Out of phase

When astronomers discovered the object, there was panic. It appeared to be a minute black hole in the sky that was capable of moving, and it appeared to be moving at a rapid rate in the direction of Earth! As time passed, and the trajectory was more closely pinpointed, they downgraded the panic to "near miss." Still, even with the possibility of the object passing a few light years away from the solar system, scientists warned there could be some strange consequences on our planet.

And strange things did happen when the object was at its closest.

Jim was walking outside when he suddenly saw what appeared to be his own body walking ahead of his. There was another copy of him a few feet back as well. Soon enough there were thousands of him walking in a line, and he felt like he occupied each of those bodies at the same time. Then the bodies changed, it was thousands of different people, and he once again occupied them all simultaneously. Just as he thought his mind could no longer handle it, the number of bodies condensed back to three -- but not three of his body. They were three copies of one of the other people on the line, a young blond woman in a leather jacket.

He still felt in control of all three bodies. The only difference was timing. One would do an action first, followed by another a little later, and the third would then repeat the action at an equal interval. It was confusing to wrap his minds around. He was longer concerned about getting back to his own male body; now, he was just concerned to getting back to a singular body!

Portal

Everyone at the laundromat was puzzled when a fairly attractive woman wearing a sheer skirt and high heels walked in, opened a dryer, and attempted to fit inside. The woman seemed puzzled by the mere fact that she didn't fit inside. Of course, an hour ago, she hadn't been a woman. She had been a man named Jack. He was just minding his business when a strange portal appeared. Out of curiosity, he entered. The portal led to this dryer in this laundromat in this alternate universe. As soon as Jack entered the portal as himself in his own universe, he exited the portal as this woman in this one. He had walked around outside for a little while before deciding he wanted to get back. What he didn't realize was the portal never stayed in one spot for very long, and it had moved on from the laundromat a while ago. Unless he could find it again, he'd be stuck in this new body and in this new universe.

Obey

Just a few hours ago, Andy had slipped a small microchip into one of Danielle's favorite hats, which so ironically read "OBEY" across the front. He waited by a large machine back at his house until a light indicated she was wearing the hat. Then he strapped himself in, and soon his consciousness was wirelessly transmitted across town. He was now in complete control of Danielle's body. He couldn't believe how sexy she was -- how sexy he was until he took off the hat. That was, of course, the one limitation. Once he took off the hat, his joyride in Danielle's body would be over. He began to postulate alternate places for the microchip. Maybe in a barrette or a necklace. Or perhaps somehow attached to her glasses. If he developed such a device while still wearing the hat, he might never have to leave Danielle's body. He couldn't be truly sexy wearing a baseball cap, right? He needed to work this out now!

Warping

Jacob had spent the last few months developing a rather interesting invention. It was a device that could warp reality itself. After an experiment in the morning, he spent almost the entire rest of the day getting reality back to normal. He had only just finished up as his girlfriend arrived. He knew he shouldn't have left the device on the counter. Sure enough, she picked it up and reached for a button.

He tried to stop her by screaming, "No, don't touch -- "

But it was too late. She had pressed the button and warped reality. Jacob looked over at his girlfriend; she had turned herself into a man. Meanwhile, the same warping had turned Jacob into a woman. He knew he could fix it; it was just going to take a while.

Rewritten

Dr. Ronson looked at the screens; he still couldn't believe what he had just accomplished. Of course, he didn't need to examine the evidence on the monitors, he could just looked down. He had successfully rewritten the brain patterns of the test subject with his own while wiping his own brain clean except for vital bodily functions. He glared over to it, laying lifeless on the operating table. He was ready to celebrate with glee until a hint of guilt came over him for taking advantage of his test subject, Emma. She was a homeless punk he had found on the street. She had a rather abrasive manner, but with the promise of a warm meal and some cash, coaxing her into this was no issue. Her brain patterns were now stored in the computer's memory banks. He thought about restoring himself and her back to normal, but instead decided it might be fun to be in her body just a little while longer.

Taped

Gene knew it was probably arrogant to gloat about his new invention, but it really was quite brilliant. He had transfered all of Angela's memories, emotions, and thoughts onto tape, leaving her mind blank. Then it was easy as pie to transfer the contents of his own mind into her body. He pondered if he should place her in a new body, put her into his old body, or simply take a magnet and wipe her out of existence.

Change

Rebecca Graves was on her way to check in on one of her investments, a scientific research center responsible for many patents for scientific advancements in the past 20 years, when a homeless man outside the building started pestering her for change. She had always thought the homeless were just too lazy or stupid to work, so she ignored him as he followed her all the way to the door. She paused momentarily inside the building. She remembered discussing with the head researcher about how the lab struggled for test subjects. She smiled when she realized she could solve two problems at once, and she returned outside to trick the homeless man into becoming a guinea pig with the promise of "change."

When Rebecca met with the people in charge of the latest projects, she demanded they test their latest inventions on the homeless man. They were hesitant. They told her that things were quite ready for human testing, that it could be dangerous. Rebecca wasn't listening. They were soon strapping the homeless man into a chair and flipped a large switch.

The light flickered, and Rebecca suddenly felt woozy. She realized that she was now strapped down to the chair! She had switched bodies with the homeless man. She began ranting to the scientists, insisting to be switched back.

"Gentleman, I'm afraid this invention is a modest failure." She heard her own body say, "All you've seemed to accomplish with this machine is to convince a homeless person that he is me! I fail to see any use to this. Dismantle it at once!"

Rebecca didn't care what her body said; she knew who she really was. She freaked out when she heard those words. Rebecca's body simply walked out of the lab. While he may have been homeless, the man wasn't dumb. He knew when the machine had accidentally caused him to swap bodies with Rebecca that he should immediately take advantage of that. There was a lot he didn't know about being her, but he knew now that he was rich. This was the best kind of change he could've possibly hoped for.

Residual effects

Kyle did his best to feign shock at suddenly switching bodies with an underwear model. True be told, he was the one responsible. He had invented a device that allowed a soul to switch between two people, and he instantly knew his first target. What he hadn't expected was the residual effects of his invention, swapping the souls of a few people around him as well, so his shock wasn't a total lie.

Nerd

Sometime in the distant future, in order to further understanding of each other, children in school were required to swap bodies with another student for the duration of their senior year. Martin had thought he had lucked out when he was chosen to swap with Emily, easily one of the hottest girls in school. But he soon learned how difficult maintaining beauty was for a woman! He hated wearing her contacts and opted to wear large, clunky glasses instead. He never plucked her eyebrows, allowing her unibrow to grow back. A lack of proper facial care resulted in massive acne breakouts. And an unlucky hit to the mouth resulted in the need for braces. By winter break, Martin wasn't exactly a beauty anymore, and Emily was horrified at what he had done to her.

Experiment (Part 1)

Gary had been rife with disappointment after testing his new machine the night before. It was supposed to make him bigger, stronger--but it didn't seem to have any effect on his body. However, waking up feeling strange the next morning, he realized that the effects might have been delayed. But he didn't feel stronger. In fact, he felt drained, weak, and tired. It was then that he noticed an even more dramatic change--the fact that he was now a woman!