Author's note: What's up?! CombatMaster350 (though you can call me "CM") here! This is my first fanfic ever so, only constructive criticism and positive reviews allowed. No flames please! Ok, as it says on my profile, I am a childhood movie and Ed, Edd n Eddy fan! This story parodies the movie "Disturbia" in both title and partial plotline. The other part of the plotline is inspired by the movie "The Bone Collector" with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. And because Eddy is my favorite character, I decided to make him the main protagonist of my first fic! But enough jibber-jabber! Let's get this show on the road!
Disclaimer: As much as I'd like to, I do not own Ed, Edd n Eddy. Only the OCs that are crucial to the plot.
CHAPTER 1
ONE YEAR LATER
It is a warm, windy spring morning in the quaint town of Peach Creek. Birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and the sky is almost completely uninhabited by clouds. At a small pond, Edgar S. McCone and his father Skipper are fishing. Eddy has changed some since the incident with his older brother just several months ago. Once a megalomaniac, he had a little more than a 42 average in all his classes simply because he didn't care and would only cause disruptions. Now, with proper tutoring from Edd and the motivation of his newfound friends, he has a little more than a 79 average in each of his classes despite still hating school. He still wears his yellow shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers and keeps his hair in threes. But now, he is noticeably thinner and slightly taller. He resembles his father strongly, even though he wears a brown toupe' and is much larger and more muscular than he is.
"I think I got him! Her! Whatever!" Eddy whispers to Skipper. "Oh, I can smell the money now!"
"Hey, I thought this was for us?" Skipper whispers slightly offended.
"What're you complaining about? We got like sixteen for us, already! And I need some cashola in my bankola!" Eddy chuckles.
Indeed. He abandoned his greedy and selfish ways now that he has found himself a sense of belonging with the other cul-de-sac kids. But according to Skipper, money is always smart and convenient to have in your possession. So now, he does honest money-making ventures simply for extra pocket profit. This time, to catch fish, roast them, and sell them to the locals this fine spring weekend in addition to just having fun with his father.
"I got it! I got it! I got it-oh!" Eddy's fish escape his grasp, provoking him to kick the water out of frustration.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Skipper scolds, obviously the one who passed the trait to young Eddy. "It's all right! Sometimes they get away! Don't worry about it! Here, have some soda!" Skipper passes Eddy a bottle of green soda to calm his nerves, smiling at the fact that he succeeded.
"You know, I really appreciate you ditching Edwin and Eddward to hang with your old man. I'm especially glad that you pulled your grades out of the crap-pile so that you could!" Skipper smiles. Due to Eddy's bad character, they couldn't bond all that much. He is more than relieved at the fact that those days are over.
"Oh, it's cool. Monobrow and Sockhead kinda had their own plans, too. And, I appreciate you finally apologizing to me for hiring Nazz as my babysitter even though we're the same age and she's into me!" Eddy glares at his father with a grin.
"Look at it this way! You had a night alone with her! And she said that there was a…snicker…naked situation with a bathtub?"
"I'm not gonna tell you if we made out!" Eddy splashes water on Skipper.
"Spoilsport! Let's just fish!" Skipper and Eddy spend another two hours fishing before heading home in the former's 70s charger.
"Stop lying!" Eddy laughs.
"I'm serious! It was the roughest day in the history of rough days!" Skipper explains while laughing.
"You sell cars and small talk! You wouldn't know a rough day if you picked up a cursed phone and kept using it!" Eddy shakes his head and pops open a liter of Vitamin MCN4.
"Hey ease off on that stuff, will ya? It'll help your body, all right, but it's like a drug. Too much and it'll murder ya!" Skipper warns.
Skipper answers his cell phone, his wife Alyssa being on the other end, "Hey, beautiful! Yeah, we got a ton of fish! Hope you're ready to cut, gut, and cook! And don't forget to show Eddy how! He's gotta sell his! Yeah, he got a lot! What'd you thought I meant when I said "we"?"
Eddy lays his seat back as his parents converse and notices that the sky is no longer blue and beautiful, but now darkened due to a large gray cloud complete with a weak thunderclap. Feeling slightly nervous, he takes the phone to speak to Alyssa, "As if, Mom! Only a lame retard would think they can pass off a store-bought fish as the result of pure catching talent! And speakin' of retards…" Eddy and Skipper glare at a black minivan that honks its horn at them as it speeds by.
"Can you believe this gu-hunh?" Skipper suddenly floors his vehicle to a stop when he notices the minivan swerve and stop just several feet in front of him, the hood facing him directly. The minivan's tires are revving repeatedly and the minivan itself is perfectly aligned with the McCones' charger. It's as if the driver wanted to...charge at them. But why?
