"Joyce sat down on the bed. "This can't be real."Sonja sat down next to her. "I'm afraid it is real. You're a womannow."Joyce stared at her reflection...in the mirror. She reached up andtouched her face. "Is that really me?"Sonja nodded."Why?" asked Joyce. "Tell me why this was done to me." All in due time, my dear. Do you feel like eating?"Joyce turned and looked again at herself in the mirror. "Eat? How canI think of eating?" Because you need to," replied Sonja. "You must be famished."Joyce let. Vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, demons and ghosts were currently my pallet of choice. I couldn't get service for my broadband card so the internet was simply off line until we arrived in the airport in Hawaii. I sent a brief message to Xel to let her know of the trip and probable arrival time. She sent a reply and I smiled knowing that soon I would meet my friend, or so she considered us thus far.We re-boarded the same vast 747 and taxied to await our takeoff. Twenty minutes later we were. "You're as skinny as a rail. Where the hell do you put it all?" he asked chuckling."I expend a hell of a lot of energy..."He interrupted me, saying, "First rule, don't talk about what you do with anyone not cleared. This is not the place," he said seriously.I nodded understanding.After finishing my second breakfast, we returned to the office area. I found myself waiting in a conference type room, locked, of course. I was bored, really. I leaned back in my chair, and actually fell asleep for a. I looked at myself in the mirror, wiping the steam away so that I could see better, and had to smile at the image that reflected back to me. Even messed up, and in just a robe, Anne, or rather I now, looked pretty decent. Now that the bath was taken care of, Anne seemed happy to take over. "Sit still, kiddo" she commanded making me stay on a chair while she carefully brushed my hair, and started styling it a little. Patiently I sat through the ministrations she gave to my long hair, wishing.