Parti-ED Out
By Brenna "Snakelady" Dawkins
Part II
Disclaimer: All characters are owned by Danny Antonucci, aka Cartoon, and Cartoon Network. I own nothing. Nothing I tell you! No money was made from this fic.
Rating: R
Summary: A high school graduation party goes bad and causes two long time cul-de-sac enemies to see each other in a new light. Eddy/Sarah
(Warning, violence, language, alcohol, rape)
"Come on, Double D! You're killin' me here!" Eddy pleaded.
"I'm sorry, Eddy. But I'm very, very sick. I must have my rest and drink plenty of fluids."
Eddy scowled as he listened to Edd over the phone cop out of their plans. Then he heard a very loud sneeze.
"Oh good Lord! I'm dripping Eddy! It's so disgusting!"
Eddy sighed. Double D was such a basket case whenever he got sick! "It doesn't take much effort to sit around watching television, Double D."
"I'm contagious, Eddy. It would be unsanitary for neither you nor Ed."
"Unsanitary!" Eddy barked with artificial laughter. "I'm surprised you got sick so easily. After hanging out in Ed's room all these years, you'd think you've got the immunity system of a rhino by now."
"I'm sorry, Eddy, but mother insisted."
A growl of displeasure was Eddy's reply.
"You and Ed will just have to cope without me for the party tonight."
"Fine, fine… talk to you later. Bye."
Eddy hung the phone up unable to help but feel disappointed. Of all days, why did Edd have to get sick on the night of his party? Grumbling, he called Ed to make sure the biggest of the Ed's still remembered about the great event that was scheduled for later that evening.
"Hello! This is Ed speaking!"
"Hey, Lumpy. Double D's too sick to come to the party tonight, but I know YOU'RE raring to go, right buddy?"
"Eddy! Oh yes, the party! Ed loves parties! Which is why I was upset to learn we're going out of town this weekend."
Eddy's jaw dropped. "You're kidding! You're leaving for the whole weekend? Doesn't that mean you're leaving on Saturday?"
"Nope! We're leaving within the hour. Sorry, Eddy."
"Well, at least that means Sarah is going to have to miss the big party at Kevin's. That almost makes up for it."
"Nope! Mom and Dad have both agreed that Sarah is old enough to stay by herself since she already had plans. I don't know why I have to go though, Ed is old enough to stay by himself too and Ed has plans!"
Eddy ground his teeth in annoyance. His party was over before it even had a chance to start!
"Bye Eddy! Pet a chicken for me!"
Eddy hung up after hearing the dial tone and stomped around in his room for a moment, his pent up anger making him want to take it out on something or someone. He'd already sprung for some of the food they were going to have. What a waste! He eventually sat on his bed and pouted.
His life was over! He'd be the only kid on the block completely left out. He HATED not being included, especially when it was a party. He tried to think of something he could do that evening but his mind distractedly kept slipping over to the fact that he was very pointedly snubbed by the whole cul-de-sac. It made him ball up his fists but there was nothing he could do.
Or was there?
A malicious grin spread over his face and his fists relaxed.
"I'll crash the party! Hell yeah! I'll just have to steer clear of Kevin, the other kids wouldn't know that I wasn't invited! Oh, this will be rich! And I know just what to do when I get there!" He chortled to himself as the mechanics of his plan began to flesh itself out in his brain. "Kevin, you're going to wish you HAD invited me after all!"
Eddy grabbed a plastic grocery bag and one of his mothers small gardening shovels and hurriedly made his way in the dark over to Rolf's. No one was home. He could hear the music from Kevin's party even this far away. He knew Rolf was at the party so he had nothing to fear as he crept over to the goat pen. Once he got what he wanted, he hurried back home and left the full bag on his back door. He then decided after all that digging he really needed a shower. Eddy took a quicker one then usual.
Once out of the shower, he sifted through his closet to find his best party duds. But he couldn't be too outlandish or Mr. Chin would readily spot the interloper. He shrugged and went ahead and put on his usual clothes. He wasn't planning on being there for long any way. Just long enough to make his presence known. He took a long perusal of his reflection in the mirror and turned this way and that to make sure he looked spectacular from every angle. Then he remembered and took out a small bottle of breath spray he'd gotten into the habit of carrying around and gave his mouth a few healthy doses. After all, Nazz was going to be at that party and if he played his cards right, he could get lucky.
