Chapter 3: Raiding AlphaStar--Part I

(Back in Chapter 2…)

There was a tense silence between the three Ed's after Xeno left with Carolyn. Double D and Ed glanced to Eddy, who had his head lowered; his fists were tightening up in anger, "Eddy…"

"… It's not over," Eddy started to say as he looked up to his two friends beside him; a mixture of sadness and anger in his face, "Not by a long shot!"

He then started to walk off from the junkyard, "Eddy, where are you going?!" Double D questioned as he and Ed soon went after him.

"I… I'm gonna rescue her!" Eddy finally said as he stopped and turned back to his friends, determination in his blue eyes, "What does it look like I'm gonna do, Sockhead!"

Double D made a little sigh, "I figured that was what you were up to…" he then looked back at Eddy, "Let's meet up at my house later; I think I got a few pieces of equipment that can help us out."

Eddy only nodded his head as he then ran off back towards his house in the Cul-De-Sac, determination set in his mind and heart.

They were going to raid AlphaStar tonight and rescue Carolyn.

(And now, onto Chapter 3…)

It was now six o' clock in the evening here in the little town of Peach Creek as we soon come back upon the neighborhood of the Peach Creek Cul-De-Sac. It was here, on the front lawn of the first house to the left of the entrance, that we could see the three Ed's. The three of them were getting prepared for what they were about to do; rescue Carolyn from AlphaStar's clutches.

"Alright, let's see if we have everything we need…" Double D muttered aloud as he then examined their equipment, "Ed, do you still have those smokescreen balls I gave you…?"

"Of course I do, Double D!" Ed replied with a bit of a chirp as he then got out three of the six regular sized golf balls that were located in his left, jacket pocket. The golf balls were filled with white, smokescreen powder, thanks to Double D. He also had a huge crowbar in his right jacket pocket; just in case if things got ugly and had to defend himself.

"Good…" Double D stated as he then turned to Eddy, "And do you still have that grapple hook I gave you?"

"Yeah, it's right here, Double D," Eddy stated back as he had a small, grapple hook that was attached to a long piece of rope over his right shoulder.

And, unknown to Double D and Ed, Eddy also had a large pocket knife in right pants pocket. The pocket knife belonged to Eddy's older brother; as it also came from his brother's room, which Eddy was always forbidden to enter. But, despite Eddy's fear of taking things out of his brother's room, he felt like he could put aside the fear to try and help Carolyn; she was more important than the fear of a house rule. Plus, he also felt like he would need it, just in case if something happened…

"Good, good…" Double D replied back as he then checked his pockets to see if he had what he needed, "Hmm, where is… Ah-ha!" he then stated as he took out his weapon of choice; an electric taser, "I know this will come in handy along the roads ahead…"

"How did you get something like that, Double D?" Ed asked with confusion.

"Well, I went to a website and made one of my own, thinking it would come in handy one day…" Double D replied to him as he put the homemade taser back into his right pants pocket, "I never thought I would use it like this though…"

There was a bit of silence between the three Ed's as Eddy then started to walk towards the bus stop, where they would stand and wait for the town's bus system to go by the Cul-De-Sac. Double D and Ed soon trailed off behind him. The three of them soon arrived to one of their current destinations; it was the bus stop at the front of the neighborhood.

"Alright, now we gotta wait for the bus to come by, Eddy stated aloud, mostly to himself, as he then turned to Double D, "When did you say the bus usually come by…?"

"Around 6:10pm, if I remembered correctly…" Double D replied as he then glanced down at his wristwatch on his left wrist, "And it's now 6:05pm… So I should say that it'll come in at least five more minutes."

"Good," Eddy stated back to Double D with a nod of his head.

"… Say Eddy," Ed started to say as Eddy and Double D turned to him, "Why are you acting like a superhero?"

Eddy and Double D seemed a bit confused on his question, "What're ya talkin' about?" Eddy asked the tall Ed.

