This Is Me Now

She knew something was wrong from the moment she woke up. She didn't know where she was or how she got there, and she was having a hard time thinking clearly. The truth is she was thinking as clearly as she ever would again, but she didn't realize that yet. It was dark when she woke up, and she found herself on a hospital bed, naked. She could see a crack of light under a door, and she could hear men's voices.

"All the other girls are on the truck and out. We just missed this one because she was on her way back from programming when the evac order came."

"Where's she at in the processing?" another voice asked. She didn't understand what they were talking about (did they mean her?), but she kept listening to see if it made more sense.

"Physical changes are complete: breast enlargement, lip plumping, hair color, permanent body hair removal and tanning, clothing block, pheromone production. Mental changes are in progress: IQ lowered, will weakened but not broken, sex drive increased, bisexuality installed."

Her slowed-down brain was now racing. What did all that mean, she asked herself. She'd only caught some of what they said, but whatever was going on, she was pretty sure she needed to get out of there.

"She'll be fine in there for now. We'll deal with her later. We should still have two hours before they find us. Go make sure the files are destroyed." And then she could hear both men moving away from the door.

She stood up out of the bed, the floor cold against her bare feet. She felt weirdly clumsy, and her chest felt heavy, putting her off balance. She patted the wall by the door until she found a light switch, and turned it on. The room was bare and concrete, just the small bed and a mirror on the wall. She moved toward the mirror to see if she could tell why she felt so funny.

And then she saw herself.

It was her! All that stuff the men were talking about, they'd done it to her! Her breasts were way bigger than normal. They didn't look fake like implants, but they were huge compared to before. Her hair was blonde and her lips were fuller than they'd ever been. Her skin was deeply tanned and her whole body was smooth and hairless. She stared at herself for a long time. How could this be her? And what was the other stuff the man had said? Mental changes? IQ lowered? Was that why it was so hard to think?

All at once, outside the room she heard shouting, and then there were gunshots! There was even a sound that might have been a bomb going off. She turned the light back off and hid under the bed.