Lily? Defeated. You? Very Wrecked. Hotel? Trivago.
"Good one" You said in between heavy breaths "I didn't think you'd pull out a friggin taser though" You chuckled, but then began coughing, and when you looked at your hand, you saw blood
"Oh shit" You said, coughing up more blood as you. With the adrenaline wearing off, your body was no longer able to respond, but you avoided faceplanting on the floor by leaning back against the lockers and just letting yourself slide down, coughing more blood, which stained your hand so much that blood began dripping from it

"Blaise!" Jessica quickly turned the taser off and put it away in one of her pockets as she rushed to you

"Heh, don't worry, I'm not a liar, I'll pay you for your troubles" You said, weakly reaching into your pocket, but she caught your hand by the wrist and shook her head

"I might be a dedicated merchant and saleswoman, but come on, I'm not that heartless" She said, and then looked at your bloodied hand

"Fuckin' Lily, she really hits like a truck, doesn't she?" She muttered, to which you quietly nodded.
"Okay, this may hurt a bit, but I need to know if she broke something in there" She said, touching your chest and ribs, and when she pressed into them you couldn't help but wince in pain. She felt around for a couple of minutes before she stopped
"I think it's very serious, Blaise. I think most if not all of your ribs are broken"

"Huh, I don't think the school nurse can fix that" You said, chuckling a little in an attempt to lighten the mood

" *sigh* You're kind of an idiot, you know? You shouldn't have fought her on your own. Your friends are the exception, I think they're the only 2 girls that can actually kick her ass, but for the rest of us mortals it's downright suicide" She said as she poked you in the forehead, like you were a child that had done something really dumb

"You hit her pretty well yourself" You replied

"After she was beaten and tired by all 3 of you. I'm not sure I would've lasted long one on one against her at full strength" She then reached into her pocket and smiled
"At least, not without some special 'equipment' " She giggled, but stopped when you coughed up more blood and looked paler and weaker than you already were
"Holy shit! One sec" She said as she ran for her trench coat and rushed back. She pulled out what looked like some kind of tablet, she pushed a button to turn it on, then held it close to your torso
"Shit, Blaise! All of your ribs are busted!"

"I know" You said.

"No, you don't get it. I mean, they're skewering you from the inside! Your lungs are pretty much kebab right now. Thankfully your heart got spared, but still" She said as she snapped a screenshot and showed you. It appeared that this tablet worked like a portable ultrasound or MRI scanner

"Well shish" You quietly laughed

"Not funny" Jessica said, though she was actually trying to not laugh at your lame pun
"Blaise, I think you're dying" She then said after taking a moment to regain her composure

"I suppose you don't offer an ambulance service?"

"Eh, I could, but if we do that it's gonna be a huge scandal, besides, I don't think they'll make it here on time" Jessica said.

"How long do I have left?" You asked, surprising Jessica with how serene you were about it

"Well, according to this scanner you could bleed out internally in 15 minutes, or drown in your own blood as it accumulates in your lungs..." She said in a shaky voice. You felt like you should be shocked, but fatigue and pain had dulled your senses to the point that you simply accepted this as an expected outcome, which, after what you had gone through, sort of made sense in a way

"Dammit, I wanted them to be awake" You sighed, feeling that perhaps this outcome was inevitable, but wanted to make the most of it regardless.
"Can you tell them I avenged them?" You asked

"Blaise! D-Don't talk like you've already accepted you're gonna die!"

"But I am, what can we do about it?" You said, your eyes began feeling heavy, the cold void was calling you like a Siren. Jessica sighed.

"There... there is a way to save you... but it's... uh... you'll see... but, do you trust me?"

