When Tech came to from his slumber he can tell something doesn't sit in right. First of all, it felt like there's something on his head right in between the ears. Second, his fur feels lighter. Finally, his tail. There's just something WRONG with it.
Tech jumped out of his bed and ran to his bathroom and look at his reflection. What he saw made him almost scream. There's a crest on his head looks like Rip's but backwards, spikier, and brown. His snout is shorter than the last time he saw his reflection and if he looks closely he can see feathers surrounding the base of his crest and muzzle. Tech whimpered as he look behind him; his tail is longer and stiff and the fur/feathers are pointed out like his crest. He waged his tail and can feel the familiar sensation of it but much heavier than he remember. That's when he finally screamed.
Although everybody heard the scream no one ran faster than Rev, for obvious reasons. Rev was about to ask what was wrong when it got caught in his throat and gasp at the sight before him. It took the others a few minutes to get there, and they were shock to say the least. Ace whistled after getting a good look at him, "Trying a new look, doc?" Tech sighed, "No, this wasn't my doing this time." The smartest duo of the group explained what happened the yesterday. When they finished Lexi jumped in and asked a question; "But if that machine of his was supposed to make his parents change his mind about coyotes then why is this happening to you?"
"I took a look at the inside of the machine and I knew it had something to do with the mind, but the wires weren't arranged right. Rev and I will go to the Runners but first I need to do some research on what sort of effect I might have." It took an hour for the results to come in. According to them; he has a week before the transformation is complete and when that happens he'll be stuck in that form forever. Additionally, the process will speed up if he falls asleep. After filling in the rest of the team of the results, the duo went back to the desert where Rev's family lives.
Ralph and Haret's welcome was the same from yesterday except they share the same shocked expression Rev had this morning after they took a good look at Tech. Rev had his parents and brother sit down in the living room to explain what happened. Rip felt guilt but his parents said otherwise, "So-you-blame-our-son-for-what-happened?" Tech shook his head, "No, I'm not blaming him for it I just want to know how it's possible For Rip's invention to have any physical effect went it's only programmed to have a mental effect."
Rip was silent throughout the conversation until he spoke up, "I was afraid that if I use it on Mom and Pop, it might do something to their DNA so I add some roadrunner DNA to it as extra precaution. I didn't know it would do something like this." Once again, Tech comfort rip but still kept his distance, "It's alright, and no one knew it was going to happen. If anything I should've reacted and get out of the way. But you know the best part about making mistakes," Rip shook his head, "You get more knowledge from it."
Rip felt some of the burden lifted off of him, but the rest is still heavy on him. Haret's glad that Tech won't hurt her youngest child, but Ralph still doesn't trust him. If anything, he believes that the coyote is selfish for 'guilt-tripping' his son into helping him with his current situation. "Now-wait-just-a-minute-here. -you-make-it-seem-like-being-a-roadrunner-is-a-bad-thing." Rev was not taking any of that. After all, Rip wasn't the only one tired of his parents' vendetta with coyotes.
"Pop-think-about-it.-Tech-has-a-family-of-his-own-and-I-may-never-have-met-them-but-I-do-know-that-they-probably-won't-accept-the-fact-that-one-of-their-own-became-an-entirely-different-species.-If-I-turn-into-a-coyote-and-became-stuck-like-that-for-the-rest-of-my-life-would-you-still-accept-me?"
Ralph tried to answer, but all he did was open and close his mouth like a fish in uncharted water. That was all the answer he needed. To say the least Rev felt disappointed of his father. Tech figured that this needs to end now so he whispered to rip to get his invention. Rip ran to his room almost roadrunner speed to get his machine along with the blueprints of it. Everybody in the house can tell this is going to be a long week.