Chapter 3-IT WORKS!

Double D spent the rest of his time last night gathering materials for the Time Machine. It was 7:48 in the morning that day. Double D was having a dream about-wait…on second thought…let us see for ourselves…


A room filled with people is shown asking questions to a man on a stage. The man had black hair, a small black beard around his chin, and a small gap between his two front teeth. He also had a hat a little similar to Double D's.

"Dr. Eddward!" a reporter shouted, "How does it feel being the world's first explorer/scientist/Dr. that cured the common cold, stopped global pollution, and discovered the mysteries of the Maya?"

"Well, to tell you the truth, it just feels like I'm living a normal life, but I am still happy to help the world in all its problems!" he replied.

"Dr. Eddward," a woman said, "What are you planning for the future?"

"Well, if I accomplish enough things, I will be able to retire at 42 and have a nice life with a family."

Other reporters shouted questions that Dr. Eddward could not even understand (Since there were so many reporters).

"Now, now, I think that's enough questions, because I'm late for my appointment."

A Blonde nurse walked up to Dr. Eddward and winked at him.

"Are you ready for your 10:00 Eddward?" she asked in an extremely alluring voice.

"Yes Nurse Nazz," he replied. After that, he took off his hat revealing a small mullet. "Yes I am…"

He grabbed her, turned her, and put her in a position that you would see on a Soap Oprah when they are about to kiss. However, when they were about to kiss, Nazz said something Double D was not expecting to hear.

"WAKEY, WAKEY DOUBLE D!" she said in Ed's tone of voice.


He was so surprised that he woke up screaming!

"GYYAAAHHH!" He screamed.

"COME ON SOCKHEAD!" Eddy screamed before he jumped on Double D's bed.

"AAAHHHHHH!" He yelled.

He bounced out of his bed, hit the ceiling, and fell face flat on his bed. He got up to check the time. It said 7:59, but 3 seconds later, the alarm went off and the clock said 8:00.

"…Gentleman? I can understand if I get up early, but why did you get up so early instead of sleeping in?" Double D asked.

"'Cuz we're gonna make that improved time machine aren't we?" Eddy Replied.

Double D looked back at the clock, and saw the boxes and bags Ed and Eddy brought.

"…You two must really be excited about this project."

"-Inhale- Yeah…" Eddy said contently.

"AND LOOK WHAT WE GOT DOUBLE D!" Ed yelled happily.

Ed took out a box filled with arts and crafts materials.

"SEE? I GOT CRAYONS, PAINT, PIPE CLEANERS, STICKY TAPE, AND ALUMINUMUMUMUM!"

"Hmm…Very good Ed," Double D said, "And you Eddy?"

"Hehe, check this out," Eddy replied.

He took out a bag and took its contents out with it.

"I got these in my folk's attic! Some old wires, a keyboard, an old mini T.V., and the piece de Résistance…" he listed (at the end with a French accent) as he took out a box at the end.

He opened the box revealing…

"A COIN BOX!" Eddy yelled.

"Impressive!" Double D replied.

"So, can we start working?"

"Sure. Just let me get my clothes on."

"K, sure."

Ed and Eddy stood there.

"…Well?" Double D asked.

"Well what?" Eddy replied.

There was silence for a moment.

"…A LITTLE PRIVACY PLEASE?"

"OH, SORRY." Ed said. He covered his eyes and tried to exit the room only to bump into Eddy and some other items (Like in flea-bitten Ed).

"HEY!" Eddy said.

"OH, SORRY!"

Ed bumped into the wall.

"Sorry."

Ed then tripped over the bunny slippers in front of Double D's door.

"YAAHH! Sorry, SORRY!"

Edd and Eddy stared into blankness.

"…You gotta love that lump dontcha?" Eddy asked.

"Yea, -chuckle- you do." Double D replied.

Eddy left the room to let Double D finish dressing up.


After Double D put on his clothes, he headed to the lab with Ed and Eddy.

This time they landed on mattresses.

"WOOHOO! Point one for the alien Menace!" Ed exclaimed.

"Hehe," Eddy chuckled, "So Double D, where are the blue prints to our scam?"

