"This is one sick book. It says here you can take on the appearance of a animal if you gut it and wear its freshly torn skin." Troy said.
Everyone was at Annie and Jeff's apartment going over the book for clues. The only person who wasn't there was their world's Abed, who Shirley currently had on speaker phone.
"Is there anything in there about secret societies? That can lead to clues on which exact branch of magic is being practiced. "Abed said
"No sweetie. I'll tell you if we find anything."
"Look." Britta said. "This proves that not everything in this book is accurate. Take a look at this. If someone is hurt and they take in a power their wounds will automatically heal. That can't be true because we saw Evil Troy with a artificial voice box."
"I think that means wounds a person suffers from after the time lines have been created." Abed Five said. "If it happened before or while they were being formed the injuries are still permanent. From what I heard Evil Troy's larynx were damaged while the other dimensions were bring created. That's why it were still damaged and Evil Jeff's arm never grew back."
Jeff picked his head up from the book. "Wait, I lost an arm?"
"Not you specifically. But yes, Evil Jeff is missing an arm. And it didn't regrow after he took in two powers so it occurred before hand."
Annie skimmed a passage on the top of one of the pages. "Maybe instead of looking to use dark magic we should counteract it by-."
"Using white magic." Both Annie and Annie Five said at the same time. They looked at each other in annoyance.
"I still think one of the Annies should be in hiding also. Either our Annie or Annie Five."
"I can hear you Abed!" Annie yelled out.
"I'm just saying, it would make it harder for the evil versions of us to find us."
"Guys, look here." Jeff said as he turned to one of the last passages. "Take a look at this. 'After exhaustive research it must be concluded that those who create the dimensional conductor will be unaffected by it. Meaning its creators will only have one version of themselves and be unable to obtain the power through killing their other dimension versions. This means myself and my partner will have to find another way to get the sought power. I have figured out a way to extract the power from someone else, but it will only work if someone obtains all six powers within them. It will not work on someone who has less then every power level in them. It is my intention that when my unborn son is old enough he will obtain each power through killing his other versions and then I will be able to take his power for myself.' So Starburns father wanted him to kill his other versions and then take the power from him. That's devious."
"But, he didn't do it right? I mean, he's in jail. If he had any of those powers he could have broken out." Annie said.
"Least he has some morals. As few as they are." Shirley bitterly said.
"Guys, turn on the news. Now!" Abed yelled over the phone.
They turned on the television, where a reporter stood outside a dance studio. :: As you can see the person inside has painted in huge letters the message "Bring Bright Eyes" outside of the building. Reports say that the person is an impossibly fast young woman dressed in black and that she has taken hostage several teenage dancers who were at rehearsal. Police are confident they have the situation under control, and after yesterday's debacle are urging costumed vigilantes to stay out of the way. Reporting live for Chanel six, I'm Maria Russo ::
They all looked at each other before Jeff slapped the table in anger. "Screw it, we're going. Ok, I think not everyone here should go though. Troy, how's your hand doing?"
"Not bad enough to stop me from going."
"I'm coming also." Abed Five said. He raised a hand when they started to protest. "I've encountered them before. And Evil Annie wouldn't hurt me. If I died Evil Abed wouldn't be able to get all of the powers."
Jeff turned to Annie. "Annie, you need to stay here with Annie Five."
"Jeff, I can fight and defend myself."
"Annie, she's after you. I know you can defend yourself. But if you're there it will make it harder. This way she can't kill you and become stronger."
She looked at Jeff with a extremely childlike pout before reluctantly nodding her head. Jeff sadly smiled as he turned to Britta. "Britta, can you please stay behind incase Evil Abed or some other evil person comes by."
"Sure Winger, I'll protect your girl." She widely grinned before it slowly left her face at the looks Jeff and Annie gave her. "I mean, I'll be here for both Annies."
"I'll stay here also." Shirley said.
