This choice: Zac grabs a pexiglass petri dish • Go Back...Chapter #5Zac Tries to Help by: Speck   Zac looked around the room for a safe place to put his tiny ant-sized brother. Every slight movement Zac made was violent and terrifying for the minuscule Professor.
"Hey, this will do the trick," Zac mumbled as he noticed a stack of plexiglass petri dishes on a nearby counter. Zac grabbed one of the petri dishes and lowered his brother gently to the clear surface. "There you go, big bro. You'll be safe in here till we figure out how to get you back to normal."
After the initial shock of being whisked thorough the air at incredible speed and dropped onto the clear surface, Eric stood and pondered his unlikely circumstances. He felt insignificant and humiliated as he realized his little brother had put him in a petri dish just like he was some lab specimen to be examined. His super-colossal little brother towered over him like an all-powerful god.
After an initial analysis of his situation, Eric concluded he was only about 1/8th of an inch tall. The lint-sized professor looked up at his humongous little brother looking down at him, and trembled with fear as he realized his irresponsible little brother was in complete control of him.
Eric's clear plexiglass prison was about 6 inches in diameter, about the size of a football field for the reduced man. Eric was dead center, and the circular wall was 144 feet away in any direction. Even though the wall was only 1/2 inch high, it was 24 feet for the tiny Professor.
The minuscule Professor's mind shifted from traumatic terror to elated joy from the success of the shrink ray. Eric knew the shrink ray was the invention of the century. If he could get out of this unnerving situation, the brilliant Professor knew he would be rich and famous. Although Eric was less an enthused as he realized his fate was in the hands of his unreliable, not-too-bright little brother.
Suddenly, Eric's world shifted violently as the floor beneath him began a horrific ascension. Zac was lifting him in the air close to his face to get a better look at his reduced brother.
"God, you are so tiny," Zac laughed as he began a close examination of his big brother. "What the hell am I going to do with you? I better not try that machine again or I might shrink you to oblivion. I'm going to have to get us some help."
Zac tilted the petri dish slightly and sent Eric sliding uncontrollably towards one of the massive walls.
"Oops," Zac said with a chuckle, as he righted the little dish and set it back down on the counter. "I'm going to go and try to find Don and get him to help you. Now don't you no nowhere big, oh I mean little bro."
Although Eric was relieved his little brother had the sense to help him, he felt scared and vulnerable being left alone in the god-awful petri dish.
Zac left the room in search of Eric's grad assistant Don. Zac pondered taking Eric with him but wisely decided all the movement would be too much for his tiny big brother. Eric was alone as he stood in the small petri dish in the hauntingly quite ominous room.
Suddenly Eric's assistant Don and another student rushed into the room. They had come to gather supplies for a science class experiment.
"O.K. Dustin, we're going to need 4 lab kits, a bunsen burner, and some alcohol for the experiment," Don informed the student. "Oh, and I almost forgot, some petri-dishes. Here they are."
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