A/N: Enjoy an odd chapter!
Chapter 13
"You're just not going to listen to me anymore?" Evil Roslyn whined in her head.
'I will just not all the time,' she thought.
The voice sighed, "Your parents just had to come ruin the fun didn't they?"
'Hey, they are just protecting me.'
"Do I really seem like someone you need to be protected from?" The voice asked.
'Well, yeah sort of.'
"How!?" The voice asked sounding insulted.
'You made me alienate my family for a boy.' Roslyn thought.
"You know you liked it, and you can't lie to me, I'm you."
'No, they hated me.' She said.
"But they forgave you when they found out why you did it."
'Still.'
"You can't deny that Eric made it worth it though."
'A little, yeah.'
"So, I guess letting me out's out of the question?"
'That depends why do you want out?'
"Just to stretch for a while, I won't do anything bad."
'How come I don't believe you.'
"Would you at least ask your parents? You told them you would."
'You won't leave me alone until I do huh?' She asked.
"No, I won't."
'Fine I will sheesh.' She sighed. The voice just sat back. She came to her parents room and knocked
"Come in." Adam said from the other side.
"Daddy?" She asked coming in with the cute act first
He was suspicious at that. "Yes, Roslyn?"
"I wanted to ask you something," She said.
"Alright, what is it?" Adam asked.
"My voice wants to come out, what do I do?" Roslyn asked.
Adam weighed the situation. "Did it say why?"
"To stretch."
After some thought he said, "Go ahead and let it out. I'll keep a close eye on her but fair warning; the switch itself will feel really weird."
"Will I be okay?"
Adam nodded, "Yeah, it doesn't even hurt actually, just kind of a weird feeling."
"Okay," She said nervous.
"It will be just fine, Sweetie." Adam reassured her.
'Okay, you can come out.' Roslyn thought.
"Yay!" Roslyn's eyes closed and basically in a huge crash, what felt like one anyways, the good Roslyn was put into her own head and the evil Roslyn was finally released.
"Finally I get to stretch!" She said happily. Adam watched as, just like they usually do right after they get out, she physically stretched similar to when you first wake up. "Hi, Daddy!" She said.
"Hi." Adam said slightly hesitant.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"You may technically be my daughter but you're no more my daughter than Feliss' voice is my wife or Isabella's voice is my sister."
"Hey that's mean I am your daughter," She said.
"You're not the Roslyn that I'm used to though."
"That does not mean I am any less your daughter."
"Yes it does." Felicity said coming into the room.
"No, it does not we are technically the same person just different attitudes,"
"Technicalities aside, the mutants evil voice is not really the person. Trust me, Adam's voice got the same thing from both Isa and I."
"We are the person we just have no filter on emotion or action."
"You're the same person physically, but that has no meaning." Felicity said bluntly.
Now she looked sad, "Hey that hurt," She said sadly.
Felicity and Adam both shrugged. "It's only the truth." Adam said.
"No it's not! All we are is different personalities we are you just edgier." She huffed sounding a little hurt.
"And the personality's what makes a person who they are." Felicity said honestly.
"That hurts coming from you two," She said.
"Well, you're going to have to get used to it."
"I am your daughter though!" She shouted staring to cry.
"What's going on here?" Isabella asked coming in having heard it shout.
"Nothing!" Roslyn huffed walking away.
Isabella turned to Adam and Felicity. "What happened?"
"It's Roslyn's voice; she's upset that we said she's not our daughter." Felicity explained.
"But she is your daughter," Isabella said.
"Since when?" Felicity asked in surprise.
"She was born with her voice even if she could not hear it,"
Felicity sighed and looked over at the door. "Do you think we should go talk to her then?"
"At least try," Isabella said.
"We will." Adam said and they both blurred off.
They found her outside sitting by the pool. "Roslyn." Felicity said carefully.
"What?" She huffed.
"We were a little too rough on you, and we're sorry." Adam apologized.
"No you aren't." She said.
Felicity came over and sat down next to her. "Yes, we are."
"Why I thought I wasn't your daughter?"
"Well, after some thought, unlike ours, you were always there though she couldn't hear you. So, really, you are." Adam explained.
"Really?"
They both nodded. "Really." Felicity said. She hugged them tightly. They both returned it.
"Thank you," She said.
"You're welcome, by the way, how long are you going to be out?" Felicity asked.
"A few hours."
"Alright, that's fair enough." Felicity said. "And that you came here shows that you are similar in some nonphysical ways."
"What do you mean?"
"Coming to the pool, that's what the good Roslyn would have done, too."
"Well, pools are amazing!"
