Chapter 8:

Dubstep Deathmatch Part 4

Schrodinger's Cat


"ELIS!"

"WHAT?"

We both stare at each other for a few seconds and then I relax.

"Oh... You're ok."

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"I'm... not sure."

She looks at me with a seriously worried face.

"Are you sure everything-"

I interrupt her with an aggravated

"Yes! Everything is ok! I am ok! You are ok! We are ok, ok?"

"...Ok"

I walk back into my room and sleep.

My eyes open, it's 2 years in the past with the black-haired girl. It looked like we were on the beach. She has that smirk that's ready to do silly things. She's all the way at the church which was at the end of the beach.

"Come on Pierre!"

I pause and run over to her

"This is so tiring, can't we read some books or something?"

She giggles

"Nope! Now let's go back!"

"Again?"

I try chasing after her, but she keeps getting further and further.

Next morning I'm woken up and yanked out of my bed with my mouth being covered. I don't know who it is, so I bite them. They scream quietly.

"Ouch! What the hell?"

It was Forres

"Why are you here?"

His face is straight.

"I'm here to tell you something. It's serious and Elis can't hear."

"What's wrong?"

"We've been followed, by someone who looks exactly and sounds exactly like Elis."

"Well, I'll see you later on today, it's too early in the morning to be dealing with-"

I realize an awful thought. One that could've made sense all those times. One that I tried to deny that was eating away at my fears.

"I think she's back."

Forres realizes who I'm talking about and lets his brain fill in the missing pieces and his eyes widen.0

"That bitch... What the hell does she want?"

"She's probably here to fuck with me again."

Forres gets frustrated and sits down trying to figure out why she's back

"It's... just so out of nowhere! Here I am thinking that this would be a fun trip and now I have to deal with her!"

"We need to be careful and warn the other two."

I went to go open the door to Eli's part of the room, but then I realized if I told them about there being a copy of Elis running around, I probably get more weird looks than I already have gotten

"No. They'll think we're crazy!"

"Shut up. And come on we have to do it!"

He grabs me and yanks open the door to her room and pushes me in there she's still asleep in her pajamas.

Forres yells out.

"Elis! Your pal over here has something to tell you!"

He pushes me up and she gets up from her sleep I wasn't planning on doing this, so I really don't know what to say

"Oh... Uh well you see... There's a person who looks exactly like you but they're really bad and make sure to not listen to anything they say or follow them!"

Forres sighs

"Where the hell was all that confidence you had just a second ago...?"

"I wasn't fucking prepared alright!?

She looks at me and looks at Forres and then falls back to sleep and then Forres perks up

"Nice! Now we told her let's go tell her sister!"

I look at him with a confused face

"She was barely awake..."

He has a grin on his face

"I'm sure she heard us juuuust fine"

As joking as he spoke, I could feel the frustration and anger oozing from him as if it were some types of black tar but if it were covered up with a bath of candy. We started to walk over to Milda's room and when we got there, she was wide awake trying to practice her FFM she doesn't seem to be doing very well. She realizes that we're watching and pauses the game to greet us.

"Ah Forres and Pierre! Just in time I need your help-"

Forres cuts her off

"No time for greeting we have more important things!"

"Huh?! What can be more important that you can't help me!"

Forres explains the situation

"Oh... So, there's not two of Elis... What a shame. I mean I don't have a second rival. That's not fun!"

I sigh

"Now's not the time for that just make sure you're on the lookout for fake Elis."

"Yea, Yea whatever can you guys help me now?"

Forres and I are already on our way out

"Sorry, got to go make sure no one gets hurt!"

"You useless assistants!"

Forres smirks as we run down the hall.

"You know what we need to get before we go investigating right?"

"Hell, yea I do!"

We say together

"Let's go grab some Sherlock Holmes’s gear!"

Just for a second in that moment as we made our way downstairs and into the lobby Forres truly reminded me of the first time I met him. I was in ruins after all the situation even 5 months late at night and I was sitting in the park. No one was around. Reliving the events again and again staring at the ground. Then he came up to me.

"Hey you."

I looked up

"Don't you fucking just look up at me! Stand up you are fucking killer!"

At the time I thought he was right. I thought I was the one who killed his brother. I was the one who caused it all.

"You really thought you can just get away from all of this just because your dad took the fucking blame?"

I averted my eyes because he reminded me too much of his brother

"No... It's just-"

"There's no excuses! If you can't come up with a god damn punishment for your failures, then I am fucking will!"

He grabbed me and after moments of pause he punched me. It hurt but it was nothing other than a bug sting. And yet I feel to the ground, and he kicked me in the gut knocking the wind out of me. I sat there thinking how I disserved all of this. As I felt his kicks get harder and harder, I smiled. Finally feeling like I finally got what I deserved. He looked at me annoyed and yelled.

"You bastard! Are you enjoying this?"

"It hurts like hell. But I know I'm finally getting what I wanted, what I always had coming for me. I bet he's happy with me, looking at me suffer."

Forres sits there for a moment. He looks like he's really pissed off, but then looks like he's feeling guilty.

"Get your ass up."

"Huh-"

"I said get up! I can't beat someone who's a fucking mess. I can't beat someone who's like me."

I pause for a moment and then I stand up like he holds out his hand. And has a smile that could crack at any minute.

"I'm Forres. The guy who's gonna beat your ass after you aren't a pitiable mess like me!"

I slowly go to shake his hand he has a tight grip as if all his anger went into his hand.

"I'm not gonna lie here I really thought that would make me feel better but now I feel worse."

I pat him on his back as everything went quiet. After that, him and I got closer, and I showed him the games I own and after that all he's ever done is play games. He's seemed to enjoy fighting games the most and kicking my ass in them too... I'm glad to see a smile on his face not only because it reminds me of the past, but because it reminds me of how far we've come.

That's the moment I decided to end this once and for all. To not back down and let me be dragged like a stone. We get our detective gear and some weapons at the local shops then realized one thing.

"How the hell are we supposed to lure her out? Or even find out where she can be hiding?"

"We use you of course! If she sees you then she'll come right over!"

I give him a confused look

"Sweet, then I'll just run out the city and scream her name out- like hell I am!"

He raises his voice

"Hell no! We're not letting her get away this time not even if she kidnaps you!"

I shush him

"Quiet down someone might hear you."

He looks around and I do too and realize that no one is around he says.

"Shit. We're too late."

I yell at him

"What the hell are you doing?! Get out of here before she gets you to!"

A voice comes out of nowhere

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRR! Wait... I don't think that's right HIKE HIKE! There we go!"

I hear a sound of a bit knocking out Forres and before I could look at who did it, I start to become woozy

"This wasn't part of the plan..."