Agent 47 drove them to the entrance of the school. Prufrock Preparatory school. Children were playing outside on the grass and all was calm and well in the world to them. There was an arch with a saying engraved on it in the front court of the school. It said "Memento Mori."
"What do you suppose Memento Mori means, Max ?" 99 shushed.
He gulped, "It's in Latin. It means "Remember you will die." Either that or "There is some applesauce down my pants." I'm going all the way for "There is some applesauce down my pants."."he said.
"Oh my God, me too Max." she grabbed his hand and rubbed his thumb. They looked into each others eyes for a quick millisecond...
"There they are Max!" 99 pointed to two children sitting on the wall next to the prep school.
"It's funny that they're all alone, but they're both unique children. They probably think that they have to be smart or goof off to make friends." she frowned.
"Geez, 99. I thought your kid was the only one that wasn't going to have friends." he said nonchalantly, "No offense 99."
"None taken Max." she sighed.
"All right, let's go."
As they walked along, the children stopped to look at the short man and the pretty lady walking towards the wall of the school.
"Now this thing is supposed to be the most inconspicuous way to enter their minds, right?" 99 asked Max.
"I think so." Max said uncertain.
"Ok, good. See you on the other side." she breathed in a gulf of the fresh air.
"See you."
They kissed(for good luck...yeah...for good luck..) and stood behind Olivia and William pretending they were school surveyors.
"Ready?" the two forgot that 47 was right behind them.
"Uhh...you ready 99?" she nodded her head to confirm she was, "Then let her rip, 47!"
Max and 99 held hands as 47 pressed the button. Time stopped for a mere second as everything slanted into two. The flashes that seemed to come out of nowhere made everything as blurry as can be. The crackling sound in the background kept getting louder and louder. Light streaked the walls of the school and there went a flash more electrifying than a lightning rod in the biggest storm you could imagine. As soon as it started, the slanted lines became whole again. The crackling sound stopped. The lights stopped beaming. Everything went on as normal (except for the mind transferring, of course). The two "children" fell off the wall and stared at their REAL bodies standing lifelessly before them.
"You guys in there?" 47 asked worriedly.
"Yeah I think so," Max shook the child's head, "How are you 99?"
"I'm--" she was cut off.
"OH MY! OH MY!" 47 gasped, "Max, 99, you...you...you're in the WRONG bodies!!" they looked at each other.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" they shouted simultaneously.
"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!" 99 stammered over and over again, "I knew something like this would happen!! Look at us Max! AAAAHH!!"
"How do you think I feel! I'm a girl! AH!!"
"Well it isn't exactly a great experience for me to be a boy either Max! Besides, what's wrong with girls?"
"What's wrong with boys!?"
"Okay, we have to stay calm about this." 47 cut in again as he propped up Max and 99's bodies, "We can't switch you two back. You'll have to stay like this. It's almost time for school!"
"We know that 47! We're just getting over the fact that we're the opposite sex, so have some compassion!" Max nearly broke the vocal cords in Olivia's mouth.
"I am trying to be compassionate, but we need to stay cool and collective or else we won't get this assignment done!"
"Okay, we're sorry 47. It's just very hard. We'll try." she...er he....er let's just say 99 said gingerly.
"Okay. What do you think went wrong?" 47 asked.
"I don't--Wait!-- I know how this happened! Before we made the transfer, Max and I held hands, ah for moral support you see, and we must have made some sort of human wire that made us go into the wrong bodies." 99 explained.
"You're right, we probably did 99. Yeah that's how it happened..."
"So," 47 interrupted to get back on topic, "What are we going to do now?"
"We're just going to act like these children that's all." 99 stated matter-of-factly, "Just not the ones we studied. It's going to take some work being William and Max a lot of work being Olivia, but the Chief is counting on us."
The bell rang and the children fumbled into school.
"That's are cue." Max said.
"Knock em dead and good luck you two." 47 waved to them. They both walked under the arch that said "Memento Mori". It made them think what they were really getting themselves into. They felt they didn't need to be remembered they were going to die.
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