"Mom?" Sarah asked her mother who remained motionless before her. Why wasn't she reacting to a person the size of an ant being put on her desk? What the hell did 015 mean? All of these thoughts ran through her head as her Evelyn released a defeated sigh. "{b}We had been working on a new antibiotic which had some... apparent side effects. I tried taking them to the police to find a cure but... The poor thing just slipped out of my pocket" Evelyn paused and firmly pinched you between her fingers and dropped you into another glass vial on her desk. "Sarah, I've been working on a cure here at home but it's not entirely ready yet. If you leave them with me, my work can progress much faster". You watched Sarah glance back at you with a worried expression. Your voice was mute and all you could do was pound on the cold glass, hoping that she understands you are ANYTHING but safe. Evelyn got up from her chair and lead her puzzled daughter out of the room and locked her office door.

"You've got quite the bit of luck on you 015. Of all my subjects you were always the most resilient. Now then, where were we?" Evelyn flips through a file sheet on her desk scanning its dense pages. "Ah yes, the durability test. I hope you don't mind but I lack the same equipment I had at the lab". The woman redeposited you onto her palm and lowered you to the ground in front of her bare feet. Evelyn then reach for a small device on her desk and dial a knob to the maximum setting. You feel your muscle tense uncontrollably and you are unable to move. "Stay still 015, this'll only take a minute". The dusty sole rises over you and smashed you face first into the ground. The weight on your back is unlike anything you ever felt, as if your body would shatter into pieces at any second. The heat radiating off of the sticky skin only worsened your existence under her sole. After a minute exactly, the foot lifted off your back and Evelyn's fingers wrapped back around you and held your quivering body up to her eye. "No external damage. Well 015 it seems I was right about you! Time to begin phase two of your treatment". The mad doctor grabs a neon green syringe from the back of her desk and jams the giant needle into your back. Pain explodes everywhere in your body as the strange chemical is injected into your system. After all the liquid had been expelled into you, Evelyn drops you onto the desk where you uncontrollably writhe around in agonizing pain. "As you no doubt have experienced first hand, life at your size is... challenging. I didn't spend all those weeks in the lab just to torture you, I was preparing you for the next step in human evolution. To control one's own size has been a lifetime goal in my industry and I think YOU are the candidate we've been searching for. Try, concentrate on becoming big again.". Your determination prevails as that one idea has been stuck in your head since the very beginning. Almost in the blink of an eye, your body shoots up into the sky as you return to being a normal sized human, with a few extra inches as an added bonus. Evelyn marvels at your naked form and congratulates you on your achievement. "I understand you may strong feelings right now but just know, I still have the master key to your size". She warns gesturing at the small mechanical device in her hand. Evelyn had been right about one thing, the feelings of outrage against her torment overwhelmed your senses, more than anything you wanted to lash out at her, call the cops or something. Having an unbridled freedom of choice back in your hands was an absolute miracle and you best not waste it. Evelyn hands you some clothes and asks you to return in a couple weeks for a check-up lest there be consequences. You agree and begin to walk upstairs...