"Well, Carolyn already has super powers like a superhero, right?" Ed then started to explain, "So she probably could escape like she did last time…" he paused a little before he continued, "Why do you wanna help her when she already has super powers to help her escape again?"

The question made Eddy's body freeze up a little with nervousness, "Umm, well… Y-You see; I, uhh…"

"Eddy…" Double D muttered with a gasp of realization, "You like Carolyn, don't you?"

Bingo.

Eddy only blushed at Double D's comment, "I…" he muttered back, trying to hide his red face from his two friends by covering his face with his hands, "I-I really don't know!"

"Aww," Ed cooed in his natural way as he made a wide grin across his face, "I could've guessed that!"

Double D only made a little smile at Eddy's behavior, "Eddy, it's alright to admit it now," he started to say, placing his right hand on Eddy's left shoulder, "Plus, if I remember correctly, Carolyn said she liked you too. So it's okay to feel the same way towards her."

"…" Eddy was silent for a moment before lifting his head up to see his friends, "Yer right, Double D; she did say that," he replied.

It was about four minutes later that the bus they were waiting for arrived to them.

"Come on, let's go save her," Eddy stated as he got on the bus, with Double D and Ed behind him…

Meanwhile, in the AlphaStar facility, we could see Carolyn sitting on her bed in her bedroom, which looked more like a hospital room. She clearly had a sad expression across her face as she then glanced out through her only window in her room, "Eddy… I wonder what you're doing now…?"

Knock, knock, knock!!! Someone was knocking on her door.

"Carolyn, I'm here with your dinner," stated a voice that was a very masculine voice, but seemed a bit kind.

Carolyn made a sigh at the voice, 'Well, at least Evan is on his shift now,' she thought with a slight bit of happiness, "Come in, Evan."

Soon the door to her room was unlocked from the outside as a man entered her room, carrying a plate of for Carolyn to eat. He soon locked the door behind when he came in with the keys he had.

The man was a bit tall and looked to be in his early to mid-twenties. He had three strands of long, dark rain blue hair sticking out from his short, yet bushy haircut. He also had short, dark blue peach fuzz on his chin and upper lip. He wore something that all of the soldier employees wore; a dark blue t-shirt with baggy, black jeans and black boots. He also wore fingerless gloves on both of his hands. And to his side was a gun holster, where there was a loaded gun in it, ready to be used at any deathly intruders… He also had a name tag on his shirt; Evan Wendell.

"The cook made you your favorite things this time," Evan stated as he placed the platter of food on her table in the room, which was near her bed.

"Thanks Evan…" Carolyn thanked as she made a sad sigh, getting up from where she was sitting at on her bed and made her way to her table, where she sat down with a bit of a sad flop.

"… Something wrong Carolyn?" Evan started to ask her, 'I know she's mad when she was recaptured and all, but… she just looks so sad…'

"… Well, when I escaped, I went in a different direction than I usually did…" Carolyn started to explain as she bit her bottom lip in sadness, "I ended up in a nice, little neighborhood…"

Evan widened his eyes a little; she must mean the Cul-De-Sac, since it was not too far away from where the facility was.

"And then… I met him," Carolyn continued to explain as a blush came across her face, "I saw him walking outside when he noticed me, but I didn't have enough energy to come over to him. But… he came over to me instead… A-And I remembered him catching me when I collapsed from all of the running…"

Evan only sat there in silence as Carolyn continued, "When I woke back up, I was in his house, and one of his two friends was with him. And that's when he offered for me to stay for the night in his guest room…" she then paused for a moment before she continued to explain, "Then, when morning came, he introduced me to his other friend; he was a bit odd, but friendly, nevertheless. And, with the three of them together, they were called the Ed's."

Evan widened his eyes a little; she had met his little brother?! 'No way… I have to figure it out if she did see him or not…' he thought for a second before he asked, "What did you guys do next?"