Jeff walked into their bedroom and returned with a gun, which he handed to Shirley. "I know you used to be a good marksman. You think you still got it?"
Shirley took the gun and fired at the clock in the kitchen, hitting between both numbers at twelve. "I think I've still got it."
"Ok, let's do this."
"Jeff wait." Annie said. She ran over to Jeff and pulled him into an extremely passionate kiss. After several moments she pulled away from him. "Come back alive Jeff."
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"Son of a bitch." Lieutenant Kane yelled out as he saw Jeff, Troy and Abed Five approach the dance studio. "You've got a lot of nerve showing up here, after the shit you pulled. And who the hell are you?" He yelled at Abed Five.
"I'm new." He deadpanned. He was wearing a makeshift eye mask and a green hoodie.
"That's the worst vigilante costume I've ever seen. And there is no way I'm letting any of you in there."
"We're here to help!" Troy yelled.
"Really? Because you did such a good job the last time you helped."
"This time is different." Jeff said. "They wanted Bright Eyes and as you can see Bright Eyes isn't here. We're not negotiating in this situation. We just want to help stop them and save the hostages."
Lieutenant Kane looked at Jeff with true dislike. "You really want to help? Then we do this my way. I go in there, and you three follow me. And we take them in alive, by the book. Understand."
"Yes." Abed Five said.
"Ok then. Men!" Kane said to the other officers. "Listen up. First I'll be going in with the vigilantes. If we need backup I'll radio or yell out and you come in. Are we clear? Ok."
The four of them went into the dance studio, with Lieutenant Kane leading the way. He pulled his gun out and looked in the studio. They looked around as they walked deeper into the main dance room.
"I don't see any hostages." Troy said
"Maybe they're not in plain sight this time." Jeff said as he looked all around.
"Keep going, they must be in here somewhere." Kane said. "Maybe they're hidden in theAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW!" He yelled out as he was lifted high into the air.
"So glad you came gentleman." They looked up as Evil Abed jumped into view. "Looks like my plan worked perfectly."
Lieutenant Kane fired at Evil Abed, who stopped the bullets in mid air just before they hit him. He waved his hand and they flew into Kane with the same force of being fired from a gun. He gasped as Evil Abed lowered his hand and sent him crashing to the ground.
Troy ran to Kane as Jeff pulled out his bo staff and charged at Evil Abed. Evil Abed turned and was gone in the blink of an eye. Before Jeff could move he felt himself being grabbed him from behind and thrown clear across the room. He crashed in the mirrors lining the wall and lay there dazed.
Troy pulled himself up from Kane's body and pulled out a set of knives. "Where's Evil Annie!"
Evil Abed looked at Troy and started laughing. "You fool. She was never here. It was all a set up to get one of the Abeds here. Which perfectly happened." He smiled evilly at Abed Five. "My only regret in killing you right here is that you won't have the pleasure of seeing Evil Annie kill your wife." He waved a hand and Troy's knifes flew out of his hand and into Evil Abed's outstretched hand. He threw a fireball at them, causing Troy to shield Abed Five as he pulled him to the ground. Evil Abed waved his hand and Troy was lifted high in the ground before he crashed to the ground, where he laid unconscious.
Just then Evil Abed screamed as Jeff stabbed him in the side. He mentally pushed Jeff back as he threw Troy's knifes at Abed Five, which sank directly into his chest. Holding his side he mentally pulled the knives out as he ran into an adjacent room in the studio.
"ABED!" Jeff yelled out. He ran to him and knelt next to him. The knives had stabbed him right in his heart, with blood pouring out of the wounds. "Hold on, I'm going…" His voice caught as he realized there wasn't anything he could do to save him.
"Kill…" Abed Five gasped as he coughed up blood. "Kill me…quickly…before…" His eyes rolled back in his head as he died. An instant later Jeff cried out in shock as Abed Five's body disappeared and turned into yellow light, which flew out of the room.
