Permanent Vacation

When Mark first got the box in the mail that contained what claimed to be a body swapper, he didn’t know what to do with it -- or if even to believe it. But a few weeks later, he finally found a reason to test it out. He had a week long vacation at a resort, and when it was over he really didn’t want to leave. He realized he didn’t have to. On his last day, he waited for people to arrive at the front desk. He was particularly on the lookout for people traveling alone and listened for their name. Once they had gone upstairs, he entered their name into the body swapper and the next thing he knew it worked! This kept going on for several months.

He had just spent the week in the body of a business traveller. He had purposely skipped all the meetings. He had been by the front desk all day, but there had been very few guests and the ones who had checked in weren’t alone. Then he saw her. It would be his first time being a woman, but he was not sure he had much choice. He made note of her name and waited before using the body swapper.

She had apparently gone to the pool almost immediately. He found himself in her body splashing about. For about fifteen minutes, this continued until a tall figure leaned over the edge and demanded Mark get out. Mark recognized the body that had just been borrowing less than an hour ago. It looked mad. He just smiled an evil grin.

“I think you’re going to be late for your flight.” He said, “I think You’ve already checked out as well. You’re no longer a guest at this hotel. Don’t make me call security.”

“Give it back,” She demanded.

“I assure you I have no idea what you’re talking about, and if you try to tell anyone, I’m sure they’ll think your crazy. So good luck with your new life. I’ll certainly be enjoying yours for the next two weeks!”