Here's Chapter 3, ready for readin and reviewin! Not much else to say here, so carry on.


Kevin sweats as he tries talking to Jenna: "Uhh... Hey Jenn, what's goin on?! I'm Kevin!"

"Hola, Kev!" Jenna greets, starting to blush!

"Yeah, so um..." Kevin stutters: "Since you're new here and all... I was thinkin... um... maybe I could... y'know, ummm......."

"Kevin, are you ok?" Nazz asks the nervous Kevin.

"Ehehe!... Eeheeheeheeheehee!..." Jenna giggles, blushing more!

"Oh sorry, I think Dad's callin me. I'll talk to ya later!" Kevin runs off and hides behind a tree, where he berates himself: "You blew it, stupid. She thinks you're a dork now." he starts hitting himself: "Stupid stupid stupid."

Jenna continues giggling with a full blush while Nazz asks "What's so funny, Jenna?"

Kevin hears Jenna answering Nazz: "No no, it's just that... Kevin's kinda cute... and hot!!"

Kevin's eyes bug out in surprise upon hearing this, then he moves into a nearby bush to hear more clearly as Nazz asks Jenna "You think Kevin's hot?!" and Jenna confirms "Totally!"

"She thinks I'm hot!..." Kevin smiles. "She doesn't think I'm a dork! She likes me!" he runs down the street, shouting "YES!!"


Meanwhile, the Eds and Jimmy exit the lane and meet up with Sarah and Kyle.

SARAH!!" Jimmy immediately hugs Sarah, crying into her chest: "It was horrible! I was going to bed last night when I was attacked, and the next thing I knew, I was tied up inside that shed in the woods with a bunch of robo-squashes!!"

"Who did that to you, Jimmy?" Sarah asks.

"I don't know." Jimmy answers. "All I remember is him calling me useful."

"Robo-squashes?" Kyle asks.

"A whole bunch of em." Eddy answers. "They came outta nowhere."

"And I've been wondering, there may be a possibility that whoever kidnapped Jimmy may have also kidnapped Jonny, as we haven't seen him for a whole week."

"Oh Jonny, I forgot about him." Eddy says. Kyle asks "Who's Jonny?"

"He's just a bald fathead whose best friend is a hunk of wood." Sarah flatly answers. "Forget him, we gotta help Jimmy here. Let's get him home."

"Right." Kyle and Sarah take the stressed-out Jimmy back home.

"Here Double-D, try it!" Ed offers Double-D a squash rind, which he took a bite out of. "I took it from the shed. It's crunchy!"

Double-D recoils: "Ed, you're not supposed to eat the squash's rind!"

"Did you say squash?" Rolf comes up from behind the Eds and sees Ed eating the rind. He takes out a fish (the same one from "Dueling Eds") from his pocket via hammerspace to WHACK Ed skywards and he crashes back down, making an Ed-shaped hole as Rolf takes what's left of the rind: "ROLF GAVE YOU NO PERMISSION TO TAKE HIS SQUASHES, ED BOY!"

"Wait, your squashes were stolen?" Double-D asks.

"Yes!" Rolf angrily answers and explains: "Rolf was going to reward Kyle boy with one until Rolf made the heinous discovery in his cellar."

"But the rind Ed was eating came from a squash shell being used for a robot." Double-D tells Rolf, baffling him. Then Double-D shows him the bullets he collected: "Here's proof. They fired these squash seeds as bullets."

"Robots, you say?" Rolf asks. "Rolf suspects their creator is the infidel who ransacked Rolf's squashes."

"I believe so too, Rolf." Double-D says. "First Jonny disappeared, then Jimmy was kidnapped, but we managed to rescue him. And there's a chance that Jonny was also kidnapped, possibly by the same person who probably stole your squashes and kidnapped Jimmy."

"Nah, Baldy's probably just in the woods somewhere." Eddy says. "I'm gonna get some rest cuz my back hurts from fightin all those squashes."

Eddy leaves his fellow Eds and Rolf while they continue talking about what's been happening. En route to his house, Eddy spots Kevin and Paul chatting at the corner.

"Congrats for gettin Baby Bonita, man!" Paul cheers.

"Who's Baby Bonita?" Eddy asks, joining the conversation. Paul answers "That's the nickname I gave Jenna. Everyone in Watermelon Falls, aka Dirty Waters, gave their friends nicknames. Like Nazz, I call her Nazzalicious!"

"Nazzalicious! I like that!" Eddy replies. "So Kev, you and Jenn hooked up or somethin?"

"Not yet, but I found out she likes me! I thought that she thought I was a dork, but she LIKES me!" Kevin answers.

Eddy shows a hint of jealousy, but despite this, he congratulates Kevin: "Congrats, Kev! You're lucky to have a girl as hot as Jenn!"

"I know, she looks so awesome!" Kevin exclaims, but Paul noticed Eddy's jealousy: "You jealous, man?"

