10: Double Trouble

After a hard-fought battle, the Exiles finally reclaimed Switzen, the soldiers celebrated as they sang and danced, of course, they hadn't forgotten to bring some booze to commemorate this memorable moment.

While the others were celebrating Javier noticed something was off... he patted Luna's shoulder and asked,

"Hey, have you seen Felizch?"

Luna gives it a thought as he crosses his arms staring at the ground...

"Hmm, maybe you should ask Franz about that he's the one with Felizch when told them to go to the lighthouse."

"Hm... is that so..."

He thought of it for a moment and walked to the medical tent where Franz was staying...

Let's hope Felizch is still alive...

Javier enters the tent to see Franz sitting down on the white mattress while he is holding his liver, his body is covered with bruises and scratches due to him leading the charge earlier.

"How are you doing?" Javier asked the injured man

"Feeling better than ever..." He replies with a sarcastic tone as he glares at Javier.

"Why are you even here, you love me so much that you went to visit me?"

"I have two reasons actually, one is to laugh at you as I look at your rotten face after Johann punished you for destroying Guard bot." He replied as he sat next to the injured man.

"And what's the second reason?" He asked with an impatient tone.

"Where the hell is Felizch?" He asked, smiling at the injured man.

"Beats me... all I remember is that he's in the peak of that lighthouse, who knows what happened to the kid. Anyway, now I've told you... care to leave me alone?"

Javier stood up from the mattress and walked to the entrance he glared at Franz,

"I almost forgot... if Felizch doesn't come back in one shape, I will castrate you." He smiled as he walked out of the tent.

"Castrate my ass... like he would." He thought out loud with a sarcastic tone.

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Meanwhile Felizch...

As I sat at the peak of the lighthouse I could hear the voices of singing and the smashing of metal pots as they created them into homemade drums...

They are happy alright....

After what I did to cause this victory...

You leave me behind this stupid lighthouse!

Out of anger, I kicked the wall as I felt an uneasy sensation on my toe...

Crack!

Oh for fuck sake!

My toe slowly relocated itself to its former position and I watched as a tingling sensation repaired my foot.

Wait... I can regenerate.

What if I...

After thinking about it for a while, I locked into my decision as I jumped off the 2 story tower.

Thud... Crack!

As I brutally hit the ground I didn't feel any lingering sensation coursing through my body, it didn't hurt.

Well, that's a shocker...

Alright then, I'll get moving now.

I tried to get up from the ground but I noticed that my legs wouldn't budge, I turned to look at my condition to notice that my feet were crushed along with my legs.

Well shit... how long is this gonna take till I could finally regenerate?

In this situation, there is one viable thing to do.

I take a deep breath and I looked at the grains of sand in the blue night sky...

"HELP ME, FOR FUCK SAKE I CAN'T MOVE!"

as Javier was climbing the cliff toward the lighthouse he heard a faint voice...

"kelp klee~"

confused, he turned around to search for the direction of the voice...

What the hell was that...

Javier shrugged it off and continued to climb to the lighthouse house...

As I lay down with no way of moving, I felt my stomach growling...

Oh, I could really use some beef right now...

Growl....

I get it I'm hungry alright....

Growl....

For fuck sake you're being annoying!

Woof!

I felt a slight tingling in my spine as I noticed the growling wasn't coming from my stomach, trembling in fear I turned around to see a pack of wolves drooling at my "helpless" state.

"Seriously..."

In a moment I reached for my holster ready to shoot the wolves, I aimed my holster at the pack just to notice my pistol disappeared.

Eh...

Where did my gun go...

I turned around to see my pistol in the bush distanced away from me...

It must've dropped during the fall...

Well... If I may...

I looked at the wolves as I crawled my way to the bush near me, the wolves didn't take their prey slowly crawling away as they gently approached me with their mouth drooling.

Growl....

"Um... Good dog?" I nervously said as the pack closed in on me...

Hungry, they impatiently lunged into my helpless body as they bit my arm...

Gnaw...

"Bad dog!" I gripped its neck tight as I lunged myself in by pulling my body to the feral wolf, the moment I got close to him I bit him back in his neck.

How would you like that huh?!

I bit the wolf harder as I pierced into its skin biting it off raw as I swallowed a portion of its skin...

Out of fear, the wolf let go of my arm and ran away with the pack...

"Yeah, serves you right you dumb fucks!"

I triumphantly shouted.

In a moment I felt a lingering sensation in my legs as they finally recovered from the fall, I stood and took my pistol lying near the bush as I held my arm in pain... I heard rustling in the distance.

I aimed my pistol in the direction of the sound prepared to shoot what kind of creature came out trying to end my life.

In a moment I see a black figure wearing a cloak closing in my direction...

"Who goes there?!" I shouted as I aimed my pistol in that direction with one hand.

"Who the fuck do you think goes here?!"

