Brad found that he was panting. He was seriously scared to death of Casey and what she might do to him. Now he couldn't help but feel ashamed. How could he have ever doubted his long time friend and biggest supporter? Casey used to cling to him like some sort of conjoined twin fetus! Casey was his pal, Brad decided, regardless of what size he was (of course if he had heard Casey's inner monologue and had realized she decided to keep him because he'd make a good sex toy he might have wound up with a very different view of Casey and his relationship with her). Casey eyed her new servant licking her lips. She had a pocket sized version of her ex best friend and mentor ready to cater to her every need, how cool was that?! Her stomach still disagreed with her. It did have a point; Brad would make an excellent meal. Casey didn't care though. She'd keep him around, at least for a while. Looking down at her favorite Electabuzz she noticed he still had his hands cupped around his genitalia.

"You can move your hands. It's nothing I haven't eaten before." Casey smirked.

"Uh, yeah, I know that Casey but it would just feel awkward around you."

'Well you better get used to the idea', Casey thought, "Never mind that. You’re a shrinkee and I'm a human. It doesn't matter if I can see your gear or not. Besides, I saw it often enough in alley ways."

"......Really?" Brad asked stupidly.

"Yup! After a night of boozing you'd usually leave your 'mark' on the bar." Casey giggled, remembering.

Brad had always been a serious partier. He had tried to keep her away but she'd follow anyways. Casey smiled at the memory. Brad finally removed his hands, Casey was stubborn and he new he wouldn't get anywhere arguing with her. Casey didn't stare and Brad soon became more comfortable. Casey never really had a crush on him, at least not for his physical attributes. She had loved him for his amazing skills on the baseball diamond, his personality, and his easily given friendship. He felt indebted to her. His kindness from just a few years back had saved his life. He was in his twenties, to young to die! But in this day and age people died a lot younger. Casey was in many ways his knight in shining armor.

"Thanks for saving my ass sport. I'd give you a noogie but...."

"But then I'd have to eat you!" Casey threatened playfully finishing his sentence for him. Already she was found she was pleased with her decision to let Brad live.

She used to love talking to him, even though she was quite a bit younger he'd always take the time to shoot the breeze with her. Sure he was a nice meaty specimen. She could have a terrific dinner but there was only one Brad. Even Casey found it hard to imagine using up someone she'd known for years just for one great meal. It was better this way. She wasn't able to do it when most of the original team shrunk and though she thought she could probably do it now to a different team member, not on Brad. She would try to keep him alive during her fun. She liked to break her toys but the idea of breaking Brad just wasn't THAT appealing. She wanted him to be her first reusable shrinkee. Maybe she'd even convert him into her permanent good luck charm. If she ever did become the first female player on the Electabuzz's she could keep him wedged between her butt cheeks on game days. If having a pikachu's foot could give you good look surely having a baseball player you've always wanted to emulate rubbing against your anus would do SOMETHING positive for you.

"Eat me? Come on Casey, you know you liked a nice dose of noogies back in the day." Brad teased.

"Let’s see how you like it!" Casey brought her fist down fast but it slowed before impacting with her one time friend.

She gave him a light noogie using her knuckles. Brad pushed her hand away hard, it didn't have an affect but Casey finally relented from her playful torture. Both of them were smirking at each other when Misty finally looked over at the two of them. She had been busy talking to her miniaturized and hadn't noticed Casey's dilemma.

"Hey, what've you got there?"

"Brad Stoneway, formerly third baseman for the Electabuzzs, I told you about him once before." Misty remembered, back when she was trying to gauge how much she actually trusted Casey with Ash she'd asked about the fate of the Electabuzzs. Though at the time it had soothed her nerves knowing Casey had spared them now it kind of annoyed her.

She wasn't planning on keeping him was she? They might have history but the man was now a shrinkee.

"So are you going to eat him?"

"No, though now that you mention it...." Casey reached into her pockets and pulled out the Sensational Sisters crazed fan.

She set him down on her plate next to Brad.

