Saturday Matinee - Tragic Falls

 

This afternoons Matinee was inspired by our friend Dee Mentia....see her post about the goings on at Tragic Falls here

 

 

They had hiked up to the falls to enjoy the autumn colors and the beautiful view....they had set up camp and the two couples had settled down to enjoy a dinner cooked over a roaring campfire....

Bert and Jen were sweethearts since grade school....they had already talked of marriage even though they were only freshmen at State University.....their friends Bill and Hillary had come along with them to get away from the pressures of studying for the upcoming mid-terms...they had been sweethearts in high school....but they weren't nearly as far along in their relationship as the others....

 

They had asked directions at the gas station near where they had parked down near the trailhead....and all conversation stopped!

"You kids don't want to go up there....it's....it's not safe!!!"

"What do you mean.....I saw some pictures and it looked beautiful..."

"Did you see any pictures of the falls taken at night?"

"Now that you mention it....no I didn't...."

"It's not safe up there after sunset....even the Indians don't go there any more....they say it's cursed land...."

Bert just smiled at the man....what an ignorant fool he must be to believe those old superstitions!!!

"That's just old wives tales....I've heard the old stories of people going up there and switching souls....just a bunch of native mumbo-jumbo!!!"

"Alright young man....you can park your car around back....it'll be safe there....and just follow the trail markers....white with a red dot....that'll take you to the top of the falls....take a few pictures and come back down before dark if you know whats good for you!!!"

"We're going to camp for a couple of days....so we'll see you when we get back..."

He was laughing when he rejoined the others....

The owner of the station picked up the phone and dialed the number he had memorized from so long ago....

"Yes....there are four of them....two men...two women....they're starting up the trail right now...yes they plan on camping overnight....no....I'm the only one here....I had them put their car in the back....no one will see it.....yes....you're welcome....goodbye..."

 

The four sat and ate as they watched the changing colors of the sunset playing over the waters of the falls...

They had all shared a laugh as Bert recounted the dire warnings he had received from the man at the gas station....

And the sun was just a thin slice of light over the horizon as they went to their tents....to rest they said.....

They were young and healthy and more than a little horny....maybe it was the fresh air...maybe it was the beautiful surroundings....maybe it was the exercise of the climb....whatever it was, both couples were already well on their way to ecstasy when the sun finally went down...

There was something....something suddenly different.....even as their hands suddenly found themselves touching very different bodies....

There was a scream from Bill and Hillary's tent and then Bert and Jen were screaming too!!!

They were looking at themselves through each others eyes....

The old wives tales were real....they had exchanged souls....they had become each other!!!

Before they'd even had time to stop to think there was a huge commotion outside their tents and the sound of a helicopter....rough men in unmarked uniforms pulled them from their tents....

They were bound, blindfolded, gagged and loaded into the waiting helicopter....the "men" in one and the "women" into the other and they lifted off into the dark sky!!!

They all struggled but each was injected with something and everything went dark...

When they woke they were in a small locked cell....there were no signs and no people...it was just the two of them....the women...."

"Hillary...is that you?"

"No....it's me, Bill....is that you Bert?"

"Yes....oh my god....it was true....it was all true....we switched with the girls....hey where are they? Where are the girls?"

A door swung open and a man entered....

"I can answer that question....they're in a similar processing center....designed to re-orient them to a new life as a male just as we're going to do to make you two fully female....it will take a while....but you'll be treated well...."

"But people will know we're missing!!!"

"As we speak your vehicle and camping equipment is being moved to a location hundreds of miles from Tragic Falls....you will be reported as missing persons and I assure you....you will never be found...."

"But why...."

"You know the secret is real....we can't have that get out....the falls would be overrun with people who actually want to do this....it would be chaos.....so we watch over the Falls...and we make sure those who were affected by the phenomenon are...readjusted...before we return you to the world....now I want you two to strip down to your underwear and follow the directions of the guards....your medical evaluations will be done....then you can rest!!!"