Zinthrop's

Janice walked into Zinthrop's building, seeing a much younger cat sitting on the reception desk, could only be slightly older than a kitten.

'Kitty, kitty.' Janice said as she walked over and picks up the cat, examining him, 'Can't be.' The cat meowed and tried to wiggle free from being held.

'Does my research begin to make sense to you now?' Zinthrop asked, from the doorway to the lab.

'Yeah.' Janice replied, patting the cat, Zinthrop smiled.

'Follow me.' Zinthrop said, walking back into the lab, Janice placed the cat back on the desk and followed behind the doctor. Janice sat on the edge of one of the tables, as Zinthrop grabbed a beaker of his formula.

'You understand that I've never tested this on human beings?' Zinthrop asked.

'You'll test it on me, and I'd like to get started today.' Janice replied, determination in her voice.

'No-ho-ho-ho, that's too dangerous.' Zinthrop stated seriously, 'This hormone has properties similar to psychoactive ****. It can induce paranoia, mood swings, even alter libidos.'

'I understand your ****, but I've done some research on my own.' Janice stated, she sighed and stood up, walking around the table, 'I've learned that you were a doctor of internal medicine, before switching to Eastern medicine, and that one of your cancer patients died when you treated them with the highly controversial nemesis vaccine. And then you were expelled from the American Medical Association.'

'And why are you so anxious to be the guinea pig for this new hormone?' Zinthrop asked.

'I also know about the other 7 patients that received the vaccine from you, all of them alive today without a trace of cancer.' Janice said smiling and walking over to Zinthrop, 'You see Dr. Zinthrop, I too intend to beat the odds.'

'Okay, fine.' Zinthrop said and gestured to a bench with a leather cushion, 'lay down here.' Janice lay down and Zinthrop walked away to prepare the dose. Soon, he returned with a syringe with the same yellow liquid in it.

'I'm only willing to give you small doses of the hormone.' Zinthrop explained, 'Everybody's metabolism is different. You may see results in a couple of weeks, maybe even days.' Janice was a little disappointed to hear that, but rolled up her sleeve.

'You're the doctor.' Janice stated, smiling. Then Zinthrop injected her with the serum and she grimaced with pain.

'There.' Zinthrop said, removing the needle, 'Come back everyday so I can observe the changes.'

'Thank you.' Janice said, sitting up, 'See you tomorrow.' Janice got up.

'See you then.' Zinthrop said, as Janice left.