Chapter two: The Brain's Storm
A bright and cool morning had come to the Cul-de-sac of Peach Creek. Though the sun was up everyone in the Cul-de-sac were sound asleep, all except for Double D of course. It was about 6:30 and Double D was going through is natural morning routine. Starting off with making his bed, to taking a shower followed by breakfast and finishing with the brushing of his teeth. Although, this morning he went through his routine with much haste which is unlike him. It was the middle of summer which meant he was free daily aside from Eddy's scams and the chores his parents would leave him. Double D was in his room dressed in his default attire consisting of a red t shirt, purple shorts, cyan sneakers, and his signature black beanie. Pacing back and forth in deep thought he thought hard to himself. His concentration focused so intense not even a bomb could distract him. Though knowing Double D, he most definitely would react somehow.
"I've got to do something but what?" Double D said to himself with his arms folded across his chest.
About 15 minutes passed before Double D decided to take a different approach about his task. But what task could be so important that he was up earlier than normal and pacing in his room?
"Eureka! I'll write down everything and compare all of my notes until I get a grand solution!" said an excited Double D.
He went into his closet and grabbed a spare notebook that he kept for an occasion where he would need to write down important info. Along with the notebook, he grabbed his label gun that he naturally labels everything in his room with. Double D labeled the front cover of the notebook saying 'The solution'. He then proceeded to sit at his desk, opening the notebook to the first page.
"Now let's see, how shall I start this?" Double D pondered tapping his pencil on the blank page.
"Well lets start off with what I know about Marie so far…." he said sighing afterwards.
Having dealt with Marie continuously after their first encounter, it wasn't all that hard to list her traits. The first thing to come to mind was how strong she was, Double D shivered at the thought. Then everything began to flow like a river as he listed word after word describing his blue haired stalker. Double D went on to note her limitless persistence, sneaky ways, and tomboy like nature. Thinking deeper, he noticed good traits about her personality too. He wrote down how cute she was and how he likes how she stairs at him with her visible eye, nervous as it made him. Without thinking about it he was going on and on about his stalker. Her hair, the way she talks, even her nicknames for him. Finally he snapped out of his positive accolade note streak about Marie.
"What in Sam Hill am I writing?" Double D said looking at his notes.
He didn't have much time to address the issue as there was loud banging at his front door.
Knock knock knock!
Double D made haste downstairs to the front door of his house to see who was causing the noise. He opened the door to find his two friends, Ed and Eddy with a pile of junk on his front lawn.
"I had a feeling it had to be you two" Double said with a displeased look.
"Mornin Sockhead, I have the most perfect scam to get us tons of mullah" Eddy said rubbing his palms together.
"Eddy I don't time for this right now, I'm in the middle of research" Double D informed him.
Double D was about to head back upstairs before Eddy grabbed his arm, making him turn back.
"What research is more important than my get rich scams?!" Eddy replied
Double D looked at Eddy then at Ed who had a concerned look on his face.
"Research on how to deal with the Kankers" Double D said with a serious face.
Hearing the word Kanker was enough for Eddy let go of Double D's arm. Ed's face was filled with a hint of fear and curiosity. Ed was always very fearful of the Kankers, specifically May since she always pursued him. Eddy hated dealing with the Kankers Period, but Double D talking of research sounded like school work to him.
"Why research? We already know they chase us every time they see us" Eddy replied.
"Yes that is true Eddy, but remember when we did the reverse psychology?" asked Double D.
"How could I forget?! Because of you we were fakin only to get kissed against our will as usual!" Eddy fumed.
Double D's face showed an expression mixed between confusion and annoyance. Ed looked on as he saw the Double D's expression change which made him take a step back. Even though Ed wasn't the brightest crayon in the box, he remembered all the past times Double D lashed out. He had a knack for voicing his opinion when his cup was running over so to speak. It was never pretty either, for when Double D went on a rant he would shock his audience.
"Are you serious Eddy?" Double D asked clearly upset.
"Yeah, in fact the reasons all of my scams went bad were because of you" Eddy said in his usual loud manner.
Ed stepped in hating to see his best pals fight one another. He was a big fan of peace between his friends as he didn't like to see friends fight.
"Come on guys we are supposed to be like 3 chickens in a barrel" Ed said in his dopey manner
Eddy paid Ed no mind as he was trying to prove a point of his own. Now Double D was mad which is rare to see.
"You can't be serious Eddy, if you would heed my warning and advice maybe your scams would work 60% of the time!" Double D yelled.
"In fact YOU'RE the reason they fail period!" He went on.
As Double D yelled at Eddy with Ed watching on, the Kankers were approaching when they heard a familiar voice yelling. May was first to point out the Eds in excitement. A smile grew on the three Kankers faces as they were about to bolt towards their "boyfriends". Before they rushed off to harass their Eds, Marie noticed Double D yelling which she knew wasn't exactly a good thing. Thinking quickly, Marie grabbed both Lee and May by their shirts which caused them fall on their backs.
