"No way. NO FUCKING WAY!" Rex screamed. "But dad I feel like I can make a difference there" Jun pleaded. "You have no clue what Omega truly is! Half of the heinous shit they've done has never seen the light of day. Either by them or the Union suppressing it! They've murdered Ingress kids! I've seen it personally Jun! They even brainwashed your uncle Aaron into doing their dirty work once!" Rex yelled. "Calm down dear. Screaming isn't going to help" Chen said sitting on his shoulder. "I will not calm down! Our daughter wants to work for those bastards!" Rex yelled causing Chen to shield her ears.  

"Dad. He said himself that things changed. He's a giant and is a high ranking official" Jun said. "And he's fucking 16. You think it's normal for a teen to be given such a rank?! This smells of bullshit!" Rex said. "Chad! You tell him!" Jun said.  Chad sighed and walked closer to the camera. "In all honesty, I can see both sides here. He did give off a weird vibe but he sounded sincere about tackling the problems of True Way. Colonel Raam vouched for him" Chad said. "Son, you and your sister and still young. You're idealistic while me and your mother are realists. A leopard doesn't change his spots no matter what he may do to hide them" Rex said. "I know that not all Omega isn't all bad. I've seen evidence to the contrary. How, that's classified" Chad said quietly. "You talk to them. I'm getting a cigarette" Rex said placing his small wife in front of their camera. Chen ribbed her temples.

"You always were a wayward child" Chen sighed. "Mom, if you had the opportunity to change the world for the better, wouldn't you take it?" Jun asked. "If it was a genuine chance then yes" Chen replied. "Mom, I think she just wants to feel useful. Wants to help people. Can we really say for her to pass this up if it's even possibly genuine?" Chad asked. "Aiya...Jun...just be safe. Be safe for mommy. I don't want...to risk losing you again" Chen said lowing her head. Tiny soft sobs came from the woman. "Mom. I'll be okay. I got my brother checking up on me right?" Jun asked. "Any time sis" Chad said. A finger stroked Chen's side. "We love you honey" Rex said standing over Chen. Jun nodded and signed off.

"Is this what you really want?" Chad asked. "It means doing something useful then spreading my legs for once" Jun replied. Her curt attitude tried to cover her fear. "I meant what I said. A moment of trouble and I'll come running" Chad said. Jun kissed her brother. "I know you will and thanks for having my back" she said. "No matter how massive it is" Chad chuckled.   Jun wanted to punish her tiny brother for that crack but saw that was his way of dealing with his own anxiety.

Jun hugged him close to her and found that he was shaking. She could see that he was truly terrified for her. "It's okay to cry" she told him. Chad softly wept into her shirt. He had seen enough death and destruction to last a lifetime and one of his greatest fears was to have to bury a loved one. "I...I'll be okay" he said sniffling. "I hope so. You're not just my brother but my savior" Jun said referring to that night months ago. Jun put her brother down on the floor and made a call.

"Hi" Jun said. "Hey Jun! Thought about my offer?" Max asked. "I'll take the job if it's still open" she said. "Absolutely it's still open. I can send a private jet to pick you up. Can you be ready in a few hours?" he asked. "Yeah...sure" Jun said surprised at the rush. "Great! See you when you get here!" Max enthusiastically said ending the call.

"Only took a day. Raam owes me a pizza" Max said grinning in his seat. "I still don't see why we need her" Bee retorted. "I've told you already. She's a poster child. The ultimate propaganda tool. She's the brother of a recent war hero and the daughter of old ones.  By the end of the week the world will need to see her face. You can understand now right or are you jealous?" Max asked. "As if. She's a washed-up porn star and drug whore" Bee hissed. "More to the point. What’s the status of our current operation?" Max asked. "The cell has already left Ingressa and is scheduled to arrive early tomorrow. Our contact will hand the bomb off soon after" she replied. "And our operatives? The ones we vetted that are worth keeping?" he asked. "Evacuated" she replied. "Good. It's late but I think I'm going to take one last stroll in the city for old times’ sake" Max said standing up.

He extended his hand to her. "Join me" he said. Max walked with her down the hallway and stopped. "Just a second" he said leaving her at a doorway. "You two aren't asleep yet?" Max asked the two kids. "No grandpa. Me and Justin are thinking about mommy and daddy" Penny replied. Max sat down next to her bed. His constant practice with using his powers was rewarded with better control and ease. "Close your eyes. Both of you" he told them. The children did as told curious as to what he was going to do. Max placed a hand on both of their heads and concentrated. Penny was first. He could see the chemically encoded memories in their heads. With a slight pulse of power, he erased them. Her 8th birthday with them was gone. Spa day with mommy was deleted. The erasure spread through her brain and within half a minute had obliterated every memory of their parents. A tear fell from her eyes as if her soul knew something precious was lost. Justin soon followed suit. When that was done, he uploaded images, vague ones that portrayed him as a caretaker of them. Outcasts even an orphanage wouldn't take. Why however he left purposefully blank. 

