Karmic Justice
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 39
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
Steve couldn't do anything other than look on as his lab assistant risked her life to save his wife. She hadn't fired the shrink ray like he instructed and now she was in the kaiju-like woman's grasp. She was going to die, and it was all his fault. A young light snuffed out forever all because he dared to make science fiction into a reality.
Beth meanwhile had never felt more frightened in all her life. She wasn't the smartest or the bravest, and she knew what she'd done was the height of stupidity... but at the same time, she knew she did the right thing. When the chips were down and everything was on the line, she was someone who did the right thing despite her fears. "Debbie..."
The older woman could only stare in horror as the giantess snaked her fingers around her female companion. In the short time she'd spent with Beth she hadn't been anything other than kind and rightfully frightened at the world burning all around her. Erica was going to spirit her away. Erica was going to take this woman and devour her just like the others.
'This death was meant for me.' Debbie nearly cried. Beth wasn't supposed to die in her stead. Fate was supposed to punish her accordingly for her actions, not offload her just deserts onto someone else who didn't deserve it. No! No! No! She wouldn't let this happen! She wasn't about to let someone else die right in front of her. She glared at what little she could see of the giant and shouted, "Let her go!"
She quickly ran towards a nearby workbench and grabbed the first tool she could find. She gripped the screwdriver tight and charged full force at the enlarged hand. With a battle cry in her throat, she plunged the tool deep into the giantess's flesh which forced her to release her prize. This also resulted in Beth falling to go the ground.
The hand swung wildly and for a moment Debbie saw the world in slow motion. Beth was saved, her husband was in the back unable to lend aid, the front of the building was crumbling, and the back of Erica's hand was coming right at her. She knew she couldn't avoid it, nor could anyone else present save her from what was to come. This was it... the final curtain on her life.
'At least I went out doing one good thing.' She supposed. For the first time since the nightmare began, she felt the tension she'd been carrying around lessen and her heart calm. She was at peace with this outcome. She wasn't a hero by any means, but she wasn't a piece of crap either. She looked towards the downed blonde and mouthed, "Take care of him for me."
"Debbie!" The blonde cried. Steve cried out her name as well as the back of Erica's hand struck true and slammed into the older woman full force. All they could see was her body go flying through the air at breakneck speeds before colliding horribly through a wall and out into the empty city street.
"No!" The tiny scientist cried.
The hand retreated and so too the giantess. For a moment all that could be heard and felt were the massive footfalls that signaled death until all that was left was silence.
Beth meanwhile had never felt more frightened in all her life. She wasn't the smartest or the bravest, and she knew what she'd done was the height of stupidity... but at the same time, she knew she did the right thing. When the chips were down and everything was on the line, she was someone who did the right thing despite her fears. "Debbie..."
The older woman could only stare in horror as the giantess snaked her fingers around her female companion. In the short time she'd spent with Beth she hadn't been anything other than kind and rightfully frightened at the world burning all around her. Erica was going to spirit her away. Erica was going to take this woman and devour her just like the others.
'This death was meant for me.' Debbie nearly cried. Beth wasn't supposed to die in her stead. Fate was supposed to punish her accordingly for her actions, not offload her just deserts onto someone else who didn't deserve it. No! No! No! She wouldn't let this happen! She wasn't about to let someone else die right in front of her. She glared at what little she could see of the giant and shouted, "Let her go!"
She quickly ran towards a nearby workbench and grabbed the first tool she could find. She gripped the screwdriver tight and charged full force at the enlarged hand. With a battle cry in her throat, she plunged the tool deep into the giantess's flesh which forced her to release her prize. This also resulted in Beth falling to go the ground.
The hand swung wildly and for a moment Debbie saw the world in slow motion. Beth was saved, her husband was in the back unable to lend aid, the front of the building was crumbling, and the back of Erica's hand was coming right at her. She knew she couldn't avoid it, nor could anyone else present save her from what was to come. This was it... the final curtain on her life.
'At least I went out doing one good thing.' She supposed. For the first time since the nightmare began, she felt the tension she'd been carrying around lessen and her heart calm. She was at peace with this outcome. She wasn't a hero by any means, but she wasn't a piece of crap either. She looked towards the downed blonde and mouthed, "Take care of him for me."
"Debbie!" The blonde cried. Steve cried out her name as well as the back of Erica's hand struck true and slammed into the older woman full force. All they could see was her body go flying through the air at breakneck speeds before colliding horribly through a wall and out into the empty city street.
"No!" The tiny scientist cried.
The hand retreated and so too the giantess. For a moment all that could be heard and felt were the massive footfalls that signaled death until all that was left was silence.
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