The chance for freedom was imminent for over thirty death row inmates, gathered from various prisons from around the country. The room they found themselves in was pitch dark, and every so often, a horrible, screeching noise would echo in from outside. But just as bad were the constant earthquakes that would lurch the entire building.

“What the hell is going on here, man?” one of the inmates shouted as he pounded on the metal door.

“I bet this was a set-up!” another yelled.

“This was too good to be true. I bet they are about to gas us or something.”

Alone in one corner sat an inmate named Rob Yenzig. The uproar from the others didn’t reach him as the past conversations that lead him to the moment ran on repeat in his head. He was only five days out from his scheduled execution when a group of three women and the warden appeared at his cell door. He kept trying to remember what they told him that day, but it had been years since he saw a woman, so his attention was focused more on their feminine beauty than what came from their mouths. All he could recall was that if he were to successfully get through a dangerous test of fitness, his execution order would be lifted and he could walk as a free man again. And now, here he is, the day he was scheduled to be killed. He has no clue what to expect, but any risk was worth a second chance.

“ *bzzzzt* Attention all inmates,” a feminine voice came over the intercom as lights flooded the room, “please gather around the garage doors and be ready to exit. Further instructions will be relayed once you are all outside.”

Rob got up onto his feet, and joined into the shuffle of fellow death row inmates. Everyone got real quiet, waiting for those doors to raise. The room was so quiet, he could hear the harsh pounding of everyone’s hearts, nervous as to what was to await them. The mechanical pulley of the garage doors broke the silence as they raised up. The outside was as pitch dark as it was inside just a moment ago.

“Where the hell are we?” a gruff voice asked.

“No fuckin’ clue man.”

Rob just stood there, keeping to himself, ready to take this challenge by its horns. He walked through the group, taking the lead. All he could do was breathe as he waiting.

Without any warning, a crashing sound came from the direction of the warehouse the inmates just came out from. They all swung their heads around to see what the cause was, but they were left with utter confusion. The building was gone. Not a trace left. Before they could even soak in what they witnessed, lights flooded the atmosphere, illuminating the entire area. The confusion of the disappearing warehouse paled in comparison to what they saw now.

Beyond the seemingly endless plateau of red was what appeared to be a large room. Under normal circumstances the room would be big enough for a couple people, but to them, it could easily fit millions, if not billions.

Their collective confusion grew into concern as underneath their feet, the ground began to shake. With each passing moment the shaking grew stronger and more concise. Then for a brief moment, the shaking stopped as the door that led out of the room slowly opened. The concern they had now turned into absolute fear. From the doorway entered a colossal sized, young Chinese woman in her early twenties. Though they were at knee level to her, they could easily make out her physical characteristics. Her black, bobbed cut hair that reached down past her cheeks swayed with each step with a large pair of sunglasses balancing atop her head. Her sharp, dark eyes darted around, observing the room, leaving the minuscule men wondering if she saw them, let alone knew they were there. From between her glossy pink lips came a large growing bubble of gum, popping once it reached its apex. Further down, her slender frame was covered underneath a white blouse that left her shoulders bare, allowing the golden necklace some more spotlight. Her ample breasts became animated with each step leaving many in awe. Her short white skirt that complimented her blouse only reached down half her thigh, leaving much of her skin on display.

Standing before the mass of convicts, the woman sat down on the lounge chair behind her. The impact of her ass colliding with the chair sent a shock wave, nearly throwing the men down onto the floor. For a brief moment, much of the fear they felt was absent as many looked in amazement at the massive woman. Many of their eyes darted to between her legs to get a good view up her skirt to see a black lacy pair of panties. They began to hoot and holler at the sight, but their cries of enjoyment quickly turned into cries of panic.

The young woman kicked off her sandals, freeing her feet, and then she raised them up high, slamming her heels down onto the foot rest the inmates were on. The devastation caused by her simply resting her feet up was unimaginable. Her peachy heel landed roughly fifty feet ahead of them, but it created a literal wave that launched all the men high into the air, crashing back down harshly. As they gathered themselves, it began to further dawn on them how diminutive they were in comparison to her. From their position, they could no longer see her anymore. All they could see was her massive foot towering high above them.

“W-What the fuck is all this?”

“I’ve no fucking clue!”

“Does she know we’re here?”

“She has to… right?”

“ *bzzzzt* Hello again our test subjects,” the same feminine voice said from a drone that flew in overhead, “I imagine you are all wondering what is going on, is that correct?”

“Don’t act all innocent! What the hell is going on?”

“Why is everything so big?”

“Hmm…” she said, “I’d watch your tone if I were you, inmate number 658. And as for your situation, it’s not that everything grew large, in fact it is quite the opposite. You have all been shrunken down. Down just past 1/32 of an inch, point zero three to be more precise.”

The rumblings between all the inmates came to a halt at her words. “They shrunk us?” Rob thought to himself. “I… What…” He couldn’t even comprehend his predicament.

“We welcome you to your challenge that has presented itself before you,” she said as she flew the drone between the group of men and the massive sole. “Meet Lin, a Chinese native who is here for college. She will be your challenge for today. If you are successfully able to climb her sole to between any of her toes, you win, and therefore will have your executions pardoned.”

