Amanda thought on how much she should shrink her brother. She wanted to get back where she could be his big brother again - maybe teach him a lesson - and Amanda coul shrink him enough so that he'd never be able to challenge her again...

But she realized Robert was a bully. He'd been pushing around kids with his muscles for years - he even took his girlfriend for granted on more then one ocasion. He needed to see how people treated him when he wasn't so strong.

She dialed up the gun and fired, and Robert's body was enveloped in a glowing light. He instinctively moaned in his state of unconciousness - as if he knew subconciously what was happening, as he slowly began shrinking down from his herculean form, his height went first, then his super muscular build began to deflate to that of an athletic adult, rather then an insanely powerful bodybuilder. Then, he faded into the muscular stocky familar origonal form.

Jess called from the closet "Please,, stop, that's enough! Don't hurt him!".

Amanda continued to drain him "Oh? I already hurt him. He should barely feel this - it won't do him any harm. I know you were attracted to my brother for his body - I'm trying to figure out if you'll love him if he didn't have them."

The ray stopped, and Robert lay on the ground. He looked like a 12 or 13 year old, and a skinny one at that, a small pudgy body with tiny stick arms. He'd done from titan to tiny in a few short seconds, looking comical compared to the gargantuan form of his sister, who observed Jess crying dispasionately.

"Yep, that muscle's gone and it ain't coming back... so I'm going to ask you one question Jess.. do you still want Robert like this?
Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you - you can leave safely either way if you promise not to talk about this to anyone.
But... if you say yes and then dump him for some football jock, I'll be REALLY angry." She picked up a foot-wide chunk of concrete off the ground and crushed it between her thumb and pinky fingure. "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." she giggled.

Jess choked down a sob...