I am reaching for a box of mac ‘n’ cheese when the hair on my arms stands up straight. She is here; she must be. I stop, look over my left shoulder, and nothing but normal strangers roaming Kroger. I slowly look over to my right, and there she is standing at the end of the aisle; my doppelgänger. Instead of disappearing out of sight like every normal. She motions for me to follow her. She turns and walks towards the back of the store.

​Should I follow? I have been wanting to ask this woman who she was since I first spotted here over a year ago while I was walking down my street. See the thing about this woman is she looks exactly like me. Same hair color, eye color, nose, everything, right down to the scar above my eyebrow from my brother.

​Now standing in Kroger with Mac ‘n’ Cheese in my hand, I made a decision, which seems entirely too reckless for me, I followed. Abandoning my shopping cart, I headed in the same direction. I rounded the corner of the aisle and saw her duck into the back.

​I entered the back room and looked around the area confused by its emptiness. Where had she gone? I wasn’t that far behind, she couldn’t have gone –

​“Come with me now,”

​This woman has grabbed my arm and started to drag me further into the back of the store.

​“Who are you? Where are we going?”

​She said nothing and kept dragging me towards the back exit sign. I pulled back trying to remove myself from her grasp, but was unsuccessful. She pulled me through the exit into the ally behind the store. We continued along the alley until we reached sleek black SUV.

​“Get in, hurry!”

​I hopped into the back of the SUV and the other me went around to the passenger side. There was a man in a black suit in the driver seat.

​“Nice to finally meet you, Ms. Blackwood. Sad it has to be under these circumstances.”

​“What circumstances? What is happening? And for the love of God please tell me who you are,” my curiosity had be overthrown by frustration at this point and I needed answers. My other self turns in her seat to finally look at me.

​“We are from Reality 3. It’s another form of your reality, but with a different timeline. I am also Lucy Blackwood, and I am trying to save us. Someone has placed a hit on you from another Reality which includes all of us. We need to collect the rest of us and fight for safety. You were part of the next Reality being targeted.”

​Before I could respond, the Kroger behind us burst into flames.