"Don't give me that look Aspen. You wanted borrower survival training and this is it" Keith said standing next to her. Aspen couldn't even see over the tall blades of grass let alone the goal Keith set for her. Claire chuckled at her. "And why is she exempt?" Aspen asked. "She's lived that size all her life. She has the fundamentals already. So stop deflecting. You got a sharp needle, a shrunken walkie, and even a flare. I'll be right here if something happens" Keith said pointing to a log on the ground. "I suggest you get going. Your shrink timer is down to 5 hrs. and 55 minutes" he said coldly. Keith pressed his watch growing him back to normal. He bent down over her shrunken state. "Good luck" he said. Keith sat down on the log and took his phone out. "Will she be alright? This is kinda throwing her into the deep end" Claire asked.
"Aspen needs to learn how to survive being small as a borrower. She nearly died last week. What if Titania's magic hadn't worn off? Being shrunk she couldn't pay the mortgage. The house would've been seized. And she would have to live with you as a borrower cowering from humans to spiders and everything in between" he said. "You wouldn't have taken care of us?" Claire asked. "I'm an escaped government sponsored experiment wanted for murder. Got no social or birth certificate. Can't just stroll into the bank and pay off the mortgage" Keith said.
"Alright Aspen. You got this. Just have to head to the creek. Nothing to worry about. Just birds, field mice, squirrels, and the occasional spider. Oh and bullfrogs. Slimy, ugly bullfrogs..." Aspen said to herself. The creek in question wasn't far by human standards. 200 ft. tops but to a shrunken human it was like two miles. Aspen kept her head on a swivel. Keith told her to constantly monitor her surroundings. Her feet already hurt having been made to walk barefoot to feel for vibrations. Glancing up now and then as she was warned that death came from above just as easy as the ground. 15 minutes in she heard a screech from above. A hawk had zeroed in on her and Aspen took off. Suddenly the bird jerked in the air and screeched off. "Be more careful Aspen. Always have an escape plan" Keith said over the walkie. Keith sat his pellet gun down and went back to his phone.
She sat down under the cover of a fallen dead leaf. Shaking like said leaf, she rubbed her feet. Grit and dirt between her tiny toes, she flexed them a little relieve the aching. Not even a half hour in and she almost became dinner for a bird. She got better as she stuck to shadows. As soon as she felt vibrations she hid under a leaf or rock. A squirrel passing by. Aspen continued. She stopped for a snack as a wild strawberry caught her eye. Using her needle, she carved a chunk out and ravished it. The juices felt so good on her dry throat. She paused eating as tiny vibrations came from the ground. An ant. A common ant walked by and paused. "So cute" Aspen said looking at the insect. To her it was the size of a beagle. She handed it a s all dunk of berry feeding it to the ant. The ant gobbled it up and pounced on her knocking her to the ground. "Oww...easy buddy. I got more" Aspen said. The ant however was interested in something else...
"Hey! Quit that!" Aspen yelled as its mandibles were trying to tear into her shorts. She pushed the ant and it reacted by spraying a liquid on her shorts. They began to sizzle, and Aspen desperately kicked the ant right in the antenna with her tiny bare foot. She shucked off her shorts and panties as they were dissolving. Naked from the waist down now, Aspen was frozen in place by fear as the ant reared its head smelling a more concentrated scent. "Keith! HELP ME!" Aspen shrieked. "Where are you?!" he yelled getting up. "Dandelion! By a big dandelion! An ant is trying to rape me!" Aspen screamed. It only took a few seconds for him to come. "Get back!" he yelled at Aspen. Aspen scrambled away as the ant was about to give chase. A crash that sent Aspen sprawling came from above. A giant shoe. The word Nike talker than her emblazoned on it. Keith had crushed the insect under his sneaker like a vengeful God.
Keith picked her up. He didn't say anything as he carried her back to the house. He grew her back to normal and checked her for injuries. "This was my fault. Should've picked something easier. You got pretty far for a first time. More than a quarter way" he said. "A goddamn ant! Why would an ant even attack me?!" Aspen asked. Keith looked aside. "You're ovulating right now and producing pheromones. Ants are attracted to them. It umm...mistook your smell as sweet food" he replied. "And that crap he sprayed my shorts with?" she asked. "Formic acid. Pretty weak...unless you're tiny" he replied. "Oh...wait. You know I'm ovulating?!" Aspen asked. Keith pointed to his nose. Aspen felt extremely embarrassed. "Nothing to be embarrassed about. Just means you're a healthy girl. Now why don't you take a shower and I'll make a snack" he said.
