Getting a Lift to the Lab
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 16
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
Debbie gave a last look at the flattened remains of her car in a pool of oil in the driveway; one of several that had been casually crushed around the neighborhood. Driving to the lab was definitely out of the question. Throwing the sack of the broken device and bones on her back she set off to her husband's university. As she walked she observed all the destruction that had come to pass in the wake of Erica's growth. That and her family constantly bombarding her phone with more evidence of the giant woman put a pep in Debbie's step Repairing Steve's device and fixing all this was top priority. But feeling the uncomfortable weight of the sack of Cody's bones against her back Debbie knew that there were some things that could never be fixed.
It wasn't long before Debbie grew exhausted and had to stop. Sitting down scrolling through her new messages that's when it dawned on her. She may not be able to drive but she could get a ride. Swiping through her phone she pulled up her ride sharing app. Great. There was a driver less than 2 minutes from her location and no surge charge. Things were finally starting to look up.
A few minutes after Debbie scheduled her ride a car pulls up to the side walk where she was sitting. The disheveled woman is quite a sight for the driver as she gets into his backseat. Her torn clothes and bruises were the first thing he noticed. She was sweating profusely and covered in dust holding a large sack. She insisted that he "step on it" to get her to her destination and that it was very urgent. He was already regretting accepting this fare.
It wasn't till a few minutes into the uncomfortably silent 15 minute ride that he noticed the smell. It smelled like an unholy mix of vomit and even stranger so burnt skin. Whatever it was it was definitely coming from the tightly held sack in the woman's hands. He turned on the air and opened all the windows but it did very little to dissipate the rotten stench. Normally he ignored his passengers if they acted odd but this was just too strange. His stared up ahead at the road trying to decide if he should confront the woman or keep his mouth shut.
It wasn't long before Debbie grew exhausted and had to stop. Sitting down scrolling through her new messages that's when it dawned on her. She may not be able to drive but she could get a ride. Swiping through her phone she pulled up her ride sharing app. Great. There was a driver less than 2 minutes from her location and no surge charge. Things were finally starting to look up.
A few minutes after Debbie scheduled her ride a car pulls up to the side walk where she was sitting. The disheveled woman is quite a sight for the driver as she gets into his backseat. Her torn clothes and bruises were the first thing he noticed. She was sweating profusely and covered in dust holding a large sack. She insisted that he "step on it" to get her to her destination and that it was very urgent. He was already regretting accepting this fare.
It wasn't till a few minutes into the uncomfortably silent 15 minute ride that he noticed the smell. It smelled like an unholy mix of vomit and even stranger so burnt skin. Whatever it was it was definitely coming from the tightly held sack in the woman's hands. He turned on the air and opened all the windows but it did very little to dissipate the rotten stench. Normally he ignored his passengers if they acted odd but this was just too strange. His stared up ahead at the road trying to decide if he should confront the woman or keep his mouth shut.
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