Eddy looks into his rearview mirror and noticed a silver SUV drive and stop right behind them, almost as if that driver wanted to…trap them. As Eddy wonders why in confusion, unbeknownst to him, a stronger thunderclap than before fills the darkening sky. Father and son look at each other worried.
ERRGH! Just then, the minivan speeds towards the two, intent on ramming them!
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Thinking quickly, Skipper tries to turn the car around, but the SUV behind them reacts first, speeds at them, and RAMS into the back of the vehicle, severely denting its back and causing it to spin out of control! The charger's front is then HIT by the minivan and forced against the highway fence! Skipper put his arm on Eddy's chest, "EDDY, DON'T MOVE! DON'T MOVE, SON!" Don't move indeed. The charger's impact on the fence was so great that it caused the fence to break partially and become just stable enough to keep the McCones from falling onto the middle of the highway below!
"WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" Eddy, now sweating more than usual, ends up veering his head towards the minivan, which has now swerved to face them head on again! Only this time, it looks as if the driver…"THIS PSYCHO'S GONNA FREAKIN' KNOCK US OFF THE ROAD, DAD!"
"HANG ON!" Skipper keeps his hand on Eddy's chest as the minivan rams into the charger, knocking them off the road and triggering screams of fear! The charger falls roof-first onto the street at the bottom, forcing the airbags to deploy. The two survived the fall, but are rendered bloodied and bruised. "You all right?"
"Yeah! Lemme just-" Eddy struggles to move his legs. When he could, he screams in extreme pain. Sticking his head out of the broken window, he tries to push himself out so that he could go around the car to get his father.
"Easy!" Skipper tells his younger child.
It begins to rain, making the day all the more perfect. Just when Eddy manages to get out of the car, he sees and hears the things that would change his life…forever.
"No!" To his horror, Eddy sees that the same minivan from up top managed to speed all the way down and seems to not be through with the two!
"EDDY!" The boy hears Skipper's yells before he witnesses the minivan ram into his father's side of the car and continue to drive away like nothing happened. The SUV follows the minivan several seconds later, passing right by Eddy. Oddly, it seems they were only after Skipper.
"OH MY GOD! DAD! DAD!" Eddy limps over to his father's side of the car and bends down to try and get him. But unfortunately…it is too late. The man who raised him. The man who disciplined him. The man who's been there for him since his birth. He is dead. Eddy begins to sob just as an even stronger thunderclap than before fills the sky. Immediately following is the faint sound of someone calling him.
"Eddy! Eddy! Eddy!" He still couldn't hear it over his crying and the thunderclap. Suddenly, a huge bolt of lightning flashed and the voice became six times louder than before,
"EDDY!"
"HUH!" Eddy awakens to find that it is his friend, Edd Keyes, that has been calling his name and that he was reliving the day he lost his father through a nightmare while in Speech Class. It has been one year since then, and he has once again changed both inside and out. He is as tall and slender as Edd and most other young teenagers, courtesy of the Vitamin MCN4 he has been taking. His three hairs are now thicker and are pointed more towards the front. But his personality is probably what has shifted the most. He retained the friendships around him all right, but after trying so long to get the cops to listen to his correct claims of his father being murdered, he has reverted back into a more wayward and violent youngster. Of course, he only shows it through certain impulses.
"I highly doubt that you'll gain knowledge through slumber, Eddy." Edd presses his finger down on a page in Eddy's Forensic Science book.
"I was dreamin' about…" Eddy started…
"I know, old friend. Even with everyone's amalgamated support from his funeral and onwards, you never completely recovered from the psychological hardship that stemmed from that horrific day." Edd politely interrupts. "But your father would be the first to tell you not to allow anything pertaining to him or others, no matter how severe, to impede your future. Now, you came to me for assistance in increasing your grade in Forensics Class back to a B so that you could evade taking the final exam. I can't prove to be useful to you unless you are useful to me as well."
"It's just…I mean the class is about lookin' at dead bodies. That ain't exactly the place to be for a guy like me. Even if I am good at it." Eddy turns the page.
"At least you sound like yourself." Edd smiles sadly.
"Sorry I'm late, kids! But, not that half of you will ever understand because you're fated to be alone, I had a rough argument with the lady of the house! Emphasis on rough!" The substitute Hispanic-American teacher walks into the classroom, his suit torn and briefcase dirty. "Now, let's get started. But first, Mr. McCone! Put the Forensics book away! This is Speech Class!"
"No, this is my study hall class for the 700th time, Del Toro." Eddy coldly replies, annoyed with the teacher's constant disregard for what he says every time he substitutes the class.
"You never know when you'll actually get this class later, kid. Put…the book…up!" Mr. Del Toro sternly commands Eddy, who glares at him with rage. Enough to make him want to give into his impulse of striking him.
