ladies and gentlemen (and undecided), welcome to my new story based on one of my all time favorite shows, ed, ed, n eddy! Warning, like nicktoons, there will be no yaoi in this tale unless one of the oc's I make is gay. Yeah, little warning, if you hate oc's in all forms, no matter how well written, AVOID THIS STORY! Seriously, I cannot warn you enough XD

but if that doesn't bother you, then let's get started!

eddy's brother sat silently in a dark room, facing a desk where, behind it, sat a man shrouded in shadows. Between the two was a single scrap of paper with a dotted line at the bottom, facing eddy's brother. After a bit of silence, the shady one spoke "well" he said in a voice as smooth as a cold knife against a warm throat "are you going to sign? You asked for this for so long and you choose now to hesitate?" eddy's brother looked up at the man in front of him intensely

"so let me just get things straight right quick" he started "I just need to bring you three new bloods, and then I'm free?" the shrouded man gave a long cheshire cat grin

"now my dear delta" he addressed eddy's brother "I am many things, but I am no liar. Normally the price is simply one new recruit, but you are a bit more...shall we say, valuable. As such, I require compensation, you understand, correct?" eddy's brother, apparently named "delta" by this man at least, nodded in response

"I understand, and when I do, I never want to hear from you again" delta responded. The mysterious man simply nodded

"as you wish. Now then, get to work, after all, you only have three months" and with that, delta stood and walked out of the room. Sitting back in his chair, the man rang a bell and, seemingly out of nowhere, a butler dressed in a black pinstripe suit poured him a cup of tea "thank you ritter" he thanked the butler, who simply smiled

"of course, master seraphim" ritter responded in a polite tone "master seraphim, do yuo think that these new recruits will be..." he trailed off, not really having much stock in his words, therefore seeing no reason to finish the sentence. But seraphim seemed to know exactly what he was talking about

"let's hope so" he replied forebodingly "we're beginning to run out of time"

two months and 28 days later...

our heroes, the eds, sat together on the S.S mutant almost a chicken duck, drifting aimlessly through the river. Okay, not aimlessly, considering they're on a river, so they'll eventually end up SOMEWHERE, but they didn't seem all that concerned with where exactly. The three sat in silence for a good while, not having it in them to talk to one another. Honestly, after what's happened the past few days, who would be in the mood to talk? But eventually, boredom got the best of eddy and he decided to speak up

"okay" he started "I'm hungry and I'm bored out of my skull, and I know for a fact that the two of you are as well. Double d, what's the next town we're stopping at?" double d looked up from playing with splinters of wood chipping off of the floor to answer eddy's question

"hmm, let's see" double d reached into his pack and pulled out a map "well, at this rate, we should actually be arriving at new orleans shortly. So unless anyone wants to head out to sea, this'll be our stop, because we officially have nowhere else to go" eddy gulped in response but ed...just stayed asleep

"so this is it, huh?" eddy asked morbidly. They had been chased across the country, and now there was nowhere to run anymore

"afraid so" double d replied " we barely escaped kevin and the others yesterday, and I'm sure they're not far behind today. Face it, eddy, we're screwed unless we come across some kind of miracle" eddy ran a hand through his jet black hair

"I know, I'll think of something"

hours later...

the anatomically confused boat finally made its stop in the harbor of new orleans, allowing the eds to step off and stretch their legs. Eddy, however, noticed that the lummox known as ed was still fast asleep. Eddy fixed this by slapping the back of ed's head

"huh?" ed asked after his dream was so rudely interrupted. Looking up, he saw eddy standing over him, tapping his foot in impatience "oh, hello eddy, are we there yet?"

"yeah, now get up" eddy demanded, helping ed up by grabbing both of his arms. Turning around, our unlikely heroes saw the lights of the city ahead. Double d snapped his fingers in remembrance

"oh yeah" he proclaimed "today's mardi gras!" eddy raised an eyebrow

"you say that as if it were a good thing. How is it a good thing?" double d turned to the other two

"because if kevin is right behind us, he'll never find us in this crowd! He won't even know where to start!" double d proclaimed in joy "cmon, fellows, let's get into the thick of it!" eddy and ed cheered with a unanimous "yeah!" following after him. Soon the three were wrapped up in the drunken madness that is mardi gras, nobody even noticing that there were three underage partiers that had now joined them. But the eds weren't the only strange additions to the party.

meanwhile...

delta sat at a table in a local bar, enjoying a drink along with some peace and quiet from the partying. Then ritter stepped out from the shadows behind delta "two days left delta" delta's face fell almost instantly after that sentence

"I know, I know. For some reason, no fish are biting. So many people in the world willing to sell their souls away, where did they all go?"

"who knows" ritter replied with a shrug, picking up a drink of his own " sometimes, life decides to just throw the world a freebie. But dont worry, alot can happen in two days. But only if you get off your sorry ass" delta got the message and stood up, downing the last of his drink. Turning around ritter draped his arm around delta's shoulder and motioned him to look out the window

" dont look now, but I think I see three perfect candidates right out there" delta looked and saw something he couldn't believe

his little brother and his two friends. Slowly, a cheshire cat grin spread across his face

"jackpot" he uttered lowly