A.N.: This story is an idea that I had for some time (years even) when I watched the Simpsons (I still watch them now you know). One of my favorite and hated characters is Lisa Simpson. I truly don´t like her goody two shoes personality, almost like a counterpart to Bart mischievous and rebellious personality. But many times in many episodes we could see her "darker side", sometimes even worse than all the other Simpson members.
So my gears started to work and voilá, here is this story that I have the pleasure to present you. You can treat this story as a THOH episode if you want, or canon. You decide. Also I have plans for sequels, but for now lets see how this story develops.
The two Lisas
Prologue
Montgomery Burns estate, at night. Mr. Burns, an impossible to tell old man, was watching various TV screens along with his faithful assistant Smithers.
"How are things progressing with the L project Smithers?" said Burns without taking his eyes of the screens.
"The subject is developing reasonable well. In two weeks she already reached the age of the original. Dr. Mendel said in less than 48 hours she will be at your expectations sir." said Smithers.
"Then she is ready to her learning DVD, don´t you agree Smithers?" asked Burns while he take a DVD disk from the player. The images that he was watching were of various occurrences of war (like videos from Vietname and World War 2), documentaries about crimes and other felonies, videos about Hitler, Staline, Mussolini and other dictators and tyrants, mass destruction disasters like Hiroshima and Nagasaki, etc. In short, references to all the evil mankind made and still do in this world.
The two men go to a door, opened it, and enter an enormous division filled with computers, charts, tubes, various glass tanks filled with a strange liquid and other laboratorial material. They direct to a man approximately 60 years old, bald and with glasses, who was watching one of the tanks with great interest.
"How are things going Dr. Mendel?" asked Burns to the man.
"Very good Mr. Burns. She already shows signs of consciousness. We are ready to start her learning program right away." said Dr. Mendel.
"Are you sure that she will be as I required? I really don´t want her to be like the original. Two goody two shoes is more than I can bear." said Burns shrugging slightly.
"That is why I require that you made the videos that she will watch during the next 48 hours. Right now she is no more intelligent and self-aware than a new born infant. She will watch this DVD that you produce over and over again during those 48 hours. Then she will be as you request: evil and unscrupulous like you, no offense." said Dr. Mendel.
"None taken. And then I will get a true heir worthy of my empire and its evil branches." said Burns while smiling in a sinister away.
"Do you think this is wise sir? When you tried to adopt Bart Simpson things didn´t go according to your plans." said Smithers.
"Yes. He was truly an evil pearl ready to be polished at my image, except for the part that he is connected to his other family members. Revealed to be a boy scout in the end." said Mr. Burns.
"Still, I am surprised that you set sights on the middle child. Why didn´t you tried to adopt the original? Or perhaps adopting the younger one?" asked Dr. Mendel.
"The younger one is clearly out of the question. I want an heir for my fortune, not my early death. Besides, I see much potential in that girl." said Burns.
"But she is the opposite of what you saw in Bart. An honor student, vegetarian, idealist, activist in many causes, democrat, etc. Besides she opposed against you many times, clearly showing her distaste for you and your actions. In short, she hates your guts, so why make a clone of her, sir?" asked Smithers.
"The more bright is a light, the more dark is the shadow that it casts. You may not see it Smithers, but I can see many evil tendencies in her. She likes to get her away no matter what it takes, or who she bothers. Her self-righteousness shows that she is intolerant to any view opposing to her. She is also ruthless and cruel when she wants, and shares some rebellious tendencies from her older brother. However, her experiences and teachings already subdued those tendencies, so there is no point in adopting her. However, with another her I can nurse and make those parts more evident. In an away is like this clone will be a personification of her evil. And the clone can hate as much as she wants. I want an heir, not a daughter." said Burns, while his smile and face becomes more sinister and evil looking.
"The videos from the DVD will show her all the evil inherent of human nature. It will make her learn and accept it as virtues and valor, which will make her already innate tendencies more predominant. In short, it will make her as evil as the original should be." said Dr. Mendel.
"Very good Dr. Mendel. But there was any side effects of the cloning process? The other clones were less than perfect you know." said Burns.
The three men looked at the others glass tanks. In them there was various embryos and fetus of a girl with star shaped hair. Some were still in gestation, but others looked more developed but deformed, either having a greater leg or arm, distorted head, one even looked almost like a yellow Xenomorph (you know, the Alien from Aliens movie series). One fully developed clone was almost perfect, except it was a he, not a she.
"Yeh, let me out of here. I am normal, only with another gender you know." shouted the male clone inside the glass tank.
"Now that is a true deformity." said Burns shivering in disgust.
"The component used to accelerate the growth process is extremely mutagenic. But this clone is normal in every aspect, physically speaking that is." said Dr. Mendel.
"Then proceed as planned. I want my heir as soon as possible." ordered Burns.
Dr. Mendel takes the disk and inserts in a player. Instantly a video screen shows in front of the tank, passing his content in a rapid succession.
"Excellent." said Burns while he joined his hands (like he does in the show) and let out a full blown evil laugh.
As the three men left, Burns stops and says:
"You know, I get the feeling I am forgetting something. Bah, it´s probably nothing."
The three walk away from the lab. In the screen, one of the videos passing is about a lovingly family scene. Inside the tank, the form of a girl with star shaped hair opens her eyes, which were glowing neon green. Outside of the tank one glass bottle shattered instantly without anyone touching it.
"They are my family, not yours Lisa."