Part 13
“Ok, here comes the pain, “ proclaimed my twin. In his hand he brandished the ultimate
weapon. My brother was right. There could be nothing worse.
Holding a book above his head, he said, “I shall now read
select passages from Twilight until you come out of the circle.”
My brother yelled out, “I freaking told you so!”
“Everybody shut up!”, I said. “No one is reading anything.”
“I’m ready to come out.”
My twin looked at me with satisfaction. “I’m glad you've finally seen reason. Come to me.”
“Just, give me a minute, OK?”
Granting my request, he stepped back while I turned to my
friend and brother.
“Well, Sancho, if this doesn't work out, I want you to know
you've been a good friend. Make sure you
hide the porn on my computer.”
“No problem, bro.
Good luck.” He dropped his head
and turned away. I’m gonna assume he
cried.
“Buster,” I called to my brother. “We always knew it would end up this way.”
“Going out fighting some sort of trans dimensional
doppelganger?”, he replied. “Yeah, I
figured. I’m not worried though. I’m pretty sure you got this.”
Pleasantly surprised by my brothers confidence in me, I took
a deep breath and exited the circle.
“All right, you really want to join with me? Lets just see who comes out on top!” I stepped toward him with my arms out, ready
to do…whatever. I really had no idea how
this would turn out. All I knew was that
whatever this joining was, I had to dominate.
“Wait!” my nemesis cried.
“Jesus! What now?” I said.
“You seem oddly confident.
More so than before”, he said, eyeing me cautiously.
“So what,” I responded.
“Aren't you supposed to be the superior part of me? What are you worried about?”
“Oh, I am. Don’t
worry about that,” he replied. “But I
don’t think I want to take any chances.”
Now it was my turn to be suspicious. “What are you saying?”
“Oh, I’m just thinking I don’t really need you at all.” And with that he lunged for me with a speed
that I would not have thought possible considering his size. Bringing my face close to his, he whispered, “I
think I can live without you.”
Swinging me around, he tossed me like a rag doll directly
toward my grandmothers mirror, still leaning against the tree. Tripping on an exposed root, I crashed
directly into it.
But crashed is the wrong
word. It felt more like being sucked in,
a mini black hole, the laws of physics being suspended unwillingly. I wish I could have seen it from the
perspective of my friends. As it was, it
was as if I was falling forever. And
then nothing.
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