That last part of that statement brought everyone back to their senses, sort of. It was still unbelievable that they were shrunken to the size of dust mites, but now are being told to climb up the foot of a young woman.

“For further details, Lin has no clue as to truly why she is here, or that any of you are in the same room as her. For all she knows, she will be getting extra college credits volunteering her time and her feet for you. And for some fun facts, her US shoe size is 8, meaning each of her feet are roughly 9.5 inches (24cm) long. Bu~t for you boys, her feet tower above you by roughly 1,900 feet (580m), over a third of a mile. That’s not too long, right? Of course you’ll only have to climb up 1,800 feet (550m) of it. But as an extra fun fact, Lin is only 5’5” (165cm) making her 2.5 miles tall (4km). Isn’t that amazing? But something I forgot to mention, we only have her here for thirty minutes, starting about two minutes ago. Better get climbing!”

While many were still in absolute shock, the rest went off in a dead sprint to the massive heel, with Rob leading the way. The closer they approached, the smaller the felt. All the minute details that would be negligible to anyone normal sized were plain as day to the shrunken men. Every ridge that aligned with the contour of her sole was large enough for their tiny hands to grab onto and then some. The atmosphere surrounding her feet became more apparent, with her soles exuding a thick, humid smell of a mixture of sweat and cherry blossom lotion. It must also be a hot day outside as her feet are radiating some serious heat. Even before their climb has started, the hot, humid air is sticking to the inmates. From the base of her heel, they all looked up at the intimidating sight of Lin’s towering sole, slighting angled forward, putting all the men under its shadow as she wiggled her toes. The more they analyzed, they could see debris no larger than they are embedded on her soles. Dirt, hair, you name it.

“Fuck…” Rob sighed. “1,900 feet, really?” Shaking his head of all doubts, he reached his hand out to touch Lin’s heel, ready to climb. But as he nearly did, he hesitated.

“ *bzzzzt* Have no fear!” the woman said through her drone as it flew overhead, “Lin won’t feel your pathetically tiny bodies feel up her feet. We made sure that her soles are numbed just enough to allow you to climb without her thinking some tiny bugs are invading her personal space. Happy climbing!”

“...Great.”

Taking a good grip of one of her heel’s ridges, Rob hoisted himself up, planting his feet onto another. As he and the others found out, her lightly moist skin helped add to their grip rather than making it slick. And with they diminutive forms, gravity wasn’t as strong, making them feel lighter than normal. Though the concentrated, pungent smell of her filling their lungs made it difficult to breathe. In only a matter of a few minutes, the group of inmates were already on pace to beat the challenge, already climbing up an inch, that in reality was 200ft (61m).

As Rob kept a stable, steady pace, some others did not. Their arrogance at what they assumed to be an easy task got to their heads, making their form sloppy.

“Wha, FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!” someone ahead of Rob screamed. Their flailing body dropped past him, slamming into another, taking him down with him. Their screams waned the further they fell until their bodies slammed harshly on the ground at the base of Lin’s heel. The remaining twenty-eight could only look on in shock, before taking a deep breath to resume their climb. Their deaths are a sullen reminder at how much more dangerous this is the further they climb.

Approaching inch two, the hint of fatigue began to rear its ugly head. After all, they have climbed over 400ft (122m) of an oblivious Chinese girl’s sole. And with their gain of altitude, every tiny fidget Lin made with her feet became more apparent. One inmate was not prepared for it, resulting in him losing his grip. The others ignored his screams as they pressed on as the timer ticked down.

At inch three, the group made it to the medial arch of her sole. Passing by some pronounced creases proved difficult for some as they had to reach farther than normal. And difficult it was as two more inmates lost their footing, falling down over 600ft (183m). The familiar sound of the drone flew by as the woman piloting began to taunt the minuscule men. “My my, only twenty-five left and we aren’t even a third of the way there yet. Better hurry, you only have twenty minutes left,” she said giggling as the drone flew off.

“That fucking bitch is toying with us,” inmate 658 growled.

“No shit,” Rob said in a sarcastic tone as he reached up for the next fleshy ridge.

After five minutes, the remaining inmates made it to the halfway point of Lin’s sole, putting them ahead of schedule. Their muscles were throbbing and their lungs burned. Sweat had to be constantly wiped away to avoid eye irritation. With another 950ft (290m) to go, morale was shaky at best. By now they were accustomed to Lin’s fidgets, but they were not ready for what came next.

Without any warning, the fleshy mountain began to raise harshly. Three inmates lost their grip, falling as Lin’s foot rose. The remaining twenty-two clung on to her foot with all they had, screaming as the sound of rushing wind dwarfed their cries. All of this chaos was simply due to Lin raising her left foot to cross it over her right foot. As her foot made contact, her sole lurched forward, creating a devastating jolt that shot down her sole. That jolt alone launched seven inmates off, causing them to plummet well over a thousand feet at high speeds. But in that same motion as Lin’s foot angled forward, the skin of her sole began to scrunch, creating many wrinkles. Rob happened to be one of the lucky ones as the ridge he clung to expanded outward. Eight others were not so lucky at they found themselves between two massive waves of sole that quickly swallowed them up, squishing them all into a fine, red paste.

