Phoenix's note: Nothing to say here except for the fact that this chapter might be a little long! But hey, I'm Actionphoenix260! I don't create something too long or too short unless I throw a thrill into the plotline here and there! Anyway, enjoy!
The screen opened up at the PEACH CREEK bus, where Christian was seen sitting in the driver's seat with the radio in his hand as Kathryn stood behind him. The bus was right in the middle of what appeared to be a ghost town.
"Hello? Hello? HELLO?" Christian said into the radio. "Is anyone out there? Hello! Hello!"
But there was no response. All that could be heard was the overlapping voices of many panicked people. The kids all tried their phones, but…
"I got no reception in here!" said Eddy.
"Neither do I!" said everyone else.
"Damn it! We're on our own!" shouted Christian.
"What do we do?" asked Kathryn.
"Only one thing to do!" answered Christian. "We gotta get on the street and see if we can get help!"
The kids overheard the conversation and protested all at once.
"BE QUIET!" yelled Christian as he stood up.
"Are you outta yer fuckin' mind?" yelled Holly. "Did you see that thing out there and what it did to our tires and the driver?"
"What the hell was that thing, anyway?" asked Twan.
"Vircomer pajaro!" answered Edd calmly.
"What?" asked Nazz.
"Man-eating bird." translated Maggie. "But by the look of its features, it must be prehistoric!"
"But be that as it may, no historical data has indicated that they were once of large proportions!" said Edd. "Perhaps it was conjured through the utilization of genetic experimentation!"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Nate interrupted. "Are you sayin' that thing that attacked us was some kinda…mutant bird?"
Edd and Maggie simultaneously nodded, which prompted the other kids to develop bug-eyes.
"Oh, great! That's just great!" said Eddy. "As if normal-sized birds don't get on my nerves!"
"So, basically… we're screwed if we set foot off this bus, right?" asked Brooke.
"Perhaps not!" said Edd. "Radio contact and contact via cellular device might be futile, but if one can remain outside for a mere second or two, we might be able to contact help!"
"That's a good idea, Eddward!" complemented Kathryn. "I'll go!"
"Yer crazy!" said Eddy. "The moment you step off, our fine feathered fucker out there is bound to take you out!"
"That thing hasn't been back in at least a half hour, Eddy!" said the blue-haired kid.
"No, he's right!" said Christian. "It just crippled the bus! Imagine what would happen if it saw any of us again! Kathryn, let's go! I'll walk with you! Eddy, I'm leaving you in charge!"
"Why? Cuz he's the director?" the redheaded kid complained.
"Jealous, Spencer?" Eddy said with a smile.
"Don't start!" lectured Christian. "This is neither the time nor the place!"
Christian opened the door and walked off the bus before he helped Kathryn off. The two walked over to and in front of the old bank that was about six feet away from the bus. Their attempt was to avoid the possibility of the kids being captured if something were to happen to them.
"Dylan, close the door!" Eddy told the blonde kid (Dylan).
Dylan walked up to the handle and shut the door on Eddy's order. Kathryn called 911 and was able to get good reception!
"My phone's working, Christian!" Kathryn said excitedly.
"Yes!" he exclaimed victoriously.
"911! Please state your emergency!" a woman said over the phone.
"Hello?" Kathryn started. "I'm here to report-AAAAAAAAAH!"
Kathryn screamed when in the blink of an eye, the mutant bird used its talons to grab her shoulders and fly off before she dropped her phone! At that moment, the kids all rushed to the windows in fear! Just then, Christian ran towards the bus in fear and bug-eyed horror!
"Yo, where the hell's Mrs. Hudson?" yelled Nate.
"I dunno!" said Eddy. "DYLAN, GET READY TO OPEN THE DOOR!"
Dylan put his hand on the handle as Christian ran closer and closer. Christian smiled when he thought he was about to reach the bus in time. But right after Dylan opened the door and Christian could step on…
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Christian screamed as the bird snatched him and flew away with him!