Aspen felt the warm water on her skin. Sitting down, she looked at her feet. Her nail polish chipped. Her feet still sore. Almost raped and eaten by a common insect. She had more respect for borrower life today. When she returned to the living room. Keith and Claire were busy eating sandwiches. "Feel better bug bait?" Claire asked snickering. Aspen didn't say anything. She grabbed a sandwich, pulled the top slice of bread off, grabbed Claire and pushed her into the collection of mayo and mustard coating the boloney, and finally slapped the bred back on top. "Oh very funny!" Claire said. Aspen ignored her and started taking bites of the sandwich. Getting very close, Aspen bit down narrowly missing the teenage borrower inside. "Okay you had your fun" Claire said nervous. Aspen ignored her still taking a sip of soda and going back to the snack. Claire's tiny bare feet poking out and her head, Claire could see Aspen wasn't exactly playing. Kicking her tiny feet trying to get free, Claire could see she wasn't going to get free. "OKAY I APOLOGIZE!" Claire shouted. Aspen looked dead at her.
She sat the sandwich down and freed Claire from it. "Be more supportive Claire. I'm going to have nightmares for a week" Aspen said. Claire nodded as she wiped the condiments off her. "If you two are done. I have our next adventure planned" Keith said finishing his snack. "I'm all ears. Please tell me no magic is involved" Aspen said. "Doesn't look like it. Here is our next documentary subject" he said dropping a book on the table. "Volume 4...Gremlins" Aspen said reading the cover. She opened the book to the first chapter.
"Gremlins. Average size is 2.88 inches tall and is mostly found in Central Europe. Gremlins are the only species of homo smallicus that is manmade. A classic example of humans tampering with nature with unintended results. Gremlins origins come from borrowers brought to Europe during the early 1920's. As Nazi Germany rose to power, their scientists purposely bred the smallest borrowers there were expressing their small size through the next generation. A combination of drugs and training, turned borrowers into a unique weapon. The tiny saboteur."
"They would infiltrate machines and take them apart at key points. A flywheel nut, a spark plug, brake cables, these trained borrowers whittled down their targets. First deployed during the invasion of Poland, they sabotaged fighter planes giving the Luftwaffe a boost and securing the skies for ground forces. With WWII in full swing, they were deployed on both fronts to help with the war effort. By this point, the borrower subjects were destroying machines with the need of drugs to a pathological point. The German army called them "Gremlins". Little did they know they had bred into them the insatiable urge to take apart machines to see how they worked...all machines. Gremlins began to escape their pens by the thousands and spread as far west as Greenland and as far west as Moscow."
"They inflicted damage to the Allies and Germans alike. A P51 Mustang or Messerschmitt BF-109 made no difference to them. A machine was a machine. The Allies had to quarantine aircraft and ships coming from the front as inspections made sure no gremlins had stowed away. Gremlins are very sexually aggressive due to their dangerous work. Furthermore, their life spans are shorter due to the same reason. Gremlins are quick to learn new things and assimilate changing human culture very rapidly. Some have been found wearing an imitation of current fashion styles. Gremlins are easily captured but containing them is impossible. They're natural escape artists and fast movers. Due to the recent advancements in technology, gremlins have been dying easier as more machines have circuits, high voltage leads, and have higher RPM's. If you find a gremlin, keep it in plastic container like Tupperware and report it to animal control" Aspen said finishing the first page.
"Okay it sounds like they're easy to find" Claire said. "No, they're not. This book is outdated. Keep in mind it was written back in 84'. Germany, France, and Italy really cracked down on gremlins. They exterminated thousands. I dare say they had it worse than borrowers. I did find some leads though sifting through news reports" Keith said. Keith pulled his tablet out. "Apparently there's been a rash of mysterious thefts lately in Cologne Germany. Key components have been lifted out of expensive cars. Engine computers, catalytic converters, security relays. The list goes on. Thing is the security system wasn't tripped, cctv hasn't seen anyone around them, nor has any fingerprints been found. One Benz had its brake housing fall apart as it was moving. A brand-new Mercedes S65 less than a month off the showroom floor. Sounds like gremlins to me" Keith said.
