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Wow so first of all, I want to thank everyone who review the story first time around. I really appreciate it, considering this story was supposed to be just a one off story but I reworked it to be a somewhat longer story.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the second chapter of "Taking the Bus".

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It had been a few days since Jackie had taken the bus home from work and something had been eating away at her ever since she got off. She’d never been one for seeing the gigantic humans as significant others or even friends as her previous attempt almost ended with her getting eaten but with Marleigh, there was a gravity about her that made her seem so kind towards Jackie’s people.

When she got home that night, she looked up reviews of not only Marleigh’s service but others as well. She found that a large majority of micros who rode with Marleigh found her ride extremely comfortable. Some reviews even said that the way Marleigh walked, it was as if the harness wasn’t necessary. Jackie couldn’t agree more. When she woke up from her small nap, she almost forgot she was even underneath the foot of a girl almost a thousand times her height until she looked up to see the sole staring at her and the few remaining passengers.

But the other reviews for other girls services terrified Jackie to the core. Some reviews spoke of girls who went off their routes and dumping the micros off at strange places that were far from their own homes before some were picked off by either animals looking for an easy meal or more of those ‘microphiles’ Jackie hated. She messaged some of the survivors of these events, asking what it must’ve felt like to trust a giant human with their life and to have them dump them somewhere to only watch as their fellow passengers were killed or taken to be either pets for the rich or worse. She got the names of buses she should avoid in the future such as ‘Samantha’, ‘Heather’ and ‘Elise’ as they were all marked by the MicroWeb as ‘Micro Enthusiasts’. Or ones that would be too aggressive with their walking.

On the other side of the coin, Jackie found more girls like Marleigh than the type she wished to avoid at all costs. It set her mind at ease knowing that the amount of volunteers for this program actively tried to make sure the people at their mercy felt safe and secure.

Another closing shift passed Jackie by as she told her friends who offered to pick her up so they could go partying that she wanted to take the bus, even though it would be much more expensive for her to take it. Last ride she took was almost cost her almost fifty dollars which was almost half her rent for the month but to be fair, it was a quite enjoyable ride for her so she didn’t mind paying a little bit extra for a ride home. She even thought about getting Marleigh’s ‘deluxe’ package that allowed Jackie or anyone else to control Marleigh for a few hours. Granted, it cost more than triple the price of the regular ticket so Jackie would almost blow all her money in her account.

Jackie sat down on the bench, pulled out her phone as she waited for her ride AKA Marleigh to arrive. It was around the same time as her last ride so she waited patiently as she soon saw another person come up to the bench who grunted as he sat down a few feet from where Jackie was.

“Waiting for the bus too?” He asked as Jackie looked at him. He was a young man, couldn’t have been a few years younger than Jackie herself. “This is my first ride. I’ve been dreading it for a few days. I’ve heard of all those things about the humans that take unwilling micros to be in those cage fights for their own amusement.” As Jackie listened to the man’s paranoid words, they were soon interrupted by the shaking of the ground. Jackie’s face lit up with excitement as the young man’s face was that of dread as they both watched the massive girl that walked towards them on the sidewalk. Jackie looked up to see the towering beauty that she’d been admiring for the past few days. Marleigh and all her glory made Jackie stand up with excitement. She could see the words etched on the side of her shoe meaning the ride was almost here for the two waiting customers at her feet.

Another night, another round of passengers for Marleigh. It’d been her fourth night in a row of bussing micros around town without much of a break. Her feet were starting to get sore so she decided to take things slow tomorrow night or she was taking the night off to enjoy herself. Kick back and relax, just a whole day to herself.

Marleigh had already picked up one or two micros before and they’d been dropped off already so seeing only two more people waiting for her sort of disappointed her. It was a bad night but there was one thing she could do to cheer her up as well as make the few passengers she did get tonight have the time of their lives.

Jackie watched as Marleigh stopped, her shoes easily towering over her and companion. Her jaw dropped as she stared further up as Marleigh personally waved to them, her face being almost half a mile into the air compared to the two people on the ground. Jackie soon noticed that the man next her was visibly shaking as he along with her looked up at Marleigh’s massive form.


“She could step on us. Eat us. Sit on us and we’d be nothing more than a stain or a calorie to her. I can’t go with this monster.” The man said as Jackie watched as he headed back down to the micro sidewalk with a few other people walking by.

“How will you get home?” Jackie called back to the man as he soon headed to another direction. Jackie assumed that the man would take the micro train a few miles down the road as she didn’t get an answer, she just watched him disappear into the crowd, leaving Jackie alone with the massive human girl that was slowly kneeling over to get a closer view of her future passenger.

