Bureaucracy moves slowly. It was this truth that afforded Daniel Stein the time to analyze Adam's Mind Hack program in depth. It worked in a way that seemed to fit Peace of Mind's software like a glove and Dan again found himself questioning Adam's ability to create something so brilliant and complex. It was almost as if Mind Hack were a missing peace to POM that unlocked its full potential. It seemed like it had been built with this in mind all along and Daniel didn't see how Adam could complete it so perfectly even with help from other hackers worldwide. He didn't have time to speculate though. His goal was to end POM's tracking surveillance which was the backbone of the government's control. With that in mind, he put into motion his first test run.
Technically this would be like a second test run. His first had been at the hands of Adam himself and he hadn't been able to monitor anything as his consciousness had been forced into the body of his sister, Stephanie. This time he wanted to track something that he noticed today when he fired up the program. He swore it hadn't been there before and seemed like the most important feature. Dan knew that sooner or later someone at POM would figure out that someone had hacked into their system because the consciousness transfer left a trail. Dan's signal had jumped into Stephanie, and then Adam's signal had jumped into Kim, the next door neighbor. When this happened, both Steph and Kim's signal had disappeared. Dan pointed out to Adam that this was going to be their undoing and fixing this problem was the key to them maybe staying alive. And here it was, right in the open all along if Adam had bothered to look. How did Adam not know about this? Again Dan was left wondering if something more was going on.
Buried in the settings was a way to hide the transfer, which Dan hoped would mask any interruption on POM's end. But he would need to watch the screen to see if it was successful, as even a blip might be enough to attract more attention. He'd need help. He'd need a guinea pig. The problem that arose was how few people he trusted and the stakes had never been higher. After much contemplation, he decided to take the risk of opening up to his sister, even though it meant telling her things he really did not want to.
It was the day after Adam had left and the memory about everything that had happened when Dan had been in his sister's body was still very fresh. He remembered being in her skin and feeling sexy and feminine. And he very much remembered being brought to orgasm by Adam in Kim's body. If he lived long enough, Dan was going to think of something very creative to exact punishment on that little twerp. Dan tried to shove all that out of his head as he sat down across from Stephanie at their kitchen table and caught her up on recent events.
"So, I want you to know that what I'm about to tell you sounds crazy and I didn't believe it either the first time. It's, well it's pretty fucked up and you got to believe me when I say it's not how I would have played it out."
"What the hell are you talking about?" his sister asked with a nervous giggle. Stephanie let little bother her, preferring to live life as carefree as possible, but her older brother was being weirder than normal.
Dan proceeded to tell her about Mind Hack. About how it had led to Adam's visit yesterday, about how he had surprised Dan by transferring Dan's consciousness into her body. And eventually how one thing had led to another and how he found himself making out with her very young friend next door, Kim, who Adam was in control of while Stephanie's sort of boyfriend railed Kim from behind. He steered away from the more technical aspects because he knew she wouldn't understand, but let her know that because of Adam's actions, she was involved now whether she liked it or not. All their lives were now in danger and he was trying to figure a way to use Adam's program to help them stay alive and bring down a corrupt and controlling government, but he needed her help.
When Dan was done, Stephanie was quiet for a long time, trying to process everything her brother had just told her. She did seem to have a gap in her memory during that time. She didn't remember doing anything that Dan said she did or anything else for that matter. If this was true, and she didn't see why her brother would lie, Dan had been in complete control of her body and had used it in a very sexual manner. As someone who loved sex, she found this both repulsive and arousing. She didn't find Dan in any way appealing sexually because of his balding head and overweight frame. If enough booze were in her, she might be able to move past these physical attributes she found unattractive, but there was still the bigger issue of him being her brother. Incest was okay as a fantasy but not in real life. Still, the idea of her body making out with Kim, who she had always thought of as a younger, prettier version of herself, was very appealing.
Stephanie then thought about Adam. She had only meant Adam once before and he had seemed like a nice kid even though his eyes tended to linger on her large chest. She was very used to this though. Her bust size helped her get more tips at the restaurant she worked at and made it so easy for her to pick up whatever guy she wanted to relieve her active libido. But now this little punk had maybe made them break the law which got you killed these days. If her brother figured a way out of this, she wanted to teach him a lesson.
"I don't know what I'm supposed to say to all that, or how to feel, but, what do you need me to do?" Steph asked.
Dan let out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding. "I need to run a test. A few of them actually, and time is probably of the essence. With your permission, I'd like to transfer you close by and monitor some things in the program."
"So I'm like your test subject?"
Dan grimaced. "Unfortunately yes. Again I'm so sorry to bring you into this mess, but if the authorities get any wind of it, they'll probably see you as culpable because Adam jumped into you and you're my sister."
Steph frowned. "The first thing I get, but why should it matter that I'm your sister? You were a hacker sure, but you never got caught or served time."
Dan shook his head. "That's true, but I was getting a reputation and probably would have got caught if I had kept at it. I'm only back at it now because Adam has forced my hand."
Stephanie looked at her brother and smiled. She loved him very much. They had been there for each other through thick and thin, especially recently when things had stayed thin for her and she had had to move in with him. The fact that he had used her body to get off was troubling, but she believed him when he said it hadn't been his idea. "Alright, well, do what you've got to do. I'm your sister and I'll always have your back."
They wasted no time as Dan took her up to his office and had her lean back in a cushy chair. He then showed her Mind Hack in action. He used it to gain access to POM, and Stephanie looked on as Dan's computer screen filled up with red dots that represented all the people around them that had been equipped with the mandatory cyber implants. Dan warned her that when the initial transfer happened, she should stay very still while he turned on the necessary attributes she would need to escape unnecessary detection. He would give her the host's voice, mannerisms, and even access to their memories. Dan warned her that it would be overwhelming at first, but once her brain caught up with the changes, she should find an excuse to leave and come to their house at once. Stephanie then watched as Dan punched a few keys and selected her dot on the screen. She felt something come alive in her head. Then Dan selected the dot of their next door neighbor Jerry Stevens, Kim's father.
"Uh, why are you selecting a guy?" Stephanie asked alarmed.
"Oh, right. Sorry, forgot to tell you that fact," Dan said apologetically. "For reasons we don't yet know, your signal can only transfer into the body of the opposite sex."