Noticing this, Edd frantically changes the subject, "Uh, Mr. Del Toro? If you're wondering what homework assignment Mr. Willis presented us with the previous day, it is entitled "Changing the Community" and of course, I have volunteered to present first!"
"I was wondering, actually! Go ahead, sir! And you're next Mr. McCone! And you better pull something out of your ass if you didn't do it, Mr. Study Hall!" Mr. Del Toro sits down, earning a more hate-filled version of Eddy's glare. "Go ahead, Mr. Keyes!"
Edd clears his throat as he stands behind the podium to recite the assignment he memorized, "I ask you, what has the greatest negative impact on our town? Cutting down trees? Engaging in lawlessness? Perhaps! But neither can truly compete with the lack of an education. More than 1 million young people drop out of school a year with the intention to never return. Though the reasons range from pregnancy or the decision to sell outlawed product, the chief of these reasons is due to the lack of interest. Ladies and gentlemen, if you feel yourselves on the brink of dropping out because of this, then bequeath me with the chance to restore your interests!" Edd shows everyone a large poster with various pictures of young teenagers working together to construct technology of all shapes and sizes.
"Oh, wow!" Mr. Del Toro exclaims at the pictures in amazement. The students, excluding Eddy, follow suit.
"The Adolescent Inventors Club! An after-school program strictly for students between the ages of 13 and 15!" Edd continues, "By focusing your fading concern for school on this program, you will quite possibly unlock potential you never would have believed that you possessed before and have a wonderful time doing so. You may possibly even find a career during your time here. All the program asks in return is for you to conserve a decent portion of your educational interest and while I am aware of how difficult it will be for you, I guarantee that each and every one of you will find enough exhilaration in the AIC to find it all worth it! I am Eddward M. Keyes and I wish to change the community through reinvigorating interest in education. Thank you!"
With the exception of Eddy, whom has witnessed Edd's program before, the entire class applauded Edd's presentation; with some even stating that they'll check the program out.
"Excellent work, Mr. Keyes! And I'm only saying that because I don't know a fifth of the fancy words you used!" Mr. Del Toro turns his attention to Eddy, who has been studying his Forensics book throughout Edd's entire presentation. "Book away, Mr. McCone! You're up!"
Eddy simply ignored the substitute and continued studying. Not just because he is being a jerk despite what Eddy has said to him, but also because he is trying to keep calm so as not to lose his temper. Mr. Del Toro exasperatedly walks over to Eddy and snatches his book away. Tossing it to the floor, he nearly causes Eddy's anger volcano to erupt.
"I'm guessing there was nothing useful in your ass to pull." Mr. Del Toro goes on to subtly taunt Eddy, "Look I know about your Dad. Killed in a car crash last year. You feel guilty that it wasn't you. And now you're trying to deal with the pain by burying yourself in your work and life. Well…cry about it somewhere else. That's life. You're supposed to outlive your Dad, anyway."
That's it. The volcano erupts. Eddy viciously punches Mr. Del Toro to the floor and begins striking him repeatedly in the lip for his insensitivity and mistreatment towards him.
"EDDY, STOP!" Edd attempts to intervene, almost getting hit himself, while the class backs into a corner and one student calls the office.
Some days later, in the morning, Eddy, his mother Alyssa (who has lost weight since her "appearance" in Smile for the Ed), Mr. Del Toro (now sporting a huge bruise on his eye and a busted lip), and his friends Edd and Ed Schreck are in court, as Del Toro has pressed assault charges against him.
"All right, Mr. McCone. You will be turning 15 in a matter of months, which means you would only pay the minimum of a few months in juvie for the assault charges you pled guilty to. But with all these priors, you're up to four years." The judge tells Eddy, who looks back on all the bad he's done to sate the pain of losing his father. Vandalizing. Disturbing the peace. And assaulting others, of course. The judge continues, "Losing a parent isn't easy. And having friends isn't bad. That's why I'm sentencing you to three months of house arrest and because of Mr. Schreck and Mr. Keyes' testimonies against Adam Del Toro, he is no longer allowed to teach at Peach Creek Junior High or any other school you attend until you are 21. Mr. McCone, I just cut you a break. Don't test me." A few minutes after court is adjourned, Eddy has a quick conversation with the other Eds.
"Thanks for testifying against that tool, guys." Eddy nods his head in gratitude.
"You're very welcome, Eddy." Edd nods back. He felt no remorse for his actions despite his respect for Mr. Del Toro. Regardless of who they are, no one messes with his friends.
"And it is I who should thank you for giving me the chance to get rid of that tool, my trouble-making chum!" Ed bear-hugs Eddy in gratitude, as he has had his own issues with Mr. Del Toro in the past that have resulted in his landing in trouble.
