cole. Dylan didn’t answer and continued to look uneasy and worried and kept his attention on the girl.

“Hey there sunshine!” greeted Lance.

“What the heck? What is all this? Who is this girl? What did you guys do to her?” asked Dylan with concern and anger in his tone.

“Please! Just let me go! Please!” pleaded the girl. She was panicking, crying and begging.

“No can do! We sort of need you for our friend here.” Said Cole as he patted Dylan on his right shoulder.

“ME? Why? What will you... I mean I will do to her?” said Dylan.

“Your test!” replied Cole

“Test? What for?”

“Your freedom bro!” said Lance. “Listen, just do what we want you to do and we’ll let you off the hook.”

“Meaning the blackmailing ends.” Said Cole.

At first, Dylan cannot reply since he is still doubtful about this and so does the “Alex persona” that surrounds his mind. “How can I guarantee that you guys are not going to screw me over once this so-called test of yours is done? I mean come on! You already screwed my friends over through me!”

“Fine! You want proof? Here.” Said Cole as he tosses a flash drive which Dylan catches. “That thing contains the pictures we used to blackmail you. It’s yours.”

Dylan could still feel that they are still lying as he saw that small grin on Lance’s face. “Okay fine! I’ll do it.”
“That’s the spirit! Now, make out with her!” said Lance as he chuckles. The poor girl just screamed and begged and cried.
Dylan approached her and tells her to relax and to trust him. He then notices the two guys grinning and watching him. “A little privacy please!”

“Okay! Fine! Your majesty!” the two bullies laughed as they turned around.

Dylan went closer to the girl’s ear and whispered an enchantment similar to what he used on Alex but will only last until the victim does a certain action. “Okay. When I tell you to run, I want you to run straight through that door and don’t look back. Once you get away from here, you fix yourself up and forget everything that has happened here. You got that?” The girl nodded. “Good. On the count of three. One. Two. Three! Run!” She ran out that door as fast as she could. Cole and Lance were shocked at what they saw.

“You deal with him while I get the girl!” Cole said to Lance. Cole rushed outside to get the girl back as Lance tried to pin Dylan down to the floor. As Cole left, only Dylan and Lance were inside the premises. Lance got Dylan trapped in a tight bear hug. When Lance’s ear was close enough, Dylan said “Astm!” Lance stopped what he was doing and released Dylan.

Dylan tried to ease the pain. He turned around to face Lance “Who do you work for?”

“From now on, you of course!”

“Good! Now, stand back.” Said Dylan. Lance backed away as Dylan gets out of Alex’s body. Alex’s body went limp and was caught by Lance. “Just put him on the floor. He will wake up in a little while.” Lance complied. “Okay. Your turn big guy!” Lance smiled and lifted his tank-top over his head. Then, Dylan pushed himself into Lance’s body and gained full control. He put the tank top back on and flexed his new and bigger body. He liked the way of feeling that big and powerful. Suddenly, Cole arrived looking exhausted and angry. Dylan didn’t see the girl with him.

“Where’s the girl?” asked Dylan using Lance’s baritone voice.

“Gone. She must have found her car and drove off.” Cole sits on the floor.

“Did you memorize her license plate, dude? You could have got to your truck and searched for her.”

“I’m not the one who memorized it moron! You did and I can’t get to my car fast enough! Hers was only on the side of the building. Mine was in the third floor of the parking building.” Said Cole as he inhales and exhales heavily. As Dylan looks at ‘HIS’ friend, all of Lance’s jealousy overpowers him. From Lance’s memories, he was always jealous of how Cole got the girl he had a crush on, how rich Cole is and how Cole is better than him in so many ways. Cole looks at Alex. Alex moans. “Come on bro. Help me get up so we could deal with this idiot.” Dylan helps Cole get up. As Cole stood up, Dylan put him in a tight bear hug. “What the heck man? Agh! What are you doing?”

“Something I should have done a long time ago.” It turns out, Dylan accidentally let Lance’s jealousy overshadow him. Then, he said, “Atsm!” Dylan squeezed harder until he fully disappeared in Cole’s body. Cole’s body jerked forward and looks swollen, trying to contain the combined mass of Lance and Dylan inside. Dylan, or the “New” Cole breaths heavily. “Crap!” he said using Cole’s voice. He stands up properly and tries to relax Cole’s body to stop the swelling. He observed how Cole’s muscles became firmer.

Alex got up, confused. “Cole? Where’s everyone? What happened?”

“Relax man! It’s only me. I took care of them.”

“Mr. Pines? Boss? Is that you in there?”

“Yup. So is Lance’s body.”

“That’s awesome yet pretty messed-up!”

“Yeah! I know.” They both laughed. “Listen. Your case has been taken cared off. I’ll get rid of those pictures and these guys won’t bother you again. I’ll deal with them later.”

“Thanks. Do you need anything else? Are there things you still want to do with me, master?”

“No. Just go home. Keep yourself back on track like you used to before you met these guys.”

“Okay. I will!” said Alex. With that. Alex went home.

Dylan took out Cole’s phone and called his actual girlfriend. “Hey Babe!”

“Dylan is that you? Are you inside somebody right now?”

“Yeah! Two actually! Ha ha! Listen, I was wondering if we could get together tonight? Maybe at your place? These two dudes are super horny and I don’t know how to deal with them.”

“Sure! I could help you with that dilemma!” she said in a sexy tone.

“Thanks babe! See you in a couple of minutes. Love you!” said Dylan. She hung up and so did he. With that, Dylan left the premises and headed to his girlfriend’s house.

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