The Peach Creek War
Episode 1: One nation under Eddy
The Eds were wandering around the junkyard, looking for a new idea for a scam. The heat was getting to Eddy, and he seemed to be losing his patience.
"I give up! I must have writer's block or scam block or something!" he screamed. Double D worried about his friend. Eddy is very frustrated he thought to himself. Before he could try and comfort Eddy, Double D tripped over a sheet of metal. He fell on his knees, which were scraped from the ground.
"OW!" Double D said in pain. "This junkyard is a metallic graveyard with all of these pieces of metal lying around. Someone should recycle them to build vehicles for the army." Eddy didn't believe he just heard what his friend said.
"Wait, these pieces of metal could be turned into things like tanks?" he asked him with a look of hope. Double D looked at him and nodded.
"Why yes, with the proper equipment, of course." he said. And just like that, gold coins replaced Eddy's pupils, and his hair turned into a cash sign.
"Guys, I have a new scam idea! Double D, how about we make our own armored vehicles!" he told his friend. Ed was eagerly excited about the idea.
"I will be a galactic hero!" he exclaimed in delight.
"Well, I don't know…" Double D said in doubt. No child should have access to those kinds of weapons. Eddy sensed Double D's doubt, and prepared a ready lie.
"You're right, that's too unethical. My dreams of learning how to build things out of recycled material are crushed!" he said with fake sorrow to his friend. Ed was oblivious to Eddy's lie, and thought he was serious.
"Don't worry Eddy, dreams come true!" he said as he hugged Eddy. Eddy quickly got out of Ed's grip. Double D felt guilty about Eddy's disappointment. Well, what harm could it bring? he asked himself.
"Actually, I'll show you how to recycle these if you want" he told Eddy.
"Alright, I'm game!" Eddy said in a brighter tone.
"Check, you're it!" Ed screamed.
Ignoring Ed's comment, Double D said "Well then, let's go to the recycling plant."
"How long will this take?" Eddy inquired.
"An hour" Double D replied.
"Fine" Eddy grunted. He didn't want to spend an hour of learning, but he got over it. The Eds headed off to the recycling plant. They went inside to see the place abandoned.
"Well, it's been abandoned for years, but I'll still show you" Double D said. He turned on the lights, and Eddy was awed. He saw gigantic machines all over the facility. He rushed around to see the machines starting to recycle materials into toys. One of them was a toy tank. He began fantasizing about the possibilities. He then rushed over to see pictures of vehicles made by the army. While Double D explained the process out loud and slowly, Eddy was creating his own blueprints of a powerful vehicle, one that a tank would even have trouble with. In about an hour, he finished the plans, and headed home with Double D and Ed.
"Well, I have to get home. I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Double D told them. He walked onto his lawn.
"See you later Double D!" Eddy called out. Double D waved back, and shut his front door.
"Ed, we're going to be unstoppable once we make our own army. Nobody can stop me now!" Eddy said to his goofy friend.
"Whoa, what did I miss this time?" Ed asked him.
"I'll explain at my house" Eddy said as he dragged Ed to the junkyard. After spending a few hours of collecting scrap metal, Eddy rushed off to the recycling plant with 3 tons of scrap metal from the junkyard, and had a huge vehicle made. The vehicle was 20 feet high, 10 feet wide and 30 feet long. It had a turret at the back and the front, and a large cannon on the top that was 3 feet of the vehicle's height. Eddy then had guns made for himself and Ed. They were shotguns, sub-machine guns, and sniper rifles. When Eddy was pleased with himself, he ran home gloating with Ed.
"The other kids will obey us now monobrow!" Eddy exclaimed.
"And so will the gravy!" Ed said before rushing into his house. Eddy looked at him with a confused look.
"Uh, yeah… sure…" he muttered. Before falling asleep, Eddy contacted one of his brother's friends.
"Hey, it's good to hear you too" Eddy said into the phone.
"By the way, do you still have those confidential codes?" he asked mischievously.
The next morning, Double D woke up at 7:00 to the sound of heavy machinery.
"What in the world…" he said to himself. He looked outside to see Eddy standing on the top of a massive machine with the kids gathered around him. He saw Ed inside the cockpit of the horrid vehicle.
