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@SFFMagazineCovers And yet the guy can’t tear himself away from his oscilloscope. What a dud

@SFFMagazineCovers I think the silver portions are a sort of shroud.or maybe is in the process of being full metallic.that machine could be the one doing it

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Oscar watched the CAT display as the alien machine performed the transmutation on Glenda, his sister.

They'd tried it on the neighbour's sick dog first, and found that the cancers were not able to survive the process. Reversing the process also worked, and the dog seemed ok afterwards, if a little friskier than usual. But given how sick it had been, that was hardly surprising.

Glenda settled to the ground, now entirely made of living metal.

"Well Sis, it looks like you're clean now, according to the scans," Oscar said without looking up. It had been bad enough seeing her in her underwear. "Step in again, and I'll reverse it."

He heard her moving around. Nothing on the screen. "Sis?"

"Hold onto that thought Ozzy! I'm just going to see Annette. I might be a while, don't wait up!"

He heard the door close, and sighed. One day she'd come out. Everyone knew, but somehow Glenda though she was being soooo discrete.

There was a series of loud bangs from upstairs. He rushed up, only to see an unconcious stranger on the floor, with a .38 revolver still smoking in his hand.

Glenda was in her robe, sitting down and looking at something in her hand.

"Are you alright?"
"Hmmmm? Oh, yes." She held up a small metal blob, "I appear to be bulletproof."

Oscar looked back at the unconcious figure.

Following his gaze, Glenda helpfully continued "It appears that our intruder was not able to cope with a lady not dying when shot in the face." She got up, and started up the stairs. "I'm getting dressed, and going out. I don't think the police should see me, do you?"

Oscar looked down again, and sighed. Again. He kicked the gun aside, and got out the duct tape. The things you do for family.