"Book the flight" Aspen said. Keith nodded and left the room leaving Aspen and Claire alone. "Here" Aspen said dampening her napkin to clean the mayo stained borrower. "I can't believe Keith knew I was ovulating" Aspen muttered. "Well we're kinda discreet about it. Among other things" Claire said. "Like what?" Aspen asked narrowing her eyes. "I wish you'd wash your feet more. Eat less garlic foods" Claire said. "So I'm just a stinky footed giantess that eats too much garlic bread?" Aspen asked. "Aspen. When you're a borrower you learn to screen that stuff out. Trust me, borrowers that live outside aren't daisy fresh. Besides, not all your smells are bad. When you eat sugary stuff I can smell it in your skin. It's like loving a warm donut. Your hair smells very nice when you go to bed. Sometimes I wrap myself in it to enjoy your scent" Claire said looking away.
"Well it could be worse. Remember when I first had my period?" Aspen asked. "Couldn't forget if I tried. You were crying and bitchy. Grandma gave you ice cream and a hot water bottle. Yours was way easier" Claire said. "Oh? What about you? You've never told me about yours" Aspen said. "Uhhh...well there's kind of a celebration. A tradition thing. I was 12 like you were and had to wear red dresses for three days. Painted my finger and toenails red. Dyed my hair red with strawberry jam" she said. "Oh I bet you tasted delicious!" Aspen said licking her lips. "Ha! Probably but it was embarrassing as shit. Mom and dad knowing you're hit that milestone. Your bratty little brother asking every five minutes if you're bleeding" Claire said to her. "If it's such a pain then why bother?" Aspen asked. "Like I said it's a milestone. Reaching that age isn't easy for a female borrower Aspen. So many things can happen before then. It's a testament to life as much as a tradition" Claire responded.
Aspen picked her up and kissed her face. "And what a life it is" she said. "Wouldn't trade it for the world" Claire said kissing her nose. "Can you give me a bath? Still got mayo stuck up my ass" Claire asked. Aspen smiled to her and carried her upstairs. Claire splashed around in the warm water filled sink. Aspen lifted her out to soap her up. Very gently running her fingers along her tiny delicate legs. Claire moaning a little as her giant fingertip teased her crotch. "Get on all fours baby" Aspen said. Claire got on her knees and elbows sticking her cute little rump in the air. "Aspen that tickles!" Claire said as Aspen parted her ass to clean mayo and mustard out of her crack. Claire humped her finger back. Gently she pushed her down to clean her back.
"It’s so incredible. I can feel every tiny vertebra in your spine. I know borrowers have the same amount of bones in their bodies like humans but to be so tiny and they work" Aspen said. Claire curled her tiny toes as Aspen rubbed her delicate spine. "How do you think I feel? Such big bones and they don't break with the weight of your body. If borrowers were the size of humans, we'd be stronger" Claire said. "Really?" Aspen asked. "Keith explained it to me. Borrowers have denser muscles than humans. Stronger bones too. An evolutionary trait to lift things like acorns, berries, and human stuff" she replied. Aspen squirted a drop of shampoo onto her fingers and soaped up Claire's delicate blond hair.
"Sounds like you admire Keith now. That's a change" Aspen said. "Now that I know more about him, it explains why he stares at me. The overprotectiveness. Why he likes to hold me in his hands" Claire said. "Keith said you really want a kid even though you won't say it. You know Keith would be perfect" Aspen said. Claire looked behind her and up at the giantess sudsing her scalp. "It would be too weird. Hey can you give me some sperm? I want a baby like no tomorrow" Claire joked. "Claire. You know him and I see you care about him too. If you want kids I rather it be him who's the daddy other than some borrower I'd buy at Save-Mart" Aspen said slightly sternly.
"Point taken" Claire said quietly. Aspen put her back in the water to rinse.
Claire walked to Keith's room much later that evening. Aspen was sound asleep and what she had said still rattled away in her mind. She just wanted to look at Keith as if imagining such a conversation. She didn't expect to find him awake. Keith's ears twitched as he heard very time footsteps on his hardwood floor. "Claire? What brings you here?" he asked stopping what he was doing on his MacBook. "Couldn't sleep. What were you doing?" she asked curious. "Oh nothing" he said closing his MacBook. Keith shifted his legs and just for a moment saw he had an erection. "You don't have to hide you were looking at porn. We're adults here" she said. Keith blushed. "Ahem...yeah. So you said you're having trouble sleeping. Want me to get you some warm milk?" he asked.