"You two feel okay? You said something about forgetting something?" Max asked. "I don't think so Max" Penny said confused. "Must've been not important. You didn't ask me just to see me did you?" he said tickling her arms. The girl squealed in laughter. "Or did you?" he said tickling Justin. "Time for bed now" he said tucking them in. "We love you Maxie. Thanks for taking care of us even if we're defective" Justin muttered. Max couldn't help but feel guilt from hearing that. "You're...you're not defective. Being human size is a good thing no matter what those nasty Ingress say" Max said. He kissed their foreheads and turned off the lights in their room.

"How?!" Bee asked. "It's hard to explain. Entering their minds and changing it like that felt...natural. Had to be done though. The other way would've caused too many questions for our new arrival. Feel bad about it though" Max said. "You feel bad?" Bee asked. "I have emotions. I just don't let them get in the way. Now about that stroll I promised" he said.

It was well past midnight as Max and Bee walked down the historic streets of D.C. It was still busy as people of both sizes went to clubs, bars, and other forms of entertainment. "Any of it seem familiar?" she asked. "Oh a great deal. I'm happy so much survived the war of 30 years ago. Lincoln memorial is still there with old Abe staring out. I once sat there back in 1973 listening to hippies complaining about Vietnam. They had no clue the degree people sacrificed to see others enjoy freedom. Did I support the war? Yeah I did even when we lost. Lost...a rigid term. Winning wars isn't about just body counts. It's capturing the hearts of the people. Something we failed at. Ares lost his shit when I told him about sacrificing this city. The loss of it will convince the world that True Way must be destroyed wherever they hide and with the Union North American Command in ashes, we will come forward to lead"

"And people like that couple there have no clue they will be placed on the altar" Bee said pointing to a human couple walking nearby. "Ignorance can be bliss sometimes" he said. He took them to a row of cherry trees. "Beautiful aren't they? Been blooming for over 250 years. Given to us by Japan decades before the war as peace offerings but that didn't stop them from attacking us. Like the Ingress, they smile in your face and one day ready to take your life" he said. "Like them?" she asked pointing to a giant couple sitting on top of the hill drinking and laughing. "Just like them" he said walking to them. Bee followed wondering what he had planned. 

"Mind if I join you?" Max asked the young couple. "Uh...not really" the giant replied. "Great! My name's Max and this is my friend Beatrice" he said to them. "Kayle and my girlfriend is Hallie" he said trying to be friendly. "Nice to meet you. What brings you to the city?" Max asked. "Spring break from college. Heard it was custom to drink under blooming cherry trees and look at the moon" he said. "It is if you're from Japan. A pastime I enjoyed before" Max said sitting down next to them. Max scanned his mind. He was Ingress and 20 years old studying political science. He was in love with Hallie but there as a secret he held underneath it all. Max dug deeper and found something amusing. He turned his attention to Hallie. She was a hybrid and the same age. She loved him too and had one ordinary secret.  Both were dressed lightly for the humid air.

"Ehat do you study? History? Political science?" Max asked. The young giant was surprised he guessed so quickly. "Political science. Studying at Oxford and my grant would take care of expenses if I came here so two birds with one stone" he replied. "Smart man. Tell me. What do you think of the Ingressa situation?" Max asked. "Hard to say. I get they want control on who enters but not many kind things happen over there for your kind" he replied. "Yeah but what if they were made to open their borders?" Max asked. "That would be great. Real change could take place but it's not that easy" Kayle said. "No. It's not. There are people there that like the status quo. Keeping the smaller ones in check. That power over them" Max said.  He could sense Kayle becoming uneasy but not for reasons one would think.

"You don't mind if we help ourselves do we?" Max asked sitting down near a bottle of booze giant size. Before Kayle and Hallie could mention them needing help, Max levitated a drop of liquor the size of his fist out of the bottle and casually drank it in midair. Needless to say, it freaked the fuck out of them. "Damn that is good. Oh come now guys. That can't be the weirdest thing you've ever seen. Didn't you just see gigantic glowing aliens not long ago?" he asked. Hallie gripped her boyfriend scared of the small man between them. Kayle was contemplating killing him. "Really Kayle? Your thoughts went right to murder so quickly when confronted with something different. Max said looking at the moon. "Get away from us" he hissed.

"I will but I think Hallie wants to know what I'm talking about. She thinks it's total bullshit but in the back of her mind she's not sure" he said looking at her. "I'll make it easy for you to understand. I can read minds" he said to them. He felt waves of dread come from them both. "Max! Look out!" Bee shouted as Kayle raised his foot over him and slammed it down. An orb of light surrounded Max and kept the giant shoe from ending his life. Astounded, Kayle got his foot off it.  "Don't be afraid. I swear I won't harm either of you. I'm just having a stroll and found a group of kids hiding secrets from one another. Can't have secrets in a relationship right?"

"Kayle here has been seeing human prostitutes. Guess he wants to feel a tiny girl on his penis once in a while. That Ingress blood in you make it you can't help yourself" Max said. Hallie looked at Kayle. "He's lying! I'd never!" he shouted. "And Hallie here hasn't told you she's pregnant. Least her secret is more mainstream" Max said standing up. Kayle went to touch her stomach and the giantess slapped his hand away. "Come one Bee. Leave them to work it out" Max said.