"SHUT THE DOOR! SHUT THE DOOR!" yelled the bug-eyed Eddy.
Dylan shut the door before all of the teens ran to the back of the bus while screaming and panicking!
"God knows I hate birds!" exclaimed Eddy.
Meanwhile on an unknown road, Rolf, Kevin, Ed, and Cody were driving down it with many horns honking as they drove by. Kevin had some kind of red radio with a walkie on his lap.
"Honk Honk, yerselves!" Ed yelled. "Douches!"
"Cody, exactly what are we dealing with, man?" asked Kevin.
"Like I said, it's a mutated prehistoric bird!" said Cody. "Durin' the time it's kind existed, it was part of a meat-eating race of birds, but they were nowhere near the size this one was! Back then, they would only eat as much as the leg of another animal and get full just like that! But a meat-eating mutated bird like the one we're huntin' has a taste worthy of a T-rex!"
"Jesus!" exclaimed Kevin.
"We have less time than Rolf thought!" said Rolf. "He-who-possess-permanent-ink-on-his-limb Kevin boy, utilize this communication box to see if you are able to establish the whereabouts of our fellow youth!"
Kevin unhooked the walkie and turned on the radio before he put the former by his mouth.
"Yo, can anybody hear me? Yo!" said Kevin. But all he could hear was static and overlapping voices. He adjusted the frequency a little. "Eddy! Nate! Are you guys there? It's Kevin!" he adjusted the frequency once more.
Back at the bus, Edd was sitting at the driver's seat as he stared at the radio. Everyone sat in their respective seats (save for Nate and Brooke, who sat together) and was trying ever so hard not to fall asleep. Brooke was scared and sweating at the fact that the bird could come in at anytime.
"Hey…it's gonna be alright!" Nate whispered with a positive smile.
"How do you know?" Brooke asked as she began to cry. "We've been out here for almost two hours and not a single person can help us! Face it, Nate! We're screwed! And I didn't even-"
"Hey! Hey!" Nate said as he grabbed Brooke's hands. "Don't worry! I won't let anything happen to you! I promise!"
Brooke emitted some tears and smiled before she rested her head on Nate's shoulder. He smiled back at her and hugged her. Just then…
"YO! CAN ANYBODY HEAR ME OUT THERE!" Kevin's voice said via the radio.
"Everyone wake up!" yelled Edd. "I found someone!"
The other kids started to wake up with Eddy and Nate standing up. Edd grabbed the walkie and put it by his mouth.
"Hello! Yes? This is Eddward Knight!" Edd said into the walkie. "We are trapped in a disabled bus in an unknown desolate town and are in need of immediate assistance!"
"DOUBLE D? IS THAT YOU?" Kevin asked via the radio.
"Kevin?" Edd asked surprised.
The other kids stood up in surprise and started mumbling while saying Kevin's name all at once.
"DOUBLE D, CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN WHAT'S GOIN' ON?" asked Kevin. Right before Edd could answer, Eddy snatched the walkie from him.
"I'll tell ya what's goin' on!" yelled Eddy. "Birds have just pulled top gun on the freakin' food chain!" he said before the screen shifted back to Kevin and co. "WE'VE BEEN STUCK HERE FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS BECAUSE OF SOME FEATHERY BASTARD! IT KIDNAPPED OUR TEACHERS AND OUR BUS DRIVER! WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED IT, NOW!"
"Well, yer in luck, bro!" Kevin said with a smile before the screen shifted back to the bus. "ME, ROLF, ED, AND CODY HAVE ALREADY HIT THE ROAD AND ARE ON OUR WAY TO GET YOU AND THAT BASTARD THAT'S AFTER YOU! ALL WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE!".
"Uh…" Eddy said before he handed Edd the walkie and looked back at the other kids. "Anybody know where the fuck we are?"
All at once, the kids began saying no.
"Oh shit!" exclaimed Eddy as he slapped his forehead.
