A/N: By request of a reviewer, I was going to put a girl named Daisy in this chapter. But then I decided not to, since having a girl named Daisy infiltrate the X-Mansion just to talk to herself seems a little farfetched. So she will be coming in the next chapter! Yays!

Random Quote of the Day: "Slow and steady usually wins the race, but it depends on who's the tortoise and who's the hare."- Ultimate Hybrid (aka, Me!)

Chapter 13: Backseat Driver

Some unknown time later, I found my body passed out on a table, wearing a clown nose, neon green shoes, a really puffy wig, melted candle wax, and one of those inflatable pumpkin costumes you wear for Halloween. God, what happened?

Oh yeah, Inner Voice took control of my body after knocking me unconscious. Yeah, not so great.

Wait, where the heck am I?

I tried to move my neck, but to no avail. Yeah, this really isn't going well for me.

"Oooof…" muttered my body. I didn't say that though…Right, Inner Voice did. Hmm…

Wait! That means I'm the inner voice now! I wonder if I can send thoughts like she can…

Testing. Testing. 1, 2, 3. Do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti, do! Doe, a deer, a female deer! Ray, a drop of golden sun! Me, a name I call-

"Would you just shut up already?" asked the other voice that was mine, but not in my control. She's figured out how to send thoughts…She's smarter than I thought…and more annoying, thought my Evil Self. Cool! I can read her thoughts and she can't hear mine!

Whoa! It worked! I mean, AHEM, no, I will not shut up. That's like telling yourself to stop talking. Oh wait, it's the same thing! Silly me.

"God, you really are annoying," replied my Evil Self. I guess she really is evil after all…Huh. Who woulda guessed? Will this girl ever stop talking? She just goes on and on and on…

You do realize that you're speaking aloud right now, don't you?

I felt my body frown and look around. What?

Thinking quickly, I tapped into my eyesight and hearing so that I would know what was going on.

"Sophia? What are you doing in here?" asked a surprised voice I quickly identified as Iceman's. He knows my name!

Crap, gotta think up a response.

Tell him you were sleep walking. Since technically, I was.

But I was in control! I had everything under control!

I noticed a shift in Bobby's mood from surprise to irritation as my body didn't respond. It was weird, but when I'm not in control, I can feel more of people's emotions, like they were enhanced or something. Or maybe I was enhanced…

Hurry up, he's getting mad!

"Whaa? Where am I?" My body said in a fake groggy voice. Hopefully that'll stall him long enough for me to think up a real reply... That a girl! Wait, why am I cheering for my Evil Self? I need to figure out a way to get back into control.

Have you ever felt like a backseat driver? I have. In my own mind. Seriously, it's like sitting in the backseat of my mind and being helpless to where it goes, now that Evil Self has control of the steering wheel. Hopefully I have on my seatbelt…

Apparently I had missed part of the conversation, because when I tuned back in, my Evil Self was quickly taking off all of the weird stuff my body had been wearing. I zoned out again when my body started walking up towards my guest room.

Okay, need to come up with a plan. Hmm…I don't know where to begin. Maybe I should try for a lapse in attention…Nope, that's not going to work; my Evil Self is too focused for that. Maybe I should- What the heck is that?

A random brown wooden door floated into my thoughts. It had a shiny brass knob, nice furnished frame, and non-squeaky hinges. What is it…?

Reaching slowly with my mind, I pulled the shiny knob and was instantly flooded with information. It's the closet at the back of my mind, referred to in chapter 3. My voice, yes my actual voice, reverberated around me, almost like surround sound, all inside my head. The sound bounced around for a bit, making my thoughts unfocused and jumbled.

Wait, I need to find information about how Evil Self got control of my body. Sifting through the random collections of memories long forgotten, and thoughts I never should have thought, I finally found what I was looking for: baking recipes. Hahahahaha! I finally remember how to make a killer chocolate cake! Oh, and how to get my mind back from my Evil Self.

Remember way back in chapter 3, when my Inner Voice said something about 'baking recipes may just save your life.'? Well, I did, and I believe I may have found the correct recipes that will get me my life back. Coconut cream pie. Oh yeah. My life is going to be saved by a pie. I bet you're all jealous.

After minutes of studying the recipe, I finally felt able to recite it to my Evil Self.

Ahem, pie crust, coconut juice, cream,-

"What are you doing?" She found the closet…NOOO!

What? This? Oh it's just my recipe for GETTING MY LIFE BACK! I really hope this works. Really, I do. Otherwise my Evil Self will just hold this against me.

"Just download one on the internet," chuckled my Evil Self. Darn, she's really too clever. After this is over, I really have to remember to apologize to her.

Currently, I'm not able to access the internet, courtesy of you. And SHAZAM!

