Sweat poured off them as they made love. His eyes welled up with tears as he stared at her. "Keith?" she asked concerned. "I'm scared Aspen. Is it okay to be this happy? For so long..." he muttered. Aspen saw something he had hidden from them. Keith was happy go lucky but that was a front. He was one of those that expected the worst every time. So, when a moment of true bliss came about, he was terrified of losing it. "Let it go" she whispered touching his cheek. Keith began to pound her. Aspen felt a little pain as he stabbed her forcefully with his dick now but said nothing. A little pain was a small price to pay to make someone you love truly happy. Keith put his arm underneath her and raised her up off the bed. She had to remind herself he was stronger than most men as he held her entire weight with his one arm. He held her tightly. "ASPEN! I love you..." he said with a cry and whimper. She felt his shaft throb and pulse as he came. He let go of her and laid next to her. "Not over yet" she said leading him to the bathroom.

"...uh. We can show ourselves out" Claire said as she and Ritchie dried off. Keith took off his condom and followed Aspen into the shower. "I want to drink your cum" she whispered. His knees buckled hearing that and he had to brace himself. Her head bobbing. The water cascading done her back and off her supple ass. He shot his seed into her mouth and she gulped it right down. Keith washed her back and took care washing her pretty hair. His cock hitting her ass as if begging to go right up it. He didn’t dare to. No way that wouldn't hurt her. "Wanna but fuck me?" she giggled. Feeling your tight ass on my dick would be nice but I promised I'd never hurt you" he replied.

"Just the tip should be fine" she said bending over. Her puckered hole was begging for it as he lined it up. She grit her teeth as he put it in. An inch...then another until he saw her toes clenched tightly. He held her hips and he gave her sweet anal. And when he came in her ass she squealed. She sat on the floor of the stall in the shower as he sat on the seat. Her put her feet on his cock. "Going for the trinity?" he asked. "Trinity?" she asked back. "Vaginal, anal, and now a footjob?" he asked. Aspen laughed and snorted. "God baby...use your toes" he groaned. "Why is it you like feet so much? I like feet but not as much as you" she asked. "It's instinctive. Borrower males are attracted to the feet of a pretty girl. A sign of health as we rely on our feet to detect predators. Jesus...the balls too?" he asked as her big toes kneaded his testicles.

Aspen giggled as her feet had him moaning and groaning. "In that case you can pamper them all the time. Especially if you shrink" she smirked. "You're getting off on this" he said. He grasped her feet and jerked off. "In that case I have something planned for you. One random day in the week I'm going to shrink you. Hunt you down and when I catch you...have me some fun" he said wickedly. Aspen grinned at the thought of being helpless in his clutches. He blasted his load all over her toes and it washed away down the shower drain. Later on, as they all got dressed...

"So, was he good? What? You asked me that" Claire said. "He loves me so much. He loves us so much. It's in his eyes" Aspen replied. Claire wanted nasty details but this answer was more satisfying. Claire and Ritchie had on regular casuals as did Keith. Aspen however wore a dress as not wanting to look so regular. She did want to be noticed and if that made Keith jealous...so much the better. They got right into the venue easily with VIP tickets and was backstage as the concert started. Elena and her sister Gabriella wore similar dresses. A red heart sewn on the front of the white dresses. Black hair with bronze highlights curly. White buckled sandaled feet with red toenails. Aspen elbowed Keith as he stared at their feet. Keith blushed and nodded. The crowd of thousands cheered as they took the stage and sang.

Claire found it weird how hushed the crowd was. Moving a little as following their choreography and dance moves. Keith's eyes were vacant. A smile on his lips. Aspen was exactly the same. "Nice beat. Real...nice..." Ritchie said beginning to move to the beat. Both were in Keith's front chest pocket. Then the song was over. This repeated again for the second song. "Yeah it's nice but I feel this weird tickle in the back of my mind when they sing" Claire said to Aspen. Aspen shook her head. "It's over already. I wanna hear them sing again" she said. Keith said not a word but had his eyes on them. "We'll be right back! Don't go anywhere!" Elena yelled as she and her sister left the stage. "Something weird is happening" Claire said. "Didn't notice a thing" Keith said. "Me either Claire" Aspen said. She glanced at Ritchie who seemed disappointed they left. "I'm telling you something was up when they sang. The boys seem really affected" Claire said. Aspen glanced at Keith who had a little drool coming out his mouth. "Okay...we can take a closer look. Their dressing rooms?" Aspen asked. Aspen took Claire with her as they made their way to their dressing room.

Aspen hid around a corner as she looked at the dressing room door. A guard stood watch. Armed and with an earpiece watching for trouble. Just then two teenagers appeared walking to him. 18 or 19 years old and apparently American judging by their appearance. "You got business here?" he asked. "We were invited to meet them in person here. I can't believe it! Dos Corazons want to meet us!" the girl squealed. The young man grinned with enthusiasm. The guard knocked on the door and Gabriella answered. "We were expecting you two. Come right on in" Gabi said bidding them to come forward. Making sure she wasn't seen. Aspen shrank down and made a dash for the door. "Hold on tight" she told Claire as she shimmied underneath the doorframe. "Do I even want to know how tiny I am now?" Claire asked. Aspen shushed her as she found a place to hide. Carefully concealed behind a chair leg, the two watched and listened in.

"So, I take it you’re huge fans?" Gabi asked. "Absolutely! My brother and I have all your albums!" the girl said. "Siblings...nice" Gabi said. "Gabi...please" Elena asked. Her sister shot her a look. "We were working on a new song not long ago. Would you like to hear the first verse?" Gabi asked. The siblings were ecstatic. Gabi snapped her fingers to get Elena to sing with her. They sang for a few seconds. "That feeling again. The creepy vibe. Aspen? Aspen?!" Claire yelled seeing her saying back and forth out of it. Claire bit her in the neck as hard as she could. "Ow you little bug!" Aspen yelped. "Snapped you out of it! Look at them Aspen!" Claire said pointing to the teens. Indeed, the sister and brother bobbed gently to the song and when it stopped they didn't move or speak. Like they were frozen. "Some kind of hypnosis?"  Claire asked. "Maybe. And somehow you and Ritchie must be immune" Aspen said. "Wait...What’s that one doing?" Claire said pointing to Gabriella.

She whispered something in each of their ears and Aspen and Claire gasped as they began to shrink. Gabriella reached into the piles of clothes and extracted the siblings. Perfectly shrunk to an average of three inches. "Gabi please let them go" Elena whined. "No way. I gave you a pass the last three times. Don't think I didn't hear your notes cracking when we were on stage. The charm is wearing off. You need energy" Gabriella said clutching the two. "No. It's wrong! They love us! Look up to us! It's wrong to use them this way!" Elena shouted. Gabi put the other teen in her other hand and used her free hand to grip Elena’s face. "You forgot I'm in charge here and why this is what we do. Now you will obey or else" Gabi warned. "Only in charge because you're older...by 10 minutes" Elena whispered.

Gabi shoved the girl into Elena’s hand. "Hmmm..." Gabi said stroking the young man's tiny penis to erection with her fingers. A bunch of furious strokes and he came on her finger which she licked off. "Perfect. Brimming with life energy. You're a college student right? What's your study?" Gabi asked. "Pediatrics" he replied in a low voice. "Not anymore. You're a sacrifice. A thing that's just food now. Say it" Gabi hissed. "I'm just food. A sacrifice" he droned. She raised him to her mouth. "March to your fate my tiny man food" she grinned before opening her mouth. The young man did and didn't hesitate as he stepped onto her tongue. Fully in she snapped it shut sucking and savoring him. She stopped as she felt him crawl to her throat and dive down it of his own accord. Gabi groaned as his body slipped down her throat and land in her tummy. "She still alive? Quit stalling!" Gabi yelled.

Elena looked at the girl. So young and full of life energy. An excellent morsel of a sacrifice for her if she didn't want to admit it. Her future would come to nothing. Growing up with dreams. Friends. Birthdays and holidays with family. Family that would wonder forever why she never came back from vacation. Elena used her finger to move her brown hair out of her eyes. Eyes that were blank without emotion. Her prey oblivious to her impending death.  "What did you want to be?" Elena asked trying to stretch it out. "A teacher. I love kids and I want some of my own one day" she replied. Elena that that was probably the worst answer she could've heard. "Ha! You won't have those!" Gabi quipped. Elena kissed the girl and said she was sorry before tossing her back and quickly swallowing.

