The old woman moved slowly to the door, the walker supporting most of her weight as she moved.

As she passed the window she could see the young deliveryman. His sharply pressed uniform reminded her of her husband coming home from war.

"Hello. Can I help you?", she asked thought the door.

"I have a package for Mrs. Thompson.", young man said.

"For me. I wonder who it is from?", the old woman asked curiously as she opened the door.

"Well let me see. Can I putted this down here?"

"Oh, yes. It must be very heavy."

The deliveryman wheeled the dolly into the entryway.

"Well let's see… I can't make out this name. Can you read it."

He handed her the delivery order.

"I have problems reading this sma…."

A cloth-covered hand covered her face. In a moment she felt lightheaded and fell limp. The deliveryman standing behind her caught her under the arms and gently dragged her to a chair in the next room.

He quickly returned to the entryway, shut the door and continued with the setup of his delivery.

A few hours later in the same house, the old woman and her daughter were visiting in the living room.

Two large men in dark suits sat in the kitchen and another just inside the front door.

"Mom I know you don't like them, but I can't send them away. Jason requires that they stay with me."

"Since when do you let a man run your life?", the old woman asked.

"Mom, he doesn't run my life, he is just worried about me. He just wants to make sure I'm safe.", the daughter, Laura said trying to sooth her mother's mood.

"I'm feeling pretty tired. I think I will be going to bed now.", the old woman said

"Honey, could you help me here.", she added

"OK Mom, I'll help you to bed.", Laura got up and helped her mother up as well.

The two of them walked past the two men in the kitchen and back to the back bedroom.

As Laura open the door, her mother's hand moved up and covered her daughter face.

Both women's bodies stiffened as Laura fought to remove her mother's hand from her face. In a moment however, Laura's body went limp and it was her mother that carried her into the room.

"Thank you, honey.'', Laura's mother said as she closed the door behind them.

In the room Laura's mother lay asleep on her bed. Laura's body was laid on the bed next to her. However, Laura's mother was also now standing next to the bed, looking down at the two of them. She now turned to a box on the table near the door and flipped the switch.

"Honey, I'm just getting old.", a voice from the box said.

"Mom, you are O.K. I'm always here for you.", the box answered.

Laura and her mother continued their dialog as the two of them lay asleep on her mother's bed

The new woman removed Laura's mother's robe. She was dressed in a bodysuit. It appeared to be heavily padded. She unzipped a zipper and stepped out total nude.

The bodysuit had transformed her, she looked 50 pounds lighter. In fact it had so transformed her that in fact she was not even a she. Standing there in the nude now, it was obvious the person standing there was male. She/he still appeared to be Laura mother, although her heavy and elderly body had bee replaced by the thin male figure standing there.

Reaching up behind his/her neck he/she pulled the full head mask of Laura's mother off over his head.

To be continued.

King of Industry 2

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