"Eddy, what's going on?" Double D asked in a demanding voice. Eddy was glad to see his friend.
"Good morning my friend, and congratulations! You're just in time to join the CATS!" he said with delight. Double D and the other kids giggled.
"The cats?" Double D said while laughing. Eddy started to grind his teeth.
"No, the "Children's Alliance of Trained Separatists", which is basically my army" Eddy said in a gloating voice.
"What are your aims? World peace?" Double D asked him.
"Conquering the whole stinking cul-de-sac!" Eddy said insanely.
"What?!" Double D asked in shock. "There is no form of government in the cul-de-sac! We won't stand for this!" Double D told him defiantly.
"There are two things wrong with that sentence" Eddy said as he began an explanation. "First, these kids have no choice because this thing is impenetrable and has huge weapons. Second, you have a choice Double D. Join me, or perish."
Double D looked at his other friends afraid of what might come next. They all were staring at him, waiting for his reply. Double D turned to Eddy, and grimly said his answer.
"If you're going to impose a monarchy of your ego on this cul-de-sac, then you'll have to go through me!" he said with pride, and at the same time, fear.
"Fine, but you had a choice!" Eddy said angrily. "Anyone else who wants to join me and view me as supreme ruler?" Eddy asked the kids.
"I'll join you guys! Plank always wanted to be part of a monarchy" Johnny said. Johnny jumped inside the machine with Plank.
"Wise choice, Johnny boy!" Eddy said as he pointed his finger at him. "Anyone else?" Eddy asked. The other kids weren't as happy with him as a monarch.
"We'll never join you Eddy!" Nazz stated.
"Yeah, I'm not going to obey King Dork the first!" Kevin said mockingly.
"We're never joining you!" Sarah screamed.
"You're too cruel to be king!" Jimmy said with a pout.
"Well, as for the rest of you, prepare to fall before my V.M.D!" Eddy screamed with hate.
"VMD?" Double D asked in a puzzled voice.
"Vehicle of mass destruction" Eddy replied. Double D looked at him blankly. "Jeez, can't you keep up with this?" he asked his new enemy. "Ed, attack the kids" Eddy commanded.
"Okay! Going in reverse, chief!" Ed said while jollily laughing.
"What?!" Eddy said in a puzzled tone. Eddy and Ed went backwards slowly as Ed made the beeping sounds of a truck backing up.
"The other way!" Eddy yelled.
"Okay!" Ed replied. The two Eds went charging towards the kids. The kids dove out of the way, and saw Eddy jump in the VMD as it flew down the hill. He turned the machine around and began driving toward the kids again. Double D was quick to respond.
"Quick, down the sewers!" he yelled to the other kids. Rolf opened the manhole, and Jimmy couldn't stand the stench.
"Gross!" he said in disgust.
The Kids went down into the sewers just as Eddy was leaving the hill. Eddy came back up, but didn't see a trace of the kids.
"Where did they go?" he asked Ed.
"Maybe the mutant mole people took them!" he said with a scary look. Eddy gave Ed a confused look, who waved in reply.
"Ah, forget this!" Edd said. "I have to make two more of these."
Eddy drove into the forest, out of sight of the other kids. Double D looked outside, and saw not one trace of Eddy other than the tire marks.
"The coast's clear" he assured the other kids.
The kids climbed out dazed and confused. Kevin was the first to start getting answers.
"Double D, where did dorky get that thing?" he asked in surprise.
"I think he made it at the recycling plant" Double D said. The other kids gave him a baffled look, because they didn't recall Eddy being interested in recycling. "I took him there yesterday to show him how it worked. He seemed to have harmless intentions."
"Well, that definitely wasn't harmless." Nazz said angrily.
"Where do you think he'll go next?" Kevin asked him.
"Well, he'll probably go make more of those, probably two so that Johnny and Ed can have their own" he started to explain. "Meanwhile, he'll send Ed and Johnny to get the only possible recruits left."
"Who's that?" Sarah asked in confusion.
"The Kanker sisters" Double D replied. Rolf laughed heartily at Double D's theory.
"Hah, Rolf doubts that the stingy Ed-boy would ever have the Kankers on his side" he said. Double D shook his head in disagreement.
