Breaking Insomnia, Guaranteed!

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Breaking insomnia, Guaranteed.
By: Set3

Eddie stared up at the building in front of him before turning back down to the pamphlet in his hands. He couldn't remember where, or even when, he picked it up. He'd been dealing with the worst case of insomnia he ever had. He think he might of had a total of five, maybe six whole hours of sleep in the last two weeks. He just couldn't remember if that was true, he was just so tired, he was nearly dead on his feet. He glanced at the pamphlet again, it promising a cure to sleeping problems. Him getting paid just convinced him in his sleep-deprived state that he was willing to try. He looked at the building in front of him. It looked to be an office to the popular pillow company "Snooz-EZ!"

It seemed legit, so he moved forward and pushed the door inwards as he made his way inwards. He shuffled to the front desk and with a dull thump, he dropped the pamphlet on the desk, catching the secretary's attention. "I want to take advantage of this pamphlet's offer to help my sleeping," Eddie mumbled slightly.

The secretary took the pamphlet from him and looked it over, "Okay," she started as she pulled a form and paper up for Eddie to go over, "Just fill this out and we'll have some one come in the next few minutes and put you into the program. Once you're done, you can have a seat on the couch over there," she told him pleasantly, pointing to said couch behind him.

Eddie quickly filled out the form, only reading enough to sign and initial where indicated. With a grunt and some mumbling he more fell than sat in the couch and laid back in the seat and leaned his head back. He didn't know if he nodded off or just spaced but he couldn't recall any time passing when he heard a male voice calling to him.

"Huh!?" Eddie started as his head shot up, he rubbed his hands over his face before getting up. The two quickly shook hands and followed after the man when he gestured for Eddie to follow.

"So, you've been having problems sleeping for quite awhile now haven't you?" the man asked. Eddie couldn't remember if the man told him his name yet or not. He was so tired but thankful the man was keeping pace with him.

"Uh, yeah. I can't remember when I had a decent night sleep," Eddie mumbled.

"Mhm, I hate it when the brain wants to keep going. And it gets even worse these days with stresses and worries. It's a wonder anyone can get the needed full nights sleep. Over here, sir," he said opening the door for Eddie to go through. It was a small room with a table and chairs. There was a machine of some sort on the table that Eddie couldn't identify the purpose of. The man motioned for Eddie to sit down. He did so. The man sat in the other chair and pulled out some wires from a drawer in the table. Connecting one end to the machine he had Eddie hold the other end on the side of his head at the temple. "We'll get you sorted," the man said as he turned the machine on.

The next thing Eddie knew, he was now laying down. The man was now standing over him. "Welcome back!"

"Wha-what happened? Why am I laying down now?" Eddie asked, barely aware that his voice now sounded lighter.

"Our company prides itself on the quality of our products. The secret is that we get each pillow "pre-broken-in". You will be on the third line," he stated.

"Third line, what?" he started looking down when he found he couldn't get up. The sight woke him all the way up. Beneath him was a mannequins' torso. A FEMALE mannequin torso. He had no arms, no legs, he wasn't even clothed. For some reason he noticed he didn't have a belly button anymore before seeing his new breasts didn't have nipples. "What did you do to me?" Eddie demanded.

"To comply with sanitary regulations, we had to move you to this stand-in," he explained, "This is actually a good thing. These stand-ins are designed and built for sleeping, so, you'll finally get a good nights sleep. And since you are now out of your body, your body will also get some sleep now that this isn't keeping it up," he said as he lightly tapped Eddie's head. "Now that you're up to speed, I'll leave you to get some much needed rest, good night," he said as he turned the lights off and left the room before Eddie could muster anything else beyond indignant starts leaving him alone in the dark.

Eddie tried to wiggle off the bed, but, his new body didn't seem capable of moving much. After a spell, he wasn't sure how long he was in the room but he could feel himself growing tired. As his eyes began to close, he noted how comfy the bed and pillow felt as he finally drifted off. As he slept, there were brief moments where he was half-awake when he felt someone move him. He groaned in mild protest as the unknown person swapped out the pillow he was using but quickly fell back asleep afterwards. At last, he finally awoke under his own provision. And in the first time he can remember in as many days, he felt rested. It felt sooooo good. "Maybe just a little longer," he whispered as he closed his eyes again.

Eddie blinked, suddenly sitting upright in the same room with the machine and the man, who was now taking the wires back from Eddie.

"And there we go, good as new!" the man said with a smile.

Eddie looked down suddenly, seeing that he was back in his body again. When he looked back up, he saw the man handing him a billfold of cash.

"And, per the agreement, here is your payment. One thousand dollars," he said and got up, holding the door open for Eddie so he could leave.

"What happened?" Eddie asked the man as he walked through the door.

The man tapped his nose in a knowing way with a smile, "That's a trade secret," he told him. "But please, come back anytime if you have another bout of insomnia," he told Eddie in a cheery tone.

Eddie walked out of the building, not knowing if the whole thing was real or just some crazy dream. He couldn't argue with the results though.

The end.

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