Chapter 4

Jake Cook got up from his desk and went to his kitchen for something to eat. A quick sandwich was the name of the game for now.

A walk on the beach then. Maybe a release with a cute girl? He didn’t know so he left the apartment and went looking for something.

As he walked on the beach, people were playing in the surf or sunning themselves on the sand. No one looked interested and no one approached him today. Which didn’t happen very often, truth to be told.

The only one to approach him was a man in a long jacket with HBI logo on the breast pocket. “Jake Cook?”

“Yes. Can I help you?”

“Please come with me sir.” the man said, but didn’t bother to identify himself or give him a chance to say no. Jake got into the black big SUV with the man. The truck drove away and when it stopped, it was in an underground garage and Jake got out.

“Jake Cook, thank you for meeting with us. I’m Special Agent Ethan Parker. We need your help with something.”

“Ok. A video of some sort? Someone fucked correctly? What could you need my help with?”

“If you come with us, we will show you and explain everything.” Ethan said, then showed him to the elevator. Jake didn’t hesitate and followed Ethan to the elevator, he had never been a trouble maker and had no reason to fear the HBI. When the door opened, he was shown to a room with a large mirror on the wall. He moved to turn the light on, but didn’t find a switch to do so. When he paid attention to the mirror, he saw a man sitting on the other side of the mirror eating a large cheese burger, a pile of french fries and drinking from a foam cup. He would drink from the cup, smile, then go back to the burger. After he would take a bite of it, he seemed to moan in happiness like it was the best thing he had ever eaten.

“HOLY SHIT!” Jake said finally understanding what he was seeing, finally noticing that the man sitting and eating looked exactly like he did. Like he was seeing himself eat.

“Yes sir. Now you understand why we brought you in.”

“He looks just like me. The haircut is different, but, he, me, same.” he stuttered.

“Is there any chance that you had a twin?”

Jake looked at Ethan, his mouth hanging open, then finally shook his head and said no. “I was an only child.” He then looked back at the mirror and watched the man eating until he had finished the burger and fries. He sat back, burped and rubbed his belly. He then looked at the giant watch on his wrist and swiped through a couple of screens before sitting back and letting his head fall back and closing his eyes.

“Did you drug him?”

“No. The HBI doesn’t do that sort of thing. Is there any chance he could be your brother? Any chance at all?”

Jake spun around to face Ethan, pointed a finger at him, “Look agent. I was born an only child, that is not me and not my brother. I don’t know who that is and that is my final answer.” he said, almost shouting at the agent.

Ethen put his hands up, “Fine. Fine. I believe you.”

Jake went back to the window and watched the man seemingly asleep at the table. “Can I meet him?”

“Sure. Come with me.” Ethan said, opening a door and then taking Jake around the corner to a door. Ethan opened it and stepped inside, Jake followed right along behind him.

“Major Jake, you asleep?” Ethan said, walking around the table and pulling a chair out and taking a seat.

“No Agent Ethan. I was just enjoying the feeling of being full of food.” Major Jake then opened his eyes and looked at Jake Cook. “Hi Jake Cook. It is very nice to meet you.”

“Who are you?” Jake Cook asked him as he moved to the other side of the table and took a seat next to Agent Ethan.

Major Jake looked to Ethan, “Are we secure in here?”

Ethan nodded his head.

“Jake Cook, my name is Major Jake and I am you, from a different universe. A universe of technology far beyond what you understand and know and due to no fault of my own, I have arrived here after a testing accident of a spaceship engine.”

Jake Cook sat stunned, looking at his double before asking him another question. “Do you have a way to get back?”

“No.”

Jake Cook looked at Ethan, “So what do you two want with me?”

“I have no place to live and no money by which to pay for anything.”

“No. No way. Nuhuh.” he said quickly and got up from the table, his hands out in front of him.

“Why not? He could be introduced as your long lost twin brother.” Ethan said.

Jake Cook paced the room, thinking about why not. Then a thought came to him. “I don’t have enough room. I have only one bed and I’m not going to share it with him.” he said, pointing to Major Jake.

“Jake, I have seen many of your videos, sleeping with a guy has never been difficult for you so drop the argument and take him home and get him acclimated to life on this planet.” Ethan said to him.

The two Jakes walked out of the building and got into the big black SUV and were driven home. To Jake Cook’s home. Major Jake had a dark yellow folder in hand but paid no attention to it as they traveled.

