Chapter 14 – Habitat 16

Bruce and Genie were having breakfast in their living room. Bruce ate bacon with an egg sandwich and Genie was eating a chicken salad.

They were sitting opposite of each other quite very concentrated looking at the food on the plates and in their hands.

Bruce finally looked at Genie than turned his head around in the direction on the big round analog clock on the wall.

 “Half-past eight, we better hurry with our breakfast, honey”. Bruce said

 Genie picked up her lukewarm cup of coffee and quickly drank it up as her eyes locked with Bruce’s.

“I’m almost done”, Genie said.

 “Well, I can stay behind. The coffee they have here is strong. I really feel wide awake”, Bruce said as he finished his cup too.

 “I can’t believe we will leave this place again… I just got used to it here.”, Genie said.

 “Well technically we..”, Bruce said as his sentence was interrupted by hard knocks on the door.

 “The maintenance crew is here, please open up.”,  An unseen man said.

 “That is our cue, we have to leave now”, Bruce said.

 Bruce opened the door and saw a group of men and one 8-foot woman. A few months ago, such a thing would surprise him, but having seen building-sized women multiple times before and even a normal-sized captive woman who grew in her cage next to her husband Paul….. Bruce nor his wife ever saw them again and he wondered what had become of them. Last time they saw them his wife was around 11 feet tall. They were now in that crazy mad scientist woman’s care a fate he and his girlfriend almost shared.

 “Bruce, snap out of it honey”, Genie said.

Bruce snapped out of it and welcomed them in. He then took Genie’s hand and walked outside.

The other inhabitants were all there in the middle of the street ready to say their goodbyes to the newest inhabitants of, in their eyes, small paradise.

 “Good luck chosen ones”, the crowd cheered.

Al the familiar faces were there like the village elders, Edward and Denise.

“Climb up in the tower of the center square, you can see your new residence from up there”, Edward said.

 Bruce and Genie walked to the metal tower and walked up the stairs. It was equal to seven stories high and was quite a work out for both of them. As they were nearing the top of the tower they could see more of the giant closets and rest of the huge science room.

 Far above them on the kitchen counter of the enormous hall, they looked at the gigantic terrarium which would be their new residence. Next to them, they saw many men and parts of huge machinery trying to connect a huge water basin to the side of it.

Slowly it was sinking in that that they were to become pets of some gigantic stranger. This realization made Genie started the feel anxious. Bruce noticed it and tried to comfort her.
"The giant lady told us it would be for a few months and if we cooperate, we maybe are allowed more privileges and even allowed to leave this Island", Bruce said.

Suddenly the loud echoing cracking sound could be heard all over the enormous hall. Bruce and Genie knew what that horrible sound meant and the pair hold hands and then tighter as their gaze was pointed at the huge door that was slowly opening.

A pleasant and familiar vanilla scent came through the opening.

“Well honey, it seems like our escort has arrived”, Bruce said while looking at the gigantic door that was opening further.

Genie was pushing her body against that of Bruce seeking comfort from her lover as cheering sounds came from the crowd standing in the street.

The door was opening further and two large figures became visible one of them Bruce and Genie recognized as Dr.Helga Braunn, the other was a red-brown haired girl almost as tall.

That must be her, the new intern and our new handler”, Bruce said as he gazed up at them still amazement even after having seen or handled by them multiple times. He could not get fully get used to it.

“Well at least she is good-looking”, Bruce said.

Genie didn’t give a response to her boyfriend’s remark as her attention was completely focused on the huge red-haired girl with blue-green eyes. She seemed younger than Bruce and herself. She heard the two of them talking to each other as their loud voices echoed through the room. Nor Genie or Bruce could make out what they were saying as they were talking in a language that was foreign to them.

“Je hebt erg goed je best gedaan en hebt deze promotie verdiend. We hebben ook een leuk langdurig bij project voor je uitgezocht waar je bijna volledig carte blanche hebt en je eigen creatitiviteit de vrije loop kan laten.”, Helga said to Wendy.

“Can you understand what they’re saying?”, Bruce said.

“No, and it doesn’t sound like German either, something I heard before, the only thing I can gather from this is that they are heaving a pleasant conversation”, Genie said.

“Zitten ze nu in daarin, Helga?”, Wendy said.

“Ja, als het goed is staan ze in the uitkijktoren daar ginds, ze hebben ons al zelfs in vizier zie ik nu”, Helga said smiling.

“Hé, they looking straight at us now”, Bruce said.

“The doctor is pushing a button on some device and now they both are putting something in their ears, why is she doing that”, Genie said anxious.

“Don’t know, and they are still talking in that language, I think it’s Danish”, Bruce said.

Suddenly the giantesses started to smile at them and walked toward them. Clear clicking sounds of the shoes could be heard, but the ground wasn’t vibrating. The enormous amount of many layers of enormous dense special designed concrete under the upper floor made that impossible.

