"Hmmm, you're right! It's a good thing you're more observant than the rest of us today, son! How should we go about using it?"
"If it's all right with you, Doc, I could help her. She could do the designing and cutting and I could put it together. It wouldn't bother me, especially with my super speed."
"Good idea! You and Jeanie can work together. She'll need to have you for measurements and fittings, anyway. Let's just hope our results prove worthy of our work."
For the next few days Jeanie and Mike were secluded away from the others in one of the large chemical labs on another floor of the building, measuring, cutting, and gluing. They were having a wonderful time! Jeanie was doing a wonderful job.
Larry and Dr. Cooper were working diligently four afternoons later when there was a steady knocking on the lab door. When Larry opened it, Jeanie came in.
"Are you ready for the unveiling, Doc?" she asked. "Mike's suit is finished."
"FANTASTIC! Of course I'm ready!" Cooper cried.
Larry was surprised to hear this. He stood nearby, watching Jeanie, looking tired.
Jeanie went to the door. "O.k., Mike, you can come in now!" she called.
When Mike came in, he was covered with a long lab trenchcoat and anti-contamination boots. He held the coat tightly about him.
"Well, here goes!" Jeanie said, and Mike took off the coat and dropped it to the floor, then bent over and removed the boots.
"Ta da!" he cried, spreading his arms out and turning around slowly, until he again faced his friends.
Dr. Cooper could only stare at him in amazement and admiration of a job well done.
The top half of the one-piece costume was made out of the black material. It had a gold collar and matching gold gloves. It's long sleeves were silver, and the tights matched them. There were gold boots which came half-way up to Mike's knees. There was a silver design on his chest.
"What's that?" Larry asked, pointing to it.
"Oh, that's an ancient design representing a spirit," Mike explained. "Jeanie thought it would go good."
"I like it!" Cooper beamed.
"But Mike," Larry put in, "did you have to make it so tight? That outfit doesn't leave anything to the imagination! Don't you want to leave the girls SOMETHING to wonder about?"
Mike blushed. "It's this darned material! No matter how we adjusted it, it still wants to cling to me. It's very embarrassing!"
Jeanie had moved slightly away from Mike, and was eyeing his slim form with great pleasure, unaware anyone was noticing her doing so. She heard
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