"Right here," he replied, opening a drawer.

"ALLRIGHTY THEN!" Eddy stated, "LET'S GET CRACKIN!"

"ALREADY CRACKED EDDY!" Ed (obviously) shouted.

They went to the construction area of the Time Machine, and since it would be pretty hard to describe from start to finish, I present to you a montage.


"Foil, Double D said.

"FOIL!" Eddy stated.

"FOIL!" Ed yelled.

The Eds were passing items like in "Who Let the Ed In"

"Wires."

"WIRES!"

"WIRES!"

"Shears."

"What?"

"WHAT!" Ed stopped and thought for a second.

"…WHAT?" He yelled stupidly.

"What are shears?" Eddy asked.

"You know," Double D replied, "-Sigh- 'Snips'"

More silence.

"…WHAT?"

"SCISSORS EDDY, SCISSORS!"

"SCISSORS?" Eddy asked.

"SCISSORS!" Ed yelled.

"DUCK!" Double D yelled.

"Duck?"

"QUACK!"

Ed shoved the scissors in front of Double D, but luckily, he ducked while Eddy just stood there. However, since Ed was the tallest, he missed Eddy, only to cut some pieces of his three long hairs. Eddy looked up to see the scissors, and down to see his hairs.

"AAAHHH! THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" he yelled pointing at Double D

"ME?" he replied.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST. SAY. SCISSORS?"

"I thought you knew what I meant! If not the proper term, the slang term should've appealed to you!"

"Well names like shears, snips, clippys, thingamajigs, or whatever you-"

"THINGAMAJIG!" Ed yelled.

Just then, Eddy's face got in contact with a boxing glove, and fell to the ground.

"…Ed," Double D said, "Why did you use the thingamajig's boxing glove on Eddy?"

"Well he did ask for it Double D," Ed replied.

"Oh."

"But if you want it!"

"NO ED THAT'S NOT WHAT I-"

Double D's face also got in contact with the glove. Ed stood there alone looking left, then right. He shrugged and used the glove on himself.


Eddy's hair grew back in a little while, and when they regained conciseness, they continued working on the time machine.

"Ok Eddy!" Double D said, "Connect those two wires from the keyboard to the mini TV."

"K," he replied; but what he neglected to notice was that when he connected the wires, he plugged them in loose, and had some tangled aluminum around it and placed in his lap.

"OK, I plugged it in!" he said.

"All right!" Double D replied.

"OOH! OOH!" Ed yelled, "Turn it on Double D!"

"Ok Ed."

But when Double D turned it on, Eddy got shocked!

"AAAHHH!" He yelled.

All of a sudden, Eddy disappeared!

"Eddy?" Double D yelled.

"Oh Eddy!" Ed called.

The next thing Eddy knew, he was in a blank blue background.

"HEY GUYS!" Eddy Yelled, "WHERE AM I?"

"-Gasp- EDDY!" Double D exclaimed, "YOU'RE IN THE TV!"

"WHAT?"

"OOH! OOH, I KNOW, I KNOW!" Ed shouted excitedly.

He then rushed out the door-err, I mean, wall (He made a hole in it) and went back to his house. When he came back, he brought a VCR, and some B-movies like Dr. Skull, and Danny the Butcher. He put the VCR in, and inserted a video known as "Mummies from Hades."

Eddy Found himself wearing an archaeological uniform, in an Egyptian-like tomb.

"What the heck am I doin' here Ed?" Eddy asked.

"DON'T WORRY EDDY!" Ed yelled excitedly, "JUST GO TO THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF HIEROGLYPHICS!" He thought for a moment, "…ES!"

"Ok Ed…" he replied reluctantly.

He went through the passage and started to get near a hot area.

"Ed," Double D said, "What do you plan to accomplish by sending Eddy through this tomb?"

"A lesson of life Double D" Ed replied.

Double D just shrugged it off, and continued to watch Eddy.

"WHEW!" Eddy panted, "ED, WHY IS IT SO HOT IN HERE?"

"JUST KEEP GOING EDDY!" Ed yelled excitedly while eating a giant cheese filled pretzel.