"Wait! I know another way they can find us!" said Nazz. "Double D! Didn't you invent a flair gun or something?"
"Right!" said Maggie. "Double D! Your Aurora light-emitting pistol! If it's as effective as you told me it was, then Kevin and the guys should be able to find us, right?"
"Well… even though I haven't tested it yet, I'm relatively sure that it'll work!" answered Edd before he put the walkie by his mouth. "Kevin! We aren't sure where we are, but we have another means of telling you! All that you must do is pay attention to the sky!"
"GOTCHA! OVER AND OUT!" Kevin said.
Edd put the walkie up and looked back at the other kids before Eddy gave them a smile and a "thumbs up". The kids cheered wildly at the fact that they are on the verge of being rescued.
"Maggie, quickly!" Edd said. "Hand me my Aurora pistol!"
"You got it!" Maggie said before she walked towards Edd's bag.
As she went through his bag, she heard a low, growling noise. She looked at the emergency exit's window and saw the giant bird glaring at her with its gleaming red eyes! "SCREEEEECH!" the bird shrieked.
"AAAAAAH!" Maggie screamed before she ran up to the front. "AAAAAAH!" the other kids screamed as they joined Eddy and Edd up front.
They stared at the beast as they developed bug-eyes and started sweating.
"Maggie, did you retrieve my pistol?" whispered Edd.
"Sorry! I got scared!" replied Maggie.
The bird didn't appear to be moving. It just glared at the fourteen adolescent humans. It growled lowly and squinted a little.
"What's it doin'?" asked Spencer.
"I dunno!" answered Eddy. "I think it's…challengin' us!"
"Big deal!" said Dylan. "All we gotta do is grab Double D's pistol, shoot it up in the air, and instant rescue!"
"Dude, I think yer forgetting about what happened with the bus driver!" said Nazz.
"She's right!" said Holly. "That thing'll bust right into this place and pick us off one by one!"
"Well, we need to get that gun!" said Eddy. "For all we know, Kevin and the guys probably passed us or are further away than we think!"
"I'll get it!" volunteered Nate as he walked to the front of the group. This prompted Brooke to grab his arm and utter, "Nate!" as she looked at him in concern. "I'll be fine!" he told her before she unwillingly released his arm.
"Careful, man!" Eddy uttered to his friend.
Nate slowly and cautiously walked towards the final seat of the bus, which contained Edd's bag and his Aurora pistol. As he got closer, the bird breathed on the glass and growled at him as it glared. He hesitated a little before he went behind a seat. He then started hopping the seats one by one.
"Man, get the damn thing like you got a pair!" teased Twan.
"Man, fuck you!" yelled Nate as he continued forward.
Nate got to the seat before the very last one and saw Edd's bag. He reached for the bag as the bird continued to glare at him. Just then, "SCREEEEEECH!" the bird shrieked before Nate backed up slightly and the bird flew off! Nate looked through the window while the other kids just stood there in shock. Nate swiftly grabbed the bag and ran back to his friends.
"It's gone! It flew away! Here!" Nate said as he handed Edd his bag.
"Good! Now's our chance!" said Eddy.
"Chance to do what?" asked the frightened, yet angered Spencer.
"Whadoya think?" asked the sarcastic Eddy. "To get the hell off of this bus and into a building until Rolf and the guys show up!"
"Are you fuckin' crazy, Eddy?" asked Holly. "How do you know that that thing ain't just waitin' for us?"
"I somewhat doubt that, Holly!" said Edd. "A carnivorous bird of that physical magnitude, as each of us have already witnessed, would have effortlessly absconded with one of us if it desires by this moment!"
"Say what?" said Twan.
"He said if the bird wanted to get one of us right now, it would have already!" translated Maggie. "Think about it! If a bird that size can fry thick-as-hell tires like the ones in the back and break through an extremely thick windshield, then what makes you think that it can't bust through the metal roof and pick you out like a freakin' worm?"