Satisfied at last, he sauntered out of the house with his typical regal-like bearing, being mindful of his 'gift' in the plastic bag for Kevin. Sure he'd probably have to barricade himself in his house for the rest of the weekend when Kevin discovered what he planned to do, but the revenge alone would be worth it
Eddy walked over and didn't bother knocking. The music was so loud no one would hear anyway. Luckily Kevin was not in the living room where a large group of the kids were. He hurried to the entry hall closet and quickly hid his plastic bag in there for the time being.
"Hey, Eddy! Fashionably late, I see."
Inwardly Eddy still sweated every time Nazz came up and talked to him. But he'd learned to put on a cool front long ago. He put on his best grin for Nazz.
"Can I help it if I know how to make an entrance?"
"We're doing karaoke in the game room. This room is for dancing. There's food and drink on the dining table in the dining room. Glad you made it over." She said earnestly and then melted back into the crowd.
Eddy sighed. Why did she have to go so soon? Probably to get back to Kevin, he ground his teeth again. She could do so much better then that jock! Eddy scoped out the room. There were more kids then there were from the cul-de-sac, he realized. Of course the football team and their dates were there as well as some other popular kids from their school.
He watched as their school a string fallback made out right in front of him. A bottle of alcohol was in both teenagers hands. Eddy shook his head disgusted and further incensed that he hadn't been invited. Parties were always more boisterous with alcohol and Eddy's middle name was Boisterous, or it should be anyway. He then figured that this was an unchaperoned party. No parent he knew would allow drinking at a teen party.
He saw more of the football team drinking and wasn't surprised. It had been a well known fact that most of the team drank. Even Kevin had taken up drinking with his team which hadn't improved the teens disposition any. In fact, it made Kevin's temper shorter then ever.
Eddy decided to get as much free food as he could manage so he almost had to swim through the dancing teenage bodies to get to the dining room. He spied the refreshments laid out just as Nazz had said. Johnny and Plank were there helping themselves to some choice morsels.
"Hey, Eddy! Some party, huh? Me and Plank were thinking of cutting up the rug here in a minute, wanna join us?"
Eddy gave Johnny a disdainful look, further annoyed that even Johnny had been invited of all people!
"Nah, I'm not here for long. I just wanted to show up and then leave. Got plans you know." He lied openly. It was so easy to do with Johnny, sometimes. Then sometimes that damned piece of wood seemed to see right through him.
"Plank says you're full of it."
"Yeah, well, sometime Plank should come over to my house for a barbeque and check out my dads new wood grill." He growled unnerved. When Plank did that, it was sometimes hard to treat the board like it was just a board.
"Plank says thanks for the offer but no thanks. He's allergic to barbeque grills."
Eddy swore one of those days he'd introduce Plank to a chainsaw. A fire would be too quick a death for the hunk of wood. He stuffed himself after Johnny and Plank left. Now he was alone in the dining room with the occasional person crossing through the dining room to get to one of the other party rooms. When he was full he peeked into the karaoke room to see if he could spot Kevin. No such luck. Where was the dumb jerk, he wondered. Why wouldn't he be at his own party?
He shrugged and then decided it was time to carry out his plan. Eddy slipped back to the closet and grabbed the plastic bag, eventually making it up stairs where it was much quieter. No one seemed to be up there which was more the better for Eddy. Grinning evilly, he opened the first door he saw which was appropriately the bathroom. Opening the bag, he caught a whiff of its contents and scrunched up his nose in distaste. 'Oh well,' he thought, 'the things one does for revenge!'
The tiny garden shovel was in the bag as well, with its handle sticking up. With a toothy grin plastered on his face, Eddy proceeded to shovel a handsome amount of goat dung on the tile floor. He went to each door and upon their opening, did the same until his bag was empty. It wouldn't take long for the smell to build in the upstairs for the dung was nice and fresh.
Quite pleased with his latest prank, he put the bag under a guest bed, being sure to leave it open so it could fill the room with its left over stink.
"My work is done." He sighed contentedly and proceeded back down the hall towards the head of the stairs.
A muffled noise made Eddy freeze in mid step. The noise had definitely come from the one room he hadn't gone in because he'd used up all the dung in the other rooms.
'Dammit!' He thought to himself. Was Kevin up there after all?
There was a louder sound from the room this time, a more audible female sounding shout followed by a muffled angry male's voice. Then he heard a crash and a thump. Ever curious, Eddy stared at the door. What was going on in there? He heard a loud thwack and then sobbing. He stared hard at the door, that couldn't be good. Then he heard what definitely sounded like Kevin's voice in the room, but he couldn't understand what was being said.
Greatly daring, he grasped the knob and turned it slowly, hoping that it wouldn't be noticed from the occupants on the inside. With great care, he pushed the door open just enough so he could peek inside without being seen. Eyes widened at what he saw and the story of the strange noises suddenly was made very clear.
