Chapter 3: Invasion
Before the game, Alex was worried. He wasn't sure if he could focus enough to play. He tried to explain this to Daryl, but what was he going to say.
"Daryl I can't play tonight because I'm afraid Satan is stalking me. He appeared in my dreams, gave me a sword, and made me fight a monster that looked like King Kong mixed with an octopus. I'm very sorry."
Alex laughed at the thought of that. He had just returned home from school. He had told Ashley about everything. To his surprise, she didn't run away. She actually was worried about him. She said she would be at the game tonight to cheer him on. That made him feel better. Now he was home just hanging out in his room. Suddenly, the door opened and Sean Bane walked in.
"Hey there little bro," Sean said. "How's it going ?"
"Great," Alex lied. "It couldn't possibly get any better." Sean wasn't convinced.
"Nu-uh. I know when something's bothering you," Sean said. Everyone does these days, Alex thought.
"Mom told me that you had another dream, is that right ?," he asked. Alex nodded.
"Look I'm not claiming to know what's going on in that big head of yours, but I do know that once any kind of game starts, your mind forgets all that's going on and just acts on instinct. As long as you don't think about it you'll be fine."
Alex knew that his brother was right. Once the game started, his mind would be on anything but darkness. It was then that Alex truly believed that nothing was wrong with him. Dreams are dreams no matter how real they seem.
"You're right. I'm sorry I was so out of it today. This one just really creeped me out. But I will play my best out there tonight. Thanks bro." Alex said.
"Hey no prob and just to make you feel better, if by some miracle the darkness does come after you, we'll kick its ass together, all right."
Alex was almost brought to tears by how much his brother loved him. He didn't show it though. That wouldn't have been cool.
"Well I gotta go," Sean said. "All this touchy-feely crap is making me nauseous."
Alex laughed. His brother went out of the room and Alex was left alone. He would remember his brother's words for a long time.
He remembered his brother's words at the game, which helped him tremendously. Alex was on fire that night. He made every shot count. He was faster than he ever was. He could feel some sort of new power flowing through him. The crowd cheered as Alex made the game winning shot. He was carried off the court by the team and the crowd.
"Awesome Alex!"
"You're the best, man"
"Can I have your autograph ?"
All of these phrases were told to Alex throught the locker room of the Ravens. Every single player couldn't believe how amazing Alex was on the court.
Alex was the last one to leave the locker room. He packed his uniform, smelly socks, and shirt into his gym bag. He left the school building. It was thundering outside. He knew his mom's car was parked on the other side of the parking lot. He saw the car and his mom and brother waiting inside for him. He started to run towards the car. But he heard a noise behind him. It was just a little rustle. Someone would dismiss it as a cat. That's what Alex did, but he looked around him just to make sure. he shook the thoughts out of his head and got in the car.
"There's the school hero!," Sean yelled and hugged his brother. "You were awesome out there tonight. I'm proud of you."
"I am too honey," Rachel said. "You did so great out there and Dad is gonna meet us at Applebees."
"Sweet!," Alex exclaimed.
Alex's dad was Michael Bane. He worked at Microsoft. He did a lot of night work and wasn't home to see the boys a lot. But when he did, they would all go out and do something special.
"He said he was sorry that he couldn't come," Rachel explained.
"He should be," Sean said. " Little Allie played good tonight."
"How many times have I told you not to call me that ?," Alex complained.
Sean scratched his head."I'd say at least forty."
Rachel drove the car out of the parking lot and headed toward Applebees. Along the way, Alex looked out to the sky. It was thundering like mad. Zues must be pretty PO'd, Alex thought. He remembered watching the news when he got home. It said that the skies would be calm tonight. Alex dissmissed it thinking that weathermen can be wrong. The thunder still made him uneasy. The sky looked weird too. It wasn't grey like in usual thunder storms. It was pitch black. Not like the night sky. There was only one word Alex could think of to describe the sky that night: evil.
"Mom, how much longer to Applebees ?," Alex asked urgently.