"There. You should savor them. That's the best part" Gabi said touching her shoulder. Elena slapped it off. "Forgive me if I don't share your desire to kill my fans" Elena sneered. "My fans? OUR fans..." Gabi said coldly. Aspen hunkered down as the two giantesses passed the chair and out the room. Aspen snuck out, regrew, and hauled ass to tell Keith and Ritchie what they had seen. "You're back. They're about to start again" Keith said. Aspen grabbed him by the collar. "They fucking eat people!" she yelled. Keith looked at the siblings. Teen girls smiling and waving as they got back on stage. "Really?" he asked not believing. "I'm fucking serious! They shrank two kids and fucking ate them! They've been using their voices to hypnotized people! If you don’t believe me then plug your ears for the next song!" Aspen yelled. "She's telling the truth Keith!" Claire yelled. Keith plugged his ears as they began singing. A minute passed, and he looked around. "What the fuck?!" he asked seeing everyone swaying in unison with blank stares. "I don't believe it" Keith muttered.

"Just because a girl had nice feet and a pretty face doesn't mean she is good" Aspen huffed. "Well to be honest Aspen, Elena didn't look like she wanted to do that. Looks like she was even threatened" Claire said. Aspen shot her a pissed off look. "You made your point. What now? Expose them?" Keith asked. "Is that a good idea guys? What if they turn them on us?" Ritchie asked pointing to the thousands listening. "The kid has a point" Aspen said. The song ended, and the group noticed something strange. It was almost unnoticeable but their voices, their faces, their bodes right down to their toes began to get...prettier. "Claire...Ritchie...did you see that?" Keith asked. "Yeah...she got cuter a little" Ritchie said. "Her butt got a tiny bit bigger. Tits too" Claire said. "Well that tears it. Magic confirmed" Keith said. "I didn't notice" Aspen said. "Borrower thing. Not important" he said. "Thanks so much for coming to the show! We like to thank our manager now. Please come up on stage" Elena said. Gabi stood to the side clapping at a fat middle aged man waddled onto the stage. The man hugged Elena and right as he did someone yelled..."GUN!"

They turned to see a man holding a Glock as people ran from him. He was aiming right for Elena. He fired a shot as Elena was frozen. The man turned just as the bullet struck him in the forehead blowing his brains out all over the girl. Keith ran for Elena. "You fucking crazy?!" Aspen screamed. Keith tackled her just as he fired again missing her. Guards ran towards the shooter as he climbed onto the stage. Holding Elena right, he kicked the man in the face as he aimed for both of them. The gun went off shooting Elena in the left leg.  Guards tackled the man and Keith looked at the wound. "Fuck" he hissed. "I...I can't hold my form. Too much pain...to concentrate" Elena groaned. Suddenly she shrank in his arms and he was left with a tiny naked bleeding girl. Keith hurried offstage. "Elena!" Gabi yelled. "You lucky mother...holy shit" Aspen said.

"Please...please don't kill me" Elena begged. "Alux" Keith said. Gabi looked at him with wide eyes. "...you know?" she asked. "Right now, I need to stop the bleeding before we take her to a hospital" Keith said. "NO! No hospitals. They'll know what she is" Gabi said gripping his shoulder. "Fucking hell" he said tearing off a thread from his shirt. He tore it in half before shrinking down. "Keith?!" Claire yelled. "Not now!" he yelled. Gabi couldn't believe it. They knew what they were and this one just shrank down by pressing his watch. Who were they?!

"Bear with me" Keith said putting a balled-up bunch of thread to her wound. "Missed the artery but still bleeding" he said as he tied it tight. Elena had stopped bleeding for the moment but she was far from okay. "...thank you. But...why?" she asked. Keith had no answer to give her. "He felt sorry for you" Aspen said not happy. Elena held his hand. She looked terrified. "Gabi...we need to go to the village" she said. With her cover blown, Gabriella was not going to argue. "She needs treatment, or she might lose that leg" Keith said. "She'll get it at home" Gabi said. "I'll come with you. The wound might bleed again" he said. "Please Gabi" Elena said seeing her sister about to object. "Idiotá...if they can keep our secret" her sister said. Elena was quickly rushed out of the concert venue using the back ways past the fans with camera phones trying to get something. They all loaded up and flew out on her private plane.

"How is she?" Gabi asked. "Sleeping. She lost a good deal of blood. She got extremely lucky" Keith replied. Gabi looked at Aspen who held a small box stuffed with soft linen. Inside was Elena. "Can she be trusted?" she asked. "As much as we can trust you. She saw you and her eat people. Care to explain?" he asked. Gabi braced herself. She did NOT expect anyone to see that. "It's how we survive in human society. Our inner magic can only do so much. Just like humans eat animals to survive. We must have human life energy" Gabi said looking out at the clouds. Judging by how she clenched her fist, Keith sensed more to that. "So, what's it like to eat someone?" Ritchie asked. "Nice. You taste everything about them. We regret doing so but...there is a rush. Care to watch?" Gabi asked pointing to the window. She picked Ritchie up and held him, so he could look.

He felt the warmth of her skin. The strawberry lotion that moisturized it. She really was beautiful to him. "Can we trust them not to eat us?" Claire asked. "Hell no. Keith is so gaga over her it sickens me" Aspen hissed looking at Elena. "Post hypnosis?" Claire asked. Aspen shook her head. How she felt was different from when he paid attention to Claire. No, she could sense the danger. Someone she loved was ensnared by a pretty female. A dangerous pretty female. Jealousy and fear made a deadly cocktail. Aspen began thinking. She could take a bit of linen and place it over Elena's tiny mouth and smother her. Make it look like she died from her wound. When Gabi was mourning or distracted. Beat her to death with the heel of her sandal. Yeah...that could work. Then again what about Ritchie. He might get squished in the scuffle. And where would they go?

32,000 feet in the air and over the Yucatan. Better pray they won't get killed stepping off the plane. The pilot didn't bat an eye seeing a 3 1/4-inch girl. A famous one at that. Who else was in on this? Gabriella was staring at Keith's watch. "Care to explain that?" she asked. "As you saw it can shrink people. Me and my friend use it for our work" he replied. "Work?" Gabi asked. "We document tiny people. Various species and cultures and try to promote their rights" he replied. "And you were not on vacation" she said. "No. Our next piece was to be the Alux. Yeah, we figured out you two might be ones" he said. Gabi felt trepidation. This was not good.

"Well good job. What will you do with your information" she asked rubbing her throat. In reality she was loosening her vocal chords. "Nothing sinister. We respect privacy and preservation...mostly" Keith said remembering Bentgrass. Keith got up and took the box with Elena in it away from Aspen. She had to hide her feelings as her half-baked plan just went up in smoke. He placed it on the seat and shrank down. Checking her pulse and looking at her leg, Keith barely noticed the giantess giving over him. "Still good?" Gabi asked. "Resting. Pulse is slightly thready but stable" he said looking up. He thought she looked beautiful to him. Dismissing it though as he knew it was some kind of glamor magic. He preferred the real thing.

"Why did you save her if you knew what we had done?" she asked. Aspen listened intently. "It felt...natural" Keith said. Aspen got up and moved to the far back of the plane. "Your friend is of a different mind" Gabi said. "My friend...is working through some things. I'll make it up to her later" he said softly. Gabi held his hand between her fingers "We do appreciate this. I'm sorry if I came off ungrateful" Gabi said. Her eyes danced over him. She could sense the life energy inside him. More potent than usual. And Ritchie...Ritchie was of similar value. Keith pulled his hand away. "So, you can change size?" he asked. "The very first thing we learn and have to master. Otherwise we can't integrate in human society" she replied. The more she looked on him, the more he could smell her arousal.

He grew back to normal size and sat quietly. He didn't want to be aroused by her. He found real happiness fucking Aspen and had no wants to mess with that. But her very pores seeped pheromones. Far more than a human girl. Ritchie had begun to grind himself on her palm as he stared out the window. His senses already falling to her scent. "The sunset is beautiful over the clouds" she said speaking to the boy. Ritchie nodded. She kissed his back lovingly while glancing at Keith. Keith fidgeted in his seat. A spark of jealousy but extinguished by his will. "My first time seeing borrowers. They are borrowers right and not shrunk?" she asked. "Yeah. How did you know?" he asked. "Alux can sense the difference. The smell, the energy" she replied. "How did your kind survive?" he asked. "You will know when you see our village. It's better explained that way" she said.

