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Back to the Darkness: BTTD Chapter 4: Commander

by Silvermist599

Silvermist599 Kara and Mikey spend another hour at Noah's old camp before discovering something about their colorless doubles.
“So how do we find a cure to their condition?” Mikey asked as he used a piece of metal to spark a fire in the firepit. “I mean, there won’t just be a cure sitting there like what happened with the metal dissolver. Colstrom didn’t want them to be cured…”

“I don’t know,” I said, still trying to wake our doubles up. They were still waiting, sitting up, and staring. It’d been like that for the last half hour as Mikey and I had set up the camp and nothing had changed. They still just sat there, like they were waiting for a command. Wait…

“Mikey, you’re good with impressions, right?” I asked suddenly and he seemed caught off guard to the point where he almost dropped his wedge of metal into the fire he’d started.

“Uhhhhh, yeah?” He asked as he caught his balance. “Why?” He looked at me confused.

“Do you think you can do a Colstrom voice?” I asked, an idea striking me.

“Of course,” He said, mischief written across his face as he raised an eyebrow. “You know I excel at making trouble.” He said.

“Then try giving one or both of them a command. Like to stand up or something. Colstrom may have somehow wired them to respond to his voice.”

“Kara, you’re a genius!” He said before clearing his throat. “Kara Dorothy Andrews and Michael Cole Jones, stand at attention.” He said, his normally high voice suddenly shifted to being deep and gravely. His standing posture straight and formal to put him into his character.

For a moment, it seemed nothing would happen, but before long, our doubles jumped to their feet, standing in a salute. “At your service sir.” They said in unison.

“It worked!” Mikey exclaimed excitedly, his voice high pitched again and his red eyes shining with pride.

“Try something else!” I said confidently. “Oh! I got it!” I continued, another realization hitting me. “Try telling them to wake up or like to release from duty or something.”

Mikey nodded before straightening his back and going back into his impersonation of Mr. Colstrom. “Michael Cole Jones, Kara Dorothy Andrews, deactivate at rest.” He commanded and the very moment the command left his mouth, the green receded from their eyes and rolled back into their head as they collapsed to the ground. I ran over to them concerned as they both began to stir.

“Uh, what happened,” Colorless Mikey asked as he sat up, both he and colorless Kara looking forward and seeing us, their eyes widening in confusion, but Colorless Kara seemed to figure it out first.

“You’re us!” She exclaimed. “You’re the us from the other world!”
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