Disclaimer: We own like fifty bucks between us, how could we own Stargate: Atlantis?
A/N Tinuviel Undomiel: My sister bullied me into writing this chapter but I'm glad she did. I'm afraid there's no shippiness but I hope you have a good laugh.
A/N Nerwen Aldarion: This chapter was interesting for me because my sister really needed my help. The math-a-thon was done by me because when it comes to things like the circumfrence in a circle to my sister it's like it was written in another language. I loved this chapter and next chapter the twins figure out they are related.
Chapter 2: Doppelganger
The sleek black limousine chugged along the dusty road that led to Camp Spencer. Rebecca was plastered to the window taking in the lush nature outside.
"You know it's not like the Pope is outside," Michelle said from beside her, "just trees."
"I know but I've never seen Maine before," Rebecca replied.
"Yes, Maine is just a million times more exciting, than Paris, Rome, London and don't forget Beijing," Michelle said.
"It may not be glamorous, but it is beautiful."
"I'll give you that," Michelle said. She leaned over and pointed in front of the limo, "There it is, Becca."
A large sign decorated with autumn leaves and moose said Camp Spencer. Several large cabins were behind it, as well as two larger building. One apparently was the Camp Office while the other was the cafeteria.
The limousine pulled inside, and parked in front of the office. Both Michelle and Rebecca got out while the chauffer took Rebecca's suitcase from the trunk. An older woman walked out of the office and smiled at the newcomers.
"You must be Rebecca Weir," She said, "I'm Nancy Miller, head counselor," A younger woman came up from on of the cabins, "Francine will give you a tour of the camp and direct you to your cabin. You will be in the Orchids."
"Thank you Ms. Miller," Rebecca said.
"Good luck, kiddo," Michelle said, bending over to give her a hug, "Have fun."
"I will, good bye Michelle," Rebecca returned the hug, "Take care of Mom for me."
"You can count on that." Michelle said smiling. Michelle climbed back into the limo waving one last time.
"Come along," Francine said, "I'll show you to your bunk and introduce you to the girls you will be staying with."
As Rebecca followed Francine and dinky green car pulled up to the same spot the limo had been parked.
Rachel and Rodney each got out of the car, "Now stay out of trouble." Rodney told her.
"I haven't done anything lately," She protested.
"Oh so it was Santa Claus that hacked into Colonel Carter's report that changed it from Quantum Theories to Alice in Wonderland."
Rachel tried not to smile but failed miserably. Nancy saw the two of them and waked up, "So you are saying good-bye to your daughter."
"My daughter!" Rodney exclaimed horrified, "That thing is NOT a child, she is a spawn of the Wraith I tell you!"
Rachel made a cutting motion across her throat telling Rodney to shut up, then smiled sweetly at Nancy, "No I am Rachel Sheppard, this is my Uncle Rodney."
"Uncle!" Rodney raised his voice.
Rachel turned to Nancy and whispered, "He's got a little mental problem, usually he's as gentle as a lamb but when he forgets his medicine…"
"I see," Nancy said looking at Rodney warily, "Perhaps you'll want to say good-bye to your uncle alone before I show you around."
"Good-bye Rodney," She smiled angelically.
He rolled his eyes, "Now remember your cover story…"
"I'm an air force brat from a base in Atlanta." She repeated what General Landry had told her in a monotone voice.
"Right…" He began, "Well you should do well here."
"I'll miss you Rodney," She said, "Now don't cry now cause I know you're just heart broken…"
"Yes, I'll miss you messing up my experiments, putting tacks on my chair, gluing things to my desk…" He listed then trailed off, "Are you sure you can't stay here longer say…forever?"
"Say good-bye before you spill any OTHER top secret things to the population." She chastised him.
"Get out of here," He told her, "go play with those other lunatics they call children."
He hopped into the car and sped away as fast as her could.
Lunch was served promptly at noon, signaled by the sound of a bell that ringed incessantly throughout the entire camp.
Inside it was a beehive filled with girls left to right all talking amongst themselves about some thing or other.
"And then she said…"
"Oh my god my phone has stopped working…!"
"I mean he was so hot when he played…."
Rachel was on the left side of the food line while Rebecca was on the other, both were heading towards the sandwiches but neither noticed the other. Nancy Miller got between the two of them reaching for a tuna sandwich.
"Pardon me, but I just love tuna, would you like one?" She asked Rachel.
Rachel shrugged, "Nah thanks my favorite's turkey." She selected a sandwich and turned away.
Nancy turns to Rebecca, "How bout you dear, would you like tuna?"
Rebecca smiled, "No thank you I prefer turkey."
"Oh sorry you just said that."
Rebecca shook her head, "No I didn't."
"But I could have sworn…" Nancy turned to look at her left where Rachel had been. She then turned to her right where Rebecca had stood who by now had taken her sandwich and left.