The flight lasted just 4 hours and the plane touched down on an airfield 20 miles outside of Ayotzintepec Mexico. Surrounded by tall mountains, it felt very isolated. "Forgive me mistress Corazon. May I trouble you..." the pilot asked exhausted. "Of course Manuel" she said. Like he was letting out held breath, he shrank down, and she picked him up. She placed him in her purse. "It's not just pain that can break our transformation. Exhaustion too" she explained. Keith suspected he was in on it. A battered old Toyota truck pulled up and a woman and man hopped out. The man eyed Keith and Aspen and took Elena away from him. The woman began shouting at Gabriella in an odd language. Not Spanish or English. "Maya please. Elena requested it. There was no time to argue" Gabi said in English. "Can they even be trusted?!" Maya shouted. "This man saved her life and gave her first aid. They say they can" Gabi replied. The woman was middle aged. Wrinkles in her face. Her hair dry. Slim but not skinny. Her eyes looked tired. "Very well. Escort them to your home. YOU will be responsible for..." she said before sniffing the air. She looked at Keith, then Ritchie who Gabi was still carrying, then towards Aspen’s hand. "Interesting. I'll come by after Elena is seen to" she said. They drove off in a hurry.  

"Forgive her. We have learned to distrust outsiders" she said. "What was that you were speaking?" Keith asked. "Mayan. The language we have spoken since we first began. Let's walk to my home. Be prepared. You will get stares. Some good...others not" she said.

Keith was taken aback by the village. He expected tiny homes, huts, or at least shacks. Nope. Every home was a normal sized wooden one. It seemed like a normal village expect for a few glaring details. First, the children were very tiny. Most held by normal sized parents. Others allowed to play in designated areas. A woman carrying a young boy stopped dead in her tracks seeing Keith. He politely smiled. The tiny boy waved smiling at him as he kept pace. Yes, they got stares. Curiosity mostly, a few disdainful looks. Children playing soccer using a wad from a rubber tree stopped to look at the giantess and giant with pale skins. And in the distance was a temple. A Mayan temple in perfect detail except it was way smaller than normal. The size of a small house actually.

"How many of you live here?" Aspen asked. "Last time I checked there were 146 of us here. Might have gone up. My neighbor was having a baby when we left" Gabi replied. "And nobody knows about this place?" Aspen asked. "We prefer it that way. Our ancestors were almost destroyed by Spanish colonials. And we have heard what happens to borrowers. Mind your feet. Children might dart out. We’re passing the schools" she said. The schools were two regular houses and through the windows were very small makeshift desks. One classroom seemed to hold as many as 30 kids easily. "How do you protect kids from predators? Hawks and snakes and shit?" Claire asked. "Good question. We have men that constantly patrol the village. Armed with rifles" Gabi said lowering her voice.

"It looks beautiful doesn't it Claire?" Ritchie asked looking at the mountains. It did. The setting sun had given way to the stars. With no light pollution, you could see far more than usual. As they walked the outside lights turned on and kids were ushered into homes as night predators would be coming out soon. Gabi fixed tea and took small cookies out. "Something to tide you over until I get dinner going" she said. Her home was nicer that they thought. Apparently, their earnings had furnished it well. "Does this place have a name?" Claire asked. "It does indeed little one" Maya said stepping into the house. Maya sat down looking over the group. Ritchie ate his cookie oblivious to the tension in the room. "Aluxo'ob is its name*" Maya replied.

(Authors note: This word is actually the plural form of Alux. So, it makes sense to call a village full of Alux Aluxo'ob)

"It's amazing how you live off the grid like this" Keith said trying to compliment her. "Not entirely off the grid as we have Internet...sort of. It's one of the things I wanted to speak about" Maya said handing a tablet over to Gabi. Her face went pale. "Yes Gabi. It's real. Someone took a photo of Elena in her natural form. They are asking if she is a borrower or even an Alux" Maya said. "People are demanding answers. A bunch just want to know if Elena and myself are alright" Gabi said. "That's a good thing, right? That would mean people still care about you" Aspen asked. Gabi gave a slight nod. "A minority does not speak for the whole. Humans have been shown not to be disingenuous to those they consider their lessers" Maya said.

"Is Elena doing better?" Keith asked. "Her wound was stitched up and she is healing with help from Arroz del Sól" she replied. "Corn of the Sun?" Aspen asked. "A special corn porridge that has healing properties for our kind" Gabi said. Maya growled something in Mayan. Gabi replied with a few sentences and Maya looked surprised. Then she smiled. "Gabi here says that you should learn more about us. We have you to thank for saving my niece after all" Maya said. "So, they're your nieces?" Ritchie asked. "Yes, little boy. Their parents died some years ago and I was left to care for them" Maya replied. Little did they know that was not what Gabi and Maya were discussing...

"So, can you tell us about the Alux?" Claire asked. "Sure. We do not know our true origins. Were we gods once? Did gods create us? Or were we human once? None of us knows. Our earliest time that we can say for certain was before the empires rose. Back then we were far more numerous. The ancestors said we were as numerous as kernels of corn in a corn field. Our touch spread to the Aztecs, Mayans, and even the Inca. We relied on humans for food and protection, in turn we gave them rain, fair wind, and fertility in both crops and children. As time passed and humans grew in number, even our magics weren't enough to help feed them.  No matter how many prayers and worship they offered, is was not enough. So, a deal was made, they would sacrifice human to feed our magic as human life energy is to us as water is to you."

"And it worked. We would eat humans, willing humans, and their energy empowered us to bring rain out of season, conquering of enemy tribes, the barren now swollen with child. And the select few, the legends of our kind, those worshiped by so many, sacrificed to by so many, could make themselves appear as giant epic gods. Quetzalcoatl ruled over the Aztecs. Kukulcan over the Mayans, and Inti over the Inca. But nothing lasts forever" Maya sighed.

"What happened?" Keith asked. "What happens to all gods eventually, something more powerful and respected comes. What good are thunderstorms against smallpox? Spring weather against guns? Crop fertility if the farmers are dead or enslaved? The foreign devils, these conquistadors, systemically destroyed our culture. They poisoned the minds of our worshippers with lies of us being demons. Their worship of us was the cause of the strange sickness that gave bumps on their skin. And they believed it. The more that turned from us, the weaker we became until barely any power we had was left. Simple magics were left. Luck, changing shape, fertilize a small field. Nothing that could stop the fall of the empires and our way of life"

"They turned our beloved humans against one another and the Aztec empire fell brutally. So many of our kind died that it was said that for every survivor, there were ten more that didn't make it. The survivors argued where to go and broke into two groups. One headed for the Mayans, the others the Incas. Even when told tales of how we suffered, crushed under metal and leather feet, eaten whole, children roasted for fun, they would not get involved. They figured their distance protected them. Time proved them wrong. In the end they fell just as their northern brothers and we were scattered into the jungles and forests and mountains. We were barely a thousand then. A far cry from what we were once"

"The first few years were horrific. Picked off by predators. Barely surviving. We had to survive at all cost. Be began honing our shape shifting magic beyond what the normal Alix could do on their own. Forgoing the power to control rain, wind, or crop yields, we focused on changing size, luck, and knowledge of this new era. When we began to emerge from the jungles and mountains. The old ways were gone and the new culture had taken root. Christianity and fealty were the new reality, villages had given way to towns and towns to cities. We began living among humans to learn, to survive. In time we took human lovers, humans that could be trusted, and gave birth to a new Alux. An Alux that carried human blood. The consequence was that they had weaker magics but could hold their form longer. Centuries passed and almost no Alux alive is pureblood anymore. Many live in human cities. Very many. In north and South America. But there are others that choose not to mingle with humans either out of fear, pride, or tradition. For those they live in villages like this cut off from the world" Maya said.

