Sorry about the wait, but it's called college, maybe you've heard of it. Anyway, I tried making it a bit longer to compensate. Enjoy
once again, I own nothing. If I did, you wouldn't be seeing this on a friggin fanfiction site, would you?
The eds were currently partaking in a conga line with other, more inebriated partiers. Most likely having completely forgotten their reason for drowning themselves in the festivities, our unlikely heroes were simply attempting to enjoy themselves. Shifting through the crowd (and picking up a few wallets along the way), Delta made his way slowly over to his little brother. A simple tap on the shoulder got eddy to turn around, seeing his bro towering above him "bro!" he proclaimed joyously, wrapping his arms around his torso. He then called out for double d and ed "hey guys, I found my bro!" aforementioned two looked over to eddy, running over to him
"that's wonderful eddy!" double d congratulated, while ed hugged his two compatriots
"safe at last!" ed proclaimed, like he usually does. Delta chuckled at their antics, but decided to get to the questions at hand
"what are you three doing in new orleans, and where the hell are mom and dad?" he asked
"mom and dad are back home, probably screaming their heads off" eddy joked "as for why we're here...that's a bit of a long story" delta smirked
"well, it doesn't matter I guess. Come on, I'll take you to my hotel" and with that, delta turned and walked off, with the eds close behind
later...
Delta opened the door to his hotel, and let the eds inside. The hotel room was SWANKY, no, scratch that, it hunts down every dictionary on earth, erases the definition of the word "swanky" and just gorilla glues a picture of that room on the spot where the definition used to be. Not only was it a penthouse suite, but it had a beautiful view of the city, and a 70 inch plasma screen T.V with the latest game systems sitting at the foot! Needless to say, the eds were all over this, eddy and ed going over to the game console and popping in...whatever game is actually good for the new consoles (NOTE: as of when I've written this, the PS4 and Xbone have only been out for a year or so, and this is during the time when the amount of good games for the WiiU has only recently began to increase. So if a good game has come out for those systems by the time you read this, I'm sorry) while double d admired the view. Delta sat on the bed, kicking off his boots while watching the teens play.
"man, this is awesome!" eddy announced, before a question popped into his head. Pausing the game to turn back to his bro, he asked "hey, bro, how did you afford all this anyway?" delta just gave a sly smile
"let's just say my benefactor is quite, shall we say, generous. I run a few errands for him, and he keeps me well compensated" delta explained vaguely. Double d eyed him with a air of suspicion, after all, what kind of errand boy gets this much cash? But hey, they're getting a safe haven out of it
so the question is "what's the catch?" double d asks out loud. Delta turned to him with a raised eyebrow
"what do you mean?" he replies
"you've never called eddy, never contacted him, save for the occasional gift from your travels, and according to eddy, the same can be said for your parents. For all intents and purposes, you seem to have cut off all ties to your family, so why are you just taking us in without a second thought? I want to know the catch" The sock head scrutinized the older man with the focus and intensity of a police detective, but delta was not so easily dissuaded
"do I need a reason to help my little brother?" he asked, standing up and towering over Edd "I admit, my relationship with mom and dad is...shaky at best, but I don't take that out on him, I haven't called him because my job is hectic and requires alot of travelling. My phone minutes are spent conversing with the boss, and any clients he has me assigned to. This is literally the only vacation I've had in quite some time, and I was originally planning on contacting eddy personally. But, what providence, here you all are. Does that answer your question?" double d stood his ground for a minute, still suspicious, but saw fit to back down for now. Eddy, wanting to break the tension, made himself heard again
"hey, why so glum sockhead? We're in a penthouse, with my awesome bro, and...do we have room service?" delta picked up the phone
"what'll it be?" delta asked with a wink
after a copious and filling meal, the eds were left lying on their back on the beds, content with themselves. Eddy patted his belly, letting out a burp "I tell ya guys, we are officially living the good life." double d however, was still bugged by something
"but for how long?" he asks "how long until they find us again?" eddy's good mood instantly hit the unfortunate brick wall that is reality, sitting up to look at his friend
"you're being a real negative nancy, ya know that?" eddy chastised, but double d turned to him sternly and locked him with a steely gaze
"I'm serious, eddy" double d shot back "kevin isn't messing around this time, and after what happened, who can blame him? one way or another, he'll find us, and then what?" eddy's head slouched in concern and in thought. But delta walked out of the bathroom, having overheard the conversation
"I could help you with that" he offered. Eddy shot up and rushed over to his bro
"see, guys, my bro's got it all handled." eddy proclaimed, looking up to his brother "so, what's the plan?"
"remember my employers I told you about?" delta asked "well, they specialize in hired jobs. People like me present people like you, with contracts like this..." from delta's fist descended a parchment. It was your typical contract, with a series of paragraphs detailing the deal, and a red dotted line at the bottom. Delta continued "...and when my clients sign the contract, my employers help them with whatever they require. For a fee of course" delta lays the paper on the table, and the three eds look over the paper. Double d lifted the paper to read it more carefully
"We, the undersigned agree, that in exchange for the protection provided to us by the branded organization in possession of this paper, that we shall offer our unquestioning service to aforementioned organization. Services include, errand running, bodyguard duty, and negotiating with clients should the boss be otherwise unavailable due to business." Double d read carefully. before he could read anymore, the overeager eddy snatched the paper from his hands, grabbed a pen and signed his name
"sounds good to me" he agreed recklessly "getting out of here, and all we have to do is get some milk for some old crone, count me in" ed also took a pen and wordlessly wrote his own name. Whether or not he agreed was irrelevant, eddy had already signed, so ed was going to mostly keep him out of trouble. Eddy handed the pen to double d "cmon man" he said "this is a great deal. Just sign it" double d hesitated for a moment or two, before remembering that eddy and ed were going one way or another, so he may as well follow them
"very well" he relented, taking the pen and writing on the dotted line. Delta then rolled up the paper, smiling at them crookedly
"pleasure doing business with you" he said to them before the doorbell to the penthouse rang "oh, that must be him now" delta walked over to the door, opening it to reveal Ritter, who bowed curtly at the eds
"Mr's Ed, Edd, and eddy" he greeted "my name is Ritter, and I will be escorting you to your new estates..."