"Me? No!" Eddy answers. "All I need is money, then I'll have a ton of girls!"

"Money, eh?" Paul asks "What's yo name?"

"Eddy McGee." Eddy answers.

"Cool, now I got a nickname for ya: McMoney!" Paul declares. Eddy likes this, and he & Paul knuckle-bop! "So you two like hot girls, word?"

"Yeah!" Eddy and Kevin answer.

"Then come to my place tomorrow; I got some stuff you'd looove to see!" Paul says with a grin.


At nightfall, after everyone's gone to bed, we see countless tiny figures swarming out from treeholes. The streetlights reveal them as tiny, crab-like Squashbots whose shells are made of carnival squashes. As they split into groups and hide around the cul-de-sacs, the camera goes through one of the treeholes they're swarming out of. It goes down through a long metal tube that leads down into The Gourd's lair, which is the source of all the other treehole tubes. We also see that the the melon floor design was replaced by a squash design. The Gourd is sitting down with Timber on their squash chairs.

"I've sent the Carnival Crawlers up to the surface to await our signal, and the Butternut Soldiers, Hubbard Hulks, Spaghetti Speeders & Kabocha Flyers are ready for tomorrow!" The Gourd reports: "Cucurbitron will also be complete and fully operational by daybreak! So Timber, at what time will we make our move?...... At noon?... Ok, sounds good to me! Hehehehehe!..."

The Gourd gets up and heads towards his monitors: "Soon, very soon.... vengeance will be OOOUUURRRS!! GYAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!"


The next morning, Sarah and Jimmy are on Sarah's lawn, moving along to the musical beat of Kyle's guitar song. Meanwhile, Double-D and Ed meet up with Rolf in the middle of their cul-de-sac. Rolf is wearing a fur hat with a bushy tail, is armed with a harpoon gun, and is riding Victor. He also brought two more goats for Ed and Double-D.

"Hector and Whitney will be your steeds, Ed boys." Rolf points to Hector and Whitney, the other two goats he brought.

"YAY, I call Hector!" Ed exclaims, hopping onto Hector while Double-D takes Whitney, falling off twice before finally securing himself on her.

"Ok Rolf, we're ready to investigate." Double-D says. "But don't you think the harpoon gun is a tad... barbaric?"

"Ha, such nonsensical blabbery!" Rolf responds. "The harpoon was standard punishment for thieves back in the old country. Now remember the plan: we shall split up to search every nook and cranny for that pillager, and we'll annihilate any androids that come our way. Let's go, Victor."

Rolf bops his feet against Victor's side to get him moving. Ed and Double-D do the same with Hector and Whitney, and the three split up to search the neighborhood and find the squash thief.


Meanwhile, Eddy, Kevin and Paul are sitting in Paul's front porch, where Paul is showing magazines to Kevin and Eddy:

"These magazines got every sizzlin hot babe you can imagine, plus more!" Paul tells Eddy and Kevin as they grab and look through the magazines.

"......... Gehehehe! Hey Kevo, look at this chick here!" Eddy shows Kevin a magazine pic.

"Choice!" Kevin comments. "Check this one out!"

Eddy looks at the pic Kevin's pointing at, and comments "Hey, that's the one I saw on TV last Sunday!"

Kevin turns the page, and goes "Oooooo!!"

"... She looks like Jenn." Eddy comments the pic Kevin is looking at. Kevin replies "Yeah, that's why it's awesome!"

"And THAT'S even more awesome!" Paul points to Nazz and Jenna, who are jogging together. Nazz is wearing her gym outfit from "Rock-a-Bye Ed" and "Hanky Panky Hullaballoo," and Jenna's consists of a black top that shows her stomach, gray sweatpants, and white running sneakers. Both have their hair tied back and have water bottles.

"Dude, Jenna's so beautiful!" Kevin says, mesmerized as Jenna jogs through the park with Nazz.

"Come on, let's go follow em!" Paul says, leaping onto the street.

"You mean lookin at em?" Eddy asks. Paul bobs yes, and Eddy tells Kevin "I like this guy!"

Eddy and Kevin join Paul in following Nazz and Jenna. When the two girls stop to rest at the edge of the park, Paul leads Eddy and Kevin into a bush so the three can peep on them!


Ed, Double-D and Rolf are searching throughout Peach Creek on goatback, with Ed searching the junkyard, Double-D searching the school area, and Rolf searching along the creek. He later meets up with Ed and Double-D at an intersection.

"Any signs of the miscreant, Ed boys?" Rolf asks.

"Nothing yet, Rolf." Double-D answers, while Ed holds up a burglar action figure: "I found this burglar action figure in the junkyard!"

"... We must double our efforts, then. Come, let's investigate the market area." Rolf leads Double-D and Ed towards the stores.


Down below, The Gourd's clock hits 11:57 AM. He clenches his fists excitedly: "It's almost tiiiiiiiiiime!"


Meanwhile, Kyle finished his guitar song, and Sarah & Jimmy clap.

