That very next day when Eddy entered the school, the hallways were filled with whispering people. It must have been the school buzz again. He was never interested in that sort of thing, although he wanted so much to be in with the crowd to know what was going on.

As long as it wasn't a rumor about him, he felt fine.

"Due, did you hear what went down yesterday?"

"No, what?"

It was Nazz and Kevin. Nazz was trying to speak in a hushed voice.

Eddy his heind the wall to listen in on the conversation.

"You're not going to believe this. Double D made Lee Kanker's foot swell up like a beach ball."

Eddy blinked. Was she trying to start up a rumor about Edd? He knew she couldn't be trusted.

"Yeah, right. What'd he use, the deadly art of algebra?" Kevin joked. Little did they know that Eddy was listening in right under Kevin's hat.

Nazz was getting frustrated, but had to keep calm. The dumb smile on Kevin's face was starting to get on his nerves. I did make her heart flutter.

"No, seriously. I heard they had to use a whole refrigerator of ice just to stop the big toe from ballooning."

Eddy looked down the hall at Edd who was busy ironing his tie. This all had to be a rumor. But still, he wasn't present. Then again, Nazz wasn't even in that egg club of theirs. Edd never wanted a thing to do of violence.

Everybody continued to whisper as he walked down the hallway to Edd.

He had to see for himself. Rumors always flew up in seconds. He knew that sad fact for himself.

Eddy approached Edd who was just putting his tie on. Edd saw his friend and presented the tie to him. He was taken aback when Eddy grabbed his arm and began inspecting it. Eddy jostled his muscle only to witness his barely there muscles welt to the floor.

Eddy burst into his loud laughter. "You sent the Kankers packing? What'd you use, the deadly are of allergies?" He mocked.

"Do not taunt the D, Eddy." Eddy was caught off gaurd by the monotoned Ed. Ed turned around revealing such heavily bagged tired eyes. "I was there."

Eddy stared at Ed. He never saw him this way before. Something had obviously disturbed him. Could what Nazz have been saying true?

"Ok, please, it was an accident." Edd said trying to calm the situation down. Everybody had been talking about him the moment he entered the school. It didn't help that Lee wasn't in school today.

"Honestly, I feel just awful." And Edd meant that. Not many people would be able to say that towards Lee or even one of the Kankers.

They were still people. Edd hadn't stopped thinking about what he did yesterday. Just the fact that he hurt someone, yet again, made him feel unable to think straight. He had to forget about this situation so this rumor would subside.

"Head in sock Ed-boy!" Edd was taken aback by Rolf. "Rolf requires your assitance. May you have a spare writing stick? Rolf's has been reduced to the side of a baby's bazoo!" He said presenting a tiny pencil.

"Why of course I do, Rolf." Finally, the first friendly face.

Edd turned into his locker.

Eddy jumped when he heard a very hard kick.

Ed and Eddy were taken aback when Rolf backed into the lockers holding his face in pain. Then they saw Edd's foot kick Rolf in the head smashing the poor boy's face into the floor.

The whole scene caught the kids attention when they witnessed the most horrific part.

Pencils were shot through the air and pinned Rolf along the sides of his jacket to the lockers.

It was so quiet that a pin could be heard dropping to the floor.

Edd stood, shaking.

"Rolf would have taken a simple, 'no, not today,' yes?" Rolf said in a dazed manor.

Edd ran his fingers through his tie. Did he do that? He searched the floor trying to find what had...

"Dude, it's always the quiet ones, I swear." Nazz whispered clinging to Kevin. Slowly she backed out of the hallway with him.

"Did you see the look in his eyes?" Sarah said to Jimmy. The two watched the events from a nearby classroom. Sarah was even more horrified now. It was like when her mom threw a solitary pencil at their father just to make him agree with her. This was worse. Her crush wasn't the person who she thought he was.

"We didn't see anything, Sarah." Jimmy said making the right decision to close the blind.

At this point everyone was clearing out from the hallway. Each of them had a horrified look when they stared at Edd.

"But, I-I-!" Edd stammered. No words were able to come out. He didn't know how to explain this situation.

"Head fpr the hills, buddy!" Jonny yelled after pealing Rolf off the lockers. "Double D's cracked! Lost it, I tell you!"

and the Eds were left alone.

"Double D!" Eddy confronted. Edd looked down at Eddy. He had that insidious look again. "I never knew yah had it in yah! You're an animal!"

Eddy reanacted the punches. Was that what he was like? Edd's face grew as red as an apple. He pulled his hat over his face. He suddenly felt naucious and ran to the boy's bathroom.

"Aw, where yah goin'?" Eddy asked. Was that too much? It felt like too much.

A horrified Ed clutched Eddy. "Gaah! Double D has fallen down the deep dark cracks bwetween the couch pillow of life, Eddy! Slipping through the hole in our belly button existance, burrowing..."

Eddy just muted his friends worried pleas.

So, this was Edd's plan? He wanted to boost their low social rating up a notch by making everyone fear him. He could have thougt of that!

And, to think you knew a person. Edd had only been acting that he discouraged violence. He'd really been this violent type all along ready to snap at any moment.

But, was he just using them as his lackeys?

Eddy hatched up a plan.

"We're going to rule this dump, Ed!" Eddy said excitedly leaping all over Ed.

Eddy disappeared down the hallway.

Ed was left alone.

What was going on?

Edd really had slipped off the deep end, turning to the world of vioence. And now Eddy was encouraging it.

Before he left, Eddy automatically thought Ed was in on their plan.

He had no idea what he was getting into, or if he should get himself into this.

Since the later half of the summer Edd and Eddy were off on their own plans leaving him to tag along and figure out everything for himself.

This day wasn't going to end well, he knew it.