"So, the kids we saw earlier, they don't want to change size and leave?" Aspen asked. "Not that. They haven't mastered the ability to change size yet. That takes years of practice. When they reach the age of 15, they are sent to live with a trusted Alux in a city. There they learn about humans and their culture. When given the choice to go home, they decide how they will live" Maya replied. "Sounds like what the Amish do" Keith muttered. "Dinner should be ready" Gabi said getting up. She set a table with plates of food. "Gabi. I'll see you later" Maya said leaving. "Thanks!" Ritchie said hopping onto the table and racing for a plate. "Thanks Gabi" Aspen said. She felt nicer about her hearing what her kind had gone through. A dinner of fish and corn tortillas stuffed with grilled peppers and chicken, with a side of cornbread laid about before them. "This is fantastic Gabi!" Keith said chowing down. "It really is! I've never tasted cornbread so good before!" Claire said eating herself silly.

"She's right. The corn is so tasty" Aspen said. "The corn that grows here is special. Nothing like it else on earth" Gabi said sitting down. "But you said you guys can't fertilize fields anymore" Keith said. "We can't. The soil is unique. It sparkles" Gabi said. Keith found that interesting. After dinner, everyone was tired. "You enjoyed it that much?" Gabi asked. "Absolutely!" Claire said after belching. Aspen rubbed her back with her finger to let another out. "I prepared beds for you if you wish to rest. The bathroom and tub are down the hall" Gabi told them. Ritchie looked up at her. "Yes?" she asked. "Can I um...kiss you? You've been so nice and I wanted to thank you" the boy blushed. Gabi picked him up and he kissed her lips. She gave him a sweet kiss to his face and licked her lips. "You'll do nicely" she said with a weak whisper. 

"Where are you going?" Aspen asked watching her leave. "To my aunt's. Damage control and whatnot" Gabi said before leaving. The group took turns washing. Keith and Ritchie first. "So, you got the hots of Gabi?" Keith asked lathering up. "...maybe" Ritchie replied. "And you just forgot about Aspen, didn't you?" Keith asked. "No!" Ritchie yelled grabbing some suds. "Seems like it. You fucked the shit out of that one girl with barely a thought. Now you want to fuck Gabi" Keith said. Ritchie was silent. "I'm not picking on you" he said tapping his tiny shoulder. Richie, sitting on his belly scooted away. Keith took his fingers and turned him around. "I'm not but this is what Aspen was talking about. Ritchie...your body is ready to be a father but your mind isn't. Being a dad isn’t just fucking a baby into a girl you think is pretty. It's a commitment. Staying around to raise the it. Providing for it. Being there...being there for it when it wakes up crying from a nightmare" Keith said softly.

"You miss your dad?" Ritchie asked. "Every day. I promised your sister I'd be a daddy for her baby when she needed me. Aspen can be daddy number one. I'll be daddy number two" Keith grinned. "Did you have these problems when you were my age?" Ritchie asked. "Not exactly. Is was just me and my sister back then. I did want to fuck her. Don't give me that look. She was the only female in my life. I wanted to be a dad. Raise our baby together. Life...had other plans" Keith said. Ritchie nodded. Keith rinsed him and chuckled. "Life isn’t a race kid. Things will fall into place given time. Until then just keep an open mind" Keith told him. Ritchie hugged his finger. His little naked body pressed against it. "It's okay to love you right?" Ritchie asked. Keith held him in his hands and kissed his face. "It's called brotherly love in our case" Keith winked.

"At least the boys left us warm water" Aspen sighed as she soaped her legs. "Don't think for a second I didn't see how jealous you were" Claire said washing her hair. "He was fawning over her!" Aspen yelled. "She'd been shot! You know how Keith is about caring" Claire huffed. "I don't like other girls around him" Aspen whispered. "Me included?" Claire asked looking past her giant tits into her face. "...not as bad if it's you" Aspen replied. "Don't know if I was just insulted or said I was trustworthy" Claire said. "What we did, what we felt was...amazing. He cried Claire. Scared shitless of losing that happiness. You know how that feels to be the object of that?" Aspen asked. "You so easily forget" Claire replied. Aspen realized the foolishness of asking that.

Claire laid on her stomach just above Aspen's belly button. Her giantess lover gracefully soaping her delicate back and cute butt. "You won't lose him. We won't lose him" Claire said. "I know I'm overreacting. But it still hurts" Aspen said. "How do you think I felt knowing he fucked you?" Claire asked splashing water out of Aspen's belly button. "I'm carrying his child Aspen. My instincts scream to take him from you but...my heart knows that the relationship that you and I have is more than sex. Our souls are connected" Claire said softly. Aspen picked her off her belly. "Baby I need your tiny pussy in my mouth" Aspen growled. Aspen placed her in her mouth and locked her lips around her waist. She lovingly sucked on her. "About...time. You've been so busy the last few days. You barely gave me any girl time" Claire groaned. Aspen placed her finger underneath her little back.

Her other fingers gently pulling and playing with her blonde hair. Gently sucking and funny kissing, she brought the borrower in her mouth to orgasm. Aspen held her in her hands and licked her belly and feet. "Feels so good. You know what turns me on so well" Claire moaned. "I should if I'm going to be your wife" Aspen said touching her breasts. "...never let go of me" Claire said softly. "Till death do us part" Aspen said smiling. "Little premature" Claire giggled. "Let a girl dream" Aspen chuckled.

Back in Cancun...

"Housekeeping! Hello?" the housekeeper yelled knocking on the hotel door that lead to the room the group had been staying in. The woman slid the keycard in and entered. "At least they're clean" the lady muttered seeing not much clutter or trash. She made the beds and took away the towels or fresh ones. Emptying the trash cans, she spotted something. "Oh dear..." she muttered. Inside was the used condom Keith had been using but that wasn't what caught her eye. The condom was broken...

Keith and Ritchie were asleep in the adjacent bed. Their room had pictures all around. Elena and Gabriella growing up. Mostly being tiny in their pictures and a few had a man and woman holding them in their hands. Claire and Aspen figured they were their parents. They looked so happy in them and then more recent pictures their smiles seemed forced. They were older and the parents were not there. Aspen judged the twins to be around 12 in one of those pictures. "Still awake?" Aspen asked. "Having trouble sleeping. The sounds of those fucking frogs..." Claire said. Indeed, there was a good deal of croaking. No doubt a river or stream was not far away.  "Worried one might pop out and eat ya? Can’t blame them. You look delicious" Aspen teased. "You would know. You sucked on me like I was a jolly rancher" Claire said. Aspen took her phone and scooted under the sheets. "What are you...whoa!" Claire asked until she was pulled under the sheets herself. With a press of her watch, Aspen shrank down. Her phone gave some light in their cozy bedsheet cave.

Aspen grinned lewdly as she held in her hands their special dildo. One she had shrunk for their pleasure long ago. "Do I even want to know where you were keeping that?" Claire grinned. Aspen tossed it to her and laid on her back with her legs spread. "Oh, you're asking for it" Claire smiled as she put it on. Like Keith, Claire had to take note not to hurt Aspen. Being her size, she was just as many times stronger than a human. "What are you going to do about it you weak little borrower?" Aspen asked waving her toes in her direction. "Foolish human. You've doomed yourself to multiple orgasms!" Claire cackled. Aspen loved it when they role played.

Claire pushed it right in and went to work. Aspen moaned as Claire bore down on her. Her feet pressing into Claire's tits as Claire bent down. Her nipples were brushing against her lover's toes causing Claire to get hornier by the second. Sucking and biting her toes caused Aspen to clench her pussy tighter. Claire kissed her roughly sucking on her tongue and touching her teeth. Aspen's eyes sparkled in the phone light. Gently, Claire pushed Aspen's legs till her ankles touched her shoulders. "Thank god for ballet" Aspen smirked. Claire slammed it hard causing Aspen to yelp. Claire paused. "I'm okay baby. It just hit the spot is all" Aspen said. Relieved, Claire continued. Aspen now sat in her lap hugging her as Claire bounced her up and down the rubber shaft. An animalistic growl escaped Claire's lips. "Love me! Fuck me! Be my wife! BE MY FUCKING SOULMATE!" Claire screamed as they came.

As they recovered, Aspen held her close. "I hurt you didn't I?" Claire asked. She had but not seriously. "Just a pinch" Aspen replied. Claire looked away distraught. "Keith had that same look about him. When you love someone, you prepare yourself for what may come. I know full well you can break me like a kit kat but you didn't. I'm full aware that sometimes...I'm too rough but you don't say a word. Leaving bite marks on you...if you can forgive me why shouldn’t I forgive you?" Aspen asked. Claire kissed her gently. Aspen grew back to normal and snuggled in with Claire next to her. "Actually, maybe you should be punished" Aspen said. "What are you going to do to me?" Claire smirked. "Ribbit...ribbit" Aspen said croaking like a frog. "Oh funny. Very funny" Claire said punching her nose. Aspen giggled and petted her back.