"This is comin' from the screenwriters?" Spencer said. "All right let's have a vote! All who wanna stay on this bus and live, raise your right hand! And if you wanna sign up for a suicide tactic and step off the bus, raise your left hand!"
Spencer, Holly, the brown-haired boy, the blue-haired girl, the ponytail girl, and the orange-haired boy all raised their right hands while Dylan, Eddy, Nazz, Edd, Maggie, Nate, Brooke, and Twan raised their left hands. Spencer and the other five went back to their seats and shook their respective heads in disappointment. Edd opened the door before Twan, Brooke, Nate, Dylan, Maggie, Nazz, Edd, and Eddy jumped off of the bus in that order. Spencer ran up to the driver's seat and closed the door. As Edd went through his bag, the other kids began looking up into the sky for signs of the bird.
"Quick, the bank!" yelled Nate before he, Twan, Nazz, Brooke, and Eddy ran towards it. Nate tugged on the doors handle, but it appeared to be locked from the inside! "What the-?" Nate exclaimed. Nazz and Brooke unsuccessfully attempted to pry the door open.
"Try the building next to it!" yelled Nate as he continued to pull.
Dylan, Twan, and Eddy ran up to the neighboring building, which was a jewelry store. Dylan and Twan tugged on the door repeatedly, but were unsuccessful as well! Dylan banged his shoulder against the door, but it proved to be a futile effort!
"It's not fuckin' openin'!" yelled Twan.
"I'm tryin', here!" shouted Dylan.
"Outta the way!" yelled Eddy before he tugged on the door. He pulled, tugged, and banged his shoulder against the door repeatedly, but the door just wouldn't budge! He then began karate-kicking the door in an attempt to break it open his own way. "Why the fuck…" KICK! "won't any of these…" KICK! "fuckin' doors…" KICK! "OPEN?"
"I just realized something guys!" said Nazz. "When we came through here, we knocked down a sign that said this place is government property!"
"So?" said Twan.
"So, everything here is gonna be locked so that people can't get in!" said Nazz.
"I've found it!" Edd said before he took out his Aurora pistol and a small bullet-like piece of metal. "We'll make it out of here just yet!"
"And not a minute too soon!" said the bug-eyed Dylan as he looked up into the sky and pointed. "LOOK!"
All of the kids looked up into the air and saw the bird perched on top of what appeared to be an old, tall church. It glared at the teens menacingly before it dove off of the building, sprouted its wings, and flew towards them!
"DOUBLE D! SHOOT THE THING!" screamed Maggie! But the young genius was too terrified to remember that he even had the pistol in his hand! "DOUBLE D!"
"RUN FOR IT!" yelled the bug-eyed Eddy.
The kids dispersed and began running all over the town! Maggie grabbed Edd and forced him to drop his pistol and run with her. They would've made a run for the bus, but they were too scared to stop for even a second! Twan ran with Dylan and Brooke, Eddy ran with Nazz, Maggie, and Edd, while Nate was running on his own with the bird right behind him!
"RUN, NATHANIEL! HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!" screamed Dylan.
Nate looked back and developed bug-eyes and signs of tiredness before the bird began reaching for him with its talons!
"NOOOOOO!" screamed Brooke.
"YAHH!" yelled Nate as he dove for the ground and narrowly dodged the bird's feet. Nate then looked to his right and saw Edd's open Aurora pistol, which had two Aurora bullets inside and one next to the gun on the ground. Meanwhile, the bird was chasing after the other kids, who regrouped and were running right behind Eddy and Dylan!
"HE'S RIGHT BEHIND US!" shouted the bug-eyed Eddy.
"BREAK OFF! SPREAD OUT! SPREAD OUT!" yelled the bug-eyed Dylan before everyone did so.
"SCREEEEEEEECH!" the bird shrieked before it flew up into the sky out of anger.
Brooke, Twan, Maggie, and Edd ran and hid behind an old theatre, while Eddy, Nazz, and Dylan made a run for the old church with the bird right behind them! Dylan vigorously tugged on the door, but as before, no dice!