"No that's okay. Keith...you seem to know more about borrower life than I do. Is having kids a real big deal for us? We're not living in the wild" she said. "Doesn't matter. It's bred into the bone. I myself ummm...need to find release now and then. Especially when Aspen is ovulating. Or you are..." he replied. Claire climbed onto his bed. "Do you want to be a daddy?" she asked. Keith looked at her. "Being around humans changes us. Biology aside, we want to have them with the one meant for us. A soulmate. Before that for those living in the wild, any mate will scratch that itch. For someone like you...for someone like me...it's more. Is that why you can't sleep? Thinking about having a kid?" he asked. Claire nodded.
"Well it is a big decision. Not just for you but for Aspen too. Maybe more so" he said. Claire looked confused. "Alright I can see you don't understand. A borrower baby is fucking tiny Claire. Barely bigger than a cooked grain of rice. Aspen can't hold that without worrying she might squish it. Being a surrogate mom and not being able to hold your baby. That can be hurtful" he said. "Never thought of that. What about the size watch? She can shrink right down to hold the baby Claire said. "Not a perfect solution Claire. The watch has a time limit and cool down" he said. Claire looked forlorn. "Don't get me wrong! The baby will grow and eventually Aspen can hold it and be a doting mom too. You two just have to get over that first hurdle" he said. Claire smiled and nodded. "Thanks for the pep talk" she said. Keith brushed the side of her face with his finger. It lingered for a moment before he pulled away. "Sorry" he said. Claire gripped his finger. "Don't be. If it's not Aspen, I rather it be you" she said. Keith picked her up and hugged her to his face.
"Claire. You never said if you wanted kids who they daddy would be" he said. "Someone kind, caring, willing to protect us. Smart and funny" she said looking into his brown eyes. "That someone have a first name that starts with K?" he asked after taking a deep breath. Claire nodded. Keith looked away. "I understand. That's too much to ask" she said softly. Claire went to hop out of his hand until he closed it. "No. It's not like that. It's just a lot to take in at once. I never gave it thought me being a dad. Claire...after we come back. If you really want this then I'll do it" he said. Claire trembled in his grip as he loosened it. Keith kissed her face smelling her scent. "It's okay. Run it by Aspen though" he said. "She's the one that suggested it" Claire said wiping her face. "I see" he said before yawning. "I'll let you get some sleep. Keith...thank you" Claire said hopping out of his hand. Keith watched her leave.
"And now my erection is back with a vengeance. Pornhub don't fail me now" Keith said opening his MacBook.
Two days later...
"What time is it?" Aspen asked yawning. "3:41 local time I think that screen says" Claire said pointing to an LED screen of departure flights. "Those red eye flights really fuck with the sleep cycle" Aspen huffed as she looked around. "Fuck is taking Keith so long with the rental?" she asked. Seconds after she asked Keith pulled up in a brand-new Mercedes AMG G65. "Now that's what I'm fucking talking about!" Aspen said as Keith hopped out the driver side. "Sorry it took so long. Had to find the most expense car they had and do a few things to it first" Keith said. "How expensive is this thing?" Claire asked. "Goes for $224,000" Keith replied. *
(Authors note: Absolutely true)
"Why...why the fuck did you choose this?!" Aspen asked about to have a stroke. "Needed a very nice piece of cheese to entice a mouse. Come on and let's get a coffee. Already picked a place" he said as he tossed her luggage in the back. Twenty minutes later, they were at a coffee bar enjoying a nice brew. "Will you relax Aspen? I got the best rental insurance they have" he said. "That's not what concerns me. See those?" Aspen said pointing to a poster in the wall. It was in German but the picture spoke for itself. A giant boot coming down on a tiny person. A phone number was underneath. "Yeah...saw a few on light poles as I drove. Their version of pest control. Except gremlins instead of mice. Claire. Stay hidden. Borrowers and gremlins are similar enough in appearance" Keith said to them. Claire cowered even deeper in Aspen's purse. Keith kept checking his phone.
"What are we waiting for?" Aspen asked. "Most of the auto parts thefts have occurred in a ten-block radius of this area. We're at the epicenter. Just need one to take the bait" he replied. "And if a gremlin does?" she asked. "We follow with this" he replied showing his phone screen. "A custom GPS app to track RFID's placed a bunch on expensive components of the car. Turbo, engine computer, ceramic disk brakes, alarm system. Tiny RFID slips like the ones they use to track migrating birds. See these dots all clustered? Those are the parts" he explained. "Well one of your parts decided to run away" Aspen said seeing a dot moving away from them. Keith looked at the phone. "The engine control module. Look at it go" Keith said. "That important?" Claire shouted from the purse. "Controls the firing of the cylinders, fuel management just to name a few. About $3500 easy" Keith said. Aspen sat her coffee down and got up. "Whoa girl. Whatever gremlin stole it has to be taking it to their nest. Wait a bit" he said.