"-Munch Munch Munch-…Snack Double D?" Ed asked.

"Why sure Ed, thank you," Double D replied.

Ed pulled out his leg, and pulled his pants leg up revealing a whole bunch of snacks (see "Knock Knock who's Ed" for a reference.)

"GUH-On second thought, I'd rather not, thank you." He replied.

Ed just shrugged and continued to eat his pretzel and other snacks.

Eddy finally reached a room filled with ancient sarcophaguses with faces on them.

"Um…Ed?" Eddy Asked, "What's going on?"

"SHUSH EDDY! It's STARTING!" Ed Replied.

"What's-"

Eddy was cut off by the sound of the sarcophaguses rumbling while one burst open, revealing a mummy in black bandages, and a staff with red stripes on it.

"RAAAA!" it said.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Eddy yelled in reply.

He tried to get to the exit, but it was sealed shut as soon as he reached it.

"GET ME OUT OF HERE ED!" He yelled, but the other sarcophaguses burst open revealing other mummies, plus the Egyptian king "Suckiurbrainsouht".

As Eddy screamed, while Double D and Ed watched, Double D asked Ed, "Ed?"

Ed turned around.

"Yes?"

"What was the lesson you planned on teaching Eddy?"

"Never go into a lava infested tomb of mummies."

Double D was about to say something, but sighed and took the tape out of the TV.

"Awww…" Ed whined.


Eddy got out of the TV later with some bandages wrapped around him. Ed earned some too after what Eddy did.

They were painting the Time Machine with some paint that Ed found. Ed was really focused. He had a brush, and quickly painted the Time Machine with precision. In fact he was probably so focused, he was too focused. While painting, he accidentally painted over Double D and Eddy!

"ED DON'T-" Double D started.

"ED WHAT ARE YOU-" Eddy started as well.

When Ed finished painting he had a look of accomplishment on his face. He looked to his left, and his right to find Double D and Eddy, but he didn't find them.

"Eddy?" Ed called, "Double D?"

After a short second, they came off the wall of the time machine, and revealed their paint covered faces.

"-GASP-IT'S THE MUD COVERED SPACE MUTANTS FROM I WAS A TEENAGE FROGMAN!"

Eddy charged at Ed like an animal, and continued to beat him up.

Double D sighed, and went upstairs for a bath to clean himself off.


After a nice bath, Double D was as clean as a whistle.

Ed and Eddy gained even more bandages!

"Is it done yet Double D?" Eddy asked whiningly."Actually, YES!" He replied satisfied.

"Wait what?"

Eddy did see the time machine, and it was indeed finished.

"SWEET!" Eddy yelled. He was so excited, that his bandages popped off of his skin.

"COOL!" Ed yelled as well. His bandages popped off too.

The Time Machine looked a lot different know. It actually had a shinier exterior with some special patterns when they peeled the duct, or "Sticky" tape off. Also, thanks to some old shoeboxes from Double D's Garage, they made a 3 Dimensional ship wheel handle for the door, and compatibility with the coin box. That meant, unless a coin was put in the box, the door would not open. Also, there were some antennas on the roof of it, made out of the pipe cleaners wrapped around in the aluminum foil, and a window made out of a hole in the wall, and covered on both sides with clear wrap and taped on the sides with clear tape. They also found an old microphone in Double D's attic, and a speaker. They put the speaker on top while the microphone was connected on the inside of the box. This allowed them to make some announcements to the cul-de-sac, such as, "VISIT THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE! TODAY!"

"AWESOME!" Eddy said.

"LET'S GO INSIDE DOUBLE D!" Ed yelled happily.

"Well, we need a coin first to get inside," Double D said.

"Right!" Eddy replied. He looked around and realized something. "…whose stupid idea was it to use a coin box?" He remembered that they had no coins, hence the scamming they did.

"It was yours," Double D replied.

Eddy was about to retort, but he realized it was true, and said, "Just shut up and look for a coin."

They searched across the room for a coin. Ed picked up Double D's desk to see under it. Eddy looked under his couch, and bumped his head while tilting his head up.

