The Chance
By Melanie Southgate
So at 7 o'clock I was standing at the station, track 12, and I wore a white pullover, a black hat, and had a book in my hands. I waited... By 7:15 I was convinced that, as expected, this whole thing was a joke, when suddenly a woman came up to me on the bench where I sat and spoke to me: "Jennifer?"
I turned toward her: "Yes. Alexandra?"
"No, my name in Manuela and I'm supposed to pick you up here. Alexandra is waiting for you now." She stood up and walked toward the parking lot. I hesitate a brief moment, then I decided to go along; my curiosity as well as my fear were growing steadily.
Without saying much I got into her car and we drove about half an hour into a Zurich suburb, where we went into an office building. On the fourth floor we came to a firm by the name Mental Trading, Inc. Manuela led me into one of several rooms, where a woman was waiting for me.
"Jennifer. Please, come in! I am Alexandra." She was about 40 and made a friendly as well as a serious impression.
"Hello" was all that I could say.
When I had seated myself, Alexandra began to speak: "I know that you have been full of suspicion about my offer since yesterday evening, and I can tell you that most people wouldn't have the courage to meet me. And that would be too bad, because this is the big chance, to fulfill their single greatest wish. However, I am of the opinion that only people with courage deserve to profit from my offer."
"Then it's not a joke?" I asked timidly.
"No, not at all. I'll explain, what it's all about. Three years ago I developed a technique, which made it possible to have two persons exchange their bodies. In this process souls and brains are transferred. Two years ago we held our first trials with two people, and this was successful just as we had predicted. Since then we have used this procedure 23 times, each was a success. At this moment we have 4 women and 2 men, who are waiting for suitable bodies. Please, come..."
I followed her into the hall. "The 6 candidates are living at this time in these rooms. They are one-room apartments, but we also have a recreation room, where the candidates can meet. Unfortunately I can't show you these facilities, since before making your choice you are not permitted to come into contact with other candidates."
She led me into another room. "But I can show you this room; here the actual body transfer is completed. You will enter one of these cubicles, the other person goes into the other cubicle. The cubicles are connected with each other. After a short time you will fall asleep and the transfer begins. When you wake up, you will be very weak, that's why we'll take you into a care center, where you'll remain lying for a few hours before you can leave our clinic again."
"How long does this transfer take?"
"About 50 minutes."
"How will I know how I'm going to look afterward?"
"We will now show you the photos of our 4 female candidates. Before that, however, I'd like to ask you to take off your clothes, so that I can take a picture of you, because those 4 candidates must also want your body."
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