"Was that necessary? That looked pointless" Bee said. "Well come this time tomorrow they'll be ashes. This way there won't be any more secrets between them and if their relationship survives the night, they'll die with each other happy" Max replied. Beatrice had to remember how cold he could be. She wondered if he could be so callous to her one day.  

They walked some more and came across Memorial Park. Once the Vietnam Memorial but now it contained extra walls for those lost in the Battle of D.C. It was 25 ft. high and circled the park entirely making it almost 6 miles in circumference. "So many names" he muttered. "And those are the ones that could be confirmed dead. Many more are listed as MIA. Those that could've been eaten or vaporized we'll never get an accurate head count" Bee said.  An Ingress woman stepped to the side of them and laid an orchid at the wall. She appeared to be in her early 50's. They watched her bend down and rub her giant thumb over a name. She began crying. "A friend?" Max asked. The middle-aged giantess was startled but answered. "My sister. Tomorrow would be her birthday" she muttered.

"Sorry for your loss" Bee said. "Thanks. At least she died for something good. We served in the same unit together. I was barely 14 at the time and she was going on 19. I remember how we deserted. In the dead of fucking night. Running barefoot through farmlands in Iowa. We collapsed from exhaustion at this farm. We woke up the owners. An old couple came outside winding what shook the house. They were scared of us at first but when they saw how dirty and tired we were took pity. Gave us some cows to eat and even cleaned us up. We both swore to defend human that night seeing how kind they could be. We joined the Union the next day. We got deployed to take back this city. My sister didn't make it. She was struck down protecting citizens caught in the fight about a mile that way" the Ingress woman said pointing north.

Her wristcomm beeped. "It's midnight. Happy birthday Zaria" the giantess said touching her finger to the carved name once again. Max stared at the name. Bee looked at him and saw a look of sadness on his face.   Max floated up to the giantess who fell backward in surprise. He held out his hand and she froze. "Leave the city tonight. Don't wait till morning. Leave tonight" he said into her mind. "Excuse me. I suddenly have the urge to leave the city" the giantess said with no emotion. Max and Bee watched her walk away. "You don't need to ask. It was a reward for her sister's sacrifice. If only all of them were like her sister" Max said.

She didn't understand him at all. One moment he was cold as ice and another merciful. Violent and cruel and another kind. "Which one is the real you?" she muttered. Max turned and looked at her with glowing eyes. "I could use a bagel. I know a place" he said to her. A frightening question entered her mind and she quickly buried it for fear he could read it. "Is he insane?"

They returned to the base a few hours later and Bee led him to her bedroom. "Not tonight. I want to do some thinking" he said leaving her at the door. Bee sighed and went to bed but the nagging thought of him losing his mind was still there. At best he was bipolar and at worst...well that would be horrific with his power set. She had to true way of knowing. By all accounts he was a new life form. The first of his kind and there was no baseline for comparison.

Max entered a chamber and locked it. "Computer. Activate holo simulator. Setting Pax Ingressa. Scale 1/10,000. Simulate population density plus military" he said. The computer beeped and out before him formed a perfect replica of the Ingress nation's capital city...at a very much reduced size. At once small alarms sounded at his presence. "Incredible. Simply incredible" he remarked feeling the simulated soil under his feet. "This is the crown jewel of their species. The biggest threat to us" he said memorizing every building and street which he found wasn't hard. The building's themselves were no taller than his knees. The people below no bigger than carpenter ants. He took his first step right over the city wall and right into the palisades.

He could hear rising screams and then a wet crunch. 30 or so small Ingress lost their lives under his low-cut boots. A shiver went up his spine and he took another step and then another. The sound reminded him of stepping on wet cornflakes. Within a minute, the palisade was slick with blood and crushed bodies. He stood over them like the titan he was named for watching them flee from him. The police appeared and attacked him to no avail. Helicopters shot at him to no effect. The safeties were on so they never had a chance. Max watched and took note of escape routes and response times.  He was being swarmed by soldiers on the ground and air. He memorized their tactics and groupings. One buzzed his face and he snagged it with his fingers. A flight soldier but the colors were different. "An officer" he mused. He brought the officer to his face to see better. By the tiny scrap of long hair he saw it was a female. Not surprising to him judging by their culture.  Applying just a bit of pressure he crushed her like a common ant. He rubbed his two fingers together until she was nothing but a red smear.

"Well that's interesting" he said seeing the formation falter. "Was it the way she died so easily or was it the loss of leadership?" he asked. There was a series of knocks on the door. "*sigh* Computer. Identify" he said. "Penny and Justin Hall" it responded. "Freeze program and unlock the door" Max said. Max opened the door and found the kids standing there in the clothes they went to bed in. "You should be in bed. Why are you walking around?" Max asked. "We heard loud noises and got scared Max" Penny said. "Oh. That was probably me you heard. I was...working" he said. Justin peeked behind him and saw the small city. "You want to look?" Max asked the curious child. Max walked them to the edge of the city. Smoke, fire, soldiers and people frozen like time had stopped. "What is this? Why is it so small?" Penny asked. "Pax Ingressa. I made it small so I can study it better. Even I have to do homework" Max chuckled.