"We are here," she exclaimed. She pulled the car into Applebees and parked. Alex let out a sigh of relief, realizing that he was starving. He practically sprinted into the resturant, with mother and brother trailing behind him. As soon as he walked in he saw his dad.
"Alex," Michael said. Alex smiled and to him. He gave his dad a hug.
"Mom told me as soon as you guys won," Michael explained. "I'm proud of you."
Alex thaked his dad and begged everyone to sit down and eat. They had a dinner of champions. They laughed, chatted, and played random resturant games. Alex's mind quickly left the storm. Right as the family was getting ready to leave, Alex felt a deep pressure in his chest.
"I gotta take a piss," he said. He went to the men's restroom and locked the door. He went over to the toilet and began doing his buisness. When he was finished, he flushed and went to wash his hands.
That's when the lights went out. Alex jumped and started shaking, but realized that it was just a power outage from the storm. He tried to find the doorknob in the dark, but had some trouble. He eventually found it and touched the handle. It was ice cold. Alex recolied his hand like a snake away from the handle. It was then that Alex stopped. He wasn't sure why he stopped. Some sort of sixth sense in Alex began working overtime. He didn't move, yell, or try the door handle. He was just standing there in the darkness. He began to sweat and wondered why he didn't try the doorknob again. But he knew. He knew the moment the lights went out. Alex heard a tiny rustle in the air and finally admitted to himself. Something was in the darkness with him !
That's when the lights turned on. Alex turned, screaming and punching at whatever was in there with him. His hand hit something and it fell back, crashing against the wall. Alex did a double take and screamed even louder. It was a Shadow creature from his dream. Alex didn't wait for the thing to recover. He was bursting with so much adrenilene that he kicked the bathroom door down with one kick. He shot out of the bathroom, scaring all the other customers in Applebees. He didn't care. He just wanted to get away.
He ran outside where it was thundering, as if God himself was angry at humanity or rather Alex. He ran to the car and opened it surprising the Bane family.
"Start the car now !," Alex screamed.
"Alex what's going on ?," his dad asked.
"Creatures from hell coming. After me. Can't explain, just haul ass Dad," Alex exclaimed. His dad was about to ask more questions before he looked outside the window.
It appeared as a black spot in the ground. All of a sudden two yellow eyes popped out of the hole. This thing morphed into a creature. Michael didn't ask questions. He pressed on the gas and ran over the small creature. He got the car out of Applebees and began to journey home as fawst as he could. No one said any thing on the way there. Each of them were all too petrified to answer. Sean looked over to his brother who looked like death. Alex had turned completely pale and he was muttering something. He put his hand around Alex whispering,"Its gonna be okay."
Up until now, Alex had listened to everyone about the dreams. He had dismissed them as dreams and nothing more. He said he didn't believe in shadow creatures. But Alex had know all along that he was just kidding himself. No one has a dream like that. that dream was way too real to be just a dream. It was a warning. He wasn't sure what these shadow creatures wanted with him and he didn't want to find out.
Michael drove the car to their house. Everyone ran out. As soon as they got in the house, they began locking doors, shutting windows, anything to keep those creatures out of the house. Alex knew it wouldn't do any good. If his dream actually happened, then these things could melt in the ground.
"Alex you said you knew what those things were," Rachel said. "What are they ?"
"They are the creatures from my dream Mom," Alex explained."They tried to kill me in my dreams and they are trying to kill me again."
"But how is that even possible ?," Sean asked. "This isn't happening, it just can't. These things only happen movies."
"All I know is that they are out there," Alex explained." I don't know what they want. But if you guys want to survive then listen okay. They can come through the floor and they have claws. They aren't that big. But still be careful."
Alex turned around just in time to see his dad holding a shotgun. His dad was a big fan of hunting. He collected guns for it. He never thought he would actually use it to fight Shadows. Alex grabbed a baseball bat from his room. Sean grabbed a golf club. Rachel grabbed an iron skillet.