"Exactly my point." Felicity said. She smiled happily
"Could I possibly explore some of the manor?" Roslyn asked.
"Sure I'll come with you," Adam said.
"Alright." She said standing up.
"Where too?" Adam asked.
Roslyn shrugged. "No preference."
"Library?"
"Sure." Roslyn smiled.
"Let's go." They blurred off and came out in the library.
"I see why she and you guys like this place so much." Roslyn said looking around.
"Yeah it's nice," Adam said.
"Wait, what?" Slate asked confused from one of the tables.
"Hi, Slate!" She said.
"Hi, Lyn." He said though still confused on her comment when she got there.
"Nice to finally meet you,"
Slate turned to Adam, "Uncle Adam, would you mind explaining?"
"Her voice is out," Adam said.
"Wait so, that voice can actually take control of the body?"
"If Roslyn allows it yes,"
Slate looked at his cousin then back at his uncle. "Is it safe?"
"Yeah, it's fine," Adam said.
Slate turned to his cousin though slightly hesitant. "Hello Lyn"
"You already said that." Roslyn said.
"Oh right, so how are you?"
"I'm just really glad to finally be out for a while." Roslyn shrugged.
"Is it that bad?"
She shook her head. "It just gets lonely after a while. Especially when she was younger and I was there but she couldn't hear me."
"So then why jot imagine others?"
"Only the dominant brain can." Roslyn sighed.
"So why not ask?"
"Well, once I could, I guess it never really came to mind."
"You should ask my voice did," Adam said.
"He did?" Roslyn asked.
"Yeah he did," Adam said.
'Would you have?' She thought to Good Roslyn. Despite what it sounds like, the dominant mind isn't just the person in control of the body; it's the one that was born with control.
"Well yeah, if you had asked."
'You know, you still can even when in there.' Evil Roslyn pointed out.
"I can cool!"
'I never can though.' Roslyn thought sadly.
"Are you talking to her?" Adam asked since she was suddenly quiet.
"Oh yeah, I am." She said.
"What does she say?" Slate asked.
"She is creating people and places for me!"
"That's good but I thought you said it was the dominate mine that could." Slate said misunderstanding.
"She is the dominate she was born with control,"
"Oh, so that's what you meant. Another question, before she could hear you, were you still able to hear her thoughts," Slate asked curious on the possibility of one being in his head, just not having an actual voice yet, "or were you completely separated?"
"Yeah, I could hear her; she could not hear me,"
"So, there may or may not be an evil version of myself inside my head then can hear all my thoughts but has no way to contact me till I'm older?" Slate asked that thought kind of creepy.
"Essentially, yeah."
"That's disturbing." Slate said honestly.
"Well get used to it,"
"Would I still be able to change the world for him?" Slate asked assuming that he exists.
"Yeah, but you could never hear his thanks,"
"He would in a few years." Adam pointed out.
"That's true," Roslyn shrugged.
Slate closed his eyes and tried to imagine a bunch of cool people and places in his head. In his head the other Slate was surprised when first an Eve appeared then several other people and a replica of the mansion the dark space he had come to know was suddenly filled with sun. 'I know you have no way of letting me hear you yet but I really hope this helps.' He heard Good Slate think. The other Slate smiled happily now he really owed his counterpart when he could be heard.
Good Slate opened his eyes with a smile. "I hope that worked."
"I'm sure it did." Adam said smiling.
Roslyn nodded, "And I'm certain if he's real then you just made him very happy."
"I hope so," Slate said.
"I'm not gonna lie, now I'm a little excited for my powers to come in." He added with a smile.
"You were not already?"
"Well, I have always been hesitant on the idea." Slate said awkwardly. "Especially, with the super speed since whenever one of you guys would take me with via it, it always felt so strange to me."
"You get used to it," Adam said.
"Well, I hope so. Were you at first?" Slate asked his uncle.
"Yeah I was," Adam said.
Slate gave a small smile. "That's a relief then."
"Yeah, it just takes time," Adam said.
"How long did it take you and Aunt Felicity?" Slate asked knowing that it took no time for Roslyn.
"Me I got it after like eight tries," Adam said.
"Is that including or excluding when mom would take you before you got your powers?" Roslyn asked.
"Excluding without powers you never get used to it,"
"She did." Roslyn reminded pointing to her head.
"Well, other than Roslyn," Adam said.
"Yeah, she's just a 1 in 14 Billion girl." Slate said truthfully.
"Yeah she is," Adam said smiling.
"Can we meet the others?" Roslyn asked looking up at Adam.
"Sure, if you want," Adam said.
Roslyn nodded, "I do."
