Chapter three

 The show room was larger than Penny expected. She guessed it was the size of her apartment back home. There was what looked like models of various planets. There were also things in bottles. Standing in the center of the room was a man, which Penny assumed was Maxar himself. Standing next to him was a woman with brown hair, she was dressed in a tan jump suit and next to her was some sort of oval shaped robot with a camera floating in mid air. Emma's eyes opened in shock at the sight of her.

"Flashta Camra? Is that you?" Emma asked.

"It is. I see Maxar lets his harem watch my show."

"Show? Will some one tell me what's going on?" Penny asked.

"Some introductions are in order." The man said. "My name is Maxar." He then pointed to Emma. "Flashta meet Emma and Penny. Emma is the tall one and one of my harem keepers. Penny is the latest recruit to my harem"

"It’s nice to meet you." The woman in the tan jump suit said. " Nice to meet fans of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Powerful."

"Shouldn't that be "Lifestyles of the Rich and famous?" Penny asked.

"Not in the Sizechanger version." Emma explained.

"Hand over Penny to me Emma. Then go back to your duties."

"As you wish." Emma then handed Penny over to Maxar, then she left the room.

"All right Maxar. Why so important about this SW?" Flashta asked Maxar.

"She is Penny Wisemen. Author of "Why Sizechangers can't exist". Maxar explained.

"She's that Wismen?" Flashta asked surprise showing in her voice.

"You read that article?" Emma asked.

"It was translated into Sizechanger and posted on the inter-universe net." Maxar explained.

"It gave millions of sizechangers a good laugh." Flashta added.

"Say. If you're really Sizechangers how come you're speaking English?" Penny asked.

"Actually were speaking Sizechanger. But you hear it as English because of the universal translator planted in your ear. That said I do know how to speak English." Maxar told Penny.

"It must have happened when I was out cold." Penny thought to herself.

"So Penny how do you explain this?" Flashta then shrank from 5'8" to 2'10".

"It could be an illusion. You're making me see things."

"How do you explain the fact that you're only six inches tall?" Maxar asked Penny.

"I can't. But you can't increase and decreases a person mass at will."

"Oh yeah!" Maxar then placed Penny on a table. Then Penny doubled in size to 12 inches.

"I can increase you at will." Maxar explained. The Penny rapidly shrank to an inch tall.

"I can also decrease you at will."

"You big bully. I dare you to shrank to my size and fight me." Penny shouted at Maxar.

"Want a shot at me? All right." Maxar then shrank to an inch tall, then he teleported next to Penny.

"I dare you to attack." Maxar taunted.

Penny took a swing at Maxar only to have it blocked by a smart shield.

"What the?" Penny cried. She then tried kicking Maxar in the groin. But was blocked by a shield.

"Fool. I'm protected by a smart shield."

"As interesting as this is. Shall we move on with the tour?" Flashta suggested.

Maxar then teleported to the floor, then he grew to six feet in height. Flashta grew back to 5'8"

"Now it time to show off my amazing feats to both the television audience and to the sceptic." Maxar pointed to Penny as he said the word sceptic.

"Hey! Are you going to leave me at this size?" Penny asked.

Maxar then pointed at Penny and she then grew in size until she was three inches tall.

"Hey I was six inches tall earlier." Penny complained.

"Be thankful, that I didn't shrink you to a size of a penny. Since you took a couple of swings at me, three inches will be your normal size. Now where was I?"

"You were going to show off the stuff in this room." Flashta answered.

"Ah yes." He then walked over to a brown sphere about the size of a basketball.

"This here was once a planet orbiting a star 140 light years from here."

"You shrunk an entire planet? Wow that requires some power not to mention interstellar travel ability." Flashta beamed.

