I need to keep an eye on Little Me for now so I need to know when Adam will get back. I check the bus stop numbers. I look for 3 pm and 8 pm they're are 4 buses in between them. I can see them pass by from home. All I need to do is count them and get ready by the time the 5th bus shows up. For now I need to go back and make sure Little Me didn't do anything. I walk home and Little Me is still in bed. I check the house to see if anything changes and it's all the same to my knowledge. I can't get too comfortable there's still many things I don't understand about this place.

The next few hours were stressful but uneventful just keeping my eye on Little Me as she did stupid kid stuff around the house and complained about being bored. Then the 4th bus passed by our house. It was time for phase two. I told Little Me she might be able to make a pillow fort with the things on our bed. When she entered the room I put the chair on the door just as planned. I hope she doesn't notice but even if she does it doesn't matter. I grabbed the knife and put the scalpel under my sleeve. I go to the bus stop with my knife behind my back and sit at the bus stop until I see the 5th and final bus.

The bus arrives and stress hits before I start to approach him. I want to think I just want to talk. "Welcome back, I need to talk to you about something. It's about Little Me. She's been acting strange recently." As the bus leaves Adam reaches into his pocket. I was right he did have a weapon but I suspected this so I took out mine. This might be a fight to the death but he doesn't know how human anatomy works so maybe he'll miss my vitals. No, I can't rely on him messing up. I have the scalpel. I'm at an advantage.

He's probably thinking of some sort of plan of attack. I have no reason to back down so I charge straight in. I stayed to the left of him hoping he couldn't reach me with the knife in his right hand. I start adding pressure swinging left and right hoping to somehow corner him. I was just swinging aimlessly and Adam caught on and ducked then went for a counter attack on one of my swings. I jumped out of the way and felt something on my leg but it didn't seem that painful. Maybe it was just a cut. I looked at my leg to see if it was just adrenaline saying that it wasn't that bad but then I saw something weird. Maybe it was just because it was dark outside and I couldn't see but I swore my blood was navy blue.

Why, what could have possibility cause that? He went for another swing and I'm reminded I'm in a death match. I jump out of the way again and again. He keeps adding pressure and my brain is still on the blue blood. He push himself off the ground for his next attack he betting everything on this next shot. Luckily he betted wrong I avoid it completely not a scratch on my body. I went in for a final stab but he grabbed my arm and try to stab me. It was in the exact situation I thought would need the scalpel.

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I use this position to my advantage and hang on tight to his arm and slip out the scalped in my left sleeve. I went for his eye but he avoided it but now the scalped right next to his neck I have him pinned down now the questioning begins.

"Who are you? what do you want from me."

"I'm Adam and I wanted to fix time."

"You're not Adam, you're not even human."

"O really? I'm not human."

"Of course you're not human, you haven't eaten in 30 days and can fight just fine. Plus you have an internal clock sorry to tell you but that's not exactly something humans have."

"Are you kidding me? Is that why you tried to stab me."

"Don't act like you weren't trying to kill me either."

"Let me ask you something, how long have you been here?"

"You have no right to ask questions here."

"Are you hungry by any chance?"

I didn't think about it but I'm not hungry despite the fact I have been here for at least a day but that doesn't change anything. I continuing questioning him

"Fine I'm not hungry but that still doesn't change the fact that you're not human."

"Take a good look at yourself Rachael you saw it didn't you. The blue blood."

"It only looks like that because it's dark outside."

"Fine then pull your ear then you'll believe me."

That's an odd request but It couldn't lead to any problems right? I scalped at his neck and pulled my ear. then the number 8:04 popped up right in front of my eyes.

"Don't you get it Racheal ever since we entered the land of time we lost our humanity ."

It took me a second to process everything. The thought that I am not even human. I suddenly remember everything I knew before is invalid even the most basic of truths like being human is now gone. I get off of Adam and let him get back up and rightfully apologize.

"Sorry about that, you ok."

"I'm fine but I would feel so much better if I got pay back. How about I stab you and we call it even."

"Of course not your completely fine. I made sure not to hit anything important so you would be able to answer my questions."

"Yeah sure that's why you went directly for my eye. Luckily your bad at fighting how in the world was I going to tell my boss *O sorry I can't come in today my roommate stabbed me in the eye hope you understand*."

"Bad at fighting? Didn't I win that fight?"

"Well you had an extra weapon if I knew about that scalped I would have won easily."

"O yeah and what makes you say that."

"Well lets see the scrape on your leg, the grip I had on you before you brought out the scalped it was pretty much my victory till you cheated."

"It's not cheating thinking it's just part of the battle you were stupid and that's why you lost."

"Stupid? Says the person who didn't even realize they're not human."

"Huh how long have you been here a month and you didn't notice something as huge as an alternative dimension."

"Whatever all that's in the past now."

"Oh so you ran out of things to say didn't you."

"Sure if that's how you want to see it."

"Looks like I won this argument."

"Shut it."

I poke some more fun at him until I ask him my big question.

"I find it quite strange how there's only a small me. Tell me Adam what happened to your small counterpart."