"It looks broken" Justin said poking a building. "This is where the bed Ingress live and one day I'm going to have to fight them. I'm watching to see how they fight" Max said. The structure Justin was poking splintered in half and collapsed. The boy gasped. "It's alright. Would you both like to help me?" Max asked grinning. The kids quickly obeyed thinking it was a game. "Okay. Get ready! Computer resume program!" Max said. The city was lively again the swarm of fliers was swatted away by Max clearing the sky. "Come on. Don't be afraid" he told the kids. Justin stepped over to where Max was and crushed three small shops under his bare feet. Penny tiptoed and stood like that. "They're not real so don't feel bad about crushing them" he said looking at her feet. Penny dropped her heels down cracking the fake street. "Look at the run! They're so tiny!" Penny said. "Yes they are but see how they're using the largest streets? How would you stop them?" he asked.

Penny thought about for a second. "Well those buildings there are tall. I could knock them over and block it" she said. "Go see if it works" he said. The girl walked right through city blocks crushing anything under her feet. She could see hundreds of not a few thousand pushing their way through the crowded street until they saw her. She placed her bare sole against the side of a building. There were people still inside. A hundred or so trying to evacuate to street level. Those near windows suddenly saw the outside covered by gigantic sole flesh of a 13-year-old giantess. The building groaned and then loud cracks and pops as the support structure gave way. The building fell like a tree and crashed to the street. Penny watched to see if any people could actually get past the barrier. They couldn't. "So did they stop?" Max asked. "Yep! They're trapped!" Penny yelled happily. "Why don't you have some fun with them then?" Max asked. Penny smiled down at the helpless people.

"Me! Can I try?! Justin asked excited. "Okay. Your sister blocked a good exit so now more people ad using the main street. It's kinda wide to block with buildings so what would you do?" Max asked. "Squish them! Make it so they have to stop or be squished!" Justin said enthusiastically. Max didn't even have to tell him to try. The 10-year-old boy took off down the street and jumped as hard as he could. To the perspective of those on the ground, a mile tall 10-year-old just sailed through the air at over 400 mph. The gust alone caused people to be thrown around and maimed or killed. Then the boy came down with an earth-shattering boom. They were all knocked on their feet and surrounding building either collapsed or had windows blown out. They looked up and saw that the sky was blocked out by the sight of a giant dirty sole coming down on them. Justin giggled as he pressed his foot right into the crowd. "It tickles!" he said as their tiny bodies popped under his weight. Justin raised his foot and a couple dozen bodies fell off and just as many stuck to his sweaty sole like glue.

People cried in terror as they saw loved ones, neighbors, coworkers, friends, or people they saw moments ago in front of them flattened and adhered to the dirty foot of a giant boy that was coming for them next. The holo simulator they had was the best of the best and could simulate basic personalities of anyone made by it. This was no different. A man made by the simulator saw his death coming. He thought of his family at home and wished he was with them. He lamented he would never see them again. "Please let it be quick. At least that..." he muttered. *boom*.

Just pin was having a good time crushing them left and right. Then he slipped and fell on his butt killing even more. "You okay kiddo?!" Max yelled taking care of the military. "I'm okay! Just slipped. Eww!" the boy said seeing his feet soaked in the blood of thousands. He could feel more soaking through his boxers. Penny on the other hand took her time. She was more methodical. Crushing a few here and there with her big toes. She picked a few up curious as to see them up close. Even told they weren't real, she was amazed at how real they seemed. They screamed, begged, cried, fought like real people. She could even smell them. A man was dropped in her palm and she studied him like a child would study a beetle. Her finger flipping him around a few times. A weird warmth filled her body. Her heart beat faster. She thought about how fragile and weak he was. She had control over his fate. She couldn't hear him beg for his life how small he was but she knew what he was saying.

She made a creepy grin and opened her mouth. There was a tiny chirp from him as she popped him into her mouth. He sailed right over her tongue and hit the back of her throat.  Penny swallowed and felt him Trimble down into her tummy. It was real enough for her. She began scoping up dozens at a time swallowing the whole. It made her tummy tingle and the warmth increase. Then she felt this strange tingle that went right up her spine and she fell to her knees. She flushed because she realized what it was and was embarrassed. She was grateful Max and Justin didn't see her just orgasm. She sat down to collect herself. The people below in front of her didn't know what to do. The young giantess was eating them like breadcrumbs and just came from excitement. They could run back where they came and maybe some might survive but what would be waiting for them? The older giant wiping out their protectors like ants at a picnic or the giant boy flattening anyone he could find painting and paving the street with their corpses.  Maybe if they appeased the giantess in front of them they may live.

"Uhh...Max? They're acting weird. They're all bowing or praying or something" Penny said. "Really?! Now that's interesting! That must mean they want to surrender to you!" Max said. Penny smiled and looked at them. A few thousand were gambling their lives on her showing some mercy. Penny wriggled her toes thinking about squashing the whole bunch but then stopped as they cried out more. "Worship my feet!" she said but not too loudly as it still embarrassed her. She scooted her feet to them and placed her soles on the street. She snatched up a person, a woman, and dropped her into her mouth and loudly chewed her up before swallowing. "Now or I'll eat ya all up!" she said. The bravest souls ventured forth for her feet. The girl leagues and giggled as they rubbed, kissed, and licked her toes. The boldest between her toes. Penny wanted to rub herself so badly but not in mixed company. At least not with her brother in the room. She felt special, powerful, more relaxed then she could remember as they serviced her titanic feet. Penny closed her eyes.

