"It's always fun to tease him" Jacob said
"Yeah" Mitchell agreed
Upstairs...
"Why're you so mad?" Duke asked
"I hate the name" Mikey replied
"I think it's good"
"You wouldn't understand"
"Actually I understand, my name's Lucien"
"I thought your name was Duke?"
"It is, my other name is Lucien"
"... Why do we seem more alike the more I talk to you?"
"I don't know. We have more similarities than you can imagine"
"Really, like what?"
"Hehe, we look exactly desame"
"... What?"
"Yeah, I managed to get a glimpse of your reflection right before you fell down the cliff three years ago, and we look exactly desame. You're my doppelganger"
"How are you so sure I'm your doppelganger what if you're mine?"
"Oh it doesn't work like that, I'm older"
"How old are you exactly?"
"Ha, old"
"Wait, you said three years ago, how long have you been inside me?"
"Oh I've been here since you were like six, when you went missing"
"I never went missing"
"You did, I have perfect memory, you went missing"
"... Excuse me for a moment" Mikey said and went back down stairs
"You're still up?" Jacob asked
"Yeah... Hmm"
"What's wrong?"
"Well, I and the bastard in my head were just having a conversation and it took an interesting turn, so I'm just here to confirm"
"Okay, go ahead"
"Dad, Father dearest, I would need you to answer this question honestly"
"You're making me nervous, what is it?"
"Have I ever gone missing before?"
"Where is this coming from?"
"Just answer the question"
"Well three years ago-"
"No not that? Possibly between the ages of six to seven?"
"... Oh I'm so tired, I'm going to bed"
"Dad? Dad answer me, did I really go missing? Dad?"
"Good night" Jacob said and immediately left
"What? Mitchell?"
"Oh it's pretty late already, good night kids"
"What the- Fine, I'll just keep asking until someone answers me!"
"Good night Michael!"
"Cal' do you know anything?"
"Nope, but I do remember you going on vacation with your mom around that time"
"A vacation to where?"
"I don't know, but you spent months there"
"Cal' shut up!" Mitchell's voice was heard from her room
"What did I say? Everyone already knew that"
"I didn't, I don't remember anything about a vacation"
"Goodnight Cal'! Goodnight Michael!"
"But we're not done-"
"Goodnight!"
"Fine!"
.....
The Next Day...
After school,
"I'm leaving now!"
"Alright, come back the moment you're done"
"Okay, bye"
"Bye~"
A few minutes after Lizzie left, Mikey also prepared to leave
"I'll be going out for a bit"
"Don't tell me you're going to follow her" Mitchell suddenly said
"What am I? A stalker? Of course I'm not following her"
"Just asking"
"You're unbelievable"
"Hehe, be careful out there"
"I will" He said closing the door behind him
"Oh my, my breaks almost over, stay safe kids, bye"
"Bye mom, see you tonight"
"Bye"
...
A few hours later...
"Hi"
"Oh hey Mikey"
"Where's Lizzie?"
"She's not back yet, I thought you'll come back with her"
"I'll try calling her" Sally said
"... It keeps going to voicemail"
"I'll go find-"
Ring ring ring~
"Hey Dad"
"Who was Lizzie going to meet?"
"Isaac"
"Isaac Porterman?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Isaac Porterman was found 30 minutes ago, dead"
"What about Lizzie? Where is she?"
"What is he saying?" Gwen asked
"She's nowhere to be found, I called to ask if she was home"
"She's not"
"I'll send out a search party, you also try to find her"
"Okay"
"What is it? What did he say?" Gwen was getting impatient
"Lizzie's missing and Isaac's dead"
"What!?"
"We're going to find her, come on"
.....
A few hours ago...
"Lizzie over here" Isaac said
"Hi" she said
"Hi, we should probably start before it gets dark"
"Yeah, I have to get home early"
"Okay"
"We're to make a documentation of-"
"... Isaac? What's wrong?"
"Hey Lizzie, what is that?"
"What?"
"Look, they're not asleep"
"That's not possible" She said turning around to see the entire library asleep
"What the hell? What's going on?"
"Isaac? Oh my god!" She yelled, hurriedly getting up and distancing herself from the table.
On the table was Isaac with his throat slit and blood streaming down forming a pool of blood beneath his head.
"Isaac!"
"Ru..n..Li..z..zie..ru.n" He managed to squeeze out before he died
"Hi Lizzie~"
"Who are you!?"
"You don't need to know that?"
A fast moving shadow flashed by and held her by the throat pinning her to the wall.
"Ahh, let me go!" Lizzie yelled and burnt the hand holding her
"Ahh- how dare you!?"
She didn't waste anytime and ran out heading to god knows where
"You can run but you can't hide from me, Lizzie! I'll find you!" The attacker yelled
Lizzie ran towards the woods trying to lose her pursuer in it, but...
"Where do you think you're going?" Her hair was suddenly from behind bringing her to a stop.
She was dragged deep into the woods and laid on a big tree stump and stabbed
"Ahhhh ha ha"
"That was for burning me and this..."
Stab
"Is for the sacrifice."
"Ahh"
"Die, die die die die!!" The attacker kept screaming while stabbing her
Ring ring~
"Oh, you still have that? Poor girl"
"St..o..p..th..is..pl..e..ase"
"You can still speak? You're quite strong"
Ring ring~
"I should answer that... Hello?"
....
Back to the present...
"Call her again" Mikey said as they walked out of the house
"Hello?"
"Lizzie where are you!?"
"Put it on speaker"
"What?" They heard a confused voice from across the phone
"What do you mean, what?"
"Why are you asking?" She said
"What do you mean-"
"Who are you?" Mikey suddenly asked
"Quite sharp, aren't you?"
"Where's Lizzie?"
"Oh, I'm sorry but Lizzie can't come to the phone right now"
"Why?"
"Why? Well, she's dead... I'm sorry"
"What do you mean she's dead?"
"I mean she's dead, I killed her duh"
"I can still hear her heartbeat"
"Oh, in that case I'll just let her bleed out and die here. She's quite strong to still be alive despite all I did to her... I stabbed her seven times and she's still alive, don't worry poor girl, I'll put you out of your misery"
"Don't you dare"
"What difference does it make? She's still gonna end up dead before you get here, so why don't I just end her suffering?"
"Don't do it"
"... Fine, I'll give you thirty minutes to get here and save her or I'll kill her, that's only if she lasts that long though"
"Where are you?"
"This is Michael, right?"
"Yes"
"Then ask your dad, just ask him about the stump in the middle of the woods, bye~"
"Wait-"
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