There was a little click in the back of my mind as the magical word magically moved my consciousness back into the magical front seat, well magically, and my Evil Self's evil mind moved to the backseat which I will now call the 'Seat of Enlightenment' because of my awesome little introspection I had with the door and my mind surround sound. That was pretty cool, I must admit. How I knew SHAZAM was the magic word, I have no idea.

"HAHA!" I laughed out loud, glad that I had finally managed to regain control of my neck. Oh neck, how I've missed moving you so!

Yeah, yeah, can we get on with it now?

I believe you owe me an apology.

You heard that? Dang…

Yeah, I did. Now give me my apology and a promise to never take over my body again, and we'll call it even.

Just like that?

Yeah, just like that.

I'm sorry for taking over our body and I promise to never try it again.

That's a good girl. I'm also getting rid of all of your memories of how you took over my body.

…You can do that?

Yeah. I think.

Digging through the memories I had stolen from my mind's closet, I found how she had managed to take over my body and imagined pressing a 'delete' button for it. My mind went blank.

What am I doing here in my mind's closet…? I forget.

Me too. What are we supposed to be doing?

Um…Doing whatever's on this list Deadpool gave me?

Works for me.

Okay…

I took the list out of one of my pockets and glanced at number 1, which had a little check mark next to it.

Why is there a check mark next to number 1? I don't remember doing that one.

I don't know. I don't remember doing that one either.

Whoa, this is weird. Okay then, I guess we just go onto the next one then.

I guess so.

2. Stall the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Stall the Brotherhood of Mutants?

Ooh, sounds fun!

Um, okay.

I rubbed my temples and moved slowly towards the door. What's this cylindrical thing in my pocket…?

I don't know. I can't remember anything about a cylindrical thing.

Hmm…… This is weird…

I pulled the container out of my pocket, revealing it to be a small container of pills. What the heck are these for?

I don't know. Why can't we remember anything?!

I don't know!! This is freaky on so many levels!

ARGH!! I can't stand not knowing things!

Me neither!

ARGH!

Sigh, maybe we should just do this list and hope our memory returns to us.

Deal.

Now how are we going to stall the Brotherhood?

We could give them the complete history of bananas.

But I don't know the complete history of bananas.

Oh.

Hmm… Well, I suppose I could stall them with something about tacos.

I think tacos will work. They ARE pretty distracting.

Yeah, I know. I know.

Okay…

What?

I said okay…

Oh, okay then.

TACOS!!

What?

I said TACOS!!

Oh. Well, I guess we should be working on stalling the Brotherhood.

Wasn't that what we were doing?

Was it? I don't know. I can't remember.

Uh-oh. This isn't good.

What isn't good?

Oh no. This really isn't good.

Maybe we should get to work on that list.

And maybe we should go see the Professor. He might be able to help us.

Help us with what?

Uh, you'll find out. This isn't good.

What isn't good?

Nothing! Everything's fine! We need the professor's help with making tacos!

What do tacos have to do with anything?

AAAAGHHH!

Why are you screaming in frustration?

…No reason. I just really want some tacos, and we need THE PROFESSOR'S HELP to make them so that they TURN OUT OKAY.

Why were you shouting some words and not others? Did I miss something?

Ugh, no. You didn't miss anything. Except your short-term memory.

What? Maybe we should get started on this list.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING!!

What's what we were doing?

AAAAGHHH! NEVER MIND!

Never mind what?

You know what? Nothing. I wasn't saying anything important for the past five minutes.

You were talking for the past five minutes?

Needless to say, I was confused. What the heck was she talking about? I don't remember her saying anything.

Oh no. This is really bad.

What's really bad?

AAGH!

I frowned. I really don't get it. Why is she so angry? And what's she angry about?

I'm angry because we aren't going to go see THE PROFESSOR about those TACOS.

Why would the Professor know about tacos?

Ugh, I was speaking in code!

Code for what? Ooh, pretty bird out the window…

This is hopeless.

What's hopeless?

You!

Why am I hopeless?

You have short-term memory loss, and it's pretty bad!

Who has short-term memory loss? Ooh, pretty birdie out the window…

You just said that seven seconds ago!

I said what seven seconds ago? I don't remember what happened seven seconds ago. Ooh, pretty birdie…

AGHH!!

Jeez, why are you so angry all of a sudden?

All of a sudden? You really don't know what's going on with you, do you?

What? Ooh, pretty birdie…

And that's exactly why we need the Professor's help.

Who needs the Professor's help?

We do! That's what I've been trying to tell you!

I frowned. Seriously, what is she talking about? I don't remember. Oh, now I see the problem.

EXACTLY!!

Exactly what?

AGH! And I thought you had it this time!

Had what?

Ugh, never mind. Forget I said anything.

You were talking to me?

Never mind.

I know this chapter was kind of short, but I really had nothing more to add on to it! Hope you enjoyed it though! 'I don't have short-term mem- What were we talking about?' Hahaha, I love this line. Anywho, review! It makes Ultimate Hybrid a very happy author.