Either I'm going insane, Nancy thought, or I'm seeing double.
Days passed, and Rachel and Rebecca had many close face-to-face encounters, but fate was having problems. On the day of the swimming competition, fate repaired itself.
Rachel had learned to swim on the beach on the Mainland, and since Atlantis was surrounded by ocean she was an expert. A small part of the lake was closed off for swimming while the rest was for canoeing. The five lane race was easy for Rachel, even if the water was a bit colder than what she was used to.
"Still undefeated, Rachel Sheppard from Atlanta, Georgia," Francine called, "Do we have any challengers."
Some of the girls murmured a bit, one even said, "Yeah right."
Rebecca was on her way to the lake to paddle in a canoe, but she heard Francine's announcement, "I'll do it."
Rachel tugged the swim camp tighter on her head and smiled at her, "Are you sure."
Rebecca smiled back, "Positive."
"Prepare to die," Rachel warned as she pulled her goggles over her eyes.
With a swim cap tucked over her long hair and goggles protecting her eyes, Rebecca climbed onto one of the stands with Rachel beside her on another one.
"On your mark…get set…go!"
Both girls dove into the cool water and paddled to the other side. Like a hot knife through butter, Rachel glided through the water not paying attention to her competitor beside her. Rebecca touched the other side at the same moment Rachel did. They flipped around and paddled to the other side.
Stroke by stroke they weaved their way through five laps. Rachel thought for sure she had this one in the bag, but when she popped her head up with a victorious grin, the girls on the bank were cheering for Rebecca.
"You cheated!" Rachel accused immediately, she had always been a sore loser.
"I did not!" Rebecca protested, "Just because I beat you doesn't mean I cheated."
"You had to have!"
"Of course I didn't."
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did no…!"
"Enough girls!" Francine broke in. Rachel and Rebecca turned their backs to one another, and took off their caps and goggles.
"It was just a game," Francine said, "Now both of you turn around and shake hands."
Grudgingly, both of them turned around. What they saw caused them to gasp in utter surprise. For a second Rebecca thought she was staring into a mirror, but she couldn't possibly. The girl, Rachel, had the same face as her, but her hair was shoulder length, while Rebecca's fell almost to her waist.
Rachel stared at the identical green eyes in front of her. For a second she thought that this was some trick of her eyes. Then she considered some alien technology had done this, like she'd read in SG reports. Nope, that wasn't possible, but how was this possible?
The girls surrounding them gasped at them, and murmured about how similar they looked. Rachel recovered first and feigned indifference, "What's everyone looking at?"
"You can't be serious," Rebecca said, "Don't you see how alike we look?"
"No," Rachel lied, "You look nothing like me."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your nose is crooked, and your eyes are much bigger than mine," Rachel explained, "And your ears are a bit pointy…and your chin!" Rebecca touched her chin at that moment, "Oh don't worry, I'm sure Daddy can fix it," Rachel assured.
Rebecca scowled, "Are you through?"
"You want to know what the real difference is?"
"Let me see," Rebecca mused, "I can swim and you can't? Or I have etiquette and you don't?"
"You want to feel my version of etiquette?" Rachel asked as she held up a fist.
"Excuse me, but I need to break this up before there is bloodshed," Francine stepped between them, "Rebecca return to your cabin."
"I'm not Rebecca!" Rachel protested.
"Sorry, I mean Rachel," Francine said and turned back to Rebecca, "Rachel, I mean, Rebecca, return to yours as well."
Both girls gave each other a glare before leaving in opposite directions.
Since the camp's brochure said it was a fun learning experience there were challenges the girls had to take. One such challenge was a math-a-thon that tested their skills in Algebra, geometry and even trigonometry.
All of the participants took their seats and to Rebecca and Rachel's dismay they realized they had unknowingly sat across from each other. Each gave a warning glare that basically said: I'm going to win this so you can eat my pencil shavings.
Then the test began. The first problems were simple if a plus b equals 34 and c plus b equals 78 then a must be…
The first wave of girls left after the algebra portion but Rebecca and Rachel were still in it when the geometry rolled around. If the radius of a circle is 4 and the tangent is 7 the angle made by the tangent and the diameter is…
Girls were dropping like flies but Rachel and Rebecca were still going strong when the trigonometry came around. The cosine of a triangle is 9, the tangent is 5 what is the sine?
Finally the pencils were down and the scores were tallied, Rachel and Rebecca gave each other a triumphant smile. Both were thinking, there is no way she is as good at math as I am.
But then Nancy announced the winner, "Well it looks like we have a tie, the winners are Rachel Sheppard and Rebecca Weir."
The girl's smiles turned into frowns as they turned and glared at each other. Each grudgingly walking up to Nancy to receive their praise in their skills, although both would have gladly traded their math brains for a chance to bring the other down.
