Edgar Frog: Lover AND a Fighter

An Edgar Frog (Lost Boys) Love Story

Edgar Frog walked down the street with his older brother Alan. They had just got done slaying a group of vampires, which they had considered their calling in life. He looked at his brother, "Man I need a shower now."

His brother looked at him. Edgar's face was smeared with war paint, soot, and vampire blood, "Yeah you do. Truth be told, I feel the same way."

"We just saved Santa Carla and no one's gonna believe us." Edgar groaned, "Great, just great."

Alan put his arm around his brother, "Well, that's a small price to pay bro."

He nodded, "Yeah you're right. So what do we do now?"

"Hell, sit back, relax, train a little, and wait for Santa Carla to need saving again."

Ramona Banks and her sister Christine drove down the street in a rented U-Haul. She was staring out the window when she saw two boys walking down the street in an almost military like fashion. She wanted to talk to them; they looked like the kind of guys she would hang out with. She especially took interest in the one with wavy chestnut colored hair and a red bandana wrapped around his head. But she told herself she couldn't, not yet anyway. First she needed to help Chris unpack, and then they had business to take care of, "Hey sis, they have a boardwalk!"

Her older sister glanced out the window, "Yeah, that's definitely a boardwalk."

"Can we check it out tomorrow?"

"Sure, after we set up our beds tomorrow. I dunno about you kiddo, but I'm beat."

Ramona lay on the blow-up mattress that she was supposed to use until they got set up. She and Chris were sleeping in the living room of their new house. Ramona looked out the window, a tear rolling down her cheek, "Chris?"

"Yeah?"

"Chris I miss mom and dad." She choked out.

"Oh Moana, so do I." Her sister came over and hugged her, "So do I."

"It's not fair!" Ramona cried

"No it's not. It's really not." Christine stroked her sister's hair, "But we gotta keep moving right?"

Ramona nodded her head and wiped the tears from her eyes, "Yeah, yeah we do."

"That's why we're here, right?" Her sister asked.

"Right, we're here for mom." Ramona said, taking in a deep breath.

"Hell yeah we are! Are you gonna be all right?"

"Yeah... Night Chris"

"Night kiddo."

After they had eaten breakfast and finished getting their beds set up, Ramona and Christine went to visit the boardwalk.

"Ramona, here's fifteen dollars, meet me back here in an hour, and scream if there's any problems."

Ramona rolled her eyes, "Ok Captain Paranoia, but I'm sure I'll be fine." She took the money and smiled, "Thanks Sis"

Ramona strolled around the boardwalk, stopping in front of a comic book store. She lingered at the doorway for a few seconds, wondering if she really wanted to go inside. Then she saw something that made her very sure she wanted to go inside. Though at the time she didn't know his name, she recognized him. It was the boy who she saw walking down the street; Edgar Frog. He was standing behind the counter, reading. She decided she wanted to talk to him, but she thought she'd loose her nerve. The least she'd do was go in, buy something, and that would lead to him having to talk to her.

She walked down the aisles and looked for something to buy. Ramona grabbed the newest Superman comic then walked over to the counter and slid it over to the boy she wanted so badly to talk to, but wasn't sure why, "Uh, how much?"

He looked at the cover of the comic, "Superman, nice choice." He had a deep, mellow voice, and a calm, confident demeanor.

Ramona smiled, "Thanks."

"I'm Edgar, Edgar Frog." He tilted his head in the direction of the other boy Ramona saw walking down the street the night before, "That's my older brother Alan."

"My name's Ramona Banks, I just moved here from Trenton."

"That's a pretty long move." He said, "What's with the bottle?"

She looked down the necklace she wore every day, "It's a vile." Ramona smirked, "And it's filled with Holy water."

"What for?" He asked, looking her up and down.

Ramona looked at him seriously, "There's certain things it protects you from."

"Like?" He looked very interested now.

"Anything evil, really. But it works very well on," She paused, "Vampires."

"Vampires?" Edgar looked around, "No charge, for the comic... Why don't you follow me? We can finish this conversation in private."

Ramona grinned, "Ok."

