At Edge City Police Station
Megan Garcia was on her own now as Stanley had been taken down to the cells, since they had both been talking Megan had learned a lot more about Stanley that she did when they had met. Like him she had been a bit of a nerd at school never really having many friends or anyone else to socialize with.
That is until Stanley had shown up and asked her to the school prom, since that day Megan had always had feelings for him, "I wonder if he feels the same way?"
She said to herself as she sat back on her chair, as she was doing this another police office came into the building, she was about the same age as Megan and the same height but she had long light colored brown hair and white colored skin.
She walked slowly up to her desk and sat down beside it, Megan looked at her and smiled, "good morning Laura," she said in a polite and soft voice.
Laura looked up at her giving her an angry look, "drop it Garcia, what's so good about this morning?"
Megan stopped for a moment and looked at the other woman; she could tell from both her tone of voice and her body language that she wasn't happy, "is something wrong Laura?"
Laura gave her a dirty look, "yeah there is something wrong Garcia and it's sitting a few yards in front of me, God in heaven why did the chief let you work here as all you do is sit behind that desk all day doing nothing?"
Megan looked at the other woman and then lowered her head, she was used to being picked on by the other officers, and before she had applied for this job she had always wanted to work as a frontline police officer.
But because of her health record and her slightly clumsy, and average; she had been taken on as an office clerk. Laura looked at her and smiled as she knew that she had upset her. She then sat up and walked slowly up to the desk.
As she did this Megan raised her head and looked at her, "what's up, did I upset you geek?" Laura asked her voice was cold and full of venom.
Megan looked at her and as she did she could feel a few tears streaming down her eyes, before Laura saw them however she quickly wiped them away, "did you want something Laura?" She asked as the other woman loomed over her desk.
"It's not what I want Garcia," Laura said in an angry tone, "the chief wants you to take that thing in Officer Doyle's desk down to the lab to get it analyzed."
Megan jump to her feet in excitement, "so they want to carbon date it then?"
Hearing this Laura gave her another angry look, "it doesn't matter to me, what matters is the fact that you are doing some work for once," she then turned her back and slowly walked toward the door.
Before she did this she turned her head towards Megan and gave her another icy look, "you know Garcia no one really likes you here as we all think that you are useless." She then turned and walked away leaving Megan alone.
Once she had gone, Megan put her arms down on the desk and began to cry, "I am useless?" She said to herself, "no, no I'm not, just because I am working here doesn't make me useless."
She then sat up and wiped the tears away from her eyes, then slowly made her way towards Doyle's desk, as she did she pulled his draw open where he kept the Mask, seeing it she reached out with both hands to grab it.
As she did this she felt one of her hands trembling, seeing this she pulled away and backed off slowly as she started to think about what Stanley had told her.
"I wonder if all of these rumors are true about this Mask?" She said to herself, "No they are all just rumors, no item can grant its wearer superpowers or can it?"
She then slowly went over to the desk and reached for the Mask again only this time she grabbed it, as she held it in her hands she looked at it, its smooth wooded surface felt natural her hands and to her it looked like it was styled in an Old Norse design.
"Strange," she said to herself, "if this was that old wouldn't it have been picked up by a museum?"
She then ignored this idea and walked over slowly to the other side of the room which lead to a staircase down to the lab, as she was walking she didn't see a large cable that was trailing on the floor by her desk. She fell sending the mask spinning in the air.
As it was flying thought the air Megan looked up only for it to land on her face, once it had done this Megan felt the Mask spreading over her face like hot melted wax, she tried to scream but nothing came out of her mouth. Without warning her whole body became consumed by a mini twister that span out of control.
The twister was over before it could begin and standing in the office with a fan in one hand and a mirror in the other was Megan. She was now completely transformed from her legs up to her neck. She looked thinner and her skin color looked more tanned she was now wearing a Spanish Flamenco dancers black dress that exposed her now large cleavage.
She look normal apart from her head which now was bright green in color and her black hair was now much longer.
Megan held the mirror that she was holding up to her face and smiled, " Quien es esta mujer atractiva?" She said in a Spanish accent.
"Me pregunto si a Stanley le gustará mi nueva apariencia sexy?" She said to herself as she walked slowly down the staircase to the cells where both Stanley and Peggy were being held.