Double D checked in his drawer, and moved his hand across the various papers, and occasional pencil, but then he hit his hand on the box he was given last night.

"Ow!" he exclaimed softly. He realized that he knocked the box over, and the top slid off. After that, a round bronze coin then rolled out of the box. It had exquisite markings and patterns like the box had. It's most recognizable feature was a five point star in the center."-Small gasp-" Double D said. He was surprised that a coin rolled out of the empty box he got yesterday.

"Strange…" he said.

Ed was still looking for a coin. He pushed the opened the roof of the lab.

"NOPE!" he cried.

Double D walked up to Eddy.

"Um, Eddy? I found this-" he started till Eddy saw the coin.

"PERFECT! You found a coin!" he said as he took it and rushed to the coin box.

"BUT EDDY I-" Double D started.

"Don't worry Double D!" Eddy said. He then put the coin in the coin box. "Now lets get this gravy train rolling!" he said. He was walking toward the time machine after he said that.

"-Sigh- Eddy there was something special about that coin!"

"Yea yea yea," he replied, "Give me your love story later, and let's get in!"

Eddy pulled Double D into the time machine leaving him stuttering, "Bu-b-b-b-b-bu-but-"

Ed was looking under Double D's desk for a coin, not knowing that they found one already.

Eddy looked out to find Ed and irritatingly yelled, "HEY LUMPY!"

Ed was as quick as a trained dog when he heard that, and popped his head trough the desk.

"YES EDDY?" he asked.

Double D cringed when he saw the hole in his desk. "ED!" he yelled.

"C'mon'! We're gonna try the scam out!" Eddy yelled.

"I'M READY EDDY! Hey that rhymed." He replied.

Ed got in the Time Machine and Eddy closed the door.

"But Eddy I-" Double D said, but was cut off by the closing of the door.

But little did they know the coin box had a glowing lime green light inside of it.


The inside looked different too. There was a small cardboard stand where the TV monitor stood with the keyboard. It also had different designs that were all white, and a light bulb on the top. Also, in a corner, stood the TV monitor, with the keyboard and some wires. The microphone also was next to the wires on the ground.

"OK Double D, you got your notes?" Eddy asked.

"-sigh-Yes Eddy…" he said somewhat annoyed since Eddy paid no attention to him. Double D put his hand into his hat, and took out a pencil and paper.

"Cool, so anyways, we got the outside…" Eddy started.

Double D wrote it down.

"The inside…"

Double D wrote it down again.

"The paint job…"

He wrote it down again.

"New interior…"

He wrote it down once again!

"A light…"

Do I really need to say it?

"And, a computer…"

"Actually Eddy, It's an old TV connected to a keyboard."

"Yea yea, whatever just write it down Sockhead.

He rolled his eyes, and wrote it down.

Double D put the pencil on his ear, and put the pad in his pocket.

"Now let's deal with how we'd set this attraction up," Double D said.

"I thought we weren't doing it for real Double D!" Ed exclaimed.

"True, but this information on how to deliver said attraction can help us with-"

"We get it!" Eddy exclaimed annoyingly, "Sheesh, write a novel why don't you?"Double D was indeed offended.

"So," Eddy started, "What do you think we should do if we were releasing this scam to the public?"

"Well," he replied, "We would probably make a sort of theme in introducing it."

"OOH! OOH!" Ed Yelled, "You mean like "'Brain Munchers from Nelvac 9?'"

"Um…" Double D said, "I meant more of a "Time Traveling" theme."

"You mean like a "'Retro 70's theme?'" Eddy replied.

"Hmm…Clever Eddy! That could work!" Double D replied.

Eddy had a sense of accomplishment on his face. Ed on the other hand, had his head down, with a sad look on his face.

"NOW, NOW ED, DON'T WORRY!" Double D said reassuringly, "Surely, we could use that theme in another scam!"

Ed smiled widely.

Then, the Eds heard some sort of rumbling noise.

"…Did you eat breakfast this morning Ed?" Eddy asked.

Ed thought. "…Yup!" Ed replied.

"Then what's that noise?"

