"The Red Menace continues to spread! But don't you worry! Our boys run on Milktec Milk! Boris doesn't hold a candle to the strength of a Milktec Man!"
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The secretary looked up from her desk as they approached. "Hello, welcome to Milktec Industries! What is your name, please?"
Mirabelle smiled back nervously, "Hello, Mirabelle Hawkins."
"Now, don't be nervous dear, " the secretary said. "What you're doing is a service to your country, and there's nothing to be more proud of."
"Oh, yes, well, I really just need the money," Mirabelle said with a blush.
The secretary smiled sympathetically, "And that's nothing to be ashamed of either. Now just have a seat Miss Hawkins, and I'll let Dr. Phillips know you're here."
Mirabelle took a seat in the empty waiting room. Posters all along the walls showed soldiers with milk mustaches or crude depictions of Soviet soldiers on their knees beside goats. A television set in the corner showed Milktec trucks rumbling down supply lines while soldiers posed for the camera with their half empty bottles.
"Mirabelle?" the secretary said, stirring her from the daydream. "Dr. Phillips is ready for you now. Step through that door there." The secretary gestured gracefully to a brown wooden door on the left.
Mirabelle followed the direction, stepping into an exam room. A nurse waited for her with a plastered on smile. "Hi! I'm Sandy, and I'm going to get you started. Now I'm sure you have a lot of questions about how this whole process works, and Dr. Phillips is going to answer everything. He really is one of the best. Why I've helped hundreds of girls transition with him and, let me tell ya sweetie, he's one of the nicest Milktec doctors in the company. Aren't you a pretty little thing?"
Sandy guided Mirabelle over to a scale and weighed her. She pulled a rattling metal lever up on the scale and made a note of Mirabelle's height. "So, lots of girls do this?"
Sandy had her nose buried in charts. "Yes, of course. It's not like they say in the gossip magazines, you know. Why, my neighbor is one of those women, you know the type, the kind who never worked a day in her life. Looks down her nose at any woman who leaves the house every day. She sits on her patio with her new hairdo and fancy new diamond necklace that her husband bought her. That woman wants the world to think that her life is the best thing and couldn't be better. Wouldn't dream that her family would have anything to do with Milktec. That is until her daughter showed up here on her eighteenth birthday. Good girl too, wanted to do her part for her boyfriend who joined up with the army about that time." While she spoke, Sandy continued to make notes about hair color (blonde) and eye color (blue) and age (23). "That poor boy is in Albania or Croatia or something that ends in an -ia. Fighting Boris in the trenches with all those other young men. Hope it gives 'em comfort to know the young ladies back here are doing their best to help. Here, put this on."
Sandy handed her a light cloth gown. "Did she go through with it?" Mirabelle asked, meekly.
"What's that dearie?" Sandy asked. "Oh, Judy went through with it all right. Why I think she's still in the program, and it's been over two years now. Sweet thing, first thing she asked me is if that boyfriend of hers could get one of her bottles. You know, I told Dr. Phillips about that, and he said he'd pass it along. That it would be good for morale. Maybe we'll see some stories about it on the news reels soon. Wouldn't that be something? One of Sandy's daft old ideas on the movie screen." Remembering the task at hand, Sandy started gathering up her papers. "You can just leave your things in that tray, Mirabelle. We'll hold on to them for safe keeping until you're done. All set?"
"Ready as I'll ever be," she said with a slight quiver in her voice.
"Alright then, follow me."
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Sandy led her through a short hallway into a new room. This one lacked any scales or charts or any kind of normal medical paraphernalia. In the center of the room stood a raised, padded exam table. Beside it was a metal platter with various needles on it. On the walls a variety of charts showed different angles of female anatomy. Every third chart was one of the propaganda ones she'd seen in the lobby. Finally, on a counter was an odd machine that looked like a combination of bicycle horns and a tea kettle.
A middle aged man in a white coat washed his hands at a sink in the back of the room. As they entered he smiled over his shoulder and said, "Just one moment."
