Cross time gifts has too much stock and not enough shelf space. At first shrinking the stock seams to be the answner. But then things go wrong. And a lot of staff members get shrunk
1. Chapter 1 by Mr_G
2. Chapter 2 by Mr_G
3. Chapter 3 by Mr_G
Author note: This is an old sold, that for some reason didn’t get posted on Giantess world. It is a pre sequel to “The new owner”
Shelf space
Prologue
A beautiful brunette places a box in a machine. She presses a few buttons and the box begins to shrink.
Unfortunately she accidentally places her hand in the shrink field and she shrinks with the box. Seconds later a man walks in.
"Jennifer? Where are you?" He asks.
"I'm down here Douglas." The now tiny Jennifer cries. But he doesn't hear her. He doesn't even see her when he steps on her with a crunch.
"This tragedy could have been prevented if they had only used Sizechanger for Hire." A voice cries out. "Why put your trust in dumb machines? Trust a Sizechanger instead."
"What do you think?" the salesman asked.
"Nice try. But I still trust Stan's Growth and Shrink Rays more than I trust the Sizechangers." Mr. Rogers replied.
"Accidents like the one portrayed in our ad do happen Mr. Rogers. Think of what would happen to Cross Time Gifts reputation if such an accident where to happen here."
"It's unlikely that one of my employees will get accidentally shrunk. Even if it happened, his or her co-workers would help her get restored. Not step on her or him."
"The choice is yours to make." The Sizechanger salesman replied. "But I think you’re a hopeless optimist." He added under his breath as he walked out the door.
Once the Sizechanger had left Mr. Rogers got out a notepad and wrote.
"Set limits on how much the stock can be shrunk. Maybe one tenth original size. That should be small enough to solve our shelf space problems. But large enough that someone accidentally shrunk can easy be seen or heard."
"There that should take care of any problems. " He muttered to himself.
End prologue
Chapter one
It started as just another day for Diane Water. She walked through the doors of cross time gifts, the store that sold gifts from all over the wishbone multiuniverse. There was teacups from worlds where the American Revolution was crushed. There were magnets from the Confederate states of America, Stuff from both the GTS space and the SW space earth's. Mini androids shaped like men and women for universes that don't allow human shrinking. Stuff from over a thousand worlds and Diane's job was to stock it.
After walking throughout the store she went up stairs to the stock room, her domain. Once upstairs she ran into three of her fellow stockers, Scott, Angela and Jennifer.
"Hi guys! What's up? She asked."
"We got a stock shrinker." Scott replied.
"To deal with our shelf space problem." Jennifer added.
"Wouldn't be easier just to build a bigger stock room?" Diane asked. "Even calling Storage Miracles would be an easier option."
"You know that Mr. Rogers is too cheap for either of those options." Angela replied.
"Besides did you ever hear what happened to my friend, friend's Elaine Cook?" Jennifer asked.
"Who?" She's a friend of my friend Allison. One day she decided to investigate Storage Miracles. To see how they did it."
"Jennifer we don't time for your stories." Scott pointed out.
"Sigh! You're right. So where is this product shrinker?" Diane asked.
Scott then led her to the stock shrinker. The stock shrinker was a platform with a fancy control panel. Next to it was another platform with a single button.
"This is the stock shrinker and next to it is the restorer. The stock shrink can shrink stock up to 1/10th original size. To restore, just place it on the restorer and press the button."
"How do you know all this stuff?"
"The Stan's Growth and shrink rays salesmen gave a demonstration yesterday."
"Why does all the good stuff happen while I'm gone?" Diane whined.
"I can't answer that Diane. We got a big order of magnets to shrink. Need any help?"
"Think I'll be fine."
"All right! Yell if you need help."
Diane carefully placed the boxes of magnet's in the stock shrinker. She set the controls for 1/10th size and pressed the on button. Unfortunately she didn't notice her hand was in the shrink field until she started shrinking.
"Nuts!" She cried as she removed her hand. But the damage had been done. She continued to shrink and shrink until she was one-tenth her original height.
"Let's see, I was 5'6", one tenth of that would make me about six and a half inches tall." Diane muttered to herself.
She walked to the nearby restorer. But the platform was three feet above the ground. The on button was even higher off the ground.
"Darn it! Why did they place the platform so high up?" She cursed. Then she remembered that they weren't expecting employees to accidentally shrink themselves. With not much else to do she decided to wait until someone came along.