He'd never seen her like that before, overpowered and crying. It looked like she had fallen from the bed to the floor, judging from the way the comforter was strewn half on and half off the bed. Where were her clothes? It was dark enough in the room where he couldn't see everything that clearly. There was some mood lighting, but the lamp was toppled over. He'd never seen a naked girl in person before. It had always been via his brother's porn before now.
Something in him seethed that Kevin would do something so vile as force himself on a girl. It hadn't mattered to Eddy that the girl on the floor was Sarah. He himself had enough respect for women to not resort to rape. He hoped he had come in just before the act and not after. He hoped he hadn't been too late.
The door banged open, causing a half dressed Kevin as well as a fully undressed Sarah to gawk at the intruder.
"Eddy, help me!" Trembling, she reached out to him.
"Get out of here, Dork! I didn't invite you!" Kevin sneered and wobbled drunkenly a bit in his awkward stance. It also didn't help that his pants and boxers were down around his ankles.
Eddy then noticed more then a few empty beer bottles strewn about the room. To Eddy it didn't excuse Kevin from the sound beating he was about to get. Eddy took a few determined steps into the room itching more then ever to punch that smug face and maybe spoil the kid's good looks with a broken nose.
"Get away from her, asshole." Eddy growled dangerously.
Kevin laughed outright, unimpressed. "Dude, I can easily cream North Shore's quarterback in a tackle! Get out of here now before I deal you some serious damage, Shrimp!"
"I'll take that chance." He did his best to ignore the short remark that still stung his pride. Eddy was hoping that Kevin was too drunk to do some of his more spectacular moves against him. It was his only plan at the moment.
Sarah had crawled into the corner and curled up in a ball. Her eyes were still brimming with tears but they never left the two boys squaring off in front of each other. Eddy… was standing up for her? Never in a million years would she have ever thought he'd do something like this for her. Why was he doing this, she wanted to know. Kevin was a football player, the guy worked out and was strong. Not as strong as Ed, but strong enough. She knew Eddy was putting himself in real harms way, but there had been no way she could have escaped Kevin on her own. Feeling mute all of a sudden, she watched the scene before her in a daze getting a sick feeling in her gut for Eddy.
Eddy charged first but Kevin was able to grab the shorter boy into a bear hug, use the forward momentum, and flung Eddy into the nearest wall. Eddy bounced off and landed on the floor a bit stunned at the sudden counter.
"Get out of here now Dork. I'll let you live if you do."
"Shut up! You're nothing but a big, dumb shithead!" Eddy shouted and finally stood up.
"Seems our school system has failed you, Eddy, you graduated and STILL have no brains!" Kevin sneered and charged at Eddy.
The trousers around his ankles didn't allow Kevin to go very far. He landed sprawled out on the carpet and was about to scramble to his feet when Eddy decided it was time to play dirty. He delivered a swift kick to Kevin's side while he was still down. One just wasn't good enough for Kevin though for Eddy as he landed as many as he could before the football player snarled and rolled into Eddy, who was already unbalanced as he was getting ready to deliver another punishing kick. Eddy gave out a startled yelp as he found himself falling forward and once again landed square on his stomach.
Kevin kicked off his pants and boxers and in a flash was up on his feet behind Eddy.
"You wanna fight dirty, do ya? Well… how about this!"
Kevin grabbed up his lamp with the ceramic base and hoisted it up over his head. Eddy looked up just in time to see it come smashing down on his skull. He heard Sarah cry out as he almost fell to the floor again. This time he was just driven to his knees. Not a good position to be in.
He felt an arm snake around his throat and realized he was being put into a choke hold. Eddy grabbed at the arm and dug his fingers into it, but it would not budge. He could feel his airway being squeezed and tried to kick out at Kevin but to no avail. Gasping, it felt like he couldn't get enough air into his lungs. He tried to punch anywhere on Kevin's body behind him, but considering the angle at which they were delivered; Eddy's attempts were fairly useless.
Eddy didn't expect to hear Sarah's cry from behind them. Kevin grunted as Sarah leapt on his back and tried to pummel the football player. She was flailing almost blindly and some of her hits strayed and connected with a struggling Eddy.
"Get off, bitch!" Kevin tried to reach behind him with the one arm while being attacked from in front and from behind.
Sarah leaned down and sank her teeth into Kevin's shoulder. The sudden shock of pain caused Kevin to loosen his grip on Eddy just a smidgen, but it was enough so that Eddy was able to slip out of it. The shorter boy threw his weight downward and suddenly found himself free and gasping for air. He clutched a bit at his smarting neck instinctively as he inhaled deeply for a few moments before he recalled that Sarah was on her own against Kevin once more and those were bad odds.