"Well, the one who let me stay with him had an idea for some kind of ride that the three of them were going to build," Carolyn replied as she made a little chuckle, "Eddy seemed so excited when he came up with the idea…"

That's when it hit Evan at who she was really talking about the whole time; it was his little brother, Eddy.

"… But, about an hour after we got to the junkyard to find the materials we needed, I started to getting withdrawals from not taking the pill in my ring…" she explained further as she lifted up her right hand, where her ring was on her middle finger, "I was so happy this morning that I forgot to take it…" but she made a little smile, "But after I told them about where the pill was, Eddy gave it to me before I could pass out again. And you know how fast I can react to the medicine's effect, you know. So, when Double D asked me what kind of pill it was that I needed to be better… I told and showed them what I could do…"

Evan widened his eyes again, "Carolyn, you know that no one is supposed to know about what you can do."

"I-I know, but… I felt like I could trust them with what I could do…" Carolyn stated back, "It was then that I told them about where I came from here, and how I was able to do my abilities…" she made a little sigh, "They all looked so shocked, as I would've thought… But Eddy; he… he looked pretty much like a deer in the headlights when I told him and the others."

That's when Carolyn started to form tears in her eyes again, "So when Eddy tired to come towards me… I heard the cocking of a gun; and I had a feeling that it was targeting him. So I ran over and tackled him so he wouldn't get hurt… A-And I took the hit for him," the tears now started to stream down her face, "When Eddy looked at me after I tackled him, I never seen him so sad and worried…"

Evan now had the look of shock and disbelief on his face; the one that brought her back was Xeno, the assistant to Alpha Starling. He knew Xeno carried a gun for sticky encounters, but… he never thought of him using it for anything like that. And, the worse part of all; was that Xeno used it against someone that wasn't even a threat, which was his own brother.

"Then, when Eddy resisted him, Xeno threatened to kill him if he didn't hand me over. But I made him stop when I agreed to come back with him, if he promised me that he wouldn't hurt him, Ed and Double D…" Carolyn then finished off as she then looked back up at Evan, her eyes were puffy from all of the crying, "And that's why I'm back here… Because I didn't want them to get hurt…"

"Carolyn…" Evan muttered a little before he placed his left hand on her right shoulder, "You did the right thing, because I couldn't take a day off for Eddy's funeral if he was killed like that."

That comment made Carolyn widen her eyes a little, "What do you mean, Evan?"

"… Don't you see the resemblance?" Evan then asked her.

It was after a few seconds of looking at Evan that Carolyn turned pale in the face; his hair, his facial features, even his eyes, "Y-You mean… y-you're--"

"Yeah, I'm Eddy's older brother," Evan replied.

Carolyn was beyond shocked; the security guard that she always liked for his kindness to her was related to the boy that she fell in love with in the Cul-De-Sac, "Evan… Do you know what this means…?"

Evan arched an eyebrow, "Not really… What are you thinking?"

"Since you work here, you can bring Eddy here so he can visit me!" Carolyn stated with pure joy in her voice, "A-And even Double D and Ed can come too, you know?!"

"… You know Alpha and Xeno won't let me do that," Evan stated with a bit of sadness, "Besides, I haven't seen my brother in four years; how would you think he would react when I come back?"

Carolyn's happy face soon dropped into sadness when he heard Evan's statements, "I… I-I guess you're right…"

They sat there in a bit of silence before Evan got up from where he sat, "Well, I better get back to my duties," he stated as he started to walk towards the door, but then turned back to Carolyn, "Try to eat what I gave you, alright?"

"Y-Yeah…" Carolyn muttered as she turned towards the food on her table, her head lowered a little in sadness.

Evan made a sigh as he then unlocked the door in front of him, exited the room and locked the door from the outside again, 'Carolyn… I'll help you get out of this place one day; I promise.'

Oh god, I can't believe I updated this so fast! D: That's like a record for me or something. XD