"No, he would" Double D said grimly. "If there's one thing that Eddy knows, it's that the Kankers are strong and intelligent. He will be a tougher opponent if he convinces the Kankers to join him."
"Then we have to go there before he does!" Kevin said anxious to beat Eddy to the trailer park.
"Yes, but we should split up so that we can also build vehicles like Eddy's" Double D said. "I will go to the trailer park with Nazz and Kevin while Rolf, Jimmy and Sarah go to the junkyard to collect as much scrap metal as they can."
"Alright, let's go!" Rolf said to his team. Rolf, Sarah and Jimmy ran off towards the junkyard.
"Well, now that that's settled, let's get going!" Double D said to Nazz and Kevin.
Double D, Nazz and Kevin went towards the trailer park. Meanwhile, Ed and Johnny already reached it.
"So Eddy wants us to join his alliance?" Lee said.
"And what's in it for us?" May asked suspiciously.
"Eddy says that you'll have seats on the throne and in government when he forces the other kids into slavery" Ed told them.
"Okay, plus we get to be with our boyfriends!" Lee said.
"Yeah!" May said. Ed winced at the comment.
"I doubt Double D would be evil enough to do this!" Marie said.
"You're right, he didn't join us!" Ed said.
"Marie, come on!" May begged. "You're always acting tough! Now use that to become powerful!" May told her.
"That's not how I truly am, but this is!" Marie said while walking away. "I refuse to join" she told Ed.
"Then take this!" Lee said. She tackled Marie to the ground when her guard was down. Lee kept hammering her until she finally fell to the ground and was nearly immobile. Lee and May beat Marie until she fell down to the ground, with a hard time getting up.
"Okay, bye Marie!" Ed said happily. Ed, Johnny, May and Lee left in the VMD. After the VMD was gone, Double D and his group arrived. Double D ran up to the trailer. He, Nazz and Kevin searched it, but found nobody.
"Darn it, they were already here!" Double D said to them. He walked outside and noticed Marie struggling to get off the ground. "Marie!" he screamed.
"Double D…" Marie said softly. She fainted before the kids could reach her. Double D propped her on his back, and began walking back to the cul-de-sac with the others.
"I don't believe it!" Double D said. "She didn't join! There may be hope after all!"
"We can take her to my house" Nazz said. "My mother keeps a deluxe first-aid kit that even has materials to make casts."
"Okay, I'll tell the others on their walkie-talkies!" Double D said.
"Rolf, come in, Rolf!" Double D said into the radio. Rolf heard his radio, took it out, and replied "Yes, what is it Double D?"
"I have secured Marie, but her sisters seemed to have joined Eddy" Double D said. "Have you found enough metal?" he asked Rolf.
"Yes, Rolf must have about 3 tons!" Rolf said with pride.
"Great job! Take that to the recycling plant, and…"
"I did, but the plant was destroyed" Rolf said.
"Eddy! Well, bring it to Nazz's house! I think I may know another place where we can recycle it" Double D said.
"Alright, Rolf is approaching the house" Rolf answered.
A few hours later at Nazz's house, Marie faded back into consciousness. Nazz and Double D were patching up her bruises.
"Double D, she's awake!" Nazz told him.
"Uh, so much for family looking out for you" Marie said when Double D treated her bruises.
"Your sisters did this?" Double D asked in astonishment.
"Yeah" Marie replied. "Ed came and convinced them to join Eddy's army."
"I better see if Rolf needs help" Nazz said. After she walked out, Double D started to ask Marie some questions.
"Well, did you join them?" Double D asked her.
"No, and that's why those harpies beat me up" Marie replied.
"Well, you're welcome to come with us" Double D told her.
"Well, I guess so" Marie said.
"Why, because I'm here or because Eddy's side is like a terrorist group?" Double D asked her.
"A little of both!" Marie said with a grin.
"Well then, welcome to the PCA!" Double D said with a smile.
"PCA?" Marie asked in confusion.
"Peach Creek Alliance" Double D said.
"Oh, that makes sense!" Marie replied.
Suddenly, they heard something grinding outside.
"What is that?" Marie asked Double D. He was glad to hear the noise.
"It sounds like our jeep is ready!" Double D said with a voice of accomplishment.
"Jeep?" Marie asked in a confused voice.
