Now we make it to section three and the fun is about to begin. I believe we left off with
Corday and Romano taking the coffee. (evil grin) Oh, yes! You will love this one. Although,
they will be posted faster once we get reviews........I'll repeat that we love reviews. Always,
glad to know other people's opinion. Anyway, I'm sure you want me to get started, so I
will.
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Romano leaned against the counter, his arm throbbing with a pain, that not even the pain-
killers could mask. He tried to listen to what Lizzie and Anspaugh were talking about,
but he couldn't concentrate. He took another drink of coffee and felt strange sensation
come over him. His eyes blurred, and he slumped against the counter and blacked out.
He was awakened by Anspaugh's voice and the voice of a child. He looked around
Anspaugh and saw a girl, who appeared to be about five, and was wearing surgical scrubs.
He jumped to his feet, realizing that the five year old girl was Lizzie....and why did he feel so
small? He glanced at his arms and yelped in surprise as his, now over-sized brace hit the
floor. There was no pain in his arm at all. However, that was the least of his problems,
because he realized that he, like Lizzie, also appeared to be five.
"What the HELL is going on?!" Anspaugh exclaimed, in shock, staring at them.
"Lizzie? What is this? This CAN'T be happening!" Romano yelled, somewhat hysterical.
"It's impossible!"
"Calm down Robert! You are acting hysterical!" Lizzie told him. "Get ahold of yourself!"
"CALM DOWN?!" Romano exclaimed. "Will you LOOK at ME!? I look like Land of the
LITTLE people!!!"
Anspaugh gave a small snicker. "And how is that different from normal?" He asked, before
he could stop himself.
Romano glared. "That's NOT funny!" He snapped.
"Well, I AM in the same situation, here, Robert!!" Lizzie shot back. "Now calm down so we
can figure out what happened!"
Romano nodded and tried to calm himself. Lizzie was right, but how could this have
happened? Stuff like this wasn't supposed to happen....or was it? He knew something, was
familiar somehow, but he couldn't figure out what it was. He couldn't grasp the stray
thought.
Lizzie knelt down and began picking up the broken coffee mugs. Romano hadn't
remembered dropping his.
"It must have been in the coffee." Anspaugh pointed out.
Romano glared at Anspaugh. Why was the older surgeon fine when Lizzie and he were
transformed? Something was not right there.
Lizzie looked up, and worry lines crossed her face. "What about everyone downstairs? Do
you think it might have happened to them?" She asked.
Anspaugh sighed. "The only way to find out, is to go down there." He answered, eyeing
Romano.
"NO!" Romano retorted. "I am NOT going down there like THIS!"
Anspaugh and Lizzie exchanged a look. Romano eyed them for a moment, and before
either could move, he bolted out of the room, disappearing down the hall. No way were
the rest of the staff going to see him like this!
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Carter was sitting in the "ER" lounge doing paperwork and eating some of the donated
food. As he continued to eat and drink, a strange sensation swept over him. He shook
his head trying to clear it. He must have blacked out for a moment, because when he
opened his eyes, he was on the floor and his chair was knocked over.
As he stood he glanced at himself in the mirror, and screamed.
Abby bolted into the room. "John?" Her mouth dropped when she saw him. "Oh my.....
Carter?"
Carter looked up at her, with shocked eyes. "Uh..hey, Abby."
"What in the heck happened to YOU?!" Abby managed to get out.
"That's what I want to know!" Carter yelled. "I'm all...LITTLE! I look like I'm FIVE! How can
I be five? People don't just turn into five year olds....unless...." He frowned. He knew
something, he should...but he couldn't grasp it. He shook his head trying to think. Both of
them froze when they heard more screams coming from down the hall.
Abby lifted Carter into her arms and bolted into the "ER" lobby. They found themselves
among a mixture of children and adults, most wearing docters jackets and scrubs.
Most of the nurses, thankfully, were still adults.
"What the hell has happened?" A cute five year old, that could only be Kovac, demanded.
"We are children!" Dave cried, angry. "UGH!! This is the LAST time I answer a invitation!
LOOK at me! I haven't even hit puberty yet." He grumbled.
"How did this happen?" Susan, who also was a child, wanted to know.
