Taylor was bored, as he flipped yet another stack of burgers upon the grill letting out a rather dramatic sigh as he did, it was a little past 9pm in the town of Coventry, most people were at home enjoying the last hours before bed, well everyone but him and ben that is, his bastard of a boss had decided he wanted yet another holiday and so had scheduled him for the late shift, 1 miserable 10 hour shift from the hours of 8pm to 6am, not like hes ever cared for his social life or his studys afterall
'' I really need to get a better job'' Taylor wistfully spoke out
''Ha don't we all dude!, I want a frekin house someday and this place ain't gonna pay for that ''
said the rather jolly ben
Ben was a 6 foot 3 giant in comparison to his rather glum friend Taylor, he was rather porky though with his body clearly stretching out the 1 size too small uniform provided to him to which management hadn't gotten around nor cared to replace, ben pulled out a fresh batch of frys and placed them into their designated cartons ready to be sold.
''see I wouldn't mind it if you know there was something fun to go on I mean come on this place pulls in loads you'd think they'd atleast install radio or anything! Its that dam greedy alexander, our boss couldnt give to craps about the shop yet relys on it for all his holidays! ''
Said Taylor in a rather exacerbated voice reaching down he scoops up 3 of the burgers and turns to the preparation table and begins assembling a large big mac and a double cheeseburger, his hand reaching to grab the bun to which he places a burger and a slice of cheese on top, pulling out tomatoe sauce he smothers the burger and lays a couple gerkin bits upon it before sealing the tantalising burger with the top bun and sealing the box, he carefully lowers it into a paper brown bag alongside a helping of frys and 2 tomatoe sauce side condiment packs, turning he proceeds to assemble the bigmac and seals it within a identical paper bag and places a white reciept marked order 032 and 033 apon them placing them in a food stand trolly for a delivery man to pick up, thats is when he eventually arrives from his current job, talor had completed this task within 2 minutes, skills earned from completing the tedious task hundreds of times a day for 4 years now..
Taylors mind begins to wonder away from him in his bordom his mind returning to memorys of what he now refers to as the incident, a event that had happened 2 weeks prior, taylors mind remembered the mundane nature of that day, the thrust that had pushed him against a wall, the blade dancing against his chest in a threatening manner attached to a scarred hand belonging to what was clearly a stoned out crackhead demanding his phone and money, he remembered in exact detail the redness of the mans eyes and the tuna smelling breath that he breathed over him, he remembered his own fright witnessing this unstable man, the raising of his hands to protect his face from what seemed like a attempt to hit him and then the sudden blast of orange light that blinded him in his stressed out situation, he remembered being confused to were the man had gone when he opened his eyes afterall he had just been threatening him to cut out his own entrails but now had just disappeared in a moment , he remembered in his confusion looking around to try see if the man running but failing to see anything of the kind, he remembered stepping forward and feeling something squash under his foot, looking down and lifting his foot to see a red smear and the now dead crushed form of a bug.... except it wasn't a bug when he further investigated it was revealed to be that same very man!, his confusion and fear for murder hadnt lasted long befor turning to excitement over the next few days as he found he now possessed the ability to shrink people and not just people but animals and items, he had thoroughly practiced on squrriels and rodents and everyday furniture around his home.
Taylor mind was returned to the present when a thunderous boom jostled him from his memory lane expierience the origin of which he found to be a rather hairy hand on his counter connected to a muscular arm leading to a rather large bodybuilder like body, the head glaring down at him like he himself was a bug in need of being stamped out
''OY YOU AWAKE MORON , I SAID I WANT FOOD , HURRY UP AND TAKE ME AND MY FAMILYS ORDERS YOU SKINNY SHRIMP '' said william the visual definition of a mans man
Looking passed william the glorified sentient roast ham with a peanut for a brain my face would drop even more heavily when my eyes would come to rest apon james.. , my school bully, now a local warehouse worker but just as nasty as he was then, his everlasting shit eating grin carving its way into my soul to assault it with all the memorys of former times were it proudly looked at me, often just before and after being attacked or pranked or having my head shoved into a toilet for a swirley , problem being they used it just before that swirly to ensure I suffered more, beside him was a younger looking boy no older than 13 but how could I not recognise tom, the little bugger had taken after his brother in so many unhealthy ways and from what I had heard he too was just as bad to his fellow students if not worse in some areas, taylor didnt have the proof but he was certain this little shit was the one that had broken into his dads tool shed a month ago and made off with over £800 worth of power tools all but bringing his old man to tears, last but not least was the she wolf of the town herself, emily finch, the bitch of coventry, a karen to which karens paid tribute to exist, her antics had seen to the shutdown of over 7 buisness and the firing of countless colleuges from a string of even more, she delighted in the misery of overs and now unfortunately she would delight in taylors suffering,much to my unsuprise looking around I can clearly see ben was gone, clearly had made a break for it and left me to my fate ''bastard '' taylor say to himself' in the confines of his own mind.
