The Growth Ray

It started out as kind of a joke almost. I was asked by a friend of mine to make a growth ray. Just something that would basically make someone taller and bigger just by pointing it at them and firing the ray. We had a good laugh at it, and then, a few days later, I got down to thinking about it again. So, I went into seclusion into my garage and began work on it. Months and months went by, plus a ton of money wasted on parts and equipment. Massive amounts of calculations were put into it, tons of tests to make sure that it would not hurt the recipient in any way. Then finally, with a grin on my face and some greasy hands, the ray was done. It was small, about the size of a TV remote, actually looked like one too. It had a couple of buttons on it, and each one added a different amount of weight to the person. It also had a timer on it so you could set it to work for so long, and it also had a voice system on it so that you could tell it what to do, and it would do it.

I was truly impressed with myself. I put it away in the case I made for it, and then went upstairs to get some much-needed sleep. As I walked away, a thick hand came out, grabbed the remote and was gone. I didn't realize the remote had been stolen until after I had told my friend Matt that I had made the ray. He always had a dream of becoming just a giant man of flesh and muscles; so massive that his every step would make his body shudder and the ground quake. At already 6’3 and 350 pounds, he was well on his way, but Matt wanted to get gigantic really quickly. As we went down, I saw with a look on my face of wonder that it was gone. At first, I made a quick look, trying to figure out where it could have gone, not yet knowing what could have happened to it.