A Brief Future Of Time

Audio Log 10: The Doppelganger Theory Juxtaposition

"He took out the Boss! Cobra, get the men back to a proper stance!" Acid, a barbarian sub-ordinate belonging to the band of scavenging survivors who attacked and murdered an integral part of the defense team shouted.

"Chill out, Boss was too fat to fight anyway, now we can take care of these science hippie ourselves, and have some fun." Cobra replied, with a sinister smile exposing his dirty teeth.

" Play time is over, Cholera, you thought you could just waltz in here and kill our men? " Seb interjected,  partially taunting,  but serious nonetheless.

"It's COBRA, my code name is cobra, nerd!"

" Oh, you didn't. See, Sebastian doesn't like it when anyone calls him a nerd, and given the present situation, I don't think that was a great idea." Mike weighed in on the conversation.

"Oh yeah, Nerd? What are you going to do about it?" Cobra said, pulling out a jagged dagger and lunged towards a stationary Seb, and quite through him.

"What sorcery is this? Are you some kind of scrap metal or animal-brain? Oh, wait! I don't care!" He said, brandishing the dagger as he ran up to Seb once again, and again, and again, going straight through his intangible body, as the rest of the 17 bandits watched, dumbstruck.

"Let me tell you something, Cholera, I'm guessing you don't know who Einstein was, but he termed doing the same thing over and over while expecting different outcomes as insanity, but of course, you needn't be Einstein to figure that about you" He said, forcing his opponent back up against a corner, tasting the barrel of Seb's Plasma canon. "Do you know what humans used to do to snakes? They de-fang them, thus making them unable to eat in the process, and then leave it to starve, You're death, of course, won't be that...gentle, now what was that slang again? yeah, EAT THIS!" 

Surprised as the rest of the gang obviously was, Sebastian's sheer rage just shell-shocked them, and the squad gapingly witnessed another of their members being absolutely destroyed before he could land a blow on this seemingly spectral scientist.

" Uh..Okay, gang, retr.." 

"J.A.R.V.I.S, seal the exits, no one is getting out of here." Sebastian cut off Acid before anyone could comprehend his order.

"Yes, Sir."

"L..Look, I know what we did was wrong, Let us go, and we..we  won't even bother you!" He muttered, desperate, staring into the face of death.

"You say you know it was wrong? Yet, you went ahead with it? That is unforgivable, so Acid, meet Rubidium Hydroxide!" He said, effectively neutralising any improbable threat from the bandit who met the same fate as his Boss, and his partner.

"Okay, I stood by and watched long enough, now try me on for size, NERD!" A bigger and visibly bulkier barbarian challenged, trying to show off his enviable build and muscle.

"Funny, I was just going to say that!" Mike joked. "Seb, can you take him or do you need a hand?" 

"I see a universe of infinite energy, but no potential for threat from this enemy. Besides, previous experience with a Mech-Man of similar size proves that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. So, bring it on, Obesity, That IS your codename, right?or was it Chimpanzee?"

That was enough to provoke the barbarian, who broke into a surprising sprint towards Sebastian. 

"You guys never learn, do you?  You can't possibly hit me!" Seb proclaimed.

At this point, the barging bandit's eye twinkled. "That may be true, but who ever said I was aiming for you in the first place?" He said, reminding Seb Mike and Annie were right behind him, and worse, in the trajectory of the enemy who just passed through him.

" Smart, but not enough. The law of conservation of momentum is against you." Seb said, as Annie  pulled out a dagger of her own, aimed and threw it at the attacker's solar plexus, making him collapse.

"Now my turn, whose next?" Mike proclaimed. But much to his surprise, no one stepped up, no taunt, or challenge no nothing. Heck, the remnants didn't even look like trouble.

"All of you are captives? Man, I didn't get to be a part of the action! Darn!"

"Mike, that's not the point here." 

"Right, Annie"

"Okay everyone, if any of you still has a blood lust, bring it on. If not, you'll have to listen to Sebastian rant, Er..I mean speak, and trust me that is far more painful than actually facing him" Mike joked, tring to ease the tension at hand.

" Yeah, thanks for the introduction, Mike, I'll take it from here. Okay, now tell me truthfully, is there any of you here who was a part of this mindless mass-murder? No? I'm assuming you just stood by and watched, although most of you are capable of being a part of it. Which is still wrong, in my opinion. To quote a religious scripture, "There are no bystanders in a mahayudh" or the Armageddon. I consider you all  guilty, and as a punishment, you will all be..."

"Seb, Seb, Seb hold on, you can catch more flies with honey than you can catch with vinegar."

"Yeah, you can catch way more with dung, I don't see where you are going with this, Mike."

"Just, go on!" Mike sighed.

"As I was saying, you will all have to become a part of our army, where you will get a regular supply of food, and shelter, in return for your services. J.A.R.V.I.S will direct each of you to your place of stay after all of you have been identified. That will be all. Feel free to use any service, and all queries will be taken care of by J.A.R.V.I.S." He said, turning to leave.

"Hold on, J.A.R.V.I.S is of course your Artificial intelligence, but what do you mean we'll be given our holdings? I'll accept no room without appropriate and up to the mark sanitation, plus, I shall accept your terms on some conditions." A feminine voice stopped Seb in his tracks.

"State your case" He said, turning.

"Yeah, they are too long to be spoken, I'll give you a document, but you will promise me, all those involved in making my food will wear gloves at all times, and no one but me touches it. Moreover, I will need access to the washroom from 8 to 8:30 in the morning. Please plan your ablutions and bodily functions accordingly."

"If I may interject here," Mike said "How am I to PLAN my bodily functions?"

"I suggest no liquids after 11 P.M. Also, if anyone else uses my toothbrush, I'll jump out that window. That's all."

"Hey! Annie! You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Y..Yeah, She's exactly like him.."

"Are you familiar about the doppelganger effect?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Really?"

"Sebastian rubs off on me" She replied, sticking her tongue out.

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A/N: 10 Parts! Woo! Never thought this would be this long when I started :) Thanks everyone! And random fact: I was watching a really psychotic movie while writing this one, where a mass murderer kills a man's wife and most children, leaving just his one son handicapped. Later on, the son gets kidnapped and the father has to team up with a woman with a mental condition to get him back.

Finding Nemo can be really deep O.o