Debbie & Steve
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 85
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
The giants all agreed to go their separate ways for now and would meet up again later at Vladmir's Family Deli on Matheson Street. As Debbie walked off with her cheating husband Steve, she couldn't help but think about how events unfolded. Nicole was now the largest giantess of them all and destroyed the shrink ray to ensure no funny business.
Steve meanwhile had gone surprisingly silent. Not out of fear but something else entirely. He just sat there in her hands crisscrossed arms crossed with his head down and his eyes shut. It was honestly kind of unnerving. Shouldn't he be frightened and trying to convince her not to punish him for going behind her back with his lab assistant Beth?
The older woman eventually decided to settle down at nearby gas station. Anybody present immediately fled at the sight of her and she took a seat on top of the convenient store attached to the station. The sun was just starting to rise over the horizon, and she looked to Steve who still hadn't said a word since he was handed off to her by Nicole.
"Well, don't you have anything to say?" Debbie asked.
"There's nothing left to say, Debbie." Steve replied.
"You could start with, I'm sorry." She suggested to him.
"I'm not sorry Debbie. I meant what I said at the motel."
Steve was done with Debbie, done with the killings, done with his research, done with having his trust abused, he was done with all of it. Now his baby girl was a murderer too and it was all because of Debbie. He didn't see a point to apologizing when he didn't mean it, nor did he see a point in trying to plead his case to another mad woman.
Worse yet, Nicole destroyed the experimental portable model he'd put together so there was no immediate way to undo what she'd done unless he went back to his lab which was no doubt swarming with government agents ready to bring him in for questioning as soon as he set foot on the premises. His life was once again in freefall, and he wanted a drink.
"You didn't mean that." Debbie tried to convince herself more than anything.
"I did." Steve confirmed. "You've betrayed my trust twice over and broke a serial killer out of prison. Not only that, but you also killed innocent people when you escaped and then you brought our daughter into it. Our baby! You saw what she did Debbie! Nicole is a murderer now! She has blood on her hands and it's all because of you!"
"I-I..." She did see what happened at the motel. She killed a guy without a second thought and did it so casually. She did mention she was watching multiple videos on Erica's rampage and the news. Had she become desensitized? If so, then was this really all her fault? It felt like it was. Steve said it was. She was the reason Erica snapped in the first place. She was the catalyst for everything, wasn't she?
"Debbie, this isn't going to work." Steve spoke a little more softly. "This isn't going to work. What we had in the past was beautiful, but we can't ever go back to those times. We've done too much. I went behind your back with Beth, and you killed innocent people. We can't be together anymore because it's become quite apparent, we're not good for each other anymore."
The older woman was actually starting to tear up a little. "I never meant to betray your trust. I was just trying to save myself. Prison wasn't safe anymore. Erica let slip what my role in her rampage was and the inmates started to get more aggressive. She forced my hand."
"Then why didn't you just tell me?" Steve pressed. "I would've helped you myself!"
"I didn't feel like I could." She admitted. Their relationship had deteriorated so much, and she hadn't even noticed until it was already too late. "I thought teaming up with her was the only way."
"Why didn't you shrink her afterward?" Steve continued. "You had the shrink ray! You had the power! You could've ended things whenever you wanted and stopped her from killing anyone else. Why didn't you end it, Debbie?"
The older woman looked pained. "I don't know. I thought that maybe I could fix her, make up for my mistake-"
"That's not your job, Debbie!" The tiny doctor cut her off. "That's what therapy is for. Erica used you! She used your guilt against you so that you'd do what she wanted, and her plan worked. She's free and can kill whoever she wants, and I get the feeling Nicole won't even try to lift a finger to stop her."
Debbie didn't want to admit it, but she also got the feeling Nikki wouldn't try to stop Erica either. She started to bond with the woman and said woman praised her viciousness.
"Speaking of Nicole." Steve's voice got more heated. "Just what the hell were you thinking bringing her into this? We're supposed to steer our kids away from danger not toward it."
"I was just so overcome after everything that happened and then she started begging and Erica-"
"Enough about Erica! You had the device! You pulled the trigger! It was all you!" Steve snapped. "You are everything that is wrong with you Debbie and now Derek and Beth are in terrible danger, Nicole could be trying to corrupt Lisa, and who knows what the military will do when they inevitably mobilize! We are fucked unless I can find a way to fix this. Debbie... you have to let me go."