None of them dared to look outside. They heard noises though. Rustles against the grass, whispering of some sort, and thunder. They were in the main entrance of the house. the house had three floors. The basement, the main floor, and the upstairs where everyone slept. The main room was a wide open area, with stairs on the right and furniture on the left. A doorway led to the kitchen which had a table where everyone ate at.
Soon, there wasn't any sound at all outside. The entire family held their breath. It had stopped thundering. Alex got up slowly and inched towards the front door. He moved a step at a time. Sean signaled for him to come back, but he kept going. He reached the door. With shaking hands, he grabbed the handle and pulled the door wide open. He raised his bat ready to strike at anything that came out at him. But nothing did. All he heard was the howl of the wind. It sounded like a werewolf. Alex backed away into the house and shut the door.
"Whew. I think they are gone," Alex exclaimed. His family gave out a huge sigh.
The lights in the house went out. Everyone jumped and said nothing in the darkness.
"Well I thought this might happen, so I brought these," Michael said. He pointed to the floor. He had brought flashlights.
Each family member grabbed one and turned it on. They waved their flashlights everywhere, trying to see if anything was by them. They couldn't find anything. Then they heard a crash upstairs that made everyone jump. Alex realized what he had to do and he took no comfort in it. He started up the stairs. He heard his dad whispering to not go uo there, but Alex pressed on. Alex got to the hallway that connected all of their bedrooms. He held the flashlight in his left hand, bat in his right. He walked slowly. He felt as if he was going through a haunted house. Ony difference was that the monsters really tried to kill you. He was breathing deeply, trying to get a hlod of his nerves.
He entered his room. He shined his flashlight everywhere. The faint glow from his computer helped to see better. He reached for his closet door, ready to strike. Alex opened it and started swinging the bat. But there was nothing in it. The closet was empty. He turned around and shut the door with his foot.
Rachel, Sean, and Michael were waiting for Alex to come down the stairs.
"I'm going up there," Michael declared and started up the stairs.
"Don't. We need to guard this section of the house. If all of us are upstairs, then they could get in unnoticed," Sean explained.
"He's right Michael. Alex will come back," Rachel said, only she didn't sound that convinced.
The sound of stairs creaking alerted the Banes and they turned around. It was Alex.
"Oh Alex, thank God," Rachel ran to Alex and hugged him.
"Is anything up there ?," Michael asked.
"No, nothing is up there. The crash was just my alarm clock falling," Alex explained.
"That didn't sound like an alarm clock," Sean said, sounding suspicious.
"That's all it was. I wouldn't worry about it," Alex said.
"Did your digital alarm clock break ?," Sean asked.
"No, it was fine," Alex replied. He started walking toward the front door.
"Alex, your alarm clock isn't digital !" Sean exclaimed.
Alex stopped walking. The Banes didn't know what was going on. Alex began to turn of his heel. He faced his family. Alex threw the flashlight on the ground. The flashlight broke with a smash.
"Alex, what the hell are you doing ?" Michael asked.
"I have to show you something," Alex said. The family was beginning to get worried."Don't be scared.'
Alex turned around again. He began to scratch his face. The Banes started to have a bad feeling about all of this. Alex stopped. He turned around slowly to show what he did.
"Just tell yourself that its a dream," Alex said in a voice that wasn't his. It was deeper and full of malice." Or a nightmare."
He turned around fully and the entire Bane family screamed. Alex was grinning maniacally and his eyes were bright yellow !
The real Alex was still upstairs. He heard the scream and sprinted downstairs as fast as he could. When he reached the bottom, he stopped in shock. There was his family surrounded by Shadows and the figure that seemed to be leading them was him. It was as if he was staring into a mirror. This Alex had the same clothes, shoes and hairstyle. This Alex also had yellow eyes, an evil grin, and swagger that showed that he was full of himself.
"Welcome Alex," the evil clone said. "It is so nice to finally meet you. Not nice for you that is."
"Who the hell are you ?," Alex screamed. "Let my family go.
