Slowly I approached my doppelganger, since I was crazy enough to do so. Anyone would have run miles and miles away from their lookalike, but..

I have no excuses, I was ridiculously dumb enough to get close. In shock, she stared at me fearfully. Her eyes shook as if they were islands on Old Earth in the brink of extinction. I don't know, my ancestors left their home planet hundreds of years ago, so I only know a thing or two about Old Earth.

So anyway, I tried to calm her down.

"Hey, hey.. It's alright", I told her, but she was pointing her gun at me. Shakily. It reminded me of a species in Old Earth called a Chihuahua. The resemblance was uncanny that I started laughing.

"Yeah right", I told her, "as if you knew how to use a gun". Of course, my dumb self had to challenge her. With her coarse voice, she put on her best bravado. I must say, it was nowhere near my worst.

"I won't hesitate. Step back!", she warned.

Now before you judge me any further, I was young.

Okay, okay, I was drunk.

"Like hell you would. Come at me, bitch!", I challenged her as I took another sip of my favourite beloved poison.

At least, that's what I wanted it to have gone. I didn't have to say a word, she really did not hesitate. No sir, not even in a count of three.

"Shit!", I yelled in my head, as the glass of Cindy's cocktail dropped dead leaving my hand empty.

If I could, I'd give her sorry ass my freaking middle finger. But I was drunk. And I was dying.

And there he was, an angel of death, calling my name. His face was a blur, but his presence was rather calming. "Time to go", he said, but I was not in the mood. No, I was in a bad mood. So I said, "You saw what she did, why don't you take her instead?".

The angel laughed at me, and he shook his head. For a few seconds, I saw a glimpse on his face. And I recognized him..

He was my old friend, Rae-Rae.

"Rae-Rae you damn son of a -"

"Tut tut. The Heavens are watching", he teased.

"I thought you died, you.. You donut!"


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