"Come on sweetie. You can't sleep here" Max said shaking her. Penny opened her eyes to see Max carrying a sleeping Justin covered all over in blood. His feet, butt, hands and even his mouth caked with blood. It scared the shit out of her until she realized that it wasn't a dream. She looked around her. The city was almost completely ruined. Crushed bodies in footprints in front of her but the throngs of worshipers had escaped somehow as their young goddess slept. "Did you have fun?" Max asked. The girl sheepishly nodded remembering she had cum. "Computer. End program" he said. The city dissolved into sparkles of light and then nothing. The dirt and blood on all of them gone as well. Max led them back to her room. "Max? Can I ask you something?" Penny said. "Of course" he replied. "When I was um...killing them I felt really good? Does that make me bad?" she asked. Max pulled the covers over her chest. "Well...do you feel bad about it now?" he asked. Penny nodded after a moment. "You can't help what you feel kid. You're part Ingress so it's in your blood to be man to tiny people but if you feel guilty then that means you're human too and that is what matters. That simulation can scratch that itch when you need to. I feel the same way because I'm part Ingress" he said.        

"The way they crunch under your feet. How they writhe around in your mouth" Max whispered.  Penny shifted in her bed fighting the arousal his whispered words conveyed. Max shook his head and took a breath. "But that's not who we are is it Penny?" he asked. The girl quickly shook her head. "That's right. Now time for bed and stay asleep this time" he said kissing her forehead. Max turned off her light and shut the door. The girl boy her lip at the guilt she felt. She knew what she felt was wrong. Her beloved Max said so but she couldn't shake the glorious feeling of enslaving helpless tiny people. Them living and dying at her choosing. Literally worshipping her by her command. It felt good and the more she dwelt on it the more her panties became soaked. "I'm not a bad girl" she muttered tossing in her bed.

The next day, Max sat in the command room monitoring True Way. "We are collecting their data right?" he asked. "Absolutely. We got a bank of sensors embedded in the bomb casing" Zeus replied. "And they know nothing of the real explosive?" Max asked. "Not that we've seen. The casing itself is about as big as a small house but the antimatter device is the size of a grapefruit. It's surrounded by a plasma based explosive as a decoy. They literally won't know what hit them. Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Zeus asked. "I know it's a heavy price to pay Zeus. I myself spent decades defending that city and its ideals. Many memories there. Loves, missions, meeting three presidents, but one does what one must do" Max said sighing. "Understood. It's being moved down the beltway. By their own timetable, they'll detonate it within the hour" Zeus said. "And our guest?" he asked. "Vectoring in for landing as we speak" Zeus replied.

Beatrice stood out on the Tarmac as the transport touched down. The door popped open and the steps folded down. Beatrice had never met the half-Asian hybrid giantess but had been informed she would be coming. She grit her teeth. She was told the reasons Jun was needed but Max never said how pretty she was. Jun stepped out and walked toward the ACE and the human standing next to it. She was fearful of it. It held its rifle to the side. Painted jet black with just a red Omega letter on the shoulder. It's eyes the color of fresh blood. Beatrice smiled at the giantess who was visibly shaken. It pleased her to see she could instill fear in such a pretty giant figure that was probably a romantic rival.

"Welcome to Omega base Prime!" Beatrice shouted into her comm. "Thank...thank you" Jun said. "This way please and we can get you settled in" Beatrice said to her. Bee led the way down below with Jun right behind her. Behind Jun was the mech that kept an eye on her. Jun took only small steps to avoid outpacing the small human at her feet. "Where is Max?" she asked. "Busy at the moment in conference. He said he'll meet up with us as soon as we can. In the meantime, I'll show you your quarters" Bee said. After about 10 minutes of walking around corridors, they stopped at her room. "In here. These are your quarters when you stay here. There's a closet of your clothes, a full bathroom, terminal for communications and entertainment, and of course an extra sized bed. You can stay here and rest if you want" Bee said. "I think I will until Max is free" Jun said. "Very well. Please don't wander in the meantime. This place is deceptively large and some areas can be dangerous. If you need anything just call" Bee said. Jun nodded and was left alone.

Jun dropped her luggage on the floor, kicked off her sneakers and laid on the bed. She had her heart set on Max waiting for her as she stepped off the plane. Maybe to hug and kiss her like a character in a romance movie. She sighed and checked her phone. Multiple messages from her parents and brother. Telling her to call them as soon as she made it. "Hi mom. Yeah, I'm fine. Not yet. They said he's busy right now and will come get me later. It's...interesting. It's below ground like a bunker but it is a secret organization. No! No, nobody has threatened me. Mom please don't cry. I...I love you too. Tell daddy I love him too. I have to go now and call Chad. Bye" Jun said ending the call. The call with Chad ended a similar fashion. Time ticked by as Jun wondered if she truly made the right choice. The giantess was nervous as hell. She stared at the door for a good 10 minutes wishing Max would just open it and greet her. She cracked her fingers and toes like she usually does when she's anxious. She was told not to wander but she was never good at doing what she was told. She decided to go look for him herself. If she got lost she'd just ask directions. After all she was supposed to be someone with a decent rank here according to Max. Jun slipped her shoes back on and left her room.