"To answer the second question, I'm gonna have to say no," the clone laughed."To answer your first question, I'm you. Or rather your shadow. Doesn't that sound interesting ?"
"I don't give a crap who you are, " Alex exclaimed. "Let my family go you bastard...who most definitely is not me."
"Man you aren't that bright are you," the clone exclaimed. "Well they said you wouldn't be."
"Who the hell are you talking about ?," Alex asked. "Answer me, who ?"
"No no no, I'm not gonna give anything away," the clone said. "Firstly, because I hate giving spoilers this early in the game. Second, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you. And third, you aren't gonna live long enough to figure that out. Kill him my Shadows !"
The Shadows lept at Alex with great ferocity. Alex swung the baseball bat with all his might. He dodged the claws of one Shadow and turned around to whack it. The Shadow exploded against the might of Alex's swinging skills. He swung the bat at the ground, trying to hit the Shadows like little bugs. The Shadows would just melt into the ground. This time Alex was ready. He waited about five seconds before he twisted around and swung. He had timed it perfectly. The strike squashed the Shadow that tried to ambush him. At this point, Alex's family joined in the fight. Sean wacked the creatures right and left yelling "Fore" with his golf club. Rachel wreaked havoc among the Shadows by knocking them out with the iron skillet. Michael did the most damage with the shotgun. He shot one in the air, reloaded like a pro, and hit a Shadow with the butt of the shotgun.
All this time, the dark Alex just stood there watching. He was smiling, as if he enjoyed watching Alex destroy his minions. As Alex finished off the last of the Shadows, he turned toward Dark Alex.
"How'd you like that ?" Alex asked in a mocking sort of way.
"Well I have to say that I am impressed," he said in way that was almost sincere. "You are quite the Partridge Family...if the Partridge Family kicked demon ass instead of sang. Well done all of you."
Just then, the front door to the house opened and Ashley stepped inside.
"Alex I was wondering if-,".
She didn't finish the sentence. She saw Alex and his famliy, who looked like they had gone through a war zone, and she saw another Alex who had a really weird eye problem.
"Well well well, what have we here ?," Dark Alex licked his lips. "If it isn't the tasty girlfriend."
Before anyone could respond, Dark Alex, with the speed of light, grabbed Ashley and pulled her to him.
"Let her go you son of a bitch!" Alex yelled.
"Temper temper," Dark Alex tutted. " You should really get that looked at Alex. Bad words aren't gonna get you anywhere with me. After all, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."
"Look, just let her go," Alex held out his hands with tears in his eyes."I'll give you anything you want. You want me, I'll come with you."
Dark Alex just looked at him with playful glee in his eyes.
"Please," Alex pleaded.
"You think I'm here to kidnap you?," Dark Alex asked. "Oh you have got it wrong there Alex my friend. I told you that I was here to kill you. But suddenly I've had a change of heart. I'm not gonna kill you."
Alex let out a sigh of relief. Ashley looked relieved, for she was about to be let go.
"I've decided that making you suffer sounds a lot more fun," Dark Alex laughed.
What happened next would haunt Alex forever. Dark Alex let go of Ashley, raised his fist up, and punched his whole arm through her body. Alex just stood there not believing what was happening. Ashley wasn't dead, but she was in considerable pain. It felt like the evil Alex was sucking her entire soul out of her body. Ashley's body lit up until Dark Alex took his arm out of her body. In his hand was a sparkling, pink and red object. It was pointed at the bottom and had two humps on the left and right sides. Alex couldn't believe it, but he knew what it was. It was a heart. Not the blood-pumping organ, but the part of the heart that makes you who you are. Ashley's body fell to the ground in a heap. She moved no more. Dark Alex took the heart and seemed to absorb it into his body.
"My that was tasty," Dark Alex licked his lips again.
Alex lost it. He screamed at the top of his lungs and rushed at his evil twin. Dark Alex simply smiled at this and punched Alex right in the gut. The punch sent Alex slamming into the back wall. He had trouble breathing. This is just like when that monster punched me, Alex thought.
