(Same Day/11:45 PM/Monday)

-At the local pub-

The crowd was beginning to thin as time dwindled into a new day. Giantess could be seen walking out as well as normal-sized people as they made their exit as well. The staff of the pub was wiping down the tables and putting the finishing touches on closing as Tory and Frankie still sat at the Table.

Their drinks almost finished as the two continued to sit and watched the process of the pub getting ready to close.

“Well,” Tory began, gaining Frankie’s attention. “Aren’t you supposed to be leaving or something, lockdown is in like, 15 minutes.” Tory looked away from her, making good on his part not to make eye contact with her.

Frankie's turquoise eyes blinked a few times as she looked down at him for a few seconds. "And what about you tough guy? Where are you going to go?" She questioned him. "Are you going to be alright during Lockdown?" She tossed another question at him.

Tory glanced at Frankie for a short second before he finally stood up, making sure he didn’t leave anything behind. “I’ll take that as a yes,” Frankie tilted her head as her eyes stayed fixed on him.

"I think I'll manage," Tory replied as he checked his phone to see how much battery life, he had left on it. “Great, it won’t be long before this thing dies.” He grunted as he stuffed his cellphone in his pocket.

“Where are you going to go?” She asked him bluntly.” Lockdown is literally like in 10 minutes, and I’m pretty sure that you’re a long way from home.” She took a sip of Coke as she kept her eyes on Tory, who looked back up at her.

“I don’t know yet, but I’m sure I’ll find somewhere to go and hide out for a while, at least somewhere to stay for a day or two if I need to.” He told her, but Frankie just kept her eyes locked on him, not believing a word he said to her.

"Uh-huh, and what are you going to do when you run out of those pills?" She asked him. "You know they don't make you invincible right? They only make you durable for a certain amount of time and then after that, you're back to being nothing but a walking squish ball." She reminded him. "And even still, if you manage to survive for that long, you'll still need to go out and steal some more," Frankie added. "So, what are you going to do then?"

Tory barely turned his head to glance back at her. “Steal some more duh,” He told her. “I told you earlier, you have to find some way to survive and if I have to go back and steal some more pills then, hey; I just got to do what I have to do.” He shrugged his shoulders. “If anything, I better do all that I can, or I’m fucked either way it goes.”

An audible noise escaped Frankie’s lips as she sipped another portion of her Coke. “Sounds like a simple answer for a simple problem, too bad the problem isn’t that simple though.” She taunted.

“Oh well,” Tory shot back halfheartedly. "It's not like you're giving me any ideas." He told her. "The last time I asked you for help you said you were going to paint the bottom of your shoe with my blood and I don't think I have time to die or to see if your threat was real." He replied as he patted himself down to make sure that he had everything that he needed.

“Don’t tell me that’s still on your mind.” Frankie giggled.

“I don’t see what’s so funny about threatening to kill me.” Tory lightly growled at her, his eyes narrowing as he turned to face her, crossing his arms.

Frankie took another sip of her soda, slurping up the contents slowly as she eyed him. Taking the straw out of her mouth, she licked her lips a bit before she spoke. "Well, it's not like you were taking "No" for an answer." She placed both of her hands together as she looked down at the regular-sized human standing on the table in front of her. "Plus, I told you I had my reasons for not wanting to bring you into the kind of situation that I’m in, but you didn’t listen to me and since you wouldn’t stop bugging me about it, I threatened to stomp you if you didn’t take the hint.” She answered him truthfully as Tory just looked at her, slightly tilting his head to the side.

"I thought you were going to save me for a bit." He told her.

“And I did, just not the way that “YOU” wanted me to.” She replied quickly. “Plus, I could have easily let those guys do whatever they wanted to you, so there’s that piece of logic that you keep skipping over.” She added as Tory continued to look up at her, seeing that she was making it hard for him to win this battle of words with her.

He took a deep breath and turned his back towards and began to make his way off the table.

"You still haven't said where you were going?' She told him as she placed her head in her hand, while her elbow rested on the table. "I don't think hiding under a rock is good for you this time around. That may be a plan you want to try and rethink." She finished as Tory kept walking,

“Well, until you can come up with some suggestions then I guess I’ll be under a rock.” He drew closer to the edge of the table.

“Don’t you have any friends?” She asked him.

“Nope,” He threw his hand up, slightly waving at her as he continued to walk away from her. “They’re around people who are better than me. or that's what they say" He shouted.

“Family?” She asked again.

“The reason I’m here!” He shouted again.

