The Unstoppable Giant-Girl (Wasp Fan fic/art)

Well I better start from the beginning. My name is Simon Mann and I will remember this day for the rest of my life. Ten years ago, I married my high school sweetheart Tiffany and a couple of years after that we welcomed our only daughter Destiny. She is the light of my life and unfortunately it took me a while to realise it.

My marriage to Tiffany began to become rocky as my job kept me away from home for long periods of time. It was tough for her to raise our daughter by herself and this led to frequent arguments, before I knew it she was handing me divorce papers and I chose my job over our marriage. That was probably the biggest mistake of my life.

At the divorce hearings we agreed on joint custody of Destiny. She would take her on the weekdays while she stayed with me on the weekends. That was three years ago and I’m happy to say that our relationship has remained positive. Even though it was difficult at first the three of us were able get into the routine like clockwork. Although we knew that we’d never be together again Tiffany and I remained friends, she has even met someone else and they’re engaged to be married. His name is Brad and he works for the city’s fire brigade. He seems like a great guy and someone who I believe would take care of my daughter. I on the other hand haven’t really dated that much but I have been thinking about trying some online dating although the horror stories that I’ve heard about it is making me hesitant.

That day was the first Saturday after Destiny’s birthday and she had asked me to take her on a tour just off the coast of the city. She wanted to see the whales and dolphins, she had always loved those creatures and she even said that she wanted to be a Marine Biologist when she grew up. It was impressive that she even knew what she wanted to be. But as any father would, I wanted to support her in her dreams and help her achieve them.

I booked the tickets for the tour a couple of weeks in advance and I remember Destiny’s reaction when I told her. I don’t think that I had ever seen her so happy, she hugged me tightly and it made me sad that I didn’t get to see her often on a weekday. But I was just glad for the time that we spent together.

It was quite early in the morning when we made our way to the dock and got onto the boat in good time. It was larger than I expected but it was better than being too small I guess. We did have to wait a little bit of time before the tour began but eventually we heard the engines start up and slowly but surely the boat began to sail out toward the sea.

For the first half an hour everything seemed great, we saw a few whales in the water and Destiny seemed to be enjoying herself. I would point out the whales for her to see, we hadn’t seen any dolphins yet but we were sure that some would appear eventually. We were having a great time and it seemed like nothing would ruin it.
That was until we suddenly heard the engines switch off and all the power on the boat was suddenly switched off. We were floating in the water for around ten minutes until one of the members of the crew came onto the deck and informed everyone that the engines had malfunctioned and that we were stranded for the time being. Unfortunately, with the power being out it was impossible to contact the coast guard and we were too far out for phone reception. We could still see land but it looked as though we were going to be stranded for the next several hours at least.

Destiny became upset about this and I did everything a father could do to keep her calm. We could still take photos and videos of the whales but other than that there wasn’t anything more that we could do. That was until we noticed something, something big emerging from the water right next to the boat.

At first, I thought it was some kind of whale but something seemed to be wrong, it was too big for a whale. It rose from the water on the port side of the ship and almost immediately it began to draw the attention of everyone on board. Destiny and I could only watch as the object continued to rise further above the water line. It was then that I noticed something about the object, it had a human like figure to it but it was much too large to be a human, or so I thought.

Eventually the figure stopped rising and there was water falling off of it like a series of small waterfalls. This was when I and everyone else was able to take a good look at the figure, immediately I noticed that she was a young woman. She had shoulder length brown hair and freckles on her face. The clothing that she was wearing was red and black and it covered the entirety of her upper body. But the most striking thing that I saw was that she was absolutely enormous.

Even though the only part of her body that was above the water line was from the waist up she still towered above the boat. It was not a stretch to say that she was almost as tall as a skyscraper and she looked down at us. Her hands were up a fair amount and I couldn’t help but feel afraid. She was truly a Gargantua and I feared that she was here to make a bad situation even worse.

But there was something about her that I couldn’t help but feel was familiar. Not in the way that it was someone that I met before. But more in the lines of that I’d seen a picture of her somewhere in the media or online. For the moment I couldn’t put my finger on exactly where, but it was obvious that she was some kind of super powered being.

“Daddy, it’s Wasp,” said Destiny. This was when it clicked to me exactly who this giant girl was. She was Wasp or at least the latest person to call herself Wasp. I didn’t really follow which hero was who but I knew that she had been a member of the Avengers not too long ago. I’d seen some recent photos of them but she hadn’t been there. I knew that she had the ability to shrink herself in size as many of the photos showed her being tiny. But this was the first time that I’d ever seen or heard her increasing her size.

“Everyone stay calm,” said Wasp. Her voice was almost deafening to us and she seemed to notice. “I’m friendly.” This time her voice was quieter and much easier for us to hear. I also noticed that many of the passengers were looked up to her in amazement and many of them were beginning to take pictures. “I’m going to move toward the bow of the ship and then push you back to shore, please remain calm and I will try and make the ride as smooth as I possibly can.”

We watched as the giant girl did what she said and began to move toward the bow of the ship. For a moment I was confused with why she had told us this rather than just doing it straight away. But then I realised that it was because if she made sudden movements at her current size it would probably panic a lot of people. By telling us what she was going to do it meant that we knew what to expect and so the chances of causing a panic were greatly reduced.