"Did that hurt Alex ?," the clone asked, not caring if it did. "Well good, so will this."
Dark Alex ran over to Sean Bane and without hesitaion punched his arm through and began sucking his heart out. Alex saw this, but he couldn't move. He was in too much pain.
"Watch how easy it is for someone's light to be snuffed out," Dark Alex said, as he sucked the heart out of Sean.
Sean turned to Alex. With his last breath he spoke," Alex, don't give into this bastard. Don't give up you hear me. Never give up."
Sean Bane fell to the ground, dead. Rachel screamed and rushed Dark Alex.
"Oh now this is just getting hilarious," he said. He performed the same thing he did to Sean. Soon enough, Rachel Bane fell to the ground, dead as well.
Dark Alex began laughing hysterically. That is until he was shot in the back. The shot knocked him off his feet and he landed on his back. He looked up to see Michael Bane staring straight down at him with a gun in his hand. The expression on his face was enough to give Dark Alex chills. He pointed the gun at the murderous scumbag.
"This is for my family," he said before he pulled the trigger.
"And this is for my own amusement," Dark Alex grinned. He kicked Michael with his legs and caught the shotgun. He twirled the gun in his hand like and expert and with one final twirl, shot Michael Bane in the chest. He was dead before he even hit the floor.
Dark Alex threw the shotgun and faced Alex.
"Well now wasn't that fu-,"
Alex was no longer there. Dark Alex did a quick look around, but couldn't find him.
Where did that little bastard go, he thought.
Suddenly, he heard the starting of a car outside. He grinned and ran towards the door. He got there just in time to see the Bane's convertable speeding off to the highway with Alex inside of it.
"Oh, so its a chase you want is it Alex ? Well bring it on," Dark Alex exclaimed. He summoned the rest of his Shadows. He began to command them to do something. The little Shadows began to pile on top of each other. Each took different positions. The Shadows were molding. First, it was a clump. Then, the clump became a seat. Shadows on the front end and back began to attatch themselves in a circular fashion. Shadows on top made themselves very thin until two poles stuck out horizontally. The Shadows had become a motorcycle. Dark Alex got in the seat, started it up, and shot out to the highway in pursuit of Alex Bane.
Alex had known how to drive since he was six. His dad started taking him out to drive, saying that kids started learning too late. Alex had thought that was cool behind the wheel. By the time he was thirteen, Alex was a very good driver. Now he was going to have to use those skills to fight for his life. His foot was nailed to the gas. He had speeded through his neighborhood and entered the city. Skyscrapers towered over him. He felt like the whole world was closing in on him. He kept checking the mirrors to make sure those things weren't following him. It had started to rain. It was a rainy Sunday, so there weren't that many cars out on the road. Alex kept replaying the images of Ashley and his family dying right before his eyes. He had no emotion running through him. He just felt dead on the inside.
Alex's windshield shattered. He swerved on the road in surprise. The rain didn't help much either. He looked at his mirror. He saw Dark Alex coming after him on a motorcycle. One hand on the handlebars, one hand on a shotgun. This one was crafted from the Shadows as well. It also didn't have to reload.
"There you are Alex," the evil twin shouted through the rain."You are more resourceful than I thought. Let's dance shall we ?"
He sped the motorcycle up to catch up with the speeding convertable. Alex decided to take drastic measures and made a hard right turn. Alex narrowly dodged a car on the left lane and got back on the right.
Dark Alex saw the car coming. Instead of dodging it, he rushed the car straight on. Just as he was about to hit the car, he pulled up on the handlebars and did a wheelie. This allowed the cycle to ride on top of the car and go off the other side.
Alex couldn't believe what just happened and he didn't have time too. The cycle was catching up to him. Dark Alex started shooting the car. Alex had to duck to dodge the shots from the shotgun. His tailight was shot. One shot nearly got Alex. He felt the white-hot bullet tear his arm, but it didn't produce too much damage.