"And it stopped. I'll call a cab" Keith said switching apps. A short ride later and they got out and stood in front of an old auto repair garage. "I was expecting something underground or abandoned" Aspen said. "So did I. Shall we go in?" Claire asked popping her head out to see. "Well we came this far" Keith said walking to the front door. The bell on the door chimed as they stepped through. An old man appeared soon after. Mostly bald with grey hair on the sides of his head. Thin and wiry. Hands stained with grease. "Herzlich. Wellkommen! Wie kann ich helfen?" he asked. "Hi. We're looking for an engine control module for a Mercedes Benz AMG G65" Keith said. The man looked surprised. "I don't have such a thing. Very expensive those. You are better off at the dealership down the road. These new cars...so hard to fix" the man said after switching to English.
"Really. I have it on good authority you have what I need" Keith said walking right past him. "Sir! You mustn't enter the bay! You may get hurt!" the man yelled. Aspen followed as Keith made no attempt to stop. He narrowed the search down to just 10 ft. "There it...oh" Keith said seeing not only the part but a small person scurrying away. "Gotcha!" Keith said swiping for it. "Well well. So this is what a gremlin looks like. Almost exactly like a borrower...only a tad smaller" he said inspecting his catch. Caught in his grip was a teenage girl no older than 16. Black hair with a shock of hot pink. Leather black boots with a black shirt. "Never seen a goth tiny before. Your kind really do mimic human fashion" he muttered. "Scheissekopf! Put me down!" the girl yelled trying to push away the giant fingers.
"Please don't harm Klara! I'll give you back the part she took and all the money I have! I beg you not to turn us in to the Vernichtungsabteilung...the Extermination Dept. Ah! Hgghh!" he groaned out clutching his chest. "Old man! He needs his heart medication! Please help him!" a voice cried from behind a box. Emerging was a small male gremlin about 30 years of age terrified of what was happening. "Where are they?!" Aspen asked. "I will show you!" the man said running to Aspen. Aspen carried him to a desk in a room on the back. They gave the man his pills and had him lay down in his living room. Apparently, his garage doubled as his home.
"We didn't want to cause trouble for him. You can take me to the department but I beg you spare my daughter and this old man. His only crime was showing kindness and mercy. As for my daughter...she is young and beautiful. She can give you much pleasure" he said to them. Keith's jaw dropped, Aspen was speechless. "Did you just offer your daughter up to be a sex slave?" Claire asked popping out of Aspen's purse. "I... I don't understand. You have a tall gremlin with you. Is she not used for sex things?" he asked. "Why do people keep assuming because I'm blonde I'm either a slut or fuck bait?! NO, I AM NOT A SEX SLAVE!" Claire screamed. Aspen patted her head to calm her down. "What's you name sir?" Aspen asked. "Wulf. It is Wulf" he replied.
"Wulf. We are not going to turn you or anybody in to the Department. We're documenters here to record the lives of gremlins. That's all" Aspen said. The tiny man breathed a sigh of relief. "I thank you" he said hopping off the bed and returning to the bay. "Klara! Come out this instant!" he yelled. The girl was sitting on an outdated iPod listening to music. She pressed the pause button with her foot and hopped onto the floor. "Yes?" she asked rudely. "I have told you before we do not steal! If you have the urge to tinker then we are surrounded by machines for that! Your foolishness nearly caused me, your grandfather, and yourself to be caught!" he yelled. "First of all, he is not my grandfather! Second, you know full well why I stole! The old man refuses to pay tribute! So who is really putting us in danger?!" Klara yelled. Klara ran off quite fast for a tiny girl. "Klara! Scheisse!" he cursed.