"Okay let's start with other adults," Adam said. She nodded seeing that to be the logical choice. "Well, Isa and Connor first."
"Perfect, where are they?"
"Four wheelers," Slate said.
"Alright, but before we go: sorry for convincing her to ditch you guys, twice." Roslyn apologized.
"That was you?" Slate asked.
"Well, I told her she should." Roslyn said looking down.
"Why?"
"She wanted to be with Eric, so I thought it was a good idea."
"That was dumb," Slate said.
"She likes him though, he makes her happy." Roslyn reminded.
"That does not mean she should ditch her family," Slate said.
"I know, and I'm sorry." Roslyn said not looking up.
"Well, I guess it's okay," Slate sighed.
"I promise I won't again, not that she'd listen to me if I did." Roslyn promised.
"Well alright," Slate said.
"Would you mind if I go now?" She asked.
"No, go ahead." He said.
Roslyn and Adam blurred to the four-wheeler track.
They came out at the dirt track.
"Aunt Isabella, Uncle Connor?" Roslyn said seeing them.
They stopped the four wheelers, "Yes?" Isabella asked.
"It's great to finally meet you guys." Roslyn said smiling and greatly confusing Connor but not so much Isabella since she knows it's the voice from her talk with Adam and Felicity earlier.
"You too," Isabella said hugging her.
Roslyn returned the hug. "Um… would you mind explaining what's going on?" Connor asked his wife.
Isabella told him all about everyone's other selves
"Oh, yeah, that happened with Adam on the final mission." Connor remembered. "Then this is Roslyn's voice?"
"Yes, yes I am," Roslyn said.
"Okay, now that makes a lot more sense. It's nice to meet you, too." She hugged him, too. Adam felt horrible at this thinking about when she first made the switch.
"So you like the outside?" Connor asked.
Roslyn nodded. "Yeah, it's amazing."
"Glad you like it!" Isabella said.
"Unfortunately, I'll only be out for a few hours." Roslyn said letting go.
"Why?" Connor asked.
"So that the other Roslyn can come back out, I promised I would." Roslyn reminded.
"You are a woman of your word,"
Roslyn nodded. "Most voices are always honest because they know that the dominant brain can always tell the difference and can make your life as good or bad as they feel like."
"Wow, that's cool,"
"I guess." Roslyn shrugged.
"Sorry though," Isabella said.
"For what?" She asked confused.
"You guys having to live in our heads,"
"You get used to it." Roslyn shrugged.
"Still, it must be boring," Isabella said.
"Not really, boring, more lonely but the dominant brain can fix that for you if they want. That's why you have to try and make them happy, they have complete control of your world and fate."
"That's incredible," Connor said.
"It's an interesting life to put it lightly."
"I bet," Connor said.
"But like I said, you get used to it." Roslyn shrugged.
"How?"
"Well, you've been there your whole life; you kind of have to eventually." Roslyn said. "Even before she even knows you exist."
"Still can't you get out of their heads and live lives of your own?"
Roslyn shook her head. "No you can't."
"We don't know that," Adam said
"Do you have any ideas?" Roslyn asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, when Phineas and Ferb were Slate's age they built a device that splits anything into its composite parts. We don't have it anymore but we have the blueprints for it." Isabella suggested thinking it might work.
"That actually might work," Adam said.
"Well, it's worth a shot." Isabella shrugged.
"Can we?" Roslyn asked.
"Of course we can." Adam smiled.
'Are you okay with it?' She asked to other Roslyn
"Yeah, that would be perfect." Godd Roslyn said from her head with a smile.
"Okay, let's try!" She said.
"I'll go ask Phineas for the blueprints." Isabella said before blurring off.
"Yay!" Roslyn said dancing in victory.
She returned with the blueprints. "Got them."
"Yes let's start!" Roslyn said.
They set to work and were done in minutes. "I go first," Roslyn said.
Isabella nodded and pointed the camera like device at her niece with her hand on the lever. "Ready?"
"Ready!" She said as the beam fired. When the light cleared, two Roslyn's stood there instead of just one.
"It worked!" They both said
"I'm surprised we didn't think of this earlier, do you think we should try it, too?" Isabella asked her brother.
"Yeah it could work," Adam said.
"You wanna go next then?" Isabella asked.
"Sure," Adam said.
Isabella shifted the device so it faced him. "Ready?"
He took a deep breath and nodded. She pulled the lever and the beam shot out at him. The beam shot out and the smoke cleared to reveal two Adams.
They looked at each other awkwardly.
"Weird," They both said.
"You haven't gotten use to each other yet?" Good Roslyn asked.
"We have just never side by side," Good Adam shrugged.