The figure closed in and I noticed Javier's tall figure looking down at me.

"So you guys did remember me..." I sarcastically said with a vague expression

"Of course I did..." He said while smiling.

Huh... something feels off about this guy...

"Felizch, where are you?!" shouted a voice in the distance

Javier looked at me timidly as he grabbed my hand tightly and smiled.

"Well, let's go back to the camp now shall we?"

"Wait, shouldn't we go and check that voice first?" I asked him with my guard raised...

Javier thought of it for a while and said,

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to check right?"

He let go of my arm and we both walked in the direction of the voice, while walking I had a thought in mind...

I have to test this out...

There is a chance the person calling me is the real Javier

And this one is a caine...

If I call out Javier's name and I get a reaction from the voice then there is a hundred percent chance that this Javier...

Is an impostor!

While walking around the lighthouse in search of the voice we heard it again...

"Felizch where are you?!" it shouted from the west.

Now is the time!

"Javier, I'm over here!"

Javier looks at me with his pupils dilating as the voice responds to my call...

"Felizch, tell me where you are!" The voice replied...

I look at the impostor with a timid look on my face as the other half starts deforming, I aim my pistol at his head and shoot it.

Bang!

The impostor's head recoils yet it doesn't die...

Damn... I shot the wrong eye...

I ran away from the impostor as it started chasing me on all fours

"Javier, meet me at the entrance of the lighthouse a cousin who looks like you is currently chasing me!"

"Alright!" the real Javier shouted...

I ran as fast as I could as the impostor boosted himself by jumping at the trees as he lunged at me

Oh for fuck sake!

I duck down dodging the impostor as he lunges again in front of me, by pure instinct I kick the impostor's head and run past him as I catch a glimpse of the entrance.

I entered inside the lighthouse and stood in the middle as the creature stopped chasing me...

I see Javier with his chained blades enter from the left side of the entrance

"Felizch, where's the impostor?!"

"He's currently disoriented I just kicked him earlier, he'll probably-"

Crash!

Javier jumps from the window with his chained blades and throws them on the other Javier standing at the entrance

What?! Two Javiers...

The Javier in the entrance blocked the chained blades thrown at him from the other Javier as the other Javier started lunging towards the Javier from the entrance.

Javier shouted, "Felizch, shoot this man now!"

"Felizch, you gotta help me here!" said Javier as he lunged towards Javier

Krash!

Javier clashed blades with Javier as I stood there confused...

Two Javiers... Fighting?!

Thump, whoosh!

Javier kicked Javier away as he lunged toward him, and he threw a chained blade at him.

Javier blocks the chained blade and takes out a pistol using his other hand shooting Javier in the leg causing him to fall over.

Bang bang!

"Now's the chance-"

Bang!

I shot Javier in the leg, he fell over as before he'd prepared to lunge at the other Javier.

"Look, make this easy for me who's the real Javier?!" I asked with a confused tone

"I am!" They both replied

"Fucking jinx!" Javier shouted.

"What do you mean jinx you're the one who's jinxing me by copying my body!" Javier shouted.

"Oh of course everyone is the real Javier... Take this shit seriously!"

How would I find out who the real Javier is...

I'll try asking a question and see if they will have the same answer...

"Okay, I have a question for you both!"

"Are we both blood-related?!"

"Hell no, I don't want to be your brother you lazy scumbag!" Javier shouted

"Yeah, he doesn't even wash my underwear completely I can still feel bits of dirt in my ass when I fight!" Javier replied.

Argh... For fuck sake their answers are identical and are accurate as hell!

"Alright next question..."

"When did you took me in when I was abandoned in the forest?!"

"How the hell would I know, after all Luna was the one who took you in not me!" Javier answered

I aim my gun at Javier and glared at his soul...

"Wait, wait wait! I still have an answer, weren't you abandoned in the walls and not the forest?!" Javier answers in an attempt to save his life.

I stopped pointing my pistol at Javier and I felt a painful sensation in my head as if it was about to explode.

Again... accurate as hell!

One last question!

"Okay if you both answer this question correctly again, I'm gonna have to shoot you both!" I shouted as I looked at the Javiers timid expressions

"What did I do in the brothel?!"

"What else would you do there? Of course you banged someone there!" Javier shouted

"Yeah! I even saw you go out with that blonde chick, and you we're topless!" Javier replied

"Blonde?" I looked at him as I aimed my pistol at his eye...

"Haniel's hair color is gray..."

Bang!

I shot the impostor in the eye ending his life.

Javier lets out a deep sigh and in a reassuring tone he asked,

"You aren't gonna do that again are you?"

"Let's hope I won't..."

I carry Javier as he wraps his arms around my shoulder, as we both walked back to the camp

"This day gave me a headache..." I told Javier as I let out a deep sigh while we we're walking back to the camp.