Edgar took her hand and started leading her into the back room. Alan glanced at him and Edgar nodded, showing he was positive of what he was doing. He pulled an empty crate over and motioned for her to sit down. She obeyed and waited for him to say something. He sat on a crate beside her and looked at her, "Vampires," He started, "Are a serious subject around here."

"Why's that?"

"My brother and I are fighters for truth, justice, and the American way."

"Which means?"

"We're vampire hunters."

Ramona started laughing, and Edgar's face fell. She calmed down and smiled, "Join the club."

"What?"

"That's why me and my sister moved here."

"Well you're too late. Sorry, we killed them all last night."

"If you think there's only one head vampire in the world honey, you're crazy." Ramona frowned, "We've been hunting him for a few years."

"I know there's more vampires over the world." Edgar said almost defensively, "Who have you been hunting, and why? If you don't mind me asking."

Ramona was quiet for a minute, "My father died when I was three... When I was twelve my mother met a man named Mathias Crowley..." There was pain in her eyes, "H-He turned out to be a vampire... He wanted my mom to be his queen. But one day, I guess he got a little hungry or somethin'." She chuckled, then tears fell down her face, "We've been trackin' him ever since."

"How old are you now?"

"I just turned sixteen about two months ago. You?"

"Sixteen." He took the comic book Ramona bought and scribbled something on it, "Here's my- er, our phone number. Feel free to call if you need help with this Mathias guy." He smiled a little, "Or if you wanna talk or, or hang out or somethin'." His calm manner faded a bit and showed just a hint of a nervous teenage boy.

Ramona bit her lip and smiled, "Um, if you don't have anything to do tomorrow, maybe you could come down to my house and help us unpack a little. Then afterwards, maybe me and you could go get somethin' to eat."

Edgar tilted his head to the side, a little nod, "Yeah. I'm pretty sure I can find some spare time."

"Great!" She checked her watch, "Oh shit! I'm sorry, I gotta go. I promised Christine I'd meet her soon." Ramona grabbed Edgar's hand and wrote her name with a heart beside it, address, and phone number on it before waving, "Bye Edgar, it was great meeting you!"

"You too." He yelled, looking at his hand.

Alan walked back into the room and looked at Edgar, "Who was she?"

Edgar held up his hand and smiled.

"A girl? Edgar! Don't put our mission in jeopardy!"

"What mission? According to you, we get to sit back and relax." He decided not to mention that Ramona was here tracking a vampire, yet, "Besides, she's cool."

Ramona ran down the boardwalk, quietly singing to herself. It was something she always did when she was happy. She couldn't believe she had just bared her life story to some guy she just met, but she didn't really care. She went right on singing.

Christine took one look at her and started laughing, "You're very happy... What happened?"

Ramona held up the comic book, the side with Edgar Frog and his phone number scrawled across it, and smiled.

Her sister took it and smiled, "Awe, someone's got a little crush."

"Eat lead." Ramona smiled and took the comic back, "He might be stopping over tomorrow, to help us pack. It depends on if he can find the time."

Christine looked her younger sister over, "I'm sure a pack of rabid wolverines couldn't keep that boy away from you, especially if you saw him dressed like that."

"What's wrong with my outfit?"

"Aside from the neckline being a little low, and those jeans looking like they were painted on, nothing really." She smiled, "But I was your age once, and teenage boys are very hormonal. And if they even see a bit of chest and a tight pair of pants, they'll flip."

Ramona's face went bright red and she hung her head, "Can we go now?"

Christine put her arm around Ramona, "Sorry sis... Let's go."

They walked down the boardwalk, quiet for a few minutes, "So tell me a little about him."

"His name's Edgar Frog and he has a brother named Alan. He has wavy brown hair, and brown eyes."

"Edgar's a nice name." Christine said, "I always liked Edgar."

"He works at his parents' comic shop."

Christine laughed, "You do love comics."

"That I do." Ramona said, "And there's something else."

"Lay it on me."

"He and his brother are vampire hunters." Ramona looked at her sister, "And... And I told him about Mathias."

"Did you?"

"I did."

"And he didn't think you were a loony?"

Ramona shook her head, "No ma'am... He believed me."

"Well, he sounds like a keeper."