Jun walked down the corridor. People around her stared in astonishment but quickly went back to what they were doing or going. Jun figured it was because she was a giant, pretty, or both as to why they stared. "Ma’am! You're not supposed to be wandering around right now!" a man and her feet yelled. "I'm sorry. It's just I'm looking for Max. I was eager to see him and get things going here" she said after bending down. Jun was wearing a tank top and was purposely flashing her cleavage at him.  An old trick she learned years ago to get out of trouble. Most effective against human sized people. The man below saw the chasm separating her mammoth sized mammaries. "Yeah...I was told you were coming here today but right now is not a good time. He will come to you when he's available. Please go back to your room. It's very busy in these corridors right now and frankly you're either distracting or in the way" he said trying his best to be polite. In truth, the man despised Jun and all her kind but was briefed she was coming and ordered the be friendly if she approached him.

Jun sighed. "I guess so. It's just...kinda lonely in there" Jun said standing up. The man watched her every move especially her giant feet. But he couldn't help but look at her face though. He remarked she did look sad and whatever prejudice he felt he couldn't deny feeling something about a frown on such a cute face. "Thank you, Ms. Cyrus. I appreciate it" he said. "Call me Jun" she said smiling at him and walking away. She didn't get far when the entire facility shook violently.

5 minutes earlier...

"Is the base in lockdown? Secured?" Max asked impatiently. "Completely. When Ms. Cyrus and her escort returned below we activated the emergency fortification protocols. Air vents sealed. Outer bulkheads locked. Radiation shields active" Apollo said. "How powerful is that thing? We're out of its range right?" Max asked. "Little late to be asking that sir. The device itself is a Mk. IV antimatter warhead with a yield of 7 megatons. The blast radius is at 13.4 km. and the thermal pulse will be about 28.2 km. Close but not too close. It's the earthquake it will produce we'll feel. I've already taken precautions for that but still we might suffer some minor damage*" Apollo replied. "And fallout?" Max asked. "Not in the historic sense. The dust and debris will drift into the Atlantic. Conditions are favorable to obliterate a city today" Apollo said.

(Author's note: I try to be as realistic as possible with things in my stories and I actually did a model of a nuclear blast for D.C. with a 7-megaton bomb. These numbers are accurate and scary)

"They've dropped off the bomb in the parking garage and are retreating to a safe distance" Zeus said. "Safe distance my cloned ass. Ah. Bee. Glad you could join us. How is our new friend?" Max asked. "She's in her quarters waiting for you. You didn't tell me about her looks" she whispered. "I told you she's a giant. Oh...you mean how pretty she is. An added bonus. You ever hear of an ugly poster child? Neither have I. " Max said. "What?! I can feel you wanting to ask another question." Max yelled. "Are you giant size to impress the new girl?" Bee asked with a sharp tone. "She met me this size and I don't feel like explaining I can change it yet. Got bigger things in my mind. Besides, I'm going to be this size a lot in the coming future so get used to it. Now if I've sufficiently quelled your petty jealousy, let's watch history unfold" Max said.

"They stopped moving. Any moment now....GEEZ!" Apollo yelled as the zoomed satellite feed was flooded with a blast of intense light. The flash was so bright it could be seen at Luna City on the moon...

 "I'm so sorry baby. I swear I'll never do it again. I want us to be together as a family. This is so sudden but will you marry me?" Kayle from the night before asked. "Y...*BOOOM*

One could only hope Kayle heard or made out her reply of yes before both of them were vaporized...  

Ordinary people going about their day did not know that at 10:57 a.m. on a regular old Tuesday would be the last moments of their lives. The hybrid barista pouring coffee and thinking about going to visit her parents on the weekend was ashes where she stood. An Ingress woman at work trying to pick out a name for her unborn baby became dust. A human boy playing with his giant friend at recess would never get to grow up. A man honking his horn at the traffic jam on Pennsylvania Avenue would be entombed in the puddle of molten slag that was once his car.

The detonation itself and the pulse of energy raced out at the speed of light. The air instantly jumped to 20,000 C causing the atmosphere as high as 6 miles to flash over. The shockwave decimated anything that escaped vaporization. The once historic and vibrant city that rebuilt itself after the war to be three times the original size...was gone.

"Incoming tremor!" Apollo shouted. The lights flickered and a few exploded. Dust and bits of concrete fell from walls and ceilings. As suddenly as it came it was over. "Damage report" Max said. "Checking. The incineration pulse died out two miles before hitting us. Shockwave swept over us. Moderate damage to the airstrip outside. Bulkheads are holding. Radiation levels are falling back to normal. All seals secure" Apollo replied. "And the city?" Max asked. "Satellite feed is still blind. Outside cameras confirm a mushroom cloud still rising. Computer model places the destruction at 88%. Casualties are projected to be 7,776,400 immediate. Another 230,000 by the end of the day do to fire, debris, and lacerations. 12,300 by the end of the week due to complications and radiation exposure" someone said. Max stared at the screen. He muttered something he's only said twice in his life. Once after he shot Kennedy and now. "Please God let this work out..."