As luck would have it a few moments later a tall brunette came into view. Diane called out to her.
"Angela help me."
Angela looked around but didn't see anyone.
"Down here by your feet."
Angela looked down and was startled to see a doll sized Diane.
"Diane is that you?" Angela asked.
"I got accidentally shrunk. Can you place me on the restorer" Diane asked.
Instead of answering Angela picked Diane up and placed her in the shrinking machine.
"Hey! This isn't the restorer." Diane cried.
"Let's see if it's possible to further shrink an already shrunk object." Angela said as she programmed the machine to shrink to 1/10th size. To Daine's horror, she began to get even smaller.
"Yes! Shrink my little blond."
Shrink Diane did until she was only 1/10 of 1/10 her original height. (That's one percent of her original height)
"How does it feel to be two thirds of an inch tall?" Angela asked.
"Why?" Diane asked.
"What's that? I can't hear you." Angela teased. "Oh this is perfect. Now what to do with you? I could dump you on the floor and let you hear how we really think of you around here. Or I could place you in a bottle and place you with the dolls in a bottle. What do you think of those ideas?"
"They both suck." Diane replied.
Interlude
"Stanley Charm are you all right?" Brenda asked.
Stanley looked up at the eight-foot waitress.
"It's Harold. A few days ago he was here."
"I remember him. He’s a short little guy. He wished for the power to shrink people."
"He's already started. Man it's a curse knowing the consequences of every wish made at wishbone."
End interlude
"Who are you talking to?"
Startled Angela turned around. There was a short man standing there.
"Go away Harold. I got stuff to do."
"You know I don't like your attitude. Say have you seen Diane?" He asked.
"Poor girl got shrunk to the size of a bug. Take a look."
To Daine's dismay Angela then pointed to where Diane was standing. Diane was used to looking down at Harold. Now he towered over her.
"Ha! Someone else has done my work for me."
"Your work?" Angela asked. Then she noticed that he was holding a six-inch tall redhead in his left hand.
"Oh my. Isn't that Dawn Powers?" Angela asked.
"Yes it is. I shrunk her from six feet tall to six inches tall. Now she's a powerless manager." Harold bragged.
"You're never going to get away with this." Dawn cried.
"Quiet! Or I make you even smaller."
"How did you shrink her?" Angela asked.
"Like this." Suddenly Angela found herself shrinking rapidly. Soon she was only three inches tall.
"This can't be happening." Angela muttered as Harold picked her up.
"Gotya." He cried in triumph. Then he turned his attention to Diane.
"I would make you a little bigger, but I can only shrink people I can't make them grow."
"What!" Angela and Dawn cried out in unison.
"Now what should I do with you Diane."
"You could let me go." Diane suggested. But Harold didn't hear her. Instead Harold placed Dawn on the stock shrinker.
"Pick Diane up." Harold commanded Dawn. Dawn was only six inches tall, but to Diane six inches was like 50 feet. Dawn had no trouble picking her up. Then Harold grabbed them both and placed them on the floor.
"Now drop Diane." Dawn did as she was told.
Diane wondered what Harold was up to. Then a huge foot came over her coming within mere millimetres from her head.
"I would crush you to death. But that would be too merciful. Instead I contemn you to being a bug on the floor."
"That's it? That's all you’re going to do to her?" Angela complained.
"Keep complaining and I'll shrink you so small that even Diane will tower over you. Now tell me what other girls are in today."
Angela then told Harold what he wanted to know. He then headed off in search of more victims leaving Diane stunned on the floor.
"Now what?" Diane muttered to herself. Should she wait to see if someone else would come by the stock shrinker or should she try to find help. After thinking it over, she decided to try to find Scott. He was sure to help her.
Diane soon discovered that it's takes a long time to walk anywhere when you're two thirds of an inch tall. She had walked for an hour but had covered only a few feet. She was walking under an overflowing shelf filled with water balls when trouble struck.
SMASH!
A water ball hit the ground right in front of her. A falling water ball is a minor annoyance to a normal size woman, but big enough to crush Diane. The water alone was enough to drown her. She looked up and saw that several more water balls were about to fall.
"Help!" Diane cried. Seconds later, a figure arrived and scooped her up just as a water ball was about to crush her.
Diane then got a better look at the figure. It was a little over three inches tall. It looked like a brunette. But Diane could tell it wasn't made of flesh.
