To Be Or Not To Be
Rex Manoso is now facing a major dilemma.
He sniffs the air, frowns, and looks down at his new body in undisguised disgust. Joe Morelli's unwashed body, moppy oily hair, dirty clothes and 4-day-old socks are so smelly that Rex is literally choking himself to death. He has always been very attentive to his personal hygiene, and spends a lot of time cleaning himself with the chinchilla bathing sand Stephanie prepares for him everyday. However, Rex, by instinct, doesn't like water very much. He has only been bathed with warm water twice in his entire life. Both times were after some lunatics firebombed Stephanie's old apartment, and both time the ultra upset and nervous hamster bit Stephanie on her hand so hard that she bled. Rex knows he's very much in need of a whole bottle of Ranger's Bvlgari, a lot of hot water, and a good thorough scrub, but he really, really doesn't feel like stripping the Italian Stallion naked and placing his hands on certain parts of that famed hairy body, and he also hates water. He desperately wants to wash the terrible odor off himself, but by doing so he will most probably make himself very sick and scarred for life.
Rex stares at the spot on the floor where the tiny crystal bottle melted into nothing barely half a second before the mob of old ladies barged inside Morelli's door. All of a sudden he thinks of the night when an unarmed Ranger calmly and willingly walked into Stephanie's apartment, ready to come face to face with a dangerous sicko and prepared to die for the woman and the child he loves with his soul and life. Rex quietly wipes away his tears. His small hamster heart almost shattered into millions and millions of tiny shards when he heard the gunshots, and he was more than overjoyed the day a perfectly well and alive Ranger walked in the door and gave him some blueberries. Rex takes a deep breath, squares his shoulders, channels his inner Ranger, and makes a very important decision.
He has totally no idea why he's trapped inside Morelli's body, but he'll try all he can to get back to his own cute adorable chubby body and reclaim his life. He will start with taking the necessary bath on his own like the grown-up, matured, smart hamster that he is, and he will definitely figure out how to drive a car, shoot a gun, and be a police detective by tomorrow morning!
Well, maybe...