Anna stood in her lab, staring at the email that had just arrived. Her funding was being cut, and the entire SHRINKED project was scheduled to shut down within days. All her research, her groundbreaking work, would be shelved, maybe even destroyed. But instead of panicking, Anna’s mind went into overdrive. She knew what she had to do. If she couldn’t complete her work through conventional means, she would have to accelerate her most daring experiment—the human shrinking process. For months, she had been toying with the idea that shrinking humans could solve numerous problems: resource shortages, overpopulation, and environmental impacts. The theory was sound, but the risks were astronomical. She had only conducted tests on non-human subjects, with mixed results. But now, with her back against the wall, Anna had no choice but to push forward. "I’ll start tonight," she whispered to herself, her eyes gleaming with determination. She walked over to a locked cabinet and retrieved the prototype for her shrinking serum, the next evolution of her SHRINKED Spray. If she could crack this, her legacy would be secured.