Chapter 9
The Kid, the Clone, and Him
Hey, I'm running out of chapter title ideas, all right? Who are you to say how I should write my narrative anyhow? I'm the narrator and what I say goes! If you think you can do better, go ahead and write your own darn narrative!
"So what are you going to do now?" Superkid asked the clone. It was the next day at Derrick's house. Superkid had gotten permission from his mom to sleep over--yes, for real this time. And Darrin got to sleep over too.
The clone sighed, "Well, I promised Dr. Red I'd return to kick his butt, but after that, I don't know where I'll go."
Derrick grinned eagerly for he had thought up another brilliant idea--this one was sure to get him the title of Derrick, super genius. "Why don't you both just live together and pretend to be twins? Your mom knows there's two of you. She wouldn't mind."
The clone agreed though he wasn't smiling, "Yes, his mom does know there's two of us now. The whole town knows." Here he sighed. "But... our... alter ego doesn't, and what would happen if he saw another him? No, it's best if I leave."
Derrick's face fell. Superkid smiled at his friend's dejected expression and then turned to his duplicate. "How do you think Dr. Red will react when he sees the two of us?"
The clone turned to him in surprise. "What?"
Superkid clapped him on the shoulder. "You don't mind if I come with you and help teach the evil doc a lesson, do you?"
The clone blinked in surprise for a while. Then he laughed and nodded. "That'd be a shock for him: his enemy and his creation working together against him."
Darrin chuckled. "So what's he going to call you with Superkid by your side?"
The clone blinked in confusion. "What'll he call me?"
Darrin explained, pointing to the original fearless kid, "Well, he's Superkid, so your name is... what, Superclone?"
Derrick snorted. "Superclone? What kind of name is that? It should be Superkid the Second."
The clone considered the name and then shook his head. "Nah."
They had fun coming up with a name for the Superkid duplicate. Derrick came up with most of the names, grinning in satisfaction since he thought that each name was genius then growling when his friends turned them down.
"Well, you've got to pick a name!" Derrick snapped irritably, "otherwise, Doctor Red will just call you Superkid Clone! Or SKC for short..." Then he brightened, "Wait! That's it! SuperKC! See, it's perfect! SuperKC... Superkid Clone! And the initials sound like a name: Casey!"
They all thought about it. Then the clone nodded. "Yeah, actually, that's a good idea."
"Your first, Derrick," Darrin said.
They all laughed. Then there was a knock on the door and then Mrs. Terrell stuck her head in the room.
"Hi, I was hoping to catch you before you left," she puffed--it was quite a trip from her house. That is one dedicated woman! "Here I finished it." She tossed in the blue and orange costume. Darrin caught it then tossed it to SuperKC, who caught it then held it up.
She hadn't changed it much but she had changed the essential part: the emblem. Instead of a yellow K within a yellow circle, it was now a blue K and a blue C that overlapped it slightly, within a blue oval.
"What do you think?" Mrs. Terrell asked with an eager smile.
SuperKC studied it two seconds more. Then he said, "It's perfect."
"It's spooky," Derrick added quietly to Darrin. "How did she know what name we picked for him?"