This choice: It works, but Rolenet awakens too in your old body • Go Back...Chapter #4It works, but Rolenet awakens too in your old body by: Zuul   Some time later you slowly feel reality coming back to you. You knew you were laying down as you begin to regain consciousness , but not how long you were out or where you were now. Your body senses were telling you that you were no longer in that claustrophobic body swap chamber. Blinking your eyes open you find that you are laying on a cot with a leather mattress in a medium to dim lit room. Gathering your thoughts you try to speak for the first time. " Did it work?" You ask , getting immediate confirmation from the sound of your own voice. " Am I in Jennifer Anistons body now?" you say as you note the differences between your old voice and the new sound your mouth creates. There was a distinct unplaceable Northern accent there as well as a different tone. Growing up in Alabama, you could easily tell this was not the way that Megan Johns should sound.
Once you take a moment to feel the sensations your new body was giving you, including running your tongue around the inside of your new mouth, it becomes very apparent that you are no longer Megan Johns. Sitting up and swinging your feet to the floor, you take notice of the white pants and heels your legs and feet are now wearing. Along with the orange top, and the earrings you now feel dangling from your new ears you know this is not your body.
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You look around the room to try and figure out where exactly you are when you notice that there are small yellow emergency lights flashing yellow from time to time. " What is going on? " you ask , wondering why no one was in the room to explain anything to you when you awoke. There is a mirror hanging on the wall opposite the bed and the woman in the reflection that is matching your movements appears to be Jennifer Aniston, so that is one question answered. " Did something go wrong? It looks like I have her body now, but this is weird waking up alone like this." You tell your reflection.
At that very moment the only door in the room opened , and a very familiar voice answered your question. " That depends on which part of your procedure you are referring to Mrs. Johns."
When you got a look at the person the voice belonged to as she stepped into the room , your jaw would have hit the floor if it was physically capable of it. It was YOU! Or at least it was your body. It took you a moment to recognize that fact, because she was dressed in expensive clothes that you could only dream of being able to afford. She was wearing a dark blue Donna Karen dress, and Christian Louboutin heels. Her hair was different from how you wore yours , done up in a chignon, and her makeup was applied better than you remember the best makeover you ever had. In the 36 years you wore that body , you never looked that good.
Finally able to recover from seeing someone else wearing you better than you ever did, you stood up and walked towards the woman wearing your face and said " Well it appears that you are Mrs. Johns now. Somehow I don't think that was part of the plan." You state as you begin to circle your old body. It felt surreal to talk to yourself in a literal fashion. " What happened? Who are you?" you ask.
" I was Pippa, " your former body starts, " but when I performed the swap the AI awoke before I could put your body into permanent stasis. It wasn't happy about losing that body, or how the Duchess and I defeated it the first time, so it stole mine. She told me that if I wanted to steal her body and give it to some housewife, then it would only be fair for me to become that housewife instead. " she explained.
" Well it seems you have adapted very well. I don't think I have ever looked that nice." you tell her, with a slight bit of jealousy.
" I have no other choice Megan. Rolenet made it so I can't swap bodies again. It seems she wants to punish me." Pippa said, before adding " You should call me Megan from now on Ms. Aniston. After all that's who I am now."
You stared into you own blue eyes for a moment before thinking of something to say, but all you could think of was " I'm sorry." Even then it was said half-heartedly. You had gotten what you wanted , and even though Pippa had been saddled with a life you no longer wanted, you couldn't find much empathy for her. From your understanding Pippa had created the monster known as Rolenet, so it was just a case of her own actions biting her in the butt. Still you knew you shouldn't feel that way.
" Don't worry to much about it Jenn. Its not the first time Rolenet took my body and it may not be the last. " She said before taking your hand and leading you to the cot to have a seat.
You found it amazing that she moved like a woman of high upbringing in your old form , even sitting with her ankles crossed like a socialite like Pippa was. Yet she spoke with a deep South accent as if she had been born and raised in Mobile high society, unlike you did in that body.
" Now I have to tell you that it has been a week since your swap, and that we are only now awakening you because we believe that Rolenet won't come for you. She has too much fun messing with the Duchess and I , and probably wont be back until she thinks she can play her jokes on us for a while." The former Pippa , now Megan said. " In that time I have assumed your life, with some changes to suit me of course. Your husband wasn't happy with me taking a job at FDBSE , an threatened a divorce. " She tells you , actually surprising you. " Don't worry, your children don't know yet. I know you no longer cared for this life, but I also know you do care about your babies. Even though we had intended to sell your body and life to someone who wanted to be a loving mother and wife, I will make sure that they never know their mother left them. I will do my best to make sure they feel your love, even if you aren't their mother anymore."
" That's good to know Megan." you tell her still trying to used to addressing someone else as your former identity, " but there is a reason I left. Yes I do love my babies, but I could no longer be their mother. There was a reason I agreed to this swap in the first place... I wanted out. I know that makes me a terrible person, to want to run away from my children , but it was true. Its your life now... good riddance to it. Who knows maybe that AI did you a favor and gave you something you didn't know you wanted. " You tell your shocked replacement."
" I...I .... don't what to say about that!" said a dumfounded Pippa. She was most likely trying to figure out how a person could possibly feel that way about her life.
" Don't bother Megan, " you say taking glee that you were now Jennifer Aniston, and not some housewife and mother of three anymore. " It's your life now. Do what you want to with it. " you state. " Now do I have an office here or do I just resume Jennifers life?" you ask as you stand up and head toward the door without waiting for an answer.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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