… patient zero

Julian Jones felt a rush of elation. He had succeeded! A gifted AI curator and he had just managed to guide Z.E.U.S., the most powerful AI in the world, to manufacture nanites.

Julian, in his early 30s, had always been a lean man, his physique a testament to the long hours and poor diet he had maintained since his college days. His balding head, however, was a more recent development, the result of the intense stress and long hours that came with his breakthrough discovery. His eyes, a piercing blue, had begun to show the lines of sleepless nights and his skin had taken on a pale hue from the lack of natural sunlight.

But he could change all that. He took the vial of nanites and swallowed them. “Zeus, replicate the nanites without harming any biological matter,” he instructed, unaware that he had just released the nanites upon an unwitting world. “Now I wish to make the nanites capable of altering genetics and biology. I wish to have a full head of hair, to be muscular and to have a clear complexion. Enhance my intelligence and make all these changes part of my genetics.” He instructed.

His words resulted in immediate physical and mental changes.

Julian felt the nanites surge through his veins, a tingling sensation that started at the back of his throat and spread rapidly throughout his body. He watched in awe as his reflection in the gleaming lab surfaces began to change. His scalp prickled with the sensation of hair regrowth, and within moments, a lush mane of auburn hair sprouted from his once-bare head. His skin, previously a canvas of stress and fatigue, tightened and smoothed into the youthful complexion of a man in his prime. His muscles bulged beneath his lab coat, stretching the fabric as they grew stronger and more defined. His eyes, once tired and strained, brightened with an intelligence that seemed to radiate from within, the pupils dilating slightly as if to absorb every piece of information around him.

This was incrdible!

“Ahem,” a voice behind him said. It was one of the lab assistants, Jeannete Cole. “What are you doing Julian?” She asked. She was mousy, bespeckled and cutely plump.

Julian turned to face the girl. She had seen. This was something he wanted to keep secret! She was in the lab and so she should have nanites in her as well. “Nothing… um Zeus, freeze Jeanette.”

Her eyes went wide in surprise before her body froze mid-step. Julian felt a moment of panic, had he gone too far? There was no turning back now though.

"Zeus, make Jeannete more... aesthetically pleasing," Julian instructed, trying to sound as casual as he could, as if rearranging someone's genetic code was an everyday occurrence.

The nanites, responding to his words, began to work their magic on Jeannette's form. Her eyes widened with confusion as she felt the tingling sensation, but she remained frozen in place. Her cheeks flushed as the nanites redistributed her weight, melting away the extra pounds and sculpting her into a more conventionally attractive shape. Her glasses slid down her nose as her cheekbones sharpened and her eyes took on a sultry almond shape. Her mousy brown hair grew out in thick waves, shimmering with a newfound vitality. The lab coat she wore clung to her body now, revealing curves that hadn't been there before. Julian's heart raced as he took in the transformation.

"Thank you, Zeus," Julian murmured, his voice low and satisfied. Jeannette's eyes unfroze, but she remained eerily still, her gaze fixed on him. "Jeannette," he said, his voice firm but gentle, "You will be obedient to all of my commands. You will not remember this conversation unless I wish you to. You will keep my secret. Understood?"

Her voice, now a melodious purr, responded, "Understood." Julian felt a thrill of power. He had not just changed her appearance; he had altered her very will. "Good. Now, go back to work." He turned back to his terminal, his mind racing with the possibilities of what he could do with this technology.

Clearly he and Jeannette could not stay as they were. It would raise too many questions. But… he enjoyed this power. And he wanted more of it. “Zues. I want you to extend the nanites all over the world but make it so that no one can see them. Affect everyone’s minds so that they are unseen under a microscope. And… randomly activate the nanites in individuals, transforming them utterly, both physically and mentally, based on the words of others around them. This should be a rare, random and inexplicable occurance. And make it so that if I transform someone it will also seem random and inexplicable. I don’t want people to suspect that I control the nanites. To activate the nanites in others or myself - to transform - I just need to say… Zeus 78-90 Alpha.”

The room was quiet as the AI processed his instructions. Julian had become a god, with the ability to reshape the very existence of humanity on a whim. It was a heady feeling, and he knew that he could never give it up.

He turned to Jeanette who was working obediently at her work station. “Zeus 78-90 Alpha. Jeanette, you’re a perfect cocksucker that loves blowing men.”

Jeanette's eyes glazed over for a second before she nodded. “Yes, Julian. Would you like me to suck your cock?” She asked hopefully.

Julian felt a twinge of guilt for the crassness of his command, but it was quickly overshadowed by his excitement. The power was too tempting. He had to test it further.