The glaring eyes of william forced me to my feet as I began to look at my screen ''welcome to our shop and what I can I get you today'' taylors voice would squeak out as he prepared himself mentally for the pain inbound,
''YE IL TAKE A TRIPLE STACK BIG MAC LARGE MEAL WITH A COKE GOT IT , HONEY WHAT YOU AFTER '' replied Wiliiam
The she monster turned her eyes to me before visably sneering at the sight of me
''il take a chicken burger and hold the lettuce, if I see lettuce you'l be seeing the boot if you catch my drift you shrimp , BOYS tell this shrimp what you want '' said emily in her famous condesending voice
''oh oh erm I err I want CHICKEN NUGGET 20 OF THEM! Oh and ICECREAM! ''
the quick cocky voice of the young chav boy would quickly spit out staring at me , my hands fly across the monitor as I select the food options and special options for how there to be made, reluctantly I look up to james... his cocky grin so less smaller...
''hey friend (his voice oozes joy and nasty intent) il take a cheesebuger with extra frys and a lot of ketchup, oh and a FREE bigmac since you know we go way back.. .
Taylors head crys out in rage at this request , but his body begins submitting to him a tactic he had learned many years ago as he found out submission meant less bruises and pain overall, accepting the loss he simply placed a big mac on a seperate screen knowing it will come out of his own bank, looking up he began to list out their order to ensure he had it all correctly and apon hearing no objections he state the price
''thatl be £18.49 please '' ,
william the father doesn't as much as glance at me as he begins talking with the she devil using his credit card to pay ,tom turns to his brother and begins bragging about his new guitar he got the other day no doubt from one of his victims who suddenly decided to be nice and ''donate'' to him, likely after many bruises, james smile finally fell as he turned and headed to a nearby table to sit his demonic like family following his lead and taking hostage the table in the top right corner of the main floor, turning and sighing to myself I begin to work on the food knowing ben wouldn't return for atleast a hour to ensure he didn't bump into these creatures, he'd probably slipped off to the bar across the street that jerk.
22 minutes later it was done and taylor had finsihed preparing the last big mac I was so kind as to ''donate'' to james, sighing he placed the orders on 2 large serving boards and regretfully walked over to the table containing them.. and begin placeing down the boards in front them, he was quick place a healthy stack of napkins next to it to pasify the she bitch before she can launch into tirade at him, and slinked away from the table like a mouse watching several cats tear into a freshly laid meal, Tom was the first to strike his hands dashing forward and latching onto a the box containing the nugget pulling them to him in a instant, before long the box is open and a poor nugget falls victim to his youthful mouth being torn to pieces by his teeth, I know this and more importantly can see this as he loudly eats with his mouth open, I get to see in detail as the nugget is mashed away effortlessly by the all consuming maw of this 13 year old chav..., the mother and father are quick to dig into their meals as they chat together about the car ride they need to take to collect more tools for their carworks buisness, james smiles at me smugly as his teeth tear into his free mig mac savouring the tastes and texture of his hard unearned meal reveling in knowing I payed for it.
Turning from them taylor slumbers back to his counter and begin cleaning up , occupying his mind hoping they'l leave in peace once their stomachs are pacified and wont target him for a second helping, picking up the rag he began to clean away spraying and falling into a all too familiar pattern of swaying around my rag in a circular motion to best remove the debris and sauces of previous meals from the preparation counter, within 10 minutes of him starting his mind is broken out of the routine by a nugget landing on the counter in front of him, smearing the table with red sauce, confused for a minute he turned his head a little looking at it before looking up for the source of his confusion, his eyes coming to rest on who else but tom, he had a wicked smile on his face delighting in taylor inconvienence , opening his mouth taylor is compelled to speak,
'' could you please not , I have work to do dude'' taylor says in a rather quiet voice, his posture that of a animal knowing theres predators nearby ,
''so do your job gay boy! , that counter looks dirty innit '' tom says with a rather smug attittude knowing full well the displeasure he is causing taylor.
Rolling my eyes taylor turns and wipes the invading nugget into the bin and began cleaning the sauce to which another nugget more saucy this time lands on my counter causing a larger mess.., turning once more defeated im greeted to his ever cocky grin with half a nugget in his mouth visably being distroyed by his teeth as he chews away.
''please stop dude my job sucks already '' taylor admits aloud..