The older woman's lip trembled.
Steve meanwhile had gone surprisingly silent. Not out of fear but something else entirely. He just sat there in her hands crisscrossed arms crossed with his head down and his eyes shut. It was honestly kind of unnerving. Shouldn't he be frightened and trying to convince her not to punish him for going behind her back with his lab assistant Beth?
The older woman eventually decided to settle down at nearby gas station. Anybody present immediately fled at the sight of her and she took a seat on top of the convenient store attached to the station. The sun was just starting to rise over the horizon, and she looked to Steve who still hadn't said a word since he was handed off to her by Nicole.
"Well, don't you have anything to say?" Debbie asked.
"There's nothing left to say, Debbie." Steve replied.
"You could start with, I'm sorry." She suggested to him.
"I'm not sorry Debbie. I meant what I said at the motel."
Steve was done with Debbie, done with the killings, done with his research, done with having his trust abused, he was done with all of it. Now his baby girl was a murderer too and it was all because of Debbie. He didn't see a point to apologizing when he didn't mean it, nor did he see a point in trying to plead his case to another mad woman.
Worse yet, Nicole destroyed the experimental portable model he'd put together so there was no immediate way to undo what she'd done unless he went back to his lab which was no doubt swarming with government agents ready to bring him in for questioning as soon as he set foot on the premises. His life was once again in freefall, and he wanted a drink.
"You didn't mean that." Debbie tried to convince herself more than anything.
"I did." Steve confirmed. "You've betrayed my trust twice over and broke a serial killer out of prison. Not only that, but you also killed innocent people when you escaped and then you brought our daughter into it. Our baby! You saw what she did Debbie! Nicole is a murderer now! She has blood on her hands and it's all because of you!"
"I-I..." She did see what happened at the motel. She killed a guy without a second thought and did it so casually. She did mention she was watching multiple videos on Erica's rampage and the news. Had she become desensitized? If so, then was this really all her fault? It felt like it was. Steve said it was. She was the reason Erica snapped in the first place. She was the catalyst for everything, wasn't she?
"Debbie, this isn't going to work." Steve spoke a little more softly. "This isn't going to work. What we had in the past was beautiful, but we can't ever go back to those times. We've done too much. I went behind your back with Beth, and you killed innocent people. We can't be together anymore because it's become quite apparent, we're not good for each other anymore."
The older woman was actually starting to tear up a little. "I never meant to betray your trust. I was just trying to save myself. Prison wasn't safe anymore. Erica let slip what my role in her rampage was and the inmates started to get more aggressive. She forced my hand."
"Then why didn't you just tell me?" Steve pressed. "I would've helped you myself!"
"I didn't feel like I could." She admitted. Their relationship had deteriorated so much, and she hadn't even noticed until it was already too late. "I thought teaming up with her was the only way."
"Why didn't you shrink her afterward?" Steve continued. "You had the shrink ray! You had the power! You could've ended things whenever you wanted and stopped her from killing anyone else. Why didn't you end it, Debbie?"
The older woman looked pained. "I don't know. I thought that maybe I could fix her, make up for my mistake-"
"That's not your job, Debbie!" The tiny doctor cut her off. "That's what therapy is for. Erica used you! She used your guilt against you so that you'd do what she wanted, and her plan worked. She's free and can kill whoever she wants, and I get the feeling Nicole won't even try to lift a finger to stop her."
Debbie didn't want to admit it, but she also got the feeling Nikki wouldn't try to stop Erica either. She started to bond with the woman and said woman praised her viciousness.
"Speaking of Nicole." Steve's voice got more heated. "Just what the hell were you thinking bringing her into this? We're supposed to steer our kids away from danger not toward it."
"I was just so overcome after everything that happened and then she started begging and Erica-"
"Enough about Erica! You had the device! You pulled the trigger! It was all you!" Steve snapped. "You are everything that is wrong with you Debbie and now Derek and Beth are in terrible danger, Nicole could be trying to corrupt Lisa, and who knows what the military will do when they inevitably mobilize! We are fucked unless I can find a way to fix this. Debbie... you have to let me go."
The older woman's lip trembled.
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