Evil Abed limbed into the office when he was hit with the light. He moaned in surprise as he felt a surge of power flow through him. A moment later it disappeared. He looked at his side and saw that his wound was healed. Suddenly he fell to the floor as multiple voices filled his head. He groaned as he worked to silence them. After a few moments the voices were silenced. But not before he had heard Jeff's thoughts, and came to discover some very good information.
He pulled out a cell phone and placed a call. "Evil Annie…I know where you can find your doubles. Listen carefully and do exactly what I tell you to do…"
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"Wait, you mean Annie Kim was a bridesmaid in your wedding?" Annie shrieked excitedly.
She sat on the couch in the living room with Annie Five. They had decided to try and talk and get over the awkwardness between them. As they traded stories from their lives they soon found themselves getting along very well.
"We actually became friends after Greendale. Once she grew up a little and stopped being so competitive she actually was a good person."
"That's so weird. Here she became a super villain. She was obsessed with me."
Britta looked over at the two Annies, feeling a little left out. "Do you know when Shirley will be back from dropping the notebook off with Abed?"
Annie stated shrugging when she froze. As she listened carefully she could hear the locks on the front door turn on their own accord. "Britta, get out your weapons."
Suddenly the door burst open and Evil Annie marched into the room, wearing her signature black dress. "Hello Ladies. I was going to just kick the door off its hinges. But I figured I'd be more subtle. "
Britta pulled her guns out and fired at Evil Annie. She dodged them in a black blur and waved her hand, causing them to fly out of Britta's hands and out the window. Annie ran forward and jumped up to kick her. Evil Annie grabbed her extended leg and threw her hard to the ground.
"Britta, get her out of her!" Annie yelled.
"No! I'm not going to leave_"
"GO!"
Reluctantly Britta grabbed a protesting Annie Five and threw them through the kitchen window. They fell through the air and landed in a garbage bag filled dumpster.
Evil Annie reached down and grabbed Annie by the throat, lifting her up until she was holding her a few inches above the ground. "I'm not that worried about the other Annie getting away. You were the one I was really after. Tell me what I need to know and I'll make it quick and painless. Where is the notebook?"
"It's not here. It was hidden somewhere else." Annie gasped.
Evil Annie waved her free hand and objects shot around the room. She kept waving her hand but the notebook didn't appear. "Well, it looks like you have a brief stay of execution. Let's go."
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Jeff pulled Troy into an ally and glanced out into the street. Once Evil Abed had ran off the police charged in there. As soon as they saw Kane's body they tried to arrest the two of them. They were barely able to escape the building and had outrun the cops for ten blocks.
"I don't see them." Jeff said.
Troy leaned against the brick wall, fighting not to cry. "He killed him. He killed Abed."
Jeff held onto Troy's shoulders as he looked at him. "Troy, what happened is horrible. But Abed, OUR Abed, is alive and well. And I swear that I will fight to my last breath to make sure he's not taken from us.
Just then Jeff's phone went off. He pulled it out and answered it. "Hello."
"Jeff."
"Britta. What's wrong?"
"Evil Annie showed up."
Jeff gasped as he heard what she was saying. "What."
"I managed to get out with Annie Five. But Annie…"
Jeff almost broke his phone from gripping it so hard when a beep told him that someone else was calling. He switched over and heard Evil Abed's voice. "Oh Jeff, you're really in a mess now. I have your wife with me. Say hi to your husband Annie."
"Jeff, don't come! That's what they want-." Annie screamed before she was pulled away.
"How sweet, she's so protective of everyone. Now, here is what's going to happen. You are going to come to the abandoned warehouse next to the bar you call El Street. You're going to bring the notebook, AND Annie Five, AND your world's Abed or else this Annie will die immediately and painfully. Remember, I can read minds now. I'll know if you forget anything or try some hero plan. If you don't bring everything I ask for she dies instantly. If you do, then you'll have a chance to save her, as slim as it is. You have one hour. Don't be late. "