“They are coming towards us, they must have spotted us”, Bruce said.

The already huge women were more even impressive when they were in front of the tower. Wendy squatted down to come a little at eye level with them, but not to close that they would panic.

“What you just heart was Dutch, not Danish”, Wendy said winking at the couple and Bruce in particular.

Bruce was startled that they heard the conversation he had with his girlfriend.

“Nothing to be amazed about. Next to you is an intercom and I made a connection to it with the earplugs you just saw us put in our ears”, Helga said as she enjoyed Bruce surprised face.

“Please say hello to Wendy. This young lady is the new handler for you we talked about.”, Helga said.

The couple turned their looks to Wendy’s face again.

“I will give you a pinky from my right hand”, Wendy said wanting to warn them beforehand so they wouldn’t get startled. She was used to that from her daily dealings with the people in Kraffendorf Mansion. Over these last few weeks, she learned a lot how to interact in many different ways with the smaller people in the facility.

For a brief moment, Wendy thought how strange it was that it actually felt like the most normal thing in the world and how quickly she adapted that feeling.

Bruce stepped forward, extended right his arm and hand and grabbed hold of the top of the intern’s smallest finger. As he felt the hard fingernail, he noticed that even short clipped this young woman’s nail was as long as his hand.

Genie than stepped forward and did the same as Bruce.

Helga was watching the spectacle with a faint satisfied smile on her face and then turned her view towards the other villagers. They were cheering as they always would when a giantess honored them with her presence.

“Bruce, Genie, it’s time for you to say your goodbyes to the villagers”, Helga said.

“Wendy follow me to the main entrance of where we can properly enter this habitat.”, Helga said.

Wendy complied and walked in behind Helga towards the front gate as Bruce and Genie were hurrying down to where the villagers were.

At the front gate, the pair stared down at the wall and what was behind it. Helga stepped over it and Wendy followed as she looked down to see if she wasn’t stepping on a house or other structure.

In a few steps, their huge feet were in front of the crowd, Bruce and Genie arrived 20 seconds later and had to catch their breath from the sprint to take.

“Ah, you’re finally here”, Helga said as she squatted down and lay her flat hand on the ground near the crowd. Edward and Denise stepped forward and caressed and kissed thumb and index finger and made a bow.

“You honor us with your presence mistress Helga. I assume our Lady is her for the chosen ones.”, Edward said.

“Yes, I certainly am Mr. Jenkins and I want you to meet their new handler, Ms. De Vries, Ms.Wendy de Vries.”, Helga said.

Helga slowly stood up and moved out of the way so Wendy would have room to squat down in front of people of the tiny village.

The townspeople already got a fairly good look at her when she entered the lab that contained their village. Now they were looking straight up at her as she looked down at them in curiosity as they seemed even more relaxed than Bruce and Genie in the presence of a multi-story building-sized college student.

“Greetings Young Mistress, forgive me for my ignorance of not capturing your name properly”,

“It’s Wendy, Wendy de Vries. Sir”, Wendy answered politely.

“Ah, she is very cute”, Denise said.

“Wendy put your hand down and let them get familiar with your scent.”, Helga said.

This request was a little confusing for the novice giantess.

“Alright, of course”, Wendy said while squatting down.

Once Wendy’s had was flat on the street, Edward gave the go-ahead for the people act in the same manner as they did with Helga’s hand.

The fragrance was different than Helga’s, it had a sweeter sense.

Bruce and Genie who were regaining their strength after their sprint looked with surprise at how the people of this village were like pets.

“Wendy, can you pick up our two little friends and put them in your GenTech (short for GeneticsTech) suit and follow me to terrarium”

Wendy’s right hand reached for Bruce and Genie who were only mildly startled and got a little used at being handled by giant people.

“Going to pick you up now, hold on”, Wendy said.

She used one hand and closed it around both of them and skillfully put just enough pressure to hold them in place without squeezing them to hard.

Bruce and Genie were amazed how pleasant it felt in this young woman’s hand as they were gently lifted higher and higher, seeing the villagers get smaller and smaller, imagining that this was somewhat the view those giants had when looking down on the smaller folks.

They looked up again and came closer to the giant’s girl pocket a sight not unfamiliar to them since their first encounter with these huge creatures.

This young girl they knew nothing about, except her appearance and the Dutch language she spoke besides English, was to be their master for the coming months if Helga's words were true.

They were now at the top floor, the breast pocket and were carefully deposit in there.

Wendy then walked with Helga to the kitchen. From her pocket, Bruce and Genie now had better of their new residence. The terrarium was huge in their eyes and there was even a modern apartment with it that was almost completely made out of glass from the outside and a nice garden surrounding it.

Next to the terrarium, there were normal-sized men working to put an enormous water supply on the side. A work crew of normal-sized men had to get special permission to be left unsupervised by an adult giant of at least 40 feet tall and they all had to wear fluorescent clothing to be clearly seen by the bigger staff members to avoid accidents.