"Aspen wake up! Ritchie is missing!" Claire shouted in her ear. Aspen bolted up. "Wha...missing?" Aspen groggily asked. Keith was looking all over the house. "Keith woke up and he was gone! If...if something happened to him..." Claire said shaking. "Calm down. He's a smart kid" Aspen said stroking her. They searched high and low but no Ritchie. They wandered outside where the villagers were going about their work in the morning sun. "Excuse me? Have you seen my brother? Umm...hermano blanco?" Claire asked a lady passing. "Blanco hermano? Esta aqui" the lady said pointing down the road. They raced down the road looking high and low once more. They screamed his name. "Guys! Ehats with the shouting!" Ritchie yelled up. He was in a small patch of ground cleared away with kids his size. "Fuck are you doing?" Claire asked pissed. "Playing" he replied. "You little shit! Tell us where you’re going. Don't just run off! I thought...I thought..." Claire said crying. Aspen bent down to let Claire off.  Claire hugged him tightly as the kids looked on confused. "I'm sorry sis. Please don't cry" he said. "Just be more mindful" she said. He nodded.

"They look so cute" Aspen said looking at the tiny children. The adults nearby looked at them nervously. They didn't want these outsiders so close to their offspring. However, Maya did say they could be trusted and no harm should come to them...at least not yet. the boys seemed more occupied with Claire and Aspen. The girls with Keith and Ritchie. Boys gently tugged and inspected Claire's hair. "Oro" they kept saying. "They think your hair is made of gold" Aspen giggled. "That's cute and all but I wish they wouldn't pull so hard" Claire huffed. Aspen saw a boy staring intently at her. 8 years old and fascinated with the giantess. Aspen extended her hand in greeting and he backed away. "I won't hurt you" she said with a smile. The boy took small steps. His bare feet sinking into the dirt slightly as he tip toed to her. Aspen touched him and a woman ran to them. Aspen took his small hand and shook it smiling. The woman stopped.

"See? I'm a nice human" Aspen said. It seemed the girls were braver than the boys as they didn't run or hide from Keith as he petted each one. "You're a cutie" he said holding one in his hand. "Keith" he said pointing to himself. "Rosa" she said doing something similar. Keith wrote her name in the dirt before putting her back down. The young girl giggled as she ran inside the dirt tracks that made up her name. The men watching had a disdain for him but the women were different. Looking at his bare legs, his right shoulders, ass, and some his crotch. They were sizing him up. Keith took notice of the dirt. It really did sparkle. He scooped some up to see what made it do that. "Beautiful isn't it. The way it sparkles in the light" Maya said behind him. "Jesus. Maya that’s a bad habit" Aspen said. "Sorry, I came to get you" she said. "Amazing! Iridium! It's iridium! That's what is making it sparkle!" Keith said.

"You know that just like that?" Claire asked. "I used iridium to make our watches. I'd recognize that sparkle anywhere. Is all the dirt like this?" Keith asked. "All over this region" Maya replied. "Perfect sense. You know the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs? It came crashing down here. The Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago. Almost all the iridium on Earth comes from asteroid impacts. Since this is ground zero, the entire area must be saturated with it" Keith said. "And this shit can be used as fertilizer?" Aspen asked. "No. Although iridium does have isotopes. It's possible the corn here is the result of a mutation" he replied.  

"Whoa. Mutated super corn and we ate that shit!" Aspen yelled. "The radiation is probably very low. Have to be if they're still alive" he said. Gabi came running up. "Maya...there is a problem" she said. She whispered in her ear. "Dammit. Alright, I'll see to it. Elena wanted to see them" Maya said. Gabi nodded. "It's always something" Maya huffed walking away. "The hospital is that white building over there. May I show Ritchie around? Show him our school and more kids his age?" Gabi asked. "Sure. We can meet up later" Claire replied. Gabi smiled as she picked him up. She waved bye. "You agreed pretty fast" Aspen said. "He never gets this kind of chance. He should be able to play with kids his age" Claire said. "Spoken like a big sister...or a mother" Aspen teased. Claire punched her ankle.

"There's the songbird!" Keith grinned as they entered her room. Elena chuckled at him. Keith sat on the bed. "How is it?" he asked looking at her bandaged leg. "Much better. It will be healed in a week or so" Elena replied. They were surprised it would take so little time. "No permanent damage?" he asked. Keith held her ankle gently and ran his finger up her bare sole. She giggled and flinched. She wriggled and clenched her toes. "No nerve damage. That's good" he said. Aspen was tapping her sandaled foot loudly. "Ahem...your village is remarkable" he said. "Me and my sister helped considerably. It's why we started singing. To make money for our family" Elena said. "Well you did a good job" Keith said looking around. Elena looked at the doctor nearby. "I wish to speak alone to our guests...now" Elena said. The doctor gave a concerned look but there was an air about Elena that made him obey. He left the room and closed the door. Elena looked through the door window making sure he wasn't listening. "I greatly appreciated you saving my life and coming here but you really must leave" she said seriously.

"What for?" Aspen asked. "It... it’s not a good idea for you to be here. The longer you stay, the more likely they won't let you leave. Especially you Keith and Ritchie. They can sense you aren't human. They have a great need for you" Elena said. "What about me? I'm not human" Claire asked. "True but the males are more valuable. Decades ago our village ran into a problem. Women couldn't get pregnant. Children were stillborn or died young from illness. Only a few lived to maturity. Our numbers dwindled until we learned the problem. Since we were a closed community, we constantly intermarried. Incest was very common and over time it caused the problems that would eventually come with it over several generations. We needed fresh blood. New mates outside our gene pool. Our prayers were answered when a small plane carrying middle school students bound for a soccer tournament in Mexico City crashed not far away."

"There were 16 of them. 13 survived the crash. We used our magics to hide the crash, (this was before GPS transponders), and shrunk the teen boys down to our size. They wished to go home at first but after some "persuasion" chose to stay. They impregnated our girls and women and our village was saved. Recently we've seen the problem creeping up again. Young men going off to live in human cities didn't help. Me and Gabi have bought and shipped fertility drugs but without fresh DNA it will just get worse. I don't want you to be stuck here like that. I've seen how you and Aspen look at one another. Aspen...she's angry at you. Jealous of me. It's not right for me...for us to interfere" Elena said. Aspen felt bad for being pissed. Elena really was worried about them.

"What about you? Won't they be angry you told us? And what about what's making the news?" Aspen asked. "They will be angry at me but they know our money keeps shit rolling here. As for the news...I don't know" Elena replied. "Oh shit! Ritchie! She's with Gabi!" Claire yelled. "You must get him. Gabi doesn't share my views. She's more traditional than I am" Elena said. "Is that why you hated eating that girl?" Aspen asked. Elena nodded. "She loved me. My songs gave her joy and I devoured her. Her energy, her soul stolen by me. I'm a monster" she muttered crying. "Monsters don't cry" Keith said hugging her. Elena kissed him. "You're very lucky to have him. Now go get him! I'll call Mateó. He's my personal pilot and loyal to me" Elena said. And with that the three rushed out. They ran passed the doctor who was on the phone looking at them.

Meanwhile...

"Why did you bring me back here?" Ritchie asked. "Thought we could have some fun" Gabi said sitting down. "Fun...what kind of..." he was saying until she began to take off his clothes. Ritchie blushed being naked before her and was surprised when she snapped her fingers and two girls walked into the room. "Meet Julia and Josefina. They want to be with you very much. So much they want to bear your children" Gabi said. Julia was around 20 and Josefina maybe 21. Kinda pretty and how they acted shy did intrigue Ritchie. "Gentle" she told them. Julia was first. She held Ritchie and began kissing him all over. Paying attention to his dick, Julia got it at attention. Josefina motioned for her to give him over. Ritchie got the same treatment from her and both girls giggled at him. Sitting on the couch, they shrunk down. Julia spread her legs. "Por favor" she said to him. Ritchie however didn't move. "I'm...I'm loyal to Aspen. I don't wanna keep sleeping around" he said. Josefina took ahold of his face and kissed him.

