by I'm Not Mister Mxypltk and Danny
YOU KNOW WHAT, EDUARDO?
What, K'tl?
I LIKE BEING HERE A LOT MORE THAN BEING INSIDE THAT STARR BASTARD.
Oh, you are just saying that, hee hee hee...
NO, I DON'T REALLY SEE A REASON TO LIE. I HAVE EVEN ACCEPTED YOUR "LAUGHTER"! HEE HEE HEE... AT FIRST, I WAS PLANNING TO USE YOUR BODY FULL-TIME AND LEAVE YOU SLEEPING, LIKE I DID WITH STARR, BUT WHEN I FELT THE HATE INSIDE YOU, I DECIDED TO LET YOU HAVE FUN WITH OUR POWERS... AND I LIKED IT!
I know! Hee hee hee hee hee... I didn't even know I had so many powers!
YOU WOULDN'T IF I WASN'T HERE, EDUARDO! REMEMBER THAT!
Yeah, yeah, hee hee hee... Now let's go take care of Cicciotto! That bastard owes me!
BE PATIENT, MY FRIEND. I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T ACT RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE NOTICED IT, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING US SINCE THE INCIDENT IN THE AIRPORT. THEY CAN'T HURT ME, BUT YOU COULD BE IN DANGER, MY FRIEND! I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO MY FAVORITE HOST!
Yeah, but...
BESIDES, MY DEAR EDUARDO, YOU ARE NOT AT YOUR FULL POTENTIAL RIGHT NOW.
I'm not?
OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT! YOUR BODY IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL, AND WITH MY HELP IT CAN GET EVEN BETTER... BETTER THAN CICCIOTTO!
Yeah... yeah, I like that... I like that... hee hee hee hee hee hee...
BUT YOU HAVE GOT TO BE PATIENT, MY FRIEND. WE WILL HAVE TO STAY OUT OF ACTION FOR A WHILE BEFORE RETURNING AND ACCOMPLISHING OUR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS.
Yeah, hee hee hee hee hee... my mission is to destroy Edulcore Cicciotto! What's yours?
THAT I CAN'T TELL... NOW, LET'S REST, SHALL WE?
A small wooden cabin near Lake Michigan:
As the others started making their plans, Danny Hearn said to Tobias, "What's your name?"
"Uh... Tobias Christopher... but didn't I already tell you?"
"Yeah, but Hal wasn't paying attention."
"Hal?" asked Tobias.
"A guy inside my head."
"Oh... you too?"
"What?" asked Danny. "You have another person in your head, too?"
Tobias said, "No, not me... that guy over there, M'xy. When we first met, his name was Mick. You see, we were trapped in a dark room together. The guards entered every six hours to torture us, so I suggested we attack them next time they came, but he was really tired, mentally, so he decided to sleep. One second after he fell asleep, he reopened his eyes and..."
"Wait, if it was a dark room, how did you know he reopened his eyes?"
Tobias shrugged. "I knew it because his eyes were shining... and what kind of question is that, anyway?"
"Hal was curious..."
Tobias continued. "Okay, so he started yelling, 'I leave the body for a couple of hours, and you get us locked up!' like he was another person. I reintroduced myself to him, and he immediately agreed to follow my plan. In fact, when the guards came in, he turned into livestock, as he did with several guards in the building. 'Not my only trick,' he said, 'but it's the one they expect from me!' I wanted to stay there and... take care of some unfinished business... but he insisted on going to the airport. Now I see why."
Edulcore shouted, "Hey, you two over there!"
Danny and Tobias both replied, "Huh?"
"We're trying to figure out serious stuff over here, so please pay attention, will you?"
"Of course," said Danny.
"Sorry," added Tobias.
Danny looked to the side of the room, where M'xy was staring out the window, yellow light crackling from his eyes. He looked over the lake and sighed, then smiled contentedly and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the light had gone.
He shouted, "Where the hell?! Shit! Again?!"
This confused Danny for a second, until he remembered what Tobias had said. He walked over and introduced himself. "Hi. I'm Danny," he said, offering his hand.
"Mick... I think," replied Mick Harrison.