He spun around and saw Kevin was in the process of pulling Sarah over his shoulder as if she was an old shirt he was shrugging out of and had grabbed at her hair and tender body parts in a rough matter that made her cry out.
Eddy lunged forward again, teeth barred. "Let her go, bastard!"
"She was the one who came up here willingly, Dork! It's her own damn fault for being so naive!"
"She didn't seem so enamored of you when I walked through the door." Eddy kneed Kevin in the unprotected groin. "If this is what you have to do to be popular, then I sure as hell wouldn't wanna be like you!"
Kevin dropped instantly. As he collapsed, Eddy snared her from her awkward perch but himself overbalanced and fell on his butt with a surprised and naked Sarah in his lap.
Sarah's red rimmed eyes stared into his as she tried to grasp all that Eddy was doing for her. Eddy moved her to the floor and stood up. He picked up one of the empty beer bottles on the floor and walked over to Kevin. He looked down at the football player now curled into a fetal position and moaning alternately about his pain and what he was going to do Eddy when the pain stopped. Filled with pure disgust for the bully, Eddy broke the bottle over the boys head and soundly knocked him out. Eddy always did have the hardest head in the cul-de-sac. Then Eddy went to the bed and pulled a large pillow off and removed the pillow case. When he came back to Kevin he pulled both the boys arms behind his back and proceeded to hogtie him. After he was fairly certain the knot was secure, he grabbed a pair of socks from a dresser drawer, stuffed one of the socks into the toe of the other and then stuffed the toe end into the boys mouth to stifle any cries for help once he woke.
Eddy stepped back for a moment to survey his work, feeling quite pleased with himself. Then he turned around to tend to Sarah.
"Where are your clothes?" He asked and tried his best to not look at her nakedness full on, though he was sorely tempted.
Sarah noticed and was thankful she didn't have to say anything to him about not taking advantage of the situation. "I don't know what Kevin did to them. I had a bit to drink too, I lost count how many Kevin had."
"You were drinking?" Eddy shook his head as he pulled the sheet off of the bed then brought it over to Sarah and draped it over her body, concealing her.
Despite the situation, she smiled a bit at the gesture and wrapped the sheet around her tightly, feeling better that she was no longer so naked, so… vulnerable. Amazingly she felt better because Eddy was there. She had never been so happy to see him.
"Well, Kevin handed me some funny tasting jell-o in a glass at first, that's when it felt like I wasn't quite in control like normal. Random people were giving me glasses of beer during the party."
"Jell-o shots." Eddy informed her, having squatted beside her and put a supportive arm across her back. "That's a dirty trick." Why had he ever been jealous of the jock? "I think we should get out of here before he wakes up and then you can tell me the rest if you want. Um… though I didn't come in too late, did I?"
She leaned into him, closing her eyes and sighed. Her voice was trembling. "No. You were right on time."
Eddy was glad to hear that. "Can you stand up and walk?"
"Yeah, let's get out of here." She slowly tried to stand but Eddy stood up quicker and gave her a helping hand. Grateful, she leaned up against him as her legs were still wobbly from the whole experience.
He had an arm around her and led her out of the room, through the hall, and down the stairs. She hesitated near the bottom though, afraid of people seeing her in such a state and would want to ask them awkward questions. Eddy waited patiently for her for a change but after standing there for a few minutes, he gently pulled the sheet over her head so it fit her like a deep hood. It hid most of her face. Once he did that she let him lead him towards the door.
"Hey, Eddy, leaving so soon?" Nazz appeared out of no where and for once Eddy was not pleased to see her.
He felt Sarah lean into him more and tremble harder. He understood her fear. "Yeah, Double D's not feeling well so I decided to help take him home." He patted Sarah on the back gently and hugged her to him. He then wondered briefly if Kevin had done something similar to Nazz, then he wished he hadn't imagined that.
"Oh, I never did see Double D come in. Well, he's usually so quiet anyway. Hope you get to feeling better, Double D."
Sarah played along and nodded slowly, head down and hunched over to hide her height difference from Double D.
"Let me get the door for you." Nazz opened the front door and Eddy and Sarah thankfully left the party.
Eddy had made certain to thank Nazz, but he didn't linger and started off to Sarah's house once the front door was closed. But Sarah put a hand on his chest and halted their forward progress.
"No, please. I don't want to be alone in my house. C-can I stay at your place?"
Eddy was a bit amazed at her request but silently nodded and changed their direction to his place.
To Be Continued…