"If you don't have the heart to eat him I could do it for you." Misty suggested.

Brad turned white; Casey glared at Misty, "No I don't think so. Thanks anyway." Casey replied sharply.

"Well I think it's great!" Ash spoke up enthusiastically, "As much as I love being with you Mist, it gets a little lonely every now and then. Being the only one my size." Ash shrugged.

Misty looked at her boyfriend sympathetically, she decided not to debate Brad's fate with Casey. She wanted her boyfriend to be happy, if that meant letting an inferior being like Brad travel with them, so be it. Misty turned her attention back to Ash and, with a devilish smile, gave him a little push causing him to tumble into the shrimp sauce behind him.

"You're really clumsy tonight Ashley!" Ash emerged from the sauce fist raised, "Come on Misty. You and me, 10 rounds or first to KO!"

Misty giggled, "But this is Vocellis where the customers always right, and right now the customer doesn't want to have a fist fight with her shrinkee."

"Oh, well what DOES the customer want then?" Ash asked.

"She wants you to..... do a handstand!"

Ash was soon upside-down, forehead deep in sauce, "Ta dah!" Misty blew on him causing him to fall backwards.

Ash scrambled out of the sauce once more, "Quit cheating!"

"Misty says hop on one foot!"

Casey sucked on her recently acquired Sensational Sisters shrinkee fan while Brad filled her in on what had happened to him and why he'd ended up in Vocellis. Casey couldn't help but a feel a little angry with his family for betraying him, even though she had less than innocent plans where he was concerned she could never imagine selling him to a restaurant.

"Pleashe, I juhst wanna meep Violeth (cough, cough!!!!)" The shrinkee between Casey's lips tried to call out but only got a mouthful of her saliva for his trouble.

Casey sucked him in like a noodle and bounced him around from wall to wall of her mouth. Final a strong gulp pulled the unfortunate fan down her throat and into her angry belly. Elated to finally have some food in it her stomach wasted no time breaking the man down. He only lasted 20 seconds or so before the painful stomach acids caused him to go into shock and sink like a rock. Casey took a big sip of coke and turned back to Brad. Suddenly she felt something building up in the pit of her stomach.

"Remember how Tommy taught me how to belch?" Casey asked

"Yeah?"

"I've been practicing." Casey leaned forward and opened her mouth wide enough to engulf him, "BUUUuuuUuUUUuuuUUUrrRRRrrrP!!!!!!!" The air whipped at him and Brad nearly flew backwards off the plate.

"All I can say is WOW." Brad's hair was sticking up in the air and he had a dazed look in his eyes.

Casey laughed, "Yup, Tommy would be impressed too."

Brad eyes flashed and he looked up at her, "Casey! Tommy and Lee are here too!"

"Huh?"

"I came in with them, please, order them!"

"...... Okay, sure." Casey didn't see why not.

She wasn't picking up the tab. Besides it would be cool to see some old faces. She waved down a waitress and asked for the meals by name. Since each individual was either sold to Vocelli's by a family or a friend there was a paper trail behind every shrinkee. If they weren't in someone's gut they'd be brought out to her. Soon she saw their waitress coming back with her two old friends. Casey looked around wondering where Misty's sisters were. They'd been gone for at least 10 minutes. Misty didn't seem to notice though, she was too preoccupied with teasing Ash, so Casey decided not to let it bother her.

The plate was set down and the two electabuzzs faces went from resigned and depressed to happy and elated. Unlike Brad they weren't fearful at all.

"Hiya!" Casey waved.

"Casey, it that really you?! Damn you've grown! Or I've gotten smaller!" Lee called out shocked.

"It's probably a combination of the two." Casey told him matter of factly, Casey poked Tommy in the stomach, "I've been working on that burp. I think I can finally take you."

"I don't think so." He shoved her finger aside, "I'll believe it when I see it."

"You never have any faith in me!" Casey pouted.

"I love ya to death kid, but I'm not ever going to be dethroned." Tommy laughed.