"You're helping me for free?" You chuckled, and saw that she gave you a pouty face while subtly blushing

"S-Shut up! Or I'll charge you for this plus for helping you beat Lily" Jessica said as she pulled out what looked like a futuristic, metallic toy gun of sorts. She pushed a couple of buttons on it and aimed it at you, then pulled the trigger, firing a bluish beam that hit you, though you initially felt nothing

An unnatural aura of the same color engulfed you, and you felt cool, like you were shirtless in front of an AC at full blast, but then, you felt increasingly tired by the second, but before you could ask Jessica what was going on, your brain shut down as you quickly fell asleep. While you were asleep, your body rapidly contracted into itself, becoming much smaller in a matter of a few seconds

Later, after an unknown amount of time, you woke up, finding yourself on a large, flesh-colored surface. It was quite soft and warm, but you also found that unnatural, since the floor is supposed to be hard and cold
"Huh?!" You jumped up in surprise, wondering where the hell you were

"Had a nice nap?" You heard Jessica's voice, but it had a booming to itself and while it was quite loud, it sounded distant. You then began to realize that you were looking at some weird gigantic structure, then you saw it, a massive face with huge blue eyes and her long, red flowing mane of hair. Blinking twice in disbelief, you looked around again and found that you were somehow ridiculously small and standing on her thigh

"J-Jessica, what the hell happened?!"

"I shrank you, duh" She said with a playful giggle

"I see... but why?!"

"To save your life" Jessica explained after taking a deep breath.
"I found out that shrinking living things makes them pretty friggin durable, but also, if an injured person or animal gets shrunken by the gun, with the correct setup, it will cause your body to regenerate. You're as good as new" She said

"Yeah but at the size of an ant or worse" You replied, feeling much less enthusiastic about this development

"You could say that was the 'price' for such a drastic healing" She said

"Uh, okay, thanks, but what am I gonna do now?" You scratched your head

"That's pretty simple to be honest" She replied

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1) "You'll stick around with me until I can figure out how to grow you back, you see, let's say I obtained this thing through... less than legal means"

"You stole it" You said, crossing your arms.

" 'Stealing' is such a strong word, I'd say I merely 'borrowed' it" She chuckled.

" *sigh* Fine... it's not like I have many options left, have I?" You said, feeling rather resigned to whatever comes next, though you were at least aware she did it to save your life and couldn't get all that mad at her

2) "I think one of your friends would be the best to take care of you" She said.

"Huh? I dunno if I wanna force them into such a big problem"

"Blaise, your 'problem' is anything but big right now" She laughed much to your annoyance.
"Anyway, I'd say either Lillian or Jen would be the best, as they'd know exactly what happened and would be the most likely to understand, but you could go with Cindy too... as for Zuemy... yeah, I'd rather not face her right now. So, who do you wanna go with?"

3) "I think your friends would be the best suited for taking care of you" She said.

"Huh?!"

"I need to go find a way to undo this, and I'll have to go to many places, talk to people and... do things... so I wouldn't recommend sticking around with me, besides, even I can see they all really like you and would protect you with their lives..." She said.
"But I'm not the one to judge or decide, so I'd just be contacting the three of them. You 4 can decide how to go about it"

4) "Considering two of your friends are likely out of commission for a bit, I know some people that'd be willing to take care of you while they recover at least"

"I don't think anyone else in this school would be willing to put up with me to be honest. I'm not Mr. Popular, you know?" You said with a deadpan look in your face

"You'd be surprised. There's more people that like you enough than you think" Jessica giggled

"I don't really think so, but okay, let's hear it"

"For starters, there's Yamile. Isn't she like one of your friends too?" She said

"Well, yeah, but I'm not sure how the others feel about her"

"I think it'd be better if we ignore them for now, soo, there's also Snickers, you know? You're one of the few people she talks to. I think she'd be willing to let you crash with her for a bit while I sort this out"

"I think I'm but a mere stranger to her. Why would she help me?"

"You should see for yourself. Also, well, not exactly a student, but I know for a fact Lulu would love to help you in your time of need" She chuckled, making you blush as you pictured your bubbly teacher and her hyper-gargantuan derriere, shuddering
"Isn't the Lunch Lady friends with your mom? She could help as well"

"What else do you have?"

"Well, the other option I was thinking of is Veronica" She giggled, wiggling her eyebrows at you "I think she'd be really happy to meet you again" You gulped hard
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May 12, 2023