The next morning, Rachel was still fuming about the swim race and the math-a-thon. How could that girl beat her at swimming? Not only that, but she had tied with her at math!
"Oh look, there she is," Ginger, Rachel's bunkmate said and pointed at Rebecca.
"I can't believe she beat you," Katie said.
"I don't understand how she looks so much like you, though," Jane remarked as she scooped some eggs onto her plate.
"Maybe she's my doppelganger," Rachel said.
"Doppelwhat?"
"Forget it," Rachel suggested. A slow smile spread across her face. She leaned over to Ginger and said, "I hacked into the camp records, it said she was mentally unstable."
Ginger understood the clever scheme and whispered the same thing to the girl beside her.
As Rebecca was getting her breakfast, the rumor of her mental state was spreading like wildfire across the cafeteria. Girls were pointing at her and giggling, but Rebecca didn't notice.
The girl beside her had heard the rumor by then, and saw that Rebecca was by the silverware. As Rebecca was grabbing a fork, the girl beside her scooped all of them up and placed them on her tray so that way she wouldn't stab anyone with them.
"Why did you do that?" Rebecca asked.
The girl was terrified to be confronted by an unstable person, "Uh…I'm just…really hungry." The girl rushed off with red cheeks.
"What was that about?" Rebecca asked her friend Leslie.
"It's going around that you are…unstable…in the head."
Rebecca's eyes went as round as saucers, "What!" Her green eyes darted around the cafeteria until they rested upon and identical set, "This means war," Rebecca declared.
"And did you see that pitch?" Rachel asked as she, Ginger, Katie and Jane were trudging back towards their cabin. The girls had played a grueling game of softball and had creamed the other team. Rachel was in a good mood due to the trick she'd played on that girl Rebecca, and their fantastic game.
"I saw it," Ginger said, "Laura sure can throw."
"I'm so tired," Katie commented.
"Me too," Rachel wiped her sweaty brow, "I'm going to take a shower and change my clothes before lunch."
Jane stared at their cabin with horror, "I don't think that's possible."
All four girls took in the sight of all of their clothes strung around edge of the roof of their cabins as well as the trees. Hanging from the top of the flag pole nearby was a pair of purple underwear, which Rachel recognized as her own.
"Oh…my…god," Ginger gasped.
Rachel pursed her lips and glared at the cabin three buildings away, "Its pay back time."
The night was pitch black when the four girls of Rose Cabin snuck out and raided the kitchens for supplies. They didn't return to their cabin, however; instead they skulked towards the Orchid Cabin and quietly opened the door. Immediately, they began their work.
Yarn was stretched from one corner of the cabin to the other until it was as tangled as a spider's web. Shaving cream was spread into the hair of one girl, while Jane placed water balloons in a trap above another.
Rachel smiled a devilish grin was she set up a net of eggs above Rebecca's head. Katie and Ginger were pouring cans of chocolate syrup into a large bucket. The grand finale.
The bell rang the next morning, waking up the girls in Orchid Cabin. Rachel and her friends were waiting outside peering into the window for the big show.
Rebecca saw the yarn crisscrossed around the cabin. Leslie sat up and the water balloons tumbled down, soaking her bed. Another girl screamed as she felt around her head which was covered in shaving cream. Rebecca looked up and saw the eggs crash down on top of her head Sticky, golden yolk slid down her face, but she was too shocked to scream like her friends.
Rachel and the other girls were hiding their giggles behind their hands when they saw Nancy marching up from the office.
"Inspection day!" Nancy called out cheerfully using the blow-horn.
Rachel and her friends looked at one another in horror: how could they forget inspection day?
"Orchids!" Nancy called out as she started for the cabin.
Rachel stepped in front of the cabin door, "Uh…you don't want to go in there. One of the girls is really sick, and it smells worse than a sewer."
"Well if someone is sick, I must go in," Nancy said, and tried to pull open the door.
The bucket of chocolate dipped a little but didn't spill.
"Please," Rachel begged, "Let me spare you the sight."
"It's alright dear," Nancy said, and pulled the door open. The bucket released its contents upon the unsuspecting woman, while Rachel ducked out of the way. With a shriek, Nancy slid inside the cabin completely covered in chocolate syrup.
All of the girls in cabin screamed when they saw their head counselor turned brown due to the trap.
"Don't!" Rachel cried when Nancy crabbed a piece of rope attached to the fan. The blades spun and released a flurry of feathers upon the girls, and stuck to the chocolate on Nancy.
"I told you to let me spare you," Rachel groaned.
"She did this!" Rebecca said.
"Both of you pack your bags!" Nancy shouted as she spat out feathers.
"Are they getting kicked out?" Leslie asked. Both Rachel and Rebecca looked horrified by that idea.
"No," Nancy said, "It's the Isolation Cabin for both of you."
A/N: So what do you think? Are you excited for the next chapter?