Alex performed more hard turns and was surprised that he hadn't thrown up by now. He didn't know how to get out of this maze of a city. Dark Alex pelted more shots at him. He swerved the car left and right, trying to not let the motorcycle pass. Alex realized that he couldn't outrun him. He was just going to have to defeat him. Alex looked ahead and saw a building with a glass lobby. He put his foot on the gas and shot towards the building. Dark Alex followed him diligently. He realized only a second before impact what Alex did. Alex ducked as he crashed through the glass building. His car jumped in the air a little. He got some cuts from the glass, but nothing too bad. Dark Alex got the short end of the stick by being on a motorcycle with no protection. The glass cut him on his fingers, legs, and face. He screamed as the glass cut him.
"Baaaaaaaannnne!," Dark Alex yelled his name as if it was poison to say it.
Alex grinned. He had hurt him. He crashed through the other side of the glass and continued onward through the city streets. Dark Alex decided that he had had enough of this game. He sped the motorcycle up so much that eventually he and Alex were side by side. Dark Alex pointed the shotgun to his right. Alex ducked as low as he could to dodge the shot. He countered by hitting the cycle with the car. The impact jolted Dark Alex, almost to the point of falling off the motorcycle. He turned the cycle slightly so that he was actually touching the car. He brought out his shotgun, but before he could fire a shot, Alex grabbed hold of the barrel. The two began a life or death game of tug of war. Dark Alex swung his fist to try to punch him off the shotgun, but Alex blocked it with his right arm. Dark Alex then pulled out a knife from his pants pocket and proceded to swing at Alex. Alex had to duck and keep his eyes on the road at the same time. There weren't any cars on the road now, but that could change in an instance. Dark Alex swung the knife again. This time Alex blocked his arm with the barrel of the shorgun. He got cut with the second strike. The third strike, he parried the blade with the metal barrel just by luck. As a last attempt, Alex let go of the wheel of the car and grabbed the barrel with both hands. He pulled it back as far as he could before pushing it forward and slamming it in Dark Alex's face.
Dark Alex fell off the motorcycle. The motorcycle exploded into black mist. Dark Alex just lay in the road, not getting up. Alex did a U-turn so he face the clone with the car. He stared at the person lying in the road with absolute hatred. Then he saw Dark Alex get up. He was pretty scratched up and his mouth was bleeding, but other than that he seemed fine. Alex couldn't believe this guy was still standing. He wouldn't be for long though. Alex started the car up again and decided to ram Dark Alex. That should kill him. The clone seemed to realize this and started to get a worried look on his face. A semi-trailer truck just rounded the corner to the back of Dark Alex. Alex pushed his foot on the gas and sped forward. The semi started forward too. Alex in the right lane, semi in the left, and Dark Alex in the middle. Dark Alex began to smile. Alex was thirty feet away from hitting the evil twin. But he never did hit. Dark Alex launched a fireball from his hands at the car. The fireball exploded on impact. Alex went flying forward up into the air. The car was right behind him. He was about to be hit by a car in the air. Someone grabbed his arm and pulled Alex out of the way of the car just inches above his head. Alex then fell on something and was starting to get tunnel vision. When he came to his senses, he realized that he fell on the trailer part of the semi. He couldn't believe his luck.
"It wasn't luck, it was me," Dark Alex explained. He was standing on the edge of the trailer. Rain whipped his face and cleaned the blood on his face.
"How the hell did you do that ?," Alex asked.
"I'm not normal Alex," he replied. "You aren't normal either. I know about the dreams. How do you think you survived so far ? My punch should have been enough to kill you. But it wasn't. You've gotten stronger. Do you know what I am talking about ?"
Alex did know. When he woke up after the dream he felt better than he had ever felt. He dominated at the game. Even then he felt the strength pooling through him. The punches hurt, but not enough to kill him. His reflexes were quicker too. How else could he have dodged a car going 90 mph in rain?
"This process that you went through that night was your Awakening," Dark Alex explained. "It only happens to a select few of people when they are ready. You become stronger, faster, and tougher. Don't think you can take on the world Alex. You are only at level 1 so to speak."
