First contact
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 13
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
As the rest of the working world was just waking up Adriana Ramos was soaring high above the morning sky. The young news reporter was just preparing to go live when her producer called and had them diverted from their normal morning traffic watch. He said something about some sort of accident in a nearby residential neighborhood. She questioned why exactly they would send the chopper instead a regular news van but he insisted. Adriana didn't mind. Being sent to cover some big news story was welcome news compared her normally drab morning traffic report. As the pilot flew towards the directions he was given the news reporter began rehearsing her lines for the segment. No amount of prep could've prepared her for what was happening in the sleepy suburban neighborhood.
As Debbie walked down the street more and more people became aware of the wife and mother's "condition". The local police station was flooded with calls of a horrific giant woman stomping around the neighborhood. Still while her enormous figure alone was enough to instill fear in people luckily she hadn't been particular destructive. Her actions were more inquisitive in nature only leading to a bit of property damage. A few trees ripped out of the ground; some damage to the street; and yes a few mailboxes crushed and some large foot shaped craters in lawns. With this in mind the authorities thought it be better to approach the situation less heavy handed. Rather than show up and corner her with guns drawn and possibly incite this giant woman's wrath they instead reached out to a local news station to gain more intel about the situation. Risky and dangerous for the people chosen? Perhaps. But as they saw it there was no game plan for dealing with this kind of situation.
As the news copter made its way towards the neighborhood vast lanes of traffic and big skyscrapers were replaced by empty streets and the rooftops of modest houses. The sounds of city noises dissipated replaced by only the loud rotation of the helicopter's blades. Adriana was double checking her make up knowing they'd be on location soon when the pilot shouted something back to her from the front.
"We've got some solar glare but looks like there is something up ahead."
Both the reporter and her cameraman poked their heads from the side. Looking straight it was hard to see exactly what they were looking at. The sun was shining right in their eyes making the mass impossible to make out. Maybe it smoke in the air from a massive explosion. One thing was for certain it was big and not too far away.
"Keep going forward!" Adriana shouted with the pilot signaling with an affirmative thumbs up.
As the news copter eased forward the mass only increased in size and went much higher then they had realized. Then the shadowy mass moved. First forward, and then to the side. It was coming their way. When the form moved in front of the sun all of the helicopter's occupants finally got a good look at it.
It was a giant human woman. That was clear to all. Their jaws dropped at the sight of her. Towering over the neighborhood homes like they were dollhouses. She stood there barefoot still dressed in her morning pjs. This was the kind of thing only seen in cheaply made scifi movies. Immediately everyone inside wanted get as far away from her as possible before the pilot reached at his earpiece being feed instructions from their network. They were being sent to make first contact whether they liked it or not.
Debbie saw the tiny helicopter before they even realized what she really was. Like everything so far she was amazed how small things now appeared to her. As she took a few large steps forward it just hovered there in the air. She wondered how many would wake this morning to see her giant figure on their screen. While the thought embarrassed her a little she couldn't help but feel like a big deal for once. Then the helicopter slowly began to approach her. Things were about to get interesting.
The young reporter couldn't stop shaking all while her cameraman tried to reassure her. Adriana had always wanted to cover a big story but this was too much. Still she knew that her getting the first interview with this "woman" would make her career. At least she supposed that giant that was quickly coming into view was just an average everyday middle aged woman. Probably no different than one you would run into at the grocery store or the bank. Just on a massive scale. Adriana tried to remind herself of this but it did little to put her at ease.
Once the helicopter was in range the pilot hovered in the air in front of the giant's face before pivoting to angle the helicopter's side. Debbie just stared at while it made it's moves waiting for them to address her.
As Debbie walked down the street more and more people became aware of the wife and mother's "condition". The local police station was flooded with calls of a horrific giant woman stomping around the neighborhood. Still while her enormous figure alone was enough to instill fear in people luckily she hadn't been particular destructive. Her actions were more inquisitive in nature only leading to a bit of property damage. A few trees ripped out of the ground; some damage to the street; and yes a few mailboxes crushed and some large foot shaped craters in lawns. With this in mind the authorities thought it be better to approach the situation less heavy handed. Rather than show up and corner her with guns drawn and possibly incite this giant woman's wrath they instead reached out to a local news station to gain more intel about the situation. Risky and dangerous for the people chosen? Perhaps. But as they saw it there was no game plan for dealing with this kind of situation.
As the news copter made its way towards the neighborhood vast lanes of traffic and big skyscrapers were replaced by empty streets and the rooftops of modest houses. The sounds of city noises dissipated replaced by only the loud rotation of the helicopter's blades. Adriana was double checking her make up knowing they'd be on location soon when the pilot shouted something back to her from the front.
"We've got some solar glare but looks like there is something up ahead."
Both the reporter and her cameraman poked their heads from the side. Looking straight it was hard to see exactly what they were looking at. The sun was shining right in their eyes making the mass impossible to make out. Maybe it smoke in the air from a massive explosion. One thing was for certain it was big and not too far away.
"Keep going forward!" Adriana shouted with the pilot signaling with an affirmative thumbs up.
As the news copter eased forward the mass only increased in size and went much higher then they had realized. Then the shadowy mass moved. First forward, and then to the side. It was coming their way. When the form moved in front of the sun all of the helicopter's occupants finally got a good look at it.
It was a giant human woman. That was clear to all. Their jaws dropped at the sight of her. Towering over the neighborhood homes like they were dollhouses. She stood there barefoot still dressed in her morning pjs. This was the kind of thing only seen in cheaply made scifi movies. Immediately everyone inside wanted get as far away from her as possible before the pilot reached at his earpiece being feed instructions from their network. They were being sent to make first contact whether they liked it or not.
Debbie saw the tiny helicopter before they even realized what she really was. Like everything so far she was amazed how small things now appeared to her. As she took a few large steps forward it just hovered there in the air. She wondered how many would wake this morning to see her giant figure on their screen. While the thought embarrassed her a little she couldn't help but feel like a big deal for once. Then the helicopter slowly began to approach her. Things were about to get interesting.
The young reporter couldn't stop shaking all while her cameraman tried to reassure her. Adriana had always wanted to cover a big story but this was too much. Still she knew that her getting the first interview with this "woman" would make her career. At least she supposed that giant that was quickly coming into view was just an average everyday middle aged woman. Probably no different than one you would run into at the grocery store or the bank. Just on a massive scale. Adriana tried to remind herself of this but it did little to put her at ease.
Once the helicopter was in range the pilot hovered in the air in front of the giant's face before pivoting to angle the helicopter's side. Debbie just stared at while it made it's moves waiting for them to address her.
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