Frankie rolled her eyes a bit at the comment. “Are you fucking kidding me.” She mentally thought as she almost slapped her forehead but reframed from doing so. “So, you mean to tell me that you don’t have anybody that would take you in for at least a night or two?” She shot another question at him, causing him to stop and slightly turn his body halfway to get a good look at her.

"You know, you seem to care a lot for some odd reason," His eyebrow raised as he gave Frankie a questionable look. "Why the sudden interest in me? I thought you didn't want to be bothered, or you had too much going on as it is, if that's true; then why so many questions." Frankie's expression didn't change as she stared at him.

The questions didn't seem to bother her, nor did they catch her by surprise. It was as though she was expecting it.

“Just because I can’t take you home with me….” Frankie stopped herself for a second and thought about what she was trying to say. “Ok, that didn’t come out right, let me rephrase that.” Frankie sat a bit as she eyed him. “Just because I couldn’t let you stay at my place…Dammit,” She cursed as she placed her hand on her forehead for a minute and thought about how to say what she wanted to say. "Alright, so look. I know I said I couldn't hide you because of my issues, but that doesn't mean that I don't care about what happens to you, I mean don't get me wrong; I'm not in love or anything, but you do seem like a nice person to talk to and I did save you once, so yea I would like to know if you have any place to go to hide while all this blows over.” She ended as Tory looked up at her, a slight smile crossed his lips as he shook his head lightly.

Frankie could hear a slight chuckle escape his lips as she tilted her head at him. “What? Find something funny Tiny.”

“Nah,” Tory quickly responded.” I can't really say I have anywhere to go, I'm just going to find somewhere to hide out until I can make it back to my side of town." He admitted to her. "They really through me off with this whole Lockdown thing, but I'll manage somehow.”

“You’re not going to steal anymore are you?” A smirk glided across her lips as Tory cocked his head to the side for a second. “You know those guys might still be out there looking for you.” She added on.

“Or, they could have all gotten stepped on and turned into a red smoothie by now.” Tory countered.

“Wow, dark mind you got there,” She slowly stood up out of her chair, making sure that she wasn’t leaving anything behind either.

"No, just trying to be optimistic," Tory answered her.

“I didn’t think wishing death on someone was being optimistic.” Frankie moved some of her hair out of her face as she made sure that none of it got caught in her headphones that were wrapped around her neck.

"Well, they were trying to make sure that they inflicted death on me." Tory shrugged. "But, thanks for worrying, but I think I'll be…. Hey, what are you doing!?" Tory yelled up at her as Frankie's hand gently wrapped around him and lifted his small frame to her head. "Hey! What the! Put me down!" He screamed at her, not knowing what to expect from the large giant, but as soon as the hand that grabbed him reached its peak in height, it slowly released him as he fell on the top of her head. "Huh?" Tory stared down at her in confusion as her fingers gently picked a strand of hair out from underneath him and gave it to him.

“Here, hold on to that.” She told him. “I don’t need you falling off, I’m pretty tall, so pills or not, that’s going to be long drop and it’s going to fucking hurt.” She informed him as Tory stared blankly at her, his eyes still blinking in confusion as he slowly reached out for her hair and grabbed it.

“Alright, got everything?” She asked herself, checking her pockets. “What about you Tiny, you good?” Her words still rung foreign to Tory as he couldn’t do anything but nod his head. “Good, let’s go.” Frankie stood up and began to walk towards the cash register, quickly throwing a ten-dollar bill on the account

“Keep the change.” Her voice ranged out as she walked through the door with a regular on her head. “Hold on Tiny, I’m not sure how the walk will be, but I promise you that it’ll be a lot better than you walking.” She smiled to herself as she made her way down the street.

“Hey, I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but where the hell are we going? and Lockdown is like in five minutes.” Tory screamed down at her.

“What do you mean? I’m hiding you out at my place for the night at least, maybe for two nights if you’re lucky, I don’t know about the second night though, still thinking on it.” She answered his question as she made sure to keep her eyes focused on the path ahead of her and to make sure she could still feel him on the top of her head.

Tory gave her a disconcerted look as he rode on the top of her head. "So, wait, what made you change your mind? I thought you said…”

“I know what I said Tiny.” Frankie acknowledged his sentence before he could finish it. “Regardless of that, I figured I could take this risk; at least one more time.” Frankie slipped as Tory gave her a questionable look.

“One more time?” He repeated. “What do you mean “One more time” Tory had slowly begun to question Frankie’s methods the more she talked, but still couldn’t deny the fact that her taking him in was still better than being out on the streets.

Frankie’s eyes glanced upward, unable to see the regular sitting on her head. “Don’t worry about it, that just came out bad, I didn’t mean anything by it.” She tried to sway away from the situation.