His eyes glint with entertainment as he swallows and responds,
''Shut up gay boy the only thing you suck are these'' his left hand grabs his crotch and tugs it before him befor he starts laughing away, ''haha when im older I might just make you one of my many bitches innit ''
taylor sighs listening to him, he wasnt the first person to mock taylors gay nature and he wouldn't be the last but he wont lie to himself it was extra humiliating to be hearing it from someone so young .
''never gonna happen you little shit '' taylors says aloud unthinking, regret fills his mind instaltly as he recognises what he had just spoken wasnt internal but external for all the world to hear and more inportently the brat in front of him his dread only increas as he sees anger and joy? In the kids eyes as he sucks in air..
''MUMMMM THE SERVER JUST CALLED ME A LITTLE SHIT! '' said tom with his version of a shit eating grin..
And with that like a elephant protecting its young I see a mountain of meat barrel towards me at fast speed decending apon me with horrifying intent, her eyes glaring daggers at me, moving around its spawn her voice echos to me around me and the neighborhood.
''YOU CALLED MY SON WHAT YOU FUCKING GLORIFIED SHRIMP, HOW FUCKING DARE YOU INSULT MY PRECIOUS BOY, IL FUCKING HAVE YOUR HEAD FOR DARING TO SAY SUCH A THING, IL FUCKING GRILL YOU ALIVE YOU PIECE OF SHIT DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME! '' emily all but spat at me
taylor unconsciousely steps back from the torrent of insults hurled at him, I can see the other two demons at the table rising to reinforce their dreadnought family member, '' mam hes was assaulting me with food'' saying this however quickly proves to be a mistake on his part.
''FOOD!?! SO FUCKING WHAT MY LITTLE ANGEL CAN DO AS HE FUCKING PLEASE , YOU HEAR ME YOU FUCKING SHRIMP!, APOLIGISE TO MY SON NOW YOU LANKY BASTARD OR YOUR NEXT MEAL WILL BE ROADKILL'' her torrent is ended by a nugget slamming into my left eye dripping sauce down me.
I stumble a little as the sensitive part of my body was assaulted my hand moving to inspect it, my other eye glancing at the smugly smiling tom arming himself with another nugget by dipping it in the sauce, his mother sees this and smiles wickedly
''THATS MY BOY STAND UP FOR YOURSELF AND SHOW THIS FREAK OF NATURE WHAT YOU THINK OF IT!'' emily shouts.
All too happy for the support the boy throws another at me hitting my cheek and taylor is at a impass of what to do, however his impass abruptly ends as hes shoved up against a wall violently, a torrent of abusive words being emitted from human muscle given sentience, william wails into him, something about his son being the shining jewel of the family, something about how hel kill me and use my hide as a flag I dont really know its hard to understand people when you have a slight concussion and they sound like a pig chocking on food, in my pain and confusion I lift my hands up expecting to be attacked when suddenly a blast of orange light emits from them blinding us all temporarily.
Its a solid few seconds before the lot of us have our eyes readjust from what just happened, taylors adjusting quicker than the others due to him having expeirienced this before he already internally knew what's happened but still he found himself praying it wasnt't what he knew it to be, looking down he was unsuprised to find a bug, the man previously threatening him had been now been reduced to a glorified cockroach, his impressive gains now rendered worthless by the laws of physics and mass, taylor stand there his eyes glued to him for what seems forever, till...
''DAD!?! DAD IS THAT... , IS THAT YOU???? '' said a bewildered tom
looking up I see tom staring down at his father in stunned suprise, he's utterly bewildered by what's happened before him,
''WERE IS MY HUSBAND FREAK IL FUCKING KILL YOU IF YOU DONT RETURN HIM RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKING SHRIMP'' said a throthing emily
A high heel the size of multiple skyscrapers to william smashes down bare inch's from him had he not withdrawn his foot when he saw it coming he'd have been a rendered a cripple for life, '' im down here !! what the fucking shit is fucking going on im fucking tiny!!! he squeaked... but so low the volume no human ears to hear him from such a distance, well a vast distance to him anyway...
''CAREFUL MUM YOU ALMOST SQUISHED DAD !! ' said a alarmed Tom
Two small hands quickly grasp downwards as tom jets forward pushing his mother out the way , they clasp onto his dad and pull them towards his chest is a defensive manner ,Annoyed, she is shoved into me bashing me for a second time against the wall, her head swings like a medusa at her child glaring daggers at him with horrifying intent,
''THATS A FUCKING BUG YOU IDI...'' her voice gets stuck in her throat as her eyes glanced at the bug.. bug that's standing... bug that's wearing cloths?, bug that's.... bug... WILLIAM?!?