"Yeah, it's weird this way." Evil Adam agreed.
"Isa will you go get Felicity?" Adam asked. Isabella nodded and blurred off. They waited still staring at each other oddly.
Isabella returned with Felicity. "Wait, what?" She asked looking at her daughter and husbands with two of each.
"We separated," Adam said.
She looked at them and concluded what was going on. "From your voices?"
"Yeah," Adam said.
"You want to?" Isabella offered unsure which would be her answer.
"Yeah!" She said.
Isabella turned the molecular separator to Felicity. "Ready?"
"Yeah ready," She said.
She pulled the lever making two Felicities. "I'm free!' One of them said doing a victory dance.
The other one rolled her eyes. "That would obviously be the voice."
"Yeah, but I am so happy to be out!" The one that had been a voice said.
Good Felicity sighed. "Well, at least if you try to kill yourself again it won't kill me, too."
"Oh I won't, but what to do first?" She asked.
Good Felicity went over to the two Adam's instantly and accurately determined which was her husband and which was her husband's voice and put the voices together. "You could have him."
"Yay! My own Adam!" She said hugging him like he was a pet.
"How did you know which was me?" Good Adam asked his wife.
"It's a wife thing," She said
"Well, I'm glad to know you can even recognize me from myself." Adam said pulling her in.
"I can never mistake you," She said.
"And I could never mistake you." Adam promised.
"I hope not," she smirked.
He pulled her into a kiss.
"Ew! Mom! Dad!" Both Roslyn's said in disgust.
"Look away," both Felicities said.
"We did!" They both said.
"Then why the whining?" Both Adams asked.
"Because we couldn't soon enough." Evil Roslyn said.
"That is your fault," Evil Adam said.
"You could have warned us." Good Roslyn said.
"Why should we?" Good Adam asked.
"We don't want to see that." They both pouted.
"Then look away faster," Evil Adam said. Evil Roslyn stuck her tongue out at him. "Hey no!" Adam said playfully like she was a dog. Evil Roslyn made a sad face and whiny puppy noises.
"Oh come on, that's cheating" The adults said.
"How?" Evil Roslyn asked confused.
"You cannot use that much cuteness," Good Adam said.
"Both Auntie Isabella and Mom taught us that though." Evil Roslyn whined. "It's in our blood."
"See what you did?" Both Adams said to the Felicities
"I hadn't even met her till now." Evil Felicity said defensively. "I had been trapped in her head Roslyn's whole life."
"Still," they said.
"What?" Evil Felicity asked.
"It's not fair girls have cuteness guys have nothing," Good Adam said as his double nodded.
"You can't blame me, though." Evil Felicity said.
"Yes we can this is the greatest imbalance ever," Adam said.
"Well, blame me then but don't blame me." Evil Felicity said confusingly.
"What?" They all said
"Blame me," Evil Felicity motioned to Good Felicity, "but don't blame me." She motioned to herself.
"Oh!" They all said.
"What about Isabella?" Good Felicity asked.
"Oh yeah, ready sis?" Good Adam said.
He pointed the device at Isabella and she nodded. "Ready."
He pulled the lever and it fired. "Wow!" One Isabella said looking around. She's actually never been outside before. "I'm free!" She said happily
"You've never been out before have you?" Good Felicity asked Evil Isabella.
"No, not outside," She said.
"You like it then?" Good Felicity asked.
"Yeah it's nice!" Evil Isabella said.
"Could we possibly call us something besides 'evil'?" Evil Roslyn asked.
"Sure, but I have no idea." Good Adam said.
"How about just a V at the end?" Connor suggested.
"Isabellla V I like that!" She said.
"Yeah, that work, then the original ones can just keep their names normal." Roslyn V agreed.
"That sounds good to me," Adam V said.
"That's perfect then." Felicity said.
"What about me?" Felicity V asked.
Felicity chuckled, "I haven't cared about your opinion for thirteen years, what makes you think that would suddenly change now that you're out?"
"Because I can spill all your secrets." Felicity V said.
"I have no secrets that these people don't already know." Felicity said.
"I could tell everyone in the manor about 'the worst day on the table'. the Adams know but that's it." Felicity V reminded.
"You do and I kill you where you stand," Felicity said.
"You really think you could kill me?" Felicity V asked. "I'm you with no hesitation. I know all your secrets, trucks, and fighting styles; I have all your talents, abilities, and powers. You have nothing against me."
"Except that part of my mind you could never get to, plus I could put you back in my head."
Felicity V detroyed the molecular seperater ray. "How whould you put me back in there?"
"Very carefully and by building another, plus you know you like the V anyway," Felicity said.