"STOP TUGGIN'! YER WASTIN' TIME!" yelled the bug-eyed Nazz.
"WHY DON'T YOU FUCKIN' OPEN IT, THEN?" yelled the bug-eyed Dylan as he tugged and the bird got closer! Just then, Eddy looked to his left and saw a dirty window.
"QUICK!" yelled Eddy before he went into his left pocket, pulled out his money jar, and broke the window with it. "GET IN! GET IN!" he shouted before Dylan and Nazz dove in through the window. The latter stuck her head through the window and noticed that Eddy wasn't coming. He just stood there and stared at the oncoming bird as if it were his sworn enemy.
"EDDY, WHAT'RE YOU DOIN'?" yelled the concerned Nazz. "GET IN HERE!"
Ignoring her emotional order, Eddy continued to stare the bird down, as it got closer and closer. In slow motion, the bird reached for Eddy with its huge talons before he lunged to the right. Just missing the soles of the boy's sneakers, the bird flew smack into the church's large door and fell back first and unconscious on the ground. Eddy stood back up and faced Nazz with a victorious smile.
"See? You worry too much!" Eddy said nonchalantly.
"Yo, guys!" yelled Dylan. "Check out what I found!"
Nazz turned around before Eddy ran up to the window. The teens developed bug-eyes of great surprise when they saw…the unconscious bus driver, Kathryn, and Christian! They were covered in black feathers and were underneath a human-sized hole in the ceiling, which the moonlight shined through.
"Let's get 'em outta here before this thing wakes up!" Eddy said before he dove through the window. On an unspecified one-story building, Nate was seen crawling up the drainpipe with the loaded pistol in his left hand. He stood on the edge of the building and pointed the pistol towards the sky.
"Damn, I hope this works!" Nate yelled before…BANG! He shot an Aurora flare into the sky.
Still on the road, Rolf, Kevin, Ed, and Cody immediately caught wind of the ascending flare before they stopped. Just then, the flare emitted a massive explosion, which covered the entire sky with a beautiful green light. Five seconds later, the light faded away.
"Pretty!" said Ed.
"THAT WAS IT, GUYS! THAT WAS D'S AURORA FLARE GUN! THEY'RE THERE!" shouted the bug-eyed, excited Cody.
"AND IT'S ONLY A MILE AWAY!" yelled Kevin. "ROLF, LET'S GET GOIN'!"
Rolf shifted gears on his tractor before he drove off at great speed.
Behind the theatre, Edd and the gang were still hiding and were looking straight at the unguarded bus.
"Think we can make it?" asked Brooke.
"Think we got a choice?" asked Twan. "Cuz I really don't!"
Right then, a hand touched Twan's shoulder. The kids turned around and screamed until they saw whom it was…or whom they were. It was Eddy with the driver on his shoulder, Dylan with Christian on his shoulder, and Nazz with Kathryn on her shoulder.
"That bird ain't as smart as we are!" said Eddy.
"What now?" asked Dylan.
"We were just about to make a run for the bus!" said Maggie.
"Yes!" added Edd. "It appears as though Nate had successfully sent an Aurora flare into the sky! There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Rolf and the other gentlemen have already made the discovery!"
"All right!" said Eddy. "But if we run, we gotta make sure Polly ain't tailin' us!"
The eleven humans stuck their respective heads out and saw that there was no sign of the bird.
"I don't see it!" said Christian.
"Do not be misled, Mr. Downey!" said Edd. "Carnivorous birds are notorious for being cunning predators!"
"So, with that in mind…" started Eddy. "…we gotta get moving…NOW!"
The humans made a run for the bus at normal, but quick speed and looked like they were home free. But right then, right when Nate crawled down the drainpipe, he saw the bird flying right after them!
"RUN GUYS! HE'S RIGHT THERE!" shouted the bug-eyed Nate.
While still running, the humans looked back and screamed as they got closer to the bus and the bird got closer to them! On the bus, Holly and Spencer saw the group running back with the bird tailing them!