She looked so sad as she pointed to her belly. "You want a baby badly" he said. "Yes" she said. He looked at Julia. "...okay" he told them. Ritchie stuck it in her and fucked her slowly. Josefina hugged him from behind ribbing her tiny tits on his back. Reason gave way to instinct and Ritchie turned up the volume with their three way. He pulled Julia on top of him as she rode his dick. Josefina grinded her teeny cunt in his face. Didn't take long for him to cum. Right after they switched. Josefina squealed as he sucked her toes and pounded her. Julia, jealous bit and nibbled his ears. The teenage boy was lost in lust as he mated the native tiny women. It was over in barely 15 minutes. He held their hands. "I can be a dad" he said to them. They looked at one another startled. It was not something a sex slave would say.  Julia said something to Josefina and they argued. Ritchie couldn't make out what they were saying but he knew it was something about him. They pointing to him. Julia sadly nodded.

"What?! No, you did the right thing calling me" Gabi said slamming the phone down. She stormed back into the living room where the three were. Julia immediately began yelling and crying at Gabi. "You know full well that is impossible. He belongs to everyone. Besides it a moot point for you both" Gabi said before snatching them up. She squeezed them hard and tiny snaps of bone was heard, and they passed out from pain. "You're hurting them!" Ritchie screamed. "Not by choice. Because of my meddling sister, I have need of their energy" Gabi said tossing them into her mouth. A mouthful indeed it was. "No time for pleasantries" she thought as she began chewing. She wanted to gag from the explosion of blood in her mouth but time was of the essence. Aspen and her friends were running right to her to get Ritchie and she needed an abundance of magic power to make sure they didn't leave.

"Why...why Gabi?" Ritchie sobbed seeing two girls he barely knew die so horribly. Gabi looked at him as she swallowed the pulped flesh and bone. She trembled as life energy infused with hers. She raised her hands up in the air and within seconds, peals of thunder filled the air. It slowly began growing dark outside as Gabi struggled to keep standing. Rain making was a neglected art for her kind but not a forgotten one. It took a shitload of magic energy to pull it off leaving Gabi drained. "Now for you" she said looking at him. Ritchie scrambled away and she seized his leg. Dangling him near her face he sobbed. "Please...don't eat me Gabi. Please...Claire....Claire help me!" Ritchie screamed. "Shhhh...I have no intention of eating you my little sperm bank. Now listen to my voice" she told him. She moved his heard close to her mouth and began so sing softly. "You will remember nothing about this. We were just talking about our lives. You feel safe around me. You love me. Do anything for me" she sang to him.

Ritchie was physically and emotionally exhausted, so he couldn't defend against her hypnotic voice. He stopped struggling and she sat him down. Under her spell she dressed him and finished just as the others arrived. "Oh dear! Let me get you a towel!" Gabi said running off. "Ritchie! Are you alright?" Claire asked hopping onto the sofa and hugging him. "Yeah sis. Me and Gabi were just talking. She's really nice" he replied. Claire wasn't really buying that. His cheeks were wet. Eyes were red as if he was just crying. "Nothing else?" she asked. "No. Why are you acting so weird?" he asked. They looked at one another. "Here you go. Man is it coming down outside" Gabi said tossing them towels. "Yeah, strange how it came out of nowhere" Aspen said. "Well this is the rainforest. Things like that happen" Gabi said. "True. We need to get going. We have things we have to take care of home" Keith said. "I'm sorry but that's not possible. It's too dangerous to fly out. Flying through a rainstorm in the mountains here is suicide" Gabi said. "Then we can ride in that truck we saw" Claire said.

"We don't have paved roads here and there's the issue of mudslides. Don't worry. Things like this end quickly and the warm sun will dry it out by this time tomorrow" Gabi said. They had no choice but to agree. "Monopoly! We can play monopoly to pass the time!" Gabi said running off to get the game. As they played, Gabi shrank down to relax. Ritchie sat right next to her and smiled. It was clear he was smitten by her. "I got it" Ritchie said tossing the huge dice for her. "Such a gentleman" she said patting his head. She then squeezed his hand and held it. The others took note. Honestly, they didn't know what to believe. Elena had not shown a reason to lie but Gabi seemed very friendly. Maybe she wasn't in on it they thought. A nice dinner and the end of the game left everyone tired. "I'm going to turn in. Ritchie...would you like to come with me?" Gabi asked. "Yes! I mean yeah sure" he said. Claire wanted to say something. Aspen was disturbed for some reason as to how quickly he agreed. After all she was sitting right there with her legs open and barefoot. Normally Ritchie would stare a hole in her.

"Gabi? Can I use your computer? I need to check my emails" Keith said. Gabi didn't want him on it but obliged to keep the ruse up. Gabi logged him in and took the teen boy with her as she left. "I still don't trust her" Aspen said. "Jealous?" Keith asked sitting in front of the pc" she shot him a look. "Easy. Neither do I. Ritchie stank of sex. Sex from more than two girls. And I couldn't help but smell traces of blood on Gabi" Keith said. "What are you doing?" Claire asked. "Looking. Elena seemed terrified of Gabi. Maybe her computer has the answer" he said.

Hours passed as he rummaged through files. Claire was asleep next to the keyboard. Aspen dozing off on the sofa. Keith rubbed her bare feet as she slept as a way to relax. He wasn't finding anything unusual and it was pissing him off. "No odd emails. Bunch of mp3's. Copies of contracts. Even her browser history is clean. A lot of searches on Selena Quintanilla Pérez. Damn. Let's see how the fall it is doing from that video capture of Elena" he thought. He cringed at how widely it spread. Candle vigils. Bombardment of fan letters at the recording studio they worked from. Catholics, hard core Catholics, demonizing her. They wanted to see her. Millions wanted to see her, and Gabi was like an afterthought. That last thought caught his attention. "No, can't be" he said looking around at every news clipping and video he could find that had Elena having a brush with death.

"She's not there. For every event she wasn't there except the last one. The shooting" he said. He pulled the last video up. He played it and watched as the man was killed by the bullet. The crowd freaked, and he saw himself running to save her. He rewound it and played again. Again and again he rewound it until he saw damning evidence that Gabi was involved. "Motherfucker!" he shouted waking the girls up. "Wha? Keith it's 5 a.m." Aspen groaned. "Nevermind that! Look at this. You too little bit!" he said poking the tiny girl yawning. "Is this the video from the shooting?" Claire asked sitting on the keyboard. "Yeah. Now watch closely at Gabi" he said playing the video in slow motion. "What are we supposed to see?" Aspen asked. "It's what we're not seeing that's the issue. Watch again" he said. "See that? The first clue something is off.  She takes a step then abruptly stops as the manager comes on stage. Now look as the shot goes off. See that?!" he yells. "Wait...she doesn't react" Claire said. "EXACTLY! Not so much as a fucking twitch. She knew it was coming!" he said.

"What? She knew someone would try to kill her? She knew that guy would come out of the crowd and try to shoot her?" Aspen asked. "Yep. Gabriella has been trying to kill her. It all fits now. Those near misses Elena had? Bad luck? Yeah, bad luck created by her bad luck magic casting sister. Alux can make bad luck remember?" Keith said. "No way. That's her sister" Claire said. "I know but it fits. For every close scrape Elena had, not one had Gabi close to her. Gabi was safe out of harm’s way each time. I think Gabi got tired of her surviving and tried for the sure thing, a bullet" he said. "But what would she gain from killing her sister? What’s the motive?" Claire asked. "Got a few ideas. You said that Elena didn't want to eat that girl and Elena said she got her energy from doing so. I think Gabi was worried Elena was going to quit. See I've been watching the reactions of the video exposing her online. Elena is the more liked of the two and Gabi knows it. If Elena quit, then Gabi would be forced to go it solo. No guarantee she would be successful powers or not."

"On the other hand, if Elena was murdered, then that would be a boon to her.  She's been looking up a famous Latina singer that was murdered back in 95'. When she was killed, within days her albums sold out. In fact, anything related to Selena Pérez sold by the millions. With Elena gone, Gabi would take center stage looking like the grief-stricken sister. Sympathy and her ability would keep Elena's fans and Gabi would turn a sizable profit" Keith said.