It only took a few moments for Wasp to position herself at the bow of the boat. We felt it rock slightly as her gigantic hands were placed on the side of the hull. Then for the first time since the engines had died the boat began to move back towards the dock from where it had come from. A lot of people were taking pictures of her and she didn’t seem to notice them. Even though she could easily make them stop if she so chose to.

For the next few minutes things seemed to be going well. But Destiny was pulling at my hand as she wanted to take a closer look at Wasp. I didn’t think it was the best choice but eventually she was able to wiggle her hand out of my grip and she ran toward the bow. I of course chased after her but I couldn’t stop her from reaching her goal. Looming right above us was Wasp who was still pushing the boat, I wanted to berate Destiny for what she had done but I was too awestruck to say a word. In all my years on this Earth I had never felt so small.

“Hey there Wasp!” shouted Destiny. She had made sure that her voice was loud enough to reach up to the ears of the gigantic superheroine. For a moment I thought that Wasp might ignore her but soon I saw her eyes look down and focus on my little girl. I was too scared to do anything straight away and I could only watch.

“Oh, hello there,” replied Wasp. Her voice seemed to be quite soft and Destiny showed no fear toward her at all. I didn’t know whether she was brave or simply didn’t know any better. “I didn’t see you there for a moment.”

“You’re the new Wasp, aren’t you?”

“Yes, although you when I’m like this you can call me Giant-Girl if you want.” She seemed to smile down at her and this seemed to help me feel more at ease. My daughter was talking to a superheroine and it was simply making her happy. “Or you can just call me Nadia if you want.”

“My name’s Destiny and you’re my new favourite superhero.” Destiny smiled up at Wasp as well and it almost seemed funny that they were having this conversation
despite their extreme differences in size. I still stood there and simply watched, it was too breath taking for me to get in-between.

“Who was your favourite before me then?”

“Nova but he isn’t as cool as you.”

“I won’t tell him that if you won’t.” This caused them both to giggle but for Wasp I could feel each giggle that she made. Everything that she did was magnified more than I thought was possible. I watched as Destiny pointed her finger toward me. This caused my heart to skip a beat.

“My Daddy is here and we were seeing whales and dolphins for my birthday.” I watched as Wasp’s gaze focused on me for a moment. I could only nervously say hi to her and give her a wave. This caused her to chuckle again before she looked at Destiny once more.

“And how old are you now?”

“I’m eight years old.”

“Eight, are you? Hmm seems that you’re becoming a big girl now.” We saw her take one of her hands off the hull of the shift and then stretch a finger out. She lowered it toward Destiny and at first, I thought that she was going to pick her up. Instead she raised her gigantic index finger slightly above her. “High five for the birthday girl.” Destiny quickly jumped up and slapped the fingertip, this made her very happy and it seemed like Wasp felt it too as I watched her raise her hand again and then place it back onto the hull. “When this is all over why don’t we have a picture together, just us girls? Would you like that?”

“That would be the most brilliant and fantastic thing in the world.” Destiny jumped up and down with excitement and I was glad to see that despite everything that was happening she was happy.

“Great, but of course we can’t do it when I’, at this size, you wouldn’t be able to fit me in the frame.” This made Destiny laugh but this suddenly stopped when Wasp made a loud grunt, it almost sounded like she was struggling and this made Destiny worried. I too was worried as this giantess was currently our best chance of getting back to the dock. She closed her eyes a little as she seemed to be struggling but she still looked down at us. “Don’t worry, it’s just that I’ve never been this big before. Seems like I still need some practice.”

Thankfully we were already close to the dock when we realised that Wasp was struggling. It was only a couple of minutes after that when she positioned us in the correct dock. There was already a crowd of people there watching what was happening and Wasp did give them a wave. But it was obvious to us that she was struggling with her size. But with the job now done it seemed that she disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared.

It took us a moment to realise that Wasp had merely shrunk herself and we saw her climbing out of the water and onto dry land. Destiny ran toward her but as I saw Wasp getting up to her feet she seemed to be catching her breath. There was no doubt that growing to that size and then pushing such a large boat had taken a toll on her. It looked as though she had just run a marathon but even with this she still smiled when she saw Destiny. I was surprised to see that Wasp still recognised my daughter since it must have been hard for her to see the finer details at such a large size.

Even though Wasp had performed a great feat she was still willing to take a photo with my daughter. I quickly got my camera out and I watched as Wasp got down to one knee so that she was more on level with Destiny. I took a couple of pictures before she finally stood up again. She placed her hand on a nearby crate in order to balance herself.

I had a few moments to say thank you to Wasp before she noticed the other people beginning to make their way towards us. She told us that she had to fly and we watched as she suddenly shrank in size and insect wings appeared on her back. She was less than an inch tall and we saw her fly away. It was amazing in my mind that someone could be so huge and then suddenly become so tiny.

Destiny and I stood on the dock as Wasp flew away. We didn’t know where she was going but she had made my daughter’s birthday treat truly something to remember. We wondered if we would see her in person again but there was one thing that we knew. The biggest thing about Wasp was not her size but instead her heart, that was something that truly made a hero.