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Confrontation

Suddenly there is a pounding on the door, Rick turns in time to see Albert come breaking through. "RICK!" he yells in fury.

"Hey Albert, how you been doing," says Rick, but Albert instantly jumps on him. "Where is he?" he says scathingly. "Oh, he's just over there, we've been hanging out, I've been helping him get back in shape."

"Albert drops him, moving into the gym and sees you lifting weights, but several times heavier then he last saw you. "Are you ok?" he asks, and you turn, seeing Albert.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" you say, confused. "Well in your email, you said you were in trouble" says Albert, "Email?" you say, "I don't remember sending an email."

"Ok..." says Albert confused. "Let's get you home," he says, motioning you to follow.

"Ok, but, after my set," you say, "I'm getting so much better at this" You push up, body wobbling from the motion. "Oh, and on the way, let's stop by that Chinese place." you add.

"What?" asks Albert.

"Well, I seriously need to bulk up some more," you say, putting down the weights, "Look at me, I'm wasting away here," you hold up an arm full of flab, "Figure finishing off a few trays should give me a good boost, gotta hit my next weight goal."

"Ok, what's wrong with you?" asks Albert, seeing something is clearly wrong.

"Nothing, it's like you said, this is just the beginning, I can be the biggest there is, can't disappoint the ladies with a scrawny figure."

Albert looks at Rick, "What did you do to him?" he says, getting in his face again.

"Nothing, I swear," he says, grinning a little to himself. "He just... came around to the idea that his... condition wasn't so bad."

"Bull!" says Albert, grabbing him by his shirt, "You've been brainwashing him."

"Don't be crazy, who would do that!?" he says.

"He sent an email, he said you were up to something." says Albert.

Rick looks perplexed for a moment, then his face turns angry. He hefts his weight forward, ramming Albert with his wrecking ball stomach, which sends Albert flying into the gym against one of the machines. You stop as this happens.

"Albert, are you ok?" you ask.

"Ok, so I did it, but you want me to go back to being normal," says Rick. "I told you I don't want that, but you keep insisting everyone has to be just like you to be happy."

You are confused, Rick and Albert are fighting, and you are not sure why. You see Rick stomp over to a shelf as Albert is getting up.

"Well, fine, if everyone has to be like you," he says, pulling up a camera...

Wait... camera.... camera...

Suddenly everything comes back to you, the brainwashing, dreams, the photos, and the camera.

"...then I will be like you, only you will be like me!" he says, raising the camera...


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