A heart rate monitor beeped. Maddie blinked her sore eyelids. She looked down at her bandage wrapped arms. A nurse was preparing an IV nearby. She glanced over at her patient and gasped, pressing a button on the side of the bed.

Maddie's mom rushed in, pressing against the edge of the bed.

"How are you feeling? Are you ok? Do you need anything?"

"Mom, too many questions at one time." Maddie mumbled, rubbing her head.

She pulled back her hand in surprise when she felt the smooth surface of her bald head.

"YOU SHAVED MY HEAD?"

Jenn wrung her hands, "We had to. You needed stitches on the side of your head."

The nurse attached the IV to her patient and exited the room. As Maddie raved about her lost hair, she didn't notice her arm twitching softly. Jenn glanced at her daughter's arm, but didn't say a word. Four doctors entered the room and asked Jen to leave the room.

"The next process can be somewhat disturbing, so we ask the family members of the patients to leave. We are also bringing in another patient for the treatment and don't want him to be jealous of his roommate."

Jenn patted her child's head and left without a word. Almost instantly after she was gone, a boy in a hospital bed was wheeled in. He glanced at Maddie, not seeming too interested in his new roommate. She recognized him from school, Sebastian James.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, turning to look at him.

"Same as you, genius." he retorted, staring at his toes.

"You were in a three car accident too? Wow, you sure don't seem to look it."

"No, Madison, I'm here for new DNA."

Maddie looked at the doctors warily. "So, you mean…"

"Yeah, your mom didn't tell you because she knew you weren't going to like it, but hey! It'll help you heal faster."

"I have a feeling you're not just talking about me."

"You do know your arm is twitching, right?"

"Huh?" She looked down at her arm with the IV in it and read the label on the suspended bag.

"Alright, here's what's about to happen to your bodies," A doctor stood between the two beds, rubbing his hands together. "You are currently being pumped with a priming element that prepares your body for your new DNA. Hence your twitching arm, Ms. Thomas. Once you are ready, we will insert the new DNA into your bloodstream and set a timer for ten minutes. During those ten minutes, you will feel excruciating pain as every single cell in your body stops what it's doing to start its new functions. You will not immediately change your appearance to that of Wonder Woman," He gestured to Maddie, "or that of Superman," He gestured to Sebastian.

Maddie looked at her roommate in complete shock.

The doctor continued. "You will be in rehabilitation until your appearance is done transforming. Since your brains are not done growing and developing, you will keep some of your original DNA inside of your bodies. Therefore you will maintain your normal age, just as the younger versions of your DNA donors." he finished with a smile.

Maddie found nothing he said amusing. She kicked the doctor that came nearest, and they all rushed to restrain her. Minutes later, she had her ankles and wrists tied down. The same doctor that explained the DNA process pulled out a smiley face timer and held it out before him.

"As my comrade brings in the DNA, we will restrain you so that you will not hurt yourself or the lives around you," He glanced at Maddie. "Since Ms. Thomas has chosen to be restrained earlier, it is your turn Mr. James."

Sebastian watched the doctors tie him down blankly. A flustered looking male nurse burst into the room. He was holding two IVs in his shaking hands.

"Who are you?" The head doctor asked, oddly surprised.

"I'm, um, George Taylor. And I, um, I have the DNA for the two new receivers." He gulped after his speech and quickly handed the bags to the doctor.

He scurried from the room, leaving a confused doctor in his wake. He passed the bags off to his assistants, who placed the DNA on the racks and tried to inject the teens. Maddie squirmed and strained away from the doctors, biting one of their hands. The head doctor left and returned with a massive female nurse, who promptly held her down while they attached the needle. The doctor started the timer.

Maddie's arm grew numb, the feeling spreading across her body. This isn't too bad, she thought, leaning back against her propped upright bed. Her train of thought was quickly interrupted by the burning pain that flared throughout her body. She screamed, her heart rate monitor beeping rapidly. A nurse shoved a rubber mouth guard in her mouth, and Maddie's teeth clenched into it gratefully. Sebastian roared in pain, thrashing about.

She pulled against her restraints and lunged at anyone who came close. Finally the ten minute timer went off, cheerfully ringing. The IV bags were completely empty, and the pair heaved oxygen into their lungs, the pain finally subsiding. Jenn burst into the room, rushing to her daughter's side. Maddie sunk into the bed, her muscles overwhelmingly exhausted.

"It's ok, honey. Just close your eyes, it's all over now. It's all so much better now." Jenn whispered reassuringly.

Sebastian's father entered the room calmly, taking confident strides toward his child. They had the same hazel eyes with dark brown hair that shone in the sunlight. He sneered down at his son.

"At least now you won't be a disappointment."

Sebastian lunged with his last bit of energy, his binds throwing him back onto the bed. Maddie turned to look at him, glaring daggers into the only father in the room. Her heavy eyelids making the staring contest more and more difficult. Sheer exhaustion finally got the best of her and she drifted off into blissful slumber.