As she was walking down she smiled to herself at the thought of having Stanley to herself.
Edge City Police Station Holding Cells (10 minutes before Megan's Transformation)
It had been a while since Stanley had left Megan, since that time he had been put in a police cell right next to Peggy, for the moment Stanley had worn the clothes that he had be arrested in but Peggy was wearing an orange prison jump suit.
As she saw Stanley she tried to make conversation with him, but Stanley wasn't having any of it blaming her for the loss of The Mask and also lying to him. As he was sitting down on the bed in his cell he could see that Peggy was now standing near the bars of her cell ready to talk.
"Stanley," she said softly, "Stanley look I just wanted to say that I am sorry about what has happened with The Mask and all that."
Stanley got up and gave her a dirty look, "you're sorry now Peggy," he barked angrily at her, "isn't it a bit late for you to apologies?"
Peggy backed away from her cells bars, "what do you mean by that Stanley?" She asked him in a puzzled voice.
Stanley gave her another dirty look, "you are always thinking of yourself Peggy and that stupid Newspaper that you work for, like remember that time when you first wore the Mask and nearly got Milo killed?"
Peggy went over to her bed and sat down on it, as she did this she looked at Stanley, "I remember how that turned out Stanley you took the Mask off me and you rescued Milo yourself."
Stanley eyed her as he thought that he could see tears coming from her eyes, "everything that I have done Stanley I did because I thought that I was helping you?"
Stanley looked at her, "what I am going to do, I mean after all she has made a few mistakes before, well so have I and she still is my friend or suppose to be?" he said to himself as he began to think.
After a few seconds he began to speak, "look Peggy I am sorry it's just what I am suppose to do now that the police have The Mask?"
Peggy stood up and wiped her tears away, "you could always ask either Office Doyle or your best buddy Lt Kellyaway to wear it for you?"
As she was saying this she laughed softly, Stanley looked at her and smiled back, "I doubt that those two would wear it somehow knowing what it is do you Peg-?"
Before he could finish his sentence he felt afraid as if he knew something bad was about to happen.
"Stanley are you alright?" Peggy asked him in a kind caring voice.
"Peggy," he said to her in a voice that sounded afraid, "I don't know why I have thought about this but I've got a feeling someone is wearing the Mask right now?"
Peggy looked at him and smiled, "Stanley relax will you, all of the Officers know that The Mask is now off limits to them and besides it's Office Doyle's case,"
Stanley looked at her and smiled back, "thanks Peggy I suppose it's just me imaging thing like I am use to doing I think I am goin-."
As like before Stanley stopped what he was about to say, he then looked at straight at Peggy, "that's odd," he said softly, "can you hear something or is it just me?"
Peggy held out her ear, "that's funny Stanley I can hear music, salsa music."
Stanley gave her a puzzled look, "that's odd when I got here there were no radios or CD players I wonder if Megan's playing something?"
Peggy gave him a puzzled look, "Megan, who's she and how come you never mentioned her?"
Stanley gave her a faint smile, "Megan was my first ever date at school Peggy and a really sweet person."
Peggy's eyes widen in surprise, "I get it Stanley, a high school crush."
Stanley smiled at her, "yes Peggy a bit like you and Kellyaway?"
Peggy turned her head away from him as he said that, "please Stanley darling," she said as she tried to put on an English accent, "don't mention him in my present."
Hearing this Stanley laughed and he laughed that much that Peggy soon followed, as they both were laughing Stanley stopped and listened.
"Peggy," he whispered, "is it me or is that music getting louder?"
As he said this the music stopped and they was an empty quiet in the cells, "thank goodness," Peggy said in an angry voice, "I was starting to get a headache with that noise in the background."
She then looked at Stanley who had turned his head toward the door that lead up to the office.
As she was looking at him Stanley had his eyes fixed on the door, "Stanley," she asked him in a soft voice, "Are you OK?"
"Peggy," Stanley said in a soft voice, "look at the door handle."
Peggy turned her head away from him and looked straight to her right, "looks like we are going to have a visitor Stanley." She said in a low soft voice.
Stanley fell silent as he turned his gaze towards the door, who ever this person was they were really interested in getting to them both.