The Johns

Marionette

I can't believe that person who keeps saying I'm Annaislle is the same person who attacked me with such slick moves that came right out of a movie, wait his an actor right?

"I see your expression is surprised." He giggled then inched closer to me. "Well, who wouldn't."

"Ever heard of personal space?" He chuckled.

"Nope, what's that?" He said while smiling.

"It's something only normal people would've understood." I said.

"Can't you just push me? Like you can fight but can't even push me out of your space?" He said and I was just blankly staring at him. "I know I'm handsome so stop staring or I'll kiss you." I scoffed.

"Is it a requirement to you guys that to be a John, one should be conceited." I said. He pinned me to the wall with both of hands.

"I'm not sure but it is a requirement that every John should always be honest." He whispered leaning in. "No matter what." I finally pushed him and he just laughed.

"So what you're saying is that," I chuckled and then sighed. "Nevermind."

"Nevermind? I know Gale was the last one but," He walked closer to me. "I didn't knew it was that long you begun talking like him." I looked at the floor and Sangster and Gale was gone.

"Wait, where are they?" I muttered. Vonn looked at me then to where I am staring.

"They already left." He looked at me. "Come on, Eri. I thought you were smarter thant that."

"Get real and look which one of us are talking." I stopped for a second and he just laughed.

"So, it's true." He meesed his hair and then looked at me. "You truly are her duplicate."

"What are you talking about?!" I began walking to him. "I am me. Nobody else." I sternly said. I stopped when I was in front of him, while he was just grinning like an idiot. He leaned to meet my height.

"But unfortunately, you are Eri Nicole Ackerman." He held my cheek with his right hand. "You are nothing but a duplicate of Carat Annaislle Hikari." I slapped his hand.

"If you're just practicing your script again with me." I looked up to meet his gaze. "Then just stop before I shove your face to the ground."

"Who said I was practicing." He held me by my shoulders. "I told you, it's an requirement to be honest. Well, if we're talking about Gale and Nate then indifferent would explain it." What is he talking about?

"Still, who is this Annaislle chick?"

"You really don't know." He threw his hands up to the air, twirling around. "Heck, you two even looked like one another." He looked back at me. "But you're nothing like her."

"Not really an answer I'm looking for."

"But it's the only answer you would get."

"I thought Johns should always be honest? What happend to that code."

"Didn't Gale already explained that? That we have secrets of our own that are never meant to meet the sun."

There was an awkward silence between us as he just roam the control room were in.

"The dare." He said. I looked at him and saw him looking also at me. "I dare you to play too hot with me." I threw him one of my shoe. "What the! Hey!"

"Don't 'Hey' me. What kind of dare is that?"

"You didn't budge when Jake dared you to kiss him."

"That was different."

"We won't have any sexual intercourse." He dragged a chair out of nowhere and sat there. "You just need to please me, and you can't say no."

"What about the time limit?"

"I won't give you any time limit."

"What?"

"What you want me to give you a time limit?"

"Then what is the actual goal of this?"

"You need to make me kiss you back or even touch you back." I sighed then slowly walked to where he was sitting.

"So, too hot."

"I know I'm hot." He smirked and I just crossed my arms.

"No the game." I looked at him. "How do you play too hot?" He chuckled.

"Then why did you threw me your shoe a while ago?"

"I-I." He shushed me.

"Still I want to explain it to you." He motioned me to sit at his lap.

"Do I need to?" He looked at his watch and I sighed then just sat at his lap. "What time is it?"

"Summertim- Oww!" I slapped his left arm.

"Stop copying Gale and just answer it already." He pouted then looked at his watch again.

"2:30" i sighed.

"Then let's get this done and over with." I said. "So how does it goes?" He grinned.

"Just either kiss or touch me and you need to make me touch or kiss you back."

"Wouldn't that only benefit you?"

"It's a dare, Eri." I sighed.

I circled my arms around his neck and he wouldn't stop smirking. I leaned closer, and kissed his forehead. He pouted.

"Not fair, you kissed Jake."

"It was a direct command from his dare." He sighed. He got a hold of me by my waist and dropped me down as if it was the last dance step from some dance and he started leaning down.

"I guess you passed the dare." He said then kissed me on my nose. I closed my eyes before he kissed it and my eyes opened automatically. He chuckled and looked down at me. "What, Disappointed?" He positioned me upright again.

"No, anyway. That was easy." I said and I stood up but he grabbed my right wrist. I looked at him.

"I didn't kissed you because you would eventually come to me anyway." He said and winked. I just sighed.

"Whatever you say, dude." I was going to go but he still didn't released my wrist.

"Be careful of Khyle though."

"Tell me something I don't know." I scoffed.

"No, seriously. You're a duplicate of Annaislle so he might take advantage of his dare." I took my wrist out of his grasp.

"Who is this Annaislle again?"

"Someone who ruined Khyle's House of Cards." I raised him a brow.

"I just built a house of cards a while ago during Nate's. Does he needs me to build him also? And wow, you're telling me this after that speech a while ago." He laughed as if I was talking nonsense.

"No, no." He fixed himself and looked at me. "It was in the past, Khyle's life before The Johns. We all have one don't we." He smirked. Does he know?

"Then why are you telling me this?"

"Because somehow I was also in Khyle's life then and if I touch you he might torture me." I chuckled.

"But aren't you older than him?"

"Once again you've been fooled." He turned serious. "You're going to be our own personal marionette that way if you don't stop being gullible."

"Wait so is he older than you?"

"We are all old, in a matter of speaking, we just look young and why we are, is classified information." I was about to say something when I heard the door opened. I looked at the door and saw Khyle there standing.

"Is it my turn now?"