The past several months had been good all around, Jeff thought. With Pusher and his drug ring gone things had improved immensely. The drug sunshine had been eradicated from Greendale, everyone able to had been reversed from their zombielike state, and people were no longer mindless savages killing each other for a fix. While there would always be crime, it had dramatically gone down in quantity. And because of their actions at stopping Rich's gang the mayor has sanctioned vigilante crime fighters in Greendale to be legal. For the first time they could protect the city without worrying about being arrested by the police.
There were several other more personal reasons Jeff had to be happy. He and Annie were back together and closer than he ever thought possible. Britta had decided to stay and fight crime in Greendale again. And everyone's favorite awesome superhero was out of his coma and currently patrolling the streets with Jeff.
"Are things really different now?"
Jeff lowered his binoculars and looked over at Troy. "Who, or what, are you talking about?"
"You and An-Bright Eyes. Now that you're-"he dramatically looked around the other rooftops before mouthing the word 'married'. "are things different between you two?"
Jeff shrugged as he continues surveying the city. "Not really. We were already living together and doing everything a married couple already does. This just, I don't know, makes it official or something."
"And you knew she really wanted to put on a fancy dress and plan the perfect wedding."
"Yea, that too." Jeff smiled as he remembered Annie and his wedding. Only she could have gone over flower arrangements in her head while swinging from rooftops and catching criminals. He kept telling her they could just go to town hall and get married there, but she had insisted on a traditional ceremony. Though when he saw her walk down the aisle in her dress he was glad they had gone her route.
Troy sat down on the roof, dangling his legs over the edge. "I'm glad I was able to see that. So much happened that I didn't see. You're in a coma for a couple of months and everything cool happens."
Jeff sat down next to Troy on the roof. "I don't know how cool it all was. It sounds great in hindsight, but when it actually happened it was scary."
"Yea, but people still talk about that night. Calling it 'Pusher takedown night'. Say what you want, I wish I had been there kicking butt."
"Ok, it would have been great if Captain Awesome had been there too. Maybe then I wouldn't have gotten my ass kicked so hard. I don't know what Rich was taking, but he could punch harder then Tyson. And he could move faster than a bullet. I'm not even ashamed to say it; if it wasn't for Bright Eyes I wouldn't be alive today."
They both jerked as Troy's police radio went off. "All units. We have a disturbance at Electronic World. The store is being demolished by an unknown number of individuals. Suspects are described as extremely dangerous."
Jeff grinned as he looked at Troy. "You wanted action. That sounds about right."
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The store was surrounded by cops when Jeff and Troy arrived. "Captain Awesome and ATL. Who's in charge here?" Troy said
"That would be me." Troy and Jeff looked over as the disgruntled officer walked over to them. "Lieutenant Marshall Kane, GDPD. And we have the situation under control. We don't need any vigilantes messing things up."
Suddenly they heard a loud crash as several televisions were thrown through the storefront window. Jeff glanced at the wreckage and then back at Lieutenant Kane. "Doesn't look like it from here. We'll just have a quick look for ourselves."
"HEY!" They both stopped as Lieutenant Kane leaned in close to them. "I know you think you and all your friends are above the law and can do whatever you want after the Mayor passed that vigilantes protection act. But real honest citizens like myself are fighting to get it repealed. And as soon as it is I'm going to take you and all of your costumed friends down. "
"But if you did that who would stop all the crimes?" With that they walked into the store, leaving a fuming Kane behind.
Unease crept up both of their spines as they walked down the darkened aisles. Troy nervously looked around the displays. "Doesn't it feel like we're being watched?"
"Maybe that's because you are."
They both turned around as a tall man stepped out in front of them. Both Jeff and Troy stood there in shock at what they were seeing.
The man was Abed.
"Abed? What are you doing? And when did you grow a beard?"
He laughed while stroking his goatee. "They're so many clichéd things I could say right now. But I'm really past all of my former pop culture references. I'm more blunt and to the point now. I was hoping this show would get your Abed to come. Another time. But at least one person we were looking for came. Evil Troy!"
"Is he here?" They looked around as incredibly another Troy came out of the shadows. He was dressed in civilian clothes (jeans and a turtleneck sweater) and his voice sounded squeaky and machinelike artificial, but it was him. He smiled at Jeff and Troy. "Good. I can't wait to ascend to the next power level. " Before they could react he ran forward in the blink of an eye and kicked Jeff, sending him flying down the aisle. Troy pulled out a pair of nunchuckes and attacked his other self, who easily blocked his blows. He grabbed Troy by the throat and lifted him up one handed. "How do you want to die? Cause I can snap your neck and make it quick? Or." He held up his other hand as ribbons of fire ignited from his finger tips. "I can make your death slow."
"Forget the fanfare Evil Troy, just kill it!"
Just then Evil Troy cried out as he felt a knife slice into his back. He released Troy and pulled the knife out as Jeff ran towards him. Before he could reach the evil doppelganger Jeff was blasted off his feet and thrown to the ground. As he looked up he saw goateed Abed raise a hand and he was dragged across the floor without anyone touching him.
When the hell was he able to do that, he thought. As Jeff clawed at the ground goateed Abed yelled out as an iPod was thrown at his head. Before he could react Troy hurled a laptop at him, knocking him to the ground.
"Jeff, you ok?"
"Never better."
As Jeff got up he saw goateed Abed go over to Evil Troy. Evil Troy winced in pain as his friend held him up. "EA, I'm hurting."
"It's ok, I've got you." He briefly looked back to Jeff and Troy. "This is just a brief intermission. The real show is just beginning." He raised his arm as a huge ice ball shot from his fingers, blasting a large hole in the roof. Holding onto Evil Troy he jumped through the hole and onto the roof of the store.
Jeff and Troy stood there in amazement as they heard screams and gun shots outside. Troy shook his head as he looked at Jeff. "What the hell was that? They were like me and Abed if we were evil. And badass. And how did they do that."
"I have no idea what's going on. But the way the other you moved and picked you up like it was nothing, I've seen it before. When I fought Rich he had the same strength and speed that they had. But he didn't have telekinesis, and couldn't shoot fire or ice from his hands.
"Well we have to call Abed. We have to tell him that-."
Jeff grabbed Troy's hand to stop him from using his phone. "Don't. That might not be a good idea."
Troy angrily jerked his arm out of Jeff's grasp. "That wasn't him. I know Abed, and the Abed I know would NEVER do that. Don't even think that the person we just saw was our Abed. In case you forgot, we just saw another me. So that means there are two Abeds running around. Our Abed and a evil bearded one."
Jeff wanted to be as sure as Troy was, but he had seen too much to not want to be cautious. "Look, we don't know exactly what we saw. It could be another Abed. But it could also be the real one brainwashed or something. Let's find him and see exactly what is going on, ok?"
Troy looked at Jeff angrily before sighing in frustration. "Fine, your call. Let's go."
