Steve gets a text from Derek
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 28
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
Steve pushed the black van's gas pedal through the floor all while weaving in and around giant foot shaped potholes in the road. Occasionally a random person would dart out into the street and try flag him down, probably for a ride. He just drove past them without a second thought. He was on a mission and nothing was going to stop him.
Steve felt a series of vibrations in his pocket, indicating some new texts.
"Beth can you reach into my pocket and grab my phone?"
Debbie was in the back of the van desperately trying to keep her balance like a dog in a moving car while her husband drove like his hair was on fire. She finally felt herself stabilize when she saw Beth reach over and into her husband's lap. The world stopped at that moment and Debbie felt like she was the audience to joke at her own expense. What was she seeing? Had she been right all along to worry about Beth and Steve? How could Steve do this to her? Why would they do this so blatantly right in front of her. Why now of all of times? Debbie's sadness and pity soon gave way to rage.
Beth and Steve were none the wiser to what Debbie thought she saw. In fact with everything going on they had almost forgot about she was back there. Beth pulled Steve's phone from his pocket. By this point Debbie had turned back unable to look to the front anymore.
"It's your son. He texted you."
"What did he say?"
"Hey Dad me and some friends went out to the overpass to see the giant woman walk by. Do you know how far out she is? We're getting tired of waiting." Beth read.
"Oh God dammit Derek!" Steve yelled.
Steve wondered how he could raise such a dumb son. What were they thinking waiting to the giant woman pass by. She's not a parade float, she's a dangerous man eating monster. He and his friends were gonna get themselves killed, but not unless Steve got there first and shrunk Erica back down.
Steve didn't think, he acted on instinct. Without warning he cut the wheel hard to turn left down an alleyway that was normally a one way. With no cars in sight he hoped he could use it as a short cut to the overpass. Both Beth in the passenger's seat and Debbie in the back with the prototype screamed as they felt the van's wheels lift off the ground.
Steve felt a series of vibrations in his pocket, indicating some new texts.
"Beth can you reach into my pocket and grab my phone?"
Debbie was in the back of the van desperately trying to keep her balance like a dog in a moving car while her husband drove like his hair was on fire. She finally felt herself stabilize when she saw Beth reach over and into her husband's lap. The world stopped at that moment and Debbie felt like she was the audience to joke at her own expense. What was she seeing? Had she been right all along to worry about Beth and Steve? How could Steve do this to her? Why would they do this so blatantly right in front of her. Why now of all of times? Debbie's sadness and pity soon gave way to rage.
Beth and Steve were none the wiser to what Debbie thought she saw. In fact with everything going on they had almost forgot about she was back there. Beth pulled Steve's phone from his pocket. By this point Debbie had turned back unable to look to the front anymore.
"It's your son. He texted you."
"What did he say?"
"Hey Dad me and some friends went out to the overpass to see the giant woman walk by. Do you know how far out she is? We're getting tired of waiting." Beth read.
"Oh God dammit Derek!" Steve yelled.
Steve wondered how he could raise such a dumb son. What were they thinking waiting to the giant woman pass by. She's not a parade float, she's a dangerous man eating monster. He and his friends were gonna get themselves killed, but not unless Steve got there first and shrunk Erica back down.
Steve didn't think, he acted on instinct. Without warning he cut the wheel hard to turn left down an alleyway that was normally a one way. With no cars in sight he hoped he could use it as a short cut to the overpass. Both Beth in the passenger's seat and Debbie in the back with the prototype screamed as they felt the van's wheels lift off the ground.
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