Caught by the Gardener

"I told you not to eat from that plant shorty, it's the secretion from those leaves that makes the shrinking serum possible!"

Matt still felt disoriented, even after the initial shock had caused him to run outside and across the lawn to where his family's now Giant Gardener was, busy clearing out old brush from the ground.

"What the hell?? I just though it smelled like mint and wanted to taste it!! How long is this going to last?!"

Josh could hear the fear in the tiny voice, which made it all the more humorous to him, though he tried his best to disguise his laugh. "I don't know if there is a way to reverse it, the serum was always doctored so we could have a 'cure' per say, and reverse the process. But you've eaten from the plant itself, so there's no telling if it wears off, assuming it ever does."

Matt's vision finally began to clear as he held himself, trying to make sense of everything that just happened. None of his family were home, and the only person he could come to for comfort didn't sound at all that phased.

"Wait a minute, why would you be purposely making Shrinking Serum of all things?? What kind of plants are you growing in our yard?" Matt looked straight up and now saw his Giant Gardener clearly for the first time. He watched in horror as he noticed the smile on his enormous face, surveying his tiny form as though looking at something he was attracted to. Though Matt was sure they both were straight, he couldn't help but admire the amazing physique of the Giant man kneeling over him.

"Hehe, I'm part of a bigger collective little guy, we plant these plants in many gardens of our clients. Never with the intention of shrinking them of course, as they need to keep the property paid up, and we come "prune" the plants to make our victims elsewhere...of course...accidents happen. Our real business is shrinking men down to various sizes, our actual clients pay good money for human pets. College boys are a hot sell, especially to our older crowd, and that's what you are aren't you? Well...allow me to take you on a real man's educational journey...say 'Goodbye' to all of this..."

With lightning speed, Matt saw the Giant's hands reach down and grab him. As much as he fought to scramble away, Josh's grip was just too strong, not that there was much of a fight being put up anyways.

Little Matt could do nothing but watch the bigger world around him pass by as he was brought down to Josh's backpack on the picnic table. His captor kept his mischievous smile as the bag was unzipped, revealing a medium-sized plastic container with holes on the top. "In you go buddy..." Josh popped the top open and inserted his struggling victim inside.

"Let me out!! My family will know something happened to me!! They'll know its you!!"

Josh began to text on his phone and then looked down at the container. "Not anymore, I just left notice on your Dad's phone that I had to leave early for the day. But don't worry, I let him know that you took off on your own somewhere in an Uber. Now if you go missing, it won't be my problem, haha!"