Abed's hand hit the alarm clock, silencing the deafening buzz. He rolled over to see if Shirley was awake when he saw that her side of the bed was empty. As he sat up in confusion he suddenly remembered what day today was, and knew exactly where she would be.

After checking to see that their son was all right he called Britta, hoping she wouldn't be hung over or exhausted from last night's patrol. "Britta, it's Abed…Yes I know what time it is. I need you to come over and watch Aaron…Yes, it's today. I'm going to the cemetery now…He's asleep so it would be easier if you came over here so I don't have to wake him…Thank you. See you in a little while. "

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Abed locked the car and went into the cemetery, making his way through the rows of headstones. As he walked he glanced at the graves of people he knew. He briefly stopped at Neil's grave, running his fingers over the headstone. He saw that someone had left a D&D dice on the stone. Probably Vicky, he guessed. If there was time he wanted to visit Pierce's grave. But he had to be there for Shirley first.

He finally saw her by four white grave markers, each with today's date as the day the departed had died. She had already put a bouquet of flowers on Elijah, Jordon, and Ben's graves and was kneeling at Andre's grave, putting a bouquet on the gravestone.

She didn't turn as he approached her and gently put his hand on her shoulder. She just reached up and gently placed her hand over his. "You didn't have to come." she said, although he knew she was grateful that he was there.

"I know how hard today is for you. I wanted to be here for you."

She squeezed his hand as tears ran down her cheeks. "It should have been me. That car bomb was meant for me. If I hadn't insisted-." Her voice caught in a sob as she remembered that terrible day.

Abed took hold of her hands and pulled Shirley to her feet, cupping her face as he looked into her eyes. "Shirley, what happened was a horrible tragedy and I wish Andre and your boys were still here today. But I'm greatful that you weren't also taken in that explosion. "

Shirley hugged Abed tightly, resting her head on his chest. "I miss them." Abed held onto his wife, gently rubbing her back as she cried.

They stayed at the grave site, holding hands as Shirley quietly hummed a song from her church. Suddenly the somber atmosphere was broken by Abed's phone loudly ringing. He pulled it out and quickly answered it. "Troy this isn't the best time…wait, slow down…really…ok." He hung up and turned to Shirley. "Troy said he needs to see us right away."

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Jeff wiped the sweat from his brow as he fell back onto the bed. As he caught his breath Annie crawled on top of him, straddling his waist as she kissed his neck and chest.

"You're going to have to give me a few minutes before round two."

"I bet I can get you to rise to the occasion." She said as she licked his skin.

Jeff smiled as he ran his fingers through her hair. She was unusually frisky today. It wasn't everyday they had sex in the afternoon. And most times she liked to cuddle for a bit before going at it again. Today she almost impatiently wanted him ready again. He liked this change in her. It was almost like she-

His blood ran cold as a terrible thought suddenly occurred to him. He grabbed her arms and inspected her closely, particularly making sure her two battle scars (the one above her right breast from El Tigre and the one over her ribs from when Rich shot her) were there. Seeing that they were still there he looked deep into her eyes, searching for any clue that they didn't belong to his wife. She smiled at first, but then felt uneasy as he kept staring at her. "Jeff, what's wrong?" When he didn't respond she pulled out from his grasp. "Jeff!"

Jeff shook his head, feeling foolish that he thought she wasn't her. "I'm sorry."

The mood officially gone, Annie climbed off of Jeff and laid down next to him. "What was that about? You were looking at me like you expected me to turn into a monster."

He stared at the ceiling for a moment before turning onto his side. "I didn't want to say anything until I knew more. But last night when me and Troy were patrolling something happened. There was a disturbance at Electronic world. And when we got there the person inside was Abed."

"What?"

"But it wasn't him. I mean, he looked exactly like him. But he had a goatee and he had strange powers. He was really strong and he could shoot ice from his hands. And he had telekinesis. He threw me around without laying a finger on me.

"So you're saying there's someone with superpowers who looks like Abed?"

"Either that or he has a superpowered evil twin, which after what happened with Chang isn't completely impossible. But then someone attacked us who looked just like Troy."

"I thought you said Troy was with you?"

"He was. This was someone who looked exactly like him. And he also had powers. He had the same strength and speed Rich had. And he could form fire with his hands."

Annie looked at Jeff in confusion and amazement. "So basically there are two Abeds and two Troys running around." Her eyes suddenly widened in understanding. "That's why you freaked out before. You thought I wasn't me?"

"I just, you seemed unusually horny and I thought maybe…."

She folded her arms as she felt herself grow angry. "You thought because I was eager to have sex with my husband I couldn't possibly be your wife. No, that would be silly."

"No, that's not…." Jeff groaned in frustration. "I'm sorry; I wasn't trying to accuse you of anything. I just freaked out over what happened last night."

Annie uncrossed her arms as they sat in silence. After a few moments she said "What's the dirtiest thing we're ever done?"

"What?"

"I'm asking you to tell me what's the dirtiest thing we're ever done?"

Jeff thought for a moment before he grinned as the answer became crystal clear. "The dirtiest thing we ever did was when we spent an hour searching that dumpster behind the Chinese Restaurant for that bracelet I gave you after it fell off your wrist when we went out for dinner."

Annie smirked at the memory of that night. "It took a week to wash all that duck sauce out of my hair. Ok, now ask me something that only I would know."

"What happened the first time I saw Terminator 2?"

"You cried at the end when The Terminator sacrificed himself."

"And."

Annie rolled her eyes. "And again, I'm sworn never to reveal that to anyone and I'm the only one who will ever know that about Jeff Winger."

"That's my girl." He absentmindedly played with her hair as he looked at her. "I'm sorry about before."

"It's more understandable now that I know what happened last night. But now we have a way of knowing if we're really us."