Doug Ross took a swallow of his drink and was instantly changed into a child. "I think it
is in the food and drinks." He remarked, flatly.
Kerry Weaver, one of the few docters still an adult called everyone to attention. "I need
someone to tell security that we might need to quarantine the building." She announced,
taking charge. "Whatever this is, we don't want it outside."
"I'll do it." Pratt offered. He too, was also still an adult. He headed to the entrance where
security was standing beside the metal detecters.
"Alright, I need everyone who was transformed to say their names, so we can write it
down, and figure out how big a problem we have here." Kerry told them.
Carter cleared his throat and made a face. "John Carter." He annouced, wincing at the child-
like voice.
Weaver nodded and wrote his name down.
"Doug Ross." Ross told her.
Weaver nodded again and added his name.
"Luka Kovac."
"Dave Malucci."
"Jing-Mae Chen."
"Susan Lewis."
"Malik."
"Michael Gallant."
"Jerry."
Weaver finished writing, and looked up. "Anyone else?" She asked.
"Dr Romano isn't going to like this." Kovac remarked, dryly.
"Do we have to tell him?" Carter asked, looking embarrassed.
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Romano bolted to his office and locked the door behind him. There was no way he was
going down there. The phone at his desk rang and he jumped startled. In the hallway
he could hear Lizzie looking for him. Another ring came from the phone and, screaming, he
ripped the cord out of the wall. A moment later his pager went off. With a yell of anger, he
threw it across the room and against a wall.
There was a knock at the door, and he bolted under his desk. "GO AWAY!" He yelled.
"No I am NOT going away, Robert!" Lizzie yelled back. "You are not the only one here in
this mess! I think we should go downstairs, and find out what's happened!"
"So GO!" Romano shouted back. "I'm not stopping you!"
"Dr. Anspaugh is getting the janitor's keys." Lizzie announced. "So don't think you can
hide in there for long!!"
He heard Lizzie's pager go off. Apparently someone was trying hard to get ahold of them.
"You know, with all this yelling, I'm surprised the whole building doesn't know what's
going on." Anspaugh stated.
"Did you get the keys?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes." The older man answered.
"You hear that Robert? We are coming in to get you!" Lizzie told him.
Romano didn't move or speak, hoping they would go away. He heard the door open,
and he groaned. Why did HE have to go downstairs? He could just see those smirks
on their faces. No, he was definitly NOT going down there!
"I don't see why you are being such a pest about this, Robert. I'm the one with
a daughter almost the same age as me. " Lizzie told him, seating herself on the floor in
front of him. "Now come out! I think the same thing has happened downstairs. They
have paged me three times now."
"What did you do to your phone?" Anspaugh demanded.
Romano glared and hid further under the desk.
Lizzie sighed. "He isn't coming out." She pointed out.
"Move over, if he won't come out, then he'll be carried out!" Anspaugh growled. No five
year old was going to get the best of him.....even if it WAS Robert Romano.
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Outside in the Gunmen's van Cassi laughed. "This is great!" She paused for a moment then
frowned. "However, when we get back to the spoof set, I'm having Malucci shot!"
Greene shook his head. "You know, I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad I'm dead."
He remarked, grinning.
"So am I." Lucy said, in full agreement, neither letting their gazes stray from the monitors.
"As soon as they get him out of there, I'm searching his office." Cassi informed, everyone,
with an evil grin.
"Yeah, and I'm gonna wreak havoc inside." Sven stated, with an equally evil grin.
Chris grinned and shook his head. "He may NEVER forgive you, Cassi."
Cassi grinned. "Oh, yes he will." She told him. "Someday, he'll thank us. That dude has
some serious stress to work off."
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End Section Three.
WHAT?! Yes I know, it stopped before Romano gets dragged downstairs kicking and
screaming. It happens. Besides, the more sections the more reviews. You know how we
love reviews. We want to know what you think and whether you like the story or not.
Anyway, I'll let Cassi add anything else that needs to be put in here. I'm gonna start section
four.
Cassi did some adding, some editing, and added a few bits of her own.....together, we create
works of art. So I can truthfully say we both typed it and co-wote it. We are fully enjoying
this mess.
