Re: Added more details and fixed a lot of spelling errors.
Chapter 3: Surviving the Blast
Double D slowly opened his eyes, He had no idea what had just happened but all he could remember was an explosion.
He tried to talk but his throat was filled with dust and ash, He coughed and managed to get a little bit of his voice out.
"What happened?" Double D said with a raspy dry voice, suddenly he remembered his two friends.
"Ed...Eddy!" Double said with all that his voice could manage.
He managed to get on his knees but could not go any further than that because he felt a sharp pain in his leg
He looked around and seen his two friends, laying about twelve feet from him. Since he could not walk he crawled over to his friends who he thought might be dead.
He managed to make it to their unmoving bodies.
"Guys...Guys..wake up." Double D said with tears starting to come out of his eyes, both from sadness and the dust flowing through the air.
"Ugh man." He heard a voice say, He looked to his right and seen Eddy starting to stir.
"Eddy!" Double D yelled and crawled to the three haired Ed boy
Eddy managed to turn right side up and look at the sky.
It was blood red with smoke all around the sky, He looked around and seen Ed lying on the ground next to him. He crawled toward and closed the distance between him and Ed
"Lumpy.." Eddy said with a raspy voice while softly shaking his friend
"Ed please get up!" Double D said with the tears increasing in his eyes as he watched Eddy shake Ed's motionless body
Ed twitched a little and turned to look at his friends
"What happened guys?" Ed asked them. Double D sighed and got on one of his knees.
"I don't know Ed." Double D said as he looked around the destroyed landscape.
All around them were dead bodies of other people and buildings that had been blown to pieces by whatever had occurred.
"Did a bomb go off or something?" Eddy asked his friends, Double D shook his head
"It looks worse than a bomb Eddy, more like a nuke." Double D said
Ed suddenly had a strange feeling, a feeling that only a brother could feel, His sister was in trouble and he knew it, and he had to do something.
Ed managed to stand up on his feet feeling very little to no pain, due to the adrenaline flowing through his veins.
"We have to go guys." Ed said as he began to limp away.
"Guys, I can't walk." Double D told them after he gave a wince of pain and fell to the ground.
"I think I can manage." Eddy said as he stood up and gave a wince of pain as he walked beside Ed.
"Ed, can I trouble you to carry me?" Double D asked
Ed nodded and put his friend on his shoulders
They walked down the street looking at the destruction; whatever had caused it sure did a number on the Historic District.
"What do you think happened to our parent's guys?" Eddy asked them
Ed and Double D frowned and looked at the ground. What if there parents had died during this attack of whatever was attacking. Where would they go and most importantly...who else could they trust.
The Eds thought they heard a voice echoing though out the ruins but passed it on as a simple trick to the mind.
Then they heard the unmistakable sound of a Helicopters blades whirring. They looked in the sky and seen a helicopter fly over their heads, and they also seen a man with a megaphone hanging on a ladder.
"If anyone is alive down there, Head to the bridge to the Neon, Medical assistance is waiting."
The man said as the helicopter faded away.
The three turned around and smiled, maybe they would not be alone after all.
"Well, looks like we know where to go." Double D said with relief
The three walked for what seemed like hours until they reached the Neon Bridge
They approached the swarm of ambulance and police cars and what they saw made them almost cry.
All around were people with lost limbs, bones sticking out of their legs, and some where worse than that.
"Ed...Is that Sarah?" Double D asked pointing at an ambulance near the bridge
Ed looked toward an ambulance and seen something that would haunt his nightmares for the rest of his life. His baby sister... was lying on a stretcher, covered in ash, along with what looked to be a dislocated elbow and blood running down her face.
"Sarah!" Ed dropped Double D and ran to his baby sisters limp body
"Baby sister please talk to me!" Ed said with tears running down his face
Sarah did not answer, but Ed did not lose hope. He put his ear to her chest and heard a familiar sound...her heartbeat.
A Medic approached Ed
"Sir Do you need medical attention?" Ed ignored him and continued to sob at his unmoving sister's body. The Medic decided to leave him to have his moment, enough sorrow had been caused today.
Double D and even Eddy started to shed a few tears at what was happening, all around them there was screaming and cries for help...and there was nothing they could do.
Eddy let Double D on his back and walked toward there tall friend.
"Ed...We need to go." Double D said with tears still on his face.
Ed sniffled and looked down at his sister and the Medic put his hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry son, we will do all we can." He said, Ed nodded and reluctantly began to limp to his friends. Ed looked back to get a glimpse of his sister being put inside of an ambulance that drove off ahead towards the Neon district.
"Well let's head to the Neon." Eddy said
Ed picked up Double D and they started to cross the destroyed bridge, they were halfway across when they saw a fat man in a black shirt, Gray pants with gold platted sunglasses.
He walked toward the trio
"Have you kids seen Cole McGrath? Shaved head about this high with a yellow and black jacket?" He asked them
They shook their heads no but Eddy felt as if that sounded familiar.
"Damn it!" He said he picked up his phone and dialed a number
The Eds continued toward the Neon
They made it across and seen a women standing at the end of the bridge.
She looked very sad and was staring into the distance.
Double D opened his mouth to speak but it got covered by Eddy, Eddy simply just shook his head no and they stepped onto the Neon streets.
Eddy reached into his back pocket and surprisingly found the map that his father gave him. It still was in mint condition.
He opened it up and looked around for a place that they could stay at.
"Any luck Eddy?" Double D asked
Eddy just sighed and looked at his friends
"You know what guys...I feel hopeless; I feel like a kid without a friend, I feel like...I am done." Eddy said with tears forming in his eyes.
Ed walked to Eddy and put his hands on his shoulders and smiled.
"Eddy, did we give up when almost every scam failed?" Ed asked his friend
Eddy shook his head
"Did we give up when we nearly killed all the kids in the cul-da-sac and they were out to give us our just deserts?" Ed asked forming a big smile on his face
Eddy shook his head again and was kind of stunned that Ed of all people was giving him an actual motivation speech that sounded smart.
"Well then. We can get through this. Because my name is E-" A big explosion was heard behind them and they turned and seen lightning bolts coming down from the sky hitting the bridge to the Neon.
"What the heck is going on?" Eddy yelled as he covered his eyes from the lighting's brightness.
Ed grabbed his friends and ran toward the bridge.
They ran beside the women they seen earlier and Eddy automatically recognized a face he had seen only about an hour ago.
The man that nearly ran him over on his bike...was running across the bridge with blue electricity on his arms...and behind him was a barrage of lightning bolts.
He made it to the end of the bridge and passed out.
"Cole!" The women and the fat man yelled as they ran to his aid.
The Eds also ran to his side to, but they felt a strange feeling of exhaustion wash over them. They passed out next to the man that they learned was called...Cole
Another chapter is finished. I hope you liked it!
