Suddenly, the wire cage in front of Bryan's eyes began to fade. He
didn't have additional time to react. He thought he heard David's
shocked voice, but the words resounded in his head like a distant
echo.
As Bryan's surroundings came back into focus, he saw a pair of bare
feet and legs stretching up into the sky. He craned back his head to
look up. He saw a familiar face looking down at him.
He recognized Matt immediately. Where the hell did Matt come from?
"There you are!" Matt proclaimed triumphantly. "I felt sure the wand
worked, but when you didn't come home from work last night I realized
my mistake."
"Your mistake?" Bryan shouted.
"But, I still had the wand, so all I had to do was wish for you to
appear here in my room."
"Wand?" Bryan said. "You did this to me!"
"Yeah, I did," Matt said, and he treated the tiny guy to a rather
malevolent smile. "How does it feel? I know how you and your brothers
have always made fun of me. Called me peculiar and weird..."
"Yeah, and this should prove it!" Bryan shouted. "What kind of fucking
game are you trying to play?"
"It's no game," Matt said. He reached down with his hand.
Bryan didn't wait for Matt to grab him. He began to run.
Matt sighed in an exaggerated manner, pointed the wand and said, "I
wish Bryan was in my hand!"
In an instant, Bryan materialized within Matt's secure grasp.
Matt enjoyed the little guy's struggles. He and Bryan were practically
the same age, and he had always been most attracted to Bryan out of
all the DeSoto men.
"What are you doing?" Bryan yelled.
"First, I've got to collect your brothers and your father," Matt said.
"You shrunk them, too?"
"Of course," Matt said. "I know I could have planned this better, but
it was all so unexpected."
"Listen, you can't do this!" Bryan pleaded. "You've got to grow me
back. Grow all of us back."
Matt walked across the room and pulled open a drawer. He put Bryan
into the drawer that held Matt's underwear and socks. "I don't have to
do anything I don't want to do," Matt said. "I'll be back soon, Bryan,
and then we will have some fun!"
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