"Sir we got an Asian looking giant in the corridors hysterical" a soldier said.  "Damn...Jun. All essential personnel clear the room. The rest don't say anything unless I say so" Max said. Max gestured for the solder to bring her in. Jun ran through the door not caring that she could've squashed people on the floor. She hugged Max tightly. "Was that an earthquake?!" the trembling giantess asked. Max looked into her eyes with a sad expression. "Thank god you got here before..." he said before looking away. "Max? What's wrong?" she asked. "There's...there's been a terrorist attack just now in D.C. That's what you felt" he said. "How bad was it? We can send people to help! That's what we do right?!" Jun asked. Max barely smiled at how quick she was to help. Ready to fill her role. "There's nobody to help Jun. They’re gone" he said quietly. "They can't all be gone! The city was filled with millions of people!" she yelled. "...gone" Max said. He pointed to the main screen.

Her lip quivered. Her knees became weak. She stared at the mushroom cloud and the lightning created by the superheated ash in it. Jun began to hyperventilate and Max hugged her tightly. "Let it out. Don't hold it in" he told her. Jun let out an anguished cry and sobbed. Never in her life did she look at the aftermath of so much death.

She had been there before when she was a kid as her father was there for military business. She was six years old and already 66 ft. tall. Her mother and brother riding on her shoulders. The buildings looked so different and pretty to her. She wanted to touch them so badly as they looked like large doll houses. A beautiful day it was and warm. Her feet were sore from walking in sandals too small for the growing young giantess and she took advantage of the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial to soak her feet. Or course this was a big no no and was promptly chastised by her small mother. Jun flinched at her voice and her mother tumbled off her shoulder and into the water. Scared she hurt mommy or worse really pissed her off she quickly cupped her hands around her. She lifted Chen out of the water and let the water trickle out between her fingers. She braced herself for the scolding of her life but instead found her mother laughing. Jun giggled at her mommy who was soaked to the bone. A good memory it was to her.

Jun knew that place was no more. Nobody would ever have good memories there anymore. Nobody would just live period. Max felt her grip on his shirt tighten. "Who did this? WHO?!" Jun yelled. The people stopped what they were doing hearing the venom in her voice. "We don't know yet. Odds are it was True Way. Only military have access to that kind of power. Union North America Command was the likely target. Everything else was...a bonus" Max said. Her hands trembled. She heard the stories but to see it with her own eyes was far different. "I know how you feel but I need to keep it together. We have to see if this happened anywhere else. Let them do their job right now" he said telepathically into her mind. Jun nodded and took a breath. "Apollo. Check on survivors. Athena. Contact the other bases. See if this happened anywhere else. Zeus. Prepare a call for the Union Security Council" Max ordered.  

Jun sat at his desk as she watched him pour over data.  Hours passed as he called around. He eventually sat down next to her. "You must be hungry. Come on" he said leading her out the room. Jim wasn’t hungry but she forced herself to eat as they both sat in her room. "Any news?" she asked. "No official announcement yet from anyone. The entire world is in shock. We did confirm it was an antimatter device. The material was most likely got from Ingressa military" he said. "Survivors?" she asked. "Maybe a thousand on the edges of the city. The few that were either underground or in basements when it went off. Fires and debris is still blocking assistance but I got a team trying to dig them out" he said. "How could anyone be so cruel?! They were just people! Regular people!" she screamed tossing her food tray against the wall. 

"You see what we're up against now. They don't care who they hurt or kill. To them humans are just things to them. A resource to exploit and human sized hybrids an abomination. The Union did what it thought it could do to stop them and apparently True Way decided enough was enough. Destroy their chain of command and cripple them. Well mission accomplished and the poor souls that caught in the slaughter. Including my parents" Max said. Jun looked at him shocked. "You parents? Oh god Max. I'm so sorry" she said burying her head into his shoulder. He smiled internally knowing that lie would work.  "I was informed not long ago that I'm now the leader of Omega. The line of succession fell to me since the higher ups were staying in the city. Jun...I never planned for this. Being a spokesperson, a voice was my job. Not being leader. I'm scared" Max said.    

Jun gripped his hand. "A man once said the fate rarely calls on us on a moment of our choosing. Do the best that you can and rely on others to help you...like me" she said. Max brushed the hair away from her eyes. "And you said you're not special. You have a gift for words. A very...beautiful gift" he said kissing her. They exchanged kisses more passionate than the last until he abruptly stopped. A message flashed over his comm. "Damn. I forgot all about them. Can't believe I did. They just be scared shitless" Max said. "Who?" Jun asked. "My kids" he replied. Jun gave him a "fuck did you just say" look. "Whoa! Let me explain. They're not my kids technically. I adopted them. Not long ago we got a tip on True Way sympathizers supplying them. Me and a few operatives went to check it out. Seemed bogus. A husband and wife and their two kids. Well they tried to kill us when our backs were turned. Husband got shot trying to stab a mech. Wife got it in the chest when she tried to stomp...I mean shoot me. Poor kids were traumatized and orphaned. No orphanage wanted em because of their parents so I adopted them" Max explained.