Suddenly their bedroom door burst open, followed a moment later by Britta charging in. "Guys-"

"WHAT THE HELL!" Jeff yelled as they both scrambled to pull the sheet over them. "Haven't you heard of knocking Britta?"

"You weren't answering your phone."

"Don't you think there's a reason for that? Get out!"

"I will. But Troy just called. He said it's really important that we all see each other right away. We're meeting at Troy's."

"Britta, just get out so we can get dressed-what happened to your hand?" Annie said.

Britta shifted uneasily as she glanced at the bandage on her hand. "I just…I hurt it patrolling last night. I'll be in the living room. Just get ready."

Jeff looked over at Annie as Britta left their bedroom. "You thought she was lying too, right?"

"About her hand? Yes."

"Ok, glad I wasn't the only one."

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When they finally got to Troy's Jeff was sure that had to be one of the most uncomfortable drives of his life, and that included the ride home from school after his mom picked him up from the principal's office after he had been caught cheating. Britta refused to tell them why they were going to Troy's and she kept growing defensive every time they tried to bring up her hand injury.

"Come on, they're all inside." Britta said as she opened the door, gesturing for them to go into the darkened apartment.

As soon as Jeff and Annie were inside the lights came on, revealing Abed, Troy and Shirley pointing weapons at them. Before they could react Britta pulled out two hand guns and pointed one at each of their backs.

"What the hell is going-?"

"Shut up ."

Troy came forward and walked over to Jeff. "What was the last thing I said before I slipped into a coma?"

"Are you out of your-"

"WHAT WAS IT?"

"You said 'If I die tell Abed your now Aaron's godfather'."

Troy turned to Annie. "What did I say to Annie when we danced together on her wedding day?"

Annie swallowed as she looked at Troy determinedly "'If I request 'Time of Your Life' can you and Jeff do the Dirty Dancing Lift?'"

As Troy nodded his head they all put down their weapons. "I'm sorry, but we had to make sure you were you."

Jeff glared angrily at Troy. "Did you threaten everyone else's life in the process?"

"No one got any special treatment. Until we were sure of everyone's true identity we treated each other like a threat." Britta said.

"It's like The Thing. Until you're sure of who exactly someone is, you can't trust what you see." Abed said.

As they all tensely walked into the living room Jeff and Annie noticed that everyone's hand was bandaged. "What's going on with everyone's hands?"

"A unfortunate but necessary precaution." Abed said. He went into the kitchen and pulled a barbecue fork off the stove, the two point's bright red. "If you will both hold out one of your hands."

Jeff stuffed his hands in his jacket, catching on to what Abed wanted to do. "Are you insane? I'm not mutilating myself."

"Jeff, in every movie where there is a double there's always a moment when both are together and they both try to convince someone who's the real one. We need a easy way to immediately know who's the real us."

"And your plan is to burn ourselves? What about asking questions like before?"

"The other us can figure out that stuff about us."

"How do you even know-"

"Jeff, enough." Annie went over to Abed and held out her hand. "If there are multiple us's running around we need a way to decipher right now who is who."

Abed handed Annie a small thick piece of wood. "Bite down on this." She put it in her mouth as Abed held her wrist with one hand while holding the fork over the back of her left hand. She nodded and tightly closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath Abed pressed the red hot medal into her skin, holding onto her tightly as she involuntarily winced. He set the fork down and handed her a bowl of cool water. "Keep your hand in the bowl for fifteen minutes. "

Abed turned to Jeff. "I know this seems harsh, but it's the best way to-"

"Shut up." Jeff walked over and thrust his hand out, taking the piece of wood from Annie. "Let's just get this over with." He said as he put the wood in his mouth.

Abed took Jeff's hand and repeated the process. When he was done he gave a bowl of water to Jeff. "I have bandages once you hands have cooled."

"Do you have any Essence of Dittany?" Annie said.

"We can't use it. It diminishes the appearance of scars for minor wounds. And we want these scars to be prominent."

The three of them joined Troy, Britta and Shirley in the living room. "Where's Aaron?" Annie asked.

"Chang is watching him over at our place."Abed said as he sat next to Shirley. "Troy called me this morning and said that he and Jeff fought doubles of me and him last night."

Jeff angrily looked over at Troy. "I thought we agreed that-"

"No, you agreed. I knew that person we saw wasn't Abed."

"Jeff did have a point." Abed said. "Until we knew who exactly was the real us we had to be cautious about what we said to each other. But it looks like there are doubles of all of us running around."

"How do you know there are doubles of all of us?" Annie said.

"Take a look at this." Troy said as he turned on the TV and went to a news report he had DVRed earlier. They watched as a reporter yelled that something was overturning cars and throwing them like softballs. Whoever was doing it was moving so fast all they saw was a black blur. Finally Troy paused as the person stopped for an instant. He zoomed in and they saw that the person was Annie in a flowing black dress.

Annie stared at the screen in shock. "This can't be real."

"It is. So far we've now confirmed that there are evil impersonators of myself, Troy and Annie running around. At this point we have to assume there are evil versions of all of us." Abed said.

Shirley looked at everyone gravely "We need to figure out who they are and how to stop them. Because if this keeps up everyone is going to think we've committing all of these crimes."

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After several hours of discussion everyone left Troy's, no further off at figuring out what to do. As Abed and Shirley drove home Shirley complained that she had a headache. Remembering that they were out of aspirin Abed dropped her off at home and went out to get some.

As he exited the pharmacy he thought he heard someone whispering his name in the ally. Pulling out a collapsible baton he slowly made his way into the ally. He looked around but didn't see anyone. Suddenly he heard a noise behind him. He turned around and found himself face to face with another Abed.

The other Abed sighed deeply as he looked at him. "We need to talk."