Tory's eyes narrowed a bit as the giantess continued to walk. "Look, if I'm going to be safer somewhere else, then you can let me go. I'm not trying to get killed or put in a situation that's going to get me killed." He told her as Frankie could only sigh in response.

“Tiny, stop worrying.” She shushed him. “Nothing is going to happen to you, I promise; Well…” She thought about her statement for a second. “Unless I do something to you, but other than that, nothing will happen to you. So, stop being a big skeptic and just enjoy the ride alright, geez.” She huffed as her sneaker covered foot contacted the pavement.

“Well I hate to be a bitch about things, but sometimes being out on the streets is better than being trapped by a giantess who has ulterior motives." Tory shot at her as Frankie stopped in her tracks the second Tory's words left his mouth.

 “And I don’t mean to be the bearer of bad news, but what most of you regulars don’t realize is that “Being out on the streets” especially during Lockdown and after dark is nothing more than a suicide field trip.” She breathed in slight aggravation.” What I don’t understand is why you guys don’t turn around and hide yourselves, they did explain that lockdown is today, and you stupid regulars are still out protesting." Frankie began walking again.” Tell me Tiny, is this your first Lockdown and do you know what happens if they catch you out after Lockdown has started?’ She questioned his knowledge on the situation, but Tory couldn’t even utter a single word as his mind was trying to process the Lockdown situation.

A satisfied grunt escaped Frankie’s lips. “Silence speaks volumes Tiny." She taunted. "Let me educate you something that you and every regular person here needs to understand." She started as her legs continued to move, her feet contacting the concrete below her, carefully avoiding any regular that may be down there. “Lockdown isn’t to keep you from escaping, she whispered to him as to not start a large commotion around her.

“What do you mean?” Tory asked her. “That’s the very reason for having a Lockdown anything” Tory responded, clearly confused by what she meant. “I mean, it’s the very reason it’s called Lockdown, to keep you in, period.” He finished.

Frankie rolled her eyes at his short-sighted response. “Ugh, you’re so…. Listen Tiny, lockdown is meant for you guys to be out like you are now.” She began to explain to him. “They may say, don’t try to escape or something along those lines, but look around you." She instructed him as Tory quickly obeyed as his eyes traveled from left to right, seeing a large number of regulars that were out protesting the atrocity that took place a few hours beforehand.

“They want you to be out on the streets Tiny, just so they could repeat what just happened on TV on a larger scale, why? I don’t know, but it’s like a purge to keep numbers in check.” She explained as she managed to avoid a few tinies that failed to move out of her way.

“Wait, so do you mean that all these people.” Tory began to take in the situation. “If they don’t get off the streets then…”

“That’s exactly what I mean Tiny.” Her expression grew blank and her voice also dropped any hint of emotion as she talked. “How many regulars do you seriously think are going to survive tonight?” She spoke of the truth as Tory didn’t even think about the well-being of others, but not just that, himself.

“It’s going to be a massacre.’ Her voice darkened a bit as her eyes as narrowed, shooting right to left as if she was looking for something as she walked. “And I don’t want you to be a part of it. So, I’m taking you home with me, at least so you can live for a bit longer.” She told him as Tory couldn’t even find the words to even say, to even utter a reply. Instead, he kept his mouth shut and took in the view of the many regulars that were outside and protesting the tragedy that took place.

A small, but audible gulp could be heard as the regular lowered himself on his stomach as he tried to hide on top of Frankie's head. His eyes landed onto those who were ignorant of their current situation.

Those who were still shouting, their voices ringing out as they cursed the government for what they had just done. Killing 3 regulars in cold blood, not knowing that if they didn’t stop their senseless protest, they would soon be next.

"Hey, you don't think they would go that, far do you?” Tory asked her as fear began to set in his mind. “I mean come on, that’s genocide, right?”  Tory asked as his voice began to crack a bit, his body trembled a bit on top of the giant woman’s head.

Frankie continued to walk, her footsteps landing carefully upon the cement, avoiding crushing a regular herself as she made her way down the street with a few minutes to go. “And when have you known the government to not commit to such a thing?” Her eyes glanced up as if she was trying to look up at him before they returned to the road in front of her. “Come on Tiny, don’t get caught up in the pleasantries of the world, remember the world isn’t nice. “Her expression maintained its dark but emotionless sentiment, “It never is….” Her sentence trailed on as she made it to her destination.

Frankie's sneaker-clad feet slapped against the ground as she moved towards her quarters. A building created for giantess that stood as an apartment complex, but with each giantess staying in a flat style apartment that seemed like two or three were built together in sections as it circled the outskirts of the island’s inhabitants.