"Oh my god! It's them! THEY'RE BACK!" exclaimed Holly.
"And so is that thing!" shouted Spencer.
Holly made a run for the exit handle, but was stopped by Spencer.
"What the hell are you doing?" shouted Holly as Spencer tugged on her arm.
"We can't let them in here! Cuz that thing'll get in here, too!" said Spencer.
"How can you say that?" yelled Holly. "That's our friends out there!"
"Which means they can understand that we wanna live just as badly as they do!" said Spencer.
"FUCK YOU!" yelled Holly.
Holly and Spencer continued to struggle until Holly finally snapped and kicked Spencer in the groin before she punched him in the face! She then walked towards the exit handle and tugged it open before the other humans ran towards the bus at EEnE-speed! The driver, Christian, Edd, Kathryn, Maggie, Nazz, Eddy, and Twan successfully made it on the bus, but Brooke, having looked behind her and saw that the bird was only a hair away from her, ran in another direction!
"BROOKE, WHAT'RE YOU DOIN'?" shouted Nate before he ran towards them both.
Brooke ran around in a circle three times and was still being pursued by the bird! When she ran for the bus again, the bird landed on its feet and began chasing her on foot and appeared to be gaining!
"AAAAAHH!" screamed the terrified Brooke. She was so scared that she didn't even run for the bus' steps, but stopped in front of the bus' side as if she gave up! The bird then lunged itself towards her and she screamed, "AAAAGGGGGGH!". It looked like Brooke was finished until Nate shoved her out of the way and shot the bird in the eye with the Aurora pistol! This not only created a massive dose of green light, but it also made the bird lose control and crash into Nate before both bounced against the bus (which tilted on impact) and catapulted off-screen!
"AAAAAGGGGHHH!" Nate screamed before he and the bird landed roughly. On the bus, Eddy opened the door back up before he, Nazz, and Twan jumped off. Nazz was assisting Brooke, while Eddy and Twan ran towards Nate.
"NATE!" Eddy shouted before Nate stood up and replied, "I'M ALRIGHT!" Nate's shirt was now extremely dirty and he had a cut on his forehead, tears in his jeans, and a nasty scab on his left knee. Suddenly, the bird's eyes opened before it got back up and angrily uttered, "SCREEEEEECH!", as it glared at the three boys; particularly Nate!
"SHIT! RUN!" screamed Eddy before he, Twan, and Nate did so. Nazz and Brooke had already got back on and were watching the boys through a window. Eddy and Twan were getting there, but Nate's landing injuries began to slow him down as the bird chased him on foot!
"AAGGHH! AAGGHH! FUCK OFF, TWEETY! AAGGHH!" screamed the bug-eyed Nate as he continued to run! The bird tried to bite Nate's head, but the later dodged to the left. It tried again, but Nate dodged to the right. On the bus steps…
"C'MON, NATE! FASTER! FASTER!" shouted Eddy. But before Nate could pick up speed, the bird screeched as it knocked him against the window that Brooke and Nazz were watching through. Nate landed back first on the ground and attempted to stand up, but the bird jumped in front of him and made him fall out of fear!
"NO!" screamed Brooke as she ran for the door, but was stopped by Dylan and Edd. "LEMME GO!"
The bird evilly glared at Nate and screeched at him victoriously! Nate panted and closed his eyes before the bird lunged its open mouth at him!
"AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" screamed Nate. But suddenly…WHOOSH! A harpoon with a rope attached at the end flew on-screen from the right and tore threw the bird's left wing!
"SCREEEEEEEECH!" the bird shrieked in pain as it backed away from Nate, who looked to the right in astonishment. The other kids looked to their right too, but saw nothing but fog.
