Mark, now thinking like a 3 year old, joyfully ran toward the sandbox where Katie and Stevie were playing.

'Daddy, where's Mommy?' Katie asked.

'Dunno.... Can I play?' he answered. 'Looky... Dozer!' he said as he spied a toy bulldozer that Stevie was ignoring.

The two kids eyed him strangely but figured that if their father wanted to play then he could. After all, their mother had wanted to play just the day before.

Mark took the toy bulldozer and began making 'highways' in the sand. He imitated the sound of a dozer as he did it. This went on for quite some time. Stevie and especially Katie soon lost interest but continued playing to humor their father. There were plenty of other activities available and the fact was that they would rather move on.

After a while a teenage boy entered the backyard followed by Genni. They were headed straight for the pool area. Genni had on a two-piece that she had borrowed from Miss Holmes. When her kids saw her they assumed that she would want to play again today and yelled to her. She only turned her nose up, made a face, and told them Marky would be playing today. Fortunately, the kids didn't call her 'Mommy'. That would've been sooooooooooo embarrassing she thought!

She did her best to strike up a conversation with the boy. She found out his name was Damon and that he would be a senior this year although she already knew all that from The Dr's description. He told her about being on the swim team and that he was the captain. It was obvious that he had spent a lot of time around the pool. He was tanned and muscular. It was just how Genni had dreamed he would look! She liked the way he looked. He also warmed to her rather quickly.

Damon could tell that she was flirting with him. In her regressed state there wasn't much subtlety about it. She made it a point to lightly rub her boobs against his back as she volunteered to rub sunscreen on him. Although she wanted to sound intelligent she mainly came across as naive. Most of her sentences were puncuated with giggling and nervous laughter. Although this was because in her regressed mental she WAS naive, Damon interpreted it as indicating that she was a dumb blond. She had the body of a woman but seemed to be on par intellectually with a high school sophomore. Of course this didn't turn him off in the least!

Damon was just sooooooooooo cool! That was the only thought running through Genni's mind. She made every effort to lightly touch Damon as if to emphasize certain points in their conversations although really it was just a further attempt at flirting. When Damon finally put his hand on her knee and left it there Genni was instantly overcome with excitement and nervousness!

Damon, sensing a willingness on the part of this young woman, used the opportunity to steal a kiss. A kiss that Genni returned with a passion.

'I'm sorry.... I don't know what came over me.... You're just so beautiful!' Damon said softly just as he had said a 100 times before after using the exact same technique.

Genni was about to burst! He had kissed her and told her that she was beautiful! 'AWRIGHT! YES!' she thought to herself.

'Daddy? Why'd Mommy kiss that boy?' Katie asked her father.

Mark, still busy with his dozer and some other toy trucks that he had found, just shrugged. He turned to see Genni giggling and holding hands with the boy at the pool. At first he wondered why she wasn't playing with them but then decided that she was a dumb girl anyway and wouldn't be any fun. 'I dunno... Let's dig!' he said.

At this point Dr. Meinclare again intervened. Dr. Meinclare told Damon that he wouldn't need him anymore this afternoon. That seemed funny to Damon since he hadn't actually had to do any work all day long anyway! Damon promised Genni he'd see her again and she quickly gave him a small peck on the cheek. Damon gathered his things and left. The Dr. brought Mark back into the house and into restraints.

'Click'.... Soon Mark's mind was again back to it's normal adult state.

'Why are you doing this to us? Please stop!' Mark pleaded realizing that the Dr had reduced him mentally to a child and could apparently do it again anytime.

'As I've said, I want the codes! You are the one doing this to yourself. The solution is to give me the codes!' The Dr replied.

'I, I, I, can't. Please don't ask me to do it. You have to stop this! Look what you are doing to my family! You're twisting our roles and playing with our emotions. I think my wife is falling for a schoolboy. Please stop!' Mark begged.

'Yes, your wife did seem rather smitten. But I think she handled herself well... all things considered. She seemed -sort of -mature. You know..... I wonder what would happen if I clicked just one more year off of her mentally?' Dr Meinclare said as if he had already planned to do just that. 'Miss Holmes, please bring Genni in here.

'NO! Stop this!' Mark yelled.

'The codes?' The Dr asked.

'Please..... I can't.....' Mark said as his defiance seemed to wither.

Upon entering the room the Dr. turned to Genni and discretely aimed the device at her. 'Genni I think maybe you and Mark should talk.....' 'Click'

Her face blanked as another year of maturity washed away. 'Geee.... yeah.... maybe we should....' she said as she giggled nervously.

The Dr excused himself so that Mark and Genni could be alone.

'Ummmmm Marky.... Gee....uhhhhhhhh I've been, like, ummmmmmm thinking....you know? And I'm thinking, like, maybe we shouldn't, like, go together anymore? OK?' Genni paused to see Mark's reaction and then continued.'We could still, you know, like, be friends and stuff but, like, we could go out with other people and stuff. Is that cool with you?'

Mark was flabbergasted! His wife had just asked him to 'break up' like it was a weekend high school romance rather than an 8 year marriage! He knew it was due to the Dr's device but he didn't know how to handle it. 'Ummmmmm Gen, I really ummm like you. I love you. I don't want to break up!'

'You're just being mean! You don't want me to be happy!' she said as she broke out in tears.

