Double This, Double That

Ch 4: Darn it, Seto

I SHALL RELIEVE YOU FROM THE HORRIBLE CLIFFHANGER-ITIS FROM THE LAST CHAPTER! Wait. Wouldn't I have the cliffhanger-itis for actually writing the cliffhanger? Hmm... Gee, Hannah, maybe you should think these author's notes through a little more...

Chapter Four: Darn It, Seto

Time: after Ty and the rest of Team Crafted locked Sky in his own house and left to fight squids

Sky's POV

I shout angrily at Ty as he locks the door, but he ignores me. Huffing in frustration, I use my feet to push my spinney chair toward the window. I get there, but I can't do anything else. Seto's magic is too strong. Despite this, I spend close to an hour trying to break free.

Darn it. They've probably made it to the squid base by now. Curse you, Seto.

I hear the door unlocking. What, they're back already? They work fast. I spin my chair around so I can face...

TY?

AND MYSELF?

NO! Not possible! Evil-Sky is in another dimension with Skylar, and Evil-Ty is dead, so... So Evil-Sky must have somehow escaped. And... And now Ty is working with him? Maybe he's been blackmailed. Or maybe he's being mind-controlled. Or maybe he's still working on our team, he's just fooling Evil-Me. Maybe. Hopefully.

I slam the chair against the wall and struggle more against Seto's magic. I can't fight Evil-Me if I'm tied to a chair. Starting to panic, I pull and push against the strands of magic that bind me to my chair. Oh, but Seto's magic is too strong! Hmm. OK, got it, I'll just struggle a lot to tire Seto out until the bonds are weak enough for me to break free. Until then I can buy myself time by scooting across the room. I have no idea how this will affect Seto, but I need to have my hands free if I want to even have a chance against my evil self.

"Oh, calm down, Sky," Evil-Me says as Ty locks the door again and they walk over to me.

If I get out of this, I'm going to seriously injure Seto. And, probably everyone else in Team Crafted.

"What the Nether do you want?" I ask with a venomous tone.

"I want to see your reaction when my friend tells you about the little stunt he pulled," Evil-Sky replies calmly. "Oh, and we also want to kill you. But, we'll do the reaction thing first."

I glare at him, then switch my glare to Ty, who I'm hoping has a real good reason for betraying me. "I'm sure nothing you say will surprise me that much," I argue. "I've been through a lot." I try to push against Seto's magic without alerting Ty or Evil-Me. I push with all my might, but it doesn't loosen in the slightest.

Ty grins cruelly, and I struggle even more. "Oh? But what if I told you that you killed the wrong Ty? What if I told you that I put him under a spell that made him beat you and act like me? What if I told you that right before he died, when he called you an unwanted idiot, he was saying what I wanted him to instead of telling you he forgave you like he wanted to? Hmm? What if?"

I gape at Evil-Ty with wide eyes. My throat feels tight and dry and I have a pounding headache. I shake my head slowly, silently denying his words. All thoughts of escape have escaped my mind. I... I killed the real Ty? And I didn't even realize it! All this time I've been living with the fake Ty... How... No...

This can't be happening...

Evil-Ty just laughs. "You can't deny it, you know it's true. Sky," he says, referring to the evil me,"transferred the smallest bit of his magic to me, and I was able to control his actions during his last moments. I tricked you into thinking he was me, and you killed him. You killed him."

I squeeze my eyes shut. "You're lying!" I shout.

"Then how do you explain my being here right now? Even if you don't believe me, what's your explanation for 'the real Ty' being on your enemy's team? Huh? All logic points to what I've told you. You're lying to yourself by trying to convince yourself that I'm lying. What's the point in that?"

I take a deep breath to try to prevent myself from hyperventilating. In, out. In, out. It's OK, Sky, I'm sure you'll be able to live with the guilt of killing your best friend. You'll be fine.

Oh, Notch.

I ram my chair into the wall again, struggling furiously, tugging with all my strength at the magic that Seto cast around me. Evil-Sky hands a stack of blue eggs to Evil-Ty and takes out a stack of white and gray eggs.

You're kidding me.

They're the ones who took the book, aren't they? And, thinking that Evil-Ty was Ty, I went and told him all about the book's contents. I might as well have handed him a packet titled "How to Permanently End My Life."

This is great.

Evil-Sky spawns several skeletons, and Evil-Ty spawns a bunch of squids. Actually, he spawns exactly twenty-nine squids. Then they both take out enchanted diamond swords, and if I had to guess, I 'd say they have the same enchantments that I'm supposed to avoid.

The skeletons all load their bows and aim them at me. I push my feet against the ground, propelling my chair out of the line of fire. Squids lunge at me from all directions, and I push against the floor again. My chair spins across the room and I push against Seto's magic. YES! It's starting to give! Seto must be getting tired! The skeletons pull back the strings of their bows, ready to fire. I start to push myself away again, but I've only slid a few feet when I suddenly see purple strands of light wrapping around me. I let out a screech as a large shock runs through my body continuously for about ten seconds.

When it finally stops, I sit there on my chair, panting. There's no way I can escape now. I'm not even strong enough to push my chair out of the line of fire. "I am s-so going to k-k-kill S-Seto," I get out between quick breaths. Wait. Did the rest of my friends know that Ty was Evil-Ty? Did... Did they know the entire time? What if they were just waiting for the perfect opportunity to get rid of me? What if they completely hate me and when they found out I had killed the wrong Ty, they hated me even more, so they joined forces with Evil-Ty and Evil-Sky to plan out my death?

Evil-Sky and Evil-Ty laugh at me as they step closer, pushing the mobs back. "You're going to die, Sky," Evil-Ty says. "And for that, you can thank your precious friends." I roll my eyes, trying to act like I'm not believing every single word that comes out of his mouth. "It makes you wonder, are they really your friends?"

I grit my teeth. C'mon, Sky, maybe they had no idea that this Ty was the evil one. Maybe they'll be just a surprised as you when they find out. It's not likely that they would still like me after finding out I killed one of their friends, anyways, but still... Maybe... "I'm not falling for that again," I scoff, trying to look awesome and not scared out of my mind.

"Just think about it," he replies. Then Evil-Me steps forward and slices the magical bonds holding me to the chair while Ty hits me on the head with the hilt of his sword, knocking me out.

xXx

I really like this chapter. But, maybe that's just me, I dunno.