Chapter 2: The Cul-de-sac on a Path to Destruction
"It's perfect!" Eddy exclaimed, proudly smiling. Edd and Eddy were on the driveway of Ed's house preparing for their next scam, "Triple E Fashion Modeling Services."
"Perfect?" Edd mumbled. "Looks to me like it could use another hour or four of construction."
"Lighten up, Sockhead." Eddy remarked. "Once Ed comes back with the last of the supplies it'll be done! And you know what next! Cashola!"
"Why do I get the feeling that the kids won't even notice this?" Edd murmured sarcastically.
"Don't you think Nazz will want to pose as a model for our fashion magazine?" Eddy asked.
"Only problem, Eddy," Edd continued, "there is no magazine! We can't afford taking our photographs to some professional and have them printed into a magazine!"
"Don't you remember anything, Double D?" Eddy spoke. "Remember, Ed went to go look for some stray magazines, and we'll just glue our pictures to them, and they won't be able to tell misleading cheapo buffoonery from top class Hollywood-Style photography!"
Edd sighed, resting his hand on his forehead in frustration and walked off.
Soon, Ed returned to the scene. "Found some stuff, guys!" He yelled.
"Atta' boy, Ed!" Eddy excitedly announced. "What'd ya' get?!"
Ed opened his sack and pulled out a fancy flower vase, a string of blue ribbons, and an assortment of magazines, including the Kanker's Hubcaps Digest magazine.
"I found a lot of stuff!" Ed shouted. "Do I get that buttered toast reward now?"
"Wait till the scam's over, Lumpy." Eddy informed Ed. "Help me set up this stuff! Also, I'll need to sort through these magazines to see if you found any junk ones. Oh here, what's this?" Eddy pulled out one of the magazines. "Hubcaps Digest? This is junk. Trash can's over there."
"Trash?" Ed replied. "Aw, but Eddy! I picked that one out of the trailer park, and had to take some brown paper off it."
Edd interjected. "Ed, you don't suppose that could be someone's mail?"
"Nah, it was just sitting on one of the front porches." Ed told them.
"Whatever." Eddy impatiently said. "Let's get movin' on this scam if we want it finished before the kids show up."
"Take a penny, leave a penny!" Ed randomly remarked, as he ran off to help finish the scam.
Meanwhile, the Kanker Sisters were storming into the woods and into the lane. The catastrophic warpath was about to ensue, and the cul-de-sac was unprepared to face the worst. All but Rolf, that is, because he yet again predicted the inevitable doom that was about to face the cul-de-sac. It began this time with the sight and sound of Victor making a loud and repetitive noise that Rolf rarely heard from him. Wilfred then reacted with squeals of panic and fear, and the other animals followed. Rolf did not have to produce the chicken leg this time to hold up next to his ear, because he had done this before, and already knew the signs of impending doom. Rolf once again took temporary shelter in his cellar, animals crowding around him.
The other kids were very unprepared. Kevin was at leisure, cleaning his bike inside his garage, Nazz was exercising indoors to a training video, Sarah and Jimmy were drawing inside Sarah and Ed's house, and Jonny was pacing down the sidewalks outside the lane. The Kankers approached quickly, and the kids realized the danger that was about to unfold.
Jimmy looked out the window in horror. "Ah! Sarah, look! Another Kanker Hissy Fit!"
Kevin gasped and looked out the open garage door. "Oh, man!"
Jonny stopped pacing around and observed. "Look, Plank! The Kanker Sisters are crushing the cul-de-sac again! Let's go swing on the swing set, huh, buddy?"
Nazz's attention was directed out her window at the beginning of the Kanker destruction. She screamed and hid behind her couch.
Rolf heard the start of the destruction in his crammed cellar and huddled beneath his cow.
But the Eds were the most shocked. "AHH! DOUBLE D! Do something!" Eddy shouted.
"I'm afraid I can't do more than just helplessly observe this disaster, Eddy." Edd responded, quivering in fear.
"Run away!" Ed yelped, grabbing Edd and Eddy and dragging them into his basement through the window. Ed slouched over beneath his hobby table, while Edd and Eddy ducked under Ed's chair.
"What do we do, Double D?!" Eddy frantically spoke.
"If we're lucky, we can ride out this disaster unscathed." Edd replied hesitantly.
"What chance do you think we have for that?" Eddy asked, but his question was cut off by a loud crashing noise outside. "What was that?!"
The Kankers had just thrown a car into Kevin's house and began to search the place.
With all the kids taking shelter, the Kankers continued to wreck the cul-de-sac. It was becoming clear to the kids that the Kankers really meant business this time, more so than the last time one of their prized possessions was stolen. Starting with Kevin's residence, the rest of the cul-de-sac was at the Kanker Sisters' mercy, and everyone knew it. They did not know what the Kankers wanted, but they knew that something in the cul-de-sac belonged to them, and that they'd go to extreme levels to reclaim it.