"Thunder."

"THUNDER?" Double-D asked, "But how can we hear it?"

"It was probably when I pushed the button that ejected us out before."

There was silence.

"…Say what?" Eddy asked.

"Pickle?"

Double D sighed. "Well, no use leaving it to rain in my lab."

He was going to open the door, but it was shut tight!

"Strange…" he pushed and turned the door, "-grunt- -strain-"

"Step aside sockhead, and let a real man work it!" Eddy said.

He pushed as well…nothing happened. "-grunt- Uh, wait –strain- Grr, WAIT!"

"Hold on Eddy," Ed said while picking him up and putting him down behind him, "Let me do it."

Ed put himself in a position that looked like he was going to charge."ED NO!" Double D and Eddy said. They knew how long they worked on it, and didn't want it to get broken. When Ed charged, he only got a bumped bruise on his head.

"Phew," Double D and Eddy said.

"-GASP- WAIT A SECOND!" Double D said.

"What?" Eddy asked.

Double D pulled an ice pack out of his pocket, and put it on Ed's head.

"The "Machine" is made of cardboard!"

"So?"

Double D pointed at Ed's bump."A bump like that would never come from cardboard."

"Wait…" Eddy said. He went to the wall, and knocked on it. There was a metallic clanging sound.

"…It's METAL!"

"METAL?"

"YES, METAL!"

"IMPOSSIBLE!"

"OH IT'S POSSIBLE ALRIGHT!"

The thunder started to grow.

"I can't let it rain in my lab!"

Suddenly, lightning struck the antenna!

Then, the TV monitor started flickering on and off.

"Uh…Double D?" Eddy said

"WHAT?" he replied frustrated and confused.

Eddy backed off.

"Uh, well, the TV is flickering."

Double D sighed.

"What is going on with this?" he said.

Then, the TV showed a screen, similar to what you would see on a Wii screen.

"Welcome," the TV said in a futuristic female voice, "Please select your time destination."

"What does that mean Double D?" Ed asked.

"I, I don't know!" He replied, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say this "Time Machine" was actually working!"

"C'mon Double D, that's impossible!" Eddy retorted.

"Never say never Eddy!" Ed replied, "Remember all the alien reports in the newspaper?""Ed, that stuff is fake…"

"SHUN THE NON-BELIEVER!"

"But Ed-""SHUUUUUUN."

"-groan-"

"Ed DOES have a point Eddy, stranger things HAVE happened," Double D said.

"You mean you ACTUALLY belie-""NONONO! Not aliens…but there is still the possibility…""-GASP-" The two Eds replied.

Silence.

"Double D…You're a believer?" Ed asked with a happy face.

"-Sigh- Yes Ed, I do believe it is POSSIBLE for life to live on other planets, but I don't have any proof saying it actually is real, and that is why I am not too obsessed with it. I dedicate most of my theories to Science, where I can better man, not other species, such as aliens."

Ed paused for a second.

"…fair enough!"

The thunder was growing louder and louder!

"OH SHOOT!" Eddy exclaimed, "There's an antenna on this box! We're gonna get shocked!"

Eddy kept trying to open the door to no avail.

"Double D, what was impossible again?" Ed asked.

"Hm?" He replied, "Oh no Ed, I was saying that anything is possible, like aliens, or, or, scandals about political heroes, or-"

"AAAGGGHH!" Eddy screamed as he charged into the door with his head.

"…or finding out Eddy was a pedigree through his ancestors who founded Colonial Peach Creek," Double D finished with his hand on his face.

"Destination selected," the voice in the monitor said, "Destination: Colonial Peach Creek."

Suddenly, there was a whirring humming sound coming while the machine was shaking.

Eddy was getting dizzy as he tried to get up, and the fact that his earth was quaking, didn't help at all.

"WHOAOAOAOA!" He yelled in fear.

"EEEEEDDDDDDYYYYYY? Double D asked.

"I KNOW MAN!"

"WOOHOO!" Ed yelled in excitement.

Outside of the house, there were clouds thundering, and lightning hitting the antenna. When all of a sudden, there was a huge flash of light!

