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[continuedl] Brandon tests his shrinking device while taking care of his little brother.
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Chapter #5

Little bug

    by: TheLittleGuy Author IconMail Icon
-Your POV -a minute earlier-

"Kyle!!"

You continue to shout as the boy leans over your desk; his entire mass now looming over you. Adrenaline was pulsing through your entire body. You've never felt so defenseless and insignificant before, ESPECIALLY not in relation to your little brother. Kyle seemed to be looking for something. He was probably trying to figure out where you disappeared to.

"He must have saw the beam go off, but hasn't realized that I've shrunk" you say to yourself as you watch the boy turn around.

You realize that no matter how hard try to yell for his attention, he'll never even hear a squeak of it.

It was then that Kyle began to walk over to the bed. You realize that you're going to need to get his attention if you're ever going regain access to your invention and return to your normal size.

It truly began to dawn on you that your device actually worked. You'd take a moment to celebrate if your current situation wasn't so dire.

"How could this have happened? All the setting were correct! I checked them twice and ever-" You thought to yourself.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The whole floor shook violently, knocking you off your feet again. You winced before trying to lift yourself back up. The tremor was caused by Kyle dropping down on to all fours, likely to continue searching for you.

That was when it hit you; this was your best opportunity to get his attention! You quickly began to run towards his direction.

It didn't take long before you realize how long a distance it was from the desk to your bed. Normally it would only have taken you four footsteps to cover the distance, but now it seemed like a quarter of a mile.

About a half a minute passed as you finally started closing the distance. Just as you began to feel a sense of hope, it was shattered as Kyle started to stand back up.

'NOOoOOOOOO! KYLE I'M DOWN HERE!! KYLE!!!' you screamed at the top of your lungs while waving your arms desperately.

You refused to give up and continued to run.

'KYLE!!!!!! LOOOK LOOOOK!!!!!'

In an instant, Kyle's eyes fixed onto you. You suddenly felt a strange sensation; it was a mixture of joy, combined with an unnerving fear. You ignored these feelings and continued to run and shout

'YESSS!! KYLE I'M HERE!!!!' You shouted with a massive open-mouthed smile across your face.

Kyle turned himself towards your direction as you finally stopped a yard away from his feet.

The boy was staring directly at you, there was no way he hadn't noticed you. You simply stood there waving for moment, waiting for him to kneel down and carefully pick you up. ("Then he would just have to take me up to the device, and I'll just walk him through setting it up and'..")

Your internal dialog suddenly slowed to a halt as you notice that Kyle didn't appear to be displaying any sort of shock or surprise upon seeing you.

'Kyle! Hurry! Pick me up!'

That was when it happened.

Suddenly, Kyle's right leg started to extend forward, lifting his massive socked foot up into the air.

You were utterly speechless as the colossal foot began to envelope you in shadow.

'K-Kyle''

Time seemed to slow as you stared at the impossibly vast sole of your kid-brother's foot.

The fabric underneath was grayed out and slightly moistened by foot sweat. The fabric was cohered directly to the underside of his foot, making all the soft, lumpy details of his sole stand out.

A voice in the back of your head was telling you to run, but your legs wouldn't budge an inch. You could only stand there in complete terror as the young boy's foot hovered directly over you. You felt a wave of absolutely dread washed over you as you realized just how small you had become.

You were the size of a bug, and apparently, that's exactly what your brother had mistaken you as. You realized how huge of a mistake it was trying to get his attention at such a puny size.

It began to occur to you how many insects have died this way; Mostly on accident, but many squashed merely for momentary amusement or satisfaction. There's no way your life could possibly end like this. Squashed beneath your kid brother's foot??

"N-no...NONONO!!!.." You began to enter complete panic mode.

"K-KYLE!! NO!! IT'S ME!! YOUR BROTHER!! KYLE NOOOO!!!"

All you could do was back away and scream in terror as your kid brother's foot quickly began to descend to stomp you flat.

You have the following choices:

1. Found

*Noteb*
2. The phone rings

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