Sandy nudged Mirabelle toward the table and shut the door behind them. The man dried off his hands and came toward them with broad steps. He was handsome for his age, with grey at his temples and sparkling eyes. His smile comforted Mirabelle.
"And who do we have here, nurse?"
"Dr. Phillips, this is Mirabelle Hawkins," Sandy said while handing him the chart.
"A pleasure, Miss Hawkins. Why don't you hop right up here, and we'll get started." He dropped the chart on the counter while pulling out a wheeled stool. He sat down and spun around to face her. "Now then, I see you have all the consent forms signed and your history down here. Good, good. Before we start I have to tell you some things due to the regulations and all that. Nothing serious, and if you don't understand something just stop me and I can explain it some more.
"First, you've agreed to become a Milktec Hucow for the period of six months from the day of your procedure. During this period you will be housed in a Milktec facility and provided board. You are agreeing to take patented Milktec Lactation Serum which will cause physical changes which may remain after you stop treatment. Any product created as a result of the injections while under contract will belong to Milktec Industries. In payment for your services, you will receive room and board as well as $200 a week. Mirabelle Hawkins, do you accept that these terms have been explained to you and that you are here of your own free will?"
Mirabelle took a deep breath. "Yes."
"Great, now that all that jargon is out of the way, we can get started. You can go ahead and take off that gown now."
Mirabelle looked at Sandy as the Doctor stood up and moved over to the tray of needles beside her. Sandy nodded with a smile. The young woman stood up and grabbed the hem of her gown, pulling it over her head. Dr. Phillips paid no attention to her, and she realized that he must see a hundred women like this every week. The chilly room made her nipples stick out, hard little nubs that sort of ached from the cold. She crossed her arms on her chest and sat back down on the cold fake leather padding.
"Now, now," Dr. Phillips chided. "No sense in being bashful. One of the first things I need to tell you is that, as a hucow, you're not going to enjoy wearing clothing very much. As you begin to produce milk, you'll find that any fabric on your breasts will be incredibly abrasive. The sensitivity won't be noticeable or unpleasant for most activities, but if you have on a polyester jumper, it might cause you a great deal of discomfort. And it's frankly more practical than wearing clothes all the time. Tell her, nurse."
Sandy nodded, "Some of the girls make it a week or two before it just drives them bonkers. After that, they can barely stand the thought of wearing clothes."
Dr. Phillips picked up a syringe and held it in front of Mirabelle. "Now, this is the Serum. It's a highly guarded secret, but perfectly safe. This injection starts the process of transforming you into a hucow. Now what that means is that your breasts will grow several sizes larger, what is she nurse, a B-cup? Well, those will get to double D's at least. That takes about thirty six hours, which is very fast for the body to change. Also during this period, you're going to have an incredibly high levels of hormones in your system, which means you're going to feel hot flashes, mood swings, and all kinds of other stuff. Your bottom will also get bigger, which is just a side effect really, but some girls seem to like it."
He put one syringe down and picked up another. "This is what we call our Care Free Cocktail. We don't like for people to be under stress while the change is happening, so we give you a shot of this stuff. It relaxes you and makes you more open minded to what's happening. Tests have shown that it eliminates anxiety altogether."
Placing that syringe down, he picked up a final one. "Now, this one is not for today. This is the one that reverses the process. Once your contract is up, you will have the option to take this injection, and your body, assuming nothing out of the ordinary occurs, will return more or less to exactly how you look now. I will say that most girls do retain at least one cup size and you have to put off a bit of weight on your own."
He put the antidote syringe down and picked up the serum. "Alright, are you ready?"
Mirabelle was fraught with second thoughts. What would boys think of her? What would her family do? Would she ever see her friends again after all this? "Yes, I'm ready."
"Good, turn around and bend at the waist, this one goes in your right buttock," Dr. Phillips said, his voice suddenly losing its charm. Sandy handed him a swab, and Mirabelle felt a cold sensation on her butt cheek. "Little pinch," the doctor said.