So, so sorry for the late update! I'm trying to get everything updated. Anyway, enjoy and please reveiw!

SlidEds

As the light rose from the horizion, the cold, dark embrace of night released its grib on the city and slid away below the horizion; egar to embrace the new cities that fell from the sun's grace. The light leaked from the window onto the tired Ed's face, the rays bathing his skin as its warmth transferred to him. Eddy groaned and turned away from the light, hoping for a few more minutes of sleep. AS the heat soaked into his thin, near paper thin sheets, Eddy grumbled in defeat. Forcing his eyes open, he scoped out the room. Only 4 days had passed and he and Tech were already starting to spruce the place up. The carpet was now a light tan, opposed to the dark near black such as before. The debris that had cemented into the wool took nearly two hours to loosen before they could be proporly cleaned.

Eddy gripped the railing and hung below. The bottom bunk was empty, meaning Tech was already out at his job. Eddy sighed. Being alone in the apartment gave a sense of dreadful boredom; the same he felt whenever he wasn't planning a scam. Getting out of bed, he brushed his teeth, got dressed, and microwaved himself breakfeast. Throwing on an amber sweater, which he'd bought the other day, he exited the dwelling, locking the door behinde him. The day wad windy, a cool 68 degrees that was made lower by the howling wind. As leaves blew and danced away, Eddy couldn't help but be reminded of Peach Creek. He breath the air deeply and let out a satified sigh.

"Man, I miss that place." he said to himself

Eddy turned off the sidewalk into a rocky, unkept, and raggady path. As crisp authium leaves crunched under his feet, the trees that stood beside him watched over like sentrys. The small boy walked solidly down the path until he reached his stop. The trees ahead parted, revealing a large, open field. It was covered in leaves and patches of grass had died or withered to nothing, giving it the impression that Authum was well under way. He walked through the leaves until he reached the stump in the center, resting his feet. The breeze ruffled the leaves and they swirled into the air. Eddy smiled faintly and then turned at the sound of crunching leaves.

"Sorry I'm late, the store had a lot of customers today." Tech said

The coyote was dressed in a white shirt with a denium jacket. His matching denium pants were worn and faded, due to them being previously owned. Eddy got up from his seat and smiled at the canid. This spot, located far from the activity of the city, was their training field. The two turned to the targets that were set up for them and beganed their training.

Tech, facing his target, reached into his pocket and pulled out a small cube. His green arua wrapped around the cube, forcing it open. From it, dark grey gritty substance flowed upwards like a snake from a basket: metal filling. As his arua drapped over it, he motioned his hand and the filling followed it like a moth to a flame. He twisted his wrist and it curved accordingly; he started now to switch his positions and the filling followed, After a few mintues, he turned his attention back to the target. He shot his hand forward and the filling jetted forward, tearing through the dummy with ease. He curved it back and hit another target, arching it upwards into yet another.

Eddy watch in interest as Tech controled is power with expert skill. He turned away and then focused. He formed an enegry ball in his hands and tossed it at the dummy. It exploded violently and he smirked. Turned around, he fired off a beam at the nearest targets, running through them like they were air. He shifted suddenlyand shot at the next, spilting it in half. He jumped and dashed at the next, impaling it with his pinchers. He slid backwards and spliced the final into four peices. Eddy sighed and looked at the remains of his targets.

"Your getting pretty good at using your powers." Tech said

"Thanks. You too." Eddy smiled

True, Tech had before much more depended on technology than his own powers. As he slinged the filling back into its cube, the coyote and the Ed both had gotten pretty hungry. The two smiled. Eddy focused and his blue enegry wrapped around the soles of his feet. Tech enveloped himself in his green arua, slowly floating above the ground. They smirked at each other and the jetted off in the opposite direction. The leaves were pushed apart in a flurry and the ground had slightly darkened from their speed.

Racing through the streets at high speeds, the vision of the short Ed had become similar to that of a tunnel. It was only through constant pratice that he was able to make out his surrounds in this blur. A woman sheirked and he curved out the way, and then shraply turned left to aviod hitting an old man. He then felt a familiar enegry and Tech raced up to him.

