Cameron moved towards them, his giant feet pounding the ground. One of his giant feet smashed the trunk to a pulp. The tinies scurried about, trying to stay out of the way of Cameron' shoes. 

David slipped down into a crack between two floor boards as one of the shoes hurtled down towards the floor. He held onto the edge with his fingers and managed not to fall all the way down. Rob hit the deck as the shoe came down directly on top of him. 

He was so small, however, that he fit in between one of the grooves on the 

shoes' sole. The shoe returned skyward, leaving Rob unhurt and breathing quickly. His heartbeat was slamming in his chest. He had nearly been crushed to death. 

Finally Cameron was caught by the superior speed of the laser and found himself shrunk down to an insect-sized person. He was lying on the floor in shock. 

There was a loud thump and rumbling sound, they all spun to see the baseball, boulder sized, rolling towards them.  

They all scattered, apart from Laura, who stood frozen in her tracks, as the ball headed directly for her. 

“Laura!” Michael cried out in horror. 

Cameron spotted the threat and jumped to his feet. In the best of football styles, he tackled the terrified lady. They 

both went tumbling out of the way of the titanic ball. The ball barrelled into the rest of the tiny pieces of furniture; flattening most of them. 

Laura and Cameron stared at each other as the twins and Michael ran up to them. Cameron helped Laura to her feet. 

“Are you all right?” Cameron asked. 

“Fine, thank you,” Laura dusted herself off. 

A hiss from the machine made them all look up with a start, but they relaxed slightly when they realised that the machine was just shutting down. 

The kids stood, confused, on the vast garage floor. The reality of the situation hit them at once. Laura turned angrily towards Cameron. 

“Cameron,” she snapped. “Why didn't you go for help? Instead of dancing around like a fool?” 

“How was I to know what was going on?” He protested, slightly hurt after saving her life just now. 

“You could have looked for us,” Laura retorted angrily. 

“I did,” Cameron insisted. 

“Well, then, you should have moved faster. 

Ducked the beams and stuff,” Laura stood up, looking down at him. He raised himself on his toes, she was slightly taller than him. 

“Yeah. Like you got out of the way of the ball, right? What do we do now?” Cameron responded with a flick of his eyebrows.  

“I guess we just wait until dad gets 

home. He'll know what to do,” Laura clung her bare arms to herself and looked around at their vast surroundings with concern. 

“If he doesn't see us, he'll probably step on us,” David's remark visibly shook Rob. 

“What????” shouted Rob in concern.  

“Don't worry, it’ll be fine,” Michael stated. 

“Not if Josaphine finds us first,” David growled.