"That's just fucking sick! She's her sister for fucks sake not a payout!" Aspen yelled. "Wouldn't that mean that Elena is still in danger?" Claire asked. They all looked at one another and dashed out the house. Their feet making wet slurping sounds in the mud. Aspen’s sandals were pulled off by the sticky muck and ran barefoot. The cold mud didn't faze her. Keith was worried about Elena and Ritchie. "Ritchie...he's with that bitch" Claire said holding onto Aspen's hair. "She won't hurt him. He’s her cover. Me and him. Gabi wants to look like the dutiful Alux right now giving us over so we can breed with her village. Trying to keep any suspicion off her. We see to Elena and then Maya. I'm willing to bet she knows about the breeding idea but not the part about Gabi I trying to kill her sister" he said.

They arrived at the hospital. Elena was safe but drugged. Her vitals low. Her doctor with his back turned to the door watching. He extended his arms towards her. A strange hiss in the air. Keith and Claire smelled something ominous. Keith grabbed him by the neck from behind and something heavy dropped. "Let go you fool! Shit! I dropped it!" the doctor yelled. "What have you done?!" Keith screamed gripping his neck. "We must leave! I dropped it!" the doctor said. He yelped and fell to the floor. Aspen quickly turned the lights on. "Please help me...I was only doing what was asked" he said. Keith caught eye of what was on the floor for just a moment.   A snake. A large snake quickly slithering out of the room and making its way for the front door. Keith picked Elena up. "She's not safe here" he said carrying her out. "Please...help...******" the doctor begged crawling through the mud before gasping and dying. A woman pumping water saw the scene and screamed. Within minute two men appeared with rifles. They saw the body and then Keith carrying Elena. They aimed.

"No! We're not trying to hurt her! She's in danger! You understand?" Keith yelled. They motioned for him to put her on the ground. Keith didn't know if he should. Elena might be the only thing keeping him and probably Aspen from being shot. Then again putting her down might be the first step in resolving this. "What the hell is going on?!" Maya shouted running to them. She was barely dressed. In her nightgown, Maya had been woken up by the screaming. Coincidently, so had Gabi. Gabi was utterly exhausted. After leaving them, she had returned to her aunt's home with Ritchie. Needless to say, they didn't go to sleep right away. Gabi fucked Ritchie in and out her pussy expertly as she did not want to get pregnant. No, having a child would complicate her plans. Ritchie didn't mind in the least as she pushed the little 14-year-old boy deep inside her and moaned as he wriggled around.

Cumming three times, she relaxed on her bed and let the boy lick her feet. It had been some time since she indulged this way. A tiny male servicing her sweaty feet seemed natural to her. In fact, anyone worshipping her seemed right. As Ritchie bent over to lick between her toes, she admired his youthful body. For a boy that never had to hunt daily for food or farm, he was in good shape. She smirked at his cute ass, his dusty blonde hair all scraggly. Toned muscles. Large penis for his age and size. Healthy, virile, and best of all had a good heart. A kind heart. It didn't take any hypnosis to have him fuck her or lick her giant toes. Actually, he looked at her as he came with a smile. A soft smile that made her rethink his fate.

Gabi had planned to pass him around, including Keith, the village and knock up every female that wanted kids. Get a good bloodline going again. Aspen and Claire wouldn't live to see this. No, no need for Aspen. Sure, she could be raped and bear kids but constant monitoring for 9 months? Nope. Claire was more than useless. Not being able to change size. No magic ability. No need to breed that into the gene pool. When the deed was done, Keith would be exterminated. Too dangerous to keep around. A creature three times stronger, can shrink at will with his watch. Sure, you could steal it but who was brave enough to try? Then how he'd react seeing his women murdered? Ritchie would be the last. Brimming with energy, he would be too tempting not to eat.

No. Gabi decided to spare him. Daily hypnosis would mold his young mind to their will. His loving nature would make him a fine mate. A good father. A husband. Yes, Gabi would marry him when the time came. That was how she thought. She was a girl that played the long game. Quick to turn things her way. A trait in her family as was how her aunt Maya became leader of the village. When Elena survived and these outsiders came along it was a disaster. However, she used it to her advantage. Perfect specimens to help her village and make her look good.

She awoke and nearly crushed Ritchie between her toes as she got up. She heard screams. Either Elena was dead and she succeeded or it had gone wrong and now she needed a character witness and alibi. Luckily, her alibi was still asleep covered in her dried pussy juice and foot sweat. She got dressed quickly, grabbed Ritchie, and ran out.

"It's not what it looks like! Elena was in danger! Her doctor tried to kill her!" Aspen shouted. "Put her down slowly" Maya hissed. "Only if you don't fucking shoot us and let us fully explain" Keith said. Maya gestured for the men to lower their guns. Keith handed Elena to one of them. "Her doctor tried to kill her with a fucking snake but he got bit instead" Keith said. A man checked the doctor. "At least that is true. A snake bite on his ankle" a man said. Maya shouted in Mayan for something and a woman ran into the hospital. "She's drugged" Keith said. "I know" Maya replied not looking at him. The woman returned with a vial and gave it to Maya. She popped the top open and held it under Elena's nose. Elena gasped and coughed. "Smelling salts. Easy my niece" Maya said. "Elena are you alright?!" Gabi said running to her. Keith bravely stepped to stop her. "Don't you get any fucking closer. It's you who have been trying to kill her after all" Keith said. Everyone looked shocked. Claire most of all as she saw Ritchie in her hand. "Oh god no" she muttered.

Aspen didn't notice Claire getting off her shoulder and sliding down her dress to the ground. She began creeping towards Gabi. Afraid she might be crushed but more afraid of losing her brother. "You're....you're crazy! Why would I try to kill my sister?! You're the outsiders here! You're the ones who should be accused!" Gabi yelled. "Why would he try to kill someone he risked my life to save?" Aspen asked. "A good question" Maya said. "Elena, remember the first time we met. How I saved you from that falling stage light? Where was Gabi?" Keith asked. "...hunting" she replied. "Why exactly then? Couldn't she have waited? She chose then because she needed to be safely away to give you that bad luck. Speaking off doesn't it seem too strange for you to experience so much bad luck...unless an Alix was causing it" Keith said. People began to scrutinize Gabi.

"What?! It's all lies! That gunman wasn't bad luck! Just a crazed fan!" Gabi yelled. "Maybe or a hitman. Bet you got tired of her surviving so you went for the sure-fire way. Tell be Gabi, why didn't you step on stage when your manager came up?" Keith asked. "I thought you didn't was because you were still mad at me. Sister...hermana...did you want me dead? Did you try to kill me?" Elena asked beginning to cry. "Gabriella Anara Corazon..." Maya hissed. Gabi hung her head and began to grin. "If you only just died like you were supposed to..." she whispered. Gabi took a deep breath and began singing at the top of her lungs.

"Fall...fall under my song. Let yourselves become weak. Stay enamored with my voice as I make my escape" she sang over and over for a minute. Every bit of power she had left stored poured out freezing anyone hearing it except one. Claire. Even then she felt her legs get heavy and slow. Gabi took a few steps forward towards Keith and Aspen. "You who ruined my plans will suffer. You will watch your loved ones die before I go. You precious human first and your borrower friends last. Now my dear Aspen...shrink for me. Shrink and stay shrunk until you die" Gabi sang into their ears. Aspen began to shrink down. Finally stopping at borrower and natural Alux height, she stood in her panties in a pile on the ground. Claire as desperate as Gabi wriggled her toes after pulling her foot out of her right flip flop. As if a gift from God, a black gleaming edged rock stood out in the mud. Claire yanked it up with all her might and ran at Gabi.

Aspen looked up frozen as her imminent death was approaching. The giantess' sole was ready to crush her into the muck like a worm. Just then Gabi screamed in pain as Claire slashed her left Achilles' tendon with none other than the rock which in reality was a shard of obsidian. *

(Authors note: Of all the things used in Mesoamerica as weapons, obsidian ranks number one. A volcanic glass, obsidian is black, shiny, and brittle. What it lacks durability it makes up for in sharpness. So sharp it is even under an election microscope it has a smooth cutting edge. Sharper than razors, only diamond is sharper)

Gabi lost her grip on Ritchie and dropped him. Claire caught him just before he hit the ground. "Claire...what’s going on?" he asked waking up. "Oh thank god you're alright! Smelly as fuck but alright" she said cuddling him. Gabi had stopped singing and her hypnosis spell was wearing off. Aspen was still shrunk though, and Keith picked her up for safe keeping. Gabi began to limp run away towards the forest. "Gabriella stop! Give up!" Maya pleaded. Gabi was losing size. Her power and concentration waning by the second. Gabi was right near the tree line when Elena screamed out. "Please don't do this! I forgive you! Don't leave!" Elena shrieked. Gabi turned around. "Forgive me! I don't want your fucking pity!" Gabi screamed. Movement in the bush caught their eyes. "Gabi....Gabi don't move. For the love of god don't move!" Elena screamed.

