Winning Streak

"I'll stay!" She said finally. "I wanna keep playing."

Jack nodded, accepting.

"Alright then," He said amiably. "Pick a box then."

Faced again with a decision, she hesitated longer than she should have before remembering that no matter what she chose, she was flying blind. Finally, she just pointed at one and hoped for the best.

And surprisingly...she got it. When the box swung open, a reward was there; a rewind arrow specifically. This would undo a previous change that had hit her. Her mind ran through the possibilities, but she had to know one thing first.

"If I undid the box that passed things along to my family, would it undo the changes to them?"

But her heart sank as Jack shook his head.

"The changes would no longer forward to them, but as far as what we've done to them?" He shrugged. "That ship has sailed, I'm afraid."

"I see...In that case...I just wanna think right again."

"So you want to undo the Meekness change?" He asked. "Understand that this will only alter you, not your family."

She nodded.

"Very well," Jack said, a bit annoyed.

The dizziness washed over her again_. _The nerves and intimidation she'd felt faded, along with the crushing pressure that her next decision had put her under. Her old confident and energy came roaring back to life.

She was no longer scared. Just suddenly, complete, fiercely _pissed. _Pissed about her children and husband, at the glee Jack had taken in humiliating her, and above all, at the way they'd toyed with her mind.

"You unbelievable monster," She said, balling her fists as her head cleared. "Is that what this is? You think that people are just playthings for you?"

"Becky, come now..." Jack said with condescending amusement, "You knew what this show was? Did you think it was any different for the people you watched on it?"

"Besides," He added. "You can walk away at any time. To whit...would you like to continue? As a reminder, the game goes on until you either win all your rewards, all of your punishments, or you drop out."

She took her anger and let it crystalize, honing it in on one, simple directive.

"You're damn right, I'm gonna continue," She said. "And when I open that wish case, I'm going to use it to undo everything you've done to my family. I'm not just going to play your game, I'm going to win it!"

Jack flashed the grin of a predator, and one that took particular delight in playing with its food at that.

"I would love to see you try. You know that if you lose, they're going to be stuck with everything we've pushed on them, right?"

"Well they will be if I quit, too. So it's all or nothing time."

"Very well. It looks like we have a high roller in the house," Jack quipped. "Becky, the board is yours."

And when her next case opened, it was a $1,000,000 prize that greeted her. Then the $10,000 on her next selection. They were paltry sums next to the billion dollars she'd already secured for herself, but what mattered was that each brought her closer to winning. She watched, with no small measure of satisfaction, the glee in Jack's expression faded, leaving only malice in its place.

"Well...quite the little streak you've built up, isn't it?"

"It sure is, Jack!" Becky said, her smile unconstrained. She decided to twist the knife. "And if my count is correct, I've only got 5 more rewards on the board to 8 punishments. You know, the tennis player in me says that's getting pretty close to advantage."

The momentum was on her side, and everyone in the crowd could feel it.

"It also means that you have more land mines on the board than rewards," Jack noted, having now composed himself. "Pick again. We'll see if your luck continues."

It did not, in fact. As her next box opened, it revealed a punishment; a thermometer that represented changes in sexuality.

1. Free for All - The Free Use change! Becky can be used by anyone and everyone, whenever and however they feel like it, with no consequences and even without interrupting what she's doing.

2. Girls, Girls, Girls - Short girls? Tall girls? Boyish girls? Girly Girls? It won't matter to Becky; she's about to find herself attracted to nearly every woman she sees.

3. Any Way You Want It - Becky's sexuality, kinks and even immediate desires will change to suit whatever her partner wants.

4. My Way - Becky gains a fetish for pushing and bossing others around.

5. In the Right Place - Is it a punishment if you enjoy it? Becky finds herself extremely turned on by the changes the game makes.

6. Beauty Standard - Anyone who either meets or observes Becky will want her, regardless of what they were into before.

Jack leered at her.

"As you can see, the punishments get a little more intense as we race toward one finish line or the other.

Becky tried not to think about the ways this might alter the people she loved. It was a little too disturbing to think of her own family that way, and even more so of the possibility that she might soon no longer feel that way...