"What's wrong? Can't keep up?" he teased

"You wish!!" Eddy yelled

Tech was having nowhere near as muh trouble, using his powers to be aware of the magnatic interference of the objects in the world. He dashed over a car and skidded to a stop in front of a resturant. Eddy blazed passed him, his brakes skidding. Tech watched and then grimanced as the boy hit the pile of crates on the corner. Wood and produce, and strangly a chiken, flew everywhere as he hit it. When it settled, the boy slunk up to Tech, covered in orange juice and feathers. TEch stifled a laguh.

"Shut up." Eddy groaned as he entered the shop.

Ed gazed up at the clear, blue sky and sighed. He was really happy today; more so than usual. He had no idea why but he was happy regradeless. As he stared unblinking at the sun, his eyes started to sizzle. Buster came over to his friend with a warm smile.

"Hey, Ed." he stopped and saw his eyes were burning

"Ed! Are you okay?" he asked

Ed blinked and his eyes returned to normal. Buster sighed. Ed really was a mystery. The wind blew the canopy of the forest softly. AS far as they could tell, this place was devoid of any advanced technology. Today marked their 5th in this forest. They didn't mind, however. They had plenty of food and water. The peace of the forest was just what they needed after a rough few weeks. A crow flew over head and a bolt of lighting shot it down. Buster eyed Ed, his eyes flickering yellow. This guy is amazing, he though. Now all he had to dois see something and he could fry it.

Ed stared at the bunny and smiled. He got up and headed into the woods, most likely to pratice his powers. As he left, Buster slump over. He felt useless. Back at home, he was useless. Whenever something threatened to hurt him, it was Ed who saved him. If something required force, Ed was the one to do it. Even now, he felt lower than dirt. He jerked his head up and shook it. No! He would find a way to help! No way would he be dead wight.

Buster set out into the forest, determined to find a way to help out. He spent hours looking for anything that might help their survival in this world. His quest, however, was in vain, Nothing he found could be of use, either used up or too dangorous to be used. He nearly gave up when he tripped over something. He gripped his head and turned around. On the ground, was something he'd never expect to be in the woods. There, gleaming in sunlight, was a gun. It wasn't an oridnary gun either. It had writing on it, along with strange patterns.

He hesitatenly grabbed the weapon. It was lighter than he thought. He looked it over, the weapon was indeed stranger up close, the marking seemed to glow. He looked around and then pointed the weapon. He pulled the trigger and the gun fired. The shot was intense, to the point that Buster flew backwards from it's recoil. The blue bunny dizzly stared at the direction of the shot. He then grew wide-eyed. The shot had blasted a tree to nothing, leaving a green residue. Buster was mystified and then he fired it again, this time at a bird flying over head. He fired again sent him flying backwards. He looked up and saw that the bird had imploded into bits. Buster beamed and he raced back to their camp.

Ed was racing back to camp, worried about the noise he heard earlier. His mind was more set on Busters safety than anything else at the moment. AS he pushed his way into the camp, he sawe Buster there, panting hard as if he'd been running. He rose his head and smiled at Ed. Then, he showed him the gun and what it could do. Ed was stunned for a second but then smiled widely. He gave Buster a hug and the Bunny gagged for air.

Shade yawned as the sun broke above the horizen. The peace brought to him by his sleep had now all but faded. He ruffled his fur and yawned further. Never had he fekt so tired. He wondered breifly about how things were back at home, but soon casted these thoughts aside. He jumped down from the Turbo Kat and was greeted by T-Bone, who was setting up their camp.

"Morning." T-Bone greeted

"Morning." Shade yawned. Why was he so sleepy?

"Looks like our little trip took a lot out of ya." the Swat Kat chuckled

Shade chuckled. He took a step forward and his head started to ache. no, this wasn't strong enough. It throbbed with intense, skull crushing pain with each of his now rushed heartbeats. He made it another step before he collasped to the ground. T-Bone dropped what he was doing and rushed to the Swat Kat. Sade could barly hear him as he shouted in hurried and worried words. Then, he blacked out.

Sorry if it seems a little cut short but it sets up perfectly for the next chapter. TTFN!