“Come on.” he grumbled and motioned for Major Jake to follow him into his apartment building and to his apartment. Major Jake looked up and saw his ship still hovering above. He tapped his comm device and told the ship to park on the roof this evening and wait for further instructions. It beeped back at him acknowledging the order.

“Jake Cook, I have to say, this is far bigger than my old place.”

Jake spun around at him, “Ok, listen. My name is Jake Cook, but please call me Jake. Got it?”

“Yes sir. Jake. If that is the case, why don’t you just call me Major and we can keep it simple.” Major Jake said to him, with a smile on his face.

Jake went to the kitchen and started some coffee. Major sat on a stool opposite him and watched him make the drink he had seen on the video while traveling.

Jake was at least a good host and put a drink in front of Major. Major took the cup, sipped it just as Jake sipped his and both men sighed as the hot, sweet liquid passed through their mouths.

“Major, I see you have good taste in coffee. What else can you tell me and why are you wearing that torn and stained uniform?”

“Jake, when I landed here, one of your law enforcement agents shot me by accident...”

“SHOT YOU? And you survived?”

“Yes. The technology I carry has healing tiny robots in my comm gauntlet. Once it senses an injury, the bots are released into my blood and they repair what has injured me. This is what happened to me this morning and as you can see, the only sign of the incident is my torn suit.” he said, twisting around to show him the hole where the bullet hit him in the back.

“Wow. What other tech do you have?”

Major smiled at him. “Many. The real problem is that I look the same as you but I am very different from you. How am I going to integrate myself into your society? And what is a job?”

“Major, this is going to take a long time.” Jake said, leaving the kitchen area and going to the two chairs near his bed.

“First question, what planet is this?” Major Jake asked him also moving to the chair near the bed.

“We call this planet Erosia.”

“Does this city have a name?”

“We are in Marina Bay. A nice suburb of Angel Valley.”

“How people live around here?”

“5 million the last time I thought about it.”

“Last question, why did Special Agent Ethan have sex with the lady from the airport and then leave her?”

“Because she asked, he agreed, and that is that.”

“Do people ask you?”

“All the time.”

“Will people ask me?”

“Yes, is the short answer. The reason you ask is because you look like me and I am kind of famous.”

“Oooooh, then that explains why the airport lady asked me. She thought I was you.”

“Correct.”

“Well that is going to be embarrassing then. I have no idea how to have the sex or even how to be with a woman.”

Jake choked on his coffee and spit some of it out onto his lap and shirt. “What?”

“You see, in my world, the thing I saw Special Agent Ethan do with that lady at the airport is simply not done. If a couple wants to be intimate, they do it behind closed doors. Without other people watching them, it certainly is never filmed or broadcast to others.”

“So, have you ever been intimate with someone?”

“No. I was never assigned a permanent or temporary mate.”

Jake’s mouth fell open. His mind froze. He didn’t even have the word to express this, he just sat there unable to understand what he was hearing from his other self.

After an uncomfortable moment, he came out of his stupor. “Well, the first thing we need to do is teach you how to be with a woman. Or would you rather learn how to be with a man?”

“No, the opposite sex, if that is the right term, is fine.”

“Well then, good.” Jake took out his phone and messaged Sarah. She was the most trust worthy of his friends and could handle this.

Why were you at the airport? Your face is all over the news and social media.

I wasn’t. That is why I want you to come over. I need to tell and show you something.

Fine. Be over tonight.

Jake looked at Major who was typing away on his gauntlet. “Jake, I have a request. Do you have a portable communications device like yours that I may use? If not, how do I acquire one?”

“Yeah, I hadn’t thought of that. Come on, there is a store nearby that will sell you one.” He said, standing up and then when Major stood up still wearing his suit, he stopped. “Wait. You have to take that off. You will stand out wearing it and I was asked to help you blend in. So, strip.” Jake said.

Major Jake saw the wisdom in the order and took his communications gauntlet off of his wrist first, then started to take it all off. First the outer suit was removed, then the pressure suit. Once that was off, Major stood in front of Jake wearing only his waste shorts. Major took them off and stood in front of his counterpart naked for the first time.

“We really are the same, aren’t we?” Jake said looking over his twin. Their bodies were the same, all the way down to their cocks. Major’s cock hung down just as heavy as Jakes did. If they stood side by side, an outsider could not tell them apart.