"Stay!" Eddy ordered before he hopped off the bus and stared at the fog. Just then, a huge silhouetted figure with four little figures inside slowly emerged from the fog and revealed themselves to be… the cavalry: Rolf, Ed, Kevin, and Cody! Rolf was seen glaring at the bird while holding onto his harpoon gun. Brooke ran off of the bus and towards Nate before she fell to her knees and wrapped her arms around him in emotional relief. She then put Nate's head on her lap before…
"Large-in-the-jowl Kevin boy! Maintain Rolf's harpoon gun into position so that he may slay the beast without interruption!" Rolf ordered before he picked up his two other harpoons. "Conveniently-muscular Ed boy, assist Rolf!" he said as he handed Ed a harpoon.
Both boys hopped off of the tractor and walked towards the bird, which was pecking at the harpoon until it saw the boys.
"Don't waste yer time, Polly!" said Ed. "Might as well come quietly!"
"Yes! For it is well over time for you to meet your clan, winged fiend from another era!" Rolf shouted before he drew his left arm back and prepared to throw it at the bird's heart.
The bird responded only by shrieking and taking to the sky! This caused Rolf's harpoon gun to frequently run out of rope as the bird got higher and higher!
"KEVIN BOY! RETRACT ROLF'S HARPOON!" yelled Rolf after he turned around. Kevin tried ever so hard, but his own strength was no match for the bird's! "I'M TRYIN'! I'M TRYIN'! BUT I AIN'T GETTIN' IT BACK!" yelled the bug-eyed Kevin.
Eddy saw this and noticed that since the bird was stronger, it would easily yank the gun right out of tractor!
"BRO! YOU GOTTA LET GO OF THAT!" Eddy yelled. But Kevin didn't listen. He kept on tryin' to get the harpoon back.
"ROLF, TELL 'IM TO LET GO! HE'LL RIP BOTH HIM AND YER GUN RIGHT OUTTA THE GODDAMN-"
Eddy was interrupted when his unfinished sentence became a reality and the bird ripped the gun out of the tractor and took the still-hanging-on Kevin with it!
"WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHH!" screamed Kevin as he flew up into the sky along with the bird.
"HANG ON, KEV!" shouted Cody.
At great speed, the bird started to fly low as Kevin continued to scream hysterically. His hands began slipping off of the gun finger by finger until…
"YAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" screamed Kevin before he landed back first on the bus' roof. Although Kevin fell, the harpoon remained inside the bird's wing, while still being attached to the gun. The moment the bird flew lower, the gun hit the ground and was dragging across it before Eddy did a front flip, grabbed it, and yanked the harpoon right out of the bird's wing before it (the bird) swung it's feet out in front and flew towards Ed and Rolf!
"INCOMING!" the bug-eyed Ed shouted before he dove for the ground. The bird flew over Ed and pinned Rolf to the ground after he unsuccessfully tried to throw the harpoon at the bird! The beast then ate Rolf's harpoon and swallowed it whole before it screeched at him in anger!
"ED! KEEP 'IM BUSY!" Eddy yelled as he winded the harpoon gun up at EEnE-speed. Ed saluted to Eddy before he (Ed) picked up his harpoon, ran up behind the bird, and slammed the harpoon right in its back!
"SCREEEEEEEEECH!" the bird shrieked in pain as it released Rolf, who rolled around in pain.
The bird threw itself around like a bull in an attempt to throw Ed off of its back. The bird then continuously rammed its own back against the bus and in the process broke many of the windows and made the people inside duck in cover! After the tenth attempt, the bird successfully got Ed off of its back before he fell down and apparently into unconsciousness. It turned around and looked down at Ed in anger before it screeched at him. Just then, Nate, who was standing by the tractor with his arm around Brooke and Twan's shoulders, shot the last Aurora flare at the bird before it turned it's attention to Eddy, who was almost done reloading the gun.
"GOOD JOB! NOW, GET ON THE TRACTOR!" ordered Eddy as he continued to wind up the gun.
The bird got a good look at what Eddy was doing and noticed the harpoon!
