Aaron hurried to the kitchen and flung open the pantry, grabbing the bottle. Quickly scanning the label, his eyes landed on the warning and phone number. “I hope they have something that can help,” he muttered to himself. “An antidote or something.”
With the bottle in hand, he made his way back to the living room, where he had left his cell phone— and his now twelve-foot tall kid brother, who was crouching over, his back pressing against the ceiling, while a huge goofy grin spread across his face. The elastic of his briefs had finally stretched past their limit and had ripped apart, leaving Tyler now completely naked. While Tyler didn’t seem to mind in the slightest, Aaron turned his head away and blushed as he crossed the room to the table, picked up his phone, and dialed the number, setting the bottle down as he waited for it to ring.
After waiting for a seemingly endless number of rings, the other end finally clicked. Aaron opened his mouth and began to talk, before he realized a recorded message was playing. “Thank you for calling Pandora Supplements, makers of QuickSprout Powder. Our offices are currently closed, but if you leave a message with your name and phone number...”
“Crap,” Aaron rolled his eyes in disgust. “I don’t have time for—“
“Hey”, Tyler’s now-much-louder voice filled the room, “is that more of what I had?” Before Aaron could react, Tyler reached down and grabbed the bottle and unscrewed the top. “Oh wow, it’s still almost full! If just a little could make me this big, just imagine...”
Tyler flashed a devilish, toothy grin, and Aaron nearly dropped his phone in horror. “No, wait!” he cried out, but before he could do anything, Tyler had lifted the supplement jar to his mouth, tipped it over, and dumped the entire contents inside, swallowing it all down.
“Yuck,” he said, sticking his tongue out. “That stuff’s not nearly as good without any water. But if—“ He stopped mid-sentence as his tail began to twitch back and forth rapidly, knocking books off of shelves and pictures off of the wall, and his fur began to stick out on end, like some sort of electric current was running through his body.
Aaron’s heart nearly jumped out of his chest. Tyler was already too big for their house with just the two scoops from before. After downing the whole bottle, he had no idea what would happen! He had to think fast for what his next step should be.