Frankie made her way towards her door, quickly pulling out her keys, which appeared to be some type of a remote as she pressed a button unlocking the door, allowing her and her new regular sized friend to slip inside.

Closing the door, behind her; but not without pressing the button again to lock it, she made her way towards the couch and sat down. While she was doing this, the movement that Tory faced was nothing short of a roller coaster ride.

He held on as tight as he could as he was thrown left and right as Frankie was making her way to her home. Tory’s insides felt jumbled up as his head slowly began to spin as he felt Frankie’s fingers slowly wrap around his body, lightly grabbing and lifting him off the top of her head.

She brought him down to her face and saw that he didn't look too well, but that in turn made her chuckle a bit. "Sorry about that, didn’t think the ride would be that uncomfortable.” She stated as she sat Tory on the couch beside her.

Tory didn't say anything back at first but slowly sat down as his vision began to come back to him. "It's just going to be something you're going to have to get used to when you find a giantess of your own.” She added as Tory finally began to calm down as he looked up at the giantess that brought him in.

“A giantess of my own?” He questioned her with a curious look. “What makes you think I’m aiming to find one of my own?” He asked her.

Frankie couldn’t help but shrug at the regular’s statement. “I mean, how else are you planning on getting around? It’s not like you’re going to survive for very long if you try to tough this out yourself; besides, isn’t it nice to have someone to talk to instead of roughing it on your own?” She asked.

“Aren’t you doing the same thing?” He remarked.

“I’m kind of bigger than you, plus I have this giantess thing going on; so, you can say it’s a bit different.” Frankie shot back.

"I highly doubt that you said it yourself, you have issues as well, doesn’t that mean you want someone to talk to?” Frankie blinked a bit as Tory continued to speak. “And as for me…”

Tory sighed for a moment. "In a normal situation yea, but with everything going on, there's no telling on who you can trust and who's just going to stab in you back later." He leaned back against the sofa that he and Frankie were sitting on as he turned his head towards her tall form. “I mean hell, let’s be honest, it’s not like I can walk right up to a woman, a giantess in this case and say hey let’s be friends. Not the way the girls in this age minds work.” He ended.

"But you can trust a regular when you do the same things you would do if you were back at home." She sarcastically remarked as she turned around. “Which reminds me, where are you from anyway?” She leaned back as well, lifting her legs, her feet still covered in sneakers as her feet landed on top of the large table that was in front of them.

Tory looked at her for a moment and then his eyes traveled towards the table that Frankie sat her feet on and took a deep breath. “America…” He breathed. “North Carolina to be exact, not something worth mentioning or being amazed about.” He leaned his head back and closed his eyes for a second.

“An American huh?” She smirked a bit. “Yeah, I could tell.” She turned her head towards the large window that was draped in black currents.

“You make it sound like being an American is an insult or something.” Tory cocked his eye a bit,

“I mean, you guys are the center of this or am I just imagining things?” She threw a question at him.

“How do you even know America had anything to do about this?” Tory shot back. “How do we know it wasn’t some other....”

“Since when does America have nothing to do with something.” Frankie cut him off as Tory was left speechless. “Exactly my point,” She continued. "That woman that spoke earlier, about exterminating people like you if you ever tried to escape." Frankie pointed out. "Yea, she's a part of the American government, but I don't expect most people to know this stuff because they want to be blind to the truth or some shit.” She rolled her eyes.

"How do you even know all this?" He asked her. "How long have you been here? Where are you from?" He turned his body towards her to face her towering form. "And my last question, what the fuck are you?" He shouted up at her. "I mean seriously, giant women, and why are there so many of you? What the fuck is even going on here!?" He bombarded her with questions causing Frankie to look at him with a blank stare of her own.

Silence followed after Tory's hard-hitting questions, none of them seemed to go unnoticed as the two eyes locked on each other with a hard stare before Frankie let off a deep sigh before she turned her attention back towards the giant window that faced outside, catching the night sky in its frame.

“I’m going to answer your questions in order Tiny.” She began. “one, I’ve been here for quite a while, probably a good long minute before you even got here. During my time here I have seen a lot and have also done a lot.” She told him as she focused back on him with her face expressionless, making it hard for Tory to read her. “I have been that woman that Tiny’s run from on more than one occasion. I’ve had my moments where I couldn’t control myself, but at the end of the day I’m human just like you are.” She told him as Tory continued to stare up at her.

"Don't get the wrong idea Tiny, I didn't just go off on a rampage and start murdering people because I had the power to do so. Despite what you and the regulars may think, some of us have some type of a fucking brain and morals to go along with it. However, I can’t say the same for the other giantess that helped in that public execution you saw earlier.” She slowly reached over and grabbed her phone and began to press on the screen a bit.

