Free As A Bird

Chapter 14

"What do you ask of us?" The John lookalike asked Avarice.

"You three must find your originals and kill them! If they can even be killed. But anyways, go! Before they completely erase my influence!"

Nodding at their creator, the three spread their wings and set off to find the trio. "Now, while they're busy I can get on with corrupting this humid continent!"

Meanwhile once the sun arose once again, John, George and Stu awoke to find the people arguing and stealing yet again. "Avarice has arrived! But how come he didn't come to our room like he planned?" George wondered.

"He asked us to see you instead!" A voice came from behind, and lo and behold, Evil George punched him in the face. "Did you expect our master to be dumb enough to face you at his weakest?!"

"Umm... Yes?" John replied as he dodged blows from his dark counterpart. "Try this on for size evil and not nearly as hot as me me!"

Taking a deep breath, John spat out a fireball, but his imposter only countered with his own purple fireball. "Aw come on! Lemme try that ag-"

But before John could finish his sentence, Evil John spat another fireball at him, hitting him right in the crotch. "EEEEEEEEEEEEYOOOOOWWWW!!!!!!"

"Wow, I was aiming for his chest but apparently it hurts more there." Evil John chuckled, not aware of Stu freezing him over with his ice breath. "That takes care of him! Now for the other two!"

Glaring at his imposter, Stu transformed into a jaguar and lunged at him. But Evil Stu countered by transforming into an Ankylosaurus and whacking him away. "Grrr! I'll dive bomb you then!"

As soon as Stu became an eagle, Evil Stu transformed yet again, this time into a pterodactyl. "Avarice made sure that our powers were stronger than yours, you can't win!"

"So what if you can become dinosaurs? There's no way you have any otherworldly energy source to power up like we can!"

"What and become fat? That's so eight chapters ago!"

George on the other hand was trying to get out the window, but Evil George let out a loud roar to stun him. "You're not going anywhere near those humans! Our master will succeed and destroy this planet!"

"Not if I can help it! You're just a copy of me! Everyone knows the real guy always wins in the e-"

"Shaddap and let me kill you already!" Evil George roared, but George quickly covered his ears before the noise could stun him yet again. "You call that a yell? Watch this!"

Grabbing some extra veggie burgers he stored in his bag from New York, George gulped them all down and screamed right into Evil George's face. "Now outta my way so I can stop that sin!!"

Rushing outside, George made his way to Avarice but was tackled once again by his evil imposter. "You need to get through me first fatty!"

"You'll be envying my weight when you see how much stronger I am!"

Each taking a deep breath, George and Evil George both screeched as loud as they could, the passerbys instantly losing interest in whatever Avarice was telling them and running from the noise. "You fool! I nearly had them in my total control!"

But he was ignored as the two kept screaming until both completely ran out of energy and dropped to the floor. "I couldn't overpower him.. But a good thing he couldn't do the same to me either." George thought. "How could that be?"

"Ugh, retreat! I'll need to think of another plan!" Avarice ordered to his minions and the Evil Trio.

George wasn't alone when it came to having a draw in a fight. John and Stu were also struggling with their evil twins to gain the upper hand. But no matter what they did nothing seemed to overpower them. "Aw time to go already? But we were just about to beat them!" Evil John groaned.

"Don't whine to me like that and do as I say!!"

Grunting in response, they flew out the window and headed back to their lair.

"Well at least they're gone now. Where's George?"

Looking out the window, John and Stu saw their youngest friend limping back inside. "We were both matched in strength. Next time I should take in more energy. Got any of those juiced up snacks left?"

"Only a few veggie burgers. We should eat as much as we can in case those guys attack us again."

"I know the readers are probably sick of hearing about us being all fattened up but I know we need the energy more."

But the Beatle Trio weren't the only ones in need for an energy boost. "I was able to make an energy source similar to the energy the deceased use up in heaven. Eat them and you three should be able to overpower them with ease!" Avarice told the Evil Trio, handing them each a charcoal colored doughnut.

Once the doughnuts were digested, they felt a powerful surge of energy pass through them. "I feel like I can take on an entire army!" Evil George cackled.

"An army of sumo wrestlers?"

"Shut up Evil John! The weight's just a minor setback to our newfound strength. And since those guys though they could try to lure us to them with them weakening master's hold. We can lure them here to us!"

"Very good, the energy must have doubled your brain sizes as well. I shall set a trap and once they're out of the way, nothing can stop us!"