"You’re one of those SW androids." She cried out.
To be continued
Chapter two
"That's no way to thank someone who just saved your life." Then android replied.
"I'm sorry. Say do you have a name?" Diane asked.
"When I was human I was known as Beverly Saunders. Now people call me Bev." The android replied.
"Wait a second. Your one of those androids Dr. Cracker sold us."
"He's the mad scientist who did this to me. First he transferred my soul into a Barbie sized android. Later he transferred me into the body I have now. He even threatened to have me transferred to an inch tall body. Who in their right mind wants inch tall androids?"
"They say they make amusing desk toys." Diane replied.
"UGH! Next they will be selling his living light bulbs."
"Living light bulbs?"
"They are women who have been shrunk to five inches tall and altered so they glow in the dark."
"You’re story a bit hard to believe. What happened to your human body?"
"He sold it to an organ bank. It's probably in a zillion pieces by now. But enough about me, how did you get so tiny?"
"Well I got my hand caught in our new stock shrinker. I got shrunk to one tenth my original Size. Then Angela caught me and shrunk me to my present size. Then Harold showed up."
"Is he the guy I saw earlier with two SW in his hands?"
"He's the one. One of those SW is Angela, the other is Dawn, one the managers."
"The shrinker gets shrunk herself. I guess that's justice." Bev commented.
"I just hope Harold doesn't shrink anyone else."
Just then an eight-inch tall woman came running down the hall.
"COME BACK HERE." Harold shouted. But the woman wouldn't stop.
"Fine, have it your way Jennifer. I command you to shrink until you only come up to Diane's knees.
Jennifer began to shrink. Soon she was a tiny fraction of an inch tall.
"That will teach you to run from me. Say hi to Diane for me." Harold then walked away.
"Guess we better help her." Diane told Bev.
"I agree."
Even seeing where she shrunk. It still took them a few minutes to find Jennifer.
"Gosh darn it. I don't deserve to be this tiny." Jennifer complained.
"Nobody deserves to be less than an inch tall." Diane replied. "By the way this is Bev. She helped me out earlier."
"It's pretty bad when you have to rely on SW androids for help."
Bev frowned and said.
"You should treat me with more respect. Not only do I tower over you. But I'm stronger than you."
"Sigh! You're right. How tiny I'm I anyway?" Jennifer asked.
"Well I'm two thirds of an inch tall. You come up to my knees which would make you one quarter of two thirds of an inch tall."
"That's one sixth of an inch." Bev said helpfully.
"So how did Harold shrink you?" Jennifer asked.
"He didn't. I got my hand stuck in the stock shrinker."
"Only you would do a bimbo move like that." Jennifer laughed.
"Anyway Angela found me and shrunk me some more. Then Harold came along and shrunk Angela."
"She's currently in a cage on the main sorting table along with Dawn and Helen."
"He's got Helen too?"
"Who is Helen?" Bev asked.
"She's one of our cashiers. How did he get you Jennifer?"
"I was fetching things for customers when the runt got in my way. He didn't like being called a runt so he shrank me. I tried to run away. Well you saw what happened next."
"So what do we do now?" Bev asked.
"I was planning on finding someone to place me on the restorer. But while that would fix me, it wouldn't fix the other SW." Diane replied.
"We got to rescue the others." Jennifer suggested.
"How? I'm less than an inch tall. Bev is only three inches tall."
"Three and a half inches." Bev pointed out.
"We need to get the SW restored to their right size."
"How? We don't sell Size change guns or size remotes." Jennifer pointed out.
"ATTENTION STOCKERS. A 308 PIECE ORDER JUST CAME IN AND I COULD US A HAND. HAROLD WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN HERE AND BRING ONE OF THE GIRLS WITH YOU."
"What was that?" Bev asked.
"It’s the intercom. Scott asking for help." Diane replied.
"Wonder if Harold will shrink him as well." Jennifer wondered.
Meanwhile in another part of the building, Mr. Rogers was sitting at his desk.
"Wonder how the new stock shrinker is working out?" He muttered to himself. Then he hit the intercom.
"ATTENTION STOCKERS. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY HOW IS THE NEW STOCK SHRINKER WORKING OUT?"
"It's sucks!" Diane shouted.
"Don't think he can hear us." Jennifer commented.
"Ladies we need a plan." Bev suggested.
"You're not a lady, you’re a dumb machine." Jennifer told Bev.