"They were a part of the American government, the ones who probably orchestrated this whole mess.' She sighed a bit as she crossed her arms. "And I wouldn't be surprised if the other superpowered countries had a part to play either. Now...On to the next question." She spoke with conviction as if everything that she was saying wasn't bothering her in the slightest. "I'll say this again. I'm human, just like you." She placed a hand on her chest. "Yes, I'm bigger and stronger than you are currently, but that doesn't take away the fact that I don't have a beating heart just like you do." She continued.

“I think you guys are confused by our new appearance.” Frankie’s eyes traveled down towards him as she explained. “We still feel pain, sure it may take a bit more work, but regulars can still hurt us; it’s just going to be a lot harder and the fear concept you guys face doesn’t help.” She explained. “We can get stabbed and we can get shot, sure regular size knives and bullets hurt, but they have a similar effect to that if you were stung by a bee or prick on the finger or a shot in the in the arm,” She painted the picture for him vividly. “The only way you would cause any time of serious damage is if you either A. Get a tank or a missile or something, or B. Hurt us from the inside, but either way; that isn’t going to be a walk in the park.”

“As to how I got like this, ugh...” She rolled her eyes as she thought back to how she first became the giantess that she is today.

But, before she could speak, the sounds of screams could be heard throughout the area. Horrifying screams that caused Tory to quickly turn his head towards the direction, but thanks to the confinements of Frankie’s quarters, he couldn’t see anything, at least anything that wasn’t directly in front of her quarters. “What the hell was that?” Tory shouted as Frankie just sat still with her arms crossed, her eyes narrowing at the thought of what might be going on.

The sounds of blood-curling scream echoed throughout the night sky as a loud a heavy tremor came seconds later, silencing it...Forever. Laughter could be heard as a chill went down Tory's spine. He knew he shouldn't, but his mind was curious, he had to go see what was going on. His mind wandered, but his heart pounded, a heavyweight set on him as he slowly turned towards the window and began walking towards it, hoping to get a closer look.

“I wouldn’t...” Frankie spoke up, her eyes not showing a hint of emotion as she kept them facing forward.

Tory quickly turned his attention to her. "What do you mean? Someone outside needs our help and...."

“I wouldn’t....” She kept her stance as she sat with her arms crossed and her legs crossed over on the table in front of her. Her eyes slightly moving in Tory’s direction. “It’s not something you should probably see.”

Both of their eyes remained on each other as the screams could still be heard as they seemed to not affect Frankie, but Tory, Tory had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach, something wasn't right and he was about to find out what the real meaning of Lockdown was, at first hand.

-Meanwhile/1 hour before-

Victoria walked with a purpose down a dark corridor, free from anyone watching her as she made her way down the long hallway by herself.

She held no fear, instead, her eyes displayed the opposite, not courage; but determination as she continued forward down the long path that was laid before her.

“It’s almost time.’ She muttered to herself as she turned a corner and walked down a long flight of stairs. “Another way to stir up the masses and make them turn a blind eye to the truth.” She stated as she came upon a large door filled with bars. “Don’t you agree, my favorite child.” She spoke as she reached her hand out gripping one of the bars.

Once her hand had contacted the cell door, a pair of red eyes could be seen, taking in Victoria's womanly sight. "Es casi tiempo de juego mi hija (It’s almost playtime, my child)” Victoria spoke as the eyes that fell upon her seemed to belong to a large silhouette that sat in silence. “Quiero que salgas y mates hasta la última rata en las calles (I want you to go out and kill every last rat on the streets)” She instructed as a low growl escaped the holders lips as Victoria could only smile as a large feminie hand reached for the bars, stopping inches in front of Victoria’s hand allowing her to casually massage it.

“Recuerde niño, deje las casas solas, si están fuera, entonces son juego limpio. No mates a los que moran, más aún a los que se atreverían a hablar y protestar. Mátalos, mátalos a todos. (Remember child, leave the homes alone, if they are out then they're fair game. Do not, kill those who abide, more so those who would dare run their mouths and protest. Kill them, kill them all.) Victoria ret

Victoria smiled as the large hand retracted back into the cage, allowing her to walk away towards the control station, quickly inputting a few commands before the control pad read “Open”, which caused the caged door to lift up.

Victoria turned back around and marveled as a large gothic boot stepped out of the cage. “Ahora ve y muestra a esos autores cómo una verdadera giganta se deshace de la basura.” (Now go and show those ametuers how a real giantess gets rid of trash.)