Even though she bussed them around for almost five nights a week, Marleigh herself had never personally seen a micro upclose before. Before she signed up for the program, she’d had a few classes on micro-biology like how they have blue blood instead of the usual red blood like regular humans due to fact they need less oxygen or something like that. Or the fact that they can lift about twice their body weight, Marleigh had never seen a live micro before. This was her chance. She slowly bent over, trying not to scare the tiny girl at her feet. She moved her hair back and then slightly blew some air on to the small girl which immediately got a reaction from the woman which a slight scream as well as some unwanted looks from micros as well as another girl walking by who stopped as she saw what or what she thought Marleigh was attempting to do.

“Umm, what are you doing to this micro?” The girl asked as Marleigh stood up carefully, turning around as she was careful not to step on the intended passenger, Jackie. “You’re not threatening it are you?” The girl had long black hair that went down her shoulders as well as metal rings in her ears. She also had a shirt that fit quite nice with the current situation both sides were dealing with. The white shirt read ‘Micros have rights too’. Marleigh had seen these people ‘protecting’ micros and occasionally she would be interrupted on her day to day life, asking to sign petitions for micros to be elected into office. By regular people her size.

“Oh, I’m part of the Micro Bus Program and I was just getting this woman’s attention.” Marleigh explained as she tried to rush the girl out of her face so she can at least get her customer home as well as her. “I just didn’t want to leave her on the ground waiting for hours for another bus.” Marleigh was about to turn back around as she wanted to continue her job but the girl fired back at her.

“Micro Bus Program? You made that up. I’m calling the cops for harassment of a micro.” The girl’s ignorance was showing even to the ‘victim’ in all this. Jackie. She hadn’t minded Marleigh blowing air on her to grab her attention. Granted, she was scared at first by the sudden warmth behind her but she trusted Marleigh enough after the reviews she read on her. There were almost a hundred solid reviews on Marleigh’s behavior towards the micros so Jackie had no reason to assume Marleigh was going to hurt her. The other girl in fact, who was trying to defend her in some way, quite annoyed her. Jackie just rolled her eyes as she walked back to the bench and waited for this argument between her ride and the micro rights protester finished.

Fortunately, the argument didn’t last too long as after a few minutes of Jackie chatting with her friends, she heard footsteps walk away and Marleigh’s feet returned to be in her full vision. Jackie got up and headed for the door on the side of the shoe that opened to her presence. Surprised that no one was getting off, Jackie walked in and saw that not one micro was on board. She sighed as she walked towards the first seat she saw, directly under the toes. As she sat down, the television screen came up as she set her harness around her body. It was static at first, like last time, then the gentle face of Marleigh came up.

“Hey girly. Sorry about the wait. For you being so patient with me, the rides free.” Marleigh said defeated. Jackie noticed the sad look in her eyes, the face of someone who was losing business for the dumbest of reasons. Jackie soon noticed a button underneath the screen that said ‘two way communication’. Without hesitation, Jackie pressed it and got a camera to reveal itself via a small plastic cover that sent her video to Marleigh’s phone way up top. Both were shocked as neither expected the other to talk first. It was an awkward few seconds before Marleigh spoke. “So, you figured out the emergency communication button. Is everything alright down there?” Marleigh giggled as she waited for a response.

“Yeah, no I’m fine. I just thought you wanted someone to talk to after what happened with that girl along the ride. If you’d like to.” Jackie shyly said as she watched the human girl begin to blush and directly above her, Marleigh scrunched her toes for a sign of embarrassment. Or excitement.

On the screen, Marleigh smiled, showing her crystal white teeth to the micro Jackie. “Yeah, I think that’d be fun. I don’t think I’ve ever talked to a micro before.” Marleigh said as she began to rub her toes on the insole of the shoes, giving Jackie a small bit of a scare as she looked up to see Marleigh’s big toe scratching at the glass. “Sorry. Did I scare you?” Marleigh’s soft words through the monitor calmed Jackie a bit.

“No. Well kind of. Just still getting adjusted to this. This is only my second ride with your..services.”

“Well I guess, welcome back. I’m glad you enjoyed the first time.” Marleigh started walking by this point, heading to the next stop a few blocks down the road. Every now and then, she’d get a good look at how calm and soothing it seemed down at her feet, at least the micro girl she was talking to seemed calm. “Hey umm, what’s your name by the way?” Marleigh asked as she turned the corner, eyeing her next stop which had no one waiting for her.

“My name? It’s Jacqueline but you can call me Jackie if you want.” Jackie felt safe to give out her name to Marleigh as she walked down the road, talking with her as she was literally underneath her feet or toes really. She could feel something building in her already. Something she hadn’t felt since high school. It felt almost foreign to her at this point but she didn’t want it to go away. Not anytime soon.

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