Into the Woods

 Jason staggered and lent back against the rough brick of the cabin wall for support.

With a little daring and a lot of luck he'd escaped the basement lab but not before Dr Feindly's strange devices had finished transforming him. Now even  the short run up two flights of stairs and outside into the bright light of day had left him shaking with exhaustion. 

His new body was young  and healthy enough, even if it was the wrong gender. But even allowing for the fact that he was much smaller and physically weaker now he shouldn't be feeling like he'd run a marthon already. Clearly his transformation had taken a heavy toll on his system, one he hadn't had time to fully recovered from yet.

Just a few minutes, he told himself trying not to think about how good his hands felt on the soft smooth skin of his new legs. I'll just catch my breath and then, then...

Then what? 

A dirt track stretched away from the cabin surrounded by thick forest. He could be miles from help. Naked apart from a pair of heels, weakened, trapped in an unfamiliar body, fighting off strange and unsettling urges. What chance did he have?

He shook his head denying the little voice in his head telling him give up. No matter how he looked now he was still himself inside and he'd never been the kind of guy to give up without a fight. 

Whatever happened he'd face it on his own terms not at the whim of some mad scientist. 

Steeling his resolve he pushed away from the wall and strode on unsteady legs into the woods to facd what came next.