"What the hell is going on here!?" Heather shouted. That was something everyone else present wanted to know.
Edna began to panic as she saw what was happening. Patsy Smith was growing right before her very eyes! How was that possible!? She had the damn ray set to shrink!
"Edna!? What's going on!?" Ruth asked hastily.
"T-This wasn't s-supposed to happen!" Edna stuttered. Where had she gone wrong? This didn't happen in the beta test.
(Flashback-The night before)
Edna's little brother Ralph had snuck into her room late at night to retrieve the soccer ball she had confiscated from him earlier. Her reason being that him kicking it against the side of the house was distracting her from her work. What that work was she wouldn't disclose.
Ralph didn't care either way, he would get his ball back from her. He carefully made his way around his older sister's room, making doubly sure not to step on the discarded bags of junk food. For such a smart girl his sister really was a slob at times. Then again most geniuses were slobs, weren't they?
Ralph began to riffle through Edna's dresser and nightstand for his ball. He even froze up once or twice when he heard her mumble in her sleep. Something about cutting a rude bitch down to size and making her pay. That only reassured his belief that women were scary.
After about five minutes of searching, Ralph decided to check the closet. He slowly eased the door open and dimmed the light inside. There he found his ball leaned against a small folding table. "There you are." He smiled. Mission complete. He was just about to make his great escape until he took notice of what was actually on the folding table.
A gun!
He couldn't believe it. Where did Edna get a gun? He cautiously took the device in hand and began to relax. This wasn't a real gun. It was just one of his sister dumb inventions. He didn't even know why she still bothered to tinker in her spare time? None of these things ever worked. At worse they blew up in her face.
The soccer boy chuckled before carelessly waving the device around like a hero in one his favorite action movies. He aimed it at his soccer ball before reciting his favorite movie quote. "Hasta la vista baby." He pulled the trigger and much to his shock and horror... A laser fired from the barrel. He fell flat on his ass as his soccer ball shrunk to the size of a marble.
He was so stunned he didn't even realize he dropped the size-ray. Instead he opted to focus on his ruined soccer ball. It was so tiny. One of Edna's crazy inventions actually worked! Oh god! He needed to leave. He needed to get out of here before she woke up! Fear filled his very soul as he quickly turned around and placed the ray back where he found it.
Completely unaware of the internal damage he caused.
He placed his marble sized ball in his shorts pocket and bolted out of Edna's room as quickly as he could, thanking his lucky stars that she slept like a rock.
(Flashback End-Present Time)
"Edna!" Ruth screamed as multiple students walking the halls began to scramble away from the rapidly growing teen.
Patsy couldn't process what was happening. The world around her was beginning to shrink away. Everyone was getting smaller and smaller. This was just like that comic she was reading in class one day. Then it all finally clicked. The world wasn't shrinking... She was growing.
"Holy..." Heather said in awe. Patsy just kept on climbing in height. She then turned her attention to the nerd who was causing all this to happen. She then took note of the ray in her hands. Without a second thought she bum rushed the girl and knocked her flat.
"Edna!" Ruth cried before running to her friend's aid.
Heather smirked before scooping up the size-ray. "I'll be keeping this!"
The ceiling of the school began to give way as Patsy's head had finally broken through to the next level. The school started falling apart at the seams as Heather's fallower grew. Ruth had finally pulled Edna to her feet and the two watched in horror as one of her tormentors ascended higher.
Both took off the other way down the hall as the school fell apart around them. Once outside they watched as Patsy's grown reduced their place of learning to nothing but rubble. It was shocking. What was more horrifying was the knowledge that anyone who didn't get out in time was most likely flattened.
They craned their necks upward to see Patsy growth had finally stopped. The woman was huge. Edna hazard to guess she could probably fit into the palm of the taller girl's hand.
When Patsy finally regained her bearings she looked all around her to see what she'd become. She was a honest to god giant! It was as if someone had brought a science fiction movie to life. This was all too weird. All around her were the remains of her former school and the lucky few who had survived her little growth spurt.
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