Fractured mirror chapter 14

written by OmegaUltra

'Lisa' flexes her stubby little arms, "So... I'm Lisa today huh?" She then gets off the bed, "Well, I know what her is already so I highly doubt there's much I need to do."

Suddenly, an unusual urge begins to overtake her, causing her to gravitate towards the nearby fume hood. "An experiment! I know, I'll mix up some chemicals and see what happens!"

'Lisa can swear her eyes misalign for a moment as she says that.

Then she walks over and takes a beaker filled with water and a small brown rock labeled "Na".

A certain curiosity overtakes her, her eyes misalign again, "What's the worst that could happen! Like it's just like throwin' rocks in a lake!"

Immediately, 'Lisa shakes her head, 'What was that? For a moment I-' she shivers in fear, 'sounded like Leni.'

After that, she drops the brown rock in her pure water solution... causing the predictable to happen: the rock immediately reacts with the water, causing a small explosion, bursting the beaker and getting glass shards all over the interior of the fume hood.

"I'm ok!" She instinctually shouts, before dusting herself off, "Wow, I guess Lisa's more durable than we think." The four-year-old inspects her still-intact hands, "Especially after a small explosion like that."

*Yawn* she goes, before turning to face the younger girl's work station, "Heh, while I'm here I might as well go through Lisa's numbers. I'm sure that she's just over exaggerating what's going on!"

'Lisa' then calmly takes a seat and begins to file through her notes. To the untrained eye, all of the equations and random numbers that Lisa used would seem like mere chicken scratch.

But when you've got a sister with a PHD in theoretical physics... well, let's just say everything becomes easier to pull off.

"Hmm, increasing stress... limit nearing. Symptoms approaching danger?" A wave of dread begins to overtake her, could this be true? Could everything he was doing... have a downside?

No, it can't. These numbers are lies and 'Lisa' knows it! And so, she throws her results aside and chooses to rely on her gut.

"Everything's fine." She whispers, fear and pain entering her voice.

"Hey Lisa." Lori steps into the scientist's room.

Immediately, 'Lisa' glares, before softening her gaze, "Hello eldest sibling. Why have you come?"

"I just completed the brain scan..." The elder sister looks upon Lisa's, now clear, desk and notices the trash piled around it, "This isn't a good time, is it?"

"It's fine, just show me the results." She responds, and her body takes control as Lori hands her the device.

'It's true...' she thinks.

"I'll go see if Lincoln woke up ok?" Lori continues, before stepping out of the room without another word.

'Taking my sister's talents...' she shakes her head, 'No... its not my fault. I can stop after I get a talent I can show off! I'm still in control!' She then turns and gets in Lisa's bed, 'I just... I just need some sleep is all!' After that, she quickly closes her eyes, and falls asleep.

A few moments later...

Lori holds the neural analyzer to her brother, the device reading zero just as it had done several times before, "Dangit... what's-" she whispers, but before she can finish it starts to buzz, before reading Lincoln's neural load as nine.

"What the-" she whispers, before Lincoln's eyes open and he tiredly greets, "Hey Lori..."

"Mornin' Lincoln." She responds, throwing her arms around him as she does so, "We were so worried!"

"Why?" He quizzically asks."

Lori's expression turns dark, "You've been out for thirty-six hours bro..."

A wave of dread overtakes him. "I was out for that long?!"

Lori nods, "yeah..." then she stands up, "I'll go get you some juice or something, just wait here ok?"

"Got it." The boy responds, as his sister steps out of the room again.

'I'm still in control.' He finally thinks, before he lies down again and closes his eyes.

The danger of his next actions still only a distant thought.

Meanwhile…

"This is all my fault." Lisa throws herself up, "What the heck was that?!" She pants in confusion, "I was just… it felt like…" She turns to face her still messed up desk.

It only takes a few moments for the scientist to realize what had just happened, 'Lincoln just took over my body! I feel so… violated…' she shakes her head and hops to her feet, "Lincoln!"

She bursts through her door and into her brother's… only to find the young boy fast asleep.

"Dangit." She mutters, "He's probably doing it again…"

"Doing what Lisa?" Lori walks over carrying a small tray of snacks for her sick brother.

"I believe I have figured out the cause of Lincoln's sickness!" She shouts, her voice filling with excitement.

"You did?!" Lori goes, before grabbing her sister, "Tell me!"

"I have cause to believe that Lincoln has been has been jumping into our bodies and living our lives for a day." Lisa explains, before turning to face her destroyed device, "And I think I know exactly how to fix everything!"

"Really?!" Lori follows her sister, "How? When, where, why and what is it?!"

Lisa then begins to tinker with her tools, "I need you to watch out for our sisters, we have to figure out which sister he's in first. Once he's isolated, we can prevent him from getting hurt." Then her voice fills with a soft solemnity, "The only hope is to finish this device before it's too late."

"Ok then." Lori takes a deep breath, "Good luck Lisa." The elder girl then turns and walks out of the room.

"For Lincoln's sake… I wish you good luck too Lori."