Benjamin and Sebastian woke up and found themselves in an empty white void. There were no objects, no doors, no people except for them. It felt like being trapped in a giant, white box with no way out.

“Hey, where are we?” Benjamin asked.

“Why are you asking me? I have no clue.” Sebastian replied.

“Well, this sucks. Do you have any idea what happened back there?”

“Not really. What about you? Do you know what was up with those things?”

“No way. I mean, I remembered summoning a monster to help me, but it never showed up, and I don’t believe it’s any of those guys.”

“Wait, say that again?” Sebastian asked.

“Say what again? That I tried to—?”

“So, you’re the one that summoned that monster in the junkyard?”

“Whoa, hey, hold on... did the spell work, after all?”

“Tell me something, Benjamin. Why are you here? How did you even—?”

“Wait, I wanted to take over worlds, but I didn’t want to destroy them,” Benjamin told him. “And besides, Troy’s the one that put me through all this mess! I’d be in my dorms if it weren't for—”

“Troy? Are you blaming it on him? Now I can’t believe what you’re saying...”

“What's gotten into you?”

“You’re the one responsible for all this, aren’t you? Is the traitor you of all people? I can’t believe it, but with this opportunity, you leave me no choice.”

“What are you saying? Why would I—?”

“You know, I’ve been thinking,” Sebastian muttered, lowering his head. “What do I want to do with my life? What is my goal in life? I wasn’t so sure at first; in fact, I didn’t want to decide, but, after spending time on this little planet, I...”

“Let me guess; you want to help Earth and humanity?”

“No, I only want to protect those that I care about... and I’ll start by killing you! Prepare to die!”

Sebastian’s hair and sword changed to the color orange as he charged at Benjamin. With every swing of his sword, he threw some beams of magic at Benjamin, who focused on dodging.

Sebastian didn’t understand. They’ve been fighting and arguing for as long as they’ve known each other, proving who’s superior. This spar could be the best chance to settle it once and for all. But, for whatever reason, Benjamin didn’t fight back.

“Why aren’t you fighting back?” Sebastian asked, fuming.

“As much as I want to,” Benjamin started, “you’re not my real enemy here.”

“But who else could you be targeting, besides...?”

“Can’t you see I’m not the one you should fight? You never told me why you were even on Earth to begin with!”

“Me?” Sebastian stopped attacking. “Well, Lauren pushed me to a portal that led me here so I could find the traitor. I don’t know why she did that; I mean, she could’ve easily told me or...” A wave of realization hit him as his face dropped. “Oh my gosh, she set me up.”

That took you long enough. Benjamin thought. “She and Troy are working together. They must have sent us both here so they could take over the school without having to worry about us trying to stop them. They probably did the same to the teachers, I think.”

“What — How do you, of all people, know—?”

An echo of clapping interrupted their conversation. Sebastian and Benjamin looked up and saw a familiar face.

“So, you finally figured it out?” The Benjamin clone questioned with a smug smile.

“Is that... a clone?” Sebastian guessed.

“Wow, I guessed that too,” Benjamin admitted. “Thanks for confirming it for me, you loser!” He shouted.

“Man, you’re irritating.” Fake Benjamin muttered.

“But even so, you showed up again...”

“So are you the one who sent us here? Why would you do that?” Sebastian asked.

“So it’d be easier for me to kill you both. No one will help you either.”

Sebastian clenched his teeth; he didn’t know how to react or what to do. Benjamin, on the other hand, glanced at Sebastian’s weapon before snatching it and lunging at the clone, cutting his cheek, as a trickle of blood ran down on his face. This took aback Sebastian.

“What do you think you’re—?”

“This way, it’ll be easier for you to tell who’s who,” Benjamin answered, handing back Sebastian’s sword.

“No way, that’s brilliant of you! When did you—?”

“Now is not the time to talk about this. We have a bigger problem in front of us!”

“Hey, are you guys done talking?” The Benjamin clone asked as he readied his magic orbs. “Are we going to fight or not?”

“You ready?” The real Benjamin asked.

“Yeah, I’m ready,” Sebastian replied.

“Let’s do this.”