"That was wonderful, Kyle!" Jimmy comments. "Where'd you get that guitar?"

"My dad made it for me." Kyle answers. "I wanted to be a master guitarist just like him, so he made this for me on my sixth birthday!" Kyle shows his full name, "Kyle Melanosky," imprinted on the back of his guitar: "He even put my name on it, and he made it with the finest rosewood!"

"Rosewood?" Jimmy asks, then the "wood" part of "rosewood" rings a bell in Jimmy's memory: "Rosewood..... WOOD!"

"What is it, Jimmy?" Sarah asks.

"I'm remembering something..." Jimmy's memory starts returning: "... Timber... Timber..."


Meanwhile, Nazz and Jenna hear Eddy, Kevin and Paul giggling inside the bush.

"It's that peeping kid again." Jenna angrily says, and she and Nazz head towards the bush. Paul shouts "RUN!" and he, Eddy and Kevin jump out of the bush and run!

"KEVIN?! EDDY?! HOW DARE YOU GUYS!!" Nazz yells angrily, giving chase along with Jenna.

"YOU THREE ARE SO DEAD!!" Jenna shouts at the running boys.

"Ok boys, this is the part where we marvel at the girls as they work their legs!" Paul instructs, looking pervertedly at Nazz and Jenna despite being chased by them!

"That's so bad..." Kevin utters, and Eddy finishes "But it feels so good!" Then they marvel at the running Nazz and Jenna along with Paul!

"I can't believe I blushed for Kevin." Jenna tells Nazz, who replies "Heh, he cares more about his bike than anything else."


While searching along Main Street (the street with all the stores), Ed, Double-D and Rolf come across Rachel while she's crossing the street with items purchased from the kitchenware shop.

"IT'S A VAMPIRESS!!" Ed screams upon seeing Rachel. He jumps off Hector's back, landing on and hiding atop a utility pole.

"There's no need for alarm, Ed. It's just another newcomer!" Double-D tells Ed. Rachel recognizes Double-D:

"Hey, are you Eddward aka Double-D?"

Double-D turns back to Rachel in surprise: "How do you know my name?"

"Marie told me all about you and showed me pictures." Rachel answers while approaching Double-D: "And she's right! You really are a cutie!"

"Well, I... uhh, Marie, um..." Double-D stutters nervously, sweating and blushing. Rachel giggles at this: "Relax! I may be a long-time friend of the Kankers, but I don't bite like they do! Now to introduce myself. My name's Rachel! I moved in just over a week ago!"

"Oh! Well in that case, welcome to Peach Creek! That's Ed up there!" Double-D points to Ed who's still hiding up on the pole, then he points to Rolf: "And that's Rolf!"

"Greetings, raccoon-eyed Rachel girl!" Rolf greets, referencing Rachel's black eyeshadows.

"Is the vampiress gone, Double-D?" Ed asks.

"It's ok Ed, she isn't a vampiress." Double-D answers, and Ed slides down head-first. After hitting his head on the cement, he shouts "HI, I'M ED!"

Double-D apologizes to Rachel: "Sorry about the vampiress thing."

"It isn't the first time, but I prefer being called 'goth' because terms like 'vampire' and 'emo' just irritate me." Rachel clarifies with a slight facial tic.

"I'll keep that in mind." Double-D records Rachel's words in a notepad he pulls from under his hat. "So Rachel, since you're still relatively new here, how do you like the neighborhood?"

"It's decent, I guess." Rachel answers. "But it does have its fair share of oddities, like you goatback riders and that kid who talks to a board."

"Jonny the wood boy?" Rolf asks, and Double-D asks "You saw Jonny?"

"So that's his name? Yeah, I saw him a few nights ago." Rachel explains: "He was wearing a gourd on his head and he was taking a bunch of squashes from a house in one of those cul-de-sacs down there, doing this little Joker laugh all the while and I couldn't sleep because of that."

"... Then it was HIM!!" Rolf shouts angrily.

"... So Jonny's the thief?!" Ed asks, then Rachel asks "So wait, he was stealing those?"

Double-D pieces everything together: "... Then that means..."


"Timber! The one who kidnapped me, his partner's name was Timber!" Jimmy remembers.

"Timber, Timber.... Why does that sound so familiar?" Sarah ponders, then it hits her: "PLANK! JONNY KIDNAPPED YOU!!"


"... Rolf, Jonny DID steal your squashes to use for his robots!" Double-D concludes. Then...

... The clock hits 12 noon!!!

"IT'S SHOW TIME!!!" The Gourd declares.

End of Chapter 3!!!


Trivia: The names of The Gourd's Squashbots are all based on actual varieties of squash (butternut, hubbard, carnival, spaghetti, and kabocha), and Cucurbitron is named after the botanical family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squashes, pumpkins, marrows and gourds.

And Dirty Waters, the nickname of Watermelon Falls, is also the nickname of my hometown.