"Do you expect us to believe such lies?" Penny asked. But Maxar ignored her. Instead he was showing Flashta his other shrunken planets. Penny then explored the tabletop. There was two bottles on the table. One contained a cruise ship about four inches long. Taking a close look it looked deserted. Penny hoped there wasn't anyone inside. She then walked over to the other bottle. It was 12 inches tall and lying on its side. It contained a cove scene. Penny could see rocks, a lighthouse, fishing boats, a road, various buildings including a church.  It was when she recognized the Sou'wester restaurant and gift shop that she recognized the cove.

'This can't be." Penny cried.

"How do you like my shrunken Peggy's Cove?" Maxar asked.

"You shrunk an entire fishing village?"

"Sure did, There's nobody in the bottle in case your wondering."

"You had no right to shrink an popular tourist attraction. Come to think of it you had no right to shrink people."

"Haven't you heard the expression "might makes right?" Maxar asked.

"It's just an excuse for the strong to abuse the weak." Penny replied.

"Excuse me. Penny here needs a trip to the basement." He then grabbed Penny and then they teleported to the basement.

The first thing Penny noticed about the basement was that it was dark and gloomy.

"Jailer." Maxar called out.

"Yes, master?" A voice replied. It belonged to a 12-inch tall brunette in a police uniform.

"Give Penny the warning tour. I'll decide her fate later." Maxar then placed Penny on the floor, then he teleported out of sight.

Penny only came up to the Jailer's knees. The thought that the brunette could easily overpower her made her nervous.

"Come with me Penny. It's time to show you the punishments."

"Punishments?"

"What could be your fate if you continue to anger the boss."

The Jailer then led her to a bunch of cages of various sizes. Only a few had any women.

"We call this the jail." The Jailer explained.

"Why are they here?" Penny asked.

"Because Maxar is a dipstick." One of the jailed women replied.

"Actually they displeased Maxar in someway." The Jailer replied. "Take Rose McGowan here for example. She refused to role-play for Maxar so he sent her here."

"The jerk wanted me to act like I really was Paige Mathews. I told him that I'm an actress. I only act that way for money." Rose explained.

"Let's move on shall we."

The Jailer then led Penny what appeared to be an anthill.

"This is micro hill." The Jailer explained. "This is where the micro's live."

"What's a micro?"

"It's a person who has been shrunk to less than an inch in height. These are the women who Maxar thinks so little of that he shrunk them to the point where they almost don't exist."

Taking a close look Penny could see a few tiny (even to her) women moving around the hill.

"How many women live in micro hill?"

"In the time I've been here about a dozen women have had this fate. Once a woman is sent to micro hill she never has her size restored.

Penny then gulped in fear.

Next in the punishment tour was what looked to be a classroom. Unlike the rest of the basement it was well lit. There was only one woman sitting at the desks.

"We call this study hall. Women here are forced to study all day. Take Gina here for example she kept getting into fights with the preacher so Maxar sent her here.

"What she studying?" Penny asked.

"The bible and other Christian literature."

"Christian garbage you mean." Gina said. "My world eliminated religious faith. Some day all earth's will be the same."

"You’re a woman after my own heart." Penny told Gina.

"Your atheists are doomed."  The Jailer said before dragging Penny away.

The next stop was a bunch of bottles. To her horror there was a SW in every one of them.

"We call this SW in a bottle." The Jailer explained. "There are air holes in the bottle and a small supply of food and water."

"What happens when she needs to answer the call of nature?" Penny asked.

"What do you think?" the jailer replied.

"Now that's just gross."

"Usually a SW spends only a few days in a bottle so it's not so bad."

The jailer then led her to a shrunken park bench. It would have been just the right size for a five-inch tall woman. Being three inches tall, Penny found it a bit big.

"We call this the limbo bench. On this bench you will sit until Maxar returns with news of your fate." The Jailer explained.

It was a bit a struggle but Penny managed to get on the bench. After what seamed like forever Maxar returned.

"What do you think of my punishments?" He asked her.

Penny stayed silent. She was afraid to speak.

"Come with me, I have decided your fate."

To be concluded