"I may have a machine body but I was once I full sized flesh and blood woman." Bev shot black.
"Yeah right!" Jennifer said.
"Girls we need to plan not fight." Diane pointed out.
To be continued
Chapter three
Mr. Rogers was puzzled. Nobody had answered the intercom.
"I guess I better see what the heck going on." He muttered to himself as he left his office.
"What are you going to do to us Harold?" Helen asked.
"Well I plan to keep Dawn as a pet. As for the rest of you, I could sell you on the inter universe net. Wonder what price Shrunken People R us would give me."
"You won't dare."
"Why not Angela? It's not like you can keep your job. Even shrunken stock would be a bit big for you now."
"Oh why are you doing to us Harold?" Helen asked.
"Why? Because you girls treated me like dirt. You made me feel like I was a tiny man."
"Man? You’re a boy who doesn't know how to be a man." Dawn commented.
Harold then opened the door of the cage and grabbed Dawn. Then he pulled her out of the cage. Then he started to squeeze her.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't break a few of your bones?" Harold asked her.
Before Dawn could answer the intercom came to life.
"ARE YOU ALL ON COFFEE BREAKS? HELP ME WITH THIS DARN ORDER." Scott demanded.
"Think I need to pay Scott a visit." He then placed Dawn back in the cage. Then he grabbed Angela.
"Hey!" Angela cried.
"Earlier he did ask to bring a girl. Why not you?" Harold asked.
"Sounds like Scott getting frustrated." Diane commented.
"If he is not careful he'll get Harold's attention." Jennifer commented.
"That's it! We need to get someone attention." Diane Cried.
"Do you expect Mr. Rogers to come walking by?" Jennifer asked.
To the amazement of the SW, Mr. Rogers came walking down the hall.
"Mr. Rogers we are down here." Diane and Jennifer shouted. But Mr. Rogers kept on walking.
"Allow me girls. MR ROGERS WE NEED YOUR HELP." Bev shouted.
Mr Rogers stopped to look around.
"DOWN HERE ON THE FLOOR BEHIND YOU." Bev shouted.
Mr Rogers looked down and spotted Bev.
"What the! How did you escape from your box?" Mr Rogers asked. (Author note: SW Androids are usually sold in boxes)
"Never mind that. Diane and Jennifer have been shrunk to micro proportions." Bev replied.
"How would you know that?"
"They are standing beside me."
Mr. Rogers then got down on his knees for a closer look. Diane and Jennifer waved back at him.
"All be. I see them. But I don't understand, the stock shrinker was only supposed to shrink things down to one tenth original size."
"Diane got accidentally shrunk, then Angela shrunk her. Harold the one who shrunk Jennifer." Bev explained.
"You're saying that Angela and Harold are shrinking other employees. I refuse to believe that."
"Believe it." A man's voice said.
"Hello Scott."
"It’s about time you showed up Harold. Where have you been?"
"I have been cutting girls down to size. Say hi to Angela."
Scott then noticed the girl in Harold's right hand.
"Angela! What did you do to her? Put her in the stock shrinker?"
"Who needs a stock shrinker? I have gained the power to shrink people at will. That said, the stock shrinker did shrink Diane."
"What?"
"It's true, the bimbo shrunk herself, then I shrunk her some more." Angela admitted.
"Next time let me do the talking. But what she says is true. Diane is now two thirds of an inch tall wondering around on the floor somewhere."
"Oh my God. I got to save her." Scott then headed off toward the stock shrinker.
"She's not worthy of your love." Harold cried after him.
"Hmph! Scott going to try to save Diane but doesn't care about me." Angela muttered to herself.
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Rogers asked the Sizechanger salesmen.
"I figured your staff would get in trouble. We did not count on Harold going to the Wishbone restaurant and wishing for the power the shrink people."
"How would you know about that?" Mr. Rogers asked.
"We got friends at Wishbone. Besides we have been keeping an eye on this place." The Sizechanger replied.
"What do you want?"
"We can restore your shrunken staff for a price." The salesmen replied.
"A price that is probably sky high. And if I refuse to pay it?" Mr. Rogers asked.
"Then your staff remains shrunk. Expect for Diane you don't have the means to restore them."
"Come on Boss. Get us restored already." Jennifer complained.
"You’re answer please." The Sizechanger demanded.
Before Mr. Rogers could answer, Scott burst on the scene.
"Boss, we got a problem." Were the first words out of his mouth.
