Evolution

Chapter 2

Alex slept the day away. Emma worried about her husband, but there was no way she was leaving the house. She called Alex’s friend, Vin.

“I’ll be on my way, Emma,” Vin said.

“Thanks Vin,” Emma said.

She went up to the guest room to find that Alex was awake. Alex gave her a sickly smile.

“Looks like I won’t be leaving the house any time soon,” Alex said to Emma. “We really should be looking into getting some bigger doors in this place. Maybe we should move.”

“Oh Alex,” Emma said as tears filled her eyes. She went to her husband and sat on the edge of the bed. Emma had on Alex’s sweats and an oversized T-shirt. None of her clothes or shoes fit her anymore. She hugs her ill husband. Alex held her like the child she has become.

“Hard to believe, but in twenty four hours I’m going to start looking like you do now,” Alex tells her. “I don’t know what we’re going to do now.”

“We need to find another place to go to. At least till this evolving thing is made public,” Emma sobbed.

“Tell me more about how it feels, Emma,” Alex said, trying to ease his child looking wife. Emma is so propionate to her size. She weighs more than the average six foot person due to her stored up baby fat. Recently she has started reading everything that she could get her hands on. Her mind had a need to learn all over again. Instead of basic skills like the first time around, Emma engrossed herself in complicated mathematics and others things she never had the knack of before.

“It’s amazing. I feel smarter than I did before. I have all the energy of a child. If I wasn’t pent up inside all the time, I feel I could run a hundred miles without getting winded. I still feel a need for a nap though,” she tells him.

“Vin said you would have a need to learn new things. I can’t wait to experience it all with you, sweetheart,” Alex said, giving her a big smile.

“In a way I was hoping we never changed,” Emma said, surprising her husband.

“Why is that, Em?”

“I’ve always looked up to you. If you stayed the same, you would be looking up to me,” Emma said shyly.

“Oh Emma.”

“At least this way nothing will really change. I would miss being held in your arms,” she said and kissed Alex’s cheek.

Vin came as he said he would. He checked Alex. Then he made a suggestion that didn’t surprise the couple too much.

“There’s a hanger on the outskirts of town that’s getting used as a secret clinic until this is made public. I’d like to transport both you and Emma there. That way we can study a little closer what’s going on. You can be the first full study subject we have Alex, and Emma can be our model subject. We can use her to gage how far this evolution will go,” Vin explained. “We can also make sure that you two will get the proper nutrition and care.”

“We should probably move out of here before Emma can’t use the doors anymore. What do you say, Em?” Alex asks his wife.

“I have grown quite a bit in a week,” Emma pondered.

“You age a year a week, Emma. By this time next week you will be the same height if not taller than Alex. You have about a good two weeks here before this starts getting difficult for you and we'll have to call the fire department to get you out of here. This will be your best option without dealing with the public for the time being,” Vin explained.

“We’ll just say that we went on a vacation,” Alex said, already thinking up an excuse.

“I’ll also make sure you have enough stuff to study there. I know now that even though you have all your old memories and intelligents, there is much more brain capacity that you have developed. We want to study that too. Plus, there will be enough space for you to roam and exercise. You can’t do that here,” Vin explained, looking straight into the little girl eyes.