"SCREEEEEEEEEECH!" shrieked the enraged bird. It then lunged itself at Eddy as he attempted to put the harpoon into place! Seeing the bird, Eddy fearfully struggled with putting the harpoon into the gun! Right when the bird opened its mouth and screeched, Eddy stopped trying and closed his eyes out of fear. Right before the bird could bite Eddy's small nose, it (the bird) suddenly stopped in midair! Eddy looked behind the bird and saw Ed using his trademark strength to hold the bird back by keeping a firm grip on it's tail feathers!
"That all you got, birdie-boy?" taunted Ed with a smile. Which caused Holly to look down at him in adoration!
Taking advantage of this, Eddy put the harpoon into the portable gun and aimed it at the bird as it continued to try and free itself! The bird then tried to fly upwards, but was still no match for Ed's strength! Eddy then pointed the gun directly at the bird's heart before…
"TWEET TWEET, BASTARD!" yelled Eddy before he shot the harpoon at the bird in slow motion. The harpoon pierced the bird's heart before it uttered an agonizing screech. Ed then slammed the bird onto the ground before it closed it's eyes and uttered one final screech. The adults and the kids walked off of the bus and stared at the bird and wondered "Is it really dead?". Ed ran up to Eddy before they gave each other a high-then-low five. Eddy then ran up to the tractor and climbed to the top of it before he looked at Nate, who was lying on Brooke's shoulder.
"Wait to go, hero!" Eddy congratulated.
"What're you talkin' about?" Nate asked with a smile. "You killed the freak!"
"That wouldn't have been the case if you hadn't risked your own life to save Brooke and got the guys over here sooner." said Eddy with a smile. "You… out of all of us…are the hero! And what every hero deserves…is a reward!" he finished as he looked at Brooke with a smile.
"But also…something more!" Nate said as he looked at Brooke with a smile as Brooke did the same with Nate. The two embraced and long-kissed each other on the lips under the proud eyes of their friends.
"AWWWWWWWWW!" Nazz, Holly, and Maggie exclaimed emotionally before the Cherry Falls Police Department (CDPD) arrived in ten cars and a helicopter. The kids and the chaperones cheered, while Nate and Brooke continued to make out until the screen faded to black.
The screen reopened the next day in Rolf's unchanged room, where Rolf himself was seen putting the bird's head on a wooden trophy above his bed with Eddy, Ed, and Kevin (who had a cast on his left leg) stood there and watched.
"Y'know, most guys have posters of girls above their bed's!" said Kevin. "Dude's got Tweety's head on his!"
"Rolf always acquires the head of the prey of which he successfully hunts! Hero's prize, yes?" Rolf said with a smile.
"But you ain't kill that thing!" said Ed. "And you ain't the hero! Nate is!"
"By the way, where is that guy?" asked Kevin.
"Let's just say that he and his new redheaded bombshell are…starting some official business!" answered Eddy with smile.
The screen cut to the inside of Nate's room, where Brooke was seen on top of Nate while both were lying on the bed and making out! Nate was shirtless while Brooke was merely pants-less. She was wearing her red panties. She and Nate sat up before the former slowly took off her shirt and revealed her red bra once more! She smiled at Nate lovingly with the latter doing the same.
"You did say you liked red!" said Brooke.
"Yeah…I did!" Nate said as he rubbed a little of Brooke's hair between his fingers and smiled.
Brooke pushed Nate flat on the bed and off-screen before she herself bent off-screen. The two giggled before the screen faded to black.
End of episode 5
Did you know: The scientific name for our winged antagonist "Vircomer Pajaro" in real life literally translates to "Man-Eating bird". "Vir" is Latin for "Man", "Comer" is Spanish for "Eating", and "Pajaro" is Spanish for "Bird". Also, I hope you don't mind me having Eddy kill the bird instead of Rolf or something. But I figured that since Eddy hates birds more than any other character, I thought is was appropriate. Plus, whether you noticed it or not, this first season of "Edolescence" is half over! So, expect to see my epic Gourd prequel soon!
Title reference: Free as a bird