“Those bastards had bombs,” Aaron said as he extinguished the flames coming out of the human dormitory.  Adam, Molly and Anne were helping some of the human workers out of the building.

“Sven!  Need you over here,” Keith yelled as he found five of the humans on the ground struggling for their lives.  One of the workers was Robin McAllister.   The kindly human moved her family to Gaea House months ago when all the giants went into hiding.  She felt that none of her family was safe since she had strong connections to the giants.

As soon as we clean up, I need all the aggressors to the rumble room immediately.  This looks like military. Adam’s voice flooded all the giants’ thoughts.  Anne, Molly and Aaron nodded.  Aaron was an in-between like Molly and Adam but his gift with the animals could be used tactfully so Adam and Molly recruited the shy farmer as an addition to their small band of giants.

Sven held his hand over each human, taking care of the bad ones first.  Robin McAllister was the first to receive Sven’s healing touch since her breath was shallow.  She woke up in a daze but the broken bones had been mended and the burns healed.  She watched in awe as Sven took care of each injured person.

Molly pulled out a little girl that was barely breathing and Sven preformed his magic on the child.  Anne looked toward the fence at the military vehicles.  She felt heat rising in her hands.  “Those dumbasses could’ve killed somebody,” Anne growled.  Sven eyed the blue flames coming from his adopted daughter’s hands.  He quickly rushed to her after taking care of the last injured human.

“Annie don’t!” Sven shouted but it was too late.  Anne shot out a fireball that hit one of the trucks causing it to explode.  Sven took his daughter by the shoulders.  “You shouldn’t have done that Annie!  Now they know!  We need to get everybody underground!” Sven shouted and sent out a mental message to all the giants. 

The soldiers’ jaws dropped when the adolescent giantess shot a fireball out of thin air at one of the convoys.  The commander of the soldiers observed the giants before making a tactical plan. 

“Sir, they have no weapons.  The cameras caught the pictures of flames coming from the giantess’s hands.  We estimate her to be around thirty feet tall.  We went through public records and according to our findings; Anne Lewis age eleven is decreased; cause leukemia.  The big guy that jumped in front of her is a Sven Lindquist of Stockholm, deported on drug smuggling but the courts found him not guilty.  Guess he never made it back to Sweden?  Cameras caught a strange light coming from his hands.  Seems he was healing people?” the soldier tells his commander.

“Interesting development Garrett.  Tell me more if you find out anything else,” the commander tells the young fresh faced soldier.

“One more thing sir.  We have reason to believe that the giants have gotten bigger since they’ve went into hiding six months ago.  The biggest recorded giant is thirty five feet tall.  The girl throwing the fireball was thirty and the big guy we estimate to be well over fifty feet.  How is that possible sir?”

“The giants are keeping secrets private and we’re going to find out what those secrets are,” the commanders watched as the giant fled the hangars.  The ground shook with each giant’s stride.  The girl with the fireball glared towards the convoy before she followed the other giants carrying humans as they fled.

“Are we going to follow them sir?” the soldier asked.

“Negative, those things can easily outrun the fastest vehicle we got.  We’ll have to rely to the Air Force now,” the commander said as he watched the giants all flee.  Some carried humans while other had children.  “Christ Almighty what have they done,” the commander mutters.

Sven Lindquist took his daughter Anne by the hand and fled to the underground bunker.  The other giants and humans ran for the mountains to a secret bolt hole the giants have been working on.  Someone had to stay behind and inform the titans.  Alex Anderson joined the Swede as they climbed down into the bunker, shutting the heavy steel door overhead.  The bunker was created only for giants’ access.  No humans were allowed near the titans.

Sven ran to Jane who bent down to hug both him and Anne.  Both of Jane’s giants were growing into titans.  “It is war out there,” Sven tells Jane.  Jane just kisses his forehead.

It’s okay sweetheart.  This will only hurt for a minute. Jane cryptically tells Sven.  Sven looks up at the Titaness as Jane just wears a smile.  She grabs Sven while Elisabeth grabs Anne.  Flames erupted from the giantess’s hands as she fought her baby sister who was now an adult titan.  Tomas held a large drum while Jane and Elisabeth overpowered the two giants.  We’ve found a way to make you see.  Were the last words Sven and Anne heard before being feed the liquid and passing out?

Sven woke up to his mind clattering with several voices.  He lets out a groan and realizes he is laying on a cement floor next the Anne who looked different.  “Sir, we found some people in what looks like birdcages suspending from the ceiling.  One of them is the missing Harper boy,” Sven heard the faint sounds of the humans overhead.  Sven heard the noise of large cranes and machinery.  It took Sven a moment to realize where he was.  He was in the underground titan bunker but the space was designed to keep noises out.  Why was he hearing everything going on overhead?

“You’re one of us now,” Sven heard the familiar voice of his wife.  “I found a way to exhilarate a giant’s growth.  You and Anne have only been sleeping for an hour.  You, Alex and Annie are now titans.”

Jane smiled at her husband as he sat up.  Sven held his head.  “The noise.  I hear humans,” Sven moaned.

“Oh yes, we have been hearing them for days.  Curious little creatures if you ask me, much like giants.  You’ll get used to it,” Jane said as she knelt down in front of her husband.  Jane wore a makeshift bikini while Sven realized he only had on a pair of shorts.  He looked over at Anne who was still asleep and noticed that she no longer looked like an eleven year old.  Her body filled out the makeshift bikini.  “It’ll take a while for Anne to join us.  She is still becoming a woman.  I created a formula that causes growth during sleep and takes the hunger away,” Jane then tells Sven.  Sven noticed that Anne’s legs and arms had lengthened and still are.  Then Sven felt a strange sensation as he realized he possessed all the knowledge of man and then some.  He could not just heal but do many other things that the giants could do but as a titan he could master all of them.  Jane’s smile widened when she realized that Sven had grown into a true titan.  No titan was better than the other.   Titans were all the same, perfect in every way.

Sven stood up while Jane held him.  Sven realized that he stood sixty-six feet tall.  He looked down at Jane and held her in his embrace.  Elisabeth and Tomas came into the room.  Sven hugged both of his kids.  Elisabeth was statuesque and beautiful.  Tomas was the spitting image of Sven.  Then Sven thought of Jane’s other kids.  Robby, Jordan and Jessica had to be safe.  Sven wasn’t just concerned about the kids but all the other giants as well.

Anne finally stirred awake.  She looked down and noticed she had boobs.  Then she noticed the curve of her body that wasn’t there before.  Then Anne looked up and noticed Sven, Jane and the twins.  They all smiled down at Anne.  Sven held out his hand to help the girl up.  As Anne stood she noticed that she was now taller than Jane but not as tall as Elisabeth.

“I am a titan,” Anne said and noticed her voice sounded different.  It sounded like a woman’s voice.  Anne found a piece of polished steel and looked at her bikini clad body.  Anne developed fast.  Her face looked like her deceased mother’s.  Tears fell from her eyes as she took notice.  The titans all gave her a hug.