"What do you mean he has no blood type?" asked mum, turning pale. "His blood type is O negative."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Que, the tests did not show an O negative blood type but something quite different." replied the nurse, turning pale herself. "In fact, we are unable to determine what it is that's coursing through his veins."
I began to panic as I turned to mum. "Please tell me this is a joke." I begged her. "Tell me this is to get back at me for taking a short cut through those woods."
Mum teared up, shaking her head. "I never joke when it comes to your health, Jon." she whispered. "Though I must ask, if you did not draw blood from my son's arms... what did you get?"
Just then, the doctor entered. He was tall, moderate build, with black hair and green eyes. He took the chart from the nurse and quietly excused her from the room before turning to me and mum. "I am doctor Khan, the leading expert in transmutations in this area." he said. "I'm afraid I have some grave news to tell you both."
Mum and I exchanged a startled look before turning to Khan. "Please, what's wrong with my son!?" demanded mum.
"The woods that your son had entered was deemed forbidden for good reason." replied Khan. "It is the sight of an illegal dumping ground for a research company whose workers had all vanished ten years ago." he swallowed hard, throwing me a look of pity. "I'm terribly sorry, Jon but you are mutating."
"Mu-Mutating!?" I asked, stunned.
"Into what, exactly!?" demanded mum, hugging me again.
"We don't know as normally, any person who wanders into those woods is found dead... or worse." replied Khan, sadly. "You are the first victim of that area to survive."
I felt my jaw drop as if to scream only mum screamed for me as...
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