They walked outside to see two jeeps with metal plating. There's a machine gun turret in the back and two smaller ones in the front of jeep. There's a driver seat, three passenger seats and a gunner's seat. Rolf was wearing a military suit.
"Rolf, what are you wearing?" Kevin asked him.
"This is the uniform of my grandfather! He was a general of the Russian czar for two years until the revolution!" Rolf told him.
"You're Russian?" Kevin asked, hoping to finally know Rolf's heritage.
"Only partly" he replied. Double D came out with Marie and looked at the jeep.
"I see that the jeep was made according to plan" Double D said in an impressed voice.
"How did you guys make these?" Marie asked them.
"I used another recycling plant and the materials Rolf gathered to create these jeeps. We now have enough room for everyone to fit. There's even some metal left over that we used to make weapons.
"Won't we get in trouble?" Marie asked in a worried voice. Double D shook his head.
"Besides, shouldn't we, like, call the police or something?" Nazz asked him.
"Eddy's destroyed the telephone and electricity lines" Double D told her. "He's attempting to prevent us from leaving or getting help"
"Well, can't we leave now?" Marie asked him.
"Well, not exactly" Double D said as he began to walk towards the hill. "Follow me" he told Marie. The other kids wondered what her reaction would be when she saw Eddy's monstrosity. They walked off to the top of the hill to see a huge wall surrounding the area with mounted turrets.
"This… This is impossible!" Marie said in disbelief.
"It seems that Eddy used nearly all of the junkyard's metal to create this barricade" Double D began to explain. "This is a siege. There's almost no way in and no way out for us."
"Well, how devastating are those turrets?" Marie asked him.
"Watch" Double D told her. He threw a piece of an old tire that was rusty and eroded down the hill. The turrets shot missiles and bullets at it until it was no more.
"That's unbelievable!" Marie said.
"It is, which is why we have a huge problem" Double D said.
"Can't we fly out of here?" Marie asked him.
"Even if we had enough of a flat area to take off, we would need to reach altitudes of more than 200 feet for his turrets not to detect us" Double D told her. "Plus, the junkyard has no metal left. We're trapped."
"What if we dig underground?" Kevin said.
"We don't have the power to go underground for more than 30 seconds" Double D said. "If we tried, we'd have to go back to the surface, and the turrets would destroy us!"
"Is the creek clear?" Nazz asked him.
"Sarah did some scouting, and said that the creek has been blocked by the barricade which acts like a dam" Double D told her. "We can't even use a submarine to escape" he said.
"Double D, Rolf has an idea!" Rolf said with a smile.
"What is it?" Double D asked him.
"You said that we cannot fly, sail, submerge, dig or drive out of here, correct?" Rolf asked him.
"Yes…" Double D concurred.
"Well, what if we combine two of those to escape?" Rolf asked him. Double D didn't completely understand what he meant.
"What do you mean?" he asked Rolf.
"The creek has a dam, but we will be undetected if we use a submarine." Rolf said.
"But the barricade goes all the way to the ocean floor of the creek!" Double D told him.
"But we can escape if the submarine has a drill!" Rolf said. Double D thought about Rolf's idea.
"Rolf, that's crazy, but it might work!" he said. "It will, however, be a hassle to create such a machine."
"There is still some scrap metal left" Rolf explained. "If we use that to make the sub and the drill, then we could leave!"
"Alright! I'll begin working on the plans for the sub!" Double D said. "Everyone grab an SMG and pistol from Rolf's armory. Kevin and Rolf, you two take sniper rifles in addition to the others so you can scout the rest of the area. If you need to contact me, use your video communicators. Does everyone have a communicator?" Everyone except Marie nods.
"Oh, sorry Marie" Double D apologized. "Here you go." He gave her a bulky walkie-talkie that had a video screen in addition to its speakers.
"Remember, when you guys scout, contact me to mark down which areas Eddy controls" Double D said. "I will update a 3-D model of the cul-de-sac to get an idea of how big the barricade's diameter is." Everyone walked off to do their jobs.
"You know, you might need some help with that program thingy…" Marie asked slyly. Double D sighed.
"Very well, you can come… but don't try anything!" he said strictly.
"Trust me, I've changed!" Marie assured him.