Mystery on Ed Street

Chapter 7: Escape

The Eds and Nazz continued to walk down a hallway with cobwebs hanging from the ceiling. Double D was nervously walking as he stared at dark paintings on the walls. He saw a shadow next to him.

"AH!" Double D yelped, but he realized that the shadow was his own. Eddy glared at him.

"Sorry about that. This place is creepy" Double D said in response. They kept walking down the gloomy corridor. Suddenly, Nazz saw Rolf, Johnny and Plank up ahead.

"Guys! You're okay!" Nazz said.

"Yes Nazz-girl, we're fine. The others are up ahead. We were trying to find you guys" Rolf said in reply. The kids kept walking down until they found a large room. Inside of it were Kevin, Sarah and Jimmy.

"Hey, you guys are okay!" Jimmy said.

"How long have you been down here?" Double D asked them.

"About 15 minutes, I guess" Kevin said.

"What happened to you guys?" Sarah asked the Eds.

"We discovered that the Kanker Sisters are behind this whole kidnapping thing, and we barely escaped them!" Double D said.

"Really?" Kevin asked in disbelief.

"Yes!" Double D said.

"Well, we all remember seeing a bright flash, but I don't know if it was the Kankers or-" Kevin began to say, but was interrupted by Eddy.

"Yeah, that was the Kankers! We have their camera right here!" Eddy said. Eddy gave them the camera, and realized that he and the other Eds were in their underwear this whole time.

"Um, we're gonna go find some clothes" Eddy said. He and the other Eds walked out of the room.


When Kevin saw that they were out of earshot, he looked at Nazz curiously.

"Did you see the Kankers?" Kevin asked her.

"No, but the Eds found me and got me clothes" Nazz replied.

"So you disappear, and then the Eds coincidentally find you? Then they bring you a camera that was supposedly from the Kankers?" Kevin asked her.

"What are you getting at, Kevin?" Rolf asked him. Kevin narrowed his eyes.

"I think the Eds are behind this kidnapping junk" Kevin said angrily.

"Kevin, that's absurd! The Ed boys couldn't have been there in the early disappearances!" Rolf said.

"Maybe they set traps ahead of time! Besides, has anyone seen the Kankers?" Kevin asked the other kids. Nobody spoke or attempted to do so.

"That's my point! We don't know! We haven't seen the girls, and right now, the only people that might have kidnapped us and taken pictures are the Eds!" Kevin said. The others were starting to be convinced.

"But we still didn't see the Eds! And what if one of us is behind it?" Nazz asked them.

"Then why would the Eds lie about the Kankers?" Kevin asked her.

"I guess they wouldn't have reason to, but we still can't accuse them!" Nazz protested.

"How about this? We ask the Eds to destroy the camera, and if they have no objection to doing so, we believe that they're innocent" Rolf said.

"What will the camera prove?" Kevin asked him.

"Because the camera is the only reason we could have been kidnapped" Rolf said.

"What if that camera is a fake?" Kevin asked.

"Just stop it already Kevin! We know you don't like them, but you don't have to be so-" Nazz said, but was cut off as she heard footsteps. The kids grew silent, and saw the Eds walk in the room in fully dressed outfits.

"Okay, now let's find a way out of here!" Double D said.

"Wait, could you guys destroy the film?" Rolf asked them.

"Of course" Double D said in reply. He took the camera, took out all the film and shredded it into tiny pieces.

"There you go!" Double D said happily.

"I'm still not convinced" Kevin said. The Eds looked at him strangely.

"Convinced about what?" Eddy asked.

"Kevin thinks that the Kankers are not here, and that you boys are behind this" Nazz said.

"What?! That's absurd?!" Double D said in denial.

"Then prove you're not!" Kevin said.

"How the heck do we do that?" Eddy asked him. Kevin thought about it, and had an idea.

"Okay, if the Kankers are here, then take a picture of them with this camera. Afterwards, bring it back here!" Kevin said. Kevin handed Double D a camera.

"Okay, we'll do it!" Double D said. Eddy's mouth dropped after hearing Double D's words.

"This kind of camera has a picture come out after you take one. Just flap the paper that comes out, and the image will be revealed" Kevin explained.

"I know how to use a camera" Double D said in an insulted voice. The Eds walked out of the room and down the corridor. Nazz glared at Kevin.

"If they get hurt, I'm not forgiving you" Nazz said angrily. Kevin suddenly got worried that if the Eds were telling the truth, he'd be the one who'd ultimately pay the price.


The Eds walked down the hallway leading to where they last encountered the Kankers.

"Double D, why did you agree to this?!" Eddy asked him angrily.

"Well, since the Kankers are stuck to the wall, I thought that we could get a picture of them" Double D said.

"Double D, that glue won't hold forever" Eddy said.

"Maybe not, but it will hold long enough for us to take a picture. Then, we'll sprint back to the others and find a way out" Double D said. The Eds stopped walking when they saw a door in front of them.

"Well, here it goes" Eddy said. Ed gulped loudly in fear of what might happen. They opened the door to see the Kankers still struggling to get off form the wall. Double D snapped picture of them, and ran off with the other Eds.

"What the heck was that about?" May asked in a confused voice.

"I think those Eds are up to something!" Lee said angrily. Suddenly, Marie broke free from the dried and fragile glue. She quickly landed on the floor.

"Marie, you did it!" May said.

"Don't worry, I'll have you two out of there in no time!" Marie said. She pulled her other sisters off the wall, and the three girls wiped any remaining dried glue off of their shirts.

"Alright girls, let's find where those Eds went" Lee ordered. The Kankers ran out of the room, in hopes of finding the trio of boys.


"There's your proof, happy now?" Eddy asked Kevin as he showed him the picture. Kevin shrugged.

"Okay, I guess it's good enough" Kevin said indifferently. Eddy's face turned an angry shade of red, but Double D closed his mouth before he could shout anything. All they heard were muffled noises from the shorty boy's mouth.

"Now, any idea how we can get out of here?" Double D asked them. Rolf leaned against a wall to think, but the wall rotated when he leaned on it.

"Maybe this leads to the exit" Nazz said. Suddenly, they heard voices coming down the hallway the Eds had just arrived from.

"Oh boys, where are you?" the Kankers said as it echoed into the room where the kids were.

"Kankers!" Eddy screamed in fright. The kids began to run down the passageway as the Kankers began to close in on them. The Eds sprinted to the front of the group, and began to sweat as the Kankers grew closer. The kids saw a light at the end. However, they saw that a door at the end was slowly descending from the ceiling to the floor. The Eds slid under it, while the other kids were stuck underneath it. Double D pulled Nazz out, Ed pulled Sarah and Jimmy out, and Eddy pulled Rolf out. The Kankers pushed Johnny and Plank out to the Eds' side, but pulled back Kevin. The door slammed to the ground.

"Our boyfriends!" May said in disappointment.

"At least we have a souvenir, girls!" Lee said. Kevin gulped, and ran away from the pursuing Kankers.

"Well, almost all of us made it" Double D said.

"Yeah, but Kevin got left behind" Nazz said.

"I'm sure he'll get out eventually. Besides, maybe he needs his just desserts" Double D explained. Nazz nodded, and the kids walked away from the big house together.