'Great,' Mark thought sarcastically 'his wife has the emotions of a schoolgirl!'. How can he reason with her like that he wondered?

'Gennifer, this isn't easy. You know the Dr wants me to give him some codes. He's made you think like a girl. He's trying to get at me through you! Think back to how you were when you were just a young teenager. That's how you are thinking now. He didn't return you to normal. He's twisted your mind into a teenager. And a young teenager at that. You're just not thinking straight. You have to understand that you wouldn't be all excited over a high school boy and wanting to breakup our family otherwise. That's not ~you~. At least that isn't the ~you~ that you really are!'

Gennifer knew the doctor's device could do that but it didn't matter at this point. She didn't care about ths codes one way or the other. She loved Damon! Mark was just trying to trick her!

Before anything could be settled the Dr. returned. 'I've been thinking.... can a person forget their first love? I mean even if they've been regressed to experience that all over again? Hmmmmm interesting....' he asked himself aloud allowing Mark to hear his thoughts. 'Well, Mark, I'm ready to write down those codes.'

'Assuming I give you the codes..... what do you want to control those satellites for anyway?' Mark asked.

'Haven't you figured it out? Is my genius that much greater than yours that you haven't picked up enough clues to figure out what I want the power to do? Hellooooooooo... Rule the world? Get it? C'mon Mark!' Dr Meinclare seemed a bit agitated that Mark hadn't relented and given him the codes as of yet nor figured out his intentions.

'Ok, Rule the world... great... how?' Mark again asked.

The Dr shook his head. 'Device, transmit, satellites, get the picture? Hellooooooooo!'

Mark DID get the picture. Somehow the Dr at least thought that his device's power could be expanded or transmitted somehow utilizing the satellites! 'So what makes you think I would give you the codes and allow you to use that thing on everyone?'

'Firstly, you've only seen a portion of what my device can do. Secondly, just like the country with the biggest bomb, I don't have to actually use it to rule the world.... I just have to have the ABILITY to use it and then I can rule the world. Of course a few demonstrations would be necessary but that is understandable!' Dr. Meinclare explained. 'I'm much more qualified to rule the world than those clowns out there trying to do it now! Now, the codes.... I'm growing tired of this.'

'Never!' Mark declared 'You're a lunatic!'

'Miss Holmes, bring in Katie!' the Dr growled.

'No!' Mark shouted.

'Quiet!' The Dr ordered 'click'

'Stop! Noooo... I.... uh....... ahhhh ....oooo....... ' Mark slumped over. The Dr had reduced him mentally to a newborn!

'Ahhhh hello Katie' The Dr said as she entered the room. He turned to Mark. 'click'. Mark returned to nomal.

'Please.....no....' Mark pleaded.

The Dr pointed the device at Genni. 'Click'

'No...not again..... c'mon..... I don't want to be a little girl..... don't wanna be a little girl.........I wanna stay like I am..... I wanna stay... wanna stay.... wanna play.... wanna play..... wanna play! '

'Daddy, what's going on?' Katie asked.

'A trade!' The Dr said as he then turned to Katie. 'click'

Katie's body began to expand. Her clothing began to stretch. Her hair began to grow and thicken. Her height increased. Seams threatened to explode. She kicked off her ever tighter feeling shoes. Baby fat disappeared. She grew taller. Curves appeared. Seams ripped. First into a teen and then into a young adult. Faint lines developed on her face. Her body toned and then even lost some of that tone. Finally she was turned into a mature young woman of 28. The same age as her mother.

'Coollllllll' she said!

'Damn you, Dr! No! Stop this!' Mark complained.

'Too late..... I want you to see more evidence of my power. Your stubborness is beginning to wear thin on me! This is your fault!' The Dr replied angrily as he pointed the device at Gennifer. 'Soooooo you want to play, huh?' 'click'

What few fine lines that were on Gennifer's face began to fade. Her firm breasts firmed even more. Her skin seemed to glow. Her hair even lightened a bit. Then her weight seemed to lessen. She was youthening into her very early twenties. And then she crossed back into her teens. Her breasts became pert. Her height seemed to lessen and her body seemed to be getting skinnier. Then her height obviously changed. She now looked about 16 and still sliding backwards. Her breasts were shrinking. Her bathing suit was getting loose. Only the shirt she wore as a coverup would maintain her modesty. Her disappearing figure would soon not be able to hold the loose fabric of her bathing suit. Her feet shrank in her sandals leaving more of the shoes' wooden sole than her feet could cover. Her body was becoming flat and unlined. From teen to child. The bottom of her suit fell to the floor but she kept her shirt held closed not allowing anyone to see underneath. Underneath the shirt her bikini top clung by it's strings only. The bottom of the shirt crept closer to the floor. Gennifer kept getting smaller and younger..... and finally she was 6.

She tried to take a step and her sandals clumsily slipped off. 'They're too big?' she said sounding a bit confused.

Meanwhile, Katie had been admiring her adult body. Miss Holmes had brought her some more appropriate and untattered clothing.

'Well, Genni.... you said you wanted to play and now you can!' The Dr told her as he stared at Mark. 'Miss Holmes, please accompany these two back outside while I talk to Mark. Katie, you watch over little Genni, OK?'

Katie took her mother's little hand and led her outside.

The Dr turned to Mark who was nearly in shock!

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