The Next One

“Can’t you just relax, Carl?” Marie sighed, “It will all be over soon.”

Karl glared back at Marie and replied, “Over the past two days, I’ve slowly been swapping body parts with you thanks to some magic spell you cast. Right now, I have about 90% of your body, and it’s extemely uncomfortable and weird.”

“And the next thing will be our faces and shortly after will be our brains. Then we’ll both be back to normal. I hoped this experience would give you some appreciation of how difficult it is being me!”

“Except I haven’t been you, I’ve been some sort of half-you-half-me freak! Yeah, things like the hair and clothes weren’t easy, but I still wouldn’t know what it’s like to ‘be you.’”

Marie just rolled her eyes. She certainly never enjoy arguing with her boyfriend like this, but she knew once this spell had run its course, she’d just cast another to make him forget it. Then she could continue testing out all the strange spells on him from that book she found. Each one was crazier than the one before it. She couldn’t wait for the next one!

Saving the Company (Part 4)

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Within a few weeks Gilbert was back in control of the company he founded. Turning it around took a little longer. He was obviously behind on trends in tech, but he wasn’t deterred. After several painful cuts and an aggressive strategy, the company was profitable again. Gilbert’s new body was young and healthy enough for him to stay at the helm and assure its success for many years to come. And when the time came, he supposed his scientists could just place his brain in another body. After all, money was not as issue.

Saving the Company (Part 3)

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As soon as he was able, Gilbert started to meet with investors, the board, and the media. He needed to convince everyone he was who he claimed to be and that he could still lead this company despite being dead for forty years. It wasn’t an easy task, but being a smooth talking visionary was always something he excelled at. It wasn’t long before a vote was cast to reinstall him as CEO.

Saving the Company (Part 2)

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Once Gilbert started to overlook the fact of his new body, he began to look around at his company. As he underwent tests to ensure he was healthy in his new body, he noted how much smaller the staff was for this secret division. It was a trend he noticed throughout the company. He had build an empire and now that empire was struggling. He certainly hoped he could turn things around, but he had also been dead for forty years. Who knew where technology had gone in that time? Not to mention the fact that people may not view this new body of his as the rightful heir to take control of this company back.

Saving the Company

At the time of his death, Gilbert Bates was one of the richest men on the planet with a tech company valued in the billions. He had set up a secret division at his company to freeze his body and brain in order to be revived when a cure to the disease killing him was found.

Forty years later, Gilbert finally awoke. He was quite shocked to look at his hand to see it was slender and feminine.

“Allow me to explain,” The scientist who had revived Gilbert explained, “Your company is near bankruptcy; your children squandered your personal wealth. If I didn’t act, this division would’ve been shut with the rest of your company. We hadn’t perfected the technology to save your body, but we could save your mind by placing it in another body. It may not be ideal, but it’s good to have you back. We needed you back now or it would’ve been never, and we need you to save the company...”