Everyone enters, wine glasses in hands and laughing throughout the building, people playing baccarat as people watch in silence. You're sat at the table, too, you're playing poker. You peer at your two cards and shuffle your inhaler towards you and you continue on with the game. You peer up, staring at someone, the person looks at you, "Mr. Bond?" The person monitoring the game says to him, he turns and continues.
Towards the end, you manage to gain all the money, you look up again, everyone whispering and glaring at you, the game isn't finished yet, though, you're expression goes from a smirk to a straight face, you look up at the person in front of you, at the same time, they look up at you, you gaze at each other, you feel confused as you notice they look very similar to you, same scar, same outfit, same everything, you both look back down and continue.
"Mr. Bond wins." The person monitoring it says, you glare at Bond, you trace your finger on the inner corner of your eye and look at your hand, there's blood on your hand, you get up and rush off, pushing past everybody as they watch you.
You're sat on your chair in front of your mirror, you shove your head in your hands and run your hands through your hair as you look back up at yourself in the mirror, you smash the table with your hands as you stand up, you look down and open the drawer, you grab a gun out and shoot it at the wall, it has bullets in it already, you pull down gently on the trigger and look at it, you aim it against your head, you jump as someone smashes your door open, they look at you and you look at them, you lower your gun down and place it down on the table, they frown, and then look at you up and down, "you're the same as me." They murmur, you look at them up and down, "yes, it seems it." You say, turning and looking at yourself in the mirror, you rub the traces of blood away from your eyes as you lean against the table, they walk up to you and stand next to you, "what were you doing?" They ask, "am I in trouble?" You smirk, "no." They say, placing their hand on top of yours, you pick up the gun again and do the same thing, he sits down behind you and as you shoot it, he grabs you and you topple onto him, he catches you and you look at each other in the eyes, "trust me on this," You say, "if they come to get me an ambulance, go along with it, run outside and watch me, I have a plan." You smirk, "n- okay." He says, "to water the time, what's your name exactly?" You ask, "Le chiffre." He says, he looks up as loads of guests in the hotel and paramedics run it.
You're in a hospital bed being rolled outside into the hospital van, all guests and people are all standing outside on the grass in the dark.
"She looked a lot like him." Bond says, looking towards Le Chiffre, "I agree.." His friend says.
In the van, you grab your gun out of the pocket and shoot all the paramedics, you shoot the window by the steering wheel and it all smashes, pieces of glass scaring past your face and cutting you, you sit on the driver's seat and spin the van around, you speed towards Bond as he shoots your car, you smash into him as you chuckle, you jump out the car as it rushes towards loads of guests, you run towards Le Chiffre, as you grab his hand and you both run off into the distance, Bond lying on the floor, people trying shooting at you both as you run off.
You both stop and take a breath, you're leaning up against a wall, he takes his thumb and wipes the blood off of your face, you look at him in the eyes, you both turn around as someone comes from around the corner with a gun in their hands, you and Le Chiffre both run as they chase you, you grab your gun and shoot at them, running away.
You and Le Chiffre are both hiding in his hotel room.
"Many smart people suspect that I bluff in poker." He says, "I do it too." You say, "that's how I nearly won at first." You say, "but Bond will always overtake us, I don't know why, but he does." You say, you sigh, "do you think they'll find us?" You ask, "I threatened Bond, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want to come anywhere near us." He says, you chuckle, "well done, I'm impressed." You say, he laughs and shakes his head, you look at each other, he sticks his hand out, you shake it, "well done today, we'll get Bond next time." He says, "what if I killed him?" You ask, "nothing ever kills that man." He sighs, you peer out the window, Bond is up and alive, storming into the hotel, "he was pointing out how we looked similar, I was near him, I could sense he wanted to kill me." He says, "he knows we're both close one way on another, so when we're with each other, we'll both be targeted." He continues, "it's us 2 against 1, I'm sure we'll be alright." You say, "hopefully," you murmur.
It's night and you're both sat by the window, look outside, you look at him, "we should run away, they know we're here, in this hotel." You say, "and they know that we're either in my room or yours." You say, he nods.
An hour later, you're both running outside, you both chuckle as rain starts pouring down onto you both as you both run off together into the distance to find a new place to go.
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Identically Strange; Poker; Part 1
AzioneYou meet someone during a game of poker who's very like you and you meet someone who's very unlike you. You're talented at baccarat, but someone tests you to the limits. You have a plan, and attempt to carry it out with the person you're alike to. Y...