Ages:

Jimmy: 3

Sarah: 4

Eddy: 8

Edd: 9

Ed: 9

Jonny: 9

Kevin: 10

Nazz: 10

Rolf: 11

Terry: 19

By this time, the Ed trio had hit it off, and were now scammers. Double D, with his reason, usually managed to keep both Eddy's greed and Ed's stupidity in check, though not always. The Eds had a mixed reputation in the cul-de-sac; most of the kids were wary of their scams, but occasionally, there was a gem within all the garbage: a scam that actually benefited the other kids that kept them coming back.

But, for all the money they earned, they still had to give a cut to Terry. Double D chafed under Terry's abrasiveness. There was just something about him that unnerved Edd but could shake off his influence on the other two. Ed was like putty in the man's hands when he was looking for muscle to manipulate. And Eddy was always eager to please his big bro.

Terry had graduated high school, but still lived with his parents. On their nagging, he was on the hunt for a job, but the prospect still bored him. He still had enough free time for his favorite pastime: tormenting the neighborhood boys, especially Kevin.

Rolf's family had just started moving into the neighborhood. And, on top of learning English, it was hard for him to make new friends there.

It had been a rough voyage away from the Old Country to America. His great-grandfather passed away at sea, so they had to cremate him.

Their relatives already in America gave them enough money to buy a farm and animals.

Being a foreigner, Rolf was nervous about approaching the locals.

So, it was one of the locals who approached him.

Ed loved his little sister dearly, but his mother decided that it would be best if Ed spent as little time as possible with her, so she made Ed spend much of the daytime outside.

One day, he happened across Rolf's farm. He was in awe of the animals there, so he leaped over the gate and ran towards them. But then, Rolf's father, Christian, saw him, and accused him of trespassing, before ordering him to leave.

It would be the first time Rolf laid eyes on one of the Ed-boys. He didn't think much of the simpleton with the unibrow.

As the initial weeks went by, trouble began for Rolf's farm. Someone had been stealing their chickens!

To stop this, Christian ordered Rolf to stand guard in front of the chicken coop at night.

While on duty, a large figure appeared and lunged for Rolf. In the darkness of night, he couldn't make out the face right before he was punched in the head, knocking him out.

Rolf awoke to find that two of their chickens had stolen and to his father's reprimand. The shame stung him deeply.

That morning, Ed was walking to Eddy's house when he came across Terry holding two chickens by the necks.

Terry had long since practiced animal cruelty. When he felt it was too risky to bully the younger boys, he took his frustration out on animals. After all, what were a few dead chickens to Terry?

He began squeezing one of the chicken's neck when Ed, horrified, ran up to him.

Terry, catching sight of Ed from the corner of his eye, froze out of fear that he had been caught, but blew a sigh of relief when he saw it was just the pipsqueak's retarded friend.

Terry told Ed to buzz off, but Ed asked him what he was doing to the chickens.

Not in the mood for this, Terry put the chickens down before approaching the boy menacingly.

Ed had no idea what to do as the grown man prepared to strike him.

Out of instinct, Ed reached out to shove Terry away. This blew Terry backwards into a wall, leaving cracks behind.

Terry fell to the ground, unconscious.

Ed scooped up the chickens and ran away, in the direction of Rolf's farm.

Rolf had been sowing the fields to atone for his failure when he saw Ed jump over the fence with the chickens.

Rolf was overjoyed, and thanked Ed profusely for bringing the chickens back. At least now, he could say he had a friend in the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, Terry had gotten up and retreated to his room. Nursing his injuries, he worried if anyone saw Ed KO him. It would kill his rep if people knew he lost to a kid.

Terry now knew about Ed's true strength, so he knew retaliating against him was out of the question.

But, there was a saving grace. There was still a kid right across the hall he could take his anger out on…