Ben learns you won't just go blind

Ben's dreams continued unabated now and despite promising himself he would stop touching himself, he couldn't control himself. 

His masturbation marathons now lasted almost the whole morning, morning after morning, sometimes he would orgasm three or four times before struggling out of bed into the shower where inevitably he would touch himself again. 

One afternoon after orgasming for a sixth or seventh time he let a guttural scream of pleasure and felt his consciousness fade out.

His parents hearing his cry and rushed upstairs to his bedroom, where they found the door locked. 

"Ben" Justin shouted "are you okay?"

All they were answered with was a low pitched groan

"Okay Jackie I'm breaking it down stand back, get away from the door Ben I'm coming in"

As Jackie started to cry they heard a harsher sounding groan and Ben kicked the door open with a burst of what must have been adrenaline fueled strength almost kickingthe door it off it's hinges.

 

"Ben I'm here, oh my God" Justin shouted in shock to another low groan from the unconscious youth. 

They found him naked and unconscious in a pool of sweat and bodily fluids Justin walked quickly over, whilst Jackie stood back visibly shaking and sobbing.

Justin checked to make sure Ben had a pulse and was breathing, as Justin pulled away Ben let out another low moan.

Jackie call the base I'm taking him to the hospital there, it's much closer and they've got access to the best doctors. Justin bent over and picked up Ben like he weighed nothing, Ben let out yet another moan, something was seriously wrong. 

"Christ he weighs nothing Jackie" Justin said barely hiding his concern. 

As Justin carried him down the stairs Ben's moans grew in volume until he reached a crescendo as Justin put him in the back of the car. 

"Thank you Daddy" Ben said in a low quiet voice, Justin felt a burst of hope and it reminded him of when Ben was a little baby of no more than three or four and it increased his urgency even more to protect his baby. 

"It's okay baby Daddy's gonna take care of you" he said as Jackie climbed in the back seat alongside Ben and started to try and comfort her son.

"No Daddy........aaarrgghhh!" Ben screamed as Justin roared out of the driveway.

Ben screamed like he was agony the whole way to the hospital no matter what his Mom did. Eventually the car screeched to a halt by a waiting stretcher and crash team, Ben seemed to quieten down as they put him on the gurney and carried him into the hospital, they must have given him a fast acting sedative.

Justin and Jackie stayed in the waiting area all through the night and the most of the next day too with only periodic updates on Ben's condition. 

"We're not sure what's happening"

"We have more tests to run"

"A consultant is flying in this morning"

"We'll let you know once we have more answers"

"His condition is stable"

Eventually the doors opened and the Director of the Hospital walked in ashen faced

Justin rose to his feet "no more fucking bullshit we want some straight answers otherwise I'm tearing this place apart and taking Ben to another hospital" he shouted as he looked hard and menacingly into the Director's eyes.

Jackie stayed seated a little taken aback by this aggressive side of Justin she hadn't seen in a long time. 

The Director clearly shaken "That's why I'm here Mr Simmons, please come with me to my office and gestured for them to follow him. 

Jackie could see Justin was on really on edge his right hand was balled into a fist and his fingertips were turning white from how hard he held his hand. They arrived quickly at the Director's office. 

"Please take a seat" the Director gestured

Jackie sat and Justin continued to pace anxiously 

"you'll want to sit Mr Simmons"

"I'll stand just get on with it" Justin spat out trying to conceal his growing concern, Jackie cried softly in her seat

"Very well" the Director sighed like a tired man "I'm so sorry Mr and Mrs Simmons we've run every test we can and we don't know what's causing this or how to stop it, we tried to get on top of it but it's just too strong"

Jackie started to cry louder and Justin put a hand on her but his face betrayed his frustration. 

"Whatever this is appears to be accelerating exponentially. We've worked non-stop, but, I'm afraid there's no way to say. The explosion at the lab seemed to have released an intense burst of the experimental Alpha-X Rays, and they have appear to have completely rearranged Ben's DNA. He is for all intents and purposes a different person"

Jackie's crying intensified "What d-d-does this mean, how long has he got?"

Justin's eyed glared, his nostrils flared and he squeezed her shoulder softly hoping she would take the hint to be be fucking quiet he needed the news, he needed to know if his baby was going to die. 

"His Y chromosomes appear to have been completely destroyed and replaced with X chromosomes but otherwise except for the changes his body is undergoing it has appeared to stabilize"

"Tell me what that means in layman's terms Doctor so we can both understand" Justin growled in a low tone

" Well no matter what we do he'll be a fully healthy female within the week" he turned and walked away leaving the Simmons', Jackie sobbing and Jason placing anxiously.  

In Ben's room he slept a lightly sedated sleep and heard a voice whispering to him.

"I am you, you are me, we are one"