"No....please have mercy on us."  Tabitha pleaded, actually dropping to her knees inside the box and lowering her head in a deep bow of equal humiliation and terror.  She was shaking a little, a few tears dropping onto the floor of the box in between her hands.  "People will be expecting to buy someone this evening, won't they...if you experiment on us then they'll be disappointed and secretly work against you."  She spoke then a slight smirk came across her, unseen as she remained bowed.  "You know, I could work for you...maybe find out who schemes against you and make sure there are no follow up actions, all you have to do is restore me to my full height and keep me as a loyal servant...what do you say?"  Tabitha asked, looking for any route to save her own neck at this moment...even if she did end up as a slave...it was better than being a shrunken slave.<br/>"Geez, she talks way to much mum."  Karia sighed, picking the girl up by her ankle and dangling her above one of the opened soda cans.<br/>"No, stop...let me go!"  Tabitha screamed.  Karia's finger's parted slightly and a small plopping sound indicated she had fallen into the fluid.<br/>"Well, she did ask to be let go!"  Karia explained to her mother.  From Tabitha's view, she seen the dark metallic hole to oblivion come closer until she fell into the icy cold sticky fluids of the juice within.  Quickly, she swam to the surface and tread water, gasping for air as she almost choked on the contents of the can.  It was around this point that Natasha returned and placed the box of hot pizza onto the table.<br/>"So, shall we eat?"  She asked without any realisation of what her mum and little sister had been up to while she was away.