"That's the nicest thing I've ever heard. You have a good heart" she said to him. Max couldn't believe how gullible she was but then again, he did nothing to tip her off. "Can you come with me to check on them?" he asked.  Jun nodded and followed him to their room. "Wait here please. They’re human sized and...well their parents weren't the nicest people to their size. They may even have...excuse me" he said shivering for effect. "Oh my god" Jun muttered. "Yeah. They only recently opened up to me. Another giant..." Max said opening the door and closing it.

"Max? MAX?! You're...you're" Penny stammered seeing someone familiar much bigger now. "A giant? Yeah. It's something I can do. I use it to fight bad Ingress. Don't worry. I'd never hurt you. I love you both too much to do that" he said bending his knees. Max sensed the fear coming off her. She was still traumatized from nearly being raped and eaten not long ago. Justin stared at him in wonder. Max saw a potential problem he needed to correct.   "I'm sorry for not telling you. I didn't want you two to freak out" Max said going to touch her. Penny froze in terror. "Damn. Guess we'll do it the other way" he thought. His fingers wrapped around her body and lifted her off her bed. She was clad in a loose shirt, jeans, and socks but as he brought her to eye level is was more apparent now she was going to be stunning in a few years. Max wondered briefly why he's just now seeing this especially after what she was wearing last night.

The Ingress DNA inside him did more than just grant him his giant stature. It heightened his senses beyond those of humans. Better eyesight, hearing, touch, and in this case smell as well as taste. He could smell the body soap she used today. Her well-worn socks on her tiny feet. He was embarrassed to be tempted to just strip her naked and suck on her like a juicy piece of meat. He couldn't. He admitted to himself that he was attached to her. She was blood related to him after all and young at that. Most of all she trusted him...mostly. "Calm down honey" he said touching her head. Suddenly she froze for a different reason. He invaded her mind. Max played with her brain chemistry. He stopped the production of fear hormones and jacked up her dopamine levels to obscene amounts. All the while implanting a sense of trust in her. Penny's expression turned into this dazed and contended one. "See? I'd never hurt you" he said putting her back on the bed. "And you either" he said tickling Justin.

"What was the shaking? It was really scary" Justin asked. "Bad people did a really bad thing in the city" he replied. "Did people die?" the boy asked. Max nodded. Justin looked like he'd cry any second. "Don't be afraid. Nobody can hurt you or your sister here. I have a friend my size that wants to meet you. She's going to keep you company" he said. Max came back with Jun. "Penny. Justin. This is Jun" he said. The boy waved smiling. Penny nodded still under the influence. "Jun is going to play with you two while I work" he said. Max made a showing of kissing both kids. Jun smiled at his kindness. Max left the room but stayed at the door. "So you're Justin and that's Penny? Uh...is your sister okay?" Jun asked. "She's just being weird today. Do you okay video games?" he asked. "You bet! I'm good at all games!" Jun said. Max watched as Jun sat on the floor and started a game for them. Jun chuckled as the boy crawled into her lap. Penny watched them from her bed until she walked over and sat next to the giantess caretaker.

"Went better than I thought" he said leaving. He looked at the time. 2030 hrs. He returned to the command room. "Any update?" he asked. "A few survivors were found in the city. Some lucky bastards were in a bank vault when it happened. Our connection inside the Union Security Council told us of an emergency session tomorrow morning in New York at 0800. The first aid shipments will arrive from abroad tomorrow as well as advanced rescue teams. Investigators are  

just showed up at ground zero. They'll find ehat we want them to find and we've already got the files ready implicating True Way" Athena said. "Well done Athena" Max said reclining in his seat.

"I have to commend you all. I sensed severe reservations about this operation but you followed through anyway. A leader can't ask for anything more. I can assure you that there will be some good to come out of all this" Max said softly. Max sat quietly reading reports from the Union. Asian, Europe, African, and South American branches were on high alert. Panic had broken out on the East Coast and the Union scrambled to declare martial law but failed miserably due to conflicting chains of command overseas. Max had predicted it all and would use it to his advantage including the fact the Ingressa had moved troops onto the borders. Max yawned. "Prepare a brief for me and have it ready for me tomorrow morning as well as a transport ready" he told them before leaving the room.

It had been a long day for him. The time was 2206 hrs. He had overseen the annihilation of a city and its millions of inhabitants while getting ready to more or less stage a military coup. He went to check on Jun and the kids. Jun was drifting off to sleep herself laying on the floor next to the small beds where the kids were. Penny and Justin were asleep. Jun's giant finger stroked Penny's body lulling the small girl to dream land. The tired giantess watched them sleepily. "You really have a way with children. Got the makings to be a great mom" he whispered to her. Jun sat up and rubbed her eyes. "They were so scared at first, especially Penny, but they warmed up to me and calmed down in no time" she said. "That's the things about kids. They're resilient and have no problems opening their hearts to someone kind. If only the rest of the world was like that" he said helping her to her feet.