"I already know about Harold and shrunken staff members."
"Is Diane all right?" Scott asked.
"I'm down here." Diane cried but Scott didn't hear her.
"Other than being a size of a bug she's fine." Mr. Rogers replied.
"Hey! Doesn't anyone care about me?" Jennifer complained.
"Time is ticking away humans. Are you willing to pay for my help or not?" The Sizechanger asked.
"No way, I'm I going to rely on your help." Mr. Rogers replied. Then he turned to Bev. "Gather up Jennifer and Diane I'm going to restore them my self."
"You’re a fool." The Sizechanger cried before he walked away.
After Bev had picked up the two micro SW Mr. Rogers picked up Bev. Then he headed to the restorer.
"Boss, do you really think the restorer will restore the women shrunk by Harold?"
"I'm counting on it." He replied. Then he placed Diane and Jennifer on the restorer and turned it on. Diane started to grow but Jennifer did not. To her dismay Diane stopped growing at one-tenth original size. (The size she was originally shrunk to)
"I don't get it what went wrong?" Mr. Rogers asked.
"I think it's because I was shrunk twice. You have to restore me twice." Diane replied.
"You never were very bright Mr. Rogers."
Mr. Rogers and Scott turned around. Harold was standing there. Angela was in his right hand.
"You dare to insult me. Harold Miller your fired." Mr. Rogers cried.
"You’re the one that's fired. Permanently." Harold cried. Mr. Rogers then began to shrink. Within seconds he was no bigger than a bug. Before anyone could react, Harold stepped on him.
"You just committed murder." Scott cried.
"He deserved it. Now Scott, are you with me or against me?" Harold asked.
"I refuse to support a murder." Scott replied.
"Have it your way fool." Scott then began to shrink. Within a minute he was no bigger than an ant.
"No, don't kill him." Diane cried.
"Well, look who grew. I didn't know he was your boyfriend."
"Well, he's not really my boyfriend. But I do care about him."
"You know. I originally wanted you tiny, but seeing you this fun size changed my mind."
"Fun size?" Diane asked. The horror showing in her voice.
"Oh yes. You are big enough to have fun with but small enough to control."
"Gulp! Only a miracle will save me now." Diane cried.
Suddenly a man appeared by the restorer. He was dressed in colourful spandex and had the letters SR on his chest. A blue mask covered his face expect for his eyes and mouth.
"Have no fear the Size Ranger is here." The masked man cried.
"I don't know where you came from, but you’re no match for me." Harold cried. He then tried to shrink the masked man, but didn't have any luck."
"What the? This isn't possible." Harold cried.
"It’s my turn, Harold." First Angela disappeared from his hand and appeared in the Size Rangers hand. Harold then found himself shrinking rapidly. Within seconds he was no bigger than a speck of dust. Then he found himself in a jar.
"I'll take him to jail later. But first I need to restore you people."
He snapped his fingers and Scott, Diane, Angela and Jennifer began to grow. Diane was back to full size within ten seconds. Jennifer and Scott took thirty seconds.
"We're back to normal." Diane cried.
"Can you turn me back into a normal sized human?" Bev asked.
"Sorry, but I can't turn metal and plastic into flesh." The Size ranger replied. "Now if you excuse me, I need to restore Helen and Dawn." He then disappeared from sight.
"Wonder how he knew Helen and Dawn were shrunk." Jennifer wondered.
Diane then slapped Angela.
"Ow! What was that for?" Angela asked.
"That's for shrinking me." Diane replied.
"Just wait, until you're by the stock shrinker." Angela threatens Diane.
"I am never going near the stock shrinker again." Diane vowed.
The Size Ranger then appeared with Helen and Dawn in tow.
"See you got restored as well." Helen commented.
"Where's that Harold?" Dawn asked.
"He's in this jar. Now if you excuse me. I am going to take him to jail now." The Size Ranger and the jar containing Harold then disappeared from sight.
"We need to tell Mr. Rogers that Harold is no longer a threat."
"Unfortunately Mr. Rogers is dead." Scott informed Ms. Powers.
"What how?" Dawn asked.
"Harold stepped on him." Scott replied.
"This is a disaster. He was the one that signed the checks. This company now has no owner."
"Does that mean that our jobs?"
"They are toast unless a new owner buys the place and keeps the old staff." Dawn replied.
The end
Author note: A new owner did buy the place, see the story “the new owner” for details.