"Uol-poch!*" a man yelled. Gabi was too enraged to hear what he said.

(authors note: This is actually a real snake. Native to the region this takes place the Uol-poch is the Mayan name of a very venomous snake. Black with stripes, this snake belongs to the moccasin family and can grow to 4 ft. long)

She never saw it coming. A snake but just any snake, the same snake she had the doctor tried to kill her sister with was making its escape when it smelled prey. Bleeding, injured, yummy smelling prey. They heard Gabi scream very briefly as he struck enveloping her headfirst. Her arms and hands trying to push herself back out of its mouth. It unhinged its jaw and raised its head to let her body fall in. Her kicking legs were soon pinned as they watched as they could do nothing without injuring her or making themselves targets of the venomous snake. After all who would risk themselves to save her now?

Her legs still it pulled her in. Gabi was alive, that much Keith, Claire, and Ritchie knew as their keen eyesight could see her tiny toes wriggling and twitching as they passed its fangs. The snake closed its mouth, the moving bulge moving down its body and it slithered into the forest to digest its little murdering female Alux meal. Elena broke into sobs as she had lost her sister in heart and body now. The village was silent.

Ritchie laid in Claire's arms nearly catatonic. He felt for Gabi and seeing how she tried to kill someone he loved and then watching her eaten had hurt him deeply. But there was something far more troubling going on than his feelings. "I don't understand? Why haven't I grown back? She has to be dead by now?" Aspen said still shrunken. "Me either. Don't these kinds of things wear off when the caster dies?" Claire asked. "It wasn't just a simple spell. When we shrink someone it's a curse" Elena muttered. "Then can you break it?" Keith asked. Elena shook her head. "No. Only the caster can break a shrinking curse. Only Gabi could..." Elena said cringing thinking of her sister. "Then I'm fucked..." Aspen said softly. Aspen hung her head. "I wanna go home" Ritchie whined. "We will sweetie" Claire said. Ritchie stood up and walked to Aspen. "Aspen...being our size won't be so bad. We'll take care of you" Ritchie said sweetly.

Aspen wanted to punch him in the face. Frustrated and distraught her feelings were all a jumble. Then she saw his face. He was in his own pain but pushed it aside as he was worried more about her. Aspen hugged and kissed him. “Thank you sweetie” she said to him. “I’ll take you back to Cancun” Elena said standing up. “Not a chance. You’re not going anywhere and neither are they” Maya said. Elena gave her a look that could kill. “You are in no position to tell me anything. You plotted with my sister to turn my saviors into sex slaves. What were you going to do with them later auntie?” Elena asked. Maya had no credible answer. “I thought so. You want to keep the goddamn internet, phones, and electricity going then you’re going to shut the fuck up and forget telling me what to do” Elena said coldly. “They will kill you…the public I mean” Maya said. “If we keep hiding then the humans will keep fearing us. If we get in front of this. Give them a friendly familiar face then who knows” Elena said.  Maya touched her shoulder. “Forgive me. I promised your parents I’d look after you two. I…” Maya said tearing up.

“You can’t make someone be good. That’s a choice we make ourselves” Elena said. Elena urged Keith and the others to follow her while they could. Hours later, Elena (disguised) was ready to see them off. “So, what will you put on your site?” she asked. “I won’t show the village. Honestly, I think what you do next is what is going to set the stage concerning Alux” Keith replied. Elena nodded. “Wish me luck. Hopefully I survive the day” Elena chuckled. “I’ll be rooting for you. We all will” Aspen said. “I don’t deserve your kindness but thanks anyway. And Aspen, If I could trade my life to fix you…I would” she said. “Don’t worry about me. I got a great guy to look after me” Aspen smiled. They waved at her as she left.

Hours later…

Keith sat in his plane seat quietly. The others were asleep but his concern was divided by the live feed from Cancun and Aspen. Aspen seemed okay but he was sure she was in shock. And when it wore off he would do his best to help her. He eve thought about how to fix the problem scientifically. That would have to wait for now. Elena was taking stage. Crowds cheered and photographers too pics rapidly as nearby reporters screamed questions. “Thank you all for being here and thank you my fans for so much support. I will begin this conference by confirming that I am an Alux” Elena said bravely. A man charged at her. Keith and she held breaths as he pulled out…a microphone. “So, you and your sister are legendary Alux?! Is that how you shrank?” he asked. “Yes. That is our ability. We have blended in for centuries with humans. Taking human lovers. Starting families. We just want to live among you in peace” Elena said. “Why the secrecy? Do you think it was okay to lie to us this way?” he asked. “What choice did we have. Our borrower brethren up north live like cattle. Die like them too. The ancestors of this region of the world brought us to near extinction. What would you do sir to save your family?” she asked.

“Please turn off all electronic devices as we make our descent into Boston International Airport” the stewardess said. Aspen and the others awoke. “Elena is telling the word about her kind” Keith told her. Aspen nodded. “Honey…you know I will do something about this right?” he asked. Aspen just nodded. Claire held her hand.  Slowly it began to dawn on her the seriousness of her situation. Having to sit in the cupholder of her own car. Seeing her luggage of her car. Luggage full of clothes she couldn’t wear. Humans staring at her like she was a prize poodle. Her heart began to shudder as she was no better than a borrower in their eyes. She was starting to get a taste of living like one and it would only get worse…and she knew it. Aspen gave one woman the finger when she licked her lips at her. “You need to teach your pet some fucking manners” the lady told Keith.  Keith said nothing and closed the door.

Keith unpacked their stuff as Aspen sat alone on the coffee table. Claire was seeing to Ritchie who was still having some problems. Needless to say, their adventure didn’t go so well for them but for others…

“The entrainment world is in an uproar as the shocking truth about Dos Corazons has come out. An Alux, a long thought dead species was shown to be not so dead after all as Elena Corazon admitted that she was one. When asked why her sister was not present, she replied that Gabriella had chosen to recuse herself from the human world out of fear and that herself was more hopeful. While man Catholics have gone to say they do not support Alux, many others have shown a good deal of it. Her fans around the world have said their music has given them hope and happiness and don’t see what her being an Alux has to do with anything. Elena said that she plans to keep singing and promoting human/Alux relations. In our neck of the world, Los Angeles is lobbying for borrower rights in full force”

“Dozens of record execs have promised to use her resources to lobby for full borrower rights. Using a loophole, many talent agents use borrowers for commercials and modelling but the law for music talent is different. Namely royalties and artistic license. A musician can only collect royalties or courts recognize artistic license if they’re human and borrowers aren’t. This has discouraged owners of borrowers to showcase their musical talent. Now execs wonder if there are borrower versions of Dos Corazons out there.  It seems like borrowers might very well get rights but the logistics of granting them rights to live beside beings far larger has congressmen stumped. Now for the local weather” the reporter said on tv.

“Well maybe I’ll get some rights out of this. I am a borrower right?...RIGHT?! Aspen shrieked. Keith reached out to her. She punched his finger away. He forcefully wrapped his fingers around her and lifted her up. “Put me down motherfucker!” she screamed struggling in his grip. Keith just let her kick her cute legs and beat her tiny fists against his fingers until she was exhausted. “Feel better now you got that out of system?” he asked. She just looked at him pitifully. “Keith…what am I gonna do?!” she sobbed. Keith kissed her softly and wiped her face with his finger. “Look at me. I…am…going…to…fix…this” he said very seriously. Maybe it was the look in his eyes or his tone or maybe it was because she was clinging to her only hope to keep her sane, but Aspen believed him.

There was a ding sound. Keith carried her over to his MacBook. “I got an email from that moderator. The one that asked that weird birthmark question. They said they want our address. In return they will come by personally to answer the question of what happened to Lily. Should I do it?” Keith asked. “Might as well. What else could go wrong?” Aspen asked sniffling. Keith sent their address in the reply…