“Mr. Matthews and Ms. Smith, you both know you are not allowed to leave Gaea property without us knowing,” Steven James said to the two young giants.  “You both forget that I can read your every thought if I feel like it and that I can always check on your every move.”

Cody and Lindsey stared down at the floor with their hair still wet from their water fight that emptied almost half the lake.  “After what happened to your father at the park recently, Ms. Smith, I would like to think you know better,” Steve said, firmly thinking of his own son and how he dreaded the teenage years.

“I’m sorry, Mr. James,” Lindsey said, quietly with her head hung low.

“Your father was really shaken up by that.  Some of the humans hate us already, we can’t afford these little slip ups,” Steve said in a fatherly way.  “And Mr. Matthews, I told you that you need to be extra cautious with being from Spartan Falls already.  What if someone from your human life recognized you?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. James, I should’ve known better,” Cody mumbled.  Steve looked down at the two kids trying to remember what the world was like when he was their age.  Then he saw Cody take Lindsey’s hand.  Steve realized that since becoming a giant, he hadn’t been able to keep himself from touching his only, his Melinda.  Cody and Lindsey were experiencing the same thing, only on a younger and more innocent level.  Cody squeezed Lindsey’s hand.

“Look, I understand you kids have certain needs.  I understand you miss your old lives.  I just need you to understand just how serious this is.  This is not a game.  Lindsey, Cody, I didn’t want to tell you this but Lindsey, your father recently told me that the Harper boys have been spying on Gaea House.  They are doing this for their uncle.  I didn’t want you kids to find out about him but it’s just that Calvin Harper is not a big fan of ours and he has the means to put up a fight.  He’s upset because he was injected with a variation of Titan XL5.  He was injected long before Cody and he is only nine and half feet tall.  Not fully evolved like you are Cody.  He’s a known recluse, so it is no surprise that he has his nephews helping him bring down Gaea House and all his other human family as well.”

Cody and Lindsey could tell that Steve didn’t want to have this talk with them.  All the Titan children had a love for the red-headed giant; he was sort of like a second father to them.  He treated them well but he was firm with them when he had to be.  Cody never knew his father and Steven James was the closest thing he had.  They knew that Steven was a lab geek in his human life but that didn’t matter to them, he was the kindest giant they all knew. 

“Well I hate to do this but I have no other choice.  You two are grounded to the small perimeter outside your hangars until I say so.  The public is not ready for giant adolescents yet.  We can’t risk Operation Titan being made public yet.  Not until our numbers are higher than they already are.  You two understand?”  Steve said and the two giants nodded.  Cody and Lindsey both gave Steve a hug as was custom for the children of Gaea House…

Sven Lindquist did his rounds.  Even though he had the appearance of a ten year old boy, Sven gained respect at the Gaea House clinic for being a good and caring doctor.  Even though he had no license to practice in the human world, in the giant world it qualified him enough to take on any medical problems that arose at Gaea House.  This was a great help to Dr. Gunderson and Ms. Hayes who were already actively involved with Operation Titan.

“How are you doing, Mrs. Powers?” Sven said, kneeling down by the bedside of his human patient.  “You gave us quite a scare.”

“I don’t know?” Jane responded.  “My children are monsters.”

Sven frowned at the small human woman.  “They are not monsters, Mrs. Powers.”

“Easy for you to say, mega-human,” Jane said with a venomous voice.  Sven ignored her and checked the restraints on the bed.  Sven didn’t like using the restraints but Jane Powers was a danger to herself and the staff.

“I will not have that talk here,” Sven finally said.  “Your day will come and you will see.”

Sven looked over her chart.  Jane Powers is drugged up and the drugs were doing the talking for her.  Jane had a history with certain sedatives and Sven had to be careful.  That was the reason for the restraints.  Jane bucked and tried to get up off the bed but her efforts were fruitless.  Sven then waited until she calmed down a bit to check her forehead for a temperature, then something strange happened.  A bright light formed from Sven’s fingertips and the cut on Jane’s cheek began to heal before his eyes.  Sven felt a slight pain on his cheek in the same place Jane was accidently cut by the glass and it abruptly disappeared.  Sven first instinct was to touch his own cheek and he felt nothing and then he reached down at Jane’s healed cheek.  There was no scare.

Something in Jane’s expression changed from anger to sorrow.  Jane realized she wasn’t in her right state of mind as she felt the giant’s hand touch her head.

“Am I all right?” she whispered to the blond giant kneeling over her.  “I feel like I was drugged.”

“You were, Ms. Powers,” Sven whispered to her with compassion in his eyes.

“Oh God!  I tried to kill myself!” Jane said, realizing what she had just done and the tears began to flow.  “I’m terrible!  I’m…sorry.”