"Whats the big idea Marie!" Lee yelled at her sister.
"Yeah what did you do that for?" May added on.
"Something isn't right, Double is yelling, look" Marie said pointing at the Eds.
Double D had his hand balled into a fist baring his teeth showing his trademark gap. Clearly Double D was about to blow up like a grenade and Eddy pulled the pin.
"When we did reverse psychology on the Kankers, it was YOU who made the plan fail, Even Ed wasn't afraid!" Double D stated.
"Ed, the least smartest of us all bested you when it came to confronting the Kankers, and he's more afraid of them than you are!" he said yelling on.
"Another thing Eddy! If it weren't for me you wouldn't even HAVE scams to do!" Double D stated in anger
Double D was shouting so loud everyone could hear him in the Cul-de-sac. Ed was cowering at Double D's aggressive tone as the Kankers watched on in confused awe. All the kids of the Cul-de-sac stepped out to see what was going on only to see an Angry Double D. Not to become a target of his anger, all the kids stayed at their front door.
"This is something you don't see everyday" said Lee
"Yeah normally we are the ones shouting each others heads off" May added on.
"Something not right though, my sweetie never gets this angry even if he is emotional sometimes" Marie stated looking on at her crush.
Marie couldn't help but feel the want to put him at ease for some reason. Though she was always selfish when it came to the relation between Double D and herself. She did care for his well being, which she does a good job hiding behind her tough demeanor.
"I hope everything is alright" Marie thought to herself
Back over on Double D's yard, Double D was now towering over Eddy continuing his rant.
"I thought after what happened with your brother that you would have really changed, I was foolish for think such a thing" Double D said looking down on Eddy.
"You're nothing but a pompous arrogant loud mouthed inconsiderate infant!" He shouted turning red out of anger.
Hearing that, everyone who was watching jaw had dropped at Double D's statement. The Kankers were blown away, Marie more than the rest. Kevin looked on and didn't believe what he saw and heard. Nazz thought "wow dude" in her head stunned at the spectacle. Sarah blinked a couple of times and slowly retreated into her house. Rolf looked on and smiled as he witnessed Double D stand up for himself. Johnny looked on with Plank shocked as much as everyone else
"Wow Plank, Double D sure is scary when he's mad" Johnny said shaking.
"What? I'm not scared I'm just cold" Johnny said to Plank.
"So what if its summer time?" Johnny continued.
Jimmy trembled in fear and fled into his house crying (I actually laughed at this). While everyone had their own reaction to Double D's outburst, Eddy was so stunned and surprised that he was left speechless….and cowering a little. Double D turned his attention to Ed still holding the same expression.
"Ed this doesn't affect my friendship with you but I won't be helping you with your Kanker issue." Double D said trying to sound calm as possible.
Double D then turn back to Eddy who was on the ground with his palms up in defense.
"You can forget me helping with your tedious scams, socializing, and Lee Kanker." Double D said with more composure.
"In fact don't even speak to me or knock on my door since I'm such an inconvenience to you Eddy" He said walking back into house house and closing the door.
Eddy was still dumbfounded at what just transpired just a moment ago. In an attempt to shrug it off Eddy got up and dusted himself off and turned to Ed.
"Who needs Sock head anyway? We can do this scam on our own right Lumpy?" Eddy said to Ed who was on the verge of tears.
"Why'd you do that for Eddy! Now we aren't the three chickens anymore" Ed said now crying.
"Oh come on Lumpy it was his-" Eddy said before being cut off.
"No! it was you who threw him off the cliff Eddy, I don't wanna talk to you since you were mean to Double D" Ed said making his way home.
Eddy was now alone and with no one to scam, not that he would be able to. He wasn't too creative on his own and with everyone witnessing what happened, its doubtful that they would listen to anything he had to say. Meanwhile the Kankers were still watching from afar, still finding it hard to believe what they just witnessed.
"Wow now the Eds are split up" May noted.
"That's too bad for them because now we can pick them off" Lee said laughing.
"I'm not sure girls, Much as I enjoy going after my Dreamboat he looked very upset." Marie said with a concern in her voice
"You know what will cheer him up?" Lee said looking at Marie.
"Ooo ooo a new book?" May guessed
"No May, some big wet kisses" Lee said chuckling
"I'm sure my sweetie would love some of those" Marie agreed with a half hearted smile.
After watching Double D's angry rant and Ed leaving in tears, the Kankers headed home. Marie still felt bad for her crush knowing how upset he was.
"Oven Mitt, I hope you're ok" she said to herself.
Meanwhile in Double D's house, Double D had filled out his book with much more notes than before. Focusing much harder on his Kanker situation, or to be specific….Marie. With all the notes he's written down all he had to do now was find out what to do with them. His plan was coming together quite well as he smiled at his accomplishment. There would be a new change headed his way and he was welcoming it with open arms.