The YogLabs Incident

Part 2

The scientists examined the screens in front of them, covered in images from all over the compound. One screen showed that the two owners were over in the coffee room, having a lunch break, and another screen showed an empty hallway, with drones patrolling up and down them. All the screens had similar footage, until they got to one of the last few. It was blacked out. One of the scientists motioned to a group of others near a small laptop, who were watching YouTube videos. They paused the video and walked over to the wall of screens. They all peered at the screen for a second, before it flashed back to life. Everything in the room seemed normal. Then the screen flashed black again, and they knew something was up. They all walked over to the door, and pushed it open, before storming down the hallway. They were ready for whatever was there.

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He felt like screaming. He didn't though, because he didn't want to show he was afraid. Of course. Who else would do such a thing, and be in such a place. "Why are you doing this Lalnable, and why aren't you in your cage?" Lalna calmly asked. Lalnable Hector walked out in front of the table. "Let's just say, some clumsy dwarf bumped the power supply to my cage, and I took it as an opportunity to escape. And why am I doing this? To get revenge. After all, it's all your fault." He exclaimed. "How is it my fault?! You were the one terrorising and killing innocent people! Not me!" Lalna could feel his anger building. At Lalnable Hector, and at himself for falling into his trap. "Well, you and your little friend summoned me. You tried to kill me. You locked me away, yet it's my fault?" Lalna was about to reply, but he heard the locks on the door click, and he went silent. "We will finish this later" Lalnable sighed. "That's if your still alive. After all, they do believe you are me..." There was a CRACK as Lalnable teleported away, but Lalna could still hear his cackle a few seconds later. Then the scientists burst in.

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Lalna was hoping that the scientists would be able to notice that he wasn't the clone, but they all just looked over him, and after they decided nothing was wrong, most of them left. Only two remained. "So..." One of them began to speak, while the other wrote notes. "Tell us, how did you escape from your containment?" Lalna broke out in a sweat, thinking about what they actually wanted from him. "Wait, you think I'm Lalnable Hector, right?" Lalna asked calmly. The two scientists looked at each other, then the taller one nodded. "Well, of course you are. Who else would you be?" He shook his head. "Guys, it's me, Lalna! This was all a mistake. Lalnable broke out and swapped me..." His voice got quieter as he saw that they weren't interested. "You... You don't believe me?" He asked, in a small voice. They both laughed. "I see nothing has changed, you are still protesting your innocence, Lalnable." Lalna winced at the name. The man who had been talking motioned to the shorter scientist, who was taking the notes. Obviously the younger of the two. In the amount of time that Lalna had been at YogLabs, he had never seen the younger scientist. He had short brown hair, and his lab coat was a few sizes too big. He didn't exactly look comfortable, being in his current position, and Lalna didn't blame him. If only they knew who he really was. But then again, hadn't they noticed his green goggles and lack of blood stains? Lalna lifted his head slightly and looked down at his coat. It had blood on it, no doubt meaning that his goggles were red too. Lalnable had swapped their clothes. That was not a good sign.

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Honeydew glanced over at Xephos, who was chatting with a few of the YogLabs staff, then he glanced down at his phone. He had sent a few messages to Lalna two days ago, but he still hadn't replied. That was odd, especially for him. The staff talking to Xephos slowly walked away, and Honeydew quickly walked over and took their place before anyone else could. "What's up friend?" Xephos asked coolly, waving over his mate's shoulder as he spoke. Honeydew pulled him back. "Listen, Xephos, focus." Xephos crossed his arms and looked over at Honeydew "Okay, you have my attention. What's going on?" He asked. "Don't you think it's odd we haven't heard from Lalna for a few days?" Honeydew asked, as Xephos thought it over. "Yeah, it is pretty odd..." But he was clearly still distracted. "XEPHOS LISTEN TO ME! OUR FRIEND AND FELLOW YOGSCAST MEMBER COULD BE IN TROUBLE. THIS IS NOT LIKE HIM!" Honeydew screamed at Xephos. He finally focused and realised what was going on. "Crap. We have to find him. You're right. So what do we do?" Honeydew nodded. "We'll figure something out. Why don't we go and ask some of the others?" "Let's go."