Ring...*Ring*...*Ring*...
Double D was silent as his eye's slowly opened, the first thing he saw very much like the thing he always saw when he woke up was the ceiling fan above his bed. It was still, never really having been used over the years, too much dust for that. Slowly sitting up Double D yawned loudly as he stretched and careened his legs over the bed, his bare feet hit the cold floor, across the room on his dresser his cell phone was ringing continuously. Looking at the clock it said 5:32 am. who was calling him at this ungodly hour? Walking over to his dresser he picked up his smart phone and looked at the screen, the number was private, Double D merely ignored the call as he set the phone back down going back to his bed sitting on the edge. No more then a couple minutes later his phone started to ring again, Double D sighed as he walked back over to his dresser, his phone said private once again. He swore if this was another prank from the guys at the precinct he was gonna get them, they know how much he hated getting calls from private numbers. Double D silently swished the answer button with his thumb and picked up the call.
"Hello this is Detective Edwards can I help you?"
The phone on the other end was silent for a moment, but there was clearly someone on the other end breathing. Edd shook his head, this was just another prank from the guys, wouldn't be the first time they woke him up and hour before his alarm was to go off. It just didn't pay to be prompt anymore, it only ever put a target on your back However the voice Edd heard next was one in which he had not heard in many years.
"Double D it's Eddy from Peach creek, I didn't mean to call you so early in the morning..."
There was an edge in Eddy's voice as he spoke, Edd couldn't quite believe he was having this phone call, it had been what ten years since they had last spoken, right before he left Peach creek to pursue a career.
"No no Eddy that's all right, its nice to hear from you its been some time since we last spoke. How are things going there back in Peach creek?"
There was another long silence on the other end of the line, Edd was becoming a bit suspicious of this phone call already, it wasn't like Eddy to be so quiet at least not to him. Finally after a couple unsettling minutes Eddy spoke again.
"Double D can you come down to Peach creek?"
Edd was surprised when he heard the question, it had been a long time since he came down for sure, but this sudden invitation was somewhat off in a lot of ways.
"Eddy that's a nice offer, but you know me I am always busy, you know investigations never take a break. I could probably come down on my next vacation time in a couple months."
There was another strong silence, something was definitively off with Eddy and Edd did not like it at all. There was a tension between the two of them already and he didn't even understand why.
"Double D... Ed is dead... he was murdered two nights ago... I need your help Double D. From what I hear from the boys at Peach creek PD your one of the best Homicide Detectives they have down there."
Edd's eye's widened as he sat forward in bed, he felt like he had just got hit by a freight train, Edd swallowed hard as he let that news sink in. Many questions started pouring into his head along with many memories he had shared with Ed when they were kids. Edd was completely shocked as he tried to speak but failed every time.
"I know how you feel Double D, I know it might take a minute for you to process this, but there isn't going to be an investigation. It looked like Ed simply committed suicide, and they don't believe there is any reason to proceed further. But I know that there is something wrong, the Lieutenant won't listen to me, but we both knew Ed, me most of all and I know he would never do such a thing. Please Double D if there is anything you can do..."
Edd heard Eddy sniffling on the other end of the line as he was dang near close to shedding tears himself. Edd was silent for a moment before he recomposed himself and spoke:
"Send over the file Eddy to my precinct, I will present it to my Lieutenant, I have some pull over here. If I play my cards right I might be able to swing and inter department investigation. But if I do it won't be for a long time Eddy. If everything goes well the latest I can be there is by tomorrow."
"Thank you Double D... I knew I could rely on you..."
Eddy hung up the phone call as Edd sat on his bed stunned from the phone call, he was still having a hard time accepting everything he had just heard. Who could possibly want to hurt Ed and kill him? The possibilities went through Edd's head, things from witnessing some kind of a crime to someone who hated Ed enough to end his life. Edd sighed heavily he didn't know what lay before him when he returned to Peach creek but he knew already that it wasn't going to be good.