"Why did I go through an Awakening ?," Alex asked. "What do you mean when they are ready ?"
"You'll never live to find the answer," Dark Alex smirked. He began to walk toward Alex on the trailer. The semi truck was still moving for some reason. It was on the highway. Multiple viaducts were above and below Alex. Alex stood up with the rain stinging his face and his shirt flapping in the wind. The jeans he wore were soaked. The two Alexs stared at each other. Dark Alex suddenly got into a fighting stance.
"Show me what you've got Bane!," the clone declared and rushed Alex.
Alex had taken karate sice he was five years old. He had an older brother that wrestled him enough that he picked up a few moves. That was another reason bullies never picked on Alex. He knew how to fight. Alex raised his hands in front of his chest and spread his legs shoulder-width apart. The traditional fighting stance.
Dark Alex rushed at Alex with a punch. Alex blocked the blow with his left hand and punched with his right. The clone ducked and punched Alex in the gut. Alex countered with a front kick to the chest. The kick knocked Dark Alex on the metal of the trailer. Alex tried to stomp on the twin, but he rolled out of the way. Alex didn't give him much chance to recover. He tackled Dark Alex. The two slammed into the metal. Dark Alex got on top first and punched Alex in the face. Alex saw stars, but was so overcome by anger that it barely fazed him. Alex blocked the second punch and head butted his clone. The clone recoiled from the strike with a bloody nose. He kicked at Alex. Alex blocked the kick, but got a punch to the nose. Now both opponents had bloody noses.
These injuries didn't deter the opponents in any way. They fought on in the rain on top of the semi. Anyone who saw this fantastic brawl could not believe their eyes. Alex tried a jab to the twin's face. The twin blocked it before realizing that it was a fake. He got a punch in the gut for his mistake. Alex followed up with a front kick. Dark Alex caught the kick with both his hands. He heaved the leg straight up, which made Alex fall on his back. Dark Alex tried to tackle, but got a kick in the chest for doing so. Alex got up to narrowly duck a jab from Dark Alex. Alex punched. Dark Alex brushed it aside with his left hand and backhanded Alex with the right.
Alex dodged an axe kick from the clone which hit the metal with a clang. Alex grabbed one of Dark Alex's punches, using the momentum of the punch to trip Dark Alex to the ground. Alex fell on his evil other and began delivering punches to his face. Dark Alex's face became bloodier with each punch. He ended that by eventually rolling Alex off of him and getting a second wind. Alex swung his fist wildly catching his clone on the side of the head. He followed up with a side kick to the thigh. Dark Alex growled in pain, but got his chance at revenge by spinning his body completely around and hitting Alex in the face with a crescent kick. The kick made Alex fall to the ground. His face feeling like it had been hit by the semi truck he was on.
"Really good Alex. Man I'm impressed," Dark Alex said. "No one has ever given me a beating like that before. But I guess that's just because you are me. I am you. We are equals."
"I'm not like you," Alex gritted his teeth. "You killed my family and my girl. I will never let that pass do you understand me ? I will kill you and that is a promise. We aren't equals in any way. You are my reflection in a freakin cracked mirror."
"Oh Alex Alex Alex, we are so much more than just physical resemblances," Dark Alex said. "And I am going to give you the chance to find out why. I was going to kill you, but you're just too much damn fun."
"What the hell does that mean?," Alex asked.
Dark Alex just grinned. He held out his hands to the sky and a bright beam of light shot down from the heavens onto Alex. Alex had know idea what was going on. He started to feel a pulling sensation. Like the beam was pulling him toward the sky.
"What the hell are you doing?," Alex asked.
"Let's just say, I'm gonna show you a whole new world," Dark Alex snapped his fingers and disappered.
The beam of light began pulling and pulling. Alex tried to grab hold of something, but all he got was wet metal. Alex screamed as the beam pulled him into the sky, leading him to God-knows-where, and before he knew it, Alex saw nothing.