Hanging by a Thread
Story by Cybra
Cont'd by Raan
(A/N: I do not own Ed, Edd, & Eddy, or MASH. I don't even own this idea. Cybra Does. Here's a
section of an E-Mail he sent me.
Dear Raan,
Sorry for taking so long to answer your e-mail.
Unfortunately, school seems to want to take up most of
my time.
Sure, you can finish it and give me some credit! I'd
like to see what you come up with!
~Cybra)
The doctor had returned once already to check on Edd. There was another knock on the door. "Come
in." Edd replied, somewhat stronger this time. Another doctor came in and introduced himself as
Ben Freedman. (The son of Fmr. Maj. Sidney Freedman, D.P.[Doctor of psychiatry]) "Hello, Edward.
I had your case referred to me. You see, I'm a diffrent typ of doctor.." Edd cut him off. "You
mean, a psychiatrist?" "Yes, Edward, I see you know about my profession. My father was a
psychiatrist in the army during the Korean Conflict. He helped many people with their mental
problems, most notably the people at the 4077 M.A.S.H. He taught me everything he knew while I
was going through collage." Edd thought back to how much pain he had gone through, both mentally
and physically. "Now, Edward.." "Could you pleade call me Edd?", Edd asked. "Certainly, Edd. Now,
what eventually led up to this suicide attempt?" "Well, it began about two months ago. My parents
had just started to work two jobs each, leaving them very little time to spend with me. Most
nights, I was asleep when they left for wor work, and asleep when they got home. I was about to
come under tremendous pressure from my friends as well. One of them is obsessed with money, and
the gaining of the same by any means necessary. The other is..well, not the brightest bulb in the
pack, but he's very strong. Eddy, the first one, uses both Ed and I as pawns in his scams. I was
the inventer of our group, and Ed was the gatherer. After my most recent invention failed, due to
some insignifigant flaw that I had overlooked, Eddy, as per usual, started blaming both myself
and Ed for the failure of the scam. It was then that I snapped. I started to stare blankly into
space. I stopped responding to any stimuli. I just stayed inside and stared at the knife. Then,
yesterday, the last straw fell upon me, caused by Eddy banging on my front door, and screaming
for me to come out. The last thing I remembered was Kevin entering via my sliding glass door.
After that, my mind drew a complete blank." "Well, from what you have told me, it seems that you
have a textbook condition of depression, leading to attempted suicide. What amazes me, though, is
how open you were about the events and how clearly you remembered them. With time, you could
learn to turn your anger to another source. As my father once told me, about his work with one of
the doctors at the 4077th, 'Anger turned inward is depression. Anger turned sideways is Hawkeye.'
That is the nickname of the surgeon I was named after. You can learn to turn your anger outward,
or sideways, so that it doesn't build into self hatred. I would like to talk with you over the
next few months, completly free of charge. I think you have some visitors, so I'll stop by later,
okay?" "That would be fine, doctor. Thank you." Edd replied.
[Meanwhile, at the reception desk...]
Ed and Eddy were standing at the reception desk. Eddy asked, "Did you have an eleven year old kid
admitted here today with both wrists slashed?" "Yes," The receptionist replied, "And he has been
given clearance to have visitors. He's in room 713. That's on the 7th floor, to the left of the
elevator." "Thank you." Eddy replied. "C'mon Ed, the elevator's this way." Eddy said, walking to
the right of the reception desk. Ed pressed the elevator's "^" button, calling an elevator car to
the ground floor in 35 seconds. When it arrived, Ed and Eddy entered, and Ed proceded to press
"7" button. In about 20 seconds, they were on the seventh floor....
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A/N: What will happen? Will Edd forgive Eddy? Will Kevin visit Edd in the hospital? Will I ever
find a place around here to get an Icee? Find out most of these questions in the next chapter!
Story by Cybra
Cont'd by Raan
(A/N: I do not own Ed, Edd, & Eddy, or MASH. I don't even own this idea. Cybra Does. Here's a
section of an E-Mail he sent me.
Dear Raan,
Sorry for taking so long to answer your e-mail.
Unfortunately, school seems to want to take up most of
my time.
Sure, you can finish it and give me some credit! I'd
like to see what you come up with!
~Cybra)
The doctor had returned once already to check on Edd. There was another knock on the door. "Come
in." Edd replied, somewhat stronger this time. Another doctor came in and introduced himself as
Ben Freedman. (The son of Fmr. Maj. Sidney Freedman, D.P.[Doctor of psychiatry]) "Hello, Edward.
I had your case referred to me. You see, I'm a diffrent typ of doctor.." Edd cut him off. "You
mean, a psychiatrist?" "Yes, Edward, I see you know about my profession. My father was a
psychiatrist in the army during the Korean Conflict. He helped many people with their mental
problems, most notably the people at the 4077 M.A.S.H. He taught me everything he knew while I
was going through collage." Edd thought back to how much pain he had gone through, both mentally
and physically. "Now, Edward.." "Could you pleade call me Edd?", Edd asked. "Certainly, Edd. Now,
what eventually led up to this suicide attempt?" "Well, it began about two months ago. My parents
had just started to work two jobs each, leaving them very little time to spend with me. Most
nights, I was asleep when they left for wor work, and asleep when they got home. I was about to
come under tremendous pressure from my friends as well. One of them is obsessed with money, and
the gaining of the same by any means necessary. The other is..well, not the brightest bulb in the
pack, but he's very strong. Eddy, the first one, uses both Ed and I as pawns in his scams. I was
the inventer of our group, and Ed was the gatherer. After my most recent invention failed, due to
some insignifigant flaw that I had overlooked, Eddy, as per usual, started blaming both myself
and Ed for the failure of the scam. It was then that I snapped. I started to stare blankly into
space. I stopped responding to any stimuli. I just stayed inside and stared at the knife. Then,
yesterday, the last straw fell upon me, caused by Eddy banging on my front door, and screaming
for me to come out. The last thing I remembered was Kevin entering via my sliding glass door.
After that, my mind drew a complete blank." "Well, from what you have told me, it seems that you
have a textbook condition of depression, leading to attempted suicide. What amazes me, though, is
how open you were about the events and how clearly you remembered them. With time, you could
learn to turn your anger to another source. As my father once told me, about his work with one of
the doctors at the 4077th, 'Anger turned inward is depression. Anger turned sideways is Hawkeye.'
That is the nickname of the surgeon I was named after. You can learn to turn your anger outward,
or sideways, so that it doesn't build into self hatred. I would like to talk with you over the
next few months, completly free of charge. I think you have some visitors, so I'll stop by later,
okay?" "That would be fine, doctor. Thank you." Edd replied.
[Meanwhile, at the reception desk...]
Ed and Eddy were standing at the reception desk. Eddy asked, "Did you have an eleven year old kid
admitted here today with both wrists slashed?" "Yes," The receptionist replied, "And he has been
given clearance to have visitors. He's in room 713. That's on the 7th floor, to the left of the
elevator." "Thank you." Eddy replied. "C'mon Ed, the elevator's this way." Eddy said, walking to
the right of the reception desk. Ed pressed the elevator's "^" button, calling an elevator car to
the ground floor in 35 seconds. When it arrived, Ed and Eddy entered, and Ed proceded to press
"7" button. In about 20 seconds, they were on the seventh floor....
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
A/N: What will happen? Will Edd forgive Eddy? Will Kevin visit Edd in the hospital? Will I ever
find a place around here to get an Icee? Find out most of these questions in the next chapter!