Wendy’s curiosity was peaked. She decided to take a closer look and stepped forward approaching closer. The work crew didn’t even flinch at her presence. Then Helga moved next to where Wendy was standing and the foreman walked towards her.

“How can I be of service to you my Lady?”

“Foreman Claus, how far are you with this project”, Helga said.

“The house and its surroundings are completely done. The security door, the emergency oxygen tanks are installed. All other safety measures have been met. We only have to install the huge water basin. That takes a little time.”, Claus said.

“Apologies that there was no staff member to help you with this, we are all increasingly busy with some priority projects. Luckily, we have an intern here who can be of significant assistance to us and already lighten much of our workload.”, Helga said.

These words made the red-haired giant blush a little.

“Nice to meet you, young lady. This must be very exciting moment for you”.  Claus said.

“Likewise Mr. Claus. I had many exciting moments since arriving here.”, Wendy said.

The men were struggling with the huge heavy water basin to connect it to the side of the terrarium, as their equipment was not fully adequate for the job as this.

“This newer much heavier model water basin is making it harder and…”,

“I can help with that if you want”, Wendy said as she looked at Helga for approval.

“Of course, go right ahead”, Helga said.

Wendy had reached for the cylinder-shaped water basin that could hold gallons of water. To her it was the size of a soda can, something meant for fitting on a hamster cage. She picked it up from the over headed construction machinery and did what it couldn’t. Lift it with no amount of effort and connected it to the side of the cage.

“There you go. It’s done”, Wendy said.

The work crew was happy that it was done and they could take the rest of the day off.

Helga opened the lock of the tunnel and they drove off into it.

Helga than gave Wendy the go to open the hatch and deposit Bruce and Genie inside the terrarium.

The overwhelmed little couple looked around inside it, checking out their new surroundings. They decided to walk to what would be there home for the coming months. The structure was more impressive from up close.  It was 2 stories high.

They went in and check out the house, when arriving at the roof, which was like a huge balcony, an amazing view was seen from the area around them. In the distance, they could see the women that transported them as the younger one was looking straight at them from behind the plexiglass wall with an enormous amount of curiosity. Helga seemed to be more focused and the reactions of their new handler, the blond giantess was watching the whole spectacle with interest.

Helga’s eyes turned towards the tiny couple and gave a nice smile.

“Come, Wendy, let those two settle in a little while we help our little movers down there speed up this process”, Helga said.

“Ok, Helga, what do I have to do”

“See that house down there, we have to loosen those clamps surrounding it”. Helga said.

Helga picked up the controller, filled in her credentials and chose the ‘release procedure’-option for that specific house.

Hissing sounds could be heard of things letting go.

“Maintenance crew in residence 016, get ready to be transported upwards to dresser level. I will give you 3 minutes to prepare”, Helga said.

After the 3 minutes. Helga walked inside habitat 16 and Wendy was at the outside wall next to the house. She looked down and saw the clamps holding the house.

“Loosen the 2 clamps and I will loosen the other 2”, Helga said.

Wendy’s hands reached downwards and she loosened them as did Helga.

“Ok, now carefully put your hands under the foundation of the structure and feel around at where you can have a good grip on it and I will do the same”, Helga said.

Wendy did just that. “Found it”, Wendy said as she looked at Helga for further instructions.

“Remember there are people inside of it, so we have to lift it slowly and gently off the ground. Ready?”, Helga said.

“Ready”, Wendy said.

The villagers looked onward as these 2 impressive women lift up a whole house.

The young intern didn’t expect that the model villa would be so light as she and Helga carried to the dresser next to the terrarium.

Boom!!!! A hard-booming sound could be heard when it made contact with the ground.

Helga than looked in one of the closets and took out what appeared to be a jet bridge or jetway.
She deposited it next to the terrarium and then connect it to the house around to the front door and the other side to the plexiglass door.

Wendy was observing everything that was happening, Bruce and Genie did the same from their rooftop.
The young giantess saw people coming out into the terrarium carrying heavy stuff like a fridge, a kitchen stove and some couches.

The woman who was carrying the fridge stood out, as she was clearly bigger than the muscled males carrying other heavy stuff.
They were walking towards the new residence where they would install the equipment and place the furniture in the prop.

Let’s leave these people, the terrarium will be sent to your room when they are finished.

I got an appointment and you can join Elsa and Cindy for some relaxation in one of our other habitats.

They parted ways.

 Helga walked into her office where Hilda and Dr. Ming were sitting.

 “Ok, Hilda, what is this important announcement that couldn’t wait about and why is Sarah here”, Helga asked.

 “We’re getting a visit and inspection from a delegation of GeneticsTech”, Hilda said with a serious expression on her face.

 “From which branch, Ismaning, Berlin station, Twin Peaks?”, Helga asked.

“No, from one of our outside branches, the Buenos Aires Argentinian division. CEO Martinez will be among them ”, Hilda said.