Sven touched her again, this time petting her hair.  He gives her a warm but lopsided smile.  Jane could see the man through his boyish exterior.  The long white blond hair loosely tied back and the dimples on his cheeks and chin.  There was something about this giant that intrigued Jane.  Even her few visits with Mike never brought this reaction out in her.  Jane loved her husband, but there was something almost heartbreaking about this certain giant.

“I bet you were handsome before…you know,” Jane mumbles on her words.  Sven smile gets bigger. 

“You wouldn’t have wanted to know me, Mrs. Powers.  I wasn’t a very nice person when I was human,” Sven said, noticing that his accent was beginning to slip.

“You’re not from around here either, are you?”

“No, I’m originally for Stockholm, Sweden,” Sven said and Jane gave him a smile.  Jane was feeling more and more attached to this giant kneeing at her bedside just as Sven Lindquist felt the same.  “Let me remove those restraints.  I don’t think you’ll need those,” Sven said with a slight accent.  Jane lay still as the giant hovering over her undid her restraints.  Sven felt a calmness coming from his small patient.  Whatever he did to her, he hoped he could do it again if the need arose.

Sven’s next patient was the closest he was going to get to Operation Titan.  Roderick Cowell still is bedridden and paralyzed by the beating he received from his old boss.

“Well friend, let’s see what’s going on with you today, shall we?” Sven said, trying his best to forget about Jane and focus on Roderick.

“I can finally feel my legs but their still stiff when I try to move them,” Roderick said and Sven smiled.

“Good, you’re mending,” Sven said as he knelt down beside the bed.  “You want to try walking for me.”  Sven put a walker next to the small hospital bed and took down the bed railings.  Roderick managed to sit up. His upper body felt strong but his lower body was a whole other can of worms.  Sven gingerly helped the man that was less than his size up onto his feet.  Sven wanted Roderick to do some of the work himself even though he could’ve easily set Roderick on his feet.

“Hold on tight,” Sven said to the small man.  “I got you if you fall.”

Roderick slowly moved his right leg stiffly and then his left.  He did this for about six feet from his bed before he felt like falling down.  Sven caught him.  “That’s very good, Roddy.  I suspect that if I drop by later in the day, you will be walking six feet and then some.  For now, I suggest you stay in your bed and recover till then.  The techs will help you to the bathroom.  I suggest you try the walker if you can when you feel the need to use the bathroom but don’t do it unsupervised.  I’ll be back to check on you later.”

“Sven…. Thank you,” Roderick said with a small smile.

“For what?  I’m not completely through examining you yet, Roddy.”

“Thank for being such a good friend and doctor.  I’d be dead if it wasn’t for you,” Roderick said, quietly.

“Not all me, Molly, Adam and Aaron had a hand in it too.  They’d like to talk to you if you would just let them.  Molly promised not use her ‘charms’ on you and Adam is just searching for answers but Aaron, he wouldn’t hurt a fly.  Believe it or not, that man is more afraid of you than you are of him.  You need to give them a chance to talk to you,” Sven said, referring to Roderick’s fear of the three giants that brought him in.  Roderick wasn’t sure if he could face being around giants as tall as three story buildings.   Sven he wasn’t so afraid of because Sven understood him even though Roderick could see Sven getter bigger by the day.  One day Roderick heard the crack of his bones as the boyish looking giant shot up a couple of inches before his eyes.  One of these days, Sven is going to truly tower over Roderick.

A tech brought in Roderick’s morning meal and shake.  Roderick lies as straight as possible while Sven measures him.  “If this is right, Roddy, says here that you are a half an inch taller than yesterday.  It’s going to be slow until you get use of those legs again and before you know it, you’ll be big enough to show Calvin who’s boss,” Sven said with a laugh.  “You’re also gaining quite a bit of weight.  That’s good for your impending growth.  Now eat and get some rest.  Think about what I told you.  The giants want Calvin’s head on a platter as much as you do.”

“I will, Sven.  Thank for taking great care of me,” Roderick said before Sven shut the door…

Robby Powers worried about his mother.  She didn’t like that Robby and his sisters were rapidly changing before her eyes.  This morning Robby measured in at close to six feet while his sisters exceeding his original height.  All three of them were getting bigger by the day.  The twins laughed at the fact that they were bigger than the tallest kid in their kindergarten class but Robby began to feel different.  He started to feel less like a child.

All the Operation Titan children evolved and Robby marveled at their great size, then he met Kylie Smith, the original ten year old subject.  Kylie stood an amazing twenty-two feet tall.  She was the prettiest girl Robby had ever met.  She wore the usual potato sack sundress that all the giantesses wore but Kylie made it look good.  Robby never took much interest in the girls in his class, but then again the kids made fun of him whenever the teacher made him read out loud in class.  Most girls didn’t want to be seen with ‘illiterate Robby’ but Robby wasn’t illiterate, he could read, it just took him a little more time.