Corday and Romano taking the coffee. (evil grin) Oh, yes! You will love this one. Although,
they will be posted faster once we get reviews........I'll repeat that we love reviews. Always,
glad to know other people's opinion. Anyway, I'm sure you want me to get started, so I
will.
*******************************************************************
Romano leaned against the counter, his arm throbbing with a pain, that not even the pain-
killers could mask. He tried to listen to what Lizzie and Anspaugh were talking about,
but he couldn't concentrate. He took another drink of coffee and felt strange sensation
come over him. His eyes blurred, and he slumped against the counter and blacked out.
He was awakened by Anspaugh's voice and the voice of a child. He looked around
Anspaugh and saw a girl, who appeared to be about five, and was wearing surgical scrubs.
He jumped to his feet, realizing that the five year old girl was Lizzie....and why did he feel so
small? He glanced at his arms and yelped in surprise as his, now over-sized brace hit the
floor. There was no pain in his arm at all. However, that was the least of his problems,
because he realized that he, like Lizzie, also appeared to be five.
"What the HELL is going on?!" Anspaugh exclaimed, in shock, staring at them.
"Lizzie? What is this? This CAN'T be happening!" Romano yelled, somewhat hysterical.
"It's impossible!"
"Calm down Robert! You are acting hysterical!" Lizzie told him. "Get ahold of yourself!"
"CALM DOWN?!" Romano exclaimed. "Will you LOOK at ME!? I look like Land of the
LITTLE people!!!"
Anspaugh gave a small snicker. "And how is that different from normal?" He asked, before
he could stop himself.
Romano glared. "That's NOT funny!" He snapped.
"Well, I AM in the same situation, here, Robert!!" Lizzie shot back. "Now calm down so we
can figure out what happened!"
Romano nodded and tried to calm himself. Lizzie was right, but how could this have
happened? Stuff like this wasn't supposed to happen....or was it? He knew something, was
familiar somehow, but he couldn't figure out what it was. He couldn't grasp the stray
thought.
Lizzie knelt down and began picking up the broken coffee mugs. Romano hadn't
remembered dropping his.
"It must have been in the coffee." Anspaugh pointed out.
Romano glared at Anspaugh. Why was the older surgeon fine when Lizzie and he were
transformed? Something was not right there.
Lizzie looked up, and worry lines crossed her face. "What about everyone downstairs? Do
you think it might have happened to them?" She asked.
Anspaugh sighed. "The only way to find out, is to go down there." He answered, eyeing
Romano.
"NO!" Romano retorted. "I am NOT going down there like THIS!"
Anspaugh and Lizzie exchanged a look. Romano eyed them for a moment, and before
either could move, he bolted out of the room, disappearing down the hall. No way were
the rest of the staff going to see him like this!
********************************************************************
Carter was sitting in the "ER" lounge doing paperwork and eating some of the donated
food. As he continued to eat and drink, a strange sensation swept over him. He shook
his head trying to clear it. He must have blacked out for a moment, because when he
opened his eyes, he was on the floor and his chair was knocked over.
As he stood he glanced at himself in the mirror, and screamed.
Abby bolted into the room. "John?" Her mouth dropped when she saw him. "Oh my.....
Carter?"
Carter looked up at her, with shocked eyes. "Uh..hey, Abby."
"What in the heck happened to YOU?!" Abby managed to get out.
"That's what I want to know!" Carter yelled. "I'm all...LITTLE! I look like I'm FIVE! How can
I be five? People don't just turn into five year olds....unless...." He frowned. He knew
something, he should...but he couldn't grasp it. He shook his head trying to think. Both of
them froze when they heard more screams coming from down the hall.
Abby lifted Carter into her arms and bolted into the "ER" lobby. They found themselves
among a mixture of children and adults, most wearing docters jackets and scrubs.
Most of the nurses, thankfully, were still adults.
"What the hell has happened?" A cute five year old, that could only be Kovac, demanded.
"We are children!" Dave cried, angry. "UGH!! This is the LAST time I answer a invitation!
LOOK at me! I haven't even hit puberty yet." He grumbled.
"How did this happen?" Susan, who also was a child, wanted to know.