"Not if I…" Felicity V was about to destroy the molecular seperater ray but Adam stopped her.
"And if she can't then I will." He said seriously.
"Okay calm down," Felicity V said.
"Besides, you know you like the V." Felicity said.
"It's not about the V. It's about the principle." Felicity V hissed.
"So what do you want then?" Adam V asked confused.
"I want to be listened to and matter for once." Felicity V said glaring at Felicity.
"You cannot blame me for not listening to you. You trapped me in my own head and tried to kill us the first time I let you out why would I let you out again after that?" She asked.
"I just wanted to spend more time with Adam and I keep telling you that I knew he would save us."
"I still said we did not need to jump," Felicity said.
"He was right behind us, there no way we would have actually fallen." Felicity V argued.
"What if he had not caught us?" She asked.
"He did and would have." Felicity V said confidentely.
"Yeah, but what if he had tripped on the way and not made it in time?"
"He was right behind us, I wouldn't and didn't till he was."
"Fine, but still you could have listened to me and we would have been on good terms," She said. Felicity V rolled her eyes. "Can we just get along?" Felicity asked
"If you're willing." Felicity V said.
"I am," She said.
Felicity V nodded. "Then yes, we can."
"Good," Adam said.
Adam V pulled Felicity V in. "Very. It's not good to fight with yourself."
"Seriously," Adam said pulling in Felicity.
"I am serious." Adam V said.
"Oh haha," Adam said sarcastically
"What?" Adam V asked.
"I mean I agree with what you said," Adam told Adam V.
"Oh." Adam V said feeling stupid.
"Yeah so do we do this to Slate or is it too soon?" Adam asked.
"That's his choice." Felicity reminded.
"Yeah it is, " Adam said after some thought.
"Should we go ask him?" Felicity V asked.
"Yeah one of us should," Adam said.
"I'll go." Roslyn offered.
"Okay," Adam said.
Roslyn blurred off and found him in his room.
"Hey Slate." She said coming in.
"Lyn?" He asked.
"Yeah, the good Lyn, not her voice." Roslyn said.
"Oh okay," He said smiling.
"Our parents and myself have a proportion for you."
"I'm all ears," He said. Roslyn explained the thing with the molecular seperater ray. "It works?" He asked.
She nodded. "Perfectly, though I'm not positive it will work the you since you can't hear it yet."
"Well I wan to try," He said.
"Alright, I'm guessing you just want to walk there?" Roslyn guessed.
"Yeah, please," He said.
"Alright, let's go." She said help in him up.
"So, what if it does not work?" He asked.
Roslyn hesitated. "I don't know."
"That scares me," He said.
"If something goes wrong, there is a reverce switch though." Roslyn added hoping it will help.
"That helps a little," He said.
"But keep in mind that if you don't want to then nobody's going to make you."
"I got it," He said.
"You still want to though?" Roslyn asked.
"Yeah I want to try," He said.
"Alright, they're outside at the four-wheelers track." Roslyn said as they walked down the hall at human speed.
"I'll be okay right?" Slate asked.
Roslyn nodded, "I'm sure of it."
"As long as your sure," He said.
"I'm sure on that, there's just one thing I'm questioning a little bit. About Eric." Roslyn said hesitantly she hadn't even told her parents.
"What's wrong?" Slate asked.
"He saw when dad blurred after you, sorry about that by the way, but he didn't seem shocked or really even surprised just like 'oh, that's cool'." Roslyn explained unsure of what to make of that.
"You think he's been spying on us?"
Roslyn's eyes widened and she looked around hastily. "I hope not."
"We can ask him," He said.
"Maybe we should talk to our parents about it, see what they think." Roslyn said hesitantly. "They know more about this stuff then we do."
"Yeah they'll know something," Slate said.
"They might never let me see him again though." Roslyn said tettering on what she would think of that.
"No, but they would want to talk," Slate said.
"Well, I hope your right about that part but wrong about him spying on us." Roslyn said as they got to the escalator. "I doubt there's anyway to get away with that here though without anyone knowing."
"True." Slate said.
"When I had blurred off back at his house, did his mom look surprised?" Roslyn asked.
"Yeah like she was not expecting it," Slate said but he hesitated for a second, "but... not as much as I would have thought."
"So maybe they know someone?" She asked.
"Maybe, but I thought for sure that the one's here in the manor were the only ones with those abilities." Slate pointed out.
"We could be wrong," Roslyn said.
"Guess we'll just see what the adults say." Slate shrugged. "Looks like you might not have gotten your normal boy though."
"Shut up," Roslyn said blushing
The rest of the walk was taken in silence. They arrived in front of the adults.
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