"Tribute? What did she mean by that?" Keith asked. "Oh that. There is a woman in town that has people pay "protection" money. You don't pay then something bad happens. A bakery last week exploded due to a gas leak. Someone who didn't pay" Wulf replied. "Some kind of German mafia?" Claire asked. "Something like that. Their leader is a woman called The Baroness. A ruthless woman who uses hundreds of gremlins to do her bidding. She bribes top officials and bleeds dry the lesser people. She even has them steal jewelry from homes. There isn't much she doesn't do to gain more wealth" he replied. "Sounds like you know a great deal about her" Keith said. "I should. I used to work for her"
"I was desperate. Barely 13 years old and running from humans and sewer rats. This old digital watch I took apart and put together over and over to curb my innate hunger all gremlins have. The only possession I had other than the rags I wore. One day I was rummaging in this grocery store in the dead of night when I came across the girl my age trying to break into a safe. Scared the shit out of her. She was so pretty. How the moonlight made her look like the Brunhilde of legend. I ended up helping her steal what we could carry away. She had me follow her back to this home up in the hills overlooking the city. She said I could be safe there and never worry about being hunted by humans or look for scraps of food ever again. That I could join their family. Sounded too good to be true...and time proved it was. The leader of this family was a human woman with golden hair. Eyes like cold ice. She was 22 back then and not of great importance yet. Nevertheless, she was called The Baroness."
"We had our own section of the home to live in. More and more gremlins came to live with us and in some way it did feel like a family. We had to earn our keep though. Stealing mostly but for others...murder. Those that rivaled her met grizzly fates. Poisoned, stabbed to death with needles. Car accidents and much more. We were divided up into groups of five. Each one gremlin referred to as a finger. A group a hand. She would say idle hands are the devil's playthings. A warning to not fail her. The girl I had met had become my mate and she became pregnant with Klara. I felt sorry for my wife. Having to climb and carry heavy things as her belly swollen with child."
"One night we were tasked to "silence" this reporter who was digging to close. Sabotage his furnace so he would die of carbon monoxide poisoning. As we waited for the family to go to bed, me and my wife noticed he was a father. A young boy of 7 trotted right past our hiding place. His wife pregnant just like mine. I looked at my wife who had her hand on her own baby bump and mouthed no. We told the other three we couldn't do this and they turned on us. People we slept with, ate with, laughed with for a year now tried to kill us. My wife was stabbed in the shoulder with a needle as we escaped. We kept on the run for days using the sewer to hide. Then she became sick. Her wound infected. We ended up here to take shelter from a thunderstorm. The old man...Klaus found us the next morning as we were looking for food. He knew very easily we were gremlins but saw my wife and took pity on us. He took a big risk not crushing us under his feet or turning us in."
"My wife became delirious with fever and Klaus had her strip down and soak in cool water. It was in vain. Her body in such a state went into labor. She barely had time to hold our daughter before her life gave out. Klaus buried her in his backyard. A small stone with her name on it. The name "Emma" carved with a screwdriver" Wulf said shedding light on the situation.
"Sounds like you guys are really close" Claire said. "I like to think we are. Klaus is like a father to me. He cares for me and more so for Klara. He watched her grow up like me. Klara is so heard strong and strong willed. Just like her mother. I worry that she will do something extremely reckless" Wulf said. "Maybe I can talk to her? Explain the seriousness of the situation?" Aspen asked. "You're welcome to try. Nice watch by the way. Never seen that kind before" he said. "A custom model. Please don't tamper with it" Aspen said hiding the size watch. "Don't worry. Just curious. I have a carburetor that needs fixing anyway. Since Klaus as gotten sicker, we help him out here" he said walking off.
Aspen tip toed around looking at the floor. She found Klara sitting in a windowsill staring at her mother's grave. "What do you want?" she asked wiping tears away. "Just to talk. Get to know you. Kinda my job really" Aspen replied. "I'm 16. Love American rock music. Favorite food is apple strudel. Favorite celeb is Brad Pitt. End of story" she snipped. "Are you always this angry?" Aspen asked. Klara rolled her tiny eyes. "I know what it's like to be stuck in a bad situation. My parents died when I was young. I was slightly older than you when my grandmother began to get sick. Balancing the checkbook. Paying bills and not having really any fun" she said. "No offense lady but you're taking out your giant ass."
"Balancing a checkbook isn't as stressful as worrying about being caught and exterminated like you're a fucking cockroach. You can walk right out there and do whatever the fuck you want while I have to live in grease and grime. Right now, I'm looking at your watch and want to take it apart. Every fiber of our being screams to either fuck of take something apart. And my oblivious fucking dad fixes shit while some human bitch waits for her fucking cut from us. We have to pay 5000 marks a month to make sure she doesn't torch this place. * You see that old man kicking down that kind of money?" Klara asked waving her hand around. Aspen clearly saw he was not.