Doug Ross took a swallow of his drink and was instantly changed into a child. "I think it
is in the food and drinks." He remarked, flatly.
Kerry Weaver, one of the few docters still an adult called everyone to attention. "I need
someone to tell security that we might need to quarantine the building." She announced,
taking charge. "Whatever this is, we don't want it outside."
"I'll do it." Pratt offered. He too, was also still an adult. He headed to the entrance where
security was standing beside the metal detecters.
"Alright, I need everyone who was transformed to say their names, so we can write it
down, and figure out how big a problem we have here." Kerry told them.
Carter cleared his throat and made a face. "John Carter." He annouced, wincing at the child-
like voice.
Weaver nodded and wrote his name down.
"Doug Ross." Ross told her.
Weaver nodded again and added his name.
"Luka Kovac."
"Dave Malucci."
"Jing-Mae Chen."
"Susan Lewis."
"Malik."
"Michael Gallant."
"Jerry."
Weaver finished writing, and looked up. "Anyone else?" She asked.
"Dr Romano isn't going to like this." Kovac remarked, dryly.
"Do we have to tell him?" Carter asked, looking embarrassed.
*******************************************************************
Romano bolted to his office and locked the door behind him. There was no way he was
going down there. The phone at his desk rang and he jumped startled. In the hallway
he could hear Lizzie looking for him. Another ring came from the phone and, screaming, he
ripped the cord out of the wall. A moment later his pager went off. With a yell of anger, he
threw it across the room and against a wall.
There was a knock at the door, and he bolted under his desk. "GO AWAY!" He yelled.
"No I am NOT going away, Robert!" Lizzie yelled back. "You are not the only one here in
this mess! I think we should go downstairs, and find out what's happened!"
"So GO!" Romano shouted back. "I'm not stopping you!"
"Dr. Anspaugh is getting the janitor's keys." Lizzie announced. "So don't think you can
hide in there for long!!"
He heard Lizzie's pager go off. Apparently someone was trying hard to get ahold of them.
"You know, with all this yelling, I'm surprised the whole building doesn't know what's
going on." Anspaugh stated.
"Did you get the keys?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes." The older man answered.
"You hear that Robert? We are coming in to get you!" Lizzie told him.
Romano didn't move or speak, hoping they would go away. He heard the door open,
and he groaned. Why did HE have to go downstairs? He could just see those smirks
on their faces. No, he was definitly NOT going down there!
"I don't see why you are being such a pest about this, Robert. I'm the one with
a daughter almost the same age as me. " Lizzie told him, seating herself on the floor in
front of him. "Now come out! I think the same thing has happened downstairs. They
have paged me three times now."
"What did you do to your phone?" Anspaugh demanded.
Romano glared and hid further under the desk.
Lizzie sighed. "He isn't coming out." She pointed out.
"Move over, if he won't come out, then he'll be carried out!" Anspaugh growled. No five
year old was going to get the best of him.....even if it WAS Robert Romano.
*****************************************************************
Outside in the Gunmen's van Cassi laughed. "This is great!" She paused for a moment then
frowned. "However, when we get back to the spoof set, I'm having Malucci shot!"
Greene shook his head. "You know, I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad I'm dead."
He remarked, grinning.
"So am I." Lucy said, in full agreement, neither letting their gazes stray from the monitors.
"As soon as they get him out of there, I'm searching his office." Cassi informed, everyone,
with an evil grin.
"Yeah, and I'm gonna wreak havoc inside." Sven stated, with an equally evil grin.
Chris grinned and shook his head. "He may NEVER forgive you, Cassi."
Cassi grinned. "Oh, yes he will." She told him. "Someday, he'll thank us. That dude has
some serious stress to work off."
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End Section Three.
WHAT?! Yes I know, it stopped before Romano gets dragged downstairs kicking and
screaming. It happens. Besides, the more sections the more reviews. You know how we
love reviews. We want to know what you think and whether you like the story or not.
Anyway, I'll let Cassi add anything else that needs to be put in here. I'm gonna start section
four.
Cassi did some adding, some editing, and added a few bits of her own.....together, we create
works of art. So I can truthfully say we both typed it and co-wote it. We are fully enjoying
this mess.