Hana just finished buying some groceries and taking her daughter out for lunch. It was a very productive afternoon for Hana and she enjoyed every second she got to spend with her 4 year old daughter. She was growing up so fast and Hana felt that she had been too busy with her work to notice Beth. Hana felt that she needed to make up for lost time and spend as much time with Beth as she could now that she completed both her projects for her 2 jobs. Pulling up into the drive way she opened the car door for her daughter who seemed excited to be back home. Unlocking the front door Hana held it open for Beth to run inside.
“Beth, help mom with the groceries,” Hana told her daughter.
“Ok mommy,” She said as she ran back and jumped up and down to carry one of the paper bags. Laughing Hana gave Beth a small bag to help carry inside. Beth led the way into the house and into the kitchen. Hana didn’t notice the bowl of cheese puffs on the kitchen table. Opening the fridge Hana went to put the beer she bought away only to see that there was a 6 pack there already.
“Huh, must have forgotten about those,” Hana said perplexed at the sudden appearance of beer but didn’t question it. Putting the other groceries away she sat Beth up on the counter top as she started to ask what she wanted for dinner. “You want some tacos?” Beth shook her head no. “Hmmm, how about some hamburgers,” Hana asked. Beth again shook her head no. Hana gave her an arched look and asked, “Then what do you want, sweetie?”
“PIZZA!” Beth said happily.
Hana laughed and said, “But we just had pizza. How about something else,” she suggested.
Beth though for a little while and then said, “Chili!”
Hana shook her head while laughing. “Ok, chili it is.” Pulling out the meat, spices, and other materials for chili, Hana got ready to make the meal for later. “Ok Beth, Mommy needs to take a shower and then she will make dinner. Can you be a good girl until I’m done?”
Beth nodded and said, “Yes mommy.”
Hana put Beth back down on the floor. “Why don’t you go watch some TV,” Hana said patting her on the butt as she ran passed her to turn on the TV. Hana had most programs blocked except for the children’s learning channels. Heading toward her room she went to take that shower she needed. Passing her work room she remembered her progress with her perfume and her other project she completed.
Working for the perfume company was more of a cover job for her actual job. Hana graduated college at a very young age and with extremely good grades in chemistry. It attracted the attention of the government. She was instantly picked up by them and had a contract for the military for biological and chemical area of study. She was in charge of developing a new weapon for the military. They wanted a way to attack their enemies and eliminate them without leaving any chemical fallout or have structural damage to the buildings. So Hana came up with a new chemical weapon that might be able to solve that problem. She got the idea from her daughter. When Hana married her husband he always took care of any bug problems. Hana was terrified of bugs and if one came into her eye sight she would always call him over to kill it. When he passed away, his daughter somehow inherited the genes of bug killing and now was her mommy’s little exterminator.
She presented her peers with her idea as a joke to them. She told the General about it. “Why not turn them into bugs?” Hana laughed, “We could then send in my daughter to take care of them,” She said laughing. Everyone burst into laughter except the General.
He then said a serious voice “Is that possible?”
Hana sobered up, “What? Turn them into bugs?”
“Yes,” He said just as serious.
“I, um, well… I guess I could try. I mean I’m not sure…” Hana started to say but then thought about it quickly. Finally, “Yes. I could do it in a couple of years.”
The General stood up, “Mrs. Dever, you will have 2 years to come up with a prototype. We will support your living expense and relocate you to a new home closer to the labs. Mrs. Dever you are in charge of this project.”
Hana was shocked at the turn of events. She never expected to be in charge of a military project like this. The military help move Hana into her new home and she was paid every month for her work. Sadly she wasn’t able to tell anyone outside of the labs and needed a cover job to avoid suspicion which she thought was absurd. Dedicated to her research Hana brought it home to work on it to complete faster. She needed to complete a prototype to receive more funding and to keep Beth fed.
Luckily over the past years she had someone help look after Beth and give her emotional support when she thought that work was too much.
Heading into her room to take a shower she couldn’t help but think of her sexy next door neighbor…
You watch as the two giantess walk into the kitchen. You didn’t know what to do. You were a bug in Hana’s house and you had no idea why! You noticed one of the bugs starting to move.
“Ugh… what happened,” You heard Bobby’s voice come from the bug. You could hear Bobby! Does that mean Hana or Beth could hear you too?
“Bobby…” You started. “Bobby whatever you do, you need to be calm.”
The bug started to get up. “Calm? Why would I not be-” Bobby stopped talking when he opened his eyes. He must have seen you because he started to shout out for help. This caused the other bugs, your friends, to start to wake up. Now they saw the others as bugs and started to panic too, shouting and crying for help.
Finally after they all stopped screaming and shouting, Kaylee said “WHY THE FUCK ARE WE LIKE THIS!?”
“I don’t know,” You said.
“What are we going to do,” Trixie said.
Bobby went over to Trixie and but one of his four bug legs on her back to calm her. “It’s going to be ok.”
“Look we need to get to Hana or someone for help.” Patrick said.
Before anyone could comment they heard Hana say, “Why don’t you go watch some TV?” There was the sound of thunder coming from the giant 4 year old running into the room with a joy that you didn’t feel right now. She happily turned the TV on and turned around to head toward the couch. It was when she took her first step that you reliazed that she was heading toward you all.
“We need to run!” You shouted at them. Everyone ran away from Beth except for Aerial. She ran toward Beth shouting out.
“Beth! Beth it’s me Aerial! Honey look down here!”
“What are you doing?!” Everyone shouted as Beth got closer and closer to Aerial. Aerial was just steps away from Beth as she jumped up and down to get Beth’s oblivious attention. Aerial didn’t notice her mistake until Beth’s left foot cast a giant shadow over her tiny form.
“oh…” Aerial said dumbly as she saw the error she just made. You could hear the sickening sound of Aerial’s body crunching under the immense weight of the 4 year old. Beth stopped in her tracks and backed up a step as she felt something under her foot. She looked down and you watched as she noticed what she stepped on.
“A bug?” She said out loud to no one. No one moved as they watched Beth bend down and poke Aerial’s mangled and crushed body. Suddenly the body twitched and Aerial let out a blood curling scream for help. Beth’s face lite up with joy when Aerial twitched. “Yay, you’re not dead.” Beth stood up and bent her knees.
“Please,” Aerial cried out for you all to help, but no one moved. Beth jumped up and landed on Aerial’s body with a sickening sound. She then jumped up and down several time. Finally she took her left foot and started to twist it into the ground leaving nothing left of Aerial except a red smudge on the ground and under Beth’s foot.
“That was fun,” Beth said as she walked toward the coach not noticing the rest of you hiding in the shadows of the coffee table. She jumped up and landed on the coach.
No one moved or said a word at what just transpired. Aerial was dead… She was dead because Beth thought she was a bug.
“What the fuck,” Patrick whispered loudly to them afraid that Beth might hear him now.
You swallowed the lump of dread that formed in your throat, “Beth… Beth likes to…” You swallowed again nervously as everyone already knew what you were going to say. “She likes to kill bugs…”