Desperate Measures (ar)
by figmentbear
He stared into the video camera he had set up as he finished injecting the yellowish liquid into his vein. He immediately felt a warm go through his arm and spread quickly throughout his muscular body. He wasn't sure what to expect, but he knew what he expected. He knew that he would start to change in the next couple of minutes. He was nevous, but wasn't scared. It was almost as if he was excited about the prospect of what was going to happen to his body.
Brad Kingsley may have been a noted professor of biochemistry at the college. But he was now a desperate man. Having just been given a financial ultimatum from the college advisory board that handed out the grants to the various professors, working on the newest scientific projects, the board needed some hard evidence. Brad had to do something drastic to keep his funding.
He had been working on the fundenemtals of aging and the possibility of reversing it. It's been taking several years, but he had come up with a theory. It involved several chemicals that had a restoring aspect to the human DNA. When Brad had gotten the right combination, it worked well in all the animal testing, save for the fact that final result was temporary. But with his funding at risk, he had to go further than he had. That meant human testing. Since there wasn't anyone set up to work on that for a few months, Brad had no other choice than to test it on himself.
He was quite a handsome man, weighing in at 230 pounds. He was muscular, from the years of working out. He had an incredible physique, with a 34 inch waist and biceps coming in at 20 inches around. He was also rather hairy, particularly on his chest. Another fact that he was proud of. It came from his mother's Italian side.
But all of that was now at risk, when Brad injected himself with his so-called "youth" serum. He sat in front of the video camera, so he could tape the results. He had taken off his shirt, to show more of the changes that were already occuring. He had a mirror nearby, but out of view of the camera light. He noticed that his crow's feel and laughlines around his mouth were already gone. He wasn't 43 anymore. He determined that he was nearing 35. His muscles seems more pronouced and his chest hair seemed a bit darker. He flexed a bit more as he told the camera that he had no other choice then to test the serum on himself.
He started to notice his body change more as he began to grow younger. "It's working," Brad said, excitedly. His weight was lessening and his chest hair began to reduce in its mass. More of the skin on his chest was beginning to show. But, as he measured his left bicep, he saw that he had lost an inch in muscle mass. He felt a warm tingling all over his body. That was when he felt the first "jolt," that caught him off guard. he lost his balance in the chair and was a bit dizzy. When he came to his senses, he noticed that when he stood up, his pants were a bit loose. He told the camera that he wasn't expecting that as part of the change. When he looked in the mirror was when he was really surprised by the results.
He was looking at himself...at age 25. He had lost 10 years in less than a minute. His muscles were still there, but definitely not as defined as they were when he was in his 30's. The same could be said for his hairiness, too. The nice pelt that he had in his 30's and 40's was starting to disperse on his chest and the rest of his body. Brad still smiled as he flexed his body. But that was when another "jolt" hit him again.
This time, Brad looked at his youthening body. He had gone from 25 to 18 within seconds. His muscles had lost some more tone, giving him a bit of a lanky look at his arms and legs. His chest hair had thinned quite a bit. He still had hair on his chest, but it was sinking back into his chest, as well as the rest of his body, fairly quickly. "I'm hitting puberty, but in reverse," Brad said to the video camera. His slacks were getting VERY loose on him by this time, too. It was showing as he tried to keep them up, looking straight into the camera and saying, "How's the for proof?"
Another "jolt," this time taking Brad down from 18 to 13. His muscles were beginning to fade fast, as was his height. What chest hair has had left was quickly fading back into his body. He had lost a foot in height and his weight was over a hundred pounds less than when he started the testing. He was beginning to lose his what was remained of his adult tan. When he spoke to the camera again, his voice was almost an octave higher. But right as he spoke, another "jolt" hit him.
13 went to 8, and Brad was having MAJOR trouble trying to keep his now-mature pants up. But he wanted to keep them up as long as he could. "I know some of you won't understand why I did this. BUt I had to prove to you that I know what I'm doing." He giggled as he heard the boy's voice come out of his mouth. He rubbed his chest, missing his chest hair. He knew he would get it back, but just wasn't sure when specifically.
The last "jolt" came, and it was a BIG one! Brad went from an 8 year old to a 2 year old. It's only in the physical sense, which Brad thought would be the result. He remembered most of the animals he tested maintained their adult faculties without much trouble. Brad finally let go of his adult pants, which also dropped his boxers to the ground. He looked into the camera and said, "M now liffing proof dat my formla DOES wuk! I shud stay like dis for few hors. Then, I grow bak up!"
But in the back of his mind, Brad wondered how long it would be.