One day after school, Chad was wandering around the neighborhood, not sure what to do with himself. Some of his friends had actually gotten part time jobs, and he was getting pretty jealous of the extra cash they had to spend. Chad had thought about applying for jobs, but he wasn't sure he wanted to go through all that effort.
Fortunately for him, he found just the solution he was looking for, nailed to a telephone pole! Normally when he saw a flyer that read "EASY MONEY" in big bright letters, he'd ignore it, thinking it was some kind of scam or pyramid scheme, but right now, he felt just desperate enough to read the flyer further.
He grabbed the flyer, reading, "Subject needed for experiments. Minimal effort required. Payment of $500 upon visit." and Chad couldn't believe what he was reading! All he had to do was test something out and he could make some good money! He balled the flyer up and pocketed it before going home and calling the number, not bothering to read the small text at the bottom of the flyer.
That Saturday, Chad was heading over to a large building that looked like a distribution center, then when he got inside, a lady at the counter said, "Oh, you must be Chad! Did you bring your direct deposit information?" and Chad nodded, handing the lady a form as she said, "Come, sit. I'll let them know you're here!"
They were true to their word, depositing $500 into Chad's account as a man in a lab coat greeted Chad and walked him inside, walking him down a hall before taking him to a massive room with a tiled floor. Chad thought the place looked like a clinic, only with oversized operating rooms, complete with bright lights and people in lab coats, with one of them wearing a nice suit. Chad saw a large, round grate on the floor in the middle of the room, wondering what that could possibly be for.
As the scientist walked him to a spot right in front of the grate, Chad asked, "So what am I here to test?" and another scientist said, "This." as he handed Chad a blue stick of gum with a gloved hand. Chad looked a little confused, saying, "All this for a piece of gum?" but he quickly shrugged it off, saying, "Five hundred dollars don't lie!" as he put it in his mouth and started chewing.
Chad said "Whoa!" in between bites as he felt a rush of blueberry flavor! It almost tasted like he was drinking blueberry pie filling. That was when it started to hit him. He felt his shirt and shorts start to tighten around his midsection. He looked at his hands, only to see blue color seep in from his wrists until his hands were fully blue. "No way!" he said as he wondered if all of this was really happening to him.
He felt himself swelling bigger, his shirt lifting up as his limbs widened and he could feel his clothes about to tear. Now, the elaborate setup and the team of scientists and doctors was starting to make more sense. As Chad felt himself swelling, with his clothes starting to tear,...