(Authors note: as of this writing, 5000 marks is about $2,911 or 2,217£. If you were wondering...)
"But you try so you must care" Aspen said. "About them? Of course I do. Dad is my dad. The old man...the old man isn't bad. He played with me when I was younger. Taught me to read and write" Klara said. "He must love you a lot to do so much" Aspen said poking the tiny girl. Klara didn't fight her finger. "Excuse me...Aspen was it? I wish to be alone" Klara said climbing off the windowsill. Klara didn't run away this time but looked down and just walked to a back room. Worried about the old man, the three didn't leave to go to a hotel but stayed in two guest rooms. Wulf stayed right beside Klaus, Aspen and Claire slept in their room while Keith borrower a work bench to do some tinkering with his size watch. "Figured everyone was asleep" Keith said hearing footsteps. "How did you know I was there?" Klara asked. "Borrower hearing. Sort of like you" he said turning around.
"But you're big!" she said. "I know. Long story" Keith chuckled. Klara climbed onto the bench to see what he was doing. "This design is elegant but very strange" Klara said her hands trembling. "You can touch it if you want. Just don't break it" he said. He watched the tiny gremlin girl pounce on the device and feel around the circuits and housing. Her mind going a mile a minute. Her instincts telling her to take it further apart. "A lithium battery and a synthetic diamond lattice. Is this a cyclotron?!" Klara asked. "Yes it is! I'm impressed Klara!" Keith said. "I see nothing to tell time. Why even have a cyclotron anyway?" she asked. "It a watch that shrinks things or people. Particles are sped up here and shot through the lattice. These particles make atoms smaller by shrinking the electron orbits. It's kinda complicated" he said. Keith slapped the housing closed and pressed the button. He shrank instantly to her size.
"Fucking cool!" Klara said standing beside him. Keith pressed the button again and he was back to normal. "As you see it works. This is the old model. Aspen uses a better energy efficient one to document our adventures. Was trying to improve the energy drain issues with this one" he said. "Tried ceramic conductors? More cars are using them for fuel efficiency" Klara said. "I never thought of that. *yawn*. Time for bed. Body still on Boston time" Keith said leaving her for his room.
Keith climbed into bed. A hand knit blanket covered him. An old one. Old photos of Klaus with a woman sat on a nightstand. "Guess he was married once" Keith thought.
Keith began to understand exactly why Klaus took them in. The house itself wasn't exactly shabby with three rooms. Living for so long and then losing his wife must've left the man lonely. Really lonely living in such a large home with things that reminded him of her. A tiny teenage boy with a newborn daughter was probably the best thing to help him with that. How Klaus took care of them mirrored how Aspen takes care of Claire and her family. "You're not asleep yet are you?" Klara asked sitting on the nightstand coming from behind the photo. Nearly scared the shit out of him.
"Not yet. Wait...what are you doing?" Keith asked seeing the girl taking her boots off. "Taking my clothes off dummy" she said taking off her tiny socks and pants. "I can see that but why?" Keith asked sort of expecting the reason. "Well I can't fuck you if I have my clothes on can I?" she said finishing by taking her black shirt off. He hopped onto his blanket and wormed his way underneath. "Klara. You're a nice girl...whoa..." he said feeling her in his boxers now. He pulled them back to see her gripping his cock. She was sniffing his meat. Taking every testosterone soaked pheromone into her little nose. "What are you waiting for? Jerk up and down your shaft" she said. Being a borrower with a sensitive nose, Keith could smell her sex. She was a teenage sex bomb aching to get off. Keith remembered that gremlins had a very and I do mean very active sex drive. Worse yet she was at prime age to be fertilized so her body was screaming for semen or at least some relief.
Klara was pushed against his cock and then forced up and down it. Keith was just as much lost in lust as she was as he used her little body for his pleasure. Klara moaned as her pussy rubbed and bumped the vein running up his cock. She squeaked as she came and Keith hissed as he shot his load all over her. Keith took a breath as she slid and leaned against his cock. With a mischievous grin, she scooped up a collection of semen in her hair and jammed it inside her tiny cunt. "You can't be done already" she mocked him tossing her sticky hair. Now here's the thing. Keith was already having sexual frustration living with Claire and Aspen. So this cute gremlin mocking him was the last thing he needed. "...come here" he growled snatching her from his crotch.