Inside the lab…the machine was gone.


The Eds were on the floor because of the fierce shaking.

"Oh my aching-" Eddy started to say.

"BOING!" Ed popped out and said. He was under Eddy, so his head hit Eddy's.

"ED, YOU-wait," he started to say, "Ed, check the window!"

"Okey dokey!"

Ed pulled up the cardboard that was blocking the "Window."

"Well what is it?" Eddy asked.

"…Oh, it's just an one-dimensional stream passing by us at a rate of unspeakable speeds." He replied.

"Oh, good," Eddy said, while falling to the ground tiredly.

Silence…

More silence…

You guessed it…

Then, it kicked in.

"…WHAT?" Double D and Eddy said while popping up. They moved Ed out of the way, and saw what he saw. The stream was mostly white, with some passing streaks of blue, purple, and red.

"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!" Double D yelled, "This is horrible!"

"I KNOW!" Eddy said, "…HOW ARE WE GONNA SCAM KIDS?"

"NOT THAT EDDY! OUR PARENTS WILL WONDER WHERE WE ARE! WE MAY BE LOST FOREVER!"

"Oh man, you're right!" Eddy said.

He had both hands grasping his head with his teeth clenched. His fellow Eds were in similar positions. Ed was biting his nails, and Double D was in a crouching position with his fist lightly hitting his head.

"WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO DOUBLE D?" Ed said.

"Calm down Ed," He replied, "We'll just have to try and steer this craft!"

He went to the keyboard and thought for a moment.

Now, if I put a certain number or letter, it may react and bring us back. Dear Einstein I hope this is just a dream.

He studied the keyboard. He searched from left to right, and up and down. It was almost a minute when he was studying the shift keys.

"Hm…" he said.

"C'MON EDD, MY GRANDMA IS FASTER THAN YOU!" Eddy said.

"OK! Sorry." He replied.

He kept scanning the keyboard, until he found something sure to work…the backspace key.

"AHA!" he said.

"YOU FOUND IT?"

"Yes! The backspace key! It's cliché, yet sure to work!"

He was about to push it, when Eddy stopped him.

"OH NO YA DON'T!" he said, "If anyone's saving out butts, its gonna be me!"

Eddy looked proudly on the keyboard, but since there were no words on they keyboard, he pushed the enter key!"EDDY WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Double D asked.

"Pushing the Backspace key!" he replied.

"THAT WAS THE ENTER KEY!"

"So? If it has an arrow on it, it should do the same!"

A siren blew out.

"Warning. Hyperdrive activated." The female voice said.

"…Uh oh…" Eddy said.

"Double D?" Ed asked.

"Yes Ed?" he replied.

"Why are my colors running?"

"Ed what do you mean your colors are –gasp- RUNNING?"

Double D saw what he meant. Ed was being smeared, like a wet ink drawing, and he was disappearing.

"DOUBLE D!" Eddy said, "My colors are running!"

"OH NO!" he replied, "THAT MEANS THAT…"

He looked at his hands to see them disintegrate.

"…Oh dear…"

There was silence, as they stared at eachother.

"…aaAAHHHHHH!" They all screamed.

There was silence after that, because after they screamed…they disappeared.


Lance: NOOO!

WHAT IS IT Lance?

Lance: OUR INTRO, It's GONE! T-T

Cam: WHAT? STREAK! You're so lazy that you're DELETING stories instead of not posting?

NO! It's the site's editor, it's CONFUSING, and the time when I introduced you guys was deleted. D:

Cam: Oh, it's the site eh Streak? -puts on The Fist of Tebigong-

CAMERON! We do NOT need to resort to VIOLENCE!

Cam: UGH! Whatever...-takes The Fist of Tebigong off-

Lance: -Sigh- Streak can't you make it again?

I don't remember EVERYTHING! Sorry guys, but here's what I can do! Everyone, this is Lance The Yellow Cat in a Mechasuit, and Cam the Green Bloodhound in grunge rocker clothes! They'll be here from time to time to help me introduce the chapters and end them! Better?

Lance: A LITTLE...:)

Cam: Meh...

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