To breathe, Eddy pushes Ed off of him, "Jeez, Lumpy! You don't know your own strength, yet? And how'd you get your Mom to let you keep on being friends with me after all this?"
"She sym-pora-thies with you, Eddy! She lost her dad to an accident before she was as old as Sarah!" Ed continues to smile, as he wants to keep Eddy's spirits up.
"I believe you mean "sympathize", Ed. But it's pleasant to know that both of our mothers still support our collective friendship and I am terribly sorry to hear about your grandfather." Edd touches his friends' shoulders.
"Ahem!" Alyssa, standing next to a Hispanic male and Black female officer, sternly gets Eddy's attention down the hall.
"Gotta split." Eddy walks over to the three adults.
"Ed will find out what hours we can visit you!" Ed yells down the hall, causing spectators to look at him.
"It's house arrest, Ed. We will be capable of visiting him whenever we desire. He just won't be able to do the same." Edd corrects.
"If I have mom bake him a gravy cake, he'll come out of his house, Double D!" Ed replies, causing Edd to pull his hat over his eyes frustrated.
Later that day in the McCone house, Detective Moon, the black female officer, places and activates Eddy's ankle monitor.
"Okay, you are all set to go nowhere!" Detective Moon casually explains, "All right, here are the rules in a nutshell. You're not allowed 100 feet beyond this house and once you're beyond, the monitor's gonna turn red, travel through the phone lines, and reach the station in town. It's tamper, electric, and waterproof, so don't even think about sticking your foot in the toilet and hopping across the lawn. It won't work and you'll look pretty stupid."
"What if he gets to red and-"
"He's got 10 seconds to get his three-haired butt back to green or else." Detective Moon interrupts Alyssa.
"What? Five-o's gonna take me alive?" Eddy folds his arms sarcastically.
"Dead or alive." Detective Moon turns to Alyssa, "All right, you all set to pay the incarceration fee, Mrs. McCone?"
"Incarce-What?" Alyssa looks at Eddy surprised.
Detective Moon explains, "12 bucks a day. I accept all major credit cards, but personally, I prefer your son's style. What was it?"
"Cash or cash!" Eddy and Detective Moon smirk, but Alyssa is internally and facially angered with Eddy for making light of this. Obviously though, he doesn't care.
Detective Moon and Alyssa walk over to the table to discuss payment while Eddy turns to the Hispanic officer and notices his nametag in shock, "Officer…Del Toro?"
"Your substitute teacher…he's my brother." The officer sneers sadistically, triggering an uneasy facial response from Eddy, who knows he'll try something to get even.
Detective Moon then tells Eddy, "Oh and by the way, my husband and I are ditching the uniforms for two weeks in the Bahamas and Robin is watching the house until then. If he comes by and says he staying out past midnight, call me up so I can bust his ears as an appetizer to what's gonna happen. I mean it! Call me!"
Eddy nods with a convincing smile, but has no intention of doing so. Later on, Eddy is reading Bikini Babes magazines on his bed until, walking through his sliding back-door, a kid his age, height, and build with combed black hair, skin as dark as Detective Moon's, and a forest green tongue. He wears a white T-shirt with an unbuttoned black T-shirt over it, a silver lion-headed necklace, gray jeans, and black/white sneakers. Given his powerful resemblance to Detective Moon, it is obvious that he is her son. Robin.
"Boy Wonder!" Eddy hops off of his bed.
"You know better than that!" Robin points at him threateningly.
"Why don't you just suck up a nickname like the rest of us?" Eddy takes out his gray wristbands.
"Oh, you mean like you and that "no-neck chump" thing?" Robin snickers, being the one who wrote that insult almost two years back.
"The deal was you drop that and I don't have Ed stuff you in the turkey chair and drop you in the gravy tub." Eddy cracks his knuckles.
"Hey, I didn't know you'd go so far off the chain that you'd end up staining the names Carl, Hugo, and Jeanette!" Robin takes off his black shirt.
"Suzette, idiot!" Eddy corrects.
"Let's just spar!" Robin and Eddy step into the backyard and ready themselves in similar fighting positions.
Ok, so, this chapter was more drama/comedy/angst than mystery/suspense/thriller, but just you wait! Just you wait! And I hope you paid close attention to every little detail of this chapter, because each of these have ties to important parts of the story's future and I'd hate to ruin the good parts for you! Also, I anticipated that some of you might not have seen "Disturbia" (with Shia Labeouf, David Morse, and Sarah Roemer) or "The Bone Collector", which is why I made a few changes to have it fit into the Ed Edd n Eddy world and have it be something fellow fans would like. Stay tuned for updates!