Keith took a deep whiff of the girl. Her sweet and salty sweat. Her body pumping estrogen. Putting her tiny feet to his nose to smell them. Licking her mouth tasting the faint flavor of her saliva. Keith parted her legs and greedily sucked her snatch. Klara writhed in his hands. Her arms shaking. Her legs twitching. "Gott im himmel!" she screamed cumming once more. Keith was not done with her quite yet. Sucking her legs into his mouth, he pushed on her head. She gave the faintest of whimpers as he closed his mouth sealing her in.
As her ears popped from the air pressure, she wondered if she made a grave error. Her plan was to see if Keith was asleep. If not wear him out fucking and sucking. Now was she was trapped in his mouth, his tongue tasting her tiny teenage body. He could easily swallow her alive. That animalistic look in his eyes told her he wasn't thinking straight. Keith was furiously jacking off as he toyed with Klara. Parting her legs to poke her pussy with the tip of his tongue. Her moans and yelps echoing in his mouth. That fucking brat of a girl at his mercy. Just the perverse thought of her dying in his belly as he slept through the night was enough for him to cum once again. He let Klara fall out his mouth. "You're not going to eat me?" she asked. "I'm a horny fucker but not a stone-cold killer. Now I got my rocks off I'm in a better place. Klara. I get you're horny as fuck, but you want to screw a person you know. I could've eaten you for all you knew" he said cleaning himself with a dirty sock.
"You look cute is all and you didn't turn us in" she said sheepishly. "Hmmm...people just want what's best for is all. And Klara...I think you're cute too" he said blushing. Klara felt elated hearing that. She didn't know why. He was just a friendly fuck is all so why did she feel like she was on cloud nine hearing him say she was cute? Keith closed his eyes and laid back down. Klara kept watch on him as she got dressed. Satisfied he was asleep, she proceeded with her task. However, Keith was not asleep and shrank himself to follow her.
"Didn't think she'd give up so easily" he thought seeing her hoist the car part on her back and sneak out. "Goddamn this girl is in shape! How can she move so fast carrying that?!" he thought trying to not fall too far behind. Keith was taking a very big risk following her. For all intents and purpose, he was a gremlin to anyone that might find him. Even if he free himself back his secret would be exposed and place Claire, her family, and Aspen in danger as well. He kept watch on Klara as he hid behind an empty soda can. Munched a potato chip from a discarded bag. It wasn't entirely bad for him though. Felt nostalgic to him. Getting back to his roots.
Keith would now and then shrink down just to remember he was a borrower. Being human size and seeing things human scale would make him take things for granted. Just buying a snickers bar was a privilege borrowers didn't have. His tiny feet feeling the grooves of wood on the hardwood floor was more normal than feeling tiny carpet fibers if he was big. Honing his fighting skills against ants and beetles kept him in shape. And one evening 6 months back he heard Aspen crying in her bedroom. Still tiny he creeped in. Quiet as possible so Claire couldn't hear him, he climbed onto her dresser and hid behind her flat screen tv. He felt guilty peeping on her as she lay naked on her bed. As it turned out, Aspen was crying because her birthday was soon approaching, and she remembered an old Glowworm toy she got from her parents when she was very young. It wasn't not having the toy anymore that made her cry of course.
The next day, Keith went online to look for the toy. He found it on eBay for a whopping $579.88. * Keith ordered it for he knew how happy it would make her. it came just in time for her 22nd birthday and Keith gave it to her. Aspen was shocked beyond belief. "I was just thinking about this thing the other night" she said. "Really? I bought it because it looked cute and you could snuggle with it other than Claire" he said not wanting to reveal how he knew to get it. "Looks like you got competition Claire!" Aspen laughed hugging the toy. "Whatever. Like to see it lick your feet like I do" Claire huffed. Aspen blushed beet red. "Shall we cut the cake?" Keith asked changing the subject.
(Authors note: totally true as of this writing. The things I have to research...)
Keith followed Klara onto the underground tram at Kalk Post and hid extremely well in a maintenance compartment. Keith not far away. She got off the last stop at Weiden and Keith followed her up a winding hill with a lavish home up top. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by gremlins. Tensing up and ready to press his watch, he paused as they just walked past him carrying various things. A diamond ring, Rolex, ruby broach, and more all pilfered for their giantess mistress. A special door had been made for them as they went in a few at a time. Klara had issues fitting the car part through. "Need a hand?" he asked. Klara nearly had a heart attack. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" she yelled. "That's my question. Thought we told you this wasn't the best idea" Keith said.