Invisible
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 38
by
copier
· original author:
penslayer5
It just occurred to Derek that this was the first time he'd ever heard Bethany speak. Any communication they've had up until this point was conveyed through texts and body language. This was the first time he'd heard her use her voice and it was sweet, but there was also something else. Something about the way she spoke, her pronunciation, it was off slightly.
"Derek? I can't find him!" Bethany started to panic. "I can't find Arthur!"
His eyes shot open as he looked to the spot where the nerdy redhead had been before his sister zapped him. Bethany was on her knees hunched over the area, desperately trying to spot her brother among the grass in the dark.
"Oh no." Derek pulled out his phone and activated the flashlight before carefully sitting down next to Bethany and shining the light on the ground. "Does this help?"
Bethany didn't answer and started to quickly pull back the grass. She couldn't find Arthur! She couldn't find her brother! What had she done! What the hell had she just done! Her search became more frantic as she began ripping the grass out of the ground to create an open area.
Derek dropped his phone to stop her. He hugged her close and she struggled to break free. She was so damn strong that it took everything he had to hold on and he was just barely able to. "Bethany stop! If he's down there, then you ripping up the grass like that might put him in danger!"
His words seemed to have the desired effect as Bethany ceased fighting. She'd once again gone mute and was looking at him with more emotion than he'd ever seen from her, chief among them being fear. She was terrified for Arthur. Derek grabbed his phone and handed it to Beth before looking over the shrink ray.
"Damn it, Arthur." He cursed. The ginger nerd had the thing set to make anything he hit microscopic. There was no way they could find him without a high-powered microscope and even then, Beth might've chucked him through the air when she started ripping up the grass. He didn't know. Arthur was basically invisible to the naked eye.
Derek gulped nervously and turned to Bethany who was waiting for an explanation. He knew she wouldn't like what he had to say but she had a right to know regardless. He took a deep breath and delivered the bad news. He just hoped her reaction wasn't anything like her brother's.
"Derek? I can't find him!" Bethany started to panic. "I can't find Arthur!"
His eyes shot open as he looked to the spot where the nerdy redhead had been before his sister zapped him. Bethany was on her knees hunched over the area, desperately trying to spot her brother among the grass in the dark.
"Oh no." Derek pulled out his phone and activated the flashlight before carefully sitting down next to Bethany and shining the light on the ground. "Does this help?"
Bethany didn't answer and started to quickly pull back the grass. She couldn't find Arthur! She couldn't find her brother! What had she done! What the hell had she just done! Her search became more frantic as she began ripping the grass out of the ground to create an open area.
Derek dropped his phone to stop her. He hugged her close and she struggled to break free. She was so damn strong that it took everything he had to hold on and he was just barely able to. "Bethany stop! If he's down there, then you ripping up the grass like that might put him in danger!"
His words seemed to have the desired effect as Bethany ceased fighting. She'd once again gone mute and was looking at him with more emotion than he'd ever seen from her, chief among them being fear. She was terrified for Arthur. Derek grabbed his phone and handed it to Beth before looking over the shrink ray.
"Damn it, Arthur." He cursed. The ginger nerd had the thing set to make anything he hit microscopic. There was no way they could find him without a high-powered microscope and even then, Beth might've chucked him through the air when she started ripping up the grass. He didn't know. Arthur was basically invisible to the naked eye.
Derek gulped nervously and turned to Bethany who was waiting for an explanation. He knew she wouldn't like what he had to say but she had a right to know regardless. He took a deep breath and delivered the bad news. He just hoped her reaction wasn't anything like her brother's.
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