However, the danger did not stop there. With Lin dangling her left foot over her right, she began tap her foot against the other subconsciously as she played around on her phone. The combined physical and psychological shock of the situation was far too much for three inmates as they just could not hope to hold on. The screams could hardly be heard over the sound of Lin’s foot tapping against her other. After what felt like an eternity but in reality was a single minute, the calamity calmed down. In just that moment, eighteen men just lost their life, all because a college girl crossed her feet.

With less than fourteen minutes left to go, the remaining seven quickly continued their ascent. Unbeknownst to them, the three women who are overseeing this had decided to increase the temperature in the room. By the time the men made it to ball of her sole, sweat began to form all over Lin’s feet. The heat emanating from her soles increased ten-fold, draining the men of their energy. Rob continued his climb, mainly keeping his sight directly where he planned to climb next. Due to that, he failed to see a large glob of sweat before it careened past him. Looking down to observe what just dripped past him, his mouth was agape as he witnessed it plow into another inmate, absorbing him as it rapidly took him down the length of her sole, until it dripped off her heel. Returning his sight back up ahead, he saw two more globs sliding down. From his position, he was fine, but three more were not so lucky as they couldn’t hope to get out of the way. Much like the other inmate, those men were swallowed up in the hot, salty liquid, taking them all the way back down. Before it went too far out of sight, he could see one man make a desperate attempt at a gasp for air, but all he got was a lung full of smelly foot sweat.

Time was waning quickly as there was only five minutes left. Smack dab in the middle of Lin’s pad of her sole, the last three survivors quickly climbed. But with the increased in moisture, the grip they once enjoyed had become slick with sweat. In the desperation, the inmate leading the other two slipped, losing his grip entirely. The trajectory of his fall would have him pass by inmate 658.

“HELP!” the man pleaded as he held his hand out. However, inmate 658 did not extend his hand out, rather, he hugged himself close to Lin’s sole to avoid any potential impact from the falling man. “NOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo….” his screams faded away.

Rob could only look on in horror, seeing as that man could’ve been saved. Inmate 658 took notice of Rob’s shocked face. “What the hell could I have done?” he yelled, pounding his chest with his free hand. “He would’ve taken me with him!”

“ *bzzzzt* Oh my, only two left?”

“Shut the fuck up you whore!”

“Hmm, remember how I said you should watch your tone-”

“My tone?! That is the least of my worries as you cunts are having a field day with your kink tests!”

“I will not warn you again. You had best-”

“FUCK OFF YOU SLU-”

A high pitch buzz echoed from the confines of the drone. In an instant, inmate 658 was gone. The fear that welled deep within Rob grew even further, especially as the drone turned its attention to him.

“Seems like you are the only one left alive. And with only four minutes to go, it looks like you have another 250ft (76m) to go.”

“W-What happened to him?” Rob nervously asked.

The was a slight silence before the woman operating the drone replied back to him. “Well, since you are the last one left, I suppose I can tell you. I shrunk him even more.” Her words sent a shiver down his spine. “Yes, he should probably be about 1/024” (0.025mm). If only he would watch his words. Oh well, happy climbing!”

As the drone flew off once more, Rob trembled at his continued his climb. He didn’t realize it, but he was behind schedule. He had climb an average of 62ft (19m) a minute but he was behind pace. By the time he reached the crevice of Lin’s big and second toes, time had already expired. Both mind and body were exhausted, and the thick, humid air of sweat did not help him. Trudging through knee deep sweat, between two large pillars of flesh that extended up another 200 feet (61m), he made to a vantage point where he would see Lin’s distant face.

“Hey!” he yelled out. “I made it!” He looked around, expecting to see the drone fly back to congratulate him on his accomplishment, or one of the women to enter the room to retrieve him. Neither thing happened. Watching on, he saw Lin put her phone back into her purse, but more calamity struck. Lifting her feet up to reposition them back down onto the floor, the upward thrust sent Rob deep into her sweat, firmly holding him into place. The launch downward nearly made him lose consciousness from the incredible G-forces. In his dizzy stupor, he could just make out what was happening. Placing her feet down onto the soles of her sandals, she began to slide them into position. Life flashed before Rob’s eyes as the thong of Lin’s sandal fast approached as her foot scraped along the length of the sandals fabric. The thong pushed through between her toes, slamming into the sweaty flesh between them, turning Rob into a bloody pulp that became saturated in Lin’s sweat, effectively washing away all evidence of his existence.

From the other room, the women watched in glee from the drone’s footage. In under a half hour, thirty puny death row inmates were snuffed out, all at the feet of an oblivious Chinese woman, all the while she just lounged. Not only did they get amazing footage to sell to help fund their experiments, they did get valuable data